Historic New England

Billhead for Luther Southworth, Jr., manufacturer of set & cap screws, Stoughton, Mass., dated December 3, 1884

The billhead reads "All accounts to be settled at the end of every month."

Date: 1884-12-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251503

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.037

Billhead for Otis D. Dana, hardware, 22 to 32 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 1, 1888

Otis D. Dana is the successor to Eaton & Dana in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1888-11-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251504

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.038

Public notice for Callender, Rogers & Co., hardware business, Nos. 166 & 168 Congress Street, corner of Perkins Street, Boston, Mass., December 14, 1854

The business gives notice that it has moved from Nos. 42 and 44 Pearl Street to Nos. 166 and 168 Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The store carries American and foreign hardware, cutlery and guns for "the trade of all sections of the United States, the British provinces and the Indian count...

Date: 1854-12-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251505

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.039

Letterhead for Van Wagenen & Tucker, importers of German & English hardware, 172 Greenwich-Street, corner of Dey-Street, New York, New York, dated March 30, 1848

The letter is addressed to a merchant in New London, Connecticut, asking him to reduce his price and add a handle to a drill to improve its operation.

Date: 1848-03-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251506

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.040

Letterhead for Dunbar, Hobart & Whidden, tacks, wire nails, shoe nails, steel shanks, South Abington Station, Mass., dated March 21, 1882

The factory buildings are shown in the illustration. The firm was established in 1810.

Date: 1882-03-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251507

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.041

Trade card for E.G. Clapp, manufacturer of tin, sheet iron and copper ware, Ashland, New Hampshire, undated

Clapp deals in stoves, sinks, pumps, lead pipe, paper stock, kerosene oil, brooms and Japan and Britannia ware.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251508

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.001

Billhead for Taylor & Ball, dealers in hardware, No. 1 Pettigrew's Block, Depot Street, Ludlow, Vermont, dated August 8, 1871

The business deals in iron, steel, nails, glass, cutlery, belting and lace leather and Cumberland coal.

Date: 1871-08-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251509

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.002

Billhead for Lamson & Trowbridge, hardware, paints, oils and varnishes, No. 194 Main Street, Marlboro, Mass., dated August, 1897

The dealer carries agricultural implements, shoe kits, leather belting and lacing. The image shows the Samson Battery No. 1.

Date: 1897-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251510

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.003

Billhead for Humphrey, Dodge & Smith, jobbers & retailers in hardware, iron & steel, Concord, New Hampshire, dated December 29, 1885

The items are a credit for the customer.

Date: 1885-12-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251511

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.004

Bigelow & Dowse Co., hardware, cutlery and bicycles, 229 Franklin Street, between Oliver & Pearl, Boston, Mass., dated November 12, 1897

The business premises are shown in the image with pedestrians and street traffic.

Date: 1897-11-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251512

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.005

Billhead for Bigelow & Dowse, hardware, 229 Franklin Street, between Oliver and Pearl, Boston, Mass., dated August 8, 1892

Sales floor activity is shown in the smaller illustration.

Date: 1892-08-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251513

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.006

Trade card for Gill's Celebrated Oak Stair Button, Bailey-Weston Co., 7 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The Bailey-Weston Company manufactures Gill's Celebrated Oak Stair Button.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251514

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.007

Circular for The Columbian Hardware Company, Cleveland, Ohio and New York, New York, undated

The item verso has directions for using the Gem and Star Coil Door Springs in English, German and French. The Company is the successor to Van Wagoner & Williams Hardware Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251515

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.008

Billhead for Bigelow & Dowse Co., hardware, cutlery & auto. accessories, 215-233 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 13, 1927

Bigelow & Dowse was established in 1839.

Date: 1927-05-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251516

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.009

Brochure for The Eclipse Door Check and Spring, Chandler & Barber, 15 & 17 Eliot Street, near Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the features and benefits of the Eclipse Door Check and Spring.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251517

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.010

Billhead for Frye, Phipps & Co., importers & wholesale dealers in English & American hardware, Nos. 94 & 96 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 31, 1871

The billhead reads "No warrant on axes."

Date: 1871-07-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251518

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.011

Billhead for the John B. Varick Company, hardware iron and steel, Varick Building, Manchester, New Hampshire, dated March 31, 1906

The items carried by Varick include paint, agricultural implements, flower seeds, bicycles, cameras, fur coats and jewelry.

Date: 1906-03-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251519

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.012

Advertising card for The Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 176 Charles Street, near Cambridge Bridge, Boston, Mass., undated

The hours, terms of service and surgeons for the Infirmary are described. The card verso states the Infirmary services are for poor and needy individuals in the community.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251521

Ref. Code: EP001.01.061.01.01.001

Envelope for The Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan, undated

The lower left corner of the envelope reads "Extension Department."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251522

Ref. Code: EP001.01.061.01.01.002

Letterhead for the "State Hospital for the Insane, Danvers, Mass.", 1878-1899

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. The top of the letterhead reads...

Date: 1878-1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251524

Ref. Code: EP001.01.061.01.02.001

Park entrance, undated

1 plot plan

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251631

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.057a

Park entrance, 1880

Same as 57a, but a handwritten note on the plot plan reads, "Showing Betterments and assessments, May 1880."

Date: 1880

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251632

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.057b

Wellesley, Mass., 1879

Plan of Wellesley, Mass. showing Lake Waban and Washington Street.

Date: 1879-02

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251633

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.059

Plan of H.H. Hunnewell lands, 1876

Plan of H.H. Hunnewell's lands in Wellesley, Mass.

Date: 1876-02-15

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251634

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.061

Balch Estate documents, Boston, Mass., 1918

Lot including a three-page letter from Rackemann & Brewster, counselors-at-law, Ames Building, to Francis N. Balch, Esq., 60 State Street, Boston. There are also two plot plans of lots on Prince Street.

Date: 1918-06-13

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251636

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.103

Plan in county commissioners office, So. Mdlx. Court, Ma., 1834

Tracing of part of a plan outlining the original location of the Boston and Worcester Railroad in Natick. Includes topographical features.

Date: 1834

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251637

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.104

Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

Collection

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 251760

Ref. Code: EP002

Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 251761

Ref. Code: EP002.01

Packaging

The containers in the Packaging Collection represent companies in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, whose products were available nationally. The boxes were used for cosmetics, chewing tobacco, clothing items, cutlery, dyes, food, medicines, pencils, stati...

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 251762

Ref. Code: EP002.02

Packaging - Cosmetics - Box 1

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 251763

Ref. Code: EP002.02.01

Box for Lablache Face Powder, Ben. Levy & Co., French perfumers, Boston, Mass., undated

The text reads "The only perfect toilet powder / Used and endorsed by the most refined ladies in private and public life." The round buff colored container has a cherub holding the banner with the name "Lablache Face Powder."

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 251767

Ref. Code: EP002.02.001

Plan of City of Cambridge, 1908

Copy of a plan dated September 13, 1888 on file in the office of "Fuller-Whitney Surveys Corp."

Date: 1908-01-18

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251778

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.105a

Plan of City of Cambridge, 1908

Copy of part of a plan of Cambridge dated June 20, 1895 done by Fuller-Whitney Surveys Corp.

Date: 1908-01-18

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251779

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.105b

Plan of Chandler Street, Boston, Mass., 1873

Plan showing Chandler Street and the streets nearby with lots and properties denoted.

Date: 1873-01-15

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251781

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.106

Plan of lot in S. Natick, Mass., 1863

Plan showing lots of land on the Charles River on the road from Wellesley to S. Natick, Mass.

Date: 1863-12-22

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251782

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.107

Plan of lots between Westland Ave. and West Chester Park, Boston, Mass., 1880

Dated September 20, 1880, but red writing on the plan states that "additions dated March 20, 1883."

Date: 1880-1883, predominant 1880-09-20

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251783

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.108

Plan of land belonging to Nathan Matthews, Esq. in Boston, Mass., 1867

Plan showing lots owned by Nathan Matthews between Pinckney Street and Mt. Vernon Street, in the Louisburg Square area of Boston, Mass.

Date: 1867-01-08

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251785

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.109

Plan of land in Marblehead, Mass., 1912

Plan of land in Marblehead, Mass. for registering with the land court. The green lines show the location of "ROAD" as shown on a plan by Charles A. Putnam, dated October 28, 1895.

Date: 1912-05-01

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251794

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.110

Plan of land on Brookline Avenue, Boston, Mass., 1884

Plan showing lots between Burlington Avenue and Depot Street on Brookline Avenue.

Date: 1884-08-04

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251799

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.111

Plan of land belonging to Mr. Ralph Smith in Natick, Mass., 1906

Copy of a plan made on April 30, 1811 of Ralph Smith's land in Natick, Mass.

Date: 1906-11-28

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251801

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.112

Plan of land in the city of Cambridge, 1896

Plan of lands near Massachusetts Avenue on Princeton Avenue, Ames Street, Radcliffe Street and Wellesley Street.

Date: 1896-08

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251804

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.113a

Box for the Ladies' Crimped Collar and Cuffs, manufactured by the American Molded Collar Company, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870

The products were patented on February 17, 1865. A young woman, wearing a crimped collar, sits at her dressing table. The round box is white on the sides with a light tan cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 251803

Ref. Code: EP002.02.002