Hard Times Token - Peck and Burnham, Dry Goods Boston, MA ND

Reverse

Description of items sold, olive branches on each lower side

Script: Latin

Lettering:
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT
OF FANCY ARTICLES
SILVER
SPOONS
& SPECTACLES
GOLD BEADS
SCISSORS
RAZORS
COMBS
&c

Edge

Plain

Comment

Peck & Burnham was a dry goods store. An article describing the history of Hanover Street at that time states "Several of the largest and most popular dry goods stores in town were located there such as those of ... Peck Burnham & Co...". 25 additional businesses were also named. (Boston Sunday Globe, 20 April 1888, page 9) They were in business from 1832 to 1835.