Trade card for Mrs. H.C. Pierce, fashionable milliner, No. 8 Court Street, Boston, Mass., 1838-1844

Item Information

Title:
Trade card for Mrs. H.C. Pierce, fashionable milliner, No. 8 Court Street, Boston, Mass., 1838-1844
Description:
The card vero has a handwritten statement "Hannah Cummings Pierce widow of Amasa Pierce who died Feb. 21, 1838. She married Nov. 3, 1844 Edward Emerson of Hollis N.H. so this card was used sometime between 1838 and 1844."
Date:
1838–1844
Format:
Postcards/Cards
Ephemera
Genre:
trade cards
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
EP001: Ephemera collection
Subjects:
advertising
business (commercial function)
clothing
milliners
hatters
women (female humans)
Millinery
Court Street (Boston, Mass.)
Hanover Street (Boston, Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 trade card ; 2 x 3 1/4 inches
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/244771
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Identifier:
244771
Call #:
EP001.01.023.06.03.005