Wrought iron fences and gates for private estates, parks, cemetaries, unclimbable fences for factories and railroads, tennis enclosures, arbors, wire fences, farm fences, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 19 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

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Date

1915

GUSN

GUSN-347413

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Ephemera collection
Product catalogues
Agriculture and landscaping
Fences
Wrought iron fences and gates for private estates, parks, cemetaries, unclimbable fences for factories and railroads, tennis enclosures, arbors, wire fences, farm fences, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 19 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.
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Ephemera collection
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Description

The business had built fences and gates around private residences, businesses, and cemeteries. The residences include Henry Clay Frick, Pride's Crossing, Massachusetts, the Skinner Estate, Dedham, Massachusetts, Francis Shaw, Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, Bayard Thayer, Lancaster, Massachusetts, and the Larz Anderson Estate, Brookline, Massachusetts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
fences
gates
houses
country houses
cemeteries
trade catalogs

Physical Description

1 trade catalog, 100 pages : illustrations ; 8 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.12.001.002.016

Image Dimensions

8 3/4 x 8 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2017.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Prides Crossing (Beverly, Essex county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Dedham (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)
Lancaster (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Brookline (Norfolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc. (Publisher)
Everett Press (Printer)

Material Type

trade catalogs

Other People

Frick, Henry Clay, 1849-1919
Shaw, Francis, 1854-1935
Anderson, Larz, 1866-1937
Thayer, Bayard, 1862-1916

Other Organizations

Little & Browne
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston

Subjects

Architectural photography
Portland Street (Boston, Mass.)
India Street (Boston, Mass.)
Beacon Street (Boston, Mass.)

Description Level

Item

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