C. E. Hall and Company
1886

C. E. Hall and Company Public Carriage Advertising Card Beachmont Massachusetts

C. E. Hall and Company Public Carriage Advertising Card Beachmont, Massachusetts

DESCRIPTION: lustrated advertising card for C. E. Hall & Co., dated Beachmont, January 1, 1886, announcing an on-demand public carriage service to and from the railroad depot. The notice offers transportation from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 25 cents per passenger, with orders accepted by the station master, at Stowers, at F. T. Littlefield's store, or at the firm's Washington Square office.

The lower portion features a color illustration of a three-masted steamship, with furled sails and flags flying, against a pale green sea and sky. Additional text advertises service for later trains, light express work and the transportation of trunks at reasonable prices. An example of local transportation advertising linking railroad passengers with carriage and baggage services in nineteenth-century Beachmont.

CREATOR: C. E. Hall and Company

PUBLICATION DATE: 1886

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Very good. No issues

COLORING: Litho.

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SIZE: " x "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 14

PRICE: $75

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