When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
1847 antique WORCESTER ma ALMANAC DIRECTORY foldout MAP ADS artificial leg
SCROLL DOWN for MORE PHOTOS in DESCRIPTION
ClickHEREto view or search ANTIQUE.COTTAGE listings.
Original 1847 Worcester, Massachusetts city directory and business advertising volume, complete with residential listings, trades, occupations, and an extensive section of illustrated and typographic advertisements reflecting mid-19th-century urban life.
This volume documents hundreds of named Worcester residents and businesses, making it highly useful for genealogists, local historians, and social historians, while the advertising section is especially strong for collectors of early American commerce, medicine, and industrial history.
Of particular note, the advertising section includes illustrated medical-device advertisements, among them:
Artificial limbs (artificial legs) with period illustrations
Trusses and abdominal supporters
Surgical supports and mechanical aids
These appear alongside a wide range of other period ads, including:
Undertakers and coffin makers
Furniture, stoves, and hardware dealers
Boot & shoe manufacturers
Tailors, milliners, and dressmakers
Insurance companies, grocers, booksellers, and stationers
The artificial leg advertisement is an important and uncommon feature for a volume of this date, reflecting early American prosthetic development decades before the Civil War.
Physically, the book shows honest age wear consistent with mid-19th-century use: toned pages, light edge wear, and scattered spotting. Text and advertisements remain legible throughout, and illustrations are intact. No modern repairs observed.
An excellent survivor with strong crossover appeal to medical history, disability studies, early industrial design, and Worcester-area genealogy.Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
CONDITION: See listing description and photos.
- International buyers are responsible to pay VAT or other Taxes to their countries as required.
- collects and remits sales tax on behalf of several states.If you are a dealer, you can write to to file a form to become tax exempt.
LOC:
LOC2: MEDIUMBOOKS09-TMKTK-E251228BDBA0
Powered by SixBit\'s eCommerce Solution
