Box 10

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"Children's Shoes with A.S.T. Co. Black Tips Protecting the Toes."

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Two different designs "Gems of the Seaside" and "Whoa Emma" featuring silhouettes.

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Partners are Julius L. Strong (Late of Welles & Strong) and James Nichols

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Successor to Chas. R. Allen & Co. "Will Make Your Hens Lay!"

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains different forms of printed paper items produced by Hartford businesses beginning in the 1840s and continuing through the present. Many types of ephemera, such as trade cards and catalogs, functioned solely as advertising. Others, such as bookmarks, calendars, and blank books, might serve a useful purpose as well as providing advertising for a firm. Much of the ephemera, especially the earliest items, were printed locally by Hartford’s many printing firms. Later items...

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"Churches, Halls, &c. decorated by experienced artists. Cut Flowers always on hand."

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains different forms of printed paper items produced by Hartford businesses beginning in the 1840s and continuing through the present. Many types of ephemera, such as trade cards and catalogs, functioned solely as advertising. Others, such as bookmarks, calendars, and blank books, might serve a useful purpose as well as providing advertising for a firm. Much of the ephemera, especially the earliest items, were printed locally by Hartford’s many printing firms. Later items...

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"Paper Hangings, Fire-Board Views, Oil Curtains, Curtain Cornices & Bands, Curtain Trimmings, &c."

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"Practical Book Binders and Fist Class Blank Book Manufacturers."

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One card with picture of "Little Red Riding Hood."