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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The Fly Fisher |
| Date | c.1856-1864 |
| Record ID | 148665 |
| Collection Name | Lithographs |
| Reference | Lithf Buff Fly |
| Theme | Professions Nationality and Place |
| Library of Congress Subject | Fishing Boys Horse railroads Massachusetts Boston Genre prints Advertisements Dry-goods |
| Genre | Pictorial Works |
| Description | 1 print : lithograph, b&w ; image and text 34 x 30 cm., on sheet 46 x 33 cm. |
| Places | Boston |
| Document Type | Lithograph |
| Book Type | Lithographs Genre prints Advertisements--Dry-goods |
| Additional Notes | Issued from Bufford's print publishing house 313 Washington St Boston; J H Bufford's Lith, lithographer |
| American Antiquarian Society Copy Notes | Subject: A warmly dressed boy, holding a fishing pole in his right hand, stretches out his left hand to catch a fly. Below the main image, a railcar drawn by a pair of horses advertises "507 First and last. 507 Washington Street Dry goods. S.F. Lothrop & Co." A boy stands by the driver at the front of the car, while a man, possibly the conductor, stands at the rear. Notes: J.H. Bufford's Lith. was at 313 Washington Street from 1856 to 1864. A letterpress advertisement (text and image) for S. F. Lothrop & Co. Dry Goods overlays the lower portion of main lithographic print. "First and last! Prices low! Styles the best! Variety large!" Five stanzas of advertising verse: One morning on the Washington St. line there was seen a handsome sign, which, as it through the city passed, bore this inscription,--"first and last" And hourly on the busy street the wandering throng this sign did meet; and all the people gravely asked, "what means the inscription 'first and last'?" But none were wise enough to tell, or break the strange, mysterious spell which round that quaint inscription cast--kept people wondering first and last. But now, as everybody knows, the first to open, last to close, is what this neat device implies; and thither everybody flies. For twenty-five per cent, or more, is saved on dry goods at this store; and when you've once its threshold passed, although the first, it's not the last. S.F. Lothrop & Co. 507 Washington St., Boston. Head-quarters in New York, 20 Walker Street. Numbered at left of small image, above verse: 78. Local Notes: American Antiquarian Society copy the gift of Charles Henry Taylor. |
| Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
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