Trade card for Norcross, Mellen and Co., crockery, china and glass ware, 14 to 20 Merchants Row, near State Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880

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Ephemera

Date

ca. 1880

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GUSN-269942

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Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Tableware
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Tableware - General - Folder 1
Trade card for Norcross, Mellen and Co., crockery, china and glass ware, 14 to 20 Merchants Row, near State Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Tableware
    - General
      - Tableware - General - Folder 1
        Advertisement for Britannia Ware, Daniel Boyd, No. 78 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1829
        Man unpacking tableware items, location unknown, ca. 1829
        Premium coupon for chinaware, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Wm. H. Zinn, china and glassware, 501 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade cards for Geo. W. Fuller, crockery, china, glass ware and house furnishing goods, 275 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Business card for Robt. N. Bolton, Norcross, Mellen & Co., crockery, china and glass ware, 16, 18 & 20 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for M.B. Paige Co., manufacturers and wholesalers, crockery and glass ware, sewer pipe, 102 Central Street, Peabody, Mass., undated
        Trade card for William E. Cash, china, glass and crockery ware, No. 262 Washington Street, corner of Avon Place, Boston, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for E.B. McLaughlin, crockery, china & glass ware, 4 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1829
        Advertisement for E.H. McLaughlin, china, glass, earthen ware, No. 24 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., April 1, 1841
        Advertising fragment for Ralph H. Bancroft, importer and dealer in French china, crockery, glass ware, No. 121 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880
        Trade card for Clark, Adam & Clark, china & glass, No. 1 Music Hall Place, off Winter Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1877
        Trade card for Abram French & Co., importers of fine china, glassware, pottery, 89, 91 & 93 Franklin Street, corner Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade cards for D.B. Stedman & Co., china, crockery & glass, No. 10 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Wm. H. Zinn, china and glassware, 501 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, crockery, china, lamps, 51 to 59 Federal Street and 120 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., 1882
        
        Trade card for Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, crockery, china, lamps, 51 to 59 Federal Street and 120 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., 1882
        Trade card for Wood, Bicknall & Potter Co., aluminum novelties, 359 to 369 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for E.B. Gardner, crockery, glass, lamps, Bucksport, Maine, 1883
        Embossed postcard of decorated bowl and plate, Georgetown, Mass., dated April 7, 1917
        Labels for Patent Combination Castor, fruit stand, salt stand and bell, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Norcross, Mellen and Co., crockery, china and glass ware, 14 to 20 Merchants Row, near State Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880 (current record)
        Trade card for D.B. Stedman & Co., china, crockery & glass, No. 10 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Clark, Plympton & Co., importers, jobbers & retailers of china, crockery & glass, 12 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Haviland's China Cherbourg, Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co., corner Franklin & Federal Streets, Boston, Mass., 1900
        Trade card for Richard Briggs, porcelain and glass, corner of School and Washington Streets, Boston, Mass., 1878
        Billhead for Fobes Crane Co., location unknown, dated 1841-1842
        List of china items, location unknown, undated
        Billhead for Michael Mellen & Co., importers of earthen & glass ware, 52 Union Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 30, 1825
        Price list for John Corliss, earthen ware, Woolwich, Maine, undated
        Billhead for Sumners & Co., importers and dealers in china, glass and crockery ware, 137 Washington Street, corner of School Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 14, 1860
        Billhead for Geo. Burton, Jr., Dr., tableware, 10 Nassau Street, Boston, Mass., February 13, 1888
        Billhead for S.W. Heath & Co., importers of china, glass and crockery ware, Union Block, Bath, Maine, dated May 24, 1851
        Billhead for H.P. Caldwell, dealer in crockery, china and glass ware, 217 and 219 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 8, 1881
        Letterhead for Garland's Hotel, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London, England, dated 20 September 1923
        Billhead for George W. Bassett, importer of crockery and glass ware, Nos. 151 & 153 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 20, 1863
        Billhead for Sumners & Co., importers and dealers in china, glass and crockery ware, 137 Washington Street, corner of School Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 3, 1860
        Billhead for Davis Collamore & Co., importers of china, glass, cutlery, 921 Broadway and 151 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, dated May 13, 1892
        Billhead for Rogers & Co., importers and jobbers of crockery, china & glass ware, table cutlery, 155 Friend and 62 Canal Streets, Boston, Mass., dated January 4, 1873
        Billhead for Rogers & Co., importers and jobbers of crockery, china & glass ware, table cutlery, 155 Friend and 62 Canal Streets, Boston, Mass., dated February 24, 1873
        Billhead for Richard Briggs, importer and dealer in china, glass amd crockery ware, 137 Washington Street, corner of School Street, Boston, Mass., 1868
        Advertisement for Davis Collamore & Co., importers, wholesale and retail dealers in china, glass, parian and bisque statuettes, 479 Broadway, New York, New York, May 1866
        Memoradum copy from John B. Chace's Day Book, July 1923
        Tableware inventory, location unknown, dated July 30, 1851
        Billhead for Collamore & Churchill, importers of crockery, glass, china, Japnned and Brittannia wares, cutlery, No. 48 Marlborough Street, Boston, Mass., dated 24 October 1825
        Billhead for Michael Mellen & Co., importers of earthen, china, glass ware & paper hangings, Nos. 16, 18 & 20 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass., dated May 8, 1839
        Advertisement for Van Doorn & Son, bargain counter, location unknown, ca. 1890
        Letterhead for customer, Mobile, Alabama, dated 30 December 1854
        Copartnership agreement form for Taylor, Perkins & Co., crockery, china and glass ware business, No. 62 Pearl Street, New York, New York, April 7, 1854
        Billhead for Rogers & Co., importers and jobbers of crockery, china & glass ware, 105, 107 & 109 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 7, 1871
        Billhead for Rogers & Co., crockery, china & glass ware, 155 Friend & 62 Canal Streets, Boston, Mass., dated May 4, 1883
        Brochure for Richard Briggs, Inc., No. 32 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., April 12, 1926
        Billhead for Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, crockery, china, lamps, corner Federal and Franklin Streets, Boston, Mass., dated December 8, 1882

Description

Norcross sells its merchandise at wholesale and retail prices. The card verso has "c. 1880 (Directory)" handwritten below the donor's name.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
tableware
glassware
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : decoration ; 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.112.01.01.022

Image Dimensions

3 1/4 x 5 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane Carpenter, 13 June 1930.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Merchants' Row (Boston, Mass.)
State Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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