11/22/2024

Very different on front and back

This trade card was available to businesses who needed to promote their offerings by printing their contact information on the back, and my collection has many from the same printer (Farmer, Livermore & Co., Providence, Rhode Island). The back promotes Geo. H. Richard's Men's and Boy's One Price Clothing House, at 296 Washington St., Boston.*

(*As of July of this year, that address is the site for the new CharlieCard Store: https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/07/22/new-charliecard-store-opening-july-29-mbta-announces/ )

This card came as a gift from Jim Arsenault, a bookseller++ and fellow board member of the Ephemera Society of America. Thank you, Jim.

Richards-clothing-Boston-8th yrd-front Richards-clothing-Boston-8th yrd-back.jpeg


Gift -- James E. Arsenault, Arrowsic, ME -- received 21 November 2024

Nov 22, 2024 5:10:48 PM

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