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Weather vanes, Goldthwait Sisters, 57 Nowell Road, Melrose, Mass., undated

Description

The four sisters (aged 17, 14,11, 9) are raising money for college by selling standard designs and special design to order weathervanes. Text on the front of the item reads "College bound on a Wind-Blo-Round." The business has an office in Boston located at 274 Franklin Street.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
weathervanes
signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
metalworking
brochures

Physical Description

1 brochure : illustrations ; 11 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Date of Acquisition

1940-10-01

Reference Code

EP001.12.002.006.005

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

11 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of F.C. Brown, 1 October 1940.

Places

Melrose (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

brochures

Subjects

Franklin Street (Boston, Mass.)

Descriptive Terms

The Goldthwait Sisters

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Product catalogues: Architecture and architectural elements: Ironwork

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