Historic New England

Stearns tanks: all kinds and sizes for all purposes, A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Boston, Mass., 1915

Trade catalog showcasing the company's water tanks and other products in various workplace environments, such as at their own lumberyard or within factories. The back of the catalog contains lists of the offered tanks' dimensions, capacities, and weights. Published by A. T. Stearns Lumber Company.

Date: 1915

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360524

Ref. Code: EP005.538

Mantel catalogue, A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., Neponset, Boston, Mass., undated

The catalog contains listings for numerous mantel designs. Each listing comes with a lithograph of the completed design, a design number, dimensions of all the components, and a price for the plans at the bottom of the page. Published by A. T. Stearns Lumber Company.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360525

Ref. Code: EP005.539

Stearns' cypress greenhouses, A. T. Stearns Lumber Company, Neponset, Mass., undated

The catalog showcases the company's facilites and photographic prints of completed greenhouses utilizing their lumber. The back pages showcase product outlines along with their product designations and a price list. Published by A. T. Stearns Lumber Company.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360526

Ref. Code: EP005.540

Stearns' cypress doors, A. T. Stearns Lumber Company, Neponset, Mass., undated

The trade catalog contains printed lithographs of the doors offered by the company. Each door is marked with dimensions and design numbers. Published by A. T. Stearns Lumber Company.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360527

Ref. Code: EP005.541

Stearns' cypress doors, A. T. Stearns Lumber Company, Neponset, Mass., undated

The trade catalog contains printed lithographs of the doors offered by the company. Each door is marked with dimensions and design numbers. Published by A. T. Stearns Lumber Company.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360528

Ref. Code: EP005.542

Cypress lumber...and its uses, 2nd ed., A. T. Stearns Lumber Company, Neponset, Mass., 1895

The catalog is meant to showcase the uses of cypress wood in numerous environments, such as being used in industry through water tanks and storage tanks or through use as a building material for houses. Published by A. T. Stearns Lumber Company.

Date: 1895

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360529

Ref. Code: EP005.543

Cypress lumber and its uses, 3rd ed., A. T. Stearns Lumber Company, Neponset, Mass., 1900

The catalog is meant to showcase the uses of cypress wood in numerous environments, such as being used in industry through water tanks and storage tanks or through use as a building material for houses. Published by A. T. Stearns Lumber Company.

Date: 1900

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360530

Ref. Code: EP005.544

[Catalog], The A. T. Stearns Lumber Co., 1 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated

This trade catalog contains listings for all the products sold by the company. For example, there are listings and price lists for hood brackets, balusters, mantels, doors, and mouldings. Published by The A. T. Stearns Lumber Co.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360531

Ref. Code: EP005.545

The Dodson birdhouses, Joseph H. Dodson, 1201 19 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill., 1914

The catalog provides listings for numerous birdhouse designs. There are also articles on how to attract birds to the birdhouses, appropriate feeds, and a guide to common birds in the area.

Date: 1914

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360533

Ref. Code: EP005.546

Architects handbook, A. W. Hastings & Co., Inc., Somerville, Mass., undated

The trade catalog contains listings for sash frames, door frames, garage doors, room doors, and other carpentry. Published by A. W. Hastings & Co., Inc.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360535

Ref. Code: EP005.547

West Exterior View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1920

1 photograph

Date: 1920

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360536

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.166

Western pine camera views, Western Pine Association, Portland, Ore., 1938

Trade catalog showcases the many uses of western pine lumber in varous contexts. Throughout the catalog are photographic prints of homes and interior shots of numerous rooms inside the house, showcasing the use of the lumber in architectural elements and interior decorations.

Date: 1938

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360567

Ref. Code: EP005.548

Old homes made new, Portland Cement Association, 10 High Street, Boston, Mass., 1929

Trade catalog contains articles describing how to improve different aspects of one's home using Portland Cement Stucco, including adding cement porches, foundations, garages, and ornaments for lawns and gardens. Each article is followed on the opposite page with photographic prints showcasing these ...

Date: 1929

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360568

Ref. Code: EP005.549

The farm house keeps pace, by H. E. Wichers, Successful Farming, Des Moines, Iowa, 1929

Plan book containing architectural designs of farm houses designed by H. E. (Henry Evert) Wichers. The plan book is structured in a single narrative with floor plans and completed home designs embedded within the text. Published by Successful Farming.

Date: 1929

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360571

Ref. Code: EP005.550

Modernized homes, Bawden Bros, Inc., Davenport, Iowa., 1929

The catalog contains photographic prints showcasing homes before and after renovation and "modernizing." Each description and caption details the changes the home went through and provides justification for the changes.

Date: 1929

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360573

Ref. Code: EP005.551

Build lasting beauty into your home with Curtis Woodwork, Captiol City Lumber Co., Hartford, Conn., 1938

Trade catalog contains articles with exterior and interior photographic prints detailing how the company's lumber is being used in different contexts, either as an architectural element or purely ornamental. Published by Captiol City Lumber Co.

Date: 1938

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360574

Ref. Code: EP005.552

Build better for less money with Celotex building products, Celotex Corporation, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Ill., 1940

The catalog acts an advertisement for Celotex vapor-seal insulation, with photographic prints and diagrams showing how the insulation is applied to the home and all the merits to installation.

Date: 1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360576

Ref. Code: EP005.553

The house of ease, Reynolds Metals Company, 2500 South Third Street, Louisville, Ky., undated

Catalog advertises all the uses for their aluminum products throughout the house, including using it for attic vents, protecting vulnerable areas, awnings, and ductwork.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360577

Ref. Code: EP005.554

Ideas for better living through home improvement, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of America, New York, N.Y., undated

The catalog is full of articles detailing different strategies to improving houses through interior decoration or extensive home renovation. There are illustrations and floor plans throughout detailing the processes.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360578

Ref. Code: EP005.555

Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1918

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360579

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.167

Northeast Corner Exterior View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., undated

1 photograph

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360580

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.168

West Exterior View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1914

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360581

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.169

West Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1924

Note on back lists The Halliday Historic Photograph Company at 8 Beacon St. in Boston.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360582

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.170

Southeast Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1985

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360583

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.171

East Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., undated

1 photograph

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360584

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.172

Southwest Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., undated

1 photograph

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360585

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.173

Southwest Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1940

1 photograph

Date: 1940

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360586

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.174

East Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., undated

1 photograph

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360587

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.175

East Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1914

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360588

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.176

Street View, Front of House, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1915

There is an unidentified child in the doorway of the house

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360589

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.177

West Exterior View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1917

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360590

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.178

North Exterior View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass. 1914

1 photograph

Date: 1914

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360603

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.179

Northwest Corner View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1915

1 photograph

Date: 1915

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360604

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.180

East Exterior View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., ca. 1890

1 photograph

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360605

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.181

Interior Shot of Door and Staircase, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1942

1 photograph

Date: 1942

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360606

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.182

Southwest Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1922

1 photograph

Date: 1922

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360607

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.183

East Exterior View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1915

1 photograph

Date: 1915

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360608

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.184

Southwest Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1906

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360609

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.185

South View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1924

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360610

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.186

Southeast Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., undated

A car and unidentified person are in the foreground on the street in front of the house.

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360611

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.187

Southeast Street View, Winter, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1934

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360612

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.188

Southeast Street View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1915

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360613

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.189

Southwest View, Boardman House, Saugus, Mass., 1915

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 360615

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.190

Giving the old house a new lease on life, Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1925

Advertisement for Creo-Dipt Company shingles for house siding. There are photographic prints of the product being used along with arrows to designate where the shingles are placed and descriptions of the usefulness of the shingles.

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360616

Ref. Code: EP005.556