Historic New England

Robbins Reef light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355606

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.051

Absecon light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355607

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.052

Cape Henry light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355608

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.053

Stepping Stones light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355609

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.054

Eastern Point light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355611

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.055

Fire Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355612

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.056

St. George Reef light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355614

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.057

Goat Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355615

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.058

American Shoal light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355617

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.059

Barnegat light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355618

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.060

Race Rock light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355619

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.061

Block Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea. The structure in the image is the Block Island Southeast Lighthouse.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355620

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.062

Navesink lights, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355621

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.063

Little Gull Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355622

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.064

Blackwell's Island light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea. Today the island is known as Roosevelt Island.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355624

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.065

Cape May light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355625

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.066

Minot's Ledge light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355627

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.067

Execution Rocks light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355628

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.068

Boston Auxiliary light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355638

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.069

Cape Cod light, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

The card verso describes the lighthouse location, type of light, height, and visibility at sea. The lighthouse is also known as Highland Light Station.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355639

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.070

Early methods of coast signalling, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

1 cigarette card : color illustration ; 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355640

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.071

Statue of Liberty, Hassan Cork Tip cigarettes, American Tobacco Company, New York, New York

Background on the Statue of Liberty is provided on the card verso.

Date: 1909-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355641

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.072

Century log cabins, Century Wood Preserving Co., Park Square Building, Boston, Mass., undated

Plan book contains illustrations, floor plans, and dimensions for log cabin designs. Published by Century Wood Preserving Co.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355642

Ref. Code: EP005.114

Chips of wood, vol. 2, no. 12, P. W. Wood Lumber Corp., 11 Garden Street, Worcester, Mass., 1929

The business offers products for modernizing and updating houses with Balsam Wool insulation and Weatherbest Stained Shingles. Features illustrations and floor plans for house designs.

Date: 1929

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355648

Ref. Code: EP005.115

Homes for tomorrow from Ladies Home Journal, by Richard Pratt, Ladies Home Journal, Philadelphia, Pa., undated

The exhibition catalog has floor plans and photographic prints of houses designed by different architects. The exhibit was designed by Frederick L. Lynch. Text on the back cover reads, "Jordan Marsh."

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355652

Ref. Code: EP005.116

The new Liberty Homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Mich., 1941

The plan book has illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for prefabricated houses. There is a detailed description of materials, order form, and building time for each design. The mailing envelope for the plan book is included, as is a freight paid price list no. 1 for 1941 and a Liberty Home ...

Date: 1941

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355653

Ref. Code: EP005.117

Historical sketch of the Lucy Jackson Chapter House D.A.R., souvenir of the thirtieth anniversary, 1898-1926, by Mrs. D. E. Baker, Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C., 1926

The chapter house is known as the Baury House and this sketch provides background on the previous owners with portraits and interior and exterior photographic prints of the property.

Date: 1926

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355660

Ref. Code: EP005.118

Lady historian, Martha J. Lamb, by Susan Elizabeth Lyman, the Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Library, Northampton, Mass., 1969

The accomplishments of historian and author Martha J. Lamb are described in the booklet.

Date: 1969

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355663

Ref. Code: EP005.119

Home, issue no. 4 , Reed Lumber Co., Maple Street, Warren, Mass., 1940

Issue of Home published by the Reed Lumber Co. based in Warren, Massachusetts. The issue provides advice and tips for potential homebuilders.

Date: 1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355669

Ref. Code: EP005.120

Cedar log cabins, L. C. Andrew, South Windham, Maine, undated

Plan book published by L. C. Andrew with floor plans, photographic prints, and descriptions of log cabin designs. The business promotes white cedar logs for summer homes, cottages, camps, and lodges.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355670

Ref. Code: EP005.121

Cedar log cabins, L. C. Andrew, South Windham, Maine, undated

Plan book published by L. C. Andrew with floor plans, photographic prints, and descriptions of log cabin designs. The business promotes white cedar logs for summer homes, cottages, camps, and lodges.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355671

Ref. Code: EP005.122

[Plan book pages], Nationwide House Plan Service, Providence, R.I., undated

Five unnumbered pages from a plan book containing designs for summer houses, log cabins, bungalows, and lodges. Each design includes a floor plan and illustration. The specific plans are: the Cresant plan B-1012, the Lodge plan B-1001, the Kisco plan B-1011, the Dato plan B-1009. Materials were dist...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355672

Ref. Code: EP005.123

Our past. Your future, Ward Cedar Log Homes, P.O. Box 72, Houlton, Maine, undated

The advantages of a Ward house are described for potential customers in the brochure. Includes photographic prints of log homes. Text in the brochure reads, "America's Oldest Log Home Company since 1923."

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355676

Ref. Code: EP005.124

Our green today saves your green tomorrow, Katahdin Cedar Log Homes, P.O. Box 145, Oakfield, Maine, 2009

The advantages of northern white cedar in log home construction are described for potential customers in the brochure. Text on the cover reads, "Our green today saves your green tomorrow."

Date: 2009

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355678

Ref. Code: EP005.125

Your journey begins here..., New Dimension Homes, 244 Hinckley Road, Clinton, Maine, undated

New Dimension Homes builds ICF Post and Beam and Green sustainable homes for customers. Brochure includes photographic prints of the exteriors and interiors of houses built the company.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355680

Ref. Code: EP005.126

Rumford book on home management, Rumford Company, Department of Home Economics, Providence, R.I., undated

Home remedies and recipes are provided in the item. The back cover has an illustration of Rumford Baking Powder. Compiled by Hannah Wing.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355683

Ref. Code: EP005.127

Advertisement, things a man can trust, New York Life Insurance Company, 51 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

The lighthouse stands on a rock surrounded by waves. The ad was published in 1941 in the Saturday Evening Post.

Date: 1941-05-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354905

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.01.030

Homeless salvaging their belongings, Falmouth, Cape Cod, Mass., International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354918

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.003

Passage cut thru highway gives suggestion of lumbercamp scene, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354922

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.004

Nothing was left but wreckage at Misquamicut, Rhode Island, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354925

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.005

Exclusive Bailey's Beach entirely wiped out at Newport, Rhode Island, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354926

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.006

This roof was blown off at Boston, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354927

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.007

Unitarian Church in ruins at Worcester, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354928

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.008

Cottage blown into canal under Sagamore Bridge, Cape Cod, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354930

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.009

Fallen trees and flood at Concord, New Hampshire, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

An individual paddles a boat with Stearns Grocery Co. in the background. Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of liv...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354931

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.010

Portrait of unidentified man standing at hand pump, Spencer-Peirce-Little House, Newbury, Mass.

An unidentified man stands next to the hand pump behind the Spencer-Peirce-Little House in Newbury, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 354932

Ref. Code: PC006.SPL.01.024

Longfellow House, home of "The clock on the stairs," Pittsfield, Mass.

The house was actually owned by Thomas Gold and subsequently by Nathan Appleton, Longfellow's father-in-law. It was also known as Elm Knoll and inspired Longfellow's poem "The old clock on the stairs."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354933

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3740.0100.001