Historic New England

Color perfect wallpaper: a distinctive portfolio of distinctive wallpapers, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Ill., 1940

The samples are divided into an economy group, budget group, and decorator group. Two samples are featured in the front of the item designed for Joan Bennett and Hedda Hopper.

Date: 1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 357084

Ref. Code: EP005.315

The Chapman Company ephemera, circa 1907-1910

Four pieces of ephemera related to The Chapman Company's operations. Includes one sales catalog for The Chapman Comapny, one proof for a House & Garden advertisement for The Chapman Company, a price list for a Baltimore-based manufacturer of mirrors, and an envelope with attached wax seal and tie fo...

Date: 1907-1910

Collection: The Chapman Company collection

GUSN: 357087

Ref. Code: CC020.003.001

The Chapman Company Decorative Lighting sales catalogue, circa 1907-1910

One seven page sales catalogue for The Chapman Company Decorative Lighting. The brochure can be dated circa 1907-1910 and measures 6 x 3 1/4 inches. The brochure advertises nine total lamps from The Chapman Company. The publisher of the brochure is not listed. The lamps advertised are Candle No. 11,...

Collection: The Chapman Company collection

GUSN: 357092

Ref. Code: CC020.003.001.001

Homes of today 1932, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Home Construction Division, Chicago, Ill., 1932

The plan book describes in detail the Sears home building plan from the house designs and financing to the completed structure. Features floor plans and illustrations for each design. There is an index of house plans arranged by number of rooms. The catalog has testimonials, questions and answers, a...

Date: 1932

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 357097

Ref. Code: EP005.316

Proof of The Chapman Company advertisement from House & Garden, circa 1907-1910

One onionskin paper proof from House & Garden, a monthly magazine devoted to architecture, gardens and decoration, for The Chapman Company. The proof depicts an example lamp from The Chapman Co., a list of other potential products the company could produce, and their address. The proof measures 12 x...

Collection: The Chapman Company collection

GUSN: 357093

Ref. Code: CC020.003.001.002

C.W. Eschbach price list, circa 1907-1910

One price list for C.W. Eschbach, a manufacturer of antique, colonial, mantel pier and periods mirrors. C.W. Eschbach was located in Baltimore, Maryland at 223 S. Sharp Street. On the front cover, "Waldo E. Chapman" is stamped. Throughout the price list, there are various notations, presumably made ...

Collection: The Chapman Company collection

GUSN: 357094

Ref. Code: CC020.003.001.003

Envelope, circa 1907-1910

One brown envelope with attached red wax seal and tie. The wax seal has the letter "A" stamped into it. On the top left corner of the envelope is am embossed seal. It depicts a man in revolutionary atire and reads: "PORTRAITS / Herein CONTAINED / were MADE in the PIC / TURE SHOPS of A. / SHEPHERDSO...

Collection: The Chapman Company collection

GUSN: 357095

Ref. Code: CC020.003.001.004

Wall paper samples, season 1925, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Ill.; Philadelphia, Pa., 1925

The samples have descriptions, dimensions and prices. Wallpaper supplies, tools and instructions are provided for customers.

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 357100

Ref. Code: EP005.317

Photograph of a lamp, circa 1907-1910

One color photographic print of a lamp made by The Chapman Company. The item can be dated circa 1907-1910 and measures 8 x 10 inches. The photographer is unknown. Under the lamp, "II" is written. In the bottom right corner of the recto, "Waldo E. Chapman" is stamped. The same stamp can be found on t...

Collection: The Chapman Company collection

GUSN: 357101

Ref. Code: CC020.001.003.031

Summer cottages, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Philadelphia, Pa., 1927

The catalog promotes the Ready-Cut system for building.

Date: 1927

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 357102

Ref. Code: EP005.318

Alpha Sehlin's all-America homes: small, medium, large, Alpha Sehlin, 475 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1959

Plan book contains illustrations and floor plans for each house design. Text on the cover reads, "Build before the boom! All interiors planned to give a feeling of spaciousness, ranch houses, ramblers, split-levels, 2-stories."

Date: 1959

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 357163

Ref. Code: EP005.319

Inexpensive homes of individuality: being a collection of photographs and floor plans illustrating certain of America's best country and suburban homes of moderate size, rev. and enl. ed., edited by Henry H. Saylor, with an introduction by Frank Miles Day, and a discussion of costs by Aymar Embury, McBride, Nast & Company, New York, N.Y., 1912

There are considerations for the future homeowner in choosing a style, a site, the location of neighboring buildings, local traditions and materials, and the architect's favored styles. The item is in an envelope. Includes photographic prints and floor plans of houses discussed.

Date: 1912

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 357165

Ref. Code: EP005.320

28 concrete homes by leading architects, National Concrete Masonry Association, 33 West Grand Avenue, Chicago, Ill., 1941

The design plans are approved for use under the Federal Home Building Service Plan. Includes illustrations, floor plans, and dimensions for each design.

Date: 1941

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 357167

Ref. Code: EP005.321

Book of modern homes: complete with floor plans and descriptions, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Norwood, Ohio, 1939

The plan book recommends working with the FHA and using guidance provided through Sears in building a house. Includes illustrations and floor plans for house designs. The Modern Home offices are located in Norwood, Ohio.

Date: 1939

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 357170

Ref. Code: EP005.322

Letter from Harrison Gray Otis, 1789 January 18

Letter from Harrison Gray Otis written in Watertown, Massachusetts, dated January 18, 1789. The letter, written to an unidentified individual, discusses previous correspondence and the planning of an event. The verso of the letter has information written by two different hands. The first reads: "H.G...

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 357173

Ref. Code: MS029.002.012

Massachusetts - General - Photographs of historic houses

Collection of eleven albumen prints on mount. Ten prints are of historic houses and one is of a historic church. The prints are from various locations in Massachusetts, such as Salem, Dorchester, and Roxbury, among others. The photographer of these photographs is unknown. They are dated as late 19th...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357177

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015

Pierce House, Dorchester, Mass.

One albumen print on mount of the Pierce House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century. The print measures 7 x 10 inches. On the verso of the mount, the following is written: "Pierce House, Dorchester (1640) / Oak [illegible], Mattapan,....

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357178

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.001

Peter Tufts House, Medford, Mass.

One albumen print of the Peter Tufts House, formerly and incorrectly known as the Cradock House, in Medford, Massachusetts. The Peter Tufts House was built from 1677-1680. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century. The print measures at 7 x 10 inches. On the verso of t...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357179

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.002

Dorothy Quincy Homestead, Quincy, Mass.

One albumen print of the Dorothy Quincy Homestead in Quincy, Massachusetts.The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century and measures 7 x 10 inches. The house was built in 1686 by Edmund Quincy II and housed the Quincy family over numerous generations. In the 19th century,...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357180

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.004

Alexander Standish House, Duxbury, Mass.

One albumen print of the Alexander Standish House in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century and measures 7 x 10 inches. It has been claimed this house was built by Alexander Standish, son of Mayflower Pilgrim, Capt. Myles Standish, in 1666. H...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357181

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.005

Wells-Adams House, Salem Street, Boston, Mass.

One albumen print of the Wells-Adams House on Salem Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century and measures 7 x 10 inches.The house was built circa 1680. The building was demolished in 1894 along with numerous other historic buildings lo...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357182

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.006

Fairbanks House, Dedham, Mass.

One albumen print of the Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century and measures 7 x 10 inches. An unidentified man is seen sitting on the ground in front of the house. The house was built circa 1637, making it the oldest surviv...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357183

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.007

Auchmuty House, Roxbury, Mass.

One albumen print of the Auchmuty House in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century and measures 7 x 10 inches.The house was built circa 1761 and was located at the corner Washington Street and Cliff Street. On the verso of the mount, the follo...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357184

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.008

Willow Court House, Dorchester, Mass.

One albumen print of the Willow Court House in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century and measures 7 x 10 inches.The house was built circa 1735. On the verso of the mount, the following is written: "Willow Court House 5 Corner Dorchester. ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357185

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.009

Longfellow House, Cambridge, Mass.

One albumen print of the Longfellow House in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century and measures 7 x 10 inches.The house was built circa 1759. The Longfellow House was home to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for 50 years. It also s...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357186

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.010

Christ Church in the City of Boston, Boston, Mass.

One albumen print of Christ Church in the City of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts. The photographer is unknown. The print is dated to the late 19th century and measures 7 x 10 inches.The church was built in 1723, making it the oldest standing church building in Boston. The church is also called the ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357187

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0005.0015.011

Woman seated with two girls on porch [OB97]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356649

Ref. Code: PC074.02.97

Exterior of Attleboro Cottage from road [OB98]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356650

Ref. Code: PC074.02.98

View of a back alley in Oak Bluffs [OB99]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356651

Ref. Code: PC074.02.99

Shoreline of Vineyard Haven [OB100]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356652

Ref. Code: PC074.02.100

Man [possibly Nathan Wales] standing with clothesline in background [OB101]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356654

Ref. Code: PC074.02.101

Four women posed together on porch [OB103]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356657

Ref. Code: PC074.02.103

New ideas for building your home, special new and improved ed., compiled and edited by John Normile, Meredith Press, Des Moines, Iowa, 1940

There are sections devoted to gardened homes, Bildcost gardened homes, and separate articles on other considerations such as building materials, roofing, wiring, painting, insulating, and landscaping. Text on the front cover reads, "Better Homes & Gardens' book of selected home plans. 130 selected h...

Date: 1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356695

Ref. Code: EP005.286

The Book of Bildcost gardened home plans from Better Homes & Gardens, rev. ed., edited by John Normile, Meredith Publishing Co., Des Moines, Iowa, 1936

The title on the cover reads, "Better Homes & Gardens' book of Bildcost home plans for distinctive homes." Additional text on the cover reads, "Thru the exclusive Bildcost home service you can learn the exact cost to build any of these homes in your own city." Includes articles, photographic prints,...

Date: 1936

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356696

Ref. Code: EP005.287

Photograph of a barber shop, Amesbury, Mass., circa 1890

One mounted albumen print depicting a barber shop in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Four unidentified barbers are seen standing and four unidentified customers are sitting in barber chairs.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 356700

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0060.0030.001

Man inside Whiting & Davis workshop [WD3]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356697

Ref. Code: PC074.03.03

View of Whiting & Davis factory from West Bacon Street [WD4]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356698

Ref. Code: PC074.03.04

America's Little House: an educational demonstration by the New York Committee of Better Homes in America, Inc. in cooperation with the Columbia Broadcasting System, Better Homes in America, Inc., 101 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1934

Book discussing "America's Little House," a model house built by the organizers of the Better Homes in America campaign in 1934. Constructed at the intersection of 39th Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan. Single-family Period house was constructed to promote the virtues of homeownership and home im...

Date: 1934

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356699

Ref. Code: EP005.288

Edward Wallace Hutchinson scrapbook

With an embossed cover, this scrapbook contains many colorfully illustrated chromolithographic trade cards, stickers, and clippings, often decorated with images of children, animals, and flowers. The trade cards are largely from the New England area, although cards from New York, Pennsylvania, and M...

Date: undated

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 356701

Ref. Code: MS004.056

Henry "Harry" Bevis and John inside Whiting & Davis workshop [WD5]

Man in foreground identified as Henry "Harry" Bevis.

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356705

Ref. Code: PC074.03.05

View of Whiting & Davis factory from West Bacon Street [WD6]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356706

Ref. Code: PC074.03.06

View of the Plainville Stock Company and the Whiting & Davis office building from South Street [WD7]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356707

Ref. Code: PC074.03.07

View of Whiting & Davis building across Plainville Pond [WD8]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356708

Ref. Code: PC074.03.08

Offin Boardman IV collection

This small collection includes the diary of Offin Boardman IV from 1779-1780, three notes removed from the diary containing excerpts from related accounts, and two newspaper clippings from "The Continential Journal, and Weekly Advertiser" dated May 21, 1778. Folder titles were assigned by the proces...

Date: 1778-1780, undated

Collection: Offin Boardman IV collection

GUSN: 356711

Ref. Code: MS064

Dining room table setting [WD9]

Dining room may have been located in the Walter Livingston Rice Memorial Recreation Hall, which was constructed in Plainville, MA for Whiting & Davis Company employees in 1922.

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356712

Ref. Code: PC074.03.09