Trade card for the Magee Furnace Co., manufacturers of highest grades heating and cooking apparatus, Boston, New York, Chicago, 1893

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Collection Type

Ephemera

Date

1893

GUSN

GUSN-307930

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Furnaces
General
Furnaces - General - Folder 1
Trade card for the Magee Furnace Co., manufacturers of highest grades heating and cooking apparatus, Boston, New York, Chicago, 1893
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Furnaces
    - General
      - Furnaces - General - Folder 1
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        Advertisement for Chilson's New Cone Furnace, Chilson, Gould & Co., 99 and 101 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., December, 1856
        Trade card for the Magee Furnace Co., manufacturers of highest grades heating and cooking apparatus, Boston, New York, Chicago, 1893 (current record)

Description

The card verso describes the Magee Boston Heater which "is rapidly taking the place of steam and hot water for dwelling-house use." A young girl in a white dress with a red and black bonnet decorates the card.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
appliances
furnaces (heating components)
stoves (heating equipment)
heating (physicochemical process)
children (people by age group)
girls
hats
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 trade card : color illustration ; 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.049.01.01.017

Image Dimensions

5 3/4 x 3 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Frances L. Chace, 26 January 1926.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
New York City (New York state)
Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

G.H. Buek & Co. (Lithographer)
Magee Furnace Co. (Publisher)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Union Street (Boston, Mass.)
Friend Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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