Historic New England

Box for Lion Machine Twist thread, manufactured by Seavey, Foster & Bowman, Boston, New York and Chicago, undated

The box holds FF black Lion Machine Twist thread. The lid has a measurement chart for yards per spool. An image of a lion dominates this white square box with a brown border around the lid.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253203

Ref. Code: EP002.02.024

Box for Caramel Windsor Soap, Burkett, Ives & Co., 386 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut, undated

The lid of the soap box advertises that toilet soap, dry goods, carpets and paper hangings are sold at the Bee Hive in Hartford, Connecticut. The label on the top is done in blue, red and black lettering against a white background. The square box is a light violet.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253204

Ref. Code: EP002.02.025

Box for Eagle Pencils, Eagle Pencil Company's Works, office & salesroom, 377 & 379 Broadway, New York, New York, undated

The square white box holds one half gross of no. 218 medium Academic Lead Pencils. The pencils won a prize at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. The factory image has Pen & Pencil Cases & Rubber Works located on 14 Fore Street in London. An eagle holds the banner with the text "Ea...

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253205

Ref. Code: EP002.02.026

Box for Princess Tea Spoons, manufactured by Rogers & Brother, Waterbury, Connecticut, undated

The square white box holds A-1 Princess Tea Spoons. Rogers & Brother left Hartford in 1858 and was incorporated in 1860. The lid label has a brown and gold border surrounding the text and an image of the factory.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253206

Ref. Code: EP002.02.027

Unidentified box, location unknown, undated

The round green box has an image of an indigenous man with a feather head dress holding a spear and a bow. A heavy black border and a double black line frame the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253207

Ref. Code: EP002.02.028

Box for Adhesive Suspension Hooks, The Heyl Manufacturing Co. Limited, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The round white box contains three suspension hooks patented on December 25, 1877. A green leaf and a red and yellow leaf decorate the top of the container. When closed, three brown rings can be seen on the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253208

Ref. Code: EP002.02.029

Box for Children's Long Combs no. 50, The India Rubber Comb Company, New York, New York, undated

The Company is the sole manufacturer under Goodyear's Patents of India Rubber and Gutta Percha Combs. The latest patent on the box is May 5, 1865. The horseshoe shaped white box has blue lettering and a green border.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253209

Ref. Code: EP002.02.030

Box for Clark's Mile-End Spool Cotton thread, John Clark Jr. & Company, location unknown, undated

The box is for one dozen 60 yard spools of white number eight. The business is the successor to The Clark Thread Company. The white container has black lettering with the trademark logo in each corner.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253210

Ref. Code: EP002.02.031

Box for Eagle Pencils, Eagle Pencil Company, offices and salesrooms, Nos. 377 & 379 Broadway, New York, New York, undated

The Steel Pen Works is located at Nos. 703 to 725 East 13th Street. The Pencil & Rubber Works is located at Nos. 702 to 732 East 14th Street. The yellow box contains four pencils. The white label has black lettering with an eagle below the Company name.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253211

Ref. Code: EP002.02.032

Box for Empire Paper Collars, manufactured only by the Washington Mfg. Co., Troy, New York, undated

An eagle image is in the center of the box lid for 20 Gentlemen's Patented Combination Shirt Collars, Style A Byron., size 14 1/2 inches. The green container has a red border around the lid.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253212

Ref. Code: EP002.02.033

Wrapping paper for Warren Mills Superfine Octavo Note Paper, location unknown, undated

The item is a wrapped package of Octavo Superfine White Ruled Wove paper. The buff wrapping paper has blue and gold lettering with a gold border pattern. The image is a bust of an unidentified man.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253215

Ref. Code: EP002.02.034

Benjamin Abot farmhouse and Simon Bradstreet house, Andover, Mass., 1940

This sheet is titled "Paneled Room ends in two seventeenth century houses, Andover, Mass." The two rooms are the west and east bedrooms of the Simon Bradstreet house at North Andover (built 1667) and the west and east bedrooms of the Benjamin Abbot farmhouse, Andover, Mass. (built 1685).

Date: 1940

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253219

Ref. Code: AR003.001.049

Bulfinch Hall, Philllips Andover Academy, 1934

1 architectural drawing, copy

Date: 1934

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253224

Ref. Code: AR003.001.050

12 - 16 Anderson Street, alterations for Myron P. Lewis, 1935

The blueprints for the alterations of 12 - 16 Anderson Street, Boston, Mass., for Myron P. Lewis are of the basement, first floor, second floor, and third floor.

Date: 1935

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253225

Ref. Code: AR003.001.051

Sketches of stone detail and ironwork, 81 Chestnut Street, Boston, Mass., 1937

1 set of 4 architectural drawings; pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1937

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253226

Ref. Code: AR003.001.052

Charles Street Block, Boston, Mass., 1928

Blueprint of proposed design for the Charles St. Block, Boston, Mass., which included apartments, houses, and the First African Methodist Episcopalian Church.

Date: 1928

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253227

Ref. Code: AR003.001.053

Andrew Wheelwright house, Boston, Mass., 1941

Five sheets of floor plans for 73 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, Mass.

Date: 1941

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253228

Ref. Code: AR003.001.054

Dawley-Brent coffee house, Boston, Mass., 1929

This set of drawings includes: 1) Blueprint of plan for the hanging sign of the Dawley-Brent Coffee House; 2) Sketch for a blueprint of the hanging sign of the Dawley-Brent coffee house, and an elevation and detail; 3) Pen and ink perspective of interior; 4) Pen and ink on tissue drawing of the Dawl...

Date: 1929

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253229

Ref. Code: AR003.001.055

Triangular warehouse, head of North Market St., Boston, Mass., 1947

These illustrations are related to the Triangular warehouse, located at the head of North Market Street between Merchant's Row and Clinton Street) in Boston. They inlcude pen and ink renderings of the Triangular warehouse and a pencil rendering of the Street Map of Boston, 1819-20 by J. G. Hales, 18...

Date: 1947

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253230

Ref. Code: AR003.001.056

Benjamin Franklin's birthplace, Milk Street, Boston, Mass., 1947

This rendering depicts the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin, formerly located on Milk Street in Boston, Mass.

Date: 1947

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253231

Ref. Code: AR003.001.057

Weld Golf Clubhouse for Weld Golf Course, Brookline, Mass, 1926

The drawings of the Weld Golf Clubhouse for the Weld Golf Course Trust, Inc., inlcudes multiple copies of each of a plan of grade contours, the basement, first floor, and future second floor and roof. One sheet of drawings includes elevation of the entrance (east), a cross section through the locker...

Date: 1926

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253232

Ref. Code: AR003.001.058

Whole plate daguerreotypes

Whole plate daguerreotypes measuring approximately 6 1/2" x 8 1/2".

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253241

Ref. Code: PC005.D01

Half plate daguerreotypes

Half plate daguerreotypes measuring approximately 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253242

Ref. Code: PC005.D02

Quarter plate daguerreotypes

Quarter plate daguerreotypes measuring approximately 3 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253243

Ref. Code: PC005.D04

Sixth plate daguerreotypes

Sixth plate daguerreotypes measuring approximately 2 3/4" x 3 1/4".

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253244

Ref. Code: PC005.D06

Ninth plate daguerreotypes

Ninth plate daguerreotypes measuring approximately 2" x 2 1/2".

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253245

Ref. Code: PC005.D09

Sixteenth plate daguerreotypes

Sixteenth plate daguerreotypes measuring approximately 1 3/8" x 1 5/8".

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253246

Ref. Code: PC005.D16

Box for Brightwood Rose Tint Initial Papeterie, location unknown, undated

The green stationery box, with black lettering, has an image of a woman decorating the lid.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253253

Ref. Code: EP002.02.035

University of New Hampshire and other New Hampshire snapshots

Scrapbook album of 105 black & white photographs of various sizes including a valentine and an old Sears Roebuck envelope. Locations covered are Durham, NH and the University of New Hampshire, Enfield, NH and Enfield HS, Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, Mascoma Lake in NH, and snapshots o...

Date: 1921-1927

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 253261

Ref. Code: PC009.262

Box for Willimantic Star Six Cord Spool Cotton thread, The American Thread Company, Willimantic, Connecticut and Holyoke, Mass., undated

The white box is for one dozen spools of Willimantic White 60 100 yards. The box contains newspaper clippings for recipes. A red trademark star, beneath the factory image, stands out from the black lettering.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253254

Ref. Code: EP002.02.036

Box for J. & P. Coats Best Six Cord Spool Cotton thread, location unknown, undated

The yellow box is for one dozen 125 yard spools of 50 white for hand and machine. The box reads "Four Inch United States Standard Measure." A lion and eagle are part of the centerpiece image which has decorated borders.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253255

Ref. Code: EP002.02.037

Box for Extra Plated Swan-Bill Hooks and Eyes, Maltby Fowler & Co., Northford, Connecticut, undated

A black swan decorates the white label for one gross of no. 2 hooks and eyes. The item was patented Janaury 12, 1864. The container has a blue and white pattern.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253257

Ref. Code: EP002.02.038

Box for Ladies' Crimped Collar and Cuffs, manufactured by the American Molded Collar Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The Gray items were patented on February 17, 1865. The box appears to have been white originally with some areas worn or peeled off. The lettering is black with a woman looking at herself in her dressing table mirror.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253259

Ref. Code: EP002.02.039

Box for Ladies' Embossed Collars, location unknown, udated

The product was patented January 17, 1866. The white container has red lettering with a seated female figure in the center.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253260

Ref. Code: EP002.02.040

Box for Eureka Silk 100 yard spools of thread, Seavey, Foster & Bowman, location unknown, undated

The square carton reads "Assd. Med. Browns." The black container has gold and black lettering and a spool to illustrate the product.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253263

Ref. Code: EP002.02.041

Family album from 1920-1940

Black scrapbook of 103 black and white photographs, 1 theatre ticket, 1 Christmas card, and 1 calling card. Most of album are snapshots of a unidentified family and friends. Album shows family life with shots of boating, playing tennis, posing outside, and various automobiles. Appears to be circa 1...

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 253262

Ref. Code: PC009.261

Box for J. & P. Coats Best Six Cord Spool Cotton thread, location unknown, undated

The yellow box is for one dozen 125 yard spools of 40 fast black for hand and machine. The box reads "Five Inch United States Standard Measure." A lion and eagle are part of the centerpiece image which has decorated borders. A small piece of the lid paper on the side is missing leaving a white patch...

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253264

Ref. Code: EP002.02.042

Box for J. & P. Coats Best Six Cord Spool Cotton thread, location unknown, undated

The yellow box is for one dozen 120 yard spools of Art. A.2 50 white for hand and machine. The box reads "Five Inch United States Standard Measure." A lion and eagle are part of the centerpiece image which has decorated borders. The lower right hand corner of the lid, in the image, is worn away.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253265

Ref. Code: EP002.02.043

Box for Richardson's 100 Yard Spool Silk thread, Richardson Silk Co., Chicago, Illinois, undated

The side of the carton reads "269 A Black." The black container has grey and black lettering on the lid, including a line claiming that Richardson's spool silk is "Made from the best raw stock."

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253267

Ref. Code: EP002.02.044

Box for Ladies' Embossed Collars, location unknown, undated

The collars were patented July 3, 1866. The round blue box has a white label with red lettering and a seated female figure holding a scythe.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253268

Ref. Code: EP002.02.045

Unidentified box, location unknown, undated

The box is decorated with images of branches and leaves against a yellow background. The rim is blue with a white circular pattern on a red background going around it.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253269

Ref. Code: EP002.02.046

Box for ivory combs, National Ivory Comb Co., S.S. Fine, Deep River, Connecticut, undated

The white box is for one dozen no. 11 combs. An elephant with two human figures stands in the middle of a desert scene on the buff colored label. The lettering on the label is black with decorated borders.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253270

Ref. Code: EP002.02.047

Box for French Jujube Sticks, Franklin Confectionery Works, No. 231 Franklin Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

B.P. Clark is the proprietor of the Franklin Confectionery Works. The green box has an orange border running around it. The dark blue label on the side has gold lettering.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253271

Ref. Code: EP002.02.048

Box for John Anderson & Co.'s Solace Tobacco, No. 114 Liberty Street, New York, New York, undated

John Anderson & Co.'s chewing tobacco was registered September 1, 1862. Arthur Gillender & Company is the successor to John Anderson & Company. The box lid has two testimonials, one of which is dated March 1842. The dark blue box has gold lettering and decoration with a building image on the cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253272

Ref. Code: EP002.02.049