1885
GUSN-325821
One side of the card announces that the steamer Canonicus will make excursions from Providence to Block Island every Tuesday and Saturday, weather permitting, starting on July 7, 1885. The verso has a description of the the signal flags of the New England Meteorological Society from the office of the Providence Journal and Bulletin.
advertising
business (commercial function)
transportation
steamboats
tourism
flags
trade cards (advertising)
1 trade card : color illustrations ; 3 x 4 3/4 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
EP001.01.117.01.01.041
3 x 4 3/4 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Miss L.G. Chace, 21 April 1926.
Fall River (Bristol county, Massachusetts)
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Block Island island (Washington county, Rhode Island) [island]
Price & Lee Co. (Printer)
trade cards (advertising)
New England Meteorological Society
Item
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