Historic New England

Rockland House; large group portrait in the foreground

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. A stereoview of Rockland House with a large group portrait in the foreground.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318826

Ref. Code: PC059.104

"Beach House"

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. A stereoview of a cottaged named "Beach House". Reeds are growing out of the sand in front of the house. Several buildings stand on the cliff behind the cottage.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318827

Ref. Code: PC059.105

Portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. Around the man's head is glued paper which has turned the space around his head white in the positive image.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318828

Ref. Code: PC059.061

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. A stereoview of the Atlantic House hotel. A grassy lawn occupies the fore- and midground of the photograph and people are gathered on the porch and front steps of the hotel.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318829

Ref. Code: PC059.106

Gingerbread house on the beach in the rocks

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of a house on rocks by the beach. The photograph looks up at the house from the ground level. There are people gathered on the front steps and the upper deck of the house.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318830

Ref. Code: PC059.107

House and barn with dog

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of a house and barn by a body of water. A fence runs the length of the shore and a dog stands near the fence.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318831

Ref. Code: PC059.108

Houses on a lane

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of houses on a lane. Two dirt roads intersect in the foreground of the photograph. A low stone wall is visible.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318832

Ref. Code: PC059.109

Aerial view of Nantasket

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. Aerial view of Nantasket. The ocean, boardwalk and buildings are all visible.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318833

Ref. Code: PC059.110

View of inland (?) water

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of a body of water surrounded by trees. Likey an inland body of water.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318834

Ref. Code: PC059.111

View of waterfall/dam

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of a waterfall or dam. Rocks, trees, and logs all lay in the water on the low side of the waterfall. Houses are visible in the background.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318835

Ref. Code: PC059.112

View of Nantasket Beach

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of Nantasket Beach. People stand all along the beach and buildings are visible along the shore line.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318836

Ref. Code: PC059.113

Nantasket Beach with Atlantic House

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of Nantasket Beach with the Atlantic House in the background. People are gathered along the beach

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318837

Ref. Code: PC059.114

Aerial view of houses and land

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. Aerial view of houses and land. Grass and fields occupy the fore- and midgrounds. Houses are visible through the trees in the background.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318838

Ref. Code: PC059.115

Nantasket Beach (?)

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View from a beach, likely Nantasket Beach, out onto the ocean. People are gathered on the beach and in the water. There is a horse drawn carriage on the beach and a boat is visible in the water.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318839

Ref. Code: PC059.116

Account records re: brickyard

File part

Date: 1880-1889

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318940

Ref. Code: MS033.002.002.009

Bank books

File part

Date: 1854-1889

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318941

Ref. Code: MS033.002.002.020

Other financial records

File part

Date: 1858-1893, undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318942

Ref. Code: MS033.002.002.021

Tax records: income tax

File part

Date: 1860-1871

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318943

Ref. Code: MS033.002.002.022

Foundry and rental

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318944

Ref. Code: MS033.002.004.006

Wilbraham Brothers

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318946

Ref. Code: MS033.002.006.017

Cotton dress goods, R.H.Stearns & Co., Boston, Mass.

Ginghams, crapes, organdies, printed dotted Swisses, Scotch cheviot and Indian dimity are described for customers with prices. Samples will be sent without charge if the catalog is mentioned. A drawing of the Stearns building is on the back cover.

Date: 1892

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318949

Ref. Code: MS033.008.001.030.001

Catalog of poultry and pigeon supplies and foods, issued by G.T. Savage, 67 No. Market Street, Boston, Mass.

Feeds, equipment and supplies for chickens and pigeons is described for customers.

Date: 1912-01-01

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318952

Ref. Code: MS033.008.003.003.001

Trade card, D.Toll & Co., manufacturers of brooms & brushes, Scotia, Schenectady Co., New York

A man carrying a broom follows in the wake of an early Dewitt Clinton locomotive.

Date: 1831-1833

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318953

Ref. Code: EP003.001.001

Trade card, Buffalo Gas Heating Flat Iron for families, tailors, hatters, dress & cloak makers, E.A. Burrows & Co., Troy, New York

Three two panel cartoons demonstrate the advantages of the gas irons in the home, dress and tailor shops.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318954

Ref. Code: EP003.001.002

Correspondence: St. Joseph's, Whitefield

File part

Date: 1871-1872

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318955

Ref. Code: MS033.004.001.023

Correspondence: The Willows

File part

Date: 1873

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318956

Ref. Code: MS033.004.001.024

View of houses along the shore, Swampscott, Mass.

View of houses, trees, and fencing along a road. In the foreground below the road is a rocky shore and a seawalll, and in the background a house can be seen on a hill.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318957

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0010.001

Fisherman's Beach and Humphreys St., Swampscott, Mass.

View of the shorline along Fisherman's Beach showing the the beach and seawall with a walkway and iron ralings above. Houses with awnings and people sitting on porches line the opposite side of the street. Figures can be seen in the water near a point of land in the distance, and in the foreground...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318958

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0010.002

Fisherman's Beach and Humphreys St., Swampscott, Mass.

View of the shorline along Fisherman's Beach showing the the beach and seawall with a walkway and iron ralings above. Houses with awnings and people sitting on porches line the opposite side of the street. Figures can be seen in the water near a point of land in the distance, and in the foreground...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318959

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0010.003

Exterior view of St. John's Church & Rectory, Swampscott, Mass.

Exterior view of St. John's Catholic Church, showing the front lawn and Rectory, Swampscott, Mass.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318960

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.005

Interior view of St. John's Church, Swampscott, Mass.

Interior view of St. John's Catholic Church, showing the center ailse leading to the sanctuary.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318961

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.006

Exterior view of "Blythewood," residence of Henry W. Proctor, Little's Point, Swampscott, Mass., c. 1917.

The house built in 1847 for James A. Little on what was Phillips Point. The house was remodeled by the architect, Arthur Little, of the same family, and was later the home of Henry W. Proctor at the time this photograph was taken.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318962

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.007

Cemetery plot

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318963

Ref. Code: MS033.006.001.014

Entrance of "Blythewood," residence of Henry W. Proctor, Little's Point, Swampscott, Mass., c. 1917.

The house built in 1847 for James A. Little on what was Phillips Point. The house was remodeled by the architect, Arthur Little, of the same family, and was later the home of Henry W. Proctor at the time this photograph was taken.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318964

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.008

Garden at "Blythewood," residence of Henry W. Proctor, Little's Point, Swampscott, Mass., c. 1917.

The house built in 1847 for James A. Little on what was Phillips Point. The house was remodeled by the architect, Arthur Little, of the same family, and was later the home of Henry W. Proctor at the time this photograph was taken.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318965

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.009

Trade card, The American Machine Co., manufacturers of hardware specialties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Company sells Crown & Eagle Fluting Machines and Mrs. Potts Cold Handle "Crown" Sad Irons. Three women use irons and a fluting machine in the card illustration.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318968

Ref. Code: EP003.001.003

Trade card, Enterprise Fruit, Wine and Jelly Press, Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa., Third and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fruit and drug presses are described on the item verso. The presses were displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The illustration has a Continental soldier with the verse "The battle is over, Bunker Hill no more will call the soldier from the maid he does adore, while to hi...

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318969

Ref. Code: EP003.001.004

Trade card, J. Papadopolo, direct importer of sponges from Greece, Turkey, Florida and Nassau, No. 95 William Street, between John Street and Maiden Lane, New York, New York

The importer also carries chamois skins, shells and sea beans. Sponge divers descend to the ocean floor in the card illustration. The caption reads "Sponge fisheries in archipelago."

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318970

Ref. Code: EP003.001.005

Trade card, Salem Nutmeg Grater, manufactured by Livingstone & Livingstone, North Salem, New Hampshire

The grater was patented in 1877. A wholesale price list is on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318971

Ref. Code: EP003.001.006

Trade card, U.S. Clothes Pins, U.S. Clothes Pin Co., Montpelier, Vermont

The clothes pins were patented June 28, 1887. In the illustration the man asks the boy "I say my boy how do they bite this morning?" The boy responds "With their teeth sir."

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318973

Ref. Code: EP003.001.007

Trade card, buy the Universal Clothes Wringer, Metropolitan Washing Machine Co., New York, New York

The wringer was patented August 1, 1880. The item is a Universal Clothes Wringer Puzzle. A variation on the illustration can be seen by turning it over and holding it up to to light. The product is sold by George Robinson, French's Block, corner Central & Pleasant Streets, Palmer, Massachusetts.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318996

Ref. Code: EP003.001.008

Brochure, indurated wood fibre pails, wash tubs & keelers, manufactured by United Indurated Fibre Co. of New Jersey, Lockport, New York

The business manufactured "fibrotta" pails and other items for use in the kitchen and laundry made from a wood pulp process. The brochure is in the shape of a pail with the name "The Star Pail" and has illustrations and text describing the product durability. The verso illustration is identified as ...

Date: 1889

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318998

Ref. Code: EP003.001.009

Trade card, perfection in broiling meats attained at last, American Broiler, location unknown

In the card illustration a woman stands at a stove holding the broiler pan in one hand and the cover in the other hand. The card text states the pan works "equally well over wood or coal." It can also be used as a bread toaster, corn popper and coffee roaster. The item features are described on the ...

Date: 1870s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319000

Ref. Code: EP003.001.010

Trade card, Enterprise Congress, World's Fair, Enterprise Meat Chopper, Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa., Third and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

People from different countries stand around Uncle Sam as he demonstrates the Enterprise Meat Chopper. The product features and a price list are described on the card verso. The female Columbia figure stands next to Uncle Sam with the American eagle below them. The item is for sale at W.E. Barrett &...

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319001

Ref. Code: EP003.001.011

Oakwood Stove Works, Bussey, McLeod & Co., Troy, New York

The stove features are described on the item verso. In the image Uncle Sam directs a cherub, wearing a "progress" banner, to fire a cannon which shoots out the stove models. The image caption reads "Uncle Sam I tell you the people will have the Gold Coin & Gold Medal Stoves & Ranges which are the be...

Date: 1880

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319005

Ref. Code: EP003.003.001

Trade card, Winthrop Ranges, Dighton Furnace Company, North Dighton, Mass.

The factory and the Winthrop Range are illustrated on the card. The item verso has a price list.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319019

Ref. Code: EP003.003.002

How to keep the wolf from the door, Charter Oak Stoves, manufactured by Excelsior Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, Missouri

One housewife shows a visiting housewife her new Charter Oak Stove. In the illustration a young boy plays with a cat while his sister holds her doll. According to the description it does perfect baking without drying out the food. The stoves have wire gauze oven doors.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319024

Ref. Code: EP003.003.003

Magee's Ideal Surface Burning Stove, manufactured by Magee Furnace Co., Boston, Mass.

Magee claims the stove is the capstone of their manufacturing process. An illustration of the stove is inside the brochure. The stove is available at L.S. & J.W. St. John in Walton, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319025

Ref. Code: EP003.003.004