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| Advertisement | E. S. Fowler, Commission Merchant (1867) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | E.S. Fowler |
| Publication Source | The Pacific coast business directory... containing... the states of California, Oregon, and Nevada; the territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Utah; and the colony of British Columbia. Also, a gazetteer of the counties, cities, and towns, and an exhibit of the resources of the Pacific coast, p. 130 |
| Publisher | H.G. Langley |
| Publisher Location | United States--California--San Francisco |
| Publication Date | 1867
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| Advertisement Text | Port Townsend, W.T. Forwarding and commission merchant, and dealer in general merchandise. This firm have a strong wharf, with 26 feet of water at low tide. |
| Contextual Notes | A commission merchant is a person who buys or sells goods for others on a commission basis.
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| Category | Commercial and professional services
Transportation and communication |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Commission merchants--Washington (State)--Port Townsend |
| Geographic Coverage | United States
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0114 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. F852 P32 1867 |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original drawing in RGB at 400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, changed to indexed color, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
