Trade Card

Artist J.W. [John W.] Cull

Dateca. 1910

Terms

Greeting Cards
Ink
Cardstock
Concord (Massachusetts)

Dimensions7.5 × 12 cm (2 15/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of the Cummings Davis Society (2007)

Object number2007.30

DescriptionBlue lithography and letterpress on cardstock. Center image of an engraving of the battle at North Bridge in Concord, MA. "Old North Bridge Tourist Stable/ Concord, Massachusetts/ Old North Bridge/ Battle/ April 19, 1775/ Suitable carriages furnished for Tourists with competent Guides. Carriages may be ordered/ in advance. J.W. CULL, Manager, P.O. Box 525, Concord, Mass. [on edge] By the rude bridge that arched the flood,/ Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,/ Here note the embattled farmers stood/ And fired the shot heard round the world./ Emerson." Reverse: "Points of Historic Interest on the 8-mile Ride/ Monument Square. -- Town Elm. Thoreau House, Provincial Store, now Colonial Hotel. Thoreau School. Monument. Spanish War Memorial./ Monument Street.--Jones House. Old Manse. Battle Ground. Battle Monument. Graves of British Soldiers. Concord River. North Bridge. Minuteman Statue./ Bedford Street.--New Hill Cemetery. Old Oak, 400 years old. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Graves of Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Alcotts, Wm. Ellery Channing, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Samuel Hoar, Sherman Hoar, and Senator George Frisbie Hoar. French's Melvin Memorial./ Lexington Street.--Old Hill Cemetery. Graves of Rev. Wm. Emerson, Col. Jas. Barrett. Maj. John Buttrick, John Jack, slave. Wright Tavern. First Crouch. Antiquarian Rooms. Beaton House. Home of R.W. Emerson. Dr. Samuel Prescott's Home. Louisa Alcott's Orchard House or Apple Slump. School of Philosophy. Hawthorne's Wayside. Ephraim W. Bull's Grape Cottage. Merriam's Corner. Merriam's House./ Main Street.--Block House. Main Street Cemetery. Shepard Tavern. Public Library. Home of Samuel Hoar. Birthplace of Senator George Frisbie Hoar and Judge E. R. Hoar. Homes of Sherman Hoar and Jane Austen. Thoreau-Alcott House. Margaret Fuller House. South Bridge./ Elm Street.--Maj. Simon Willard and Maj. John Lee Farm. Home of Frank B. Sanborn./ Sudbury Road.-- Wheeler House. Horace Mann Home. Home of Frank B. Sanborn, 1860. Bigelow House./ And other points of interest the guide will describe. Boston & Lexington Street Railway cars run to Concord, also connecting with Boston Elevated, and Northern and Western Street Railway./ Antique Shop/ Bedford Street/ Choice Genuine Antiques for Sale/ Furniture, Crockery, Prints, Pewter, Books, etc. Local Pieces a Speciality."