Historic New England

Handbill for genuine highly colored photographs, Acme Card Co., Foxboro, Mass., undated

Parisian photographs are advertised along with transparent playing cards and ivory watch charms.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265600

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.02.006

Trade card for Davis & Co.'s Original 25 Cent Ambrotype Rooms, corner Winter & Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Davis is producing three to four hundred images per day in his business establishment in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265602

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.004

Trade card for W.B. Eastman's Ambrotype, Daguerreotype and Photographic Gallery, No. 75 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card reads "Copying, and all that pertains to the art, done at low prices."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265603

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.005

Trade card for Wyman & Co.'s Gallery, 335 Washington Street, corner of West Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 1860

The date "May 1860" is handwritten on the card.

Date: 1860-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265606

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.007

Price list for Heywood's Mammoth Daguerreotype & Ambrotype Gallery, 223 Washington Street, corner Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The prices range from $.25 to $10.00.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265609

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.008

Trade card for James & Co.'s Patent Ambrotypes for 25 cents, No. 4 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., December 1858

The Company will copy daguerreotypes to ambrotypes. The date "Dec. 1858" is handwritten at the top of the card.

Date: 1858-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265622

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.009

Trade card for Bartlett's Ambrotype and Daguerreotype Rooms, No. 258 1-2 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Bartlett is located at the 3rd door north of Avon Place on Washington Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265623

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.010

Trade card for Masury & Silsbee, daguerreotype artists, 299 1-2 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is the successor to Chase and located on Washington Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265625

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.011

Trade card for Charles Swift, daguerreotypes, 247 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Swift's photography business is located on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265626

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.012

Trade card for J.H. Whitehurst's Galleries of Premium Daguerreotypes, No. 349 Broadway, New York, New York, 1850s

The features of the New York studio are described on the card verso. President Fillmore and Jenny Lind are among the celebrities exhibited in the establishment.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265629

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.014

Handbill for The opalgraph, E.R. Perkins, photographic and copying artist, 238 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Perkins claims to be the inventor of the opalgraph which results in a durable picture. Opalgraphs can be made from daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes or any other photograph.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265630

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.015

Brochure for John A. Whipple, photographic & daguereotype rooms, No. 96 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1860

Whipple describes various photographic processes including the daguerreotype, ambrotype and stenograph.

Date: 1860

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265631

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.016

Label for Short's Art Store, artistic picture and diploma framing, 235 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

The Store also carries framed and sheet pictures for gifts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265635

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.001

Trade card for Jordan & Harberg, designers and makers of fine picture frames, 18 Avery Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The firm is located on Avery Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265636

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.002

Label for John J. O'Brien, picture frames, 69 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., undated

O'Brien is the successor to B.F. Sargent and will re-gilt old frames.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265637

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.003

Trade card for F.E. & A.A. Miller, wholesale and retail dealers in picture frames, 10 Central Street, Central Falls, Rhode Island, undated

The business will copy pictures on Adamantean Plates or englarge to any size.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265638

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.004

Label for J.F. Cabot & Bro., gilders and picture framers, 89 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Cabot deals in engravings, chromos, lithographs and photographs. Handwritten text on the label verso reads "From an unidentified photograph of a house, gift of Franklin Reed."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265639

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.005

Label for Charles J. Edmands, manufacturer and dealer in picture frames, No. 16 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The handwritten label affixed to the top of the item reads "Reunion 1892 Metcalf Family at West Newton, Mass., residence of Albert Metcalf, 25th anniversary of 90th birthday of Caleb."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265640

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.006

Trade card for T.W. Norman & Co., picture framers, 44 Bromfield Street and 114 & 116 Eliot Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company's specialties are picture framing, engravings, etchings, photographs, artotypes and art novelties.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265644

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.007

Label for Albert T. Echburgh, gilding, picture framing, 83 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Echburgh restores old frames at his shop on Sudbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265645

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.008

Trade card for Foster Brothers, frames, 4 Park Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1908

The Mail Order Department is located on Summer Street in Arlington, Massachusetts. The photo in the image is by Bachrach.

Date: ca. 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265646

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.009

Billhead for C.H. Codman & Co., photographic and framing materials, 34 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 30, 1882

Codman is the successor to Geo. S. Bryant & Company.

Date: 1882-06-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265647

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.010

Billhead for Williams & Everett, manufacturers of looking-glasses and picture frames, 234 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 1867

The business deals in paintings, engravings and other works of art.

Date: 1867-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265648

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.01.011

Trade card for John W. Potter, manufacturer and dealer in frames, velvet & satin mats, passepartouts, No. 9 1/2 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Mass., undated

Gold work is a specialty and regilding can be done at short notice by Potter.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265649

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.02.002

Trade card for T.W. Norman, picture framers, 44 Bromfield Street and 114 & 116 Eliot Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company's specialties are picture framing, engravings, etchings, photographs, artotypes and art novelties. A little girl in a blue dress with a red sash carries yellow flowers in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265650

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.02.003

Trade cards for T.W. Norman, picture framers, 44 Bromfield Street and 114 & 116 Eliot Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company's specialties are picture framing, engravings, etchings, photographs, artotypes and art novelties. A little boy holds a branch of pink flowers in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265651

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.02.004

Trade card for Robinson Bros., wholesale and retail pictures, mouldings, No. 182 Springfield, Mass., undated

The stamped business name on the card is faded. Three children pull a cart with flowers in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265652

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.02.005

Trade card for Chas. A. White & Co., manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in gold, bronze, plush and natural wood frames, 576 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business will frame steel engravings, French pastels, photographs, crayons and chromos.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265653

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.02.006

Trade card for A. Bodge, picture framing, velvet frames, 330 Grand Street, New Haven, Connecticut, undated

Bodge will work with steel engravings and other types of pictures.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265654

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.02.007

Envelope for Coburn's Picture and Art Store, picture framing, 62 Hanover Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

Coburn carries greeting cards, gifts and artists' materials.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265655

Ref. Code: EP001.01.091.01.02.008

Demand no convoys, no war, America First Committee, 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, 1940-1941

Text on the item verso reads "Moisten the other side and stick on your automobile windshield or store or home window."

Date: 1940-1941

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265664

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.004

Card for J.A. Wilfrid Bouvier, Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in the eleventh Bristol District, 1910

The caucus for Bouvier's candidacy will be held on September 28, 1910.

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265665

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.005

Pledge card, Total Abstinence Association, location unknown, 1870s

Pledge signers must promise to abstain from alcohol except for medicinal or mechanical purposes.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265670

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.006

Card for Henry E. Turner for State Auditor, Malden, Mass., 1899

The votes cast at the State Convention in 1899 are listed on the bottom of the card. The reasons for Turner to be nominated are described on the card verso. Turner was State Auditor from 1901-1911.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265671

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.007

Vest pocket politics of the United States, campaign of 1892, and general political information, Old South Clothing Co., 315 & 317 Washington Street, opposite Milk Street, Boston, Mass., 1892

The Old South Clothing Company advertises its merchandise along with descriptions of the 1892 presidential campaign between Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265673

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.008

Dead or alive?, location unknown, 1939-1945

A verse signed by G.H.A. about Hitler's presence in the world.

Date: 1939-1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265675

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.009

Trade card for Sherwood & Golden, fine pottery ware, 125 Genesee Street, Utica, New York, undated

The business deals in silver plated ware, lamps and chandeliers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265678

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.001

Trade card for Caroline Nolen, pottery studio, 48 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Nolen teaches drawing, crayon painting and china decoration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265679

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.002

Trade card for Paul Revere Pottery Inc., 80 Nottingham Rd., Brighton, Mass. and 478 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. undated

The workshop is in Brighton and the salesroom is in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265680

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.003

Trade card for Abram French & Co., pottery, 89, 91 & 93 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text on the card verso reads "Derby, Copeland, Worcester, Wedgwood, china, glass, crockery of all grades.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265681

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.004

Trade card for Abram French & Co., pottery & fine-art gallery, 89, 91 & 93 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text on the card verso reads "Derby, Copeland, Worcester, Wedgwood, china, glass, crockery of all grades.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265682

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.005

Trade card for Abram French & Co., pottery, 89, 91 & 93 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text on the card verso reads "Derby, Copeland, Worcester, Wedgwood, china, glass, crockery of all grades.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265683

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.006

Trade card for Abram French & Co., pottery, 89, 91 & 93 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text on the card verso reads "Derby, Copeland, Worcester, Wedgwood, china, glass, crockery of all grades.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265684

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.007

Trade card for the Portland Stone Ware Co., manufacturers of art and horticultural terra cotta, garden and cemetery vases, statuary, office, 50 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., 1878

The Company is represented in the 13th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. The factory is located in Portland, Maine.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265685

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.008

Postcard for the Wachusett Pottery, Snow & Coolidge, West Sterling, Mass., undated

The business manufactures plain and fancy flower pots, hanging vases and all kinds of brown earthen ware. A handwritten note on the item verso reads "The old Wachusett Pottery, Sterling, Mass., burned in 1876."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265686

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.009

Trade card for the Wachusett Pottery, Snow & Coolidge, West Sterling, Mass., undated

The business manufactures plain and fancy flower pots, hanging vases and all kinds of brown earthen ware. The business was established in 1820.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265687

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.010

Billhead for the Wachusett Pottery, manufacturers of plain and fancy flower pots, patent hanging vases, rustic flower pots, ferneries, etc. and all kinds of brown earthen ware, Snow & Coolidge, West Sterling, Mass., 1880s

Dimensions, prices, and illustrations are provided for each item.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265689

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.012

Card for Paul Revere Pottery Inc., 80 Nottingham Rd., Brighton, Mass. and 478 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. undated

A figure on a galloping horse, meant to represent Paul Revere, is used to illustrate the Paul Revere Pottery in Brighton, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265694

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.013

Brochure for Paul Revere Pottery, classes in pottery making, 80 Nottinghill Road, Brighton, Mass. and Boston, Mass., undated

The founding of The Paul Revere Pottery Guild by Edith Brown is described in the item. The Guild logo, Paul Revere on a galloping horse, has the text "Boston, Mass., The Paul Revere Pottery."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265695

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.01.014

Gilchrist's Photographic Rooms, 92 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass., undated

Gilchrist is located on Merrimack Street in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265501

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.02.006

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