Sample card for Farmer, Livermore & Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

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Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-307102

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Printing
Etching and engraving
Printing - Etching and engraving - Folder 1
Sample card for Farmer, Livermore & Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Printing
    - Etching and engraving
      - Printing - Etching and engraving - Folder 1
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        Price list for Henry F. Griffin, card engraver and stationer, Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated
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        Advertisement for L.A. Elliot & Co., publishers of prints, wholesale and retail dealers in American and foreign engravings, 322 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for C. & G.H. Drew, wholesale and retail dealers in chromos, engravings, lithographs, landscapes and picture-frames, 22 Tremont Street, Boston Museum Building, Boston, Mass., dated May 13, 1872
        Sample card for Farmer, Livermore & Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated (current record)
        Sample card for Farmer, Livermore & Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated
        Price list and advertisement for Henry F. Griffin, engraver, stationer, and printer, Boston, Mass., circa 1880

Description

The illustration on the left side has two birds in a bush. The image on the right has a water bird within a scenic landscape.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
printing (process)
printers (people)
sample cards

Physical Description

1 sample card : illustration ; 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.094.02.01.008

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of the Buffalo History Museum, 2013.

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)

Record Details

Originator

Farmer, Livermore & Company (Publisher)

Material Type

sample cards

Subjects

Birds

Description Level

Item

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