Historic New England

Miriam + Robert

Portrait of two people, identified as Miriam and Robert, standing on a road with a house in the background.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319524

Ref. Code: PC067.02.043

One Mile to Francestown

Photograph of a man in a horse drawn buggie coming down a road. The road is lined with trees and a field is visible in the background.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319525

Ref. Code: PC067.02.044

Mother + Alice

Portrait of two women identified as Mother and Alice. Alice has her hands clasped in front of her body and the two women stand in front of a barn.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319526

Ref. Code: PC067.02.045

Mr. Epp's Lumber Team + FEW

Photograph of two people seated on a horse drawn lumber cart.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319527

Ref. Code: PC067.02.046

Mr. Epp's Team

Photograph of one person seated on a horse drawn lumber cart.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319528

Ref. Code: PC067.02.047

Uncle Andrew (Sober)

Portrait of a man identified as Uncle Andrew standing in front of a house looking somber.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319529

Ref. Code: PC067.02.048

Uncle Andrew (Smiling)

Portrait of a man identified as Uncle Andrew standing in front of a house smiling.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319531

Ref. Code: PC067.02.049

Stevens Homestead

Photograph of the Stevens' Homestead in Hartland VT. The plate was exposed twice which can be seen in the ghost-like figures on the poarch and the blurry look to the image.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319533

Ref. Code: PC067.02.050

"Messer" House

Photograph of the Messer's house in Claremont, NH. The house is visible behind a large bush; grass occupies the foreground of the image.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319534

Ref. Code: PC067.02.051

Mr. Messer- The Man With the Scythe

Photograph of a man identified as Mr. Messer. He is holding a scyth and standing in a field. The front half of the visible field has been harvested and the back half is still tall plants.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319535

Ref. Code: PC067.02.052

Roy Messer's Dog

Photograph showing a dog sitting on the porch of a house. A man identified as Roy Messer stands on the porch looking at the dog. A woman stands just inside the house, behind the screen door.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319536

Ref. Code: PC067.02.053

Willie Messer + Mowing Machine

Photograph of Willie Messer on a "mowing machine" in a field.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319537

Ref. Code: PC067.02.054

Alleen Messer

Photograph of Aileen Messer sitting on a hammock in front of the Messer House.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319538

Ref. Code: PC067.02.055

Nina Messer

Photograph of Nina Messer sitting on a hammock in front of the Messer House. Same location as plate 55.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319539

Ref. Code: PC067.02.056

The Tired Wheelers

Photograph of three men, identified as Gene, Fred D. OWS, on bicycles.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319540

Ref. Code: PC067.02.057

Piazza Loafers

Photograph of four men sitting on a covered porch. The men are identified as Dr. EDS, FEW, Dr. Fred D + OWS.

Date: 1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319541

Ref. Code: PC067.02.058

Mr. + Mrs. Sherwood

Photograph of a couple, identified as Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood, seated on a bench near a barn.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319542

Ref. Code: PC067.02.059

Sherwood + Wife. Dr. Gene, Fred D in Background

Photograph of Mrs. and Mr. Sherwood sitting on the same porch as plate #67. Two men, identified as Gene and Fred D are visible in the background.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319543

Ref. Code: PC067.02.060

Charles Bertram Epps

Standing portrait ofCharles Bertram Epps, standing next to a house.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319544

Ref. Code: PC067.02.061

Mr. Epps' Shadow- "The Shades of Night are Falling Fast"

Portrait of Mr. Epps seated in a field. A cart carrying lumber is visible on the right side of the image and mountains are visible in the background.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319545

Ref. Code: PC067.02.062

The Elms

Photograph of a house surrounded by trees.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319546

Ref. Code: PC067.02.063

The Elms

Photograph of a house surrounded by trees.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319547

Ref. Code: PC067.02.064

Photograph of men and horses in a field. One horse is tied to a cart with a large load of hay. The other horse is tied to a piece of farm equipment. One of the men stands on top of the load of hay, one man rides on the other piece of equipment and two more men stand in the field. All of the men look...

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319548

Ref. Code: PC067.02.065

Crotched MT

Photograph of Crotched Mountain with a field and a structure in the foreground.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319549

Ref. Code: PC067.02.066

Log Trough- Bennington Road

Photograph of two people in a horse drawn buggy on a dirt road.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319550

Ref. Code: PC067.02.067

Grandpa + Grandma Carle

Photograph of two elderly people, identified as Grandpa and Grandma Carle sitting on a porch.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319551

Ref. Code: PC067.02.068

Carle House

Photograph of the Carle house behind a row of trees with people standing in front of the trees.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319552

Ref. Code: PC067.02.069

Hen Island + Bit of Lake Champlain- Copy 1

Photograph of Hen Island and Lake Champlain. The photograph was taken from the shore and the edge of the lake is visible plus islands in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319553

Ref. Code: PC067.02.070

Hen Island + Bit of Lake Champlain- Copy 2

Photograph of Hen Island and Lake Champlain. The photograph was taken from the shore and the edge of the lake is visible plus islands in the background.

Date: 09-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319554

Ref. Code: PC067.02.071

"The Center" Schoolmarm

Portrait of the Schoolmarm of "The Center". She is standing in a field and a road is visible in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319555

Ref. Code: PC067.02.072

Grandpa Kingsley + EKS

Portrait of a man and woman identified as Grandpa Kingsley and EKS. They are standing in a field and cows are visible in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319556

Ref. Code: PC067.02.073

Christie House

Image of a house identified as "Christie House". Four people stand in front of the house. There are no longer any farm animals or bicycles in front of the house as in Plate #4.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319558

Ref. Code: PC067.02.074

Rabbits

Photograph of a small herd of rabbits. Some are gathered on a chair in the forground of the image and others are huddled in the doorway of a barn that makes up the background of the image.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319559

Ref. Code: PC067.02.075

Robert and the Rabbits

A small herd of rabbits sits on a boy's lap. A man crouches near the boy and a third figure is casting their shadow into the image. More rabbits hop around the boys feet and in the doorway of the barn.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319560

Ref. Code: PC067.076

Chestnut Party - S.S. Class

Three people pose for a photograph at the bottom of a set of stairs. The people are identified as Miss Todd, Mary Smith, and OWS.

Date: 10-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319561

Ref. Code: PC067.02.077

Chestnut Party

Three people pose for a photograph at the bottom of a set of stairs.

Date: 10-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319563

Ref. Code: PC067.02.078

Trade card, Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, salesroom, 1 West Street, Boston, Mass.

The shop carries fine decorated ware for holiday and wedding gifts. A fox walks on a tightrope in one of the drawings. In the other drawing a bird hovers above the smoke coming from a kiln. An 1885 calendar is on the item verso. The business was founded by Ohio philanthropist Maria Longworth Storer.

Date: 1885

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319786

Ref. Code: EP003.002.005

Trade card, save the table cloth by using the patent table tray for children, for sale by Warren & Wood, importers of crockery, 287 & 289 Westminster Street, Hoppin Homestead Building, Providence, Rhode Island

A little girl has knocked over her cup in the illustration. When you fold down the flap she is using the table tray.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319793

Ref. Code: EP003.002.006

Trade card, Constans Gersbach, dealer in stoves, tin, hollow and wooden ware, etc., 17 Central Avenue, Albany, New York

In the card image two soldiers and a sailor fire on a ship. The image caption reads "Armored main top of a modern man of war."

Date: 1889

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319808

Ref. Code: EP003.002.007

Trade card, Lord & Field, wholesale and retail dealers in German and French fancy goods, No. 3 Union House, Main Street, Springfield, Mass.

Text on the card verso reads "Zephyr worsteds and all materials for embroidery, hosiery, gloves, threads, needles, pins, tapes, purse twist, steel beads and trimmings together with a large assortment of fancy goods." Union House was a hotel built in 1846 according to the Springfield Daily Republica...

Date: ca. 1851

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319809

Ref. Code: EP003.002.008

Help for the man who wants to build, a group of selected plans for smaller homes, vol. 3, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The catalog has floor plans, descriptions, advice and detailed costs for building seventy-five small homes. Text in the publication reads "Edited by Maurice I. Flagg and Robert Taylor Jones for The Architects' Small House Service Bureau of The United States, Inc."

Date: 1921-1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 319888

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.125

Label, from Fifield & Baldwin, wholesale dealers in wooden ware, agricultural tools, No. 37 Canal Street, Providence, Rhode Island

The business also carries brooms, brushes, baskets, mats, stone ware, matches, chairs and furniture. Fifield is the successor to Greenwood & Company.

Date: ca. 1859

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319891

Ref. Code: EP003.002.009

Trade card, Rogers & Co., importers and manufacturers' agents, No. 62 Canal & 155 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass.

The store interior can be seen in an illustration on the card verso. The captions reads "The largest establishment of the kind in the east." Items carried are crockery, china, glass, silver ware, cutlery, lamps, yellow and rock ware, chandeliers and chimneys.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319892

Ref. Code: EP003.002.010

Trade card, Red Pig Household Knives, The Robeson Cutlery Co., Rochester, New York

The caption text reads "Red Pig Household Knives are ground by the cold process not effecting the temper." The knife in the illustration is the "No. 2. Rip Snorter." Robeson manufactures "Shuredge" quality cutlery. The card verso has a piece so the card can stand on a flat surface. A.L. Sherk, Chamb...

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319895

Ref. Code: EP003.002.011

Trade card, Louis E. Hommel, manufacturer of silver leaf, corner of Bay & Pennsylvania Avenues, P.O. Box 265, East New York, Long Island

Workers make silver leaf in the card image.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319902

Ref. Code: EP003.002.012

EKS + Pearl Dixon

Two women, identified as EKS and Pearl Dixon, stand and pose for a photograph. Pearl Dixon holds a book labled "The Church Choir".

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319896

Ref. Code: PC067.02.079

ESK + Warren Brayton

A man and a woman, identified as EKS and Warren Brayton stand shoulder to shoulder and clasp hands.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319897

Ref. Code: PC067.02.080

EKS + M.Mott

A man and a woman, identified as EKS and M. Mott sit in a buggy. M. Mott holds the reins on a horse that is not visible in the photograph. Both people are smiling at someone or something just behind the camera.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319898

Ref. Code: PC067.02.081

ESK and M.Mott

The same scene as plate #49 but a darker negative. A man and a woman, identified as EKS and M. Mott sit in a buggy. M. Mott holds the reins on a horse that is not visible in the photograph. EKS and M. Mott look at each other.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319899

Ref. Code: PC067.02.082

Pearl and Cat

A woman identified as Pearl Dixon sits on the steps of a building with a cat in her lap. She is looking at the camera while the cat is looking over its right shoulder.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319900

Ref. Code: PC067.02.083

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