Historic New England

Build warm houses with Cabot's Quilt, Samuel Cabot, Inc., manufacturing chemists, 141 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.

Cabot's Quilt is a "heat-insulating and sound-deadening" product for house construction.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285487

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.006

Balsam-Wool sealed insulation, the sure way to keep your home in the comfort zone, Wood Conversion Company, First National Bank Building, St. Paul, Minnesota

The importance of insulation, the properties of Balsam-Wool and what it can do for your home.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285488

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.007

Lightning: its laws and the sure way to protect life and property, Dodd & Struthers, Des Moines, Iowa; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

West Dodd describes his system of lightning rods. A label on the front cover and title page reads, "West Dodd Lightning Conductor Corporation, Goshen, Indiana." Stamped text on the back cover reads, "Eugene F. Lawlor, sole Massachusetts distributor, 104 Summer Street, Waltham, Mass."

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285489

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.005

Few facts concerning modern lightning conductors and the protection they afford, issued by the Boston Lightning Rod Co., 755 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.

The advantages of using lightning rods on buildings and homes is described in the pamphlet. The cover title reads "Modern lightning conductors and the protection they afford."

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285490

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.006

Introducing to you protection from lightning and lower insurance rates, Boston Lightning Rod Co., 755 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.

The public is urged to install lightning rods and the Company states its equipment is installed on 30,000 New England properties.

Date: 1917-08-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285492

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.007

Introducing to you protection from lightning and lower insurance rates, Boston Lightning Rod Co., 294 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

The public is urged to install lightning rods and the Company states its equipment is installed on 30,000 New England properties.

Date: 1917-08-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285493

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.008

Copper gutters and leaders, monograph IV, issued by Copper & Brass Research Association, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York

Text and diagrams describe methods of installing various types of gutters and leaders.

Date: 1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285494

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.002

Copper, the ideal roof, by C. Matlack Price, published by Copper & Brass Research Association, 25 Broadway, New York, New York

Copper roofs are described and illustrated in the pamphlet. A letter is attached to the item from Richards & Company to William Sumner Appleton. Appleton had requested literature on Anaconda Copper Roofings. Richards is located at Causeway and Beverly Streets in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285495

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.003

Anaconda Copper Roofings, manufactured by Anaconda Copper Mining Company, distributed by Anaconda Sales Company, 25 Broadway, New York, New York

The advantages and features of copper roofs are described in the item. A letter, dated October 16, 1922, from Richards & Company has been pasted inside the front cover. The letter is addressed to William Sumner Appleton in answer to his request for information. A trade card for Richards & Company i...

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285498

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.004

Warren's Natural Asphalt Roofing, Warren Chemical & Mfg. Co., 114 John Street, New York and 101 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.

The composition of the asphalt roofing is described with illustrations of buildings using the brand. Two of the buildings are the Hotel Boscobel in Lynn and "The Herald" at 255 Washington Street, Boston.

Date: 1887

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285500

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.005

Imperial Roofing Tiles, a series of specifications and details for roofing tiles, Ludowici-Celadon Company, 104 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

The types of roof tiles manufactured by the firm are described on individal specification sheets. The folder and sheets have the text "A.I.A. File 12-e1." The left corner of the folder reads "E. Stanley Wires Company, Inc., 120 Boylston Street."

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285503

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.006

Ludowici, catalog, Ludowici Roof Tile, A Certain Teed Company, 4757 Tile Plant Road, P.O. Box 69, New Lexington, Ohio

The tile lines manufactured by Ludowici are shown in large, full-color photographs with accompanying descriptions. A business card for a sales representative is stapled to the front flyleaf. There is a separate "Tile selection guide" brochure with measurements, weights and colors available.

Date: 1997

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285504

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.007

Practical hints to builders and those contemplating building, 4th edition, The National Sheet Metal Roofing Co., 510 to 520 East 20th Street, New York, New York

Advice in building houses is provided with a special focus on roof and roof materials. In the roundel of the cover illustration, several workers lay tiles on the roof of a Queen Anne-style house. In the square panel of the illustration, there are three images of the interior of a house: two men pla...

Date: 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285507

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.008

Where? Where can I purchase the genuine Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles? From your lumber dealer, Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., sole manufacturers, North Tonawanda, New York

Houses using the Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles are shown in the photographs. Architects, builders and Creo-Dipt products are identified on the front and verso of the images. There is a small postcard for requesting additional information.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285511

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.009

Massachusetts - Newburyport

This file includes two folders, which include one postcard and one stereoview of Pleasant Street Unitarian Congregational Church and an unidentified church, as well as one large print of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Newburyport, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285582

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0730

Massachusetts - Newton

This file includes one stereoview of the interior of an unidentified church (including the organ) in Newton, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285583

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0740

Massachusetts - Newtonville

This file includes two postcards of the Universalist Church and the Central Congregational Church in Newtonville, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285584

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0750

Massachusetts - Norfolk

This file includes one stereoview of an unidentified church, possibly in Norfolk, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285585

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0760

Massachusetts - Bridgewater

This file includes one stereoview of an unidentified church, possibly in Bridgewater, Mass.

Date: 1880-08-31

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285591

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0395

Massachusetts - North Adams

This file includes one stereoview of an unidentified church organ in North Adams, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285594

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0770

Massachusetts - Northampton

This file includes one stereoview of Main Street of Northampton, Mass., including an unidentified church.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285595

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0780

Massachusetts - Northbridge (including Whitinsville)

This file includes three postcards of the Congregational Church in Whitinsville, Mass.

Date: 1906-1907

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285596

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0790

Massachusetts - Norwood

This file includes one postcard and two stereoviews of two different universalist churches in Norwood, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285597

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0800

Massachusetts - Orange

This file includes one stereoview of an unidentified church interior, including the organ, possibly in Orange, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285598

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0810

Massachusetts - Oxford

This file includes one postcard of the Episcopal Church in Oxford, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285599

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0820

Massachusetts - Peabody

This file includes two stereoviews of the Peabody Unitarian Universalist Church.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285600

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0830

Massachusetts - Pepperell

This file includes one stereoview of the interior of the Congregational Church in Pepperell, Mass, decorated for Children's Day in 1883 and showing Reverend W. G. Shoppe.

Date: 1883-06-10

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285601

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0840

Massachusetts - Pittsfield

This file includes two postcards and one stereoview of St. Stephen's Church and an unidentified church interior in Pittsfield, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285602

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0850

Massachusetts - Plymouth

This file includes two folders, which include two stereoviews of an unidentified church, one stereoview of the interior of the Episcopal Church, one carte de visite of an unidentified statue, and one print of the First Parish Church in Plymouth, Mass. Also included is one print of a view of Plymouth...

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285603

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0860

Massachusetts - Revere

This file includes one photograph of three images of the First Congregational Church in Revere, Mass.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285604

Ref. Code: MS042.06.0870

Contracts and specifications

Business records (1 file box, 1 oversize folder)

Date: 1845, undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285618

Ref. Code: MS006.02.08

Agreement between Henry Chandler Bowen (1813-1896) and Samuel Underwood re: construction of a house and barn, October 13; includes typewritten copy and draft [2 copies]

NOTE: See #6.26 for items removed [specifications]

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285619

Ref. Code: MS006.02.08.01

Specifications of Joseph Collins Wells (1814-1860), re: carpentry [2 copies] and masonry work on the house

NOTE: Items removed from #6.25.

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285620

Ref. Code: MS006.02.08.02

Specifications of Joseph Collins Wells (1814-1860), re: construction of the barn

File part

Date: 1845

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285624

Ref. Code: MS006.02.08.03

Site plans for addition to the barn [photocopies]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 285625

Ref. Code: MS006.02.08.04

Reynolds Lifetime Aluminum Clapboard Siding, Reynolds Metal Co., Inc., Louisville, Kentucky

Directions for installing the siding are shown in photographs and diagrams.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285816

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.017

Massachusetts - Boston

This file includes three architectural drawings from the American Architect and Building News. The drawings are: a heliotype of the Moreland Street Congregational Church, drawn by James R. Osgood, published on April 14, 1877; a heliotype of the St. Philip's Roman Catholic Church, designed by P. W. F...

Date: 1877-1896

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285825

Ref. Code: MS042.01.020

Gleason's Pictorial

This file includes three complete issues of Gleason's Pictorial, as well as many individual pages. The volumes are Vol. 5, no. 7 (whole no. 111); Vol. 5, no. 8 (whole no. 112); and Vol. 5, no. 19 (whole no. 123).

Date: 1853

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 285830

Ref. Code: MS042.05.540

Reynolds Lifetime Aluminum Ceiling Panel acoustical and non-acoustical, Reynolds Metal Co., Inc., Louisville, Kentucky

The ceiling panel features are described and shown in home and commercial settings. Text on the front cover margin reads, "A.I.A. File No. 12-L-1."

Date: 1947

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285832

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.018

Bird Loc-Set Asphalt Shingles for roofs and sidewalls, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass.

The shingles are fire-resistant and shatter resistant as described in the brochure.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285833

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.019

Artistic roofs that endure, Asbestos Shingle, Slate & Sheating Company, Ambler, Pennsylvania

The photographs have English Thatch or Colonial style shingles on the houses. Specifications are given with descriptions of the product. There is a branch office in Boston on Pearl Street at the corner of High Street. The front cover has text which reads, "A.I.A. File 12-F-1."

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285834

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.020

Williamsburg Tapered Asbestos Shingles by Mohawk, Mohawk Asbestos Shingles, Inc., 101 Park Avenue, New York

Mohawk developed the Tapered Asbestos Shingles for the Colonial Williamsburg restoration. Specifications and application directions are provided in the item. The Company factory is located in Oneida, New York.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285839

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.021

Modernize by re-roofing, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass.

"Lock-Butt Shingles protect your home from flying sparks and embers."

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285841

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.022

Creo-Dipt Stained Shingled Homes, Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., North Tonawanda, New York

A leaflet explains how to use the portfolio which has a brochure and color chart. Creo-Dipt products are carried by a distributor located at 79 Milk Street in Boston.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285843

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.023

Robert McNair Taper-Tipt Hand-Split Shakes, Robert McNair Company, Ltd., Vancouver, Canada

Descriptions, specifications and a detail of shake construction are shown in the item. Text stamped on the back cover reads "Manufacturers Reserve Supply, Inc., Irvington, N.J."

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285844

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.024

Tapered Ambler Asbestos Shingles, Asbestos Shingle, Slate & Sheathing Company, Ambler, Pennsylvania

The inside of the brochure has a diagram for applying a graduated roof of Tapered English Thatch. The front cover has text which reads, "A.I.A. File 12-F-1."

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285845

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.025

Ambler Asbestos Shingles selection sheet, Asbestos Shingle, Slate & Sheathing Company, Ambler, Pennsylvania

Specifications are given for three different types of shingles available from the Company.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285846

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.026

Roof everlasting, color & texture, Mohawk Asbestos Shingles, Inc., Utica, New York

Mohawk Shingles are described with available colors including the Williamsburg Type Shingle. The product is carried by Waldo Brothers Company, 202 Southampton Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Text on the border of the front cover reads, "A.I.A. File Number 12 F 1."

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285847

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.027

Roof everlasting, Mohawk Tapered Asbestos Shingles, manufactured by Mohawk Asbestos Slate Company, Inc., Utica, New York

Homes using the shingles are shown in the pamphlet with specifications and an application method. The product is carried by Waldo Bros. & Bond Company, 202 Southampton Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285848

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.028

Price list, Mohawk Tapered Asbestos Shingles, Mohawk Asbestos Slate Company, Inc., Utica, New York

Information is provided for ordering the shingles. The product is carried by Waldo Bros. & Bond Company, 202 Southampton Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Text on the back cover reads "A.I.A. File Number 12 F 1."

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285849

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.029

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