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1959

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2025

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Trade Card, Foster, Besse & Co. / Clothiers and Hatters / 317 Main Street, late 19th century

This is a Trade card. It was printed by H J Latham and made for (as the client) Foster, Besse & Co.. It is dated late 19th century and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is chromolithograph. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is inscribed

printed in black ink at lower right: 'C' inscribed in circle 1882 H J Latham

Cite this object as

Trade Card, Foster, Besse & Co. / Clothiers and Hatters / 317 Main Street, late 19th century; Printed by H J Latham (American, active 1880s); Client: Foster, Besse & Co.; chromolithograph; 1959-30-1-13

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