Historic New England

Go to the Howard to night, Boston, Mass., undated

The Howard Athenaeum shows novelties and dramas.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246173

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.01.015

Trade card for John J. Hern's Orchestra, Box 513, Woburn, Mass., undated

The group performs in clubs and at high school and social functions "where music of artistic order is in demand."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246174

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.01.016

Trade card for John J. Hern's Orchestra, Box 513, Woburn, Mass., undated

Hern has a complete library of dance and concert music, both operatic and popular.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246175

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.01.017

Certificate for Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, U.C., dated July 29, 1845

The item certifies that the individual "has passed behind the great falling sheet of water to Termination Rock." The verso has a poem by Willis Gaylord Clark dated June 27, 1836.

Date: 1845-07-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246176

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.01.018

Trade card for Granger Bros. Shows, Dover, New Hampshire, undated

Granger deals in midway shows.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246177

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.001

Ticket for the second annual ball, Amesbury Aerie 1702, Town Hall, Amesbury, Mass., November 25, 1909

The ball will take place on Thanksgiving afternoon sponsored by the Amesbury Aerie, 1702.

Date: 1909-11-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246178

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.002

Ticket for the third annual ball, Amesbury Aerie 1702, Town Hall, Amesbury, Mass., November 24, 1910

The ball will take place on Thanksgiving afternoon.

Date: 1910-11-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246247

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.003

Advertising card for Lord Rooney, musical comedy, location unknown, undated

The card verso reads "Don't miss seeing the greatest and funniest of all Irish comedians The Only Pat in the new musical comedy Lord Rooney supported by his clever daughter Little Mattie."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246248

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.004

Advertising card for social dance, Tunbridge House Hall, location unknown, December 8, 1882

The music for the occasion will be provided by Clark's Orchestra.

Date: 1882-12-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246249

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.005

Ticket for select dancing party, Hotel Cross, location unknown, February 13, 1904

The music for the dance will be provided by the Claremont Orchestra.

Date: 1904-02-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246250

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.006

Invitation for cotillon party, Tunbridge House, location unknown, November 2, 1883

The invitation is extended to all with music provided by Clark's Orchestra.

Date: 1883-11-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246251

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.007

Advertising card for Smocks and Brushes costume dance, Repertory Hall, location unknown, undated

The dance will take place on May 16 from nine to three and will cost $2.50 per couple.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246252

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.008

Advertising card for the third annual ball, Boston Typographical Union No. 13, Odd Fellows' Hall, location unknown, January 22, 1875

The ball will take place on Friday evening at the Odd Fellows' Hall.

Date: 1875-01-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246253

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.009

Trade card for My partner, drama, Maj. H. Clay Britt character, location unknown, undated

The card verso describes the presentation of "My partner" by Bartley Campbell. The figure is a character in the play.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246255

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.010

Trade card for My partner, drama, Josiah Scraggs character, location unknown, undated

The card verso gives quotes from two newspaper reviews. The figure is a character in the play.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246256

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.011

Trade card for My partner, drama, Grace Brandon character, location unknown, undated

The fourth season of "My partner" has a quote on the verso from the New York Herald, September 17, 1879. The figure is a character in the play.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246257

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.012

Trade card for My partner, drama, Ned Singleton character, location unknown, undated

The character Ned Singleton is seen in the image from the drama "My partner."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246258

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.013

Trade card for My partner, drama, Joe Saunders character, location unknown, undated

Quotes from newspaper reviews in 1879 and 1880 are listed on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246260

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.014

Trade card for My partner, drama, Wing Lee character, location unknown, undated

The cast list is described on the card verso. The figure is a character in the play.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246262

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.015

Trade card for My partner, drama, Miss Posie Pentland character, location unknown, undated

The card verso reads "By long odds the best American play yet written" from the New York Herald. The figure is a character in the play.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246266

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.016

Trade card for My partner, drama, Mary Brandon character, location unknown, undated

Louis Aldrich and Charles T. Parsloe with their "Superb Star Company" are touring with "My partner." The figure is a character in the play.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246267

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.017

Invitation for the Calais Social Gathering Annual, A.C. Slayton's Hall, Plainfield, Vermont, February 12, 1886

The inside of the card lists the floor managers and Committees of Introduction and Invitation. The music is provided by the Montpelier Orchestra.

Date: 1886-02-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246268

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.018

Handbill for The Cecilia, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Music Hall, Boston, Mass., January 24, 1900

B.J. Lang is the conductor for this second concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in its 24th season. Assistants to the conductor are listed on the verso.

Date: 1900-01-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246270

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.019

Trade card for The Jollities, Lillian Brown portrait, location unknown, undated

The card verso has press notices from Boston, New Hampshire and New York newspapers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246271

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.020

Trade card for The Jollities, Lillian Brown portrait, location unknown, undated

The bottom of the card reads "Don't fail to see The Jollities here to-night!"

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246272

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.021

Official score card, Grand Circuit Meet, Readville, Mass., August 21, 1902

The score card is published by Trott Brothers in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1902-08-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246273

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.022

Chickering orchestral concerts, Boston, Mass., February 10, 1904

The first in a series of four concerts given at Chickering Hall, 239 Huntington Avenue.

Date: 1904-02-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246274

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.023

Way down east, Boston Theatre, Boston, Mass., March 4, 1907

The details and cast list of Lottie Blair Parker's "Way down east" are described.

Date: 1907-03-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246275

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.024

Fool there was, Hollis Street Theatre, Boston, Mass., December 20, 1909

Robert Hilliard's production of "A fool there was" by Porter Emerson Browne is the play presented during the week of December 20, 1909.

Date: 1909-12-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246291

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.025

Royal Robinsonian ratification, Young's Hotel, Boston, Mass., November 15, 1883

The menu lists seven courses enjoyed by the men listed on the item cover.

Date: 1883-11-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246293

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.026

Old homestead, The Swanzey Players, The Potash Bowl, Swanzey, New Hampshire, June 1968

Photographs and dedications are included in this souvenir program of "The old homestead" by Denman Thompson.

Date: 1968-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246295

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.027

Souvenir programme of The pied piper of Hamelin, The Baby Feeding Association, Springfield, Mass., April 17, 1911

The play is to support the work of The Baby Feeding Association in combating infant mortality.

Date: 1911-04-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246298

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.02.028

Entertainments - General - Folder 3

File

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246299

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03

Ticket for select party, Christmas Eve, Dec. 24th at American Hall, location unknown, undated

A dance, to take place on Christmas Eve, will have music provided by Church's Band.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246300

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.001

Trade card for Jimmy Connor's Orchestra, location unknown, undated

The Orchestra provides "music for all occasions" including dances, parties, weddings and banquets.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246301

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.002

Kenny Morse and his Orchestra, 213 Patterson Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The card reads "Music for every occasion."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246303

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.003

Trade card for Lizzie Evans, Belfast Opera House, Belfast, Maine, undated

The image is Lizzie Evans a vaudeville and musical theater entertainer. The card verso reads "Belfast Opera House, Thursday, Aug. 14."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246305

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.004

Trade card for Daddy & Jack's, party favors and joker novelties, 22 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text around the card borders urges the public to buy war bonds. The card verso has "Revised Rules for Bridge."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246308

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.005

Trade card for Henry O. Upton, teacher of dancing, Salem, Mass., undated

The teacher is the "Inventor of Upton's Waltz Chart."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246309

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.006

Dance card for third annual ball, Odd Fellows' Hall, location unknown, January 22, 1875

The card has poems and the supper menu in addition to the list of dances.

Date: 1875-01-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246312

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.007

Postcard for Potash & Perlmutter, Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the play by Montague Glass and states it is direct from two years at the Geo. M. Cohan Theatre in New York City.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246315

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.008

South Berwick, Eliot, and Waterboro, Maine, ca. 1949

A black bound album with 16 black and white photographs in plastic sleeves and 12 loose black and white photographs of subjects in and around South Berwick, Maine, taken around 1949. Presumed to be the work of Theodore Libbey of South Berwick, Maine. Two of the photographs show Ted Libbey, one in...

Date: ca. 1949

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 246332

Ref. Code: PC009.259

Postcard for The girl who smiles, musical comedy, Colonial Theatre, Boston, Mass., undated

The play is described as "The Sensational Musical Comedy Hit of the Year." The engagement will begin on Monday, December 6.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246319

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.009

Program for Farewell American Tour, Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, Hyperion Theatre, New Haven, Connecticut, undated

Sarah Bernhardt performs in excerpts from four plays on Monday night, June 11.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246322

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.010

Trade card for Kate Byron, location unknown, undated

The card verso reads "Byron and His Great Combination in the Funniest Play Ever Written."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246326

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.011

Postcard for Gerald Cranston's lady, De Wolfe & Fiske Co., The Archway Bookstore, 20 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The order postcard is for "Gerald Cranston's lady" by Gilbert Frankau. The card verso describes the plot.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246329

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.012

Invitation for the second reunion and ball, Blake-Knowles Mutual Aid Society, Union Hall, Central Square, Cambridgeport, Mass., November 29, 1899

The bottom of the card reads "Allied Printings Trade Council, Boston, Mass."

Date: 1899-11-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246331

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.013

Invitation for the third grand social ball, Lime Kiln Club, location unknown, March 5, 1886

The event will take place "at the rink" and "yourself and ladies are cordially invited to attend."

Date: 1886-03-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246333

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.014

Program for the Student Vaudeville Company, Hanover, New Hampshire, undated

The program describes performances of different works and includes advertisements from local and New England businesses.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246334

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.015

Program for the RC Season 1887-1888, location unknown, 1887-1888

The verso has an 1888 calendar. The item opens so it will stand on a surface. The bottom of the calendar reads "Baldwin & Gleason Co., Limited, N.Y. Pat. Aug. 31, 1886.

Date: 1887-1888

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246335

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.016

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