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Trade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-307421

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Description

Persons who recommend the product are listed on the card verso. T.H. Seavey, 24 Fulton, in Boston is an agent for the product. A little girl in a blue cap, wearing earrings, illustrates the card.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
people in health and medicine
girls
portraits
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

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

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.076.01.02.035

Image Dimensions

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

Places

Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Rumford Chemical Works (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Tonics (Medical preparations)
Patent medicines
Drugs
Fulton Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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