Historic New England

Trade card for H.F. Golden, millinery, cloaks and suits, corner Congress and Preble Streets, Portland, Maine, undated

The business is located under Preble House.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244603

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.006

Trade card for Miss A.E. Trenholm, millinery, 197 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass., undated

Miss Trenholm's millinery business is located on Main Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244604

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.007

Trade card for Miss A.E. Trenholm, millinery, 197 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass., undated

A butterfly hovers above flowers in this image for the Trenholm millinery establishment.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244605

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.008

Trade card for Miss A.E.Trenholm, millinery, 197 Main Street, Fitchburg, Mass., undated

A bird flies above brightly colored flowers in this image for Miss Trenholm's millinery business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244606

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.009

Trade card for Misses A. & E.P. Fowler, millinery, Water Street, Danversport, Mass., undated

The card verso is an advertisement for a closing out sale and the arrival of spring and summer millinery.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244607

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.010

Trade card for Misses A. & E.P. Fowler, millinery, Water Street, Danversport, Mass., undated

Patrons and the public are notified of a closing out sale.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244608

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.011

Trade card for S.F. Lothrop & Co., millinery and French goods, No. 39 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1862

Lothrop is having a closing out sale of its millinery and French goods for thirty days. The year "1862" is handwritten on the card verso.

Date: 1862

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244609

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.012

Trade card for Miss G.S. Hubbard, fancy dry goods and millinery, 91 Hancock Street, Quincy, Mass., undated

Miss G.S. Hubbard extends compliments to the public and advertises her business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244610

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.013

Trade card for Miss G.S. Hubbard, fancy dry goods and millinery, 91 Hancock Street, Quincy, Mass., undated

Lillies decorate this trade card for fancy dry goods and millinery.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244611

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.014

Trade card for Wadleigh's, millinery, 474 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1879

The card is an invitation "to [a] private opening of rich millinery on Thursday, April 10th."

Date: 1879

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244612

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.015

Trade card for Mrs. H.N. Newell, milliner, Columbian Block, Concord, New Hampshire, undated

The card states "5 and 10 cent counters a specialty."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244613

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.016

Advertisement for Mrs. Bouncore, milliner and dress maker, No. 44 Marlboro Sreet, Boston, Mass., ca. 1821

Mrs. Bouncore "keeps a general assortment of millinary, dresses and fancy goods, of the newest patterns and latest importations. N.B. Crimping done at the shortest notice." The year "c. 1821" is handwitten on the verso.

Date: ca. 1821

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244614

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.017

Postcard for Mlle. Caroline's, millinery, 480 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., May 20, 1916

Mademoiselle Caroline is having a millinery sale at her premises in the block of the Brunswick Hotel. The image portrait is Rembrandt.

Date: 1916-05-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244616

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.018

Trade card for Mrs. C.S. Capen, milliner, 149 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1871

Mrs. Capen has moved from Pinckney Street to Tremont Street and will have a showing of her hats on Thursday, April 27, 1871.

Date: 1871

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244617

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.019

Trade card for Mrs. H.N. Newell, milliner, Columbian Block, Concord, New Hampshire, undated

The card reads "5 and 10 cent counters a specialty."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244618

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.020

Trade card for Mrs. H.N. Newell, milliner, Columbian Block, Concord, New Hampshire, undated

The card states "5 and 10 cent counters a specialty."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244619

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.021

Billhead for Mrs. S.E. Way, French millinery, No. 192 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 16, 1891

The street number was changed from No. 79 to New No. 192 on the billhead.

Date: 1891-04-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244620

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.022

Billhead for White's Bonnet Rooms, Crosby & Loomis, Nos. 39 and 40 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 9, 1839

White's carries "Florence, English and American straw goods, bonnets, silks, ribbons and other millenary articles."

Date: 1839-05-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244621

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.023

Billhead for E.B. Halsey, importer, 253 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, dated March 18, 1890

Halsey carries French and London hats and has a store in Newport, Rhode Island.

Date: 1890-03-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244622

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.024

Invitation for Joaquin & Cie., importers, 32 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., 1879

The invitation is for a grand opening display of Paris bonnets and round hats along with French millinery goods on Wednesday and Thursday, March 26 and 27, 1879. The invitation verso describes the importance of millinery.

Date: 1879

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244623

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.025

Poster for Miss E.F. Proctor & Co., fashionable millinery, No. 23 Central Street, Farmington, New Hampshire, undated

Proctor carries trimmed hats, bonnets and ladies' dress goods.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244624

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.02.001

Poster for H.S. Ingalls & Co., fine French, English and American millinery, 26 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated

Ingalls carries trimmed hats and bonnets.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244766

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.02.002

Trade card for Mr. and Mrs. A.C. Bradford's Millinery Store, Barre, Vermont, undated

A fox and a bird sitting in a tree are in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244767

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.001

Trade card for Henry M. Burr & Co., millinery goods, 490 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Burr deals in millinery goods at his business on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244768

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.002

Miss E.E. Bemis, fashionable millinery and fancy goods, North Brookfield, Mass., undated

A rose dominates the image advertising Miss Bemis's millinery establishment.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244769

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.003

Trade card for Harper & Lovett, Fayal Hats, Baskets, No. 312 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Harper & Lovett, an importer, jobber and retailer, carries embroidered hose, coiffures, laces and basket workstands. On the card verso is a handwritten statement reading "George the son of boustantine, grandson of Lord's day, who made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244770

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.004

Trade card for Mrs. H.C. Pierce, fashionable milliner, No. 8 Court Street, Boston, Mass., 1838-1844

The card vero has a handwritten statement "Hannah Cummings Pierce widow of Amasa Pierce who died Feb. 21, 1838. She married Nov. 3, 1844 Edward Emerson of Hollis N.H. so this card was used sometime between 1838 and 1844."

Date: 1838-1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244771

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.005

Trade card for Miss E.E. Bemis, fashionable millinery and fancy goods, North Brookfield, Mass., undated

Women can buy millinery and fancy goods in North Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244772

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.006

Trade card for Miss M.L. Page, millinery & fancy goods, Post Office Block, Montpelier, Vermont, undated

Miss Page is located in the Post Office Block in Montpelier, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244773

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.007

Trade card for Combination Hat Co., factory, 28 Newark Avenue J.C., Bethel, Connecticut, undated

The card reads "Have one price only. Goods marked in plain figures."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244775

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.008

Trade card for D.A. Mariner, practical hatter, 19 & 20 Brattle Square, Boston, Mass., undated

Mariner carries "fine silk, soft & stiff hats, at retail and for the trade."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244776

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.009

Trade card for Miss E.C. Mansfield, 70 Trinity Terrace, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is for the "Opening of Spring & Summer Millinery, Tuesday and Wednesday, April fourth & fifth."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244777

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.010

Trade card for M.C. Cowan & Co., millinery, 129 Main Street, Biddeford, Maine, undated

A cat pawing at a bird are in the image for the millinery business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244778

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.011

Trade card for Star Clothing House, 808 Elm Street, location unknown, 1883

Star is giving away a hat with each suit purchase until July 31, 1883.

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244779

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.012

Trade card for J. Rothschild, millinery, 32 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated

Rothschild deals in "choice millinery goods." A display of sewing notions can be seen in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244780

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.013

Trade card for S. Milkman & Co., millinery and hair goods, 161 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

A young girl wears a flower as a hat in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244781

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.014

Trade card for E.B. Dix, hatter, 347 Main Street, Harford, Connecticut, undated

The inside of the hat has the word "Best."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244782

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.015

Notebook for A.B.Currier's Hat Store, 709, 711, 713 Washington Street, corner Eliot Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 1894

The notebook contains the 1894 November and December calendar months and the 1895 calendar along with blank pages for personal use. The endpapers advertise hats, trunks, ladies' coats, oil and rubber clothing, horse blankets and related items. The hats are "union label." The notebook verso has a car...

Date: 1894

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244784

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.016

Trade card for Mrs. G.B. Wolf, millinery, location unknown, undated

The card reads "Welcome, Easter opening" and is decorated with fabric flowers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244789

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.017

Trade card for Besse, Baker & Co., clothing, Brockton, Mass., undated

The card verso states that the woolen goods available for sale were purchased before the Tariff Law went into effect. The Company has Boy's and Children's Departments in its 27 stores.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244790

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.018

Trade card, Youngs the hatter is retailing hats, 45 Wall Street, Bridgeport Connecticut, 1882

The image on the left is captioned "1st. Let's smile." The image on the right is captioned "2nd. Good enough!" At the bottom of the card it reads "Copyright 1882 Hopson & Sherman." Text on the verso reads "Youngs hatter is retailing straw hats at wholesale prices. Youngs hatter is retailing pearl, ...

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244791

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.019

Trade card, at wholesale prices, Youngs, hatter, 45 Wall Street, Bridgeport Connecticut, 1882

The image on the left is captioned "3rd. I must laugh!" The image on the right is captioned "4th. I shall bust!!" At the bottom of the card it reads "Copyright 1882 Hopson & Sherman." Text on the item verso reads "Youngs hatter is retailing fine mackinaw and manila hats at wholesale prices. Youngs h...

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244792

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.020