Advertisement, J.F. Bumstead & Co., manufacturers and importers paper hangings, 134 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

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Date

1854

GUSN

GUSN-332960

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Wallpaper
General
Wallpaper - General - Folder 1
Advertisement, J.F. Bumstead & Co., manufacturers and importers paper hangings, 134 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.
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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Wallpaper
    - General
      - Wallpaper - General - Folder 1
        Billhead for Benjamin W. Bush, dealer in paper hangings, 31 School Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 13, 1846
        Billhead for E.L. & F.S. Rollins, manufacturers of window shades and paper hangings, 50 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 5, 1881
        Billhead for E.L. & F.S. Rollins, manufacturers of window shades and paper hangings, 96 & 104 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 23, 1878
        Billhead for E.L. & F.S. Rollins, manufacturers of window shades and paper hangings, 96 & 104 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 24, 1878
        Billhead for R.W. Chandler, Dr., paper hanger, 50 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 8, 1878
        Billhead for R.W. Chandler, Dr., paper hanger, 50 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 8, 1880
        Billhead for R.W. Chandler, Dr., paper hanger, 50 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated February 12, 1881
        Billhead for H.W. Cowles, Dr., painting, glazing, whitning and coloring, No. 1 Indiana Place, Boston, Mass., dated October 25, 1881
        Billhead for R.W. Chandler. Dr., paper hanger, 50 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 15, 1881
        Billhead for R.W. Chandler, Dr., paper hanger, 50 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 3, 1883
        Trade card for Bailet Wallpaper Co., wallpapers, 62 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for E.L. Estabrook & Co., foreign and domestic wall hangings, Jamaica Plain, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Thomas H. Lunt Jr., paperhanger, 142 Water Street, Newburyport, Mass., undated
        Trade card for A.O. Rogers, wall paper samples, Box M, Rowley, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Mrs. W.N. Sanborn, paperhanging, Byfield, Mass., ca. 1902
        Trade card for Norman Petrie, wall paper samples, Lafargeville, New York, 1902
        Trade card for Thomas Strahan, paper hangings and fine art goods, No. 378 Washington, corner of Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for Thomas Strahan, paper hangings and fine art goods, No. 378 Washington, corner of Franklin, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade cards for Thomas F. Swan, wholesale and retail dealer in wall papers and mouldings, 24 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., undated
        Trade card for James A.D. Worcester, wholesale and retail dealer in paper hangings, 43 Main Street, Charlestown, Mass., undated
        Announcement for the exhibition of colonial wall papers, H.M. Bixby Co., 242 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated
        Trade card for E.G. Higgins & Co., art wall papers, 284 Main Street, Worcester, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for Ebenezer Clough, paper-stainer, Boston, Mass., 1801
        Advertisement for Ebenezer Clough, paper-stainer, Boston, Mass., October 18, 1803
        Handbill for Merriam & Palmer, manufacturers of paper hangings, Nos. 51 & 53 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Advertisement for John R. Longfellow, paper-hangings and window-shades, No. 34 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, Mass., 1864-1865
        Advertisement for the Boston Wallpaper Company, paper hangings, 20 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., August 1888
        Billhead for Thomas Hancock, merchant, Boston, Mass., dated February 22, 1743
        Billhead for Appleton Prentiss, paper handings, Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 29, 1791
        Billhead for Moses Grant, English paper-hangings and borders, No. 6 Union Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 3, 1802
        Billhead for Moses Grant & Son, paper-hangings and borders, No. 6 Union Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 23, 1810
        Billhead for Merriam, Palmer & Co., manufacturers & dealers in paper hangings, No. 4 Union Block, Union & Marshall Streets, Boston, Mass., dated June 1, 1847
        Billhead for George Creamer, paper hangings, 151 Essex Street, Lynde Block, Salem, Mass.
        Trade card for J.S. Ives, artistic wallpapers, fine window shades, 32 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut, undated
        Billhead for the Johnston-Bailey Company, carpetings, drapery, window shades, paper hangings, furniture, 190 and 192 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, May 7, 1906
        Billhead for the Johnston-Bailey Company, carpetings, drapery, window shades, paper hangings, furniture, 190 and 192 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, May 8, 1906
        Advertisement for J.F. Bumstead & Co., dealers in wood carpet and inlaid flooring, paper hangings, 148 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
        Billhead for J.F. Bumstead & Son, paper hangings wholesale and retail, 134 Washington Street, opposite school Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 3, 1856
        Billhead for Josiah F. Bumstead, manufacturer and importer of paper hangings, 134 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 12, 1853
        Advertisement, J.F. Bumstead & Co., manufacturers and importers paper hangings, 134 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. (current record)
        Billhead for J. Bumstead & Son, paper hanging and upholstry, No. 68 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., dated September 25, 1823
        How to measure for Sanitas, Standard Textile Products Co., 320 Broadway, New York, New York
        Useful hints on wall paper, H. F. Newman, 60 Park Square, Boston, Mass., 1898
        Billhead for J. Webb Adams, practical paper hanger, 22 Irving Street, Boston, Mass., 1874
        Billhead for J. Webb Adams, practical paper hanger, 22 Irving Street, Boston, Mass., 1875

Description

The business has wallpaper from French and other American factories. The salesroom, factory premises and manufacturing process can be seen in the item illustrations. The ad was in the "Boston almanac" in 1854.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
wallpapers
interior decoration
advertisements

Physical Description

1 advertisement : illustrations

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.123.01.01.048

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

J.F. Bumstead & Co.

Material Type

Subjects

Washington Street (Boston, Mass.)
Kemble Street (Roxbury, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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