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Ferdinand's Blue Store : 2260 Washington Street, corner Warren, established 1869.
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Ferdinand's Blue Store : 2260 Washington Street, corner Warren, established 1869.
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Creator(s)
Howe, Edward R., 1847-1915, artist.
Contributor(s)
Faxon, John Lyman, 1851-1919, architect.
Title
Ferdinand's
Blue
Store
:
2260
Washington
Street
,
corner
Warren
,
established
1869
.
Link to library catalog record
http://catalog.bostonathenaeum.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=388623
Date
[1895]
.
Publisher
Boston
:
E.R
.
Howe
Lith.
,
62
Stanhope
St
.
Physical Description
1
print
on
wove
paper
:
chromolithograph
,
hand-colored
;
image
41
x
57
cm.
,
sheet
50.2
x
65.8
cm
.
Summary
Depiction
of the
home
furnishing
store
,
Ferdinand's
Blue
Store
, in the
Roxbury
district
of
Boston
.
Washington
Street
, at the
corner
of
Warren
,
is
also
shown
with
pedestrians
,
trolleys
, and a
horse
and
carriage
.
Founded
in
1865
,
Ferdinand's
Blue
Store
, was the
largest
furniture
store
in
New
England
at the
time
this
print
was
made
in the
mid-1890s
. The
building
depicted
in this
print
was
designed
by the
architect
,
John
Lyman
Faxon
, and
completed
in
1895
. An
advertisement
for the
store
in the
1895
Boston
Directory
claims
that the
store
held
"
over
12
acres
of
beautiful
light
show
rooms.
"
Located
near
the
Dudley
Street
subway
station
, the
building
was
renovated
in
2000-2001
.
Picture
caption
:
Positively
the
largest/house
furnishing
establishment/in
the
United
States
.
Complete
house
furnishings./Largest
stock./Low
prices
.
Date
based
on the
year
the
lithographer
,
Edward
R
.
Howe
, was
located
at
62
Stanhope
Street
and the
year
the
building
was
completed
. By
exchange
,
September
2001
.
#2001.39
.
References
:
Boston
Massachusetts
/
George
W
.
Engelhardt
.
Boston
:
Engelhardt
,
1897
,
repr
.
p
.
269
.
Subject(s)
Ferdinand's Blue Store (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)--Pictorial works.
House furnishings industry and trade--Pictorial works.
Roxbury (Boston, Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.
Washington Street (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.
Genre terms
Chromolithographs--United States--1890-1900.
Location/Call number
Prints and Photographs Dept. (Appointment required) C B64R8 Sh.f. 1895
Source
447_86.tif
Rights
Collection of the Boston Athenaeum. May not be reproduced or quoted without written permission. For more information, see
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/46
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