Historic New England

Label for Westminster Make, location unknown, undated

The label has an image of Westminster, London and the text "Entd. according to act of Congress, 1869."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270159

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.007

Trade card for The Ladies Blacking, G.H. Wood & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The Ladies Blacking polish is available from Whitten & Milliken, wholesale and retail dealers in boots, shoes, rubbers and mocassins, Skowhegan, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270160

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.06.049

Trade card for Gilt Edge, shoe polish, Whittemore Bros. & Co., 237-239-241 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Two little girls make a flower chain in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270161

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.07.02.003

Trade card for the East India Fabric Co., 134 and 136 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business creates original designs for young men and women. The shop is located between the Colonial Theatre and Steinert Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270163

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.009

Trade card for I.H. Farrington, fine tailoring, 791 & 793 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 25, 1883

Farrington has novelties in imported and domestic woolens.

Date: 1883-06-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270164

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.010

Trade card for Putnam Fadeless Dyes, Monroe Chemical Company, Quincy, Illinois, undated

A Santa Claus figure holds a sign that reads "I invite you." The card verso describes the use of Putnam Fadeless Dyes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270165

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.011

Trade card for Diamond Dyes, Wells, Richardson & Co., Burlington, Vermont, undated

Diamond Dyes are described on the card verso. The product is for sale by O.H. Freeman in Woodstock, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270166

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.012

Label for unidentified fabric dealer, location unknown, undated

The label text reads "Our best fabrick, fast colors." The customer purchased 292 yards.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270167

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.013

Label for Pure Linen Cambric, No. 10, location unknown, undated

The top of the label reads "Extra Quality."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270168

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.014

Label for unidentified fabric dealer, location unknown, undated

Two dancers holding tambourines decorate the label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270169

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.015

Label for Rochdale Satinets, location unknown, 1852

The product was awarded a silver medal for manufacture and finish in 1852.

Date: 1852

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270170

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.016

Label for the Providence Dying, Bleaching & Calendering Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

A covered wagon approaches two men standing in the street with sailboats in the distance in the label image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270171

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.017

Label for Esmond Blankets, manufactured by The Esmond Mills, Esmond, Rhode Island, undated

The card verso provides washing instructions for the product.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270172

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.018

Label for unknown fabric dealer, location unknown, undated

The label image is captioned "Reconciliation." The man kisses the woman's hair, both in period costume.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270173

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.019

Label for A. & W. Sprague, Quidnick and Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The factory building is seen in the label image with a train in the foreground.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270174

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.020

Esmond Blankets, The Esmond Mills, Esmond, Rhode Island, undated

Esmond Blankets are described in the brochure with an offer for an Esmond Doll Blanket.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270175

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.021

Label for Old Bandanna, fabrics, location unknown, undated

The label has a portrait of an unidentified man.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270176

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.022

Label for Crown Make, fabrics, location unknown, 1862

The label displays the product trademark and medals for the Paris Exhibition

Date: 1862

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270177

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.023

Label for the Brunswick Mfg. Co., fine shirting, location unknown, undated

A flower border decorates the label for the Brunswick Manufacturing Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270178

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.024

Trade card for E.R. Mudge, Sawyer & Co., selling agents, 45 White Street, New York; 15 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass.; 230 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1874

The Company represents the Washington Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the Victory Mills in Saratoga County, New York, the Burlington Woollen Company in Winooski Falls, Vermont and the Chicopee Manufacturing Company in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.

Date: 1874

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270180

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.001

Label for White & Wyckoff's Autocrat Linen, exclusive stationery, Holyoke, Mass., undated

The Company trademark is shown on the label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270179

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.040

1956 house plans, Realistic Homes, Boston, Mass.

A catalog of house plans designed to meet or exceed VA-FHA specifications. Each house, designed by Realistic Homes, has a sketch, floor plan and description.

Date: 1956

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270181

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.030

Label for Liberty, fabric, location unknown, undated

The figure of Liberty represents the trademark for the fabric.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270182

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.002

Trade card for The Linen Glacé Co., sole manufacturers of the world's starch polish, 86 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The product is sold by J.S. Tufts in Plymouth, New Hampshire. The card verso describes the advantages of using the product. There is a testimonial from Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher dated January 11, 1881.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270184

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.019

Modular method in dwelling design, an explanation of the application of modular coordination in drafting practice based upon principles developed by American Standards Association Project A 62, Housing and Home Finance Agency, Office of the Administrator, Division of Housing Research, Washington, D.C.

Its purpose is to help architects apply the principles of modular construction in the drafting room.

Date: 1951

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270185

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.031

Trade card for Whitney, Macduff & Co., manufacturers of linen and cotton threads, Millbury, Mass., undated

The top of the card reads "West End Flax Mills."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270191

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.003

Diary of the house in the woods, Katherine and Ned McDowell, Lowe Brothers Company, Dayton, Ohio

The diary entries of Katherine McDowell and her husband Ned describe the design and building of their house from May-October 1918. The use of Neptunite varnishes and the services of The Lowe Brothers Company are included along with home building advice.

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270190

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.032

What turns multifamily residents on and what turns them off? House & home magazine, New York

Boston architects Childs Bertman Tseckares Associates assigned Brandt Andersson, an MIT student, to survey residents of multi-family homes about the features they liked and disliked in the design of their homes. The pamphlet is a reprint from House & home magazine.

Date: 1976

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270197

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.033

Trade card for Barretts' Dye House, 52 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated

Customers are invited to send feathers, kid gloves and laces to the Dye House. The image is from a Kate Greenaway illustration in "Under the window: pictures & rhymes for children."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270192

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.004

Label for Ventnor, No. 115, fabric, location unknown, undated

The label text reads "These goods are made from superior cotton and warranted not weighted with any substance whatever."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270193

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.005

Label for Miyamuraseishi, raw silk, Matsumoto, Japan, undated

Puppies play in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270194

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.006

Trade card for W.F. Wheaton, printer and stationer, 52 William Street, New Bedford, Mass., undated

A Kate Greenaway illustration decorates the trade card. Fancy business cards are a specialty of the stationer.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269663

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.006

Trade card for Thomas Groom & Co., stationers and account book manufacturers, 105 State Street, Boston, Mass., 1903

Groom imports English and French stationery and does all types of printing and engraving for customers.The inside of the card has a 1903 calendar.

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269664

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.007

Trade card for J.E. Thompson, bookseller & stationer, Fitchburg, Mass., undated

A flower basket decorates the trade card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269665

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.008

Sample for Haddock's Cards No. 1, location unknown, undated

Two white birds decorate the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269666

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.009

Trade card for Ward & Gay, wholesale and retail stationers and dealers in advertising, birthday and Christmas cards, 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is a sample of the New Rustic French Alphabet Cards for the letter "A." The business sells paper, blank books, holiday cards and performs engraving for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269675

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.010

1/2" Scale Elevations of Own Dressing Room, House of J.S. Ames, Esq. at 3 Commonwealth Ave., undated

Includes elevations for "Side Toward Library", "Side Toward Window", "Side Toward Own Room", "Side Toward Hall" and "F.S.D. of Moulding."

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269670

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.086

1/2" Scale details of closet in Own Room, second floor, House of J.S. Ames Esq., undated

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil on trace

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269671

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.087

1/2" Scale Detail of Wardrobe in Own Bath, House of J.S. Ames, undated

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil and ink on trace

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269672

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.088

1/2" Scale Detail of Wardrobe in Own Bath, House of J.S. Ames Esq. at 3 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, undated

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil and ink on trace

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269673

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.089

Full Size Details of Wardrobe in Own Bath, House of J.S. Ames Esq. at 3 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., undated

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil and yellow pencil on trace

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269674

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.090

Trade card for Ward & Gay, wholesale and retail stationers and dealers in advertising, birthday and Christmas cards, 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is a sample of the New Rustic French Alphabet Cards for the letter "B." The business sells paper, blank books, holiday cards and performs engraving for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269676

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.011

Trade card for Ward & Gay, wholesale and retail stationers and dealers in advertising, birthday and Christmas cards, 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is a sample of the New Rustic French Alphabet Cards for the letter "C." The business sells paper, blank books, holiday cards and performs engraving for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269677

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.012

Trade card for Ward & Gay, wholesale and retail stationers and dealers in advertising, birthday and Christmas cards, 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is a sample of the New Rustic French Alphabet Cards for the letter "F." The business sells paper, blank books, holiday cards and performs engraving for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269678

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.013

Trade card for Ward & Gay, wholesale and retail stationers and dealers in advertising, birthday and Christmas cards, 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is a sample of the New Rustic French Alphabet Cards for the letter "I." The business sells paper, blank books, holiday cards and performs engraving for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269679

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.014