Advertisement, Isaac H. Wright, auction and commission business, No. 15 Winter Street, Boston, Mass.

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Auctioneers and appraisers
General
Auctioneers and appraisers - General - Folder 1
Advertisement, Isaac H. Wright, auction and commission business, No. 15 Winter Street, Boston, Mass.
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Auctioneers and appraisers
    - General
      - Auctioneers and appraisers - General - Folder 1
        Trade card for H. Kendall, auctioneer and appraiser, 343 Main Street, Worcester, Mass., undated
        Trade card for H. Kendall, auctioneer and appraiser, 343 Main Street, Worcester, Mass., undated
        Billhead for F.J. Sheldon, Dr., auctioneer and appraiser, 127 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, dated April 6, 1889
        Advertisement, Isaac H. Wright, auction and commission business, No. 15 Winter Street, Boston, Mass. (current record)

Description

Wright purchased the auction business of Hennessy & Company. The item verso has ads for three businesses in Brattleboro, Vermont. Hines, Newman & Company are iron founders and manufacturers of paper machinery. The Lawrence Water Cure has an illustration of their facility. E.A. Stearns & Company manufactures box wood and ivory rulers. The engraving shows the building on Winter Street with Music Hall Place on the left side of the building.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
auction houses
auctioneers
commission merchants
exterior views
commercial buildings
horse-drawn vehicles
iron (metal)
papermaking
foundries
rulers (measuring devices)
measuring devices (instruments)
advertisements

Physical Description

1 advertisement : illustrations ; 11 x 8 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.011.01.01.004

Image Dimensions

11 x 8 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchase 2018.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Brattleboro (Windham county, Vermont)

Record Details

Material Type

Other People

Wright, Isaac Hull, 1814-1886

Other Organizations

Hennessy & Company (Boston, Mass.)

Subjects

Winter Street (Boston, Mass.)
Papermaking machinery
Hydrotherapy
Music Hall Place (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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