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B. A. Atkinson & Co. house furnishers

Description
Image of an aerial view of the Boston, Massachusetts, city block corner of Washington St. and Common St. with a complex of buildings offering furnishings sold by B.A. Atkinson & Company; variety of horse-drawn vehicles visible in streets surrounding the buildings; vignette of a comfortably furnished home interior at top left; full-length portrait of owner Byron A. Atkinson wearing a coat and holding a top hat at right.
Type
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Date
1888
Call number
priJLC_HHD_002487
Creator
Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the household goods prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people
Allan, J. N. (1819-1863.)
Alvord, Johnson Mahalah, (1828-1923.)
Corr, Bernard, (1828 or 1829-1912.)
Crump, S. (1824-1886.)
DeVaudricourt, A. (1813-1906.)
Ferguson, Hiram, (1792 or 1793-)
Folger, William B. (1830-)
Graham, C. B. (1821-1910.)
Howland, Alfred R. (1852-1886.)
Jenison, H. S.
Ketterlinus, Eugene,
Kollner, Augustus,
Kuhl, Frederick.
Lewis, Charles E.
Liddle, John B.,
Murphy, W.
Nichols, Thomas Parker,
Parsons, Charles,
Rease, W. H.
Shearman, J. A.
Thoubboron, J.
Wales, James Albert,
Wyman, Charles E.
Associated organizations
B. Wilkins & Co.
Baptist & Taylor.
Carqueville Litho. Co.
Clay, Cosack & Co.
Cosack & Co.
Donaldson Brothers (Firm)
Eckstein, Hoffmann & Porr.
Endicott & Co. (New York, N.Y.)
Ferd. Mayer & Co.
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company.
Geo. H. Walker & Co.
Graphic Company.
Hatch & Co.
Hatch Lith. Co.
Hughes & Johnson Litho.
International News Company (New York, N.Y.)
J. Mayer & Co.
J.H. Bufford & Sons.
Ketterlinus Printing House.
Krebs Lithographing Company.
Lakeside Press (Chicago, Ill.)
Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann.
Moss Engraving Company.
National Bureau of Engraving (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Richmond & Co.
Ringwalt & Brown.
Russell & Richardson.
S.N. Dickinson & Co.
Samuel S. Smith & Son.
Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.
Shober & Carqueville.
Strobridge & Co. Lith.
Strobridge Lithographing Company.
Van Benthuysen Printing House.
W.J. Morgan & Co.
Wagner & M'Guigan.
Weed, Parsons & Co.
Worley & Bracher.
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