1870 ad: Beal & Hooper, EAST CAMBRIDGE furniture maker - factory engraving For Sale
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1870 ad: Beal & Hooper, EAST CAMBRIDGE furniture maker - factory engraving:
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1870 ad East Cambridge, Mass. This is a rare advertisement for a furniture manufacturer in E. Cambridge, Mass., published in an 1870 issue of Every Saturday: An Illustrated Journal of Choice Reading. The piece is over 150 years old. The ad is a half-page in size, on a sheet which measures 10.5 x 14.5 inches in size overall. The page is in fine condition, with light age browning.It shows an attractive view of Beal & Hooper’s factory complex, with workmen and wagons moving lumber outside, and smoke pouring out of the smokestacks, while ships are seen on the water in the background. The artist and engraver of the scene were Matthews and R. Sayer.The ad’s headline and text says:BEAL AND HOOPER
manufacturers of
BLACK WALNUT CHAMBER SETS,
BOOK-CASES, SIDEBOARDS, HALL-STANDS, etc.
Which, for STYLE, ELEGANCE, and QUALITY, are unsurpassed.
We were awarded a Medal and Diploma by the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics’ Assn. for our Goods exhibited at the late Fair.MANUFACTORY, EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS. ... SALESROOM AND OFFICE, HAYMARKET SQUARE, BOSTON.Our goods are sold by the principal dealers throughout the United States. Catalogues and Price Lists sent by mail when desired.ALEXANDER BEAL.GEORGE K. HOOPER._gsrx_vers_1426 (GS 9.0.3 (1426))