Historic New England

Unidentified room #1; residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, "The Breakers", 18 Bellevue Ave., Newport, R. I.

architectural drawing; watercolor renderings on drawing paper and mounted on cardboard; water damage

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 270452

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.009.011

Unidentified room #2; residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, "The Breakers", 18 Bellevue Ave., Newport, R. I.

architectural drawing; watercolor renderings on drawing paper and mounted on cardboard; water damage

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 270453

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.009.012

Unidentified room #2; residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, "The Breakers", 18 Bellevue Ave., Newport, R. I.

architectural drawing; watercolor renderings on drawing paper and mounted on cardboard; water damage

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 270454

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.009.013

Unidentified room #3; residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, "The Breakers", 18 Bellevue Ave., Newport, R. I.

architectural drawing; watercolor renderings on drawing paper and mounted on cardboard; foxing

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 270455

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.009.014

Cigarette card for Helmar Turkish Cigarettes, New York, New York, undated

The Hancock-Clarke House in Lexington, Massachusetts is shown in the card image. A history of the house and its role in the American Revolution is provided on the card verso. The card is part of the Historic Home Series.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270456

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.001

Cigarette card for Between the Acts Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of stage actress Mary Anderson is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270457

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.002

Cigarette card for Between the Acts Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of American President Chester A. Arthur is shown on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270469

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.003

Cigarette card for Between the Acts Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of burlesque star Lydia Thompson in "Robinson Crusoe" is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270471

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.004

Cigarette card for Between the Acts Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of stage actress Ida Vernon is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270474

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.005

Cigarette card for Between the Acts Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of stage actress Maggie Mitchell as "Mignon" is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270476

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.006

Cigarette card for Between the Acts Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of opera singer Marie Rôze is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270481

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.007

Cigarette card for Between the Acts Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of the actors Castle and Abbott as "Paul & Virginia" is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270483

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.008

Cigarette card for Between the Acts Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undate

A portrait of Mrs. Cornwallis West is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270485

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.009

Cigarette card for Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of actor W.J. Florence in "Might Dollar" is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270486

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.010

Cigarette card for Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of actor E.A. Sothern is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270488

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.011

Cigarette card for Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of stage actress Mrs. Geo. S. Knight in "Otto" is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes." Sophie Worrell married the actor George Knight.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270492

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.012

Cigarette card for Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of stage actor Edwin Forrest is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270498

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.013

Cigarette card for Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes, Thos. H. Hall, manufacturer, New York, New York, undated

A portrait of stage actress Alice Atherton is shown on the card verso. The text above the image reads "Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270500

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.014

Trade cards for Old Cheese, tobacco, C.H. Curruth & Co., Pros., No. 46 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The tobacco can be purchased at Evans & Yaskinski in Salem, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270501

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.015

Trade card for D.W. King, dealer in Connecticut Seed Leaf Tobacco, No. 244 State Street, Hartford, Connecticut, undated

King is an agent in Hartford, Connecticut.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270502

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.016

Trade card for Bourguignon & Britt, fancy turning & carving of ivory, wood & pearl, No. 122 Washington Street, corner of Water Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business manufactures Meerschaum Pipes, cigar tubes and amber mouth pieces.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270503

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.017

Trade card for Lone Fisherman Cigarettes, Marburg Bros., Baltimore, Maryland, undated

Two men hold on to the edge of an ice floe in the card illustration. The caption reads "A coolness between friends easily mended by a package of Lone Fisherman Cigarettes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270504

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.018

Trade card for Lone Fisherman Cigarettes, Marburg Bros., Baltimore, Maryland, undated

A fisherman smokes with his fishing line in a tub and his injured foot on a stool in the card illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270505

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.019

Trade card for Drummond's Horse Shoe Tobacco, Drummond Tobacco Co., St. Louis, Missouri, undated

A butterfly and a red rose decorate the trade card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270506

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.020

Trade card for Drummond's Horse Shoe Tobacco, Drummond Tobacco Co., St. Louis, Missouri, undated

A bee lands on a red rose in the card illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270512

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.021

Trade card for Veteran Cigarettes & Tobbacco, Kinney Tobacco Company, New York, New York, October 1, 1880

A veteran soldier is shown with burning buildings and a windmill in the background. The caption reads "Never beaten." The bottom of the card verso reads "Pioneer Cigarette Manufacturers of the United States."

Date: 1880-10-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270513

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.022

Trade card for Lone Fisherman Cigarettes and Tobacco, Marburg Bros., Baltimore, Maryland, undated

The product description on the card verso is largely unreadable. In the card image the fisherman carries his pole, fan and chair.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270514

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.023

Trade card for Aborn & Co., manufacturers of Havana cigars, No. 73 Water Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company trade mark is shown on the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270515

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.024

Trade card for the Cutter Tower Co., manufacturers of wood tooth picks, cigar lighters and stationers novelties, 99 & 101 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text is printed on wood. The business relocated from Federal and Milk Streets to a Milk Street address.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270516

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.025

Trade card for Nash & Bowers, dealers in fine cigars and groceries, No. 40 School Street, Boston, Mass., 1880

A cigar smoking huntsman misses the fox hiding in the background.

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270517

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.026

Trade card for the Horse Shoe Cross Bar, manufactured by the Drummond Tobacco Co., St. Louis, Missouri, undated

A jockey and a dog step over the horseshoe in the card illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270518

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.027

Waterfall, probably Royal Cascade (Forbes' Falls), Royalston, Mass., 1870-1873

View of waterfall surrounded by trees and rocks.

Date: 1870-1873

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270519

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2550.0010.002

Residence of William D. Ripley and birthplace of Governor A.H. Bullock, Royalston, Mass., 1870-1873

Large house, with several people standing in front and a horse-drawn carriage.

Date: 1870-1873

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270521

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2550.0010.003

Trade card for Gold Coin Tobacco, manufactured by Cullingworth & Ellison, Nos. 2508-2522 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, undated

The text on the card reads "Grand Prize Gold Coin Tobacco, National Walking Match."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270525

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.028

Trade card for Gold Coin Tobacco, manufactured by Cullingworth & Ellison, Nos. 2508-2522 Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, 1879

The tobacco brands manufactured by the the business are listed on the card verso.

Date: 1879

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270526

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.029

Trade card for Allen's Jewel Five Cent Plug, location unknown, undated

The plug tobacco is for sale at E.H. Turner, jobber in tobacco and segars, in Bath, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270527

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.030

Trade card for Helme's Rail Road Snuff, George W. Helme Snuff Company, Helmetta, New Jersey, undated

Two large flowers illustrate a winter scene for Helme's Rail Road Snuff.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270528

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.031

Trade card for Jackson's Best, tobacco, manufactured by C.A. Jackson & Co., Petersburg, Virginia, undated

Jackson's Best influences a man to allow his daughter and her boyfriend to wed. The tobacco won a prize at the Centennial Fair.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270529

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.032

Trade card for Buchanan & Lyall, manufacturers of choice domestic & export plug smoking & fine cut tobacco, New York, New York, undated

The tobacco is "sold by wholesale grocers and tobacconists everywhere." Dancers entertain a sultan and his harem in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270530

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.033

Trade card for Chew Sweet Morsel, navy tobacco, manufactured by Jas. Leigh Jones, Richmond, Virginia, undated

M.S. Ayer & Company are the wholesale agents for Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270531

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.034

Trade card for the Atlantic Cigar Co., manufacturers of cigars & dealers in leaf tobacco, Westfield, Mass., undated

The business premises are shown in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270532

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.035

Billhead for Thomas, tobacco, location unknown, dated May 10, 1857

The customer purchased a box of tobacco from Thomas.

Date: 1857-05-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270534

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.036

Billhead for S.S. Sleeper & Co., manufacturers & wholesale dealers in cigars, 11 & 12 South Market Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 7, 1895

The Eye Cigar Factory is located at 48 India Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1895-09-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270535

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.037

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, man with water container, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1899 by C.A. Kimball." The image is signed "Sears Gallagher."

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270541

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.038

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, white bearded man holding a cigarette, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

A white bearded man holds a cigarette while standing in front of a market stall. The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1899 by C.A. Kimball." The image is signed "Sears Gallagher."

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270542

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.039

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, boy with donkey, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

A boy in a red hat stands with a white donkey. The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1899 by C.A. Kimball." The image is signed "Sears Gallagher."

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270543

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.040

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, man plowing with camels, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

A man plows his land with two camels. The image caption reads "Camel-Like Mildness, Nestor Cigarettes." The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1899 by C.A. Kimball." The image is signed "Sears Gallagher."

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270544

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.041

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, man on donkey leading a camel, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

A man on a donkey leads a camel ridden by two women. The image caption reads "A mild and certain leader, born to lead, Nestor Cigarettes." The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1899 by C.A. Kimball." The image is signed "Sears Gallagher."

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270551

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.042

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, men and camels on a riverbank, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

Two men pause with their camels on a riverbank. The image caption reads "Refresh yourselves and feel the soothing pleasure of a dreamy rest, Nestor Cigarettes." The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1899 by C.A. Kimball." The image is signed "Sears Gallagher."

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270552

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.043

Erin spinning, Shamrock Irish Linens, John S. Brown & Sons, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1890s

The linen items can be purchased from Whitney's on Temple Place in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1890s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270110

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.02.023

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