Historic New England

Architectural photo series, Pratt & Lambert, Inc., varnish, enamel & lacquer makers

Eleven photographs showing home interiors to promote supplies sold by Pratt and Lambert Incorporated, Varnish, Enamel and Lacquer Makers. Picture published with the courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art. At the back: handwritten infortmation.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266754

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.006.007

Johnson's Wood Dye

Propsectus to promote Johnson's Wood Dye "for the artistic coloring of wood", with colored prints.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266757

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.006.008

Trade card for C.H. Ayer, harness maker and repairer, Main Street, Suncook, New Hampshire, 1904

The image caption reads "2454. When day is turning into night. Birney."

Date: 1904

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266756

Ref. Code: EP001.01.100.01.02.009

Campbell's Varnish Stain

Booklet describing advantages of Campbell's varnish stain and published by Carpenter-Morton Company.

Date: 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266758

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.006.009

Circular for Stiles Frost, manufacturer of patent elastic and other surcingles, 75 Essex Street, Boston, Mass., December 31, 1879

The circular defines the licensing agreement between Frost and other businesses. Several letters attest to the use of the surcingle with horses.

Date: 1879-12-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266759

Ref. Code: EP001.01.100.01.02.010

Billhead for Mark W. Cross & Co., London Harness Agency, makers of harness, horse furnishings, 20 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 23, 1899

The Company manufactures travelling bags and sporting goods in addition to harness and horse furnishings. Cross will build fine stables.

Date: 1899-08-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266766

Ref. Code: EP001.01.100.01.02.011

Ecclesiastical ware in gold silver and brass, catalogue no. 40D, church goods, W. & E. Schmidt Co., 308 Third Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Photographs and illustrations of altars, pulpits, baptismal fonts and furniture carried by the Company are shown in the catalog.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266771

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.001.001

Trade cards for the Franklin Laboratory Co., guinea pigs, white mice, rabbits, 1585 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Franklin supplies animals to laboratories.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266778

Ref. Code: EP001.01.101.01.01.001

Hill's patent inside sliding blinds and screens, improved venetian blinds, Burlington Venetian Blind Co., Burlington, Vermont

The advantages and features of the window treatments are described. An advertisement for L.B. Fitch & Company, venetian blinds retaped and repaired, is attached on page five. The business is located at 18 Cortlandt Street, New York.

Date: 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266786

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.008.001

Trade card for Charles Williams, Jr., manufacturer of telegraphic and electrical instruments, No. 109 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso shows the American Morse Alphabet. A handwritten note with the card attests to Williams' connection to Alexander Graham Bell and the invention of the telephone. "It was in the garret of Williams' shop that the first significant experiments on the telephone were conducted (1875-1876). ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266829

Ref. Code: EP001.01.101.01.01.002

Choose the new in venetian blinds, Chicago Venetian Blind Company, 3917 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Suggestions for using color-metal alumilite venetian blinds in your home are included. The product is sold by the Walsh-Spencer Company, 420 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266793

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.008.002

Kaiser Aluminum Shade Screening... a new way to keep homes, offices, plants refreshingly cool on hot summer days, general offices, Permanente Products Company, Kaiser Building, 1924 Broadway, Oakland, California

The advantages of the aluminum screening product are described in the pamphlet. A letter to the customer is included dated August 19, 1949. Text on the front cover reads, "A.I.A. File no. 35-P-1."

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266809

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.008.003

Trade card for G.S. Woolman, mathematical optical & philosophical instruments, 116 Fulton Street, New York, New York, undated

The card is illustrated with instrument images.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266837

Ref. Code: EP001.01.101.01.01.003

Advertisement for S. Thaxter & Son, importers of and dealers in nautical and surveying instruments, 125 State street, coner of Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Thaxter carries charts and nautical books in addition to instruments.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266844

Ref. Code: EP001.01.101.01.01.004

Trade card for M.A. Porter, watch spring, skirt maker and dealer in thread store goods, 236 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Porter is now prepared to do initial letter stamping on handkerchiefs, clothing and table linen.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266846

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.001

Trade card for Walcott Brothers, patent graduating button-hole cutters, location unknown, undated

The item is for sale in hardware and fancy goods stores for use by tailors, shirt and dress makers and families.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266847

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.002

Brunschwig & Fils 2003 price list, 75 Virginia Road, North White Plains, New York

The business "is a wholesale house selling only to interior designers, architects and decorating departments of fine retail and furniture stores."

Date: 2003

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266874

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.001

Cohasset Colonials present fabrics, coverlets, draperies, Hagerty, Cohasset, Mass.

Background on colonial spinning and fabric is provided in the brochure. Home interiors decorated with Cohasset products are shown with an order form. There is a separate sheet for the Hanover Chandelier available from Cohasset.

Date: 1960

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266883

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.002

Fortuny Fabrics, location unknown, undated

The fabrics are described through text and images.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266889

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.003

Ideas for draping the home with Orinoka-Sunfast Guaranteed Fabrics, written and illustrated by F.F. O'Hallaran, The Orinoka Mills, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Suggestions for home decoration using the fabrics are described. A separate letter to the customer refers them to the Jordan Marsh Company for fabric samples.

Date: ca. 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266902

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.004

Alnwick Bedspreads, The Handwork Shop, 57 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York

Alnwick Bedspreads are handmade reproductions of old English bedspread patterns. The item verso has a list of customers who have purchased them.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266912

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.005

New Supercale Table Linens by Wamsutta, Wamsutta Mills, New Beford, Mass.

A white sale of Wamsutta products is described featuring table and bed linens. The linens are sold by Porteous, Mitchell and Braun Company, Portland, Maine. A price list and ordering form is included.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266923

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.006

Heywood-Wakefield, cane and wood chairs, catalog no. 14, general office and warehouse, Winter Hill, Mass.

The catalog has chairs, rockers, baby carriages, high chairs, school furniture, breakfast room suites and other furniture. Images of the factories and offices are in the front of the catalog. The business has a salesroom at 174 Portland Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The front cover is detached.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266958

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.001

How to choose the right colonial chair, Nichols & Stone Co., Gardner, Mass.

The historic background of colonial period pieces is described with suggestions for their placement in the home. The business creates reproductions of colonial chairs and rockers such as Boston, Nantucket, Governor Bradford and Windsor. The manufacturing process is outlined in photos and text. A ch...

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266964

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.002

Chairs, Heywood Bros. & Co., Boston, Mass.

Chairs for home and office use are described in the catalog. Newspaper comic strip panels were pasted over some of the chair images at one time and then removed or partially removed. The back cover is missing and there are missing pages in the item.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266969

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.003

Conant Ball Company, chairmakers, Nos. 76 to 100 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass.

The Company makes chairs, tables, breakfast and console suites. A sepatate price list is dated June 15, 1926.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266979

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.004

Ideal folding chair, Clarin Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois

The chair features are described with lists of the businesses which are using them. A color chart is on the item verso. The chairs are sold by Ernest W. Lowell in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267005

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.005

Flightline Chairs by Steelcase, Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan

Office and reception room chairs, manufactured by Steelcase Inc. and sold by Macey Fowler Inc. are described for customers.

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267006

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.006

Announcing the smart new Ideal Streamliners, Ideal Seating Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan

Movie theater seats, "America's Preferred Public Seating," manufactured by Ideal are described. The chairs are sold by Joe Cifre Inc., 44 Winchester Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267018

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.007

Mantel in Small Chamber on 3rd Floor, Revised July 12, 1906

1 detail : ink on linen

Date: 1906-07-12

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267007

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.054

Mantel in Chamber "B" 3rd Floor, Revised July 12, 1906

1 detail : ink on linen

Date: 1906-07-12

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267008

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.055

Mantel in Chamber "A" 3rd Floor, Revised July 12, 1906

1 detail : ink on linen

Date: 1906-07-12

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267009

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.056

Mantel in Large Room 4th Floor, undated

This detail of the mantel on the fourth floor has the words "Discarded" and "Superceded 3/20/06" written across it in pencil.

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267010

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.057

Half Inch Details of Closet Finish in Basement, May 4, 1906

1 sheet of details : ink on linen

Date: 1906-05-04

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267011

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.058

Half Inch Scale Details of Serving Room First Floor, May 3, 1906

1 sheet of details : ink on linen

Date: 1906-05-03

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267012

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.059

Half Inch Scale Details of Wardrobe & Closet Finish on Second Floor, May 3, 1906

1 sheet of details : ink on linen

Date: 1906-05-03

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267013

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.060

One Half Inch Scale (Details?) of Closet Finish, May 2, 1906

1 sheet of details : ink on linen

Date: 1906-05-02

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267014

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.061

Refrigerator for Kitchen Entry and Ice Chest for Butler's Pantry, June 5, 1906

1 detail : black and red ink on linen

Date: 1906-06-05

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267015

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.062

Addition on Roof of House for Arthur Perry, Esq., at 10 Marlboro St., Boston, undated

1 sheet : ink on linen

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 267016

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.009.063

Happiness chest, Piedmont Red Cedar Chest Co., Statesville, North Carolina

The item is an article reprinted from "Woman's home companion," April 1910. Piedmont chests are described in the piece.

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267034

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.009

Protection for your books, the Gunn Sectional Bookcase, manufactured by the Gunn Furniture Co., 1826 Broadway, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Descriptions and specifications are provided for the bookcases sold by Redington & Company, Silver Street, Waterville, Maine.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267039

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.010

Trade card for Goff's dress thread, location unknown, undated

The text below the image reads "Farmer Livermore & Co., Providence, Rhode Island." Portions of the text on the card verso are unreadable.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267040

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.003

Trade card for S. Cohen & Co., dealers in fringes, passementerie & small wares, No. 9 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Three boys play with a dog in the card image. The card verso has text which reads "Imp. F. Appel, Paris" in the lower right corner.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267041

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.004

Trade card for Pollard, Alford & Co., military and regalia goods, 104 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business sells gold and silver trimmings and theatrical goods.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267043

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.005

Trade card for Corticelli, sewing silk and twist, Nonotuck Silk Co., Florence, Mass., undated

A figure riding on a donkey holds an umbrella and reads a book. The bottom of the image reads "Chas. Shields Sons Lith., 20 & 22 Gold Street, New York." The card verso describes the silk thread made by the Nonotuck Silk Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267045

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.006

Envelope for the Robey-French Co., cord and screw-eyes, 34 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The envelope is for cord and screw-eyes from the Robey-French Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267046

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.007

Trade card for the Gold Medal Braid Co., sewing braid, Attleboro' Falls, Mass., undated

The image caption reads "New process of putting up 'Fruit of the Braider' improved No. 61." A new method of storing braid trim is described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267047

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.008

Selecting a cedar chest, Lane Chests, Lane, Altavista, Virginia

Manufacturing details are described in the item. The chests provide protection for clothing items. Lane Chests are available at Sheperd Stores in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267050

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.011

Pin holder, 400 Washington Adamantine Steel Pins, Oakville Company, division Scovill Manufacturing Co., Waterbury, Connecticut, undated

The holder is designed for 400 Washington Adamantine Steel Pins.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267052

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.01.01.009

Waiting room for salesmen in the buyer's office, does your printed material conform to its rules and regulations? S.D. Warren Company, 89 Broad Street, Boston, Mass.

Printed catalogs should conform to a standard filing cabinet size. An insert in the brochure lists "Warren Papers carried in Stock at Mill"and has "A Guide to the Selection of Warren's Standard Printing Papers."

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266530

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.026

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