Trade card for Melville Garden, clam bakes daily, Downer Landing, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., 1885

Item Information

Title:
Trade card for Melville Garden, clam bakes daily, Downer Landing, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., 1885
Description:
In the illustration an African-American waiter serves a family in the restaurant. The card verso lists the times for the Hingham, Hull and Downer Landing Steamboat Company from India Wharf. It is the only line running to Melville Garden.
Date:
1885
Format:
Postcards/Cards
Ephemera
Genre:
trade cards
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
EP001: Ephemera collection
Subjects:
advertising
business (commercial function)
food
restaurants
steamboats
families (kinship groups)
servers (people, restaurant)
Clambakes
African American men
African Americans
African Americans in advertising
Melville Garden (Firm)
Places:
Massachusetts > Boston Harbor
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Massachusetts > Plymouth (county) > Crow Point
Extent:
1 trade card : color illustration ; 4 1/2 x 3 inches
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/249225
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Greg Smart, October 20, 1997.
Identifier:
249225
Call #:
EP001.01.046.05.02.030