Historic New England

Trade card for The Best Tonic, an extract of malt and hops, unknown manufacturer, undated

Trade card featuring Hygeia (daughter of the of the god of medicine, Asclepius) holding a wreath. The tonic is designed to aid digestion, and is made from an extract of malt and hops.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195541

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.008

Trade cards for Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure, H.H. Warner Company, Rochester, New York, undated

The trade card depicts a young woman dispensing the Safe Rheumatic Cure to an older man with his bandaged feet up on an ottoman.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195542

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.009

Trade card for Carter's Little Nerve Pills, Carter Medicine Company, New York, New York, undated

Trade card advertising patent medicine for nervousness and dyspepsia. The card depicts an older woman hiding behind a younger woman. The copy reads "Why Aunty! what makes you so nervous? It is only a cow. If you would but take CARTER'S LITTLE NERVE PILLS, you could not be thrown into such nervous sp...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195543

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.010

Trade card for Lactart Milk Acid, Avery Lactate Company, Boston, Mass., 1884

Trade card for the Lactart patent medicine. It was said to relieve fevers, headaches, wakefulness, nervous depression, and urinary troubles. The card depicts a milkmaid and cows in a pastoral scene.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195544

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.011

Trade card for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Mass., undated

Ayer's Sarsaparilla, a patent medicine for "health and sunny hours," is described on the card verso. The card features a woman wearing a Victorian period pink dress and carrying a small boy on her shoulder.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195545

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.02.01.001

Trade cards for Nichols' Bark and Iron, manufactured by Billings Clapp and Company, Boston, Mass., undated

Black and white trade card depicting a young boy playing a bugle to a small toy dog. The dog stands on a box of Nichols' Bark and Iron tonic. Nichols Bark and Iron was advertised as an iron tonic capable of curing numerous ailments.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195546

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.012

Billhead for S.S. Rich and Sons, undertakers, 162 Pearl Street, Portland, Maine, dated Nov. 27, 1917

Billhead for the S.S. Rich and Son "practical embalmers." The printed bill is for the Estate of Annie H. Beckett and includes a casket, embalming services, moving services, and a funeral notice. The billhead is illustrated with a depiction of the Rich Building.

Date: 1917-11-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195547

Ref. Code: EP001.01.048.01.01.001

Handbill for L. Briggs & Co., architects, engineers and surveyors, No. 35 Joy's Building, 81 Washington Street, opp. State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The work and services of the firm is described for potential customers. The names Luther Briggs and Samuel D. Kelley are listed. The item has an illustration of a large house with wrought-iron railing on the roof.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195549

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.03.002

Wedding invitation for the marriage of Lizzie Munson and H.P. Sutton, location unknown, June 3, 1886

A fairly plain invitation to the wedding ceremony of Lizze Munson and H.P. Sutton. The invitation is from Ms. Munson's parents and is mostly hand written. The ceremony was an late evening one (9 p.m.) and took place at a Methodist church.

Date: 1886-06-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195550

Ref. Code: EP001.18.02.001

Paper china plate featuring Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Bryant, 1886

This paper plate printed to look like fine china is illustrated with portraits of the First Lady Mrs. McKinley and the wife of McKinley's competitor in the 1886 election William Jennings Bryan. The plate also depicts both the McKinley and Bryan homes.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195551

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.003

Prize contest for the best and most original limericks on Pantasote Leathers, offered by the Pantasote Company,11 Broadway, New York, New York

Pantasote coverings and furniture are promoted through a limerick contest. The back cover has a color chart.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195552

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.013

Trade card for Griffith-Stillings Press, Stillings Building, 368 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Griffith-Stillings Press was a continuation of two separate companies from Boston and Holyoke, Massachusetts. The card is illustrated with a man using an ink spreader.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195555

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.001

Advertisement for rattan chairs, manufactured by Wakefield Rattan Company, Boston, Mass., 1872

Advertisement originally printed in Scribner's Magazine. The piece describes two of the chairs made by the Wakefield Rattan Company along with addresses for several of the retail outlets that sold them.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195556

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.03.01.002

Advertisement for parlor and bedroom furniture, manufactured by Henry L. Albee & Company, Boston, Mass., undated

Originally printed in the "Strangers Guide to Boston" this advertisement features an illustration of a parlor bed and a sofa bed. Both are ornate and decorated with carved wood. The company also sells mattresses and other bedding pieces.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195557

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.02.01.001

Billhead for J.S. Paine, importer and manufacturer of fashionable furniture, 44 Canal St., Boston, Mass., May 1, 1872

Bill head from a May 1, 1872 sale of furniture to Mr. S. Merchant Jr. The Paine Company made furnishings and bedding supplies (such as the listed hair mattress). The bill head is illustrated with an ornate bed frame.

Date: 1872-05-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195558

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.002

Trade card for the Murdock Parlor Grate Co., grates, 21 Washington and 87 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

The botton of the lower image reads "Printed by Wright & Potter Printing Company on a Universal Press."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195564

Ref. Code: EP001.01.008.03.01.004

Trade card for Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, crockery, china, lamps, 51 to 59 Federal Street, 120 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., 1882

The business has six floors of wholesale and retail items.

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195565

Ref. Code: EP001.01.055.01.01.011

Brochure for the Electric Argand Burner, 65 candle power, location unknown, undated

The Argand Burner is the principal focus of the front and verso cover images but the two cherubs in the background appear to be using an early telephone.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.022

Trade card for Thackara, Buck and Co., fine gas fixtures and bronzes, 718 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876

The business furnished the gas fixtures in the Horticultural Building at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876.

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.024

Trade card for Ellis' Patent Gas Burner, Regulator, and Shade Combined, Ellis, Dinsmore & York, proprietors and manufacturers, 349 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The product is sold by J.M. Shepardson, 67 Franklin Square, Norwich, Connecticut.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195568

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.025

Marriage certificate for Mr. George A. Mann and Miss Helen Ewen, Providence, R.I., Nov. 1, 1877

Ornate marriage certificate for George A. Mann and Helen Ewen, dated November 1, 1877. They were married by the Reverend H. Bixby; the witnesses to the ceremony were Asenath R. Gage and Laura A. Bixby. Surrounding the text of the certificate is a frame of flowers, vines and a Gothic style design. Th...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195569

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP.060

Dinner menu, George Washington's birthday, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., February 22, 1900

A cherry fruit design decorates the menu. The menu offers turtle soup, prime rib, broiled quail, Washington Pie and Maraschino Punch.

Date: 1900-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195571

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.026

Trade card for the architect Luther Briggs, Jr., Dorchester, Mass., 1867

Trade card for Dorchester architect Luther Briggs, Jr. It is illustrated with a design for a city hall or other municipal building.

Date: 1867

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195574

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.03.003

Trade card for the New Easy Lawn Mower, Blair Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass., undated

The lawn mower is shown in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195575

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.017

Trade card for The Ladies' Friend Carpet Sweeper, Goshen Sweeper Company, Goshen, Indiana, undated

A woman uses the sweeper in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195576

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.005

Fenway Court, Boston, Mass., undated

Fenway Court, the home of Isabella Stewart Gardner, is seen in this image. There are no leaves on the trees that line the Muddy River.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195577

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.3890.001

Exterior view of Fenway Court from dirt road, Boston, Mass., undated

The dirt road that will become The Fenway runs in front of Fenway Court, Isabella Stewart Gardner's home.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195578

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.3890.002

Packaging label for Nutfield brand Bartlett pears, produced for H.P. Hood & Sons, Boston, Mass., ca. 1909

Label for Nutfield brand canned pears. The label has four sections, two large and two small. The large labels are the Nutfield brand with a large Bartlett pear and the H.P. Hood logo with Jersey Belle.

Date: ca. 1909

Collection: H.P. Hood Company records

GUSN: 195579

Ref. Code: CC001.TMP.001

Printing example of illuminated capital letters, no. 2, as produced by Louis Prang, Boston, Mass., undated

Example of illuminated capital letters (A-H), engraved and published by L. Prang and Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195580

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.002

Trade card for Cottolene Shortening, produced by N.K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, Illinois, undated

A woman rolls out dough with a container of Cottolene Shortening on the table.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.01.001

Trade card for Walter Baker & Co's Breakfast Cocoa, maufactured by Walter Baker & Company, Dorchester, Mass., undated

Trade card has a facsimile of the 1/2 pound container of Baker's Breakfast Cocoa. The illustration text reads "La Belle Chocolatiere."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195582

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.01.002

Trade card for flour, produced by Washburn, Crosby Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Two young women move a barrel of Washburn's Superlative Flour. A cat is also rubbing one of the girl's legs. The image caption reads "we know a good thing when we see it."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195583

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.01.003

Trade card for Hatchet Teas, location unknown, undated

Trade card for Hatchet brand of tea. The card features a woman pouring tea from a teapot while sitting at a table. The copy is "All the girls say! Hatchet Teas are always of fine quality. Have YOU tried them?"

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195584

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.01.001

Stoodlefunks Parade, Worcester, Mass., undated

Stereograph of the Stoodlefunks Parade in Worcester, Massachusetts. The image is a collection of men in funny costume standing on a wagon.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195585

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.020

Stoodlefunks Parade with man dressed as a pirate, Worcester, Mass., undated

Stereograph of the Stoodlefunks Parade with men dressed as pirates, a Catholic bishop, and a king riding in wagons through Worcester, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195586

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.021

Trade card for the Keystone Wringer, manufactured by F.F. Adams & Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, undated

This trade card promotes the F.F. Adams & Company's Keystone clothes wringer. The card is illustrated with a woman dressed like a Roman matron standing next to the wringer on a pedestal.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195587

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.021

Studio portrait of Govenor John A. Andrew, Boston, Mass., undated

Govenor Andrew is photographed at a 3/4 angle from the waist up. His hair is curly and he wears a conservative suit. Andrew was Massachusetts governor during the Civil War.

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 195588

Ref. Code: PC004.01.A.1250.01

WROR 98.5 stereo solid gold hits of the past, hits of today, FM station, Boston, Mass., undated

The ad is illustrated with a black phonograph record with images of famous artists on the record. Text at the bottom reads "Plus WROR news, service, information, 24 hours of fresh air over Boston." One of the artists depicted is Karen Carpenter.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195589

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP.061

Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner folks, Boston Theatre, Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Text on the item reads "the best New England play ever written." The poster features a young girl sitting in a tree along with information on showtimes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195590

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP.062

Man seated on a porch playing with a dog, location unknown, 1880s

A man sits on a porch holding a ball in the air while he holds the dog's paw.

Date: 1880-1889

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 195592

Ref. Code: PC019.TMP.001

Exterior view of the Paul Revere House before restoration, North Square, Boston, Mass., undated

On the ground level of the house are store fronts with the house standing between two taller buildings.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195597

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6010.001

Exterior view of Governor Benning Wentworth House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Exterior view of the home owned by Governor Benning Wentworth in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The house is wood sided with many trees planted around the perimeter.

Date: ca. 1916

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195602

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1380.0485.001

Interior view of an unidentified house, location unknown, narrow room, undated

An interior view of a narrow room that shows entry way decorations along with a table, chairs and window plants.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 195603

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.228.003

Interior view of living room looking toward windows, location unknown, undated

An interior view of a living room which contains a fireplace, chairs and a table.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 195604

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.228.001

Interior view of living room, looking toward bookshelves, location unknown, undated

An interior view of a living room, taken from the windows, showing a table, fireplace and bookshelves.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 195605

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.228.002

Exterior view of residence, Brookline, Mass., undated

View of large residence in Brookline, Massachusetts. The home is Victorian in style, with wood siding, a gable and a large porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195606

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0470.0040.001

Exterior view of the Charles J. Page House, Westland Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

The Charles J. Page House, located on Westland Avenue, shows part of the front lawn, landscaping and a walkway to the back of the house.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195607

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.9250.001

Interior view of the Belfry Bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Mass.

Photograph is an interior view of the Belfry bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Massachusetts. A chest of drawers and two chairs are tucked into the corner alcove.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195608

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.01.005

Interior view of the Belfry Bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Mass.

Photograph is an interior view of the Belfry bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Massachusetts, facing the bed. A window, which illuminates the room, is to the right.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195609

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.01.006

Interior view of the Belfry Bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Mass.

Photograph is an interior view of the Belfry bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Massachusetts, facing an interior wall.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195610

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.01.007

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