Advertisements, Stephen D. Shaw, furniture and crockery warehouse, no. 4, East Row, Market Square; Nursery at "Indian Hill Farm", Newburyport, Mass.

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Date

ca. 1835

GUSN

GUSN-353844

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Furnishings
Furniture
Furnishings - Furniture - General
Furnishings - Furniture - General - Folder 4
Advertisements, Stephen D. Shaw, furniture and crockery warehouse, no. 4, East Row, Market Square; Nursery at "Indian Hill Farm", Newburyport, Mass.
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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Furnishings
    - Furniture
      - Furnishings - Furniture - General
        Furnishings - Furniture - General - Folder 4
        Billhead for C.W. Roeth & Co., manufacturers of artistic furniture, 145 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s
        Billhead for John Doggett & Co., looking glass & carpet warehouse, No. 37 Tremont Row, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 17, 1837
        Handbill for French's Patent Pillow Sham Holder and Elevator, G.B. French, 121 Union Street, Lynn, Mass., undated
        Handbill for Cunningham's Emporium, carpets, oil cloths, furniture and bedding, B.P. Cunningham & Co., 296 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., August 25, 1871
        Billhead for Frank A. Hall, brass & iron bedsteads, bedding, springs, quilts & down cushions, 118, 120 & 122 Baxter Street, New York, New York, dated September 27, 1905
        Billhead for Samuel Graves & Son, furniture manufacturers, 139 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 2, 1876
        Billhead for F.E. Fuller, dealer in furniture, carpets & ranges, 58, 60 & 62 Dwight Street, Springfield, Mass., dated October 31, 1899
        Billheads for the Society of Decorative Art, Boston, Mass., 1870s
        Billhead for F. Mohr & Co., manufacturers of parlor & cabinet furniture, 50 Elizabeth Street, New York, New York, dated December 5, 1890
        Billhead for Indestructible Bent Steel Furniture M'f'g Co., manufacturers of bent steel furniture,143-145 Elm Street, New York, New York, dated December 10, 1890
        Letterhead for The Old Lebanon Upholstery Shop, 40 Mascoma Street, Lebanon, New Hampshire, undated
        Letterhead for Hale Company, manufacturers and exporters of chairs and furniture, East Arlington, Vermont and 304 Pearl Street, New York, New York, dated July 28, 1894
        Advertisements,Stephen D. Shaw, furniture and crockery warehouse, no. 4, East Row, Market Square; Nursery at Indian Hill Farm, Newburyport, Mass. (current record)
        Billhead for William B. Phelps, manufacturer and dealer in furniture and upholstery goods, Nos. 17 to 27 Brattle Street, Boston, Mass., dated February 15, 1862
        Billhead, bought of Samuel Beal, at his furniture ware-house, Mill-Pond-Street, Boston, Mass, dated August 17, 1818
        Billhead, D. Williams agent, furniture, bottom at 19 Corn Hill Chambers, Boston, Mass., dated October 16, 1818
        Billhead, James H. Foster, upholsterer, 59 Marlboro, Boston, Mass., dated August 17, 1818
        Billhead, F.S. Jenkins, furniture repair, location unknown, dated April 6, 1915
        Billhead, B. & J.H. Precy, furniture textiles, location unknown, dated August 14, 1818
        Billhead, cash paid for sundry articles of furniture, Joseph F. Boardman, dry goods, No. 33 Market, Boston, Mass., dated April 1, 1813

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This advertisement contains harmful language and imagery employing racist stereotypes.

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The top advertisement describes the items carried in Shaw's furniture and crockery warehouse. The lower advertisement is for the nursery at "Indian Hill Farm" which charges admission to view the garden.

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Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
furniture
dinnerware
glassware
cutlery
kitchenware
farms
gardens
nurseries (horticulture)
Native American
advertisements

Physical Description

2 advertisements : illustrations ; 11 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.050.02.01.04.013

Image Dimensions

11 3/4 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Nylander, 11-04-2019.

Places

West Newbury (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Newburyport (Essex county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

Subjects

Indigenous
Native Americans
Stereotypes (Social psychology)

Description Level

Item

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