RARE BOSTON ADVERTISING NOTE FROM GEORGE E. PEARSON SHOE STORE
THIS STORE TOUTS ITSELF AS " THE CHEAPEST PLACE : FOR MEN's & LADIES' BOOTS ( AND SHOES ).
THE SHOE BOX EMPORIUM WAS LOCATED AT 142 HANOVER STREET...THOUGH NO HISTORICAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN FOUND ON THE BUSINESS.
THE SCRIP IS GRADED AS VERY FINE+ WITH A REPAIRED TEAR ON THE UPPER RIGHT PART & A COUPLE OF EDGE TEARS...LIGHT SOILING FROM AGING & CIRCULATION ALSO OBSERVED.
THE FRONT OF THE NOTE SHOWS WHAT APPEARS TO REPRESENT GEORGE PEARSON IN A MILITARY UNIFORM & TWO " 50 " ( PROBABLY 50 CENTS ) NOTATIONS...THE REVERSE SHOWS AN " UNHAPPY OLD MOTHER HUBBARD & NUMEROUS KIDS " !!!! THERE IS A NOTATION OF 5 & 1 BUT NOT CERTAIN OF THEIR SIGNIFICANCE.
A RARE AND UNIQUE PIECE OF BOSTON HISTORY...NO DATE ON SCRIP BUT PROBABLY EARLY 1900's,