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Joseph C. Ferguson, Jr. Opticians advertisements

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Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103

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Joseph C. Ferguson, Jr., Opticians were located at 8 and 10 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This is a collection of advertisements and ephemera from Joseph C. Ferguson, Jr., Opticians. Materials include scrapbooks of newspaper advertisements and printed advertising brochures, including "Eye Talks," "The Eyes Have It," "The Right Way," and "Your Eye Health." There is also a scrapbook of other advertising ephemera, including calendars, negative sleeves, lens cleaning cloths, and Christmas gift suggestion lists. The collection also includes forms for advertising letters; instruction manuals for ophthalmometers; and product brochures for other products sold by the firm, including thermometers, binoculars, opera glasses, cameras, and photograph developing equipment and supplies.

Publisher
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Finding Aid Date
2012
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This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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The collection is open for research.

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