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Item Description
For sale is an original vintage softcover program and souvenir booklet: "Souvenir of Firemen's Sick Benefit Association Fair - 1905", held in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
This historic local ephemera piece spans multiple days (November 28, 29, 30, and December 1, 1905) at City Hall. It is packed with fascinating turn-of-the-century local history, vintage advertisements, portraits of prominent town figures (including Mayor W.F. Houston and Chief S.C. Reed), and an extensive historical article titled "Early Fire Fighters: A Brief Sketch from the Bucket Brigade and Hand-Tubs of Our Forefathers' Time to the Present Methods of Fighting Fire."
Key Features:
Publication Year: 1905
Location: Newburyport, Massachusetts
Contents: Features historical firefighting text, local business advertisements (banks, breweries, dry goods, groceries), financial statements from local banks, portraits, and patriotic insert pages.
Condition: Antique condition. The wrapper and pages show age-appropriate wear including foxing, edge chipping, spine splits/staple rust wear, and minor staining consistent with fragile 1900s paper ephemera. Displays wonderfully for local history collectors.
Item Specifics
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Firefighting & Local History
Type: Souvenir Program / Booklet / Paper Ephemera
Year: 1905
City: Newburyport
State: Massachusetts
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
