Historic New England

1938 New England Hurricane album, New London, Conn., 1938

Black photograph album containing 102 pages, 74 of which are blank. The remaining 28 pages contain 85 black-and-white photographs documenting the damage done various locations and structures, including, but not limited to, neighborhoods, the shoreline, and the business district in New London, Connec...

Date: undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 364857

Ref. Code: PC009.311

Loud family papers

This collection contains ephemera and photographic materials related to the lives and personal milestones of the Loud family, particularly Gertrude Amanda (Johnson) Loud (1912-1964) and her daughter, Betsey Carroll (Loud) Detwiler (1934-). Ephemera includes a prospectus pamphlet for New England Bapt...

Date: 1926-1957, undated

Collection: Loud family papers

GUSN: 364860

Ref. Code: MS073

Trade card for Ivorine Washing Powder, J. B. Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn., circa 1900s

Front side of trade cards has color lithograph of an adult elephant washing a baby elephant next to a box of Ivorine, with the caption "Washing the Baby". Front also says "copyright 1900 by the J.B. Williams Co., Glastonbury, Conn." Verso details the benefits of using Ivorine Washing Powder, saying ...

Date: 1900-1910, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364861

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.036

Menus - Not Identified

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364862

Ref. Code: EP001.06.22

Menu, Kahuna Lounge, unknown location

This menu contains harmful imagery and language containing stereotypes and appropriation of Southeast Asian and Pacific Island cultures. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and t...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364863

Ref. Code: EP001.06.22.001

Menu, welcome to the Old Corner Restaurant, unknown location

Menu includes breakfast, appetizers, salads, sandwiches & subs, and grilled offerings. Back side of the menu advertises their weekly specials and homemade desserts. Front page of menu details Fall/Winter hours and names owners as Jan & Ron Legere.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364865

Ref. Code: EP001.06.22.002

Menu, Philips Poets & Lovers, Mass., undated

Fold-out menu offering appetizers, soups, "Lovers' Specials", broiled dishes, seafood, steak, and desserts; several dishes are named after famous artists. The menu is adorned with images of embracing lovers from works of art. Notes to "Please add 5% Massachusetts Tax" and information on bookings for...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364866

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.059

Menu, The Village Barn Restaurant, Mass., undated

Menu specializing in "traditional" New England cuisine, offering appetizers, beverages, "Ocean Harvest", chicken, and "Robust Meats." Includes illustrations of 18th and 19th century New England rural life and early American motifs. Note "Massachusetts Meal Tax 5%."

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364867

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.060

Menu, Mohegan Territory, a New England Kitchen, Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Conn.

Tri-fold menu from Mohegan Territory, a restaurant/diner that was located in the Mohegan Sun Casino from its opening in 1996 until the mid-to-late 2000s. Subtitled "A New England Kitchen", offerings included appetizers, sandwiches, salads, egg dishes, specialties, burgers, and desserts. The menu als...

Date: circa 2000, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364875

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.061

Reward for good deportment to Henry Read by Nancy Cole, teacher, location unknown

Two boys play with a spinning top in the illustration.

Date: 1861-1870, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364877

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.001

Reward of merit, Katie Faucon from Miss Waldo, location unknown

A handwritten inscription is on the card verso. A little boy greets a new baby being held by his mother in the card illustration.

Date: 1868-05-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364879

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.003

Reward of merit to Henry Read from A.G. Cole, teacher, location unknown

A fist holding a hammer is attached to a "good strong arm" in the illustration.

Date: 1864-10-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364880

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.002

Reward of merit, Carrie H. Barr, location unknown

A little girl plays with her cat and has an open book in front of her in the illustration.

Date: 1861-1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364881

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.004

Reward of merit, Carrie H. Barr from S.K. Deane, location unknown

Handwritten text on the verso reads "Carrie H. Barr from S.K. Deane." A short verse titled "Be up and doing" is below the flower illustration.

Date: 1861-1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364882

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.005

Maxim reward card, do well whatever you do, Carrie H. Barr from S.K. Deane, for scholarship, Colton Zahm & Roberts, 172 William Street, New York, New York

Handwritten text on the verso reads "Carrie H. Barr from S.K. Deane for scholarship."

Date: 1861-1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364883

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.006

Reward of merit, William Palmer, headmaster H.R.P., location unknown

A Bible verse from Jeremiah 3:4 is on the card.

Date: 1874-01-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364884

Ref. Code: EP001.04.07.001

Reward of merit, William Palmer, headmaster H.R.P., location unknown

Bible verses from Psalm 8 are within a decorated border.

Date: 1874-02-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364885

Ref. Code: EP001.04.07.002

Primary school card of approbation awarded to Carrie Smith for industry, good conduct and punctuality, during the past month, teacher, location unknown

Books and an atlas decorate the card.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364886

Ref. Code: EP001.04.07.003

Reward of merit, location unknown

The orange ticket sized item has the single word "Merit" on it.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364887

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.001

Reward of merit, location unknown

The green ticket sized item has the single word "Merit" on it.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364888

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.002

Reward of merit, the hand of the diligent diligence maketh rich, Prov. X.4, location unknown

The Bible verse is part of the item border.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364889

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.003

Reward of merit, Hattie Stone, location unknown

A mother duck and duckling are next to red flowers in the illustration. The name "Hattie Stone" is handwritten on the card verso.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364890

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.004

Reward of merit, our father, location unknown

The name handwritten on the card verso may be "Thomas R. Helliman." The child is watched over by two angels in the illustration.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364891

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.005

Sunday School Primary Department [blank] has been present on each of the Sundays marked and is commended for good behavior and attention to lessons, third quarter 1893, [blank] teacher, American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Text on the card verso reads "Picture Lesson, vol. 13, no. 39, part 3, published quarterly. The Third Quarter, Lesson XIII, September 24, 1893." Six questions are asked with space for filling in the answers.

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364893

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.006

Reward of merit, Rena Roby, location unknown

The card is in recognition of four weeks attendance.Yellow roses decorate the item.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364894

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.007

Reward of merit, location unknown

The inscription on the sign in the illustration reads "The business of my life shall be to evermore remember thee. - Moore"

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364895

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.008

Reward of merit, Charlie Lord from C.J.M., location unknown

Handwritten text on the item verso reads "Charlie Lord from C.J.M." Colorful butterflies illustrate the card.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364896

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.009

Reward of merit presented to Charlie W. Lord by Susie Rounds teacher, location unknown

Four school boys come upon what appears to be a nest in a field.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364897

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.010

Reward of merit presented to Charlie Lord by Alice M. Bradstreet teacher, location unknown

A little girl sits on a wall throwing feed to a hen and her chicks in the Kate Greenaway illustration.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364898

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.011

Menu, celebration for the production of The Phantom of the Opera, Boston Harbor Hotel, circa 1992

Cameron Mackintosh and the Really Useful Theatre Company's touring production of the hit Broadway musical "The Phantom of the Opera" opened at Boston's Wang Center in August 1992 and ran until November of that year. This menu is from a celebration put on by Mackintosh and the production company at t...

Date: circa 1992

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364902

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.008

Vermont - Readsboro

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 364905

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USVT.1285

Vermont - Readsboro - General - Postcards

Item

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 364906

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USVT.1285.001

Postcard, C. G. Browne, salesman, Readsboro, Vt., circa 1919

Photographic postcard depicting a Watkin's Remedies traveling salesman's wagon being pulled by two horses. The wagon sold products manufactured by the J. R. Watkins Company. In the bottom left corner of the recto, the following can be read: "C. G. Browne, salesman / Readsboro, VT".

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 364907

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USVT.1285.001.001

Set of blank bird-themed rewards of merit, location unknown

Sheet containing seven blank rewards of merit, each with designated spaces to add student's and teacher's names. Each reward contains a color illustration of a different bird; birds depicted are the lazuli finch (lazuli bunting), the scarlet-crowned fly-catcher (vermilion flycatcher), the blue grosb...

Date: 1861-1870, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364910

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.007

Little farms today, blocks of city lots tomorrow, Fred J. Walsh Company, 1702 Metropolitan Building, 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois, undated

Trade catalog published by the Fred. J. Walsh Company based in Chicago, Illinois. The catalog advertises "model little farms on the fringe of town." Discusses the benefits of a little farm, such as financial security, low taxes. control over one's food supply, and continued access to the amenities o...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364912

Ref. Code: EP005.758

"The Wonder Book of Freaks and Animals in the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth," 1898

1 folder

Date: 1898

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364918

Ref. Code: MS068.001.01.01

Postcard of Anne and Frank Howard, Barnum and Bailey, circa 1900

1 folder

Date: circa 1900

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364919

Ref. Code: MS068.001.01.02

Smith & Howard price list, tattooers supplies, Boston, Mass., circa 1905

1 folder

Date: circa 1905

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364920

Ref. Code: MS068.001.01.03

Tattoo care directions, circa 1910

1 folder

Date: circa 1910

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364921

Ref. Code: MS068.001.01.04

Sketchbook of tattoo designs attributed to Frank Howard, 1905-1915

1 folder

Date: 1905-1915

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364922

Ref. Code: MS068.001.02.01

Cabinet card of Professor Frank Howard, circa 1890

1 folder

Date: circa 1890

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364923

Ref. Code: MS068.001.03.01

Cabinet card of "Ivy" Howard, undated

Subseries contains two cabinet cards, one of Frank Howard and the other of their daughter, Carrie Minnie Frances Howard (1833-1923), who performed under the stage name Ivy.

Date: undated

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364924

Ref. Code: MS068.001.03.02

Tattoo care directions : matted and mounted, circa 1910

1 folder

Date: circa 1910

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364925

Ref. Code: MS068.002.01.01

Business card for Edward W. Liberty, tattoo artist, circa 1919

1 folder

Date: circa 1919

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364926

Ref. Code: MS068.002.01.02

Business card for Frank W. Liberty, Boston tattoo studio, Boston, Mass., circa 1930

1 folder

Date: circa 1930

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364927

Ref. Code: MS068.002.01.03

Directions for care of a Tattoo Mark which has been removed, circa 1935

1 folder

Date: circa 1935

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364928

Ref. Code: MS068.002.01.04

Business card for Prof. Frank W. Liberty, Boston Tattoo Studio, Boston, Mass., circa 1950

1 folder

Date: circa 1950

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364929

Ref. Code: MS068.002.01.05

Correspondence: letters from the Boston Redevelopment Authority, 1961-1962

1 folder

Date: 1961-1962

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364930

Ref. Code: MS068.002.01.06

Business card for Captain Ted. W. Liberty, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, circa 1966

1 folder

Date: circa 1966

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364931

Ref. Code: MS068.002.01.07

"Where Waters Meet" tattoo design, circa 1920

1 framed tattoo design

Date: circa 1920

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364932

Ref. Code: MS068.002.02.01

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