Historic New England

Miscellaneous

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273770

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08

Travelers calendar, The Travelers, Hartford, Connecticut, 1936

The calendar has 12 Currier & Ives lithographs: 1) The road-winter (1853) 2) Canadian voyageurs 3) Gold mining in California (1871) 4) Brook trout fishing (1862) 5) The Rocky Mountains (1866) 6) The American national game of baseball 7) Clipper ship "Nightingale" (1854) 8) The "Lighning Express" tra...

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273777

Ref. Code: EP001.13.06.002

Travelers calendar of John Rogers groups, The Travelers, Hartford, Connecticut, 1939

The calendar has images of John Rogers groups to illustrate each month: 1)Weighing the baby (1876) 2) The school examination (1867) 3) The referee (1880) 4) Neighboring pews (1884) 5) School days (1877) 6) Coming to the parson (1870) 7) Checkers up at the farm (1875) 7) We boys (1872) 8) The favored...

Date: 1939

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273782

Ref. Code: EP001.13.06.003

Envelope for the Calendar of early American prints, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1937

The envelope has a central illustration showing an early printer performing his work while two men look at a finished print. On each side of this illustration are panels with six illustrations each that evoke scenes from the prints used in the calendar.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273789

Ref. Code: EP001.13.07.001

Massachusetts - Boston

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 273785

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250

Blueprint of Block Plan of Rebuilt Hancock House and State House Front

A blueprint titled "A Blockplan of the Hancock House rebuilt and the State House Front dedicated to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities." It is dated 1916, and it shows the footprint of the Massachusetts State House bordered by Beacon, Joy, Mount Vernon, and Bowdoin Streets.

Date: 1916

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 273788

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.001

Calendar of early American prints, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1937

The calendar has the following prints: 1) Boston Harbor, 1840 2) Sleighing in New York (1855) 3) White's Great Cattle Show and Procession (1821) 4) Kansas City, 1855 5) Across the continent 6) Cincinnati, 1855 7) Independence Hall Philadelphia 8) A steamboat race on the Mississippi 9) Old Fort Dearb...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273791

Ref. Code: EP001.13.07.002

Howe residence, Manchester Cove, Magnolia, Manchester, Mass.

An exterior view of the Howe House in Manchester Cove, Manchester, Massachusetts, designed by Edmund March Wheelwright.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273790

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0190.002

Moses Kimball scrapbook

Scrapbook contains an extensive collection of newspaper clippings about Moses Kimball dating from 1852 to 1869, taken from such publications as The Boston Journal, The Evening Transcript, the Hingham Journal, Boston Times, and The Republican (Springfield). All clippings refer to Moses Kimball (1809-...

Date: 1852-1869

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 273806

Ref. Code: MS004.001

Calendar, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, New York, 1891

Five children and their dog pull a log across a winter landscape.

Date: 1891

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273808

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.001

Colonial landmarks of the old Bay State, calendar 1896, Souvenir Publising Co., Lynn, Mass., 1896

The calendar is based on "Colonial landmarks of the old Bay State," by E.F. Bacheller and C.A. Lawrence (1896). The images of historic buildings are a combination of photographs and illustrations. The months represented are February, April, May, July, September and November.

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273817

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.002

Julia Lyman, Lydia Storer, Hilda Arnoldson, and Jimmy

A black and white photograph of (from left) Julia Lyman, Lydia Storer, and Hilda Arnoldson standing on an outdoor deck or porch with a dog named Jimmy.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273812

Ref. Code: PC009.181.051

Aunt Ella Cabot and Cousin Mary L[?]

A black and white photograph of (from left) Ella Cabot and Mary L[?] standing outside on a roadway in Waltham, Mass.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273814

Ref. Code: PC009.181.058

Colonial landmarks of the old Bay State, calendar 1897, Souvenir Publising Co., Lynn, Mass., 1897

The calendar is based on "Colonial landmarks of the old Bay State," by E.F. Bacheller and C.A. Lawrence (1896). The images of historic buildings are a combination of photographs and illustrations. The months represented are February, April, May, June, September, October, November and December.

Date: 1897

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273818

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.003

Thwing scrapbook

Scrapbook contains a miscellany of ephermera and mementos dating from 1862-1933. It includes a photograph of Annie H. Thwing as a child, playbills from England and the United States, pages from the advertising flyer The Ray dated 1873, tickets, pencil sketches of seaside holiday scenes, and romantic...

Date: 1862-1933

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 273819

Ref. Code: MS004.002

Julia Lyman and the turtles

A black and white photograph of Julia Lyman kneeling on an outdoor porch apparently lining up three turtles in a row while a fourth is much closer to the camera.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273820

Ref. Code: PC009.181.063

Pa and Arthur Lyman, Jr.

A black and white photograph of "Pa" (probably father of Margaret Lyman) and Arthur Lyman, Jr. holding tennis rackets and standing with their backs to the camera on a tennis court.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273821

Ref. Code: PC009.181.064

Our Scotch rose bush

A black and white photograph of a Scotch rose bush at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273822

Ref. Code: PC009.181.070

Lydia Storer and Katherine Wells

A black and white photograph of (from left) Lydia Storer and Katherine Wells. Lydia is standing astride a bicycle while Katherine stands next to her. The photograph was taken at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273824

Ref. Code: PC009.181.073

"Whitey on our front steps"

A black and white photograph of a rabbit, named Whitey, on a leash sitting on the steps to an outdoor deck or porch. Visible in the background is an outdoor chair.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273825

Ref. Code: PC009.181.075

Pompey, Lid, and Judy

A black and white photograph of "Lid" (probably Lydia Storer) standing next to the head of a pony named Pompey who is being ridden by a girl named Judy.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273826

Ref. Code: PC009.181.085

Untitled: two girls near a woodpile, presumably on the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of two girls near a woodpile, presumably on the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass. One girl is seated in a small compartment attached to the woodpile while the other girl stands in front of the woodpile.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273827

Ref. Code: PC009.181.097

Untitled: two girls near a woodpile, presumably on the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of two girls playing near a woodpile.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273828

Ref. Code: PC009.181.098

Untitled: a group of children with a dog, presumably at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of a group of children seated in a semi-circle with a small dog in the middle.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273829

Ref. Code: PC009.181.107

Stencil calendar for 1904, by Edward Penfield, published by Alfred Bartlett, Boston, Mass., 1903

Artist Edward Penfield designed this 1904 wall calendar published by Alfred Bartlett of Boston, Massachusetts. The cover features a stenciled black rooster with a bright red coxcomb and wattle pecking at feed on the ground. Each page is illustrated with an image of animal, including a cat, dog, cow,...

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273849

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.004

Calendar, Mortensen and Holdensen, mural decorators and painters, 154 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1905

A detailed painting with Viking ships in the center decorates the calendar. The calendar has the months May-December 1905.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273853

Ref. Code: EP001.13.04.001

Calendar, The Pepper Co., manufacturing confectioners, Peabody, Mass., 1906

The calendar has an image of Hiawatha paddling in a canoe with a caption from the the Longfellow poem.

Date: 1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273856

Ref. Code: EP001.13.03.001

Calendar, The Pepper Co., Inc., confectionery, Peabody, Mass., 1909

The image caption reads "Mrs. Spencer, who did make ye first Gibralters, 1822, passing ye Old Witch House, Salem, Mass." The calendar has the months July-December 1909.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273857

Ref. Code: EP001.13.03.002

Calendar, P. Holdensen, mural-decorator, 154 Boylston St. Boston, Mass., 1910

Grape vines and a male face sculpture decorate the calendar.

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273863

Ref. Code: EP001.13.04.002

Pilgrim calendar, published by A.S. Burbank, Plymouth, Mass., 1914

Plymouth history and buildings are shown in removable postcards for each month.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273865

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.005

Calendar, S.B. Goddard & Son Co., insurance, 15 Pleasant Street, Woburn, Mass., 1935

The image caption reads "A view of Woburn, Mass. in 1820 from Academy Hill." The calendar has the months September-December.

Date: 1935

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273866

Ref. Code: EP001.13.05.001

Calendar, S.B. Goddard & Son Co., insurance, 15 Pleasant Street, Woburn, Mass., 1940

The image shows Ichabod Parker's Tavern, later known as the Mishawum House, at the corner of Mishawum Road and Main Street in Woburn, Massachusetts. A trade card attached to the calendar has a Christmas design and reads "Compliments of S.B. Goddard & Son Co., Savings Bank Building, Woburn, Massachus...

Date: 1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273868

Ref. Code: EP001.13.05.002

Envelope for the Travelers calendar, The Travelers, Hartford, Connecticut, 1936

The caption reads "The Travelers 1936 calendar reproduced from Currier and Ives prints for." The illustrations reflect the print subjects in the calendar.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273873

Ref. Code: EP001.13.06.001

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1883

In the calendar illustration children dressed to represent the four seasons progress up and down steps from a death figure on the right side of the image to an angel figure on the left side of the image.

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273874

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.001

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1884

The caption at the top reads "Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest." The Santa Claus figure holds the hand of a female figure wearing an 1884 tiara. The borders have small illustrations representing July 4, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273875

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.002

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1886

Priscilla Alden, early Plymouth colonist, is shown spinning in the calendar illustration. The caption reads "1620, Priscilla, 1886."

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273876

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.004

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1887

The caption above the illustration reads "How it happened." The years below the Company name read "1777, 1887." A Continental soldier tells three women how he was wounded while tea is served.

Date: 1887

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273878

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.005

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1888

The illustration re-creates the "one if by land, two if by sea" event prior to Paul Revere's famous ride. Lines from the Longfellow poem are at the bottom of the item "And with muffled oar silently rowed to the Charlestown shore just as the moon rose over the bay."

Date: 1888

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273879

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.006

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1889

The caption at the top of the item reads "1620, a boat from the Mayflower, Mary Chilton at Plymouth Rock." Mary Chilton was supposedly the first woman to step ashore at Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273882

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.007

Calendars for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1890

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. The illustration caption reads "1...

Date: 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273885

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.008

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1891

The dates below the illustration are "1676, 1891." The caption reads "The hidden foe, settlers returning from church in the time of King Philip's War."

Date: 1891

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273888

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.009

Calendars for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1892

The caption reads "The moment of triumph morning of Oct. 19th, 1492." The scene depicts Christopher Columbus and his crew landing in the new world.

Date: 1892

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273889

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.010

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1893

The U.S.S. Constitution and the H.M.S. Guerriere engage in battle on August 19 during the War of 1812.

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273890

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.011

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1894

The image caption reads "The return of the Mayflower."

Date: 1894

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273891

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.012

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1895

The caption reads "Lifting of the fog, a New England fisherman off the Grand Banks."

Date: 1895

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273892

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.013

Calendars for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1897

The caption reads "A wreck off Highland Light, Cape Cod, Mass."

Date: 1897

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273894

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.014

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1898

The caption below the Washington portrait reads "Washington at Valley Forge." The caption below the smaller image at the bottom reads "Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge." At the bottom of the item stamped text reads "Compliments of E.A. Pierce, 181 Devonshire St. Room 17."

Date: 1898

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273909

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.015

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1899

The image caption reads "An old New England homestead." At the bottom of the item stamped text reads "Compliments of E.A. Pierce, 181 Devonshire St. Room 17."

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273911

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.016

Calendar for New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., Post Office Square, Boston, Mass., 1900

The image caption reads "King Philip, The last of the Wampanoags, signing the Treaty of 1671 with the Mass. Bay Colony in the Old Church at Taunton." At the bottom of the item stamped text reads "Compliments of E.A. Pierce, 181 Devonshire St. Room 17."

Date: 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273912

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02.017

Introduction and Written Reports

This series includes materials describing the collection, including a memo written by Abbott Lowell Cummings, President of Historic New England (known then as the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities). The series also includes a typewritten catalog of measured drawings located at ...

Date: 1940

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown's Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 273431

Ref. Code: AR023.001

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