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![Banner gas burner!! Consumes all the gases! Ventilates the room. Keeps fire through the entire season without rekindling ... For sale by Thomas A. Westscott, 16, 17, 18 & 19 Marshall, corner of Union Streets, Boston [1861].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvYmFubmVyLWdhcy1idXJuZXItY29uc3VtZXMtYWxsLXRoZS1nYXNlcy12ZW50aWxhdGVzLXRoZS1yb29tLWtlZXBzLWZpcmUtdGhyb3VnaC1mMmIyYzAtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/568/jpg "Banner gas burner!! Consumes all the gases! Ventilates the room. Keeps fire through the entire season without rekindling ... For sale by Thomas A. Westscott, 16, 17, 18 & 19 Marshall, corner of Union Streets, Boston [1861].")
![The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting with gas. factories, hotels, stores, and dwellings ... Manufactured and sold by O. P. Drake & company 6 & 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. [1866].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvdGhlLXNvbGFyLWdhei1tYWNoaW5lLW8tcC1kcmFrZXMtbGF0ZXN0LWltcHJvdmVtZW50LWZvci1saWdodGluZy13aXRoLWdhcy1mYWN0b3JpZXMtZjY2OGY5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/62/webp "The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting with gas. factories, hotels, stores, and dwellings ... Manufactured and sold by O. P. Drake & company 6 & 8 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass. [1866].")
![Rare opportunity! 100 of T. Gilbert & Co's grand, parlor grand and square piano fortes must be sold immediately at auction prices ... Boston, F. A. Searle, Steam job printer, Journal building, 118 Washington Street [1861].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvcmFyZS1vcHBvcnR1bml0eS0xMDAtb2YtdC1naWxiZXJ0LWFuZC1jb3MtZ3JhbmQtcGFybG9yLWdyYW5kLWFuZC1zcXVhcmUtcGlhbm8tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "Rare opportunity! 100 of T. Gilbert & Co's grand, parlor grand and square piano fortes must be sold immediately at auction prices ... Boston, F. A. Searle, Steam job printer, Journal building, 118 Washington Street [1861].")
![Boyd& Tubb's commercial institute located in a central, spacious and commodious building. 80 Washington Street, Boston. Commercial course ... English course ... Classical course ... Penmanship... [Boston 1861].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvYm95ZGFuZC10dWJicy1jb21tZXJjaWFsLWluc3RpdHV0ZS1sb2NhdGVkLWluLWEtY2VudHJhbC1zcGFjaW91cy1hbmQtY29tbW9kaW91cy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "Boyd& Tubb's commercial institute located in a central, spacious and commodious building. 80 Washington Street, Boston. Commercial course ... English course ... Classical course ... Penmanship... [Boston 1861].")
![Constitutional Union ticket ... For Mayor Joseph M. Wightman. For aldermen ... Ward eleven .... [Boston] Engraved and printed by J. E. Farwell & Co. 32 Congress Street [1861].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjkvY29uc3RpdHV0aW9uYWwtdW5pb24tdGlja2V0LWZvci1tYXlvci1qb3NlcGgtbS13aWdodG1hbi1mb3ItYWxkZXJtZW4td2FyZC1lbGV2ZW4tNDMwOGMwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/74/webp "Constitutional Union ticket ... For Mayor Joseph M. Wightman. For aldermen ... Ward eleven .... [Boston] Engraved and printed by J. E. Farwell & Co. 32 Congress Street [1861].")
![Catalogue of building lots, on Phillips Place, Tremont & Streets, to be sold by auction, in the pavilion on the premises on Tuesday October 6, 1835 ... Whitwell, Bond & Co., Auct'rs. [Boston] J. H. Eastburn printer, 18 State Street [1835].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MzUvMDEvMDEvY2F0YWxvZ3VlLW9mLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWxvdHMtb24tcGhpbGxpcHMtcGxhY2UtdHJlbW9udC1hbmQtc3RyZWV0cy10by1iZS1zb2xkLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/62/webp "Catalogue of building lots, on Phillips Place, Tremont & Streets, to be sold by auction, in the pavilion on the premises on Tuesday October 6, 1835 ... Whitwell, Bond & Co., Auct'rs. [Boston] J. H. Eastburn printer, 18 State Street [1835].")
![Carpet beating machine. Nos. 86 & 88 Utica Street. Boston. TermsL Three cents per running yard ... Irs Bisbee. Boston. Calkins & Goodwin, printers. [1861].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjEvMDEvMDEvY2FycGV0LWJlYXRpbmctbWFjaGluZS1ub3MtODYtYW5kLTg4LXV0aWNhLXN0cmVldC1ib3N0b24tdGVybXNsLXRocmVlLWNlbnRzLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/24/webp "Carpet beating machine. Nos. 86 & 88 Utica Street. Boston. TermsL Three cents per running yard ... Irs Bisbee. Boston. Calkins & Goodwin, printers. [1861].")
