Historic New England

Exterior view of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938

A black and white photograph of the exterior of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938. The images shows trees down along the front of the house, and a missing window is visible on the top floor. Written on the back of the photo is the caption, "This was taken after the storm. It shows the attic w...

Date: 1938-09

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 284710

Ref. Code: PC006.ARN.01.020

Exterior view of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938

A black and white photograph of the exterior of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938. The images shows trees down along the front of the house, missing window panes in the windows on the sides of the house, and visible at the edge of the photograph is the nose of a car. Written on the back of th...

Date: 1938-09

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 284712

Ref. Code: PC006.ARN.01.021

Captain Stephen Howland(?) house in Westport, Mass.

A black and white image of a house at 45 Drift Road in Westport, Mass. It was the home of Capt. Stephen Howland(?).

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284716

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3310.0010.001

What everyone should know about genuine mahogany, Mahogany Assocation, Inc., 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Facts about mahogany and its use in furniture construction and design are provided in the item. A separate card can be sent in to receive additional copies of the pamphlet.

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284720

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.003

Maine - Bar Harbor - Individual sites (inc. private residences) - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284719

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.0130.0060

Mahogany book, by George N. Lamb, 5th ed., Mahogany Association, Inc., 75 East Wacker Drive, 2010 Lincoln Tower, Chicago, Illinois

The history, uses and manufacture of mahogany in industry is described in detail. there is a separate leaflet for sending comments to the publisher and joining the mailing list.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284721

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.004

White pine in home-building, White Pine Bureau, Merchants National Bank Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota

The use of white pine in New England houses from the colonial period is described in text and photographs. A number of the images were done by Mary Northend and the Halliday Historic Photograph Company. Floor plans for homes designed by contemporary architects are included.

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284723

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.005

New England (general)

This file includes one folder which houses one pamphlet advertising "New England's Heritage Trail."

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284735

Ref. Code: MS042.05.010

Maine - Portland

This file includes one folder which contains one pamphlet: "Municipal Organ Memorial to Hermann Kotzschmar, City of Portland, Maine, City Hall Auditorium."

Date: ca. 1927

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284738

Ref. Code: MS042.05.020

Papers of Edward Eaton Bowen (1815-1887)

Subseries C, Papers of Edward Eaton Bowen (1815-1887), 1845-1878 (#1.19), contains receipts for the transportation and purchase of goods.

Date: 1845-1878

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 284736

Ref. Code: MS006.01.03

Massachusetts (general)

This file includes one folder, which contains 3 pamphlets. The pamphlets cover topics such as congregational church statistics, a list of freemen of Massachusetts, and a brochure for the Eastern Steamship lines.

Date: 1874-1978

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284739

Ref. Code: MS042.05.030

Massachusetts - Beverly

This file includes one folder, which contains one pamphlet related to the St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church.

Date: 2002

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284740

Ref. Code: MS042.05.040

Massachusetts - Boston (general)

This file includes eleven folders, which contain 39 pamphlets. The pamphlets include an issue of Marquee from July 2, 1888; a publication titled "Boston, its finance, commerce & literature"; two copies of a publication titled "Germans in Boston"; "The Places of Worship of the Sandemanians in Boston"...

Date: 1888-2002

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284741

Ref. Code: MS042.05.050

Massachusetts - Boston - Back Bay

This file includes three folders, which contain 19 pamphlets. The pamphlets include "The Fiftieth Year: Sermon" of the Clarendon Street Baptist Church; a drawing of the Congregational House; a history of Back Bay; and pamphlets about the Arlington Street Church, Old South Church, Mount Vernon Congre...

Date: 1830-1995

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284742

Ref. Code: MS042.05.060

Massachusetts - Boston - Bay Village

This file includes 1 folder, which contains two copies of a pamphlet about the Bay Village neighborhood of Boston.

Date: 1970

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284743

Ref. Code: MS042.05.070

Papers of Henry Elliot Bowen (1845-1919)

i720Subseries H, Papers of Henry Elliot Bowen (1845-1919), undated (#4.1), contains an undated address book.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 284782

Ref. Code: MS006.01.08

Mine Own House by Theodore N. Vail

Moved to books. Housed with oversize books, Rare Book Room.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284784

Ref. Code: PC009.117

Our New England

Removed to Rare Books, 1989.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284785

Ref. Code: PC009.095

Examples of Domestic Colonial Architecture by James M. Corner and E. E. Soderholtz

Album has been removed to oversize Rare Books.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284786

Ref. Code: PC009.101

Colonial Architecture and Furniture, photographs by E. E. Soderholtz

Album has been removed to oversize Rare Books.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284787

Ref. Code: PC009.102

The Triumphs of Modern Transportation

Removed to scrapbooks.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284788

Ref. Code: PC009.104

Little and Browne Architectural Projects

Renumbered to album 122E.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284789

Ref. Code: PC009.106

Colonial Furniture and Interiors by Newton W. Elwell, 1896

Removed to oversize Rare books. 56 photomechanical plates of interiors and architectural components of interior design. Examples of chairs, tables, chests and sofas from named collections, in addition to pieces not specifically identified with respect to ownership. Emphasis primarily on New England...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284790

Ref. Code: PC009.114

"The Dial of the Old South Clock"

Removed to periodicals. Bound volume containing 1877 issues of this paper. Gift of the Misses Curtis, 1940.

Date: 1877

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284791

Ref. Code: PC009.120

5 great Malarkey Plywoods, M and M Wood Working Company, Portland, Oregon

There are five wood samples of Malarkey Plywood in a folder labeled "A.I.A. No. 23-L." A 56 page catalog titled "Malarkey plywoods and doors" describes the use of plywood in construction and interiors. The front cover of the catalog has "A.I.A. No. 23-L and No. 19-E-1." A letter from the Company de...

Date: 1952

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284815

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.006

Annual plywood and veneer review, Timberman, Portland, Oregon

The issue consists of the "Year's achievements of the Pacific coast plywood industry," reprinted from The Timberman, Portland, Oregon, December 1938, vol. XL, no. 2."

Date: 1938-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284816

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.007

Story of American walnut, by Burdett Green and Bernard C. Jakway, 8th edition, published by American Walnut Manufacturers Association, Chicago, Illinois

The use of walnut in interior woodwork and furniture is described over time. A letter from the Association is included. There is a flyer for "From forest to furniture," by Malcolm H. Sherwood.

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284818

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.008

Papers of Henry Chandler Holt (1881-1955)

Subseries O, Papers of Henry Chandler Holt (1881-1955), 1905-1911 (#6.15), contains a 1905 letter from the Southern Railway Company to Holt and a 1911 issue of the Yale '94 Gazette.

Date: 1905-1911

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 284848

Ref. Code: MS006.01.15

Home of beauty, designs for a small brick house, 5th ed., The American Face Brick Association, 130 North Wells Street, Chicago, Illinois

The title page reads: "A collection of architectural designs for small houses submitted in competition by architects and architectural draftsmen and selected from four hundred for their merit." Descriptions, floor plans and illustrations are provided for each house.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283555

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.053

Your new home, by Kenneth W. Dalzell, Malba Books, 15 East 40th Street, New York, New York

The book has 55 plans for houses with multiple features and at all budget levels.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283557

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.054

New ideas for building your home from Better Homes & Gardens, Meredith Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa

The volume has 100 plans with descriptions, photographs and floor plans. There is a Bildcost gardened-home plan section and articles on building materials and home finance.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283560

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.055

Fashion Book Scrapbook

This three-inch thick scrapbook contains hundreds of clippings of images of ladies' fashions kept between 1831 and 1881 by Mrs. Lynde Walter (between 1830 and 1848) and her granddaughter Elise Richards (between 1848 and 1881). The album represents a contemporary record of high fashion over the cours...

Date: 1830-1881

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283575

Ref. Code: MS004.048

Architectural achievements, Chapman & Frazer, architects, published by Lewis J. Hewitt, 88 Broad Street, Boston, Mass.

Houses designed by Chapman & Frazer are showcased in black-and-white photographs. The last 12 pages have ads for building contractors and suppliers.

Date: 1925

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283578

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.056

Severy trade card scrapbook

This album, entitled "Scrap Book," contanis hundreds of colorfully illustrated trade cards for New England businesses such as soap makers, stationers, fancy goods, and manufactureres of pianos, furniture and other domestic goods. Peabody's in Salem; G.P. Brown in Beverly; Providence Furniture Compan...

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283579

Ref. Code: MS004.049

Smith etchings scrapbook

Inscribed on the first page "To Peter, With Love from Mother, February, 1953," this black, embossed scrapbook contains sixteen copies of etchings depicting notable Massachusetts landmarks accompanied by descriptive material on the opposite page. The etchings themselves are somewhat quaint in charact...

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283580

Ref. Code: MS004.050

Anthony Steel Plate Furnace, sanitary heating and ventilation for public and private buildings, published by the manufacturers Smith & Anthony Stove Company, 52 & 54 Union Street, Boston, Mass.

Factors to consider in selecting furnaces for houses and other buildings are described in the text. The cover title reads "Our homes, how to heat and ventilate them." There is a testimonial from Henry C. Bowen, the owner of Roseland Cottage, dated October 28, 1884 on page 61. An illustration of Rose...

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283582

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.001

Aladdin Houses built in a day catalogs no. 26, North American Construction Company, Bay City, Michigan

The catalog has photographs, illustrations and floor plans for the prefabricated houses. Text on the front cover reads, "Aladdin Readi-Cut Houses sold by the Golden Rule." The story of "Aladdin" is told inside the front cover. One copy has a separate letter to the customer, envelope, leaflet describ...

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283584

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.057

Little scrapbook

This volume consists of memorabilia, snapshots and clippings covering meetings, commencement and a class reunion at Bates College (Lewiston, Maine); outings in New Hampshire gardens and garden club activities. Included is a letter of acknowlegement for albums from W.S. Appleton, 1940, with a humorou...

Date: 1940-1942

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283588

Ref. Code: MS004.040b

Young's Garages and Bungalows, E.C. Young Co., Randolph, Mass.

The catalog provides a description, price information and floor plans for the garages and bungalows built by the Young Company. Inside the catalog are the following loose items: 1)Eight leaflets for various Young structures available to customers. 2)1 newspaper clipping describing a house done by th...

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283590

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.058

Fall & winter catalogue, Jordan, Marsh & Co., Boston, Mass.

The catalog has descriptions, prices and illustrations for merchandise carried by the Jordan Marsh department store. The back cover has an illustration of the Jordan Marsh building with pedestrians, horse-drawn streetcars and the harbor in the background.

Date: 1882-1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283592

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.001.022

Enjoy better living with your 1950 Space Maker Refrigerator, General Electric, Consumers Institute, Bridgeport, Connecticut

The features of the SpaceMaker Refrigerator are described along with recipes which utilize refrigeration and freezing.

Date: 1950

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283593

Ref. Code: EP001.14.06.001

Hampton Falls Unitarian Church scrapbook

Scrapbook contains clippings, photographs and ephemera relating to the the Hampton Falls Unitarian Church from 1935-1952.

Date: 1935-1952

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283629

Ref. Code: MS004.040c

Willcox & Gibbs Noiseless Family Sewing Machine, Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine Company, 508 Broadway, New York, Nw York

The item has an illustrated price list and customer testimonials. The machine is sold by A.B. Lincoln, agent at 282 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1864

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283631

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.003

Moulton House scrapbook

Scrapbook on the Jonathan Moulton House, Hampton, NH, of Moulton and Hampton Little genealogical notes, architecture of the house, and letters from visitors and others interested in the house.

Date: 1922-1938

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283634

Ref. Code: MS004.040d

There's nothing built but can be moved, The John Cavanagh & Son Building Moving Company, Boston, Mass.

Four generations (1815-1922) of the Company are highlighted in building structures moved over time.

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 283641

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.004

Moulton House Legendary and Historical Notes

Scrapbook containing "Legendary and Historical Notes" on the Moulton House, Hampton, NH. Includes transcriptions, letters, clippings and photographs. Contains a table of contents which refers to all scrapbooks on the Moulton House.

Date: 1889-1938

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283636

Ref. Code: MS004.040e

Hampton, New Hampshire, Tercentenary Scrapbook

Scrapbook contains ephemera, clippings and photographs from the Tercentenary Celebration of Hampton, New Hampshire in 1938.

Date: 1937-1938

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283638

Ref. Code: MS004.040f

Clippings from Leslie's and Harper's scrapbook.

This scrapbook contains wood-engravings clipped from Leslie's and Harper's weeklies (1860s - 1870's) covering miscellaneous subjects including sailing, genre, travel and portraiture. The front cover is lined with an East Indian watercolor, evidently 19th century.

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283643

Ref. Code: MS004.027

Boston Edison scrapbook

A scrapbook and album compiled by Irvin Morton documenting his fifty years with the Boston Edison Copmpany. The period covered is from 1905-1955 and includes photographs, clippings and memorabilia. There are numerous portraits of co-workers, power stations and company events. The donor, Charles Mor...

Date: 1905-1955

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283644

Ref. Code: MS004.028

Watkins Boston scrapbook

This is a scrapbook of Boston subjects, including Benjamin Franklin, Edgar Allen Poe, Chelsea and old and new Boston compiled in the years 1906-1926 by Walter Kendall Watkins who was an historian and geneaologist, andSecretary of the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It ...

Date: 1906-1926

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 283646

Ref. Code: MS004.029

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