Historic New England

"Taunton Ship Canal: Parker C. Chandler Makes Earnest Plea for the Project"

A newspaper clipping featuring an article about the Taunton Ship Canal from an unidentified newspaper.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314026

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.002

"Let the Cape Cod Canal Dig Itself"

A newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper featuring an article about an Onset Bay expert with a "scheme" for the canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314027

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.003

"The Canal and Cape Folks: it is the right-of-way man who is busiest today"

A newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper featuring an article about the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314028

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.004

"Rush Work on Cape Canal Breakwater," Boston Herald, July 11, 1909

A newspaper clipping from the July 11, 1909, issue of the Boston Herald about the breakwater in Buzzards Bay.

Date: 1909-07-11

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314029

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.005

"Pushing Work on Cape Cod Canal," Boston Herald, June 27, 1909

A newspaper clipping from the June 27, 1909, issue of the Boston Herald about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1909-06-27

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314030

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.006

"Striking Scenes in the Canal Zone of Cape Cod," Boston Sunday Globe, September 12, 1909

A newspaper clipping from the Sept. 12, 1909, issue of the Boston Sunday Globe about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1909-09-12

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314031

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.007

"Cape Cod Canal Contract," Boston Herald, June 3, 1909

A newspaper clipping from the June 3, 1909, issue of the Boston Herald about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1909-06-03

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314032

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.008

"To Push Work on Canal: Big Dredger Will Be on Scene In Another Week"

A newspaper clipping from an unidentified newspaper featuring an article about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314033

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.009

"Ship Canal across Cape Cod," by Livingston Wright, Technical World Magazine

A newspaper clipping from Technical World Magazine by Livinston Wright about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314034

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.010

"Digging of the Cape Cod Canal Begun, August Belmont Turing the First Sod," New York Herald

A newspaper clipping from the New York Herald about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314036

Ref. Code: MS028.05.009.011

Kodaks and Kodak supplies, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York

Among the products offered are the Brownie Camera, the Brownie Developing Box and the Kodak Tank Developer. The tank developer is shown in the cover illustration by C. Allan Gilbert. T.J. McConnell in Hancock, New York carried Kodak photography supplies.

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314072

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.016

Give us Moore Pens, Pencils, Moore's Super-Bilt Pens for Christmas, Moore Pen Company, Boston, Mass.

Fountain pens and pen and pencil sets are featured in the item. The items are sold by Bird's Stationery Shop, M.T. Bird & Company, 5 West Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314076

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.024

Operating instructions, Olympia SG 3 De Luxe, Olympia Business Machines Co., Ltd., Wilhelmshaven, West Germany

Instructions for using this manual typewriter include a key to the different parts of the machine.

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314078

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.025

Your new Royal, Royal McBee Corporation, Westchester Avenue, Port Chester, New York

Instructions for using the Royal Model FP are described in text and photographs. Typewriter supplies are inside the back cover.

Date: 1957

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314080

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.026

How to use Corona, the personal writing machine, Corona Typewriter Co., Inc., Groton, New York

1 operating manual : illustrations ; 6 3/4 x 5 inches

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314081

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.027

See the keyboard, no shifting for figures, Remington Portable, Remington Typewriter Company, Remington Building, 374 Broadway, New York, New York

The features of the Remington Portable are described for customers. The typist does not need to shift for figures on the model.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314101

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.028

Zain Crocker Pen, Crocker Pen Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass.

The pen features are described for customers.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314102

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.029

List no. 102, Shipman's specialties, Asa L. Shipman's Sons, 100 Chambers Street, New York, New York

The dimensions, prices and features of the binders are described for customers.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314105

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.030

Office equipment, architects reference copy,1958 catalog B, Cole Steel Equipment Co., Inc., 415 Madison Ave., New York, New York

Office furniture, filing cabinets and safes are described for business customers. A separate dealer's net cost price list is included. The front and back covers are detached.

Date: 1958

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314107

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.031

Trade card for H. Leach, sculptor in wood and fancy carver, No. 2 Indiana Street, Boston, Mass., 1865-1872

A photograph of a dog sculpted in wood decorates the front of the card.

Date: 1865-1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314109

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.028

Monroe methods in modern accounting, Monroe Calculating Machine Co., Woolworth Building, New York, New York

The uses and operation of the calculator are described for customers. A separate brochure is included titled "How to operate Monroe Model L Adding-Calculator." The plant is located in Orange, New Jersey.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314111

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.032

Porteous, Mitchell & Braun Co. presents Esterbrook Fountain Pens, Portland, Maine

The pen is described and is for sale through Porteous, Mitchell & Braun in Portland, Maine.

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314116

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.033

Jackson Typewriter, arranged and printed by Will Bradley, Jackson Typewriter Company, 17 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.

The advantages of the Jackson are described for potential customers. Text inside the front cover reads, "Arranged and printed by Will Bradley at the University Press Cambridge and New York." The typewriter factory is at 6 Clifton Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314120

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.034

Noiseless Typewriter, The Noiseless Typewriter Co., 320 Broadway, New York, New York

The features and construction of the typewriter are described for potential customers. The item has an illustration of the factory in Middletown, Connecticut. A small pamphlet "The Noiseless Typewriter" from Collier's magazine, October 1904 is included. Another loose item is "The Noiseless Typewrite...

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314123

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.035

Profit side of the violin, Mills Novelty Company, Jackson Blvd. and Green Street, Chicago, Illinois

The circular describes the violano, a self playing instrument for restaurants to install in their dining rooms.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314125

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.036