Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.12.2 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Wrapping Paper

DistributorDistributed by Brown Thomson & Co. American

Date1860-1910

MediumPrinted paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 19 1/2 x 15in. (49.5 x 38.1cm)

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, then located at Main & Temple Sts.

Object number1949.12.2

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 & Cottons / WHILE OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS EMBRACING / Silks, Dress Goods, Cloaks, Millinery, Upholstery, / Hosiery, Ribbons, Laces, H'dk'fs, Undercloth- / ing, Gloves, Men's Furnishings, Notions, / Boys' Clothing, Carpets, Furniture, Shoes, Books, / Drugs, House / Furnishing Goods. / Restaurant, Etc. / Will be found Replete with the Latest Novelties, / AT LOW PRICES. / MAIN & TEMPLE STS., / Hartford, Conn. / ONE PRICE STORE"

InscribedInscribed at upper left in ink "57100" the number assigned by the CHS Library in 1949 when the Fox Centennial Collection was donated.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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