Historic New England

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

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, man with camel wearing a decorated head collar, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

The pyramids create a backdrop for a camel and his driver in the card image. The image caption reads "Ahead to stay and stay they will, till perfection meets its match, 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: 270553

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.044

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, figures on a riverbank with palm trees, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

Figures on the shore of a riverbank are dwarfed by palm trees and a pyramid in the background. The image caption reads "A depth of purity, the mildness of sweetness, a quality their exclusive own, Nestor Cigarettes." The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1899 by C.A. Kimball." The image is signed ...

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270554

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.045

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, group of feluccas on a river, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

Feluccas sail on a river in the card image. The image caption reads "As mild as the summer breezes, as clean as the tropic sea, 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: 270555

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.046

Trade card for Nestor Cigarettes, woman smoking a cigarette, Nestor Gianaclis Company, Cairo, Boston, London, 1899

A woman reclines on some pillows while smoking a cigarette. The image caption reads "The restful luxury of inhalent quality, 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: 270556

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.047

Advertisement for Blue Boar English Blend Cigarettes, The American Tobacco Company, undated

The Blue Boar trademark is shown in the advertisement.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270558

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.01.048

Narragansett Pier, cigarette card, Wm. S. Kimball & Co's Cigarettes, Rochester, New York, undated

The card is part of the Fancy Bathers series given with each box of Kimball's Cigarettes. The bathing scenes are listed on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270559

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.001

Trade card for Prince Albert Crimp Cut, long burning pipe and cigarette tobacco, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1907

The card holds paper for rolling cigarettes. The Crimp Cut Tobacco was patented on July 30, 1907.

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270560

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.002

Trade card for Canney & Graves, importers and manufacturers of Havana and Principe Cigars and dealers in leaf and manufactured tobacco, No. 50 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is the successor to G.H. Jones.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270561

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.003

Trade card for the Rainmaker, the 5 cent cigar, Martin L. Hall & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso reads "A meal and a bed in each puff. Everybody sells them. No household complete without them."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270562

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.004

Trade card for D.H. Clark, W.I. goods, fruits, confectionery, nuts, tobacco, cigars and notions, French's Block, Main Street, Barre, Vermont, undated

City tourists ask the country grocer if he has any canned worms for bait in the caption.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270563

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.005

Trade card for G. & T. Hales, manufacturers of Havana and domestic cigars, Pleasant Street, Claremont, New Hampshire, undated

The cigar manufacturer is located in Claremont, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270564

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.006

Label for Pearson's Red Top Snuff, Byfield Snuff Co., Byfield, Mass., undated

The label reads "Pearson's Mills" above the female figure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270565

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.007

Trade card for Newport Club 5 c. Cigar, location unknown, undated

The card opens to show a man in a bathroom leaning over a toilet bowl.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.008

Trade card for Venable's St. George Tobacco, Venable Tobacco Company, Durham, North Carolina, undated

Saint George slaying the dragon is the image used for the tobacco brand. The chewing tobacco can be purchased from Jacob W. Welch, dealer in groceries and hardware, in Groveton, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.009

Trade card for Lorillard's Splendid Plug Tobacco, P. Lorillard & Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, 1886

The card displays storm and weather signals from the United States Meteorological Bureau.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270624

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.010

Trade card for Wave Line Plug Tobacco, The Wilson & McCallay Tobacco Company, Middletown, Ohio, undated

A United States Navy Commissary sailor displays a box of the plug tobacco. The item is for sale by D.M. Pollard & Company, Keene, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270625

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.011

Envelope for W.G. Slate, cash grocery store, Northfield, Mass., undated

The store carries cigars, tobacco and pastry.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270626

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.012

Copley Square, Boston, Mass., Cigars Makers' International Union of America, location unknown, undated

The card verso displays the blue label of the Cigar Makers' Internation Union of America. The public is urged to smoke union-made cigars. The postcard image shows the Boston Public Library and the Old South Church in Copley Square.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270628

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.013

Trade card for Blackwell's Durham Tobacco, manufactured only by W.T. Blackwell & Co., Durham, North Carolina, undated

The public is urged to look for the bull trade mark. The image and text on the card verso indicate the card was cut from a larger item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270629

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.014

Mishaps of J. Alphonso Brown until he got Blackwell's Genuine Durham, a warning to young men in seven chapters, W.T. Blackwell & Co., Durham, North Carolina, undated

The panels show what happens to Brown when he smokes another brand of tobacco. The item has only four of the seven chapters.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270630

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.015

Label for Golden Grit, cigars, location unknown, undated

The label is decorated in colors of gold, red and yellow.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270631

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.016

Cigarette card for Wm. S. Kimball & Co's Cigarettes, Rochester, New York, undated

A couple meet on a staircase at a masked ball in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270632

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.017

Label for La Meloda, cigars, Landfield & Steele makers, location unknown, undated

A woman wearing a violet hat decorates the cigar label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270633

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.018

Label for Jewelo, cigars, location unknown, undated

A figure in a plumed hat courts a girl holding tobacco leaves.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270634

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.019

Handbill for Harvard Pippins, cigars, H. Traiser & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The text reads "The largest plant in the world making strictly high class union cigars." The business was established in 1852.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270635

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.020

Handbill for Estabrook & Eaton, importers and manufacturers of fine cigars, 222 & 224 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is located opposite Young's Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270636

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.021

Billhead for the Boston Co-Operative Association, manufacturers of fine segars and dealers in leaf tobacco, 85 State Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 12, 1889

The business premises are shown in the billhead image.

Date: 1889-06-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270637

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.022

Label for New Colony Mixture, tobacco, Bacon Bros., Cambridge, England, undated

Bacon Brothers was established in 1805 in Cambridge, England.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270638

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.023

Label for Las Fumas de Puerto Rico, location unknown, undated

The gold and white label is decorated with various symbols.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270639

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.024

Label for Puritan Leader, Havana Filler, location unknown, undated

The figure of Oliver Cromwell is used to decorate the label for Puritan Leader cigars.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270641

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.025

Billhead for Murray & Reed, tobacconists, No. 1 Bank Block, Burlington, Vermont, dated June 29, 1870

The business carries tobacco, cigars, snuff, pipes and chewing tobacco.

Date: 1870-06-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270642

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.026

Trade card for Wm. S. Tower & Co., manufacturers of toy ware, South Hingham, Mass., undated

Tower makes pails, tubs, coolers, churns and doll swings in his factory at Wilder's Mill.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270643

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116.01.01.002

Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co.

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Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273769

Ref. Code: EP001.13.07

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