Historic New England

Trade card for Enoch Robinson, house trimmings, No. 21 Brattle Street, near Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Robinson is a manufacturer and dealer in ornamental bronze and brass door knobs, brass furniture trimmings, butts, window fastenings, bronze face locks and silvered glass knobs. The business was established in 1839.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251459

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.013

Trade card for F.E. Edwards, locksmith hardware, No. 11 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated

Yale keys are a specialty for the locksmith.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251460

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.014

Boston Can Company's price list of oil cans, Boston Can Co., 126 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., 1884

The list has images and prices for the Tidal Wave Swinging Faucet Can, Dyer's IXL Crated Cans and kerosene oil cans.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251462

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.015

Advertisement for S. Havens, silver door plates, 96 Court Street, Boston, Mass., April 25, 1868

Havens is a silver plater located at 96 Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1868-04-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251464

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.016

Trade card for the Clinton Wire Cloth Co., manufacturers of "Power Loom" Wire Cloths & Nettings, Clinton, Mass., 1876

Clinton manufactures wire screens, fences and other types of wire coverings. The business exhibited at the International Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. The fair buildings are shown in the image.

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251466

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.017

Trade card for Henry B. Newhall Co., commission merchants, heavy and shelf hardware, ship chandlery and railway supplies, 105 Chambers & 89 Reade Streets, New York, New York and 47 Pearl Street, corner of Franklin, Boston, Mass., undated

Newhall deals in hardware, railway supplies and ship chandlery items from locations in Boston and New York.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251468

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.018

Trade card for J. Walter Davis, hardware, West Gardner, Mass., undated

A red rose is the illustration for the J. Walter Davis hardware business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251469

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.019

Trade card for Reuben Richards, Jr., hard ware goods, No. 41 South Market Street, 2d store from Merchant's Row, Boston, Mass., dated October 14, 1826

Richards imports such items as tin plates, sheet iron, cast, blistered and German steel, brass kettles, cutlasses, pistols and muskets.

Date: 1826-10-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251472

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.020

Trade card for Abraham Bazin, hard-ware goods, brushes, 16 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., dated August 29, 1800

Bazin imports and sells goods at the lowest price for cash.

Date: 1800-08-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251473

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.021

Trade card for John Odin, hard ware goods, No. 11 Dock Square, near the Old Market, Boston, Mass., dated April 19, 1820

The dealer's wholesale and retail business encompasses window glass, nails, lead, tin, wire, copper, brass, iron, steel, anvils, vices, guns, powder and shot.

Date: 1820-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251482

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.022

Billhead for David B. Gurney, manufacturer of tacks, nails, steel shanks, South Arlington, Mass., 1880s

The left side of the billhead reads "A freight allowance does not guarantee delivery."

Date: 1880s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251483

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.023

Billhead for William A. Edson, manufacturer of nail kegs, Whitman, Mass., dated July 16, 1888

Edson deals in nail kegs in Whitman, Massachusetts.

Date: 1888-07-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251484

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.024

Billhead for Franck Shute & Co., dealers in heavy hardware and blacksmiths' supplies, 23 Kilby Street, near State Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 16, 1884

The Shute business is on Kilby Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1884-12-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251485

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.025

Billheads for A.J. Wilkinson & Co., hardware, tools, machinists' and manufacturers' supplies, 184 & 188 Washington and 23 & 25 Devonshire Streets, Boston, Mass., dated July 31 and October 2, 1884

Wilkinson carries such items as keystone forges, anvils, gasfitters' tools and piano wire. The business was established in 1842.

Date: 1884-07-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251486

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.026

Billhead for W.A. Martin, dealer in hardware, No. 6 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., dated October 15, 1883

The billhead is for a purchase of 96 pounds of zinc. The business was established in 1785.

Date: 1883-10-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251487

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.027

Billhead for Burditt & Williams, jobbers and retailers of builders' and general hardware, cutlery, carpenters' tools, 18 & 20 Dock Square, and 30 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston, Mass., dated June 11, 1890

The business premises are shown in the image.

Date: 1890-06-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251488

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.028

Billhead for Charles W. Morss, foreign and American hardware & cutlery, No. 24 Union Street, near Dock Square, Boston, Mass., dated April 23, 1874

Morss carries builders' hardware, house and garden tools, shoe nails and portable and treadle grindstones shown in the illustration.

Date: 1874-04-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251489

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.029

Billhead for M.R. Loud & Co., hardware, cutlery, South Weymouth, Mass., dated September 23, 1904

The Company will perform general repairs for customers.

Date: 1904-09-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251490

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.030

Directions for fire and burglar proof safes, Diebold Safe and Lock Co., Canton, Ohio, undated

The item has instructions for setting combinations, changing locks and maintaining safes. Diebold manufactures safes, bank vaults and jail work. Craig & Tucker is the general agent for New England at 51 and 53 Sudbury Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251493

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.031

Advertisement for John Cutler, braziery, ironmongry, cutlary and pewterer's ware, Golden Cock, Marlboro Street, Boston, Mass., undated

John Cutler will have hardware goods, imported from London and Bristol, for sale at his tavern the Golden Cock. The advertisement is a reprint from the "Boston post-boy and advertiser," June 17, 1765.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251495

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.032

Letterhead for H.C. Tack Co., manufacturers of tacks and fine nails, Cleveland, Ohio, dated July 13, 1888

The illustration shows a box of steel carpet tacks made by the H.C. Tack Company.

Date: 1888-07-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251497

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.033

Billhead for Joseph West, importer of hard ware goods, No. 44 South Market Street, corner of Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass., dated April 11, 1828

The customer purchased sand stones, candlesticks and glue.

Date: 1828-04-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251498

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.034

Billhead for Fairbanks & Loring, hard ware and cutlery of every description, No. 4 Union Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 12, 1823

The business imports and keeps in stock an extensive assortment of hardware and cutlery.

Date: 1823-08-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251501

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.035

Billhead for Sunderland & Ogden, Dr., best warranted cast-steel files, corner of P and First Streets, South Boston, Mass., dated February, 1885

The City Point File Works will manufacture and re-cut all kinds of files.

Date: 1885-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251502

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.036

Billhead for Luther Southworth, Jr., manufacturer of set & cap screws, Stoughton, Mass., dated December 3, 1884

The billhead reads "All accounts to be settled at the end of every month."

Date: 1884-12-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251503

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.037

Billhead for Otis D. Dana, hardware, 22 to 32 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 1, 1888

Otis D. Dana is the successor to Eaton & Dana in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1888-11-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251504

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.038

Public notice for Callender, Rogers & Co., hardware business, Nos. 166 & 168 Congress Street, corner of Perkins Street, Boston, Mass., December 14, 1854

The business gives notice that it has moved from Nos. 42 and 44 Pearl Street to Nos. 166 and 168 Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The store carries American and foreign hardware, cutlery and guns for "the trade of all sections of the United States, the British provinces and the Indian count...

Date: 1854-12-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251505

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.039

Letterhead for Van Wagenen & Tucker, importers of German & English hardware, 172 Greenwich-Street, corner of Dey-Street, New York, New York, dated March 30, 1848

The letter is addressed to a merchant in New London, Connecticut, asking him to reduce his price and add a handle to a drill to improve its operation.

Date: 1848-03-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251506

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.040

Letterhead for Dunbar, Hobart & Whidden, tacks, wire nails, shoe nails, steel shanks, South Abington Station, Mass., dated March 21, 1882

The factory buildings are shown in the illustration. The firm was established in 1810.

Date: 1882-03-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251507

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.041

Trade card for E.G. Clapp, manufacturer of tin, sheet iron and copper ware, Ashland, New Hampshire, undated

Clapp deals in stoves, sinks, pumps, lead pipe, paper stock, kerosene oil, brooms and Japan and Britannia ware.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251508

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.001

Billhead for Taylor & Ball, dealers in hardware, No. 1 Pettigrew's Block, Depot Street, Ludlow, Vermont, dated August 8, 1871

The business deals in iron, steel, nails, glass, cutlery, belting and lace leather and Cumberland coal.

Date: 1871-08-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251509

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.002

Billhead for Lamson & Trowbridge, hardware, paints, oils and varnishes, No. 194 Main Street, Marlboro, Mass., dated August, 1897

The dealer carries agricultural implements, shoe kits, leather belting and lacing. The image shows the Samson Battery No. 1.

Date: 1897-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251510

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.003

Billhead for Humphrey, Dodge & Smith, jobbers & retailers in hardware, iron & steel, Concord, New Hampshire, dated December 29, 1885

The items are a credit for the customer.

Date: 1885-12-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251511

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.004

Bigelow & Dowse Co., hardware, cutlery and bicycles, 229 Franklin Street, between Oliver & Pearl, Boston, Mass., dated November 12, 1897

The business premises are shown in the image with pedestrians and street traffic.

Date: 1897-11-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251512

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.005

Billhead for Bigelow & Dowse, hardware, 229 Franklin Street, between Oliver and Pearl, Boston, Mass., dated August 8, 1892

Sales floor activity is shown in the smaller illustration.

Date: 1892-08-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251513

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.006

Trade card for Gill's Celebrated Oak Stair Button, Bailey-Weston Co., 7 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The Bailey-Weston Company manufactures Gill's Celebrated Oak Stair Button.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251514

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.007

Circular for The Columbian Hardware Company, Cleveland, Ohio and New York, New York, undated

The item verso has directions for using the Gem and Star Coil Door Springs in English, German and French. The Company is the successor to Van Wagoner & Williams Hardware Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251515

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.008

Billhead for Bigelow & Dowse Co., hardware, cutlery & auto. accessories, 215-233 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 13, 1927

Bigelow & Dowse was established in 1839.

Date: 1927-05-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251516

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.009

Brochure for The Eclipse Door Check and Spring, Chandler & Barber, 15 & 17 Eliot Street, near Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the features and benefits of the Eclipse Door Check and Spring.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251517

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.010

Billhead for Frye, Phipps & Co., importers & wholesale dealers in English & American hardware, Nos. 94 & 96 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 31, 1871

The billhead reads "No warrant on axes."

Date: 1871-07-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251518

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.011

Billhead for the John B. Varick Company, hardware iron and steel, Varick Building, Manchester, New Hampshire, dated March 31, 1906

The items carried by Varick include paint, agricultural implements, flower seeds, bicycles, cameras, fur coats and jewelry.

Date: 1906-03-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251519

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.02.012

Advertising card for The Massachusetts Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, 176 Charles Street, near Cambridge Bridge, Boston, Mass., undated

The hours, terms of service and surgeons for the Infirmary are described. The card verso states the Infirmary services are for poor and needy individuals in the community.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251521

Ref. Code: EP001.01.061.01.01.001

Envelope for The Battle Creek Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan, undated

The lower left corner of the envelope reads "Extension Department."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251522

Ref. Code: EP001.01.061.01.01.002

Letterhead for the "State Hospital for the Insane, Danvers, Mass.", 1878-1899

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. The top of the letterhead reads...

Date: 1878-1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 251524

Ref. Code: EP001.01.061.01.02.001

Park entrance, undated

1 plot plan

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251631

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.057a

Park entrance, 1880

Same as 57a, but a handwritten note on the plot plan reads, "Showing Betterments and assessments, May 1880."

Date: 1880

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251632

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.057b

Wellesley, Mass., 1879

Plan of Wellesley, Mass. showing Lake Waban and Washington Street.

Date: 1879-02

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251633

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.059

Plan of H.H. Hunnewell lands, 1876

Plan of H.H. Hunnewell's lands in Wellesley, Mass.

Date: 1876-02-15

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251634

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.061

Balch Estate documents, Boston, Mass., 1918

Lot including a three-page letter from Rackemann & Brewster, counselors-at-law, Ames Building, to Francis N. Balch, Esq., 60 State Street, Boston. There are also two plot plans of lots on Prince Street.

Date: 1918-06-13

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251636

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.103

Foster Warehouse, Beverly, Mass., undated

Plan of Beverly, Mass. waterfront.

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 251998

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.144

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