Historic New England

Catalog and price list of butterflies, bases, reed, scenic, backgrounds and decorative novelties, The Frazer Co., 53 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., 1924

Materials for making and decorating trays, lamps, baskets and small furniture items are described. The business factory is located at 49 Ellery Street, Andrew Square, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313477

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.023

Suggestions for any occasion, T.D. Cook & Company, 88 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1908

The caterer offers teas, lunches, ices, pastry, rolls, cake, entrees and desserts. The cover title reads "Specialty caterers."

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313540

Ref. Code: EP001.12.008.001.040

What does a window display? sales manual, The Photocraft News Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1930s

The company is a subscription service for businesses to place captioned photographs of current news items in their display windows. Instructions for potential salesmen are described with subscription prices and commissions.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313542

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.060

Ship models, handmade by the Piel Craftsmen, Lebaron-Bonney Company, Bradford, Mass., 1940s

Classic sailing models are described with a P-T boat and a submarine chaser.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313545

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.024

Page Fence for lawn and garden, catalogue no. 101, Page Steel and Wire Company, Fence Department, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1923

Fence options for residences, farms, recreation and security areas are described in the catalog. An illustration of the Company factory in Monessen, Pennsylvania is included.

Date: 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313555

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.002.007

Mengel Flush Doors hollow-core and solid-core, The Mengel Company, Plywood Division, Louisville, Kentucky, undated

Details of the flush doors are provided with specifications and measurements. Text on the front cover reads, "A.I.A. File No. 19-E-1."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313562

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.003.032

Weldwood Plywood for commercial interiors, United States Plywood Corporation, Weldwood Building, New York, New York, 1946

Photographs show the application of plywood to stores, offices, banks, hotels, institutions and restaurants.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313564

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.011

Radiant panel heating, a discussion of the heating method employing large, warm radiating panels, in collaboration with Raymond Viner Hall, Committee on Steel Pipe Research, American Iron and Steel Institute, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 1951

Commercial and residential uses of radiant heat systems are described in the item. A separate letter dated April 4, 1951 is included in the book.

Date: 1951

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313569

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.038

New pocket sample folder no. 1 from Ray Card Company, North Haven, Connecticut, undated

The visiting card samples are illustrated with doves and flowers with short messages. The item verso has a message for potential salesmen.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313592

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.03.025

See the Corinne Merrie Makers, Opera House, Boston, Mass., undated

The illustration depicts Corinne, a juvenile actress-singer, arriving in a horse-drawn coach to cheering crowds. Corinne was managed by her mother Jennie Kimball also a stage actress and in the Merrie Makers company. Text printed on the card verso states that Corinne will perform in "Fizz" and "Cape...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313598

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.022

Trade card for W.J. McPherson, painter, decorator, designer and stained glass manufacturer, 440 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The artist McPherson has a diversified business according to the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313600

Ref. Code: EP001.01.085.01.01.025

Catalogue and price list of fishing tackle and complete outfits for campers, prospectors and explorers, Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., Inc., corner Washington Street and Cornhill, Boston, Mass., undated

The catalog contains fishing tackle, camping equipment, skis, ice skates and clothing for men and women. There are recipes for cooking fish, game and vegetables. The cover title reads "Fishing tackle and camp outfits." Johnson was the successor to John P. Lovell Arms Company. The title page verso ha...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313606

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.001.013

Billhead for the Johnston-Bailey Company, carpetings, drapery, window shades, paper hangings, furniture, 190 and 192 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, May 7, 1906

The business premises are shown in the billhead image.

Date: 1906-05-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313608

Ref. Code: EP001.01.123.01.01.043

Billhead for the Johnston-Bailey Company, carpetings, drapery, window shades, paper hangings, furniture, 190 and 192 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, May 8, 1906

The business premises are shown in the billhead image.

Date: 1906-05-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313609

Ref. Code: EP001.01.123.01.01.044

Finland House Lighting, 41 East 50th Street, New York, New York, 1955

The catalog has original designs by Paavo Tynell. A separate price list is included dated November 1955. The business motto is "Harmony in lighting for harmony in living." Text on the front cover reads, "A.I.A. 31-F-23." Henry L. Wolfers, Inc., 80 Pearl Street, Boston is a distributor for Finland Ho...

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313613

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.004.050

New Hampshire - New Ipswich

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 313616

Ref. Code: PC001.01.01.USNH.001

George Robert Barrett with William Boynton and Charles Stevens on the Barrett croquet court, Barrett House, New Ipswich, N.H., 1883

This black and white photograph features George Robert Barrett, William Boynton and Charles Stevens on the Barrett croquet court, formerly in the meadow across from the Barrett House, in 1883. The three men are standing in the middle of the court, playing a game of croquet while someone watches in ...

Date: 1883

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 313619

Ref. Code: PC001.01.01.USNH.001.001

Lawn party at the home of Miss Caroline Frances Barr, New Ipswich, late 1800s

This black and white photo of Caroline Francis Barr's lawn party depicts a delicately pitched tent, covered with flowers and vines. Underneath the tent is a table covered in white, with fine china set upon it. There are at least five adults and two children at the party. Due to the foilage, it lo...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 313621

Ref. Code: PC001.01.01.USNH.001.002

Drawing of Wrought Iron Grille for Edwin H. Abbot House, Cambridge, Mass., undated

This drawing of a wrought iron grille shows an intricately built grille, or decorative metalwork. It appears to be a gateway or entrance to the house it belongs to, the Edwin H. Abbot House. The decorative wrought iron contains fleur-de-lys.

Date: ca. 1889, undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 313624

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0350.005

Perspective drawing of an unidentified house, by Frp. Gale, undated

This pencil drawing shows a large house, with a deck running along its entirety. A person stands in front of it, and lush tress and shrubbery surround it. The house features two chimneys and at least 14 paned windows.

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 313626

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.032

Alterations to the Chancel of Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., undated

This rendering of alterations to the chancel at Trinity Church, in Copley Square, is beautifully detailed. The chancel, or the space around the altar, is the focal piece. Jesus overlooks a precipice of ornate pews and altars. Latin is inscribed on the wall, and carefully painted lambs and other bi...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 313627

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.008

Boston: the cradle of liberty, Moses King, New York, New York, 1904

Photographs of Boston landmark buildings and historic sites are described in brief captions. Three Cambridge photographs depict the Longfellow House, the Washington Elm and Harvard University. North Union Station is shown on Causeway Street in 1894. The back cover has a photograph and description of...

Date: 1904

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313628

Ref. Code: EP001.01.062.04.04.008

Map of Massachusetts by Brick House Studios, York, ME., undated

This very whimsical map depicts the state of Massachusetts according to its landmarks and tourist acitivites. For example, a cow represents Springfield, Mass., while a person jetskiing denotes Cape Cod Bay. The map is in color, with "Massachusetts" written in large, bold print. The bottom of the ...

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 313631

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.167

Sofa

Untitled design drawing rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Sofa has double-chair back form similar to a wing chair; tall back with double arch crest; curved wings which terminate in outwardly scrolling arms; straight seat; fully upholstered back, wings, arms and seat; three fron...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 313656

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.029.002

Sample book of wall paper, 1905 patterns, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Illinois

Instructions for making paste, trimming and hanging wallpaper are included. Sears states that its wall paper products and factory are not in the wall paper trust. The inside of the back cover has a description and price list for ingrain wall paper. The front cover has four swans against a blue backg...

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313666

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.007.031

Ring size card for Baird-North Co., gold & silversmiths, Providence, Rhode Island, ca. 1890

Text on the verso states the business makes a specialty of fine gold diamond and precious stone rings. Customers can request a catalog which has 10,000 items. The factory is shown in the card illustration.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313687

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.026

Autographs, Fox Opera House, location unknown, undated

Text on the card verso reads "Fox Opera House, Friday evening, Dec. 1, W.C. Mitchell's Pleasure Party! in Our Goblins! or Fun on the Rhine, admission 50 and 35 cents, reserved seats at Marckres' Jewelry Store." A Marckres Jewelry Store is listed under George M. Marckres, Lund Jewelry Company, Sharon...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313705

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.03.023

Cabinets, Stands and Chests

This file consists of 21 sketches rendered in pencil. Drawings depict case furniture manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor Irving and Casson - A H. Davenport Co. A few drawings are more developed and contain information such as measurements; however, the vast maj...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 313793

Ref. Code: CC011.004.001

Tables

This file consists of 13 sketches rendered in pencil. Drawings depict tables manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor Irving and Casson - A H. Davenport Co. A few drawings are more developed; however, the vast majority of the drawings are very rough sketches. Some o...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 313796

Ref. Code: CC011.004.002

Sofas, Settles, Etc.

This file consists of 15 sketches rendered in pencil. Drawings depict seating furniture manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor Irving and Casson - A H. Davenport Co. A few drawings are more developed and contain information such as measurements; however, the vast ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 313797

Ref. Code: CC011.004.003

Seating Furniture with Order Information

This file consists of five sketches rendered in pencil. Drawings depict seating furniture manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor Irving and Casson - A H. Davenport Co. Some drawings are in fragile condition. Types of furnishings shown include settles, arm chairs, ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 313798

Ref. Code: CC011.004.004

Seating Furniture with Multiple Images

This file consists of four pages containing 37 sketches rendered in pencil. Drawings depict seating furniture manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor Irving and Casson - A H. Davenport Co. Drawings have been glued to cover entire surface of pages. Some of the sketc...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 313799

Ref. Code: CC011.004.005

Side Chairs

This file consists of 40 sketches rendered in pencil and one in watercolor and pencil. Drawings depict side chairs manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor Irving and Casson - A H. Davenport Co. A few drawings are more developed and contain information such as measu...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 313800

Ref. Code: CC011.004.006

Arm Chairs

This file consists of 79 sketches rendered in pencil. Drawings depict arm chairs manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor Irving and Casson - A H. Davenport Co. A few drawings are more developed and contain information such as measurements; however, many are very ro...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 313801

Ref. Code: CC011.004.007

Other Sketches

This file consists of 26 sketches rendered in pencil, fourteen of which are fragments of other drawings. One black-and-white photograph of chairs is also included. Drawings depict a variety of items manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, or their successor Irving and Casson - A H. D...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 313802

Ref. Code: CC011.004.008

Lumber and building material, a complete home builders' service, W.E. Atkinson Company, 27 Water Street, Newburyport, Mass.

The business can help home owners with materials for cabinets, doors, windows, stairs and other home installations.

Date: 1942

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313814

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.002

General catalogue of Jacobson & Co., 241 East 44th Street, New York, New York, 1920

Group photographs display the items for sale with accompanying prices. The cover title reads "Architectural and decorative ornaments." Several plates have been cut out of the catalog. Three small sheets have pencil written notes.

Date: 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313815

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001.012

Chemo, manufacturers of insecticides and disinfectants, Chemo Company, Buffalo, New York

Instructions for using the product, prices, testimonials and an order form are included in the pamphlet.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313816

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.020

Termites in your home, how to detect termites and stop their damage, Terminix Co. of Massachusetts, 276 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.

The E.L. Bruce Company developed the Terminix insecticide for treating homes. The process is described in the brochure.

Date: 1938

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313821

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.021

Swampscott and Mashpee, MA and North Conway, NH

A bound album containing 98 black and white photographs relating to Swampscott and Mashpee, Massachusetts and North Conway, New Hampshire, dated 1890. The photographs depict mostly the exteriors of houses in Swampscott, beach scenes with boats and rocky shores, town streetscapes, and portraits of c...

Date: 1890-1922

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 313822

Ref. Code: PC009.277

Heads and horns, Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Rochester, New York

Buffalo, moose, caribou and other wild animals are described for customers along with instructions for preparing the heads for mounting. Prices for mounted heads, horns and rugs are provided. The business will also prepare domestic animals. The decimation of buffalo herds is described with a quote ...

Date: 1889-1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313830

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.022

Beach scenes and houses Swampscott, Marblehead, Salem and Maine

A 9 1/2" x 11 1/2" bound red album containing 192 black and white photographs, labeled with dates ranging from June 1891 to September 1895. Subject matter includes beach scenes and shoreline landscapes, sailboats at sea,exterior of individual houses, portraits of children and women sitting, horse an...

Date: 1891-1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 313823

Ref. Code: PC009.278

New England- houses and sailing vessels,

A large bound album, about 3/4 full,containing roughly 80 black and white photographs. The album begins with several photographs of the exerior of homes in an unidentified New England town(s), presumably in a countryside area with plots of open grassy land. Two labeled photographs identify " The Ol...

Date: 279

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 313824

Ref. Code: PC009.279

Family Album - Waltham, MA

Large bound photograph album possibly a family album of Chester and Eloise Smith of Waltham. 174 mostly black and white photographs from 1951-1952. Subjects include the summer vacation of Eloise Smith and Veronica Martowska to Vineyard Haven, MA. Mostly beach pictures with one showing Joseph Baldw...

Date: 1951-1952

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 313832

Ref. Code: PC009.280

New catalogue, wholesale prices of the Frank Blake Webster Company, Hyde Park, Mass.

The dealer sells taxidermy tools, botany and entomology supplies, books and bird eggs. There are four separate leaflets inside the item. Two are price lists, one is an order form for future catalogs and one is for Lambert's Disinfectant Insect Powder carried by Webster.

Date: 1895

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 313833

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.023

Correspondence

Subseries A contains forty-four letters written to his sons Captain Joseph Tucker (31 items) and Captain Richard H. Tucker, Jr. (13 items) between 1843 and 1859. This correspondence took place while the Tucker brothers were either at sea or stationed in Charleston, South Carolina, where the family h...

Date: 1843-1859

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 313841

Ref. Code: MS033.001.001

Other papers

Subseries B contains family correspondence, estate papers (miscellaneous correspondence, financial documents, etc.).

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 313842

Ref. Code: MS033.001.002

Ralph Adams Cram study collection of lantern slides

This is a collection of 163 glass lantern slides of exterior and interior views; renderings, plans, elevations, and sections; and models of different buildings by a variety of individual architects and architectural firms. The majority of the slides are of buildings on which the architectural offic...

Date: 1723-1951, undated

Collection: Ralph Adams Cram study collection of lantern slides

GUSN: 313876

Ref. Code: PC064

Architectural offices of Ralph Adams Cram and Partners

This series is a collection of 108 glass lantern slides of different buildings worked on by the architectural offices of Ralph Adams Cram and partners. It is divided into five subseries, each representing an architectural firm of which Ralph Adams Cram was a partner and including one or more slides...

Date: 1891-1951

Collection: Ralph Adams Cram study collection of lantern slides

GUSN: 313879

Ref. Code: PC064.01

Cram & Wentworth

This firm was in operation from approximately 1889-1892.

Date: 1891

Collection: Ralph Adams Cram study collection of lantern slides

GUSN: 313880

Ref. Code: PC064.01.01

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