Historic New England

Cabinet, house & shutter hinges, catalog no. 77, Ball and Ball, Exton, Pennsylvania

1 trade catalog : illustrations ; 10 1/4 x 8 inches

Date: 1977

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318644

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.019

Classic provincial dresser, Grand Rapids Chair Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan

A seven drawer dresser is shown with measurements. The item verso has a nine drawer dresser with measurements.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318646

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.103

Chairs, Furniture Specialties Corp., 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

Chair samples with sizes and fabric specifications are available for customers. Text at the bottom of each sheet reads "Every piece custom made to your specifications."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318648

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.104

Trade card for Furniture Specialties Corp., chair, 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

The "Buffington" chair is on the front of the card with the dimensions and fabric requirements on the verso. The business manufactures furniture pieces according to customer specifications.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318649

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.03.01.022

Album: Window shades, doors, furniture, carpets

Window treatments, door hardware, furniture and carpets are described for customers. The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318650

Ref. Code: EP003.004

Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards

The merchants represented in the album include Bugbee & Brownell, Keystone, Haas and Enterprise Manufacturing. There are 23 presidential portrait cards for advertising various businesses. There are 6 American Puzzle cards.The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318651

Ref. Code: EP003.005

Trade card, Marshall Field & Co., retail dry goods, carpets, upholstery, etc., State Street, Washington Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Pedestrians, streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles can be seen around the Marshall Field department store.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318654

Ref. Code: EP003.004.001

Trade card, Broadhead Worsted Mills, Jamestown, New York

In the cover illustration a woman in a riding habit removes a letter from a tree outside the Broadhead Worsted Mills. Broadhead manufactures fabrics and dresses and describes their product inside the card. Text on the verso reads "Latest novelties, newest shades and colorings" for the J.S. Butler dr...

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318658

Ref. Code: EP003.004.002

Trade card, Detroit Heating & Lighting Co., 88 Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois

The advantages of the Bolton Hot Water Heater and Combination Gas Machine are described on the verso. A cut away illustration depicts the Bolton Hot Water Heater installed in a multi-level town house. The business has offices in Boston at 42 Pearl Street and St. Louis at 508 N. 4th Street.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318660

Ref. Code: EP003.004.003

Billhead, John Gibbes, plumber, glazier & painter, Towcester, England

Text on the item reads "Engine pumps, water closets, beer machines &c. fixed & repaired in the best manner & on the shortest nortice. Oils & water colours prepared for painting." The illustration on the left side of the item has the caption "Paper Hanger."

Date: ca. 1840

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318661

Ref. Code: EP003.004.004

Trade card, Norwalk Lock Company, manufacturers of door locks, latches, knobs, escutcheons and other builders hardware, also genuine and imitation bronze goods, South Norwalk, Connecticut

The business exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The business factory image is surrounded by images of the Main building, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall and Memorial Hall. A drawing of the exhibit is inside the card with text in English, French, German and Spanish.

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318662

Ref. Code: EP003.004.005

Trade card, Hartshorn Shade Rollers, 486 Broadway, New York, New York

In the image a young boy attaches the shade to a woman's dress hem. The shades are carried by Rogers & Everest, dealers in carpets, oil cloths, wall papers, decorations, window shades and feathers. The store is in Gloversville, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318666

Ref. Code: EP003.004.006

Trade card, Record's Patent Hinge, Record Manufacturing Co., Conneaut, Ohio

A courting couple test the strength of the hinge in a fence in the card illustration. The hinge is described on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318667

Ref. Code: EP003.004.007

Trade card, Johnston's new self locking clock spring shade roller, Johnston's Depot, Nos. 1033 and 1035 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Johnston carries paper hangings and window shades and is exhibiting at the fair in Philadelphia. The image caption reads "An art gallery of the Centennial buildings and grounds."

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318669

Ref. Code: EP003.004.008

Trade card, Rip Van Winkle Reclining Rocking Chair, P.C. Lewis Manufacturing Co., Catskill, New York

The chair can make 15 pieces of furniture and be placed in 200 positions. It was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. The company will have a drawing each year to give away one of the chairs. The coupon is attached with instructions on the card verso.

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318670

Ref. Code: EP003.004.009

Trade card, Creolite for floor painting , made by Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co., Chicago, Illinois

Creolite paint is shown in kitchen and dining room settings.

Date: 1902

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318671

Ref. Code: EP003.004.010

Trade card, H. Bool's, furniture, wall paper, window shades & fixtures, Culver Block, Ithaca, New York

Bool's is a fancy goods store that also carries, pictures, frames and stationery. In the card image a father calls the housekeeper to find out that his wife has delivered twins.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318673

Ref. Code: EP003.004.011

Cyrus Drew "Furniture"

One glass plate negative for a stereoview. Depicts a building with signs saying 'Cyrus Drew' and 'Furniture'. People on the porch and a horse and wagon in the forground. Plate is broken in two pieces.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318676

Ref. Code: PC059.001

Trade card, E.B. Goddard, coffins and furnishing undertaker, Bethel, Maine

In the card illustration a man with a shotgun chases another man out of a window. A woman in a yellow dress pleads with the attacker. The caption reads "Charge Bayonets! Retreat!"

Date: 1882

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318677

Ref. Code: EP003.004.012

Two story cottage with wrap-around porch

Glass plate negative depicting a two story cottage with wrap-around porch, people are visible on the porch.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318678

Ref. Code: PC059.002

Trade card, Victor Self Acting Shade Roller, location unknown

The card verso is an order form which can be filled in. Two Irish American women discuss window shades in the card image. The shades can be purchased at J. Otis McFadden, No. 23 Cornhill, Boston.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318680

Ref. Code: EP003.004.013

Fun Rock House; people seated on cliffs and rocks

Glass plate negative depicting the Gun Rock House. People are seated on the cliffs and rocks in the foreground of the image. A large chip is missing from the top left corner.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318679

Ref. Code: PC059.003

Half portrait of a man, seated

Half portrait of a man, seated. Large chip missing from upper right corner

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318681

Ref. Code: PC059.004

Half portrait of a man, seated

Half portrait of a man, seated. Broken in three pieces, one piece missing

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318682

Ref. Code: PC059.005

Full portrait of a man, seated

Full portrait of a man, seated. Broken in three pieces. Painted backdrop and grass or straw carpet underneath figure. Likely the same man as in a half portrait also in this collection.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318683

Ref. Code: PC059.006

Trade card, Radford Architectural Company, Chicago, Illinois

The card describes five volumes in the Radford Library covering carpentry, building and architecture. The set has 200 house plans. The card is in the shape of a house with trees in the background.

Date: 1904

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318684

Ref. Code: EP003.004.014

C.A. Cole, "Flour, Grain & Feed"

Glass plate negative for a stereoview depicting a building labeled "C.A Cole Flour, Grain & Feed". People gathered on the front steps of the building. Same building as Plate 8.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318685

Ref. Code: PC059.007

C.A. Cole, "Flour, Grain & Feed"

Glass plate negative for a stereoview depicting a building labeled "C.A Cole Flour, Grain & Feed". People gathered on the front steps of the building. Same building as Plate 7.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318687

Ref. Code: PC059.008

House

Glass plate negative for a stereoview depicting a house. A large tree stands in the front lawn and the lawn in edged by a fence.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318688

Ref. Code: PC059.009

Group portrait of men in uniform against a cliff

Group portrait of men in uniform against a cliff, beach in the foreground and a structure on the top of the cliff.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318689

Ref. Code: PC059.010

Group portrait of a large group against a cliff

Group portrait of a large group against a cliff; men, women and children all present. There is a beach in the foreground and a building on the top of the cliff.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318690

Ref. Code: PC059.011

Group portrait on the beach

Group portrait of a group on a beach; men, women and children all present. In the background is a sign which says "Nantasket Stuff" however a woman's head blocks the rest of the sign.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318691

Ref. Code: PC059.012

Group portrait on the beach; building in background

Group portrait of a group on a beach; men, women and children all present. In the background is a building.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318692

Ref. Code: PC059.013

Group portrait against a cliff

Group portrait of a group against a cliff; men, women and children all present.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318693

Ref. Code: PC059.014

Group portrait against a cliff

Group portrait of a group against a cliff; men, women and children all present.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318694

Ref. Code: PC059.015

Atlantic House; people on rocks in the foreground.

A view from the beach looking up at the Atlantic House. People sit on the rocks between the beach and the hotel.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318695

Ref. Code: PC059.016

Horse and buggy

Image of a child sitting in a buggie holding the reigns of a horse. The horse and buggie are in front of a house with a white fence.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318696

Ref. Code: PC059.017

Full portrait of a child standing next to a chair

Portrait of a young girl standing next to a chair.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318697

Ref. Code: PC059.018

Portrait of a child seated in a chair

Portrait of a young girl seated in a chair.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318698

Ref. Code: PC059.019

Portrait of a child seated with a doll

Portrait of a young girl seated in a chair, the child is holding a doll.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318699

Ref. Code: PC059.020

Half portrait of a man and woman, seated

Half portrait of a man and woman, seated side by side.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318701

Ref. Code: PC059.021

Portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. Visible in the top corners are nails as if this is a photograph of another image that had been nailed to something else.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318702

Ref. Code: PC059.022

Portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. The arm of the chair is visible under the subject's right arm.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318703

Ref. Code: PC059.023

Portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man with a large mustache, seated.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318704

Ref. Code: PC059.024

Portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. The arm of the chair is visible under the subject's right arm

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318705

Ref. Code: PC059.025

Full portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. The subject is seated in a chair and resting his right arm on a small table which is covered by a table cloth.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318706

Ref. Code: PC059.026

Portrait of a man, seated wearing a cross

Portrait of a bearded man, seated. The subject is wearing a chain with a cross.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318707

Ref. Code: PC059.027

Portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. The subject is resting his arm on a table with a table cloth.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318708

Ref. Code: PC059.028

Full portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. The subject is seated in a chair decorated with fringe and tassels

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318709

Ref. Code: PC059.029

Portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. Scraps of paper are still attached to the glass plate as if it was glued to something at one point.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318710

Ref. Code: PC059.030

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