Historic New England

Letterhead for F.W. Bird & Son, roofings and boxes, East Walpole, Mass., undated

Bird manufactures insulating waterproof roofings and paper boxes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242537

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.006

Trade card for Frank K. Bailey, second hand barrels, No. 170 Maple Avenue, Barre, Vermont, undated

Dealer Bailey handles junk and hard wood ashes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242538

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.007

Trade card for Otis Allen & Son, filling boxes, Lowell, Mass., April 1890

The dealer warns customers to beware of product imitators. The right side of the card has a calendar for April 1890.

Date: 1890-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242539

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.008

Billhead for C.H. Stephenson, barrels, 27 Farrar St., Lynn, Mass., dated May 7, 1910

The billhead images show foot bath attachments for bathtubs. The items purchased are Stephenson Spiral Ribbed Ash Barrels.

Date: 1910-05-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242540

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.009

Letterhead for Union Box and Lumber Company, lumber boxes and box shooks, 98-104 Washington Street, Auburn, Maine, dated September 18, 1913

The letterhead has an image of the company factory in Auburn, Maine.

Date: 1913-09-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242541

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.010

Letterhead for William H. Champlin, box shook and locked corner boxes, Rochester, New Hampshire, dated February 11, 1921

Champlin has mutliple plants in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. He deals in dressed lumber, sawdust and kindling wood.

Date: 1921-02-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242542

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.011

Tag for Carl Burwick & Co., bags, Worcester, Mass., undated

The tag reads "The Bag House of the Eastern Farmer" below the name Carl Burwick & Company. The tag verso has lines for the number of bundles in the shipment and the number and kind of bags. It also states to keep clean and dry.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242543

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.012

Advertisement for Literary & Scientific Class-Book & Leavitt's Easy Lessons, location unknown, undated

An advertisement for an establishment selling specific text books.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242561

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.01.01.001

Wide awake advertiser, Boston, Mass., 1878

An advertisement in Wide awake magazine for Bodley Books by H.E. Scudder and Bracket and Lester Saws made by the Millers Falls Company. The verso describes stories in 1878 issues of Wide awake.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242562

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.01.02.001

Trade card for the Pictorial Book Bindery, Gleason's Publishing Hall, No.1 Montgomery Place, Boston, Mass., 1854

This bookbinder performs edge gilding and marbling and does work for the trade or on single volumes. The bottom of the card has William Ulman, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1854

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242563

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.001

Trade card for Horace A. Brooks, book binder, 224 Essex St. Salem, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card has J.G. Fuller, Agent. This business does magazines, newspapers and periodicals of every description.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242564

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.002

S.T. Blanchard book binder, over the bookstore, Main Street, Watertown, Mass., undated

In addition to books and periodicals this bookbinder will create portfolios and scrapbooks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242565

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.003

Spear & Stearns blank book manufacturers, book-binders and wholesale stationers, No.6 Central Row, Hartford, Conn., undated

Spear & Stearns deals in all kinds of paper. The notebook is filled in and appears to be a type of ledger. The front cover has an illustrration of the Roman goddess Minerva.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.004

Billhead for E.P. Dutton & Co., publishers, booksellers and importers, 135 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 24, 1867

Dutton specializes in supplying public and private libraries. The address is the "Old Corner Bookstore" shown in the image.

Date: 1867-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.002

Billhead for Carter, Hendee & Co., publishers, booksellers and stationers, at Faust's statue 131 Washington St., Boston, Mass., dated May 30, 1833

The business is located on Washington Street at Faust's statue.

Date: 1833-05-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242568

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.003

Billhead for Estes & Lauriat, publishers, booksellers, and importers, 301 to 305 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 24, 1881

The business, opposite the "Old South," deals in old and new books and the purchase of whole libraries.

Date: 1881-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242569

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.004

Billhead for Ticknor & Fields, publishers, booksellers, importers and stationers, 135 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 1, 1861

The billhead gives the terms on which payment is expected.

Date: 1861-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242570

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.005

Billhead for D. Lothrop and Company, publishers, importers and booksellers, 30 & 32 Franklin St., Boson, Mass., dated December 24, 1883

The publisher's terms are described on the billhead.

Date: 1883-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242571

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.006

Orange Judd Company's list of rural books, 245 Broadway, New York, New York, ca. 1865

The leaflet lists titles by categories such as "Farm and Garden," Poultry," and "Horses." The books are for sale by Lockwood, Brooks & Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242572

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.001

Historic Plymouth, an illustrated guide, A.S. Burbank, publisher, Plymouth, Mass., undated

A.S. Burbank owns the Pilgrim Book Store in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The leaflet is a list of postcards but also includes books and other items sold in the shop.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242573

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.002

Trade card for Weeks, Jordan & Co., booksellers & publishers and Russell, Shattuck & Co., 121 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1837

Russell, Shattuck deals in books, stationery, periodicals, maps and engravings. The two businesses are successors to S. Colman. The verso describes a prospectus available in August.

Date: 1837

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242574

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.003

Christmas greetings from Beacon Hill, Ye Olde Grey House, bookshop, 58-60 Anderson Street, Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass, December 1924

A trade card in the form of a greeting card listing the special teas, lunches and dinners to be held in Ye Olde Grey House Bookshop. The business is also a lending library. The verso provides a history of the property.

Date: 1924-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242575

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.004

Historic Plymouth catalogue of photographs, souvenirs, guides and illustrated books, A.S. Burbank, Pilgrim Bookstore, Plymouth, Mass., undated

The catalog has images of souvenirs and silverware sold by the ship.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242576

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.005

Lee and Shepard's illustrated catalogue, location unknown, undated

Four pages from another publication describing the books and souvenirs available from Lee and Shepard.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242577

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.006

Receipt for book at W.D Ticknor's

A handwritten receipt listing various items sold at [what appears to be] W. D. Ticknor's, Palm Leaf Mattress, Bunker Hill Monument, Horticultural Exhibition. "W. D. Ticknor's" is probably a reference to the Old Corner Book Store opened in 1832 by William Davis Ticknor, John Allen, and, later, James ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242578

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.007

Second catalogue, Moses King, publisher and bookseller, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The annotated catalog lists available titles with an introduction and an image of Thomas Wentworth Higginson on the front.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242579

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.008

Matchbook for The Potter Press, Boston, Waltham, Mass., undated

The matchbook reads "Merry Christmas, Happy New Year." Potter Press deals in sales books and business forms. Lion Match, New York is on the curved end of the matchbook.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.001

Trade card for James Campbell, antiquarian bookstore, Nos. 62 & 64 Cornhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The dealer supplies town and social libraries, textbooks and purchases entire libraries.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242582

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.002

Trade card for S.C. Northrop, Beehive, corner Main & Cannon Streets, Bridgeport Connecticut, undated

Northrop handles books, stationery, chromos, vases, toilet sets, toys and other items described on the card verso. The front image is captioned "Josephine Mansfield." Mansfield was at the center of the notorious murder of James Fisk, a wealthy financier.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242583

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.003

Trade card for Tompkins & Company, publishers and booksellers trade card, 25 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., undated

Three individuals are listed on the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242584

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.004

Trade card for Briggs & Richards, publishers, booksellers and stationers, No. 456 Washington corner of Essex Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business manufactures picture frames and deals in engravings, fancy goods, school and blank books.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242585

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.005

Trade card for Francis H. Coffin, bookseller, Old No.120 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, 1874

The image caption, on the verso, reads "Christmas gift to the children." The top of the verso reads "Merry Christmas, 1874, Happy New Year, 1875." The bookseller is located under the Falmouth Hotel.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242586

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.006

Trade card for The Knockabout Club in the woods, Estes & Lauriat, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes "The Knockabout Club in the woods" title and also titles in the Zig-zag series.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242587

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.007

Trade card for Frank Rivers, dealer in medical, surgical and scientific books and periodicals, 28 School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The dealer manages the subscription department for Wm. Wood and Company's medical works, described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242588

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.008

Trade card for Zig-zag journeys in Europe, Estes & Lauriat, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso lists and describes other titles in the Zig-zag series.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242589

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.009

Trade card for Zig-zag journeys in classic lands, Estes & Lauriat, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes titles in the series.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242590

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.010

Trade card for The Barn Bookshop, 36 Joy St., Boston, Mass., undated

The shop handles rare books, maps and Christmas cards. The image is signed "Doris Burdick."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242591

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.011

Trade card for Ideal American Magazines, D. Lothrop & Co., 32 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The children's magazines listed on the front are "Wide awake," "The pansy," "Our little men and women," "Chautauqua young folks journal" and "Babyland." The card verso states that Bibles, books, albums and holiday cards are available at the business on Franklin Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242592

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.012