Historic New England

Trade card for Chas. W. Rogers, furniture repairer, 30 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

Rogers does upholstery and has chair cushions and clothes dryers for sale.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250004

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.009

Trade cards for Perkins' Patent Furniture Castor, Wm. A. Perkins, No. 20 Peabody Street, Salem, Mass., undated

The item is available in different sizes and was patented on February 2, 1875.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250005

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.010

Ye blue laws of ye state of Connecticut, Chamberlin & Co., dealers in first-class furniture, corner Orange & Crown Streets, New Haven, Connecticut, undated

Chamberlin deals in furniture, upholstery and hard-wood mantels. The item is a compendium of the Connecticut Sunday laws.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250006

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.011

Trade card for Degraaf & Taylor, furniture & decorations, 47 & 49 West 14th Street, 48 West 15th Street, New York, New York, undated

The card verso reads "Thirty years established" and "The largest furniture establishment in the city." A small boy plays with puppets in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250007

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.012

Trade card for Alfred Anderson, first class cabinet maker, 6 Front Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

Anderson does wood carving, inlaid work and the reproduction and repair of antique furniture.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250008

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.013

Trade card for Samuel A. Parsons, cabinet work, 7 Park Square and Boylston Square, Boston, Mass., dated November 14, 1895

Parsons announces his relocation to Park Square. He is the former senior partner of Leach, Annable & Company. The upper right corner of the card has "14 November 1895" handwritten in pencil.

Date: 1895-11-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250009

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.014

Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., furniture, carpetings, 151 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Customers are invited to visit the warerooms and view the large stock of furniture and carpets.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250010

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.015

Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., furniture, carpetings, 151 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The store carries stoves, mattresses, feathers, clocks and mirrors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250011

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.016

Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., furniture, carpetings, 151 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business sells for cash or in easy instalments.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250012

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.017

Trade card for Brooks & Walbridge Bros., furniture, carpetings, 151 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business partners are listed at the bottom of the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250014

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.018

Trade card for Beal & Hooper, manufacturers of furniture, Haymarket Square, Boston and factory at East Cambridge, Mass., undated

The business partners are listed on the lower left corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250016

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.019

Trade card for Paine's Furniture Manufactory, 48 Canal Street, Boston, Mass., 1876

The image caption reads "No. 19 from Paine's Manufactory, 48 Canal Street, Boston." The verso has an image of the medal won by Paine's from the U.S.Centennial Commission at the International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876.

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250019

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.020

Coupon for S.S. Chamberlin & Co., house furnishing goods, 656 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., December 1, 1862

A redeemable coupon for 25 cents is offered by Chamberlin.

Date: 1862-12-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250021

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.021

Trade card for Shaw, Applin & Co., furniture manufacturers, 27 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company was established in 1780.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250022

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.022

Trade card for Bardwell, Anderson & Co., manufacturers of centre pillar extension, library and work tables, 81 Bristol Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The factory is located at 81 Bristol Street. The office and warerooms are located at 19 Charlestown Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250024

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.023

F.M. Holmes Furniture Co., manufacturers of first-class, medium, and low priced furniture, No. 107 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1881

The leaflet has images and descriptions for various furniture pieces sold by the Holmes Company. The verso describes the firm's commitment to quality products.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250026

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.024

Postcard for Oren Hooper's Sons, the household outfitters, Portland, Maine, dated August, 1912

The verso describes a sale at Oren Hooper's and has a 1912 August calendar.

Date: 1912-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250027

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.03.025

Billhead for C.W. Roeth & Co., manufacturers of artistic furniture, 145 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s

Roeth has cabinet and upholstery warerooms for customers.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250028

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.001

Billhead for John Doggett & Co., looking glass & carpet warehouse, No. 37 Tremont Row, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 17, 1837

Doggett had been located on Cornhill Street before relocating to Tremont Row.

Date: 1837-10-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250029

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.002

Handbill for French's Patent Pillow Sham Holder and Elevator, G.B. French, 121 Union Street, Lynn, Mass., undated

The handbill shows a day and night view of "the greatest curiosity of the age."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250030

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.003

Handbill for Cunningham's Emporium, carpets, oil cloths, furniture and bedding, B.P. Cunningham & Co., 296 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., August 25, 1871

The store will open on September 5, 1871 and goods can be purchased on instalment plans.

Date: 1871-08-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250031

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.004

Billhead for Frank A. Hall, brass & iron bedsteads, bedding, springs, quilts & down cushions, 118, 120 & 122 Baxter Street, New York, New York, dated September 27, 1905

The business was established in 1828.

Date: 1905-09-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250032

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.005

Bratenahl-Baker House, Brace Cove, Eastern Point, Gloucester, Mass.

Colonial Revival kitchen installed in the Bratenahl-Baker House, Gloucester, Massachusetts. The verso includes the following note by Phil Hayden, written on July 19, 1984: "This is the Bratenahl-Baker House, Brace Cove, Eastern Point built in 1923-24 -- Paneling installed by H. D. Sleeper of Beaupor...

Date: ca. 1924

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250040

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1080.0070.001

Interior view of Indian Hill, Province House room, West Newbury, Mass., ca. 1900

View of the Colonial Living Room at Indian Hill. Note on verso: Paneling mostly from Province House. The woodwork taken from the Council Room in Province House can be seen above the mantel. Province House (Boston) was the seat of the royal governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250045

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3290.0100.001

Captain E. M. Major House, Drumlin Road, Newton Center, Mass., undated.

Exterior view of the Captain E. M. Major House in Newton, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250078

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2050.0260.002

Portrait of the Sparks Family, taken in the back yard of the home of Albert Sparks, State St. Bristol, Rhode Island

Four members of the Sparks family, photographed in their back yard in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250081

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0030.0040.001

Sebastian Streeter

Portrait of the Rev. Sebastian Streeter. From print: "For a period of forty years he was the revered and beloved pastor of the First Universalist Church in Boston. His learning, his piety, and his christian demeanor, were conspicuous, and distingiushed him as a 'FATHER', in the Israel to which he...

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250087

Ref. Code: GC002.02.219

Christmas 1919, The Roosevelt Club

Portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt, with "Christmas 1919" and "The Roosevelt Club" written below.

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250091

Ref. Code: GC002.02.220

George Washington

Portrait of George Washington

Date: 1860

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250094

Ref. Code: GC002.02.221

Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U.S.A.

Portrait of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, illustrating the "Struggle for Atlanta."

Date: 1865

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250095

Ref. Code: GC002.02.222

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams, engraved from a picture by G.P.A. Healy by J. Andrews.

Date: 1848

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250100

Ref. Code: GC002.02.223

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250105

Ref. Code: GC002.02.224

Edward Everett

Portrait of Edward Everett, governor of Massachusetts from 1836-1840.

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250106

Ref. Code: GC002.02.225

Lieut. Gen'l. Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A.

Portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, with a photograph by Mathew Brady. Depicts scenes entitled "Fort Donelson," "Our Flag," and the "Siege of Vicksburg."

Date: 1865

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250108

Ref. Code: GC002.02.226

Advertisement for Geer & Turrill

An advertisement for a sale at Geer & Turrill, for "watches, jewelry, silver ware, and fancy goods..." Sale commenced on April 1: "No April Foolery in this!!"

Date: 1850

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250111

Ref. Code: GC002.02.227

Civil War recruitment poster

Broadside announcing store closing to promote the recruitment of volunteers and militia to satisfy the Massachusetts quota for the Civil War.

Date: 1862-08-23

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250114

Ref. Code: GC002.02.228

Harvard University diploma, 1816

Diploma, written in Latin, for Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University. It was granted to Jonathan Greely Stevenson on August 28, 1816.

Date: 1816-08-16

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250119

Ref. Code: GC002.02.229

Harvard University diploma, 1819

Diploma, written in Latin, for a Master of Arts from Harvard University. It was granted to J. Greely Stevenson on August 25, 1819.

Date: 1819-08-25

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250120

Ref. Code: GC002.02.230

Harvard University diploma, 1871

Diploma, written in Latin, for a Master of Arts from Harvard University. It was granted to John Pickering Lyman on June 28, 1871.

Date: 1871-06-28

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250140

Ref. Code: GC002.02.233

Harvard University diploma, 1896

Diploma, written in Latin, for a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University. It was granted to Evan Walter Dunster Merrill on June 24, 1896.

Date: 1896-06-24

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250144

Ref. Code: GC002.02.234

Boston Latin School diploma, 1891

Diploma, written in Latin, for graduation from Boston Latin School. It was granted to Evan Walter Dunster Merrill in 1891.

Date: 1891

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250152

Ref. Code: GC002.02.235

Harvard University diploma, 1857

Diploma, written in Latin, for a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University. It was granted to Ezra Dyer on July 15, 1857.

Date: 1857-07-15

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250162

Ref. Code: GC002.02.236

English High School diploma, 1874

Diploma for graduation from English High School. It was granted to Walter K. Watkins on July 2, 1874.

Date: 1874-07-02

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250163

Ref. Code: GC002.02.237

Allegheny County Medical Society certificate

Certificate granted to E. Dyer by the Allegheny County Medical Society in 1881.

Date: 1881

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250169

Ref. Code: GC002.02.238

American Baptist Home Mission Society membership certificate, 1852

This certificate shows that Samuel N. Swaim's father contributed thirty dollars for him to the American Baptist Home Mission Society for life membership.

Date: 1852-12-01

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250179

Ref. Code: GC002.02.239