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Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1886

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1886

GUSN

GUSN-273876

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Description

Priscilla Alden, early Plymouth colonist, is shown spinning in the calendar illustration. The caption reads "1620, Priscilla, 1886."

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
insurance
spinning (textile process)
spinning wheels
women (female humans)
calendars

Physical Description

1 calendar ; 14 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.13.02.004

Image Dimensions

14 1/2 x 12 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. H.P. Harrington, 11 June 1943.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
Plymouth (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

New England Mutual Life Insurance Company (Publisher)
American Bank Note Company (Printer)

Material Type

calendars

Other People

Alden, Priscilla
Alden, John, 1599-1687

Subjects

Post Office Square (Boston, Mass.)
Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)

Description Level

Item

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