Flower, Frank W.

Double-sided trade card: Frank's Dining Room [and] Gould's Hats and Gloves

Boston: Frank's Dining Room, 1880. 1 trade card 7 x 10.5 cm. with chromoligraphed illustration signed C.W. The illustration is of a boy and a girl in late 19th-century dress next to water feeding swans and ducks, with a gazebo in the background. It accompanies an advertisement for Frank's Dining Room, 13 & 15 Harrison Ave., with prices for dinner and breakfast or supper. Frank W. Flower ran his Boston restaurant from about 1880 to 1895, starting at this address before moving to 19-21 Harrison in 1884 and to 79 Harrison in the early 1890s. The other side of the card has a text-only advertisement for Gould's at 696 Washington St., Boston: "Lowest Prices in Town for Hats and Gloves." In Very Good- Condition: light creasing (vertical on the illustrated side); lightly soiled; Gould's side is slightly scraped. Very Good -. Item #004605

Price: $16.00