Currency of slavery, Crane's Business Papers, Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass.

Item Information

Title:
Currency of slavery, Crane's Business Papers, Crane & Co., Dalton, Mass.
Description:
The text states that Confederate paper money was printed on Crane's Bank Note paper. The inside illustration is of a slave transaction in 1850. The paper mill at Dalton was created by Zenas Crane and his associates. The item verso has a list of companies that distribute Crane's Business Papers.
Publisher:
Crane and Company
Designer:
Clarke, René
Lithographer:
Rusling Wood, Litho.
Typographer:
Marchbanks Press
Format:
Ephemera
Genre:
samples
promotional materials
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
EP001: Ephemera collection
Subjects:
advertising
business (commercial function)
printing (process)
paper (fiber product)
slavery
paper money
Confederate States of America
Places:
Massachusetts > Berkshire (county) > Dalton
Extent:
1 sample : color illustrations ; 11 x 8 1/2 inches
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/266405
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
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Notes:
Gift of Crane & Co., 7 November 1925.
Identifier:
266405
Call #:
EP001.12.005.001.012