Calendar, Bird's Stationery Shop, Boston, Mass.

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Date

1928

GUSN

GUSN-327985

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Stationery
General
Stationery - General - Folder 3
Calendar, Bird's Stationery Shop, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Stationery
    - General
      - Stationery - General - Folder 3
        Trade card for J.L. Fairbanks & Co., manufacturing stationers, 43 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for the Angel Guardian Press, publishers, printers, bookbinders, 111 Day Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Thorp & Martin Company, stationers, 66 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for O.S. Currier, manufacturer and dealer in paper boxes of all kinds, Fremont, New Hampshire, undated
        Label for Mark Twain's Scrap Book, published by Slote, Woodman & Co., New York and London, undated
        Trade card for Benj. Mansfield, dealer in paper stock, scrap iron, metals, 344 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Charles J. Cohen, wholesale stationer, importer and envelope manufacturer, No. 26 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated
        Trade card for Southworth Co., manufacturers of superior writing papers, Mittineague, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Joshua S. Chase, manufacturer of Chase's Liquid Glue, 102 Central Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Sample card for 140 C Job Bristol, Carter, Rice & Co., 252 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Sample card for 140 H Job Bristol, Carter, Rice & Co., 252 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Sample card for 120 Pink Damascus Bristol, Carter, Rice & Co., 252 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Munson & Co., manufacturers of patent Manilla Paper Boxes, 64, 66 & 68 Court Street, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Trade card for H.E. Wright with Pulsifer, Jordan & Wilson, manufacturers of paper, envelopes and cardboard, warehouse, 45 & 47 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Wm. H. Brett & Co., stationers, steel plate engravers, 313 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Brochure for Dixon's Graphite Pencils, manufactured by The Jos. Dixon Crucible Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, 1879
        Brochure for Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen, Thorp & Martin Company, stationers, 66 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., December 1922
        Moore's Pens and Pencils for Christmas, Boston, Mass., undated
        This Christmas Eversharp matched by Wahl Pen, The Wahl Company, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, 1923
        Brochure for the John Hancock Cartridge Pen, Pollock Pen Co., Boston, Mass., December 1922
        Brochure for Swan Pens and Fyne Point Pencils, location unknown, December 1925
        Trade card for Eagle Academic Lead Pencils, location unknown, undated
        Circular for National Safety Paper, manufacturers, Campbell, Hall & Co., 110 & 112 Nassau Street, New York, New York, undated
        Trade card for New Pen Corner, Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pen, 40 School Street, Boston, Mass., 1925
        New pocket sample folder no. 1 from Ray Card Company, North Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Young lady's and gentleman's writing book, or book for compositions, manufactured for Elisha Clark, dealer in books, stationery, fancy articles, &c., next door north of Elliot House, Front Street, Bath, Maine
        Calendar 1893, Albert F. Davis, books and stationery, 167 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island
        Calendar 1901, Stationery Department, Callender, McAuslan & Troup Company, Providence, Rhode Island
        Calendar, Bird's Stationery Shop, Boston, Mass. (current record)
        Billhead for D. B. Brooks & Co., manufacturers of Congress Record Ink and Revolving Ink Stand, 33 Court St., Boston, Mass., 1879
        Billhead for Carter, Dinsmore and Co., proprieters of Carter's writing fluids, inks and mucilage, 162 to 172 Columbus Ave., Boston, Mass., 1885

Description

Birds decorated the item cover for the shop, established in 1885, and located at 5 West Street. A church calendar is on the item verso.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
stationery
calendars
trade cards (advertising)

Physical Description

1 calendar : color illustration ; 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.111.01.03.029

Image Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of Cambridge Historic Commission, 2016.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

calendars
trade cards (advertising)

Subjects

Birds
West Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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