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Receipt sample, Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass., 1800s

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1800s

GUSN

GUSN-300506

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Description

Handwritten text on the card reads "Stock F.L. Mfg. Co., Forbes 1870s, also in use 1850's." A steamship and a sailing ship are in the illustration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
printing (process)
printers (people)
lithographers
steamships
receipts (financial records)

Physical Description

1 receipt : illustration ; 3 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.119.01.03.004

Image Dimensions

3 3/4 x 8 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Gregory Smart, December 1999.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company (Publisher)

Material Type

receipts (financial records)

Description Level

Item

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