Trade card for Equitable Safe Deposit Company, Equitable Building, No. 67 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.

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Date

1878

GUSN

GUSN-323377

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Vaults and safes
General
Vaults and safes - General - Folder 1
Trade card for Equitable Safe Deposit Company, Equitable Building, No. 67 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Vaults and safes
    - General
      - Vaults and safes - General - Folder 1
        Billhead for Tilton, McFarland Safe Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of McFarland's Patent Bank Vaults and Iron Safes, 110 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 5, 1874
        Trade card for Equitable Safe Deposit Company, Equitable Building, No. 67 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. (current record)

Description

The business urges the public to safeguard their valuables in a safe deposit vault rather than be subjected to robbery as is shown in the card illustration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
vaults (strong rooms)
safes (storage containers)
trade cards (advertising)
calendars

Physical Description

1 trade card : illustrations ; 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.120.01.01.002

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. H.E. Johnson, 27 April 1927.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Equitable Safe Deposit Company (Publisher)
J.A. Lowell & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Printer)

Material Type

trade cards (advertising)
calendars

Subjects

Milk Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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