Historic New England

Trade card for the Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano Co., 154 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. and 149 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois and 46 E. 14th Street, Union Square, New York, New York, undated

Text and illustrations describe the improved upright pianos manufactured by Mason & Hamlin.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264657

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.011

Trade card for the Mason & Hamlin Organ & Piano Co., 154 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. and 149 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois and 46 E. 14th Street, Union Square, New York, New York, undated

The card verso reads "T.S. Arnold, dealer in musical instruments, sheet music, books and sewing machines, West Winfield, N.Y." Arnold has pianos and organs for rent.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264658

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.012

Trade card for Ivers & Pond Pianos, Boston, Mass., undated

Ivers & Pond Pianos are sold by A.L. Bailey in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264659

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.013

Trade card for Vose Pianos, 170 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Vose Pianos are sold for cash or on an installment plan by J.E. Lothrop & Co., Dover, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264660

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.014

Trade card for the B. Shoninger Co., manufacturers of piano fortes, 511 & 513 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut and 215 State Street, Chicago, Illinois, undated

The factory, located at 97 to 121 Chestnut Street in New Haven, is shown on the card verso. Shoninger has "The only piano in the world containing a chime of 30 bells."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264661

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.015

Trade card for Ludwig & Co., pianos, organs, player pianos, 482 Main Street, Springfield, Mass., undated

Ludwig's office and reception room is shown in the card image. The business sells new and used pianos, organs and player pianos.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264662

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.016

Trade card for Taylor & Farley Organ Company, parlor, chapel and hall organs, Worcester, Mass., undated

The organ factory is shown in the image on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264663

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.017

Trade card for Hallet & Davis Pianos, Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card text reads "Hallet & Davis Pianos are the best. Established over 50 years."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264674

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.018

Trade card for Carpenter Organs, E.P. Carpenter Co., Brattleboro, Vermont, undated

Two children sit with a large dog in the card image. The business was established in 1850. Portions of the card verso are obliterated.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264675

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.019

Trade card for Palace Organs, manufactured by the Loring & Blake Organ Company, Worcester, Mass. and Toledo, Ohio, undated

Frank S. Hurd in Dover, New Hampshire represents the Company. The card verso lists testimonials including one from Henry Ward Beecher.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264676

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.020

Trade card for The Merrill Piano, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso is a blotter. Merrill Pianos are carried in the Piano Department in Forbes & Wallace located in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264687

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.021

Worcester Star Course, Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass., 1885-1886

The program lists the artists and music groups that will perform for the third Worcester Star Course in Mechanics Hall. Chickering & Sons, piano-fortes, is advertised in the program.

Date: 1885-1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264698

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.022

Trade card for Chickering & Sons, grand, square and upright piano-fortes, Chickering & Sons, 156 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. and 130 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, undated

The fair awards won by Chickering Pianos are described on the card. The card verso has an advertisement for the Boston Chair Manufacturing Company located at 86 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264699

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.023

Style Catalog for Chickering & Sons Pianos, Chickering & Sons, 791 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Piano styles B,C,D,F,G and H are described with photographs. F.E. Tainter is the sales representative in Lewiston, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264700

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.024

Little Tom Tucker, Milton Piano Co., 12th Avenue and West 55th Street, New York, New York, undated

The "Little Tommy Tucker" nursery rhyme is used to advertise the Matchless Milton Player Piano.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264770

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.025

Trade card for the Estey Piano Co., manufacturers, New York, New York, undated

Estey Pianos are available from Hiram Cornish, Jr., dealer in first class musical instruments, sewing machines, scales in Newfield, New York. The card illustration is captioned "The First Music Lesson."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264771

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.026

Billhead for M. Steinert & Sons Co., distributers of Steinway & Sons Pianos, Pilgrim Block, 290 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., dated July 6, 1911

The business carries pianolas, orchestrelles and Victor Talking Machines records and supplies.

Date: 1911-07-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264772

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.027

Billhead for The M. Steinert & Sons Company, pianos, Steinert Hall, 162-168 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 7, 1911

Steinert is the wholesale and retail distributer for the New England states of Steinway & Sons Pianos.

Date: 1911-11-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264773

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.028

Advertisement for Oliver Ditson & Co., American and foreign music, 277 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Ditson carries pianos, melodeons, sheet music and music books. The ad verso describes marches, waltzes, polkas and other piano music available for sale.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264774

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.029

Chickering & Sons, Boston, Mass. and New York, New York, 1885

Chickering won the first gold medal of the Legion of Honor in Paris, 1867. A lyre with the word "Excelsior" is in the center of the sheet.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264776

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.030

Business card for S.U. Streeter, representing Meekins, Packard & Wheat, office furniture, Springfield, Mass., undated

The business carries card systems, office furniture, Macey Filing Cabinets and Sectional Bookcases.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264778

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.001

Business card for G.D. Crawford, Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, Remington Standard Typewriter, No. 15 School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A telephone number is given on the lower right corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264779

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.002

Trade card for Egyptian Tenexine, adhesive, Tenexine Company, 14 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Tenexine is described on the card verso. It is for sale by the Hudson Valley Paper Company, Broadway, Albany, New York. The illustration caption reads "With a bottle of Tenexine in the house, divorce is absolutely impossible."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264780

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.003

Trade card for Egyptian Tenexine, adhesive, Tenexine Company, 14 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Tenexine will mend crockery, glassware, furniture and household ornaments. It is sold by Howe & Smyth, books and stationery, 266 River Street, Troy, New York. The illustration caption reads "With a bottle of Tenexine in the house, divorce is absolutely impossible."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264781

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.004

Rubber stamps, C.M. Bowers, 141 and 149 North Main Street, Concord, New Hampshire, undated

Rubber stamp models, font size and prices are described in the brochure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264783

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.005

Postcard for The Elliott System of Addressing, 100 Purchase Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 18, 1907

The Elliott Addressing Machine and System of Filing is described as a labor saving method for businesses.

Date: 1907-10-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264784

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.006

Trade card for Dixon's Ticonderoga Pencil, Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1926

The illustration caption reads "His First Pencil," signed by Norman Rockwell.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264787

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.007

Brochure for Roovers Embosser, Roovers Bros., Brooklyn, New York, undated

The item is sold by Triggs & Hartshorne, manufacturer's representative, 76 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264788

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.008

Billhead for The Tablet & Ticket Co., manufacturers of fancy cut labels and cards, 381-383 Broadway, New York, New York, dated July 25, 1918

The Company designs paper specialties and carries Willson's Gummed Letters & Figures. The billhead has a Home Insurance Company ticket attached to the upper left corner.

Date: 1918-07-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264789

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.009

Billhead for The Tablet & Ticket Co., manufacturers of fancy cut labels and cards, 381-383 Broadway, New York, New York, dated September 16, 1920

The Company designs paper specialties and carries Willson's Gummed Letters & Figures.

Date: 1920-09-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264790

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.010

Billhead for the Frost & Adams Company, importers & dealers in artists materials, 37 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., dated August 22, 1906

The business carries supplies for architects, engineers and surveyors as well as mathematical instruments.

Date: 1906-08-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264791

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.01.01.011

Handbill for the Simplex Typewriter, Simplex Typewriter Co., New York, New York, undated

The Simplex Typewriter is described and the business is hiring sales agents. The typewriter is available from Empire Publishing Company, 142-148 Worth Street, New York, New York. Tea brands from the Ceylon Planters' Tea Company are advertised on the handbill verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264800

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.02.01.001

C. Thurber's Patent Mechanical Chirographer or Writing Machine, location unknown, undated

Thurber's invention is described as an aid to blind and nervous individuals and for record keeping and copy duplication. Inquiries can be made to Thurber and E.H. Mansfield.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264802

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.02.01.002

Typewriter sample, location unknown, dated January 24, 1827

Handwritten text at the bottom of the sheet reads "Saturday Jan. 24th, 1827. Written by a blind man with a piano machine." The upper left corner has an embossed logo with the word "Ames."

Date: 1827-01-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264803

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.02.01.003

Letterhead for the Cutter-Tower Company, Franklin Typewriter, 173 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 29, 1900

A sample done on a used National Typewriter is included for the customer to evaluate as part of a purchase decision. The envelope text states that Franklin Typewriters rent for a dollar a week. Cutter-Tower was established in 1845.

Date: 1900-09-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264804

Ref. Code: EP001.01.083.02.02.001

Trade card for Bartlett, Smith & Co., importers and dealers in straits, bank, shore and neatsfoot oils, No. 56 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is located on Broad Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264805

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.001

Trade card for E.W. Ryder & Co., manufacturers of petroleum and parafine oils, New Bedford, Mass., undated

The business also manufactures burning, lubricating and curriers' oils. The names E.W. Ryder, Francis Carr and Alfred S. Ryder are printed at the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264813

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.002

Trade card for E.W. Ryder & Co., manufacturers of petroleum and parafine oils, New Bedford, Mass., undated

The business also manufactures burning, lubricating and curriers' oils.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264814

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.003

Business card for F.H. Lewis, agent, Manhattan Oil Company of New York, office, No. 122 Milk Street, corner of Broad, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company manufactures paraffine lubricating oil for steamers, railroad cars and textile machinery.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264815

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.004

Trade card for the Seccomb Oil Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of the Seccomb Machinery Oil, Seccomb, Kehew & Thayer, No. 59 Broad Street, corner Milk, Boston, Mass., undated

The business deals in machinery, illuminating, sperm, whale, lard, elain and red oils. The Seccomb Paraffine Lubricating Oil received a silver medal at the Mechanics' Fair in Boston.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264816

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.005

Trade cards for Seccomb, Kehew & Thayer, manufacturers of lubricating oils, 24 Purchase Street and 365 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

The Seccomb Oil Works in Salem, Massachusetts is shown in the illustration on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264829

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.006

Trade card for W.A. Wood & Co., commission merchants, oils and candles, 115 Water Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Wood is located on Water Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264830

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.007

Billhead for Mixer & Pitman, agents for the sale of oils and starch, 147 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 20, 1846

The business carries sperm, whale and lard oil, oil soap, potato and patent starch, factory leather, roller cloth, pickers and harness twine.

Date: 1846-03-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264831

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.008

Billhead for A.W. Dearborn & Co., manufacturers and dealers in high grades of lubricating oils and greases, No. 12 Central Wharf, Boston, Mass., dated July 21, 1885

Dearborn is located on Central Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1885-07-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264833

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.009

Billhead for William Lincoln, agent for Philbrick's Coal Oil Works, No. 13 India Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 18, 1861

Philbrick's Coal Oil Works is shown in the billhead illustration.

Date: 1861-11-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264835

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.010

Billhead for A.N. Clapp, dealer in The Cleveland Refined Kerosene Oil, corner Granite and Main Streets, Manchester, New Hampshire, dated February 6, 1886

Clapp deals in groceries, flour, grain and Warner & Freeman's Double Refined Salt. The business is the successor to Barr & Clapp.

Date: 1886-02-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264836

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.011

Billhead for Samuel Cabot, Inc., manufacturing chemists, 141 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 22, 1916

The firm deals in creosote shingle stains, sheathing and deadening quilt and coal-tar products. The image is captioned "Old Chelsea Works."

Date: 1916-08-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264838

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.012

Billhead for the Downer Kerosene Oil Co., office, No. 108 Water Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 24, 1869

The Company deals in kerosene illuminating and lubricating oils, naphthas and paraffine. The factory is on First Street in South Boston. The New York office is located at 113 Maiden Lane in New York City.

Date: 1869-06-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264850

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.013

Advertisement for James Wakefield, painter's oil and colours, Town Dock, Boston, Mass., August 15, 1792

1 advertisement ; 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches

Date: 1792-08-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264851

Ref. Code: EP001.01.085.01.01.001

Leaflet for a Jazz Mirror, location unknown, undated

The text reads "Let us make a Jazz Mirror from your favorite snapshot, something new and original. Special 30 day offer 25c complete made from any size picture."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265599

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.02.005

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