Historic New England

Cape Cod Massachusetts U. S. A. Gateways to Cape Cod

Gateways to Cape Cod map, prepared by The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce in 1965.

Date: 1965

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354009

Ref. Code: MS028.01.010.027

In Celebration of the 100th Birthday of Mrs. August Belmont

The Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Opera Association, The Board of Directos of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, The Officers of the Metropolitan Opera National Council invite you to a Luncheon in honor of the 100th Birthdat of Mrs. August Belmont, Founder of the Metropolitan Opera Guild and Met...

Date: 1979

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354010

Ref. Code: MS028.01.016.021

Envelope featuring the U. S. S. Moffett

An envelope with an illustration of the U.S.S. Moffett on the front. Text reads, "U. S. S. Moffett Joins the United States Fleet" and the postmark reads, "Transit of Cape Cod Canal, Septemeber 29, 1937."

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354011

Ref. Code: MS028.01.016.022

Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge reproduction postcard

Postcard from the Marion Art Center in Marion, Massachusetts featuring a reproduction image of the Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge from the original drawing by E. Marie Francis made in 1974.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354012

Ref. Code: MS028.02.004.004

Mayflower, John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, New York

The plates are from "The Mayflower" periodical. For volume IX, plate XXX the caption reads "Mayflower premium bulbs for fall 1893." For volume XI, plate LXV the caption reads "Mayflower premium no. 2.7 fine bulbs." For volume XI, plate LX the caption reads "Group of Japanese maples." For volume I...

Date: 1893-1895

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354019

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.198

Farquhar's catalogue of bulbs, plants, shrubs and seeds for autumn planting, 16 and 19 South Market Street, Boston, Mass.

The business provided flowers for a special display on the State House grounds. The proclamation on the back cover is dated May 16, 1900.

Date: 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354033

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.199

Farquhar's catalogue of seeds, plants, bulbs, tools, fertilizers, sundries, 16 and 19 South Market Street, Boston, Mass.

The business has special offers on the flowers displayed in the cover illustrations.

Date: 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354034

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.200

Keystone to success in farming, the liberal use of the Read Fertilizers, Read Fertilizer Co., Syracuse, New York

Text on the cover reads "How to succeed, study the arch."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354046

Ref. Code: EP001.01.002.04.02.008

Watercolors of the Digging of the Cape Cod Canal

Unframed watercolors of the digging of the Cape Cod Canal signed by Bill Paxton, date unknown.

Date: 1912-1974, undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354048

Ref. Code: MS028.02.007

"Harper's Weekly," Vol. XLIX, No. 2507

1 periodical

Date: 1905

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354049

Ref. Code: MS028.05.014.005

Portrait, two women seated, Rand House grounds, Cambridge, Mass.

1 photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354051

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.1060.001

Photograph of August Belmont at Belmont Park

A photograph of August Belmont walking with others, most likely including his wife, in Belmont Park in Brewster, Massachusetts.

Date: 1915

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354050

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.050

Railroad Draw Bridge, Cape Cod Canal

1 photograph

Date: 1936

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354052

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.051

Sagamore Bridge, Cape Cod Canal, 1938

1 photograph

Date: 1938

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354053

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.052

Cape Cod Canal from the Bourne Bridge

1 photograph

Date: 1936

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354054

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.053

"Alert" at the Cape Cod Company's Dock, Sandwich.

The "Alert" docked at the Cape Cod Company's dock in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354055

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.055

Photograph of a tugboat, Bourne, Canal.

1 photograph

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354056

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.054

Photograph of a crane rescuing a sunken tugboat

Caption states, "Heavy duty crane prepares to lift a tugboat that sank Monday into the Cape Cod Canal. Attempts to raise the boat so far have been unsuccessful." Photographed by Ted Gartland.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354057

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.056

Photograph "Up From the Deep"

Herald staff photo by Calvin Campbell. The caption reads, " UP FROM THE DEEP - Barnacled freighter Arizona Sword, raised from the bottom of the Cape Cod Canal where it had rested more than a year after being sunk in a collision, arrived by tow at East Boston's Tidewater Docks yesterday. The ship bea...

Date: 1952

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354058

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.057

Photograph of Locked Tankers, Cape Cod Canal

Boston Traveler staff photographer John Landers Jr., shows the bow of a 435 foot freighter in portside stern of loaded oil tanker at the entrance to the Cape Cod Canal. There are two additional freighters in the forgeound including the S. S. American Pilot.

Date: 1965

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354059

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.058

Photograph of the the Eastern Steamship Lines "Belfast" run into a railroad bridge at the Cape

Photographer's stamp is illegible.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 354060

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.059

David Hanson photographic collection

Collection of eight negatives and eight black and white prints of the interior and exterior of the Gropius House, dated August 17, 1969.

Date: 1969

Collection: David Hanson photographic collection

GUSN: 354068

Ref. Code: PC073

Old time gardens, newly set forth by Alice Morse Earle, a book of the sweet o' the year, The Macmillan Company, New York, New York

The author has woven history, descriptions and anecdotes to chronicle gardens new and historic from New England to other parts of the country. There are notewothy chapters on colonial gardens and gardens in poetry.

Date: 1901

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354073

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.204

Anthony J. Tambone Jr. house, Lynnfield, Mass.

Archtectural drawings for a house for Mr. Anthony J. Tambone in Lynfield, Mass. (commission #2589)

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354074

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2589

Wingate Loyd house, Cotuit, Mass.

Architectural drawings for alterations and additions to a house for Mr. and Mrs. Wingate Lloyd in Cotuit, Mass. (commission #2587).

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354075

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2587

Frank Worth house, New London, N.H.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Worth in New London, NH (Commission # 2591).

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354076

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2590

Peter LeSaffre house, North Andover, Mass.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. Peter LeSaffre in North Andover, Mass. (commission #2591).

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354078

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2591

Dean Comeau house, Concord, N.H.

Architectural drawings for alterations and additions to an existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Comeau in Concord, Mass. (Commission #2593).

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354082

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2593

Horst Dorner house, Oyster Harbors, Mass.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Horst Dorner in Oyster harbors, Mass. (commission #2595).

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354084

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2595

James Corrigan house, Hopkinton, Mass.

Architectural drawings for Mr. and Mrs. James Corrigan in Hopkinton, Mass. (commission #2596)

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354086

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2596

Covers, Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, and fruits, John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, New York

The front and back covers illustrate the variety of flowers offered by the nursery.

Date: 1897

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354087

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.205

Parker & Wood, seeds, plants, and bulbs, 49 North Market Street, Boston, Mass.

Text on the cover reads "The standard strawberry introduced by Parker & Wood 1891." The back cover features a Bay State Lawn Mower, manufactured by Blair Manufacturing Co., Springfield, Massachusetts. The page is headed" Flower-Pots, Wire Stands and Rustic Work."

Date: 1891

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354089

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.206

English pleasure gardens, by Rose Standish Nichols, The Macmillan Company, New York

Text on the title page reads "With eleven plans drawn by Allen H. Cox and nearly three hundred reproductions of original photographs and drawings by the author." The work surveys English, French, and Italian gardens.

Date: 1902

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354091

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.207

Wentworth by the Sea, New Castle, N.H.

Architectural drawings for Wentworth by the Sea in New Castle, NH (commission #2624), includes seven color photographs.

Date: 1986

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354093

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2624

William Henning house, Kennebunkport, Maine

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. William Henning in Kennebunkport, Maine (commission #2599).

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354095

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2599

Ladies' home journal, garden house number, June 1909, The Curtis Publishing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A path leads to a gateway with a garden beyond it in the cover illustration.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354099

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.208

Frederick Bates house, Eastham, Mass.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Bates in Eastham, Mass (commission #2598)

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354098

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2598

The Inn at Bar Harbor, Bar Harbor, Maine

Architectural drawings for the Inn at Bar Harbor in Bar Harbor, Maine (commission #2601)

Date: 1984

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354102

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2601

American homes and gardens, vol. VI, no. 11, November 1909, Munn & Co., New York

The item is the first page of an article "The garden at Hamilton House," by Louise Shelton.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354101

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.209

Industrial Building Co. (High Meadow), Bristol, Conn.

Architectural drawings for Industrial Building Co. in Bristol, Connecticut (commission #2602)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354105

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2602

Keevin Geller house, Kennebunkport, Maine

Architectural drawings for alterations and additons to an existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Keeving Geller in Kennebunkport, Maine (commission #2603) aterations to commission #2518

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354107

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2603

G. Wade Staniar house, Concord, Mass.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. G. Wade Staniar in Concord, Massachusetts. (commission #2605)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354109

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2605

William Smallwood house, Brownsville, Vt.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. William Smallwood in Brownsville, Vermont (commission # 2606)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354111

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2606

David A. Napoli house, West Acton, Mass.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. David A. Napoli in West Acton, Mass. (commission # 2608)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354113

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2608

David Hollis house, Carlisle, Mass.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. David Hollis in Carlisle, Massachusetts (commission #2609)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354115

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2609

John Cappadona house, Concord, Mass.

Architecutral drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. John Cappadona in Concord, Massachusetts (Commission #2610)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354117

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2610

Edward J. McCormack house, Falmouth, Mass.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. McCormack in Falmouth, Massachusetts (commission 2612)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354119

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2612

Oyster Harbors Club, Osterville, Mass.

Architectural drawings for a tennis building for the Oyster Harbors Club in Osterville, Massachusetts (commission #2613)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354121

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2613

James Lago house, White Salmon, Wash.

Architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. James Lago in White Salmon, Washington (commission #2614)

Date: 1985

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 354124

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2614

American homes and gardens, vol. VI, no. 12, December 1909, Munn & Co., New York

A decorative pool in the forefront opens to a white house with an arbor on the left side.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354122

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.210

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