Historic New England

David Smith, commission merchant, groceries, No. 136 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Mass., undated

Smith is a wholesale and retail dealer in fresh, dry and pickled fish and other food items.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249529

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.006

Trade card for W.A. Gardner & Co., groceries and crockery, mixed paints, lead and oil, Bank Block, Tilton, New Hampshire, 1899

The card has "1887" and "1899" in the upper corners.

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249530

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.007

Trade card for Henry A. Brown, butter, cheese and eggs, No. 87 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., undated

A female figure, dressed in costume, dances in this image. The lower right corner of the card is captioned "England."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249531

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.008

Trade card for Acme Bar Soap, Lautz Bros. & Co., Buffalo, New York, undated

The image caption reads "Why, the foam is bringing him up." The card verso advertises F.H. Shepard, choice family groceries, who also deals in books, stationery and fancy articles. Shepard is located in Fair Haven, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249532

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.009

J.R. Ellis & Sons, produce commission dealers, 50 & 51 South Market Street and 3 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Ellis & Sons was established in 1847.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249533

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.010

Price list for Chas H. Stone & Co., American produce, 8 & 9 Chatham Row, Boston, Mass., April 15, 1873

Stone is a wholesale dealer and jobber for cheese, butter, lard, beans, peas, pearl barley and dried fruits.

Date: 1873-04-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249534

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.011

Price list for Chas H. Stone & Co., American produce, 8 & 9 Chatham Row, Boston, Mass., October 20, 1879

Stone is identified as a commission merchant and dealer on the card. The item lists butter, cheese, lard, beans, peas, dried fruits and pearl barley with the jobbing prices to be filled in.

Date: 1879-10-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249535

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.012

Trade card for C.B. Fessenden & Co., staple & fancy grocers, teas, wines, cigars &c., 177 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The top of the card reads "A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249536

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.013

Trade card for C.B. Fessenden & Co., staple & fancy grocers, teas, wines, cigars &c., 177 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The top of the card reads "A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249537

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.014

Recipes easy to serve, delicious and economical, Elmwood Farm, Uxbridge, Mass., undated

Buttermilk in cooking and as a beverage is described along with seven recipes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249538

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.015

Trade card for Samuel S. Pierce & Co., Hemenway Building, Court and Tremont Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

Streetcars, horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians can be seen outside the Samuel S. Pierce store.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249539

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.016

Billhead for S.N. Ellis, wholesale grocer, 53 Golden Street, New London, Connecticut, dated November 21, 1906

Salt and salt fish are specialties. The barrel images are for Pillsbury Best, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Jones Hungarian Superlative.

Date: 1906-11-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249540

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.017

Billhead for M.S. Ayer & Co., wholesale grocers, 189 and 191 State Street and 86 and 88 Central Streets, State Street Block, Boston, Mass., 1800s

Ayer is a receiver and jobber of flour, produce and provisions. "Forbes 1870's" is handwritten in the lower left corner.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249541

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.018

Billhead for M.S. Ayer & Co., wholesale grocers, 189 and 191 State and 86 and 88 Central Streets, State Street Block, Boston, Mass., 1800s

Ayer is a receiver and jobber of flour, produce and provisions.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249542

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.019

Trade card for Wood's Boston Coffees, Thomas Wood & Co., Boston and Montreal, undated

The image caption is "An apparition to the shepherds." The card verso has Chandler Grocery Company, Claremont, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247444

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.023

Health for happiness, National Dairy Council and New England Dairy and Food Council, Boston, Mass., 1927

The sheet lists tips for health including drinking milk, eating vegetables and brushing one's teeth.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.024

Twas the night before Christmas, Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia, undated

The greeting card advertises Coca-Cola and is to be placed on the top of a beverage bottle. The Clement Moore "Night before Christmas" poem is printed on the inside and card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247448

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.025

Trade card for Orange Formosa Tea, location unknown, undated

The caption for the flower decorated card reads "Orange Formosa Tea excels."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247449

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.026

Label for The Peerless Coffee, location unknown, undated

The bottom of the image reads "Label registered."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247450

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.027

Trade card for Allison & Budde, choice beef, mutton, lamb, veal, pork, vegetables, etc., South Farmes, Middletown, Connecticut, undated

A hand holding a flower bouquet decorates the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247451

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.002

Trade cards for Burke and Tracy, poultry products, location unknown, 1920-1940

The business has "strictly fresh eggs, fresh killed stock." The card verso has the years "ca. 1920-1940" handwritten on it.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247452

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.003

Hart, Baldwin & Botume, commission merchants, beef, pork, lard, hams, Nos. 10 & 12 City Wharf, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is a packer and dealer in tallow, smoked beef, tongues and other products.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247453

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.004

Trade card for J.V. Fletcher & Co., beef, pork, lard, hams, Nos. 66 & 68 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., undated

Fletcher is a wholesale and retail dealer in tallow, pigs' feet, tripe and other products.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247454

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.005

Trade card for W.F. White, butter, cheese, lard, No. 10 Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass., undated

White is a jobber and commission dealer in eggs, beans, dried apples, foreign and domestic fruit.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247455

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.006

Trade card for Nathan Robbins, poultry & wild game, Nos. 33 and 35 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., undated

Robbins has live pigs and fowls for shipping.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247456

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.007

Trade card for Gay & Davis, beef, pork, butter, cheese, Duncklee's Block, 271 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The dealer has hermetically sealed meats, fish, fruits and vegetables always on hand.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247457

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.008

Trade card for Cushing & Currier, cheese, butter, eggs, 5 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is a wholesale dealer in cheese, butter and eggs.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247458

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.009

Trade card for N.K. Fairbank & Co's. Pure Lard Oil, location unknown, undated

A lard lamp can be seen in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247459

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.010

Trade card for N.K. Fairbank & Co's. Pure Lard Oil, location unknown, undated

The lard pail balloon is captioned "How is this for high.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248289

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.011

Trade card for N.K. Fairbank & Co's. Pure Lard Oil, location unknown, undated

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Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248290

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.012

Trade card for Rohe & Brother, pork and beef packers, lard refiners, general provision dealers, 266 West 33rd Street, New York, New York, undated

The business premises are shown on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248291

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.013

Trade card for Chicago Packing & Provision Co., beef, pork, lard, hams, shoulders and bacon, canned & cooked meats, Chicago, Illinois, undated

On the card verso a young girl holds a tray with a canned product. The caption reads "Our conserved tongues are unequaled."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248292

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.014

Trade card for the Riverside Poultry Yard, breeder of high-class Barred Plymouth Rocks, Light Brahmas and Brown Leghorns, Harry E. Sisk, Palmer, Mass., undated

Sisk has eggs and birds in season.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248293

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.015

Trade card for Simpson, McIntire & Co. Diamond Creamery, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso advertises award winning Diamond Creamery Butter.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248294

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.016

Trade card for Gass, Doe & Co., butter, cheese, eggs, Nos. 61 & 63 Quincy Market, Boston, Mass., 1883

A cheese weighing 5,233 pounds will be cut the Saturday before Christmas in 1883.

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248295

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.017

Trade card for the Boston Beef Packing Co., 187 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso shows a steer figure labeled with the different cuts of beef. The beef is "put up in Texas." A handwriiten note reads "after 1878."

Date: ca. 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248296

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.018

Trade card for Merrill & Mackintire, eggs, 170 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

The customer is instructed to "cut on the lines and with the four pieces produce either 6,7,8,10,11 or 12 eggs" to solve the Magic Egg Puzzle.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248297

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.019

Trade card for the Anglo American Provision Co., Fowler Bros., Ltd., New York and Liverpool, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, undated

A crown advertises the Anglo American Provision Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248298

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.020

Envelope for Genery Stevens, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, poultry at wholesale, 58 Bridge Street, Worcester, Mass., dated November 25, 1898

Genery Stevens has cold storage at 58 Bridge Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Date: 1898-11-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248299

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.021

Billhead for Shute & Merchant, dry & pickled fish, Gloucester, Mass., dated September 29, 1898

The business specializes in Gold Wedge Brand Fibered Codfish, Diamond Wedge Brand Absolutely Boneless and Swans Down Brand Pickled Fish. The business was established in 1862.

Date: 1898-09-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248300

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.022

Trade card for F.S. Mudgett, fresh fish, and oysters in their season, location unknown, undated

A large letter "M" dominates the trade card for F.S. Mudgett.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248301

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.023

Billhead for G.D. Jackson, fresh and salt fish, lobsters, oysters, corner of Myrtle & Anderson Streets, Boston, Mass., dated April 1, 1879

Fishing tackle is constantly on hand for customers.

Date: 1879-04-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248302

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.024

Billhead for S.F. Woodbridge & Co., beef, pork, lard, hams, sausages, pigs' feet, tripe, tallow, Nos. 65 & 67 Quincy Market, Boston, Mass., dated May 19, 1869

Woodbridge is a wholesale and retail dealer in meat products.

Date: 1869-05-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248303

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.025

Billhead for John P. Squire & Co., pork, lard, and hams, 21 to 25 Faneuil Hall Market & 39 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 22, 1882

The slaughtering and curing establishment is on Gore Street in East Cambridge, Massachusetts. Squire manufactures Extra Lard Oil. The business was established in 1842.

Date: 1882-11-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248304

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.026

Billhead for B. Johnson, Dr., mutton, 1 & 3 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., dated February 16, 1888

Mutton is listed as being sold to this customer.

Date: 1888-02-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248305

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.027

Billhead for Harvey C. Smith, wholesale fish dealer, 33 Main Street, Gloucester, Mass., dated June 4, 1902

The dealer manufactures boneless codfish, packs mackerel and smokes halibut. Cape Ann Turkey and Smiths Famous Codfish are specialties. The business was established in 1872.

Date: 1902-06-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248306

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.028