Check sample, dog guarding a safe, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s

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Manuscripts

Date

1880s

GUSN

GUSN-297547

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Stationery
General
Stationery - General - Folder 4
Check sample, dog guarding a safe, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Stationery
    - General
      - Stationery - General - Folder 4
        Trade card for small chromo., 6 designs, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for card pack, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for embossed pack with name, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for new embossed 50 pack, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for No. 2 pack, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for basket pack, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for lily & rose pack, location unknown, undated
        Sample card for embossed fans, Kelsey Press Co., Meriden, Connecticut, undated
        Sample card for florist's favorite, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for the New England Calendar Co., Inc., novelties for advertising, 18 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Amee Brothers, dealers in stationery and blank books, No. 5 Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., 1890
        Trade card for William F. Wells, gold edge visiting cards, 345 1/2 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Eastern Card Co., Newburyport, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Haddock's Cards, peacock and fan cards, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for T.J. Lyons Press, old-fashioned typography, 4 Brighton Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Frank P. Frost, jobber in cards and advertising novelties, Box 1548, Springfield, Mass., undated
        Sample card for summer series No. 40, location unknown, undated
        Trade card for Ward & Gay, wholesale and retail stationers and dealers in advertising, birthday and Christmas cards, 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Label for E.S. Curtis' Chemical Ink Powder, No. 9 Dock Square, undated
        Trade card for Thomas Cash, newspapers, periodicals, blank books and stationery, 262 1/2 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Thomas Cash, newspapers, periodicals, blank books and stationery, 262 1/2 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Thomas Cash, newspapers, periodicals, blank books and stationery, 262 1/2 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for Thomas Cash, newspapers, periodicals, blank books and stationery, 262 1/2 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island, undated
        Trade card for the Fancy Advertising Card Co., Middleboro, Mass., undated
        Letterhead for John B. Watkins, steam printer & manufacturing stationer, 213 Pearl Street, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for J. Baird, importer and dealer in paper boxes, embossed pictures, 61 Essex, foot of Chauncey Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Le Page's Liquid Glue, manufactured by the Russia Cement Co., Gloucester, Mass., 1880s
        Sheet for Walker's Letterettes, John Walker & Co., Farringdon House, London, England, undated
        Trade card for H.S. Hutchinson & Co., wholesale and retail booksellers and stationers, 194 Union Street, New Bedford, Mass., undated
        Little book of landscapes for coloring, The Standard Crayon Co., Danvers, Mass., 1913
        Trade card for Chas. Bartlett, stationery, location unknown, 1881
        V.B. Dennison Crepe color card, Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, Mass., 1940s
        Price list for Ward & Gay, Dr., wholesale and retail stationers and blank-book manufacturers, 178 to 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., 1883
        Check sample, dog guarding a safe, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s
        Check sample, arm with hand holding a hammer, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s
        Check sample, Columbia female figure with scale and staff, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s
        Check sample, male hand lifting the lower left corner of the check, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s
        Check sample, inkwell resting on a ledger, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s
        Check sample, steamship within a circle, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, exterior view of unidentified building, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, exterior view of unidentified building, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, sailboats, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, decorated letter "R," Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, male hand lifting the lower left corner of the check, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, inkwell resting on a ledger, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, water bird with flowers and vase, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, water bird with flowers and vase, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, dog guarding a safe, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Check sample, dog guarding a safe, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, 58 & 60 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., 1880s (current record)
        Check sample, eagle holding arrows, shield, olive branch, Fred. W. Barry, stationer and bookseller, Washington, corner of Elm Street, Boston, Mass., 1880s
        Packaging, E.S. Curtis' Ink, No. 9 Dock Square, Boston, Mass.

Description

A dog guards a safe in this check sample. There is a dollar sign with a line below the illustration. "Boston" is the place printed on the date line of the check.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
stationery
printers (people)
booksellers
checks (bank checks)

Physical Description

1 check : illustration ; 3 x 7 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.111.01.04.049

Image Dimensions

3 x 7 3/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Gregory Smart, December 1999.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

checks (bank checks)

Subjects

Dogs
Cornhill Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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