Trade card for the bobolink, G.E. Marsh & Co., 395 Chestnut Street, Lynn, Mass., 1887

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1887

GUSN

GUSN-288495

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Animals
Birds and birdhouses
Animals - Birds and birdhouses - Folder 2
Trade card for the bobolink, G.E. Marsh & Co., 395 Chestnut Street, Lynn, Mass., 1887
(current record)

Browse Collection

Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Animals
    - Birds and birdhouses
      - Animals - Birds and birdhouses - Folder 2
        Birds of prey, owl, location unknown, undated
        Birds of prey, eagle, location unknown, undated
        Birds of prey, buzzard, location unknown, undated
        Birds of prey, vulture, location unknown, undated
        Honey eaters, friar bird, location unknown, undated
        Honey eaters, blue honey sucker, location unknown, undated
        Honey eaters, Poe-bird, location unknown, undated
        Pigeon tribe, oceanic fruit pigeon, location unknown, undated
        Pigeon tribe, ring dove, location unknown, undated
        Pigeon tribe, passenger pigeon, location unknown, undated
        Pigeon tribe, crowned pigeon, location unknown, undated
        Running birds, cassowary, location unknown, undated
        Running birds, emu, location unknown, undated
        Running birds, ostrich, location unknown, undated
        Singing birds, goldfinch, location unknown, undated
        Singing birds, bullfinch, location unknown, undated
        Singing birds, oriole, location unknown, undated
        Talking birds, jackdaw, location unknown, undated
        Talking birds, magpie, location unknown, undated
        Talking birds, macaw, location unknown, undated
        Talking birds, cockatoo, location unknown, undated
        Wading birds, stork, location unknown, undated
        Wading birds, sacred ibis, location unknown, undated
        Wading birds, flamingo, location unknown, undated
        Web-footed birds, swan, location unknown, undated
        Web-footed birds, great crested grebe, location unknown, undated
        Web-footed birds, wood duck, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for the bobolink, G.E. Marsh & Co., 395 Chestnut Street, Lynn, Mass., 1887 (current record)
        Canary birds and their proper care, by Gus. Billiau, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Sheet of bird labels, location unknown, undated

Description

The bobolink is described on the card verso. The card is part of a series on New England birds. The complete set is available for 25 Good-Will Soap wrappers. Armstrong & Company, Boston, is the lithographer.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
soap (organic material)
cosmetics
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.004.01.02.028

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Lynn (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

G.E. Marsh & Co. (Publisher)
Armstrong & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Lithographer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Birds
Bobolink

Description Level

Item

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