Historical Materials: Boston Locales, Businesses, & Buildings

Oak Hall was a men's clothing store located in Boston located at 32 and 34 Ann (later North) Street. It was started by George W. Simmons and known for providing ready-made clothes. The elaborate advertising campaigns by Simmons emphasized its distinctive and eponymous oak facade.

1848 Boston Directory

George Adams

Boston: James French, 1848

See p. 25.

publication

Oak Hall Pictorial

Devereux & Brown, artists; George Simmons, publisher

1854
Boston: Damrell & Moore, Printers
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. (AAS: CL.F9116.011.1854)

publication

Oak Hall Pictorial: These are the numbers over the door

Friend to American Enterprise

Unpaginated booklet
Courtesy American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. (CL.F9116.011.1854)

publication

Oak Hall Pictorial: This is Oak Hall, in North Street Boston

Friend to American Enterprise

Unpaginated booklet
Courtesy American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. (CL.F9116.011.1854 CL.F9116.011.1854)

Also filed under: American ensign / flag »

artwork

Oak Hall Pictorial: This is the flag that waves on high

Friend to American Enterprise

Unpaginated booklet
Courtesy American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. (CL.F9116.011.1854)

Also filed under: American ensign / flag »

publication

Oak Hall Pictorial: This is the splendid stock in trade

Friend to American Enterprise

Unpaginated booklet
Courtesy American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. CL.F9116.011.1854