Historic New England

H. C. Frick house, Prides, Mass.

A black and white photograph of the Henry Clay Frick house in Prides (Beverly), Mass., designed by Little & Browne.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 287439

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0290.0170.003

Aimar's Pearl Cement for mending china, glass, earthenware, ivory, marble, wood, leather, manufactured only by G.W. Aimar, chemist & druggist, corner King & Vanderhorst Streets, Charleston, South Carolina, undated

The handbill provides directions for using the product.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287479

Ref. Code: EP001.01.056.01.01.002

Exhibits of Swift and Company at the World's Columbian Exposition, Swift and Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, 1893

Swift has leather, glue, fertilizer and meat exhibits at the fair. The inside of the card has an image of the business premises. The cover image shows one of the Swift exhibits. The back cover has a group of animals with an adult holding a milking pail and a young girl.

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287483

Ref. Code: EP001.01.056.01.01.003

Letterhead for Geo. Upton, glue manufacturer, 18 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 5, 1876

The images display the factories in Peabody and Brighton and a portrait of Elijah Upton.

Date: 1876-10-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287484

Ref. Code: EP001.01.056.01.01.004

Postcard for maritime show, Friday, July 12th, 1996, Haley & Steele, 91 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., 1996

An invitation to a preview party for an exhibition of nautical prints, paintings and watercolors. The card states "Haley and Steele is also pleased to join with the Kendall Whaling Museum in Sharon, Ma. in promoting the preservation of our maritime heritage."

Date: 1996

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287485

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.01.003

David Roberts, Holy Land lithographs, Haley & Steele, 91 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., 2001

The postcard describes an exhibition of David Roberts lithographs from his work "The Holy Land" (1842-1853).

Date: 2001

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287534

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.01.004

Haley & Steele presents Audubon's gems, Birds of America, the complete 1st royal octavo edition, 1840-1844, 91 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., 1996

The exhibition is done in association with the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

Date: 1996

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287537

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.01.005

Billhead for Glover & Willcomb, importers & manufacturers of all qualities of curled hair and dealers in live geese feathers, mattresses, tickings, burlaps, comforters & c., 36 & 40 Canal and 129 & 133 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The hair factory is in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. The business has locations in New York, San Francisco and Chicago.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287539

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.02.02.001

Peanuts and Peanut Candy

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287542

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10

Food - Peanuts and Peanut Candy - Folder 1

File

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287543

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01

Squirrel label, Squirrel Brand Co., salted peanuts, 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The Squirrel Brand Company carries salted peanuts, peanut butter, salted nuts and nut candies.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287544

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.001

Letterheads, Squirrel Brand Co., salted peanuts, 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

A squirrel holding a nut sitting on a branch is the logo for the Squirrel Brand Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287545

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.002

Personal story of Mr. Peanut, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Planters Nut & Chocolate Company, Planters Nut & Chocolate Company, Suffolk, Virginia, 1956

The Company history, which was founded in 1906, from its early beginnings to 1956 is described in comic book format. The cultivation and processing of peanuts and incorpoation into food products is explained.

Date: 1956

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287547

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.003

Peanut grades guide, James E. Wood & Company, peanut brokers, Edenton, North Carolina, March 1, 1955

The guide is a wheel which can be aligned to show the "condensed U.S. standards for Virginia, Spanish and runner type peanuts compiled from latest bulletins of the U.S. Department of Agriculture." Definitions are provided on the item verso.

Date: 1955-03-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287548

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.004

Ask for Squirrel Brand Nuts, Nut Candies, Salted Peanuts, Peanut Butter, Squirrel Brand Co., 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The stand can be displayed in a store to advertise the Company products.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287557

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.005

Squirrel sample package 10 cents, Squirrel Brand Co., 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The Mr. and Mrs. John Squirrel family decorates the sample box. The box held sample products made by the Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287559

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.006

Fountain sale nut bowl sundae and take the nut bowl with you!, location unknown, undated

An unidentified drugstore offers a sale on nut bowl sundaes for $.19 and for one cent more the customer can keep the bowl. Squirrels are used in the illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287571

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.007

Label for Squirrel Brand Co., Squirrel Brand Co., 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The text reads "Perishable keep away from heat," above the address lines.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287572

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.008

Envelope for Squirrel Brand Co., 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

Text on the envelope verso reads "Squirrel Brand Peanuts roasted right."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287573

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.009

Nut caramels 1 cent each, trade card, Squirrel Brand Co., 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

Text on the card reads "The wise old squirrel says eat Squirrel Brand."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287574

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.010

Keeping you posted, front page news for your customers! feature Squirrel Peanuts and profit today! The Boston Post, Boston, Mass., undated

Customers are urged to feature Squirrel Brand Salted Peanuts like those "advertised in The Boston Post, New England's largest daily newspaper."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287575

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.10.01.011

Squirrel Brand Salted Peanuts, The Squirrel Brand Co., 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The Company carries nut caramels, peanut butter, peanut bars and salted nuts. The ad is mounted on a board with a hook on the verso for hanging.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287577

Ref. Code: EP001.15.042

Something new! a complete receipe for Squirrel Brand Salted Peanut Cookies, Squirrel Brand Co., 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The ad states the recipe is on the back of the vacuum tin of peanuts shown in the illustration. The ad is mounted on a board with an attached piece which can be folded open so it will stand on a flat surface.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287578

Ref. Code: EP001.15.043

Loads of fun, eat Squirrel Brand Butter Chews, Squirrel Brand Co., 10-12 Boardman Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

One squirrel pulls another squirrel in a wagon loaded with Butter Chews. The ad is mounted on a board with an attached piece to fold out so it will stand on a flat surface.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287579

Ref. Code: EP001.15.044

Advertisement for Standard American Billiard Tables, Phelan & Collender, 63 to 69 Crosby Street, New York, New York, March 1867

The ad is from the March 1867 issue of the "Atlantic monthly advertiser."

Date: 1867-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287587

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.02.01.001

Float night 1935, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass., 1935

The program describes the events of float night and lists the student officers and committees.

Date: 1935

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287588

Ref. Code: EP001.01.034.01.03.022

Saint Helena's House, a house for young women, 89 Union Park Street, Boston, Mass., 1920s

Rooms and meals are provided for young single working women in Boston. The facilities and amenities are shown in photographs. The House was founded by Boston Archbishop Williams in the 1880s and is administered by the Grey Nuns.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287592

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.009

Report for the year 1903, Hartford Social Settlement, 15 North Street, Hartford, Connecticut, 1903

The document describes the work and activities for adults and children performed by the settlement house. Jane Addams of Hull House spoke at the Annual Meeting on March 26, 1903. Secretary Caroline M. Hewins was a pioneering children's services librarian in the Hartford Public Library where she foun...

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287623

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.010

Commencement week, Smith College, Northampton, Mass., June 11-15, 1915

Activities during commencement week are described with dates, speakers and times. Members of the senior class are listed.

Date: 1915-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287628

Ref. Code: EP001.01.034.01.03.023

Lettering, Pedro J. Lemos, catalog no. 120, published by School Arts, Worcester, Mass.

The portfolio provides information on lettering history, spacing, design, mongramming and lettering pens.

Date: 1935

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287630

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.013

New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad local time-table between Boston, Forest Hills, Dedham, Providence, Easton and intermediate stations, revised to August 4, 1912

1 timetable ; 6 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches

Date: 1912-08-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287675

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.040

Fishing, by Margaret Tempest, The Medici Society Ltd., London, England, 1937

The postcard is based on animal characters Margaret Tempest created for her children's books. She wrote and illustrated the "Little Grey Rabbit" books and other titles. According to text on the card verso the Medici Society is "Art Publishers by appointment to the late King George V."

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287680

Ref. Code: EP001.01.096.01.01.019

Shopping bag, Daniel Low & Co., Salem, Mass., undated

The Daniel Low Building is shown on each side of the bag. Text below the Daniel Low name reads "Trading life's finest since 1867." First Church, Salem, used the building as its meetinghouse until 1923.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287688

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.02.001

Advertisement for Dabney's circulating library of several thousand volumes, daily increasing, accommodated to readers of every description, Salem, Mass., undated

In addition to books Dabney carries such items as stationery, maps, writing desks, watercolor boxes and backgammon tables. Text around the border of the ad reads "Here you may range the world! with the magic of a book, plunge into scenes of remote ages and countries, cheat erpedation and solitude ou...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287692

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.04.01.001

Mercantile Library Building, Mercantile Library Association, 32 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Mercantile Library offers books, literary activities and entertainments to its members. Text on the card reads "The Association, the oldest of its kind in the country, was organized March 11, 1820; and, with the exception of the Public Library and Athenaeum, the Mercantile Library is the largest...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287693

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.04.01.002

Papers of Richard Hawley Tucker (c. 1791-1867)

Series I, Papers of Richard Hawley Tucker, I (c.1791-1867), 1843-1859, undated, contains family correspondence, estate papers (miscellaneous correspondence, financial documents, etc.). This series includes forty-four letters written to his sons Captain Joseph Tucker (31 items) and Captain Richard H....

Date: 1843-1859, undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287717

Ref. Code: MS033.001

Papers of Richard Holbrook Tucker (1816-1895)

Series II, Papers of Richard Holbrook Tucker (1816-1895), 1856-1931, contains correspondence between Captain Richard H. Tucker, Jr., and his wife Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1922), letters to some of their children and other members of the Tucker family; financial records related ...

Date: 1856-1931

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287720

Ref. Code: MS033.002

Papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1922)

Series III, Papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1922), 1850-1922, is divided into two sections, correspondence and literary productions. The correspondence is extensive, covering Mollie Tucker's life span from her years as a student at St. Joseph's Academy in Emmitsburg, Marylan...

Date: 1850-1922

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287722

Ref. Code: MS033.003

Papers of Mary Mellus (Mame) Tucker Clayton (1858-1899)

Series IV, Papers of Mary Mellus (Mame) Tucker Clayton (1858-1899), 1871-1899, includes extensive correspondence with members of the Tucker family, as well as writings and printed material. The correspondence reflects the author's life span from childhood until her death at age forty-one. Writings a...

Date: 1871-1899

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287726

Ref. Code: MS033.004

Papers of Richard Hawley Tucker III (1859-1952)

Series V, Papers of Richard Hawley Tucker III (1859-1952), 1871-1952, contains correspondence, writings, printed material, and financial records. Tucker's correspondence consists of letters written to his parents and family members from a variety of locations associated with his education and employ...

Date: 1871-1952

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287728

Ref. Code: MS033.005

Papers of Martha Armstrong (Patty) Tucker Stapleton (1861-1893)

Series VI, Papers of Martha Armstrong (Patty) Tucker Stapleton (1861-1893), 1873-1925, contains correspondence and writings by Martha (Patty) Tucker Stapleton, who published under the pen name Patience Stapleton, and her husband William Stapleton.

Date: 1873-1925

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287729

Ref. Code: MS033.006

Papers of Jane Armstrong (Jen or Jennie) Tucker (1866-1964)

Series VIII, Papers of Jane Armstrong (Jen or Jennie) Tucker (1866-1964), 1879-1949, contains a large collection of correspondence to family members and business associates, two autograph books, a small collection of diaries and school-related writings, material related to income-producing ventures,...

Date: 1879-1949

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287743

Ref. Code: MS033.008

Papers of Mary Louisa (Carr) Armstrong (1815-1895)

Series IX, Papers of Mary Louisa (Carr) Armstrong (1815-1895), dates, contains letters written between Captain Richard Tucker and Mollie Armstrong Tucker and her mother, Mary Louisa Armstrong, as well as letters written by Mary Louisa Armstrong to her daughter Jane Ritson Armstrong and her granddaug...

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287744

Ref. Code: MS033.009

Papers of Jane Ritson Armstrong (b. 1844)

Series X, Papers of Jane Ritson Armstrong (b. 1844), dates, contains a substantial collection of correspondence between Jane Armstrong to and from her mother Mary Louisa (Carr) Armstrong, her sister Mary Armstrong Tucker and brother-in-law Captain Richard H. Tucker and represent the full span of her...

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287745

Ref. Code: MS033.010

Papers of Jane Standen Tucker (1917-2012)

Series XI, Papers of Jane Standen Tucker (1917-2012), consists of materials created and collected during the Jane Standen Tucker's ownership of Castle Tucker and include correspondence generated during her family history research, genealogical pursuits, and management of the property as an independe...

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287746

Ref. Code: MS033.011

Other papers

Series XII, General and Unassignable Materials, consists of a large and diverse collection of materials that document everyday life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Financial records include invoices from merchants in Boston and the Wiscasset area, and document the purchase of househ...

Date: 1858-1919, undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287747

Ref. Code: MS033.012

Photographs

Series XIII, Photographs, includes photographs of the exteriors and interiors of Castle Tucker, group portraits, portraits of individual members of the Potter, Carr, Armstrong, and Tucker families, and photograph albums of snapshots kept by Jane Standen Tucker.

Date: 1880-1999, undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 287748

Ref. Code: MS033.013

Extracts from rules and regulations of the library, Middlesex Mechanic Association, undated

Rules which apply to Association members are described in detail on the leaflet.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287772

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.04.01.003

Envelope for The Free Library of Philadelphia, Germantown Branch, Vernon Park, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The envelope is used to return a library card application. Two of the requirements are "If folded or much soiled this application will not be accepted. The endorsements must be in INK."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 287774

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.04.01.004

Letters to Alice (Lyman) Pepper (1852-1935) from Anne (Pratt) Lyman (1798-1875), grandmother

Correspondence (1 folder)

Collection: Lyman family papers

GUSN: 288450

Ref. Code: MS017.01.24

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