Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.12.1 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Wrapping Paper

DistributorDistributed by Brown Thomson & Co. American

MakerMade by J. S. Nugent & Co. American

Date1860-1910

MediumPrinted paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 24 x 18in. (61 x 45.7cm)

ClassificationsCommercial Objects

Credit LineGift of G. Fox & Co.

DescriptionRectangular piece of light brown wrapping paper printed in black ink with the name of Brown, Thomson & Company, a dry goods retailer in Hartford.

Object number1949.12.1

MarkingsPrinted in black ink: "BROWN, THOMSON & COMPANY, / WHOLESALE AND RETAIL / DEALERS IN / American, British, French and German Dry Goods. / SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO OUR STOCK OF / LINENS, TOWELINGS MUSLINS AND COTTONS. / While our other Departments, embracing / Silks, Dress Goods, Cloths, Flannels, Skirts, Ribbons, Laces, / Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves Handkerchiefs. Under- / clothing. Cloakings and Millinery. / Will be found replete with the latest novelties, AT LOW PRICES. / Nos. 398, 400 & 402 Main Street, / [CHENEY BLOCK] HARTFORD, CONN. / ONE PRICE STORE. / J.S. NUGENT & Co., 538 & 540 Pearl Street, N.Y."InscribedInscribed by hand in ink at upper left: "57100" the CHS Library catalog number assigned to the object in 1949.NotesHistorical Note: Brown Thomson & Co. sold dry goods, fabrics and millinery at 398, 400 & 402 (street numbers changed in 1898) Main Street, in Hartford, Connecticut. For many years the department store occupied the lower stories of the Richardsonian Romanesque commercial building designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1876 for the Cheney family of Manchester known as the Cheney Block. (E. Blakelock, 2009)

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