Historic New England

Retail catalog for the Colonial Candle Company of Cape Cod, Hyannis, Mass., July 1949

The pamphlet has photographs and descriptions of the candles and novelties for sale.

Date: 1949-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258018

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.009

Handbill for the Electric Oil Torch, location unknown, undated

The kerosene oil torch can be used to light rolling mills, blacksmith shops and engine rooms. The steps for lighting it are described. It is for sale by Thompson & Hoague, hardware, iron & steel, Concord, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258019

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.010

Billhead for the N.W. Turner Company, importers and manufacturers of fine gas and electric light fixtures, Nos. 27 and 29 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 22, 1890

The Company was established in 1851. Piano, banquet and table lamps are among the items available for sale.

Date: 1890-04-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258023

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.011

Billhead for C.H. McKenney & Co., gas chandeliers and electroliers, oil chandeliers and lamp goods, Boston, Mass., dated December 24, 1889

The factory is located at 28 to 40 Beach Street and the warerooms are located at 634 & 636 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1889-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258024

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.012

Billhead for R. Hollings & Co., chandelier and lamp makers, 93-95 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 13, 1901

Hollings is the New England agent for Tirrill's Improved Equalizer Gas Machine.

Date: 1901-09-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258025

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.013

Billhead for the Seth W. Fuller Co., engineers & contractors for all kinds of electrical construction, supplies and novelties, 185 Devonshire & 48 Arch Streets, Boston, Mass., dated November 16, 1908

The business will contract for work in electric light wiring, bells, annunciators, telephones, burglar alarms and single plant installations.

Date: 1908-11-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258026

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.014

Letterhead for Stuart-Howland Company, electrical merchandise, corner Congress & Purchase Streets, Boston, Mass., dated March 17, 1921

The business is an agent for the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.

Date: 1921-03-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258027

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.015

Billhead for the Stuart-Howland Company, electrical merchandise, corner Congress & Purchase Streets, Boston, Mass., dated January 13, 1921

The billhead lists various types of batteries purchased by the customer.

Date: 1921-01-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258028

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.016

Billhead for the Stuart-Howland Company, electrical merchandise, corner Congress & Purchase Streets, Boston, Mass., dated January 13, 1921

The customer purchased Dover Irons as indicated on the billhead.

Date: 1921-01-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258029

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.017

Billhead for the Stuart-Howland Company, electrical merchandise, corner Congress & Purchase Streets, Boston, Mass., dated January 14, 1921

The customer purchased miniature and auto bulbs according to the billhead listing.

Date: 1921-01-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258030

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.018

Billhead for the Stuart-Howland Company, electrical merchandise, corner Congress & Purchase Streets, Boston, Mass., dated February 24, 1921

The customer purchased Dover Electric Flat Irons and fuse plugs with other items.

Date: 1921-02-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258031

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.019

Billhead for the Stuart-Howland Company, electrical merchandise, corner Congress & Purchase Streets, Boston, Mass., dated April 15, 1921

Two Dover Irons were purchased by the customer.

Date: 1921-04-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258032

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.020

Letterhead for the Re-New Lamp Company, renewers of electric incandescent lamps, office, 126 State Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 27, 1899

The factory is located at 121 Madison Street in Malden, Massachusetts.

Date: 1899-09-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258033

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.021

Trade card for Henry Siegel Co., location unknown, 1911

Date: 1911

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258035

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.001

Trade card for luggage, location unknown, 1912

Date: 1912

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258036

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.002

Trade card for Winship & Willis, manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of trunks, No. 31 Elm Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business carries valises, satchels and carpet bags in addition to trunks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258037

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.003

Trade card for Josiah Cummings, manufacturer and dealer in trunks, bags and umbrellas, 601 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Cummings has trunk and shawl straps and will make fancy bags to order.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258038

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.004

Trade card for Horton Brothers, manufacturers and dealers in trunks, bags & valises of every description, No. 80 and 82 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business was established in 1845. The name W.H. Rich is on the lower left corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258041

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.005

Billhead for Neat, Kearney & Co., manufacturers and wholesale and retail dealers in sold leather iron-frame travelling trunks, valises, carpet bags, Nos. 52 & 54 Elm and 24 & 26 Friend Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 23, 1866

The retail store is located at 336 Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1866-05-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258042

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.006

Billhead for Nathan Neat, manufacturer and wholesale and retail dealer in solid leather iron-frame travelling trunks, valises, carpet bags, No. 336 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 30, 1869

The business was established in 1825.

Date: 1869-10-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258044

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.007

Advertisement for Crouch & Fitzgerald, trunks, bags, No. 1 Cortlandt Street, No. 556 Broadway, No. 723 Sixth Avenue, New York, New York, June 1882

Fine sole leather trunks and Gladstone Bags are a company specialty. The business was established in 1839. The advertisement is from the June 1882 "Brooklyn Advance."

Date: 1882-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258045

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.008

Billhead for Winship & Roulstone, manufacturers of military & fire caps, trunks, valises, bags of every description, No. 31 Elm Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 16, 1856

The top of the billhead has an illustration of a figure in a military uniform and a pile of luggage.

Date: 1856-03-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258047

Ref. Code: EP001.01.072.01.01.009

Trade card for Elmes & Tebbetts, machinists and manufacturers of boilers, ships' tanks, steering wheels, Commercial Street, Bath, Maine, undated

The business manufactures and repairs all kinds of iron work in Bath, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258048

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.001

Trade card for Elmes & Tebbetts, machinists, Commercial Street, Bath, Maine, undated

The business is the successor to George Moulton & Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258050

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.002

Trade card for Hunt, Lyon & Co., manufacturers of best oak-tanned leather belting, dealers in rubber machine belting, steam packing, engine hose, 26 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business has lace leather, belt rivets and burrs and belt cement.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258052

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.003

Trade card for Clapp's Wood Pumps, Clapp Bros., Stow, Mass., undated

Clapp deals in all kinds of pumps and pipes and has iron dogs for sale. The manufactory is located at Harvard, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258053

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.004

Trade card for Palmer, Judd & Co., manufacturers of leather belting, 234 State Street, Hartford, Connecticut, undated

The office and sales room is located at No. 5, Allyn House Block, Asylum Street in Hartford, Conecticut. The card verso has a price list for stretched leather belting.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258055

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.005

Trade cards for the Petroleum Fuel Company, manufacturers of improved machinery for steam boilers, heating, illuminating and cooking, 73 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text on the card reads "Applying petroleum and its products to all mechanical and domestic uses."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258065

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.006

Price list for the Victor Valve, Little & Smart, Peabody and Salem, Mass., undated

The Victor Valve is shown in the image with the sizes and prices below it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258068

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.007

Trade card for the Angular Wood Turning Lathe, Locke & Wood, 38 Hawley Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Door, drawer, organ stop knobs, handles and furniture ornaments are on exhibit at the business and in the Wood Working Department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258070

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.008

Advertisements for machinists, Boston, Mass., 1855

The ad on top is for Clarke & Smith, the proprietors of the Dedham Iron Works, with an office at No. 23 Exchange Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The lower ad is for A.J. Wilkinson, hardware, metals and mechanics' tools located at 2 Washington Street, at the corner of Wilson Lane in Boston, Massachuse...

Date: 1855

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258071

Ref. Code: EP001.01.073.01.01.009

Food - Clambakes

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 258087

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.2875

Trade card for the King Dental Parlors, 478 Washington Street, corner Avon, Boston, Mass., ca. 1906

Dental work performed at the King Dental Parlors is described on the card verso including dentures, extractions, crowns, fillings and cleaning. Birds and flowering plants are seen in the card image.

Date: ca. 1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258217

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.02.001

Trade card for Tucum Mfg. Co., toothbrushes, No. 409 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A large toothbrush illustrates the card for the Tucum Manufacturing Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258218

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.010

Trade card for Dr. Charles Swift, surgeon dentist, No. 23 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., undated

Dr. Swift's practice is opposite the Boston Museum on Tremont Row. The card is inside an envelope addressed to "Capt. A.F. Patterson."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258219

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.011

Trade card for Hayden & Swift, surgeon dentists, 23 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., undated

The practice is opposite the Boston Museum on Tremont Row. The card is inside an envelope addressed to "Capt. A.F. Patterson."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258220

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.012

Trade card for Dr. Charles Swift, surgeon dentist, Lynn, Mass., undated

Dr. Swift's office is opposite the Central Depot in Lynn, Massachusetts. The card is inside an envelope addressed to "Capt. A.F. Patterson."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258221

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.013

Advertisement for Stockton's Mineral Teeth, Theodore Metcalf, apothecary, Boston, Mass., April 4, 1837

Metcalf is located ten doors north of the Tremont House hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The advertisement is from the "American Traveler," 23 May 1837.

Date: 1837-04-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258222

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.014

Advertisement for Charles J. Houpt, dentist, Hanover Street, one door from Portland Street, Boston, Mass., January 17, 1837

Houpt describes his prices for the insertion of porcelain teeth. The advertisement is from the "American Traveler," 23 May 1837.

Date: 1837-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258223

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.015

Advertisement for C. Houghton, surgeon dentist, Danvers, Mass., December 21-23, 1869

Houghton describes his dental work and concern for the patient. The advertisement is from "The Meteor," December 21, 22, 23, 1869.

Date: 1869-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258224

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.016

Trade card for the New York Dental Co., corner Main and Chatham Streets, Worcester, Mass., undated

The services of the dental business are described on the card verso. A female figure with a cabbage head waters a cabbage patch.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258225

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.017

Statuary Room of the Athenaeum, Boston, Mass., 1855

This engraving depicts the statuary gallery on the first floor of the Athenaeum. There are people sitting in the middle of the room viewing the statues. A description clipped from another source is on the item verso.

Date: 1855

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 258302

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1050.001

Library of the Athenaeum

This engraving depicts the Library on the second floor of the Athenaeum. There are tables in the center and busts lining the room. People look through the stacks at the books or sit at the tables studying.

Date: 1855

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 258303

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1050.003

Trade card for the New York Painless Dental Rooms, Tremont Row, Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1910

A price list for the services provided by the business is printed on the verso. The card verso has "c. 1910" written in pencil.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258311

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.018

Trade card for Lewis F. Foss, surgeon dentist, Maple Street, Danvers, Mass., undated

The trade card is pasted on a sheet above a larger card with a flower decorated horseshoe image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258312

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.019

Billhead for Charles T. Clifford Dr., surgeon dentist, Rooms Nos. 4,5 and 6 Stott's Block, 224 Middlesex Street, Lowell, Mass., dated December 3, 1881

The billhead lists prices for gold fillings, other fillings and artificial teeth.

Date: 1881-12-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258314

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.02.002

Trade card, "S.T. Birmingham, M.D., Native Indian Physician, Office, 63 Cambridge Street, corner Chambers Street, Boston", undated

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. Birmingham has office hours in ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258316

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.001

Trade card for Miss Dr. C.A. Shearman, chiropodist, 280 1-2 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Dr. Shearman will visit patients in their homes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258320

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.002

Trade card for D. Albert Sullivan, apothecary, Watertown, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card reads "Physicians prescriptions carefully prepaired."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258325

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.003

Trade card for Mrs. Nowell, eclectic physician, office, No. 13 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880

Mrs. Nowell treats sick headaches, incipient paralysis, sleeplessness, chronic female weaknesses and skin and scalp diseases. She will be at the American House in Fitchburg for one week after September 22.

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258331

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.004

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