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Trade card for Wm. S. Lindsay & Co., 8 Austin Friars, London, England and Page, Richardson & Co., 134 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-295780

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Description

Page was a commercial agent for the shipping trade and a banker dealing in foreign currencies. Lindsay was a major ship broker with international interests.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
bankers (people)
bills of exchange
shipping
brokers
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card ; 2 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.016.03.01.022

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
London (Greater London, England, United Kingdom)

Record Details

Originator

Wm. S. Lindsay & Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Other People

Lindsay, W. S. (William Schaw), 1816-1877

Other Organizations

Page, Richardson & Co.

Subjects

State Street (Boston, Mass.)

Accruals Note

Information on Page is from "The Boston commercial directory for 1869." Information on Lindsay is from the biographical sketch in the National Maritime Museum's Lindsay Collection.

Description Level

Item

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