Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and Ephemera
(Handbill / Circular)
FROM THE HEARSE MANUFACTORY
GEORGE L. BROWNELL - NEW BEDFORD, MASS
FIRST CLASS HEARSE OR UNDERTAKERS' WAGON
No date, circa 188-?
175.00
Condition for this handbill is good only with some chipping to the corners, also small chip to the right side of handbill at middle fold, there are light fold marks, there are
TWO 3 1/2" x 2" pieces of tape on the back that are placed at both sides of the middle fold (see photos), on the reverse of the sheet the names listed on the far right side column just under the tape are worn away, there is also a affixed sheet of paper 9" x 4" with notations printed, typed and in pen (the typed notations have faded for the most part) this affixed part is part of an additional list of patrons for Brownell Hearses.
TWO 3 1/2" x 2" pieces of tape on the back that are placed at both sides of the middle fold (see photos), on the reverse of the sheet the names listed on the far right side column just under the tape are worn away, there is also a affixed sheet of paper 9" x 4" with notations printed, typed and in pen (the typed notations have faded for the most part) this affixed part is part of an additional list of patrons for Brownell Hearses.
Size is 9" x 12".
An original handbill from George L. Brownell New Bedford, Massachusetts, advertising their Hearse Manufactory business with a list of clients on the reverse and an addendum slip affixed listing a few more clients (typed clients have faded but the printed and written list is still very legible). A scarce handbill probably from the 1880s to early 1890s.
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