Directory · Oct 1857

Provincial Salamander Fire Proof Safes

J. & J. Taylor, Toronto

1857 advertisement headed Provincial Salamander Fire Proof Safes, showing an open double-door safe lettered J. & J. Taylor and 65 King St. West, with the line Late of S. C. Herring's, New York
J. & J. Taylor advertisement dated Toronto, October 1857, from The Canada Directory for 1857-58 (Montreal: John Lovell), p. 1304. Public domain, via Canadiana.DownloadSave to Pinterest

Date

Oct 1857

Printed in

The Canada Directory for 1857-58 (John Lovell, Montreal), p. 1304

Type

Directory

What it says

Provincial Salamander Fire Proof Safes. J. & J. Taylor, 65 King St. West. Late of S. C. Herring's, New York.

The Taylors trade on their time at Herring's in New York. Borrowed credibility, 1857 style.

Source: Canadiana · Public domain

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