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Commercial and domestic ephemera scrapbook

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1855-1937

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-C-102

GUSN

GUSN-283651

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Description

This is a scrapbook of assorted commercial and domestic ephemera, including fabric and wallpaper samples from the 19th century. Also included are commercial receipts, bank orders, promissory notes and product and shipping receipts, many for shoes and in the name of Ebenezer C. Bailey from 1850s-1870s. Additionally there are recipes and articles of local interest centering on Essex County, Massachusetts, especially West Newbury and Haverhill. Houses of note are the Nichols House and Newell House in West Newbury and the Walker-Butters House in Haverhill.

Details

Descriptive Terms

scrapbooks

Physical Description

One scrapbook; 10 1/4 x 12 inches

Collection Code

MS004

Collection Name

Scrapbooks collection

Reference Code

MS004.051

Acquisition Type

Library & Archives Purchase

Credit Line

Purchased from John Hardy Wright

Places

West Newbury (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Haverhill (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

scrapbooks

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-001-O-C-102

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