The Ladies Blacking polish is available from Whitten & Milliken, wholesale and retail dealers in boots, shoes, rubbers and mocassins, Skowhegan, Maine.
Collection: Ephemera collection
GUSN: 270160
Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.06.049
Two little girls make a flower chain in the card image.
GUSN: 270161
Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.07.02.003
The business creates original designs for young men and women. The shop is located between the Colonial Theatre and Steinert Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.
GUSN: 270163
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.009
Farrington has novelties in imported and domestic woolens.
Date: 1883-06-25
GUSN: 270164
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.010
A Santa Claus figure holds a sign that reads "I invite you." The card verso describes the use of Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
GUSN: 270165
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.011
Diamond Dyes are described on the card verso. The product is for sale by O.H. Freeman in Woodstock, Vermont.
GUSN: 270166
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.012
The label text reads "Our best fabrick, fast colors." The customer purchased 292 yards.
GUSN: 270167
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.013
The top of the label reads "Extra Quality."
GUSN: 270168
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.014
Two dancers holding tambourines decorate the label.
GUSN: 270169
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.015
The product was awarded a silver medal for manufacture and finish in 1852.
Date: 1852
GUSN: 270170
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.016
A covered wagon approaches two men standing in the street with sailboats in the distance in the label image.
GUSN: 270171
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.017
The card verso provides washing instructions for the product.
GUSN: 270172
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.018
The label image is captioned "Reconciliation." The man kisses the woman's hair, both in period costume.
GUSN: 270173
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.019
The factory building is seen in the label image with a train in the foreground.
GUSN: 270174
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.020
Esmond Blankets are described in the brochure with an offer for an Esmond Doll Blanket.
GUSN: 270175
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.021
The label has a portrait of an unidentified man.
GUSN: 270176
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.022
The label displays the product trademark and medals for the Paris Exhibition
Date: 1862
GUSN: 270177
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.023
A flower border decorates the label for the Brunswick Manufacturing Company.
GUSN: 270178
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.04.024
The Company represents the Washington Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the Victory Mills in Saratoga County, New York, the Burlington Woollen Company in Winooski Falls, Vermont and the Chicopee Manufacturing Company in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.
Date: 1874
GUSN: 270180
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.001
The Company trademark is shown on the label.
GUSN: 270179
Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.05.040
A catalog of house plans designed to meet or exceed VA-FHA specifications. Each house, designed by Realistic Homes, has a sketch, floor plan and description.
Date: 1956
GUSN: 270181
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.030
The figure of Liberty represents the trademark for the fabric.
GUSN: 270182
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.002
The product is sold by J.S. Tufts in Plymouth, New Hampshire. The card verso describes the advantages of using the product. There is a testimonial from Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher dated January 11, 1881.
GUSN: 270184
Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.019
Its purpose is to help architects apply the principles of modular construction in the drafting room.
Date: 1951
GUSN: 270185
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.031
The top of the card reads "West End Flax Mills."
GUSN: 270191
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.003
The diary entries of Katherine McDowell and her husband Ned describe the design and building of their house from May-October 1918. The use of Neptunite varnishes and the services of The Lowe Brothers Company are included along with home building advice.
Date: ca. 1920
GUSN: 270190
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.032
Boston architects Childs Bertman Tseckares Associates assigned Brandt Andersson, an MIT student, to survey residents of multi-family homes about the features they liked and disliked in the design of their homes. The pamphlet is a reprint from House & home magazine.
Date: 1976
GUSN: 270197
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.033
Customers are invited to send feathers, kid gloves and laces to the Dye House. The image is from a Kate Greenaway illustration in "Under the window: pictures & rhymes for children."
GUSN: 270192
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.004
The label text reads "These goods are made from superior cotton and warranted not weighted with any substance whatever."
GUSN: 270193
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.005
Puppies play in the card image.
GUSN: 270194
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.006
Kittens play around a blackboard which reads "The value of Eureka Silk cannot be represented by figures." The Lebanon Overall Works are described on the card verso. Carter & Churchill are the proprietors with an office at 240 Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
GUSN: 270200
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.007
Prices, plans and specifications for Wigwarm cottages, bungalows, garages and other structures are described. The Boston office is at 118 Washington Street.
Date: 1908
GUSN: 270199
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.034
Kittens play school around a book with the caption "Use Eureka Silk." The Lebanon Overall Works are described on the card verso. Carter & Churchill are the proprietors with an office at 240 Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
GUSN: 270202
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.008
Houses, playhouses, garages, bird houses, animal pens and garden buildings are described with customer testimonials. The Boston office is at 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue.
Date: 1927
GUSN: 270205
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.035
Kittens look at a sign with the caption "Eureka Silk is used the world over." The Lebanon Overall Works are described on the card verso. Carter & Churchill are the proprietors with an office at 240 Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
GUSN: 270204
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.009
Camp house construction is described with floor plans and prices. The Boston office is at 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue.
Date: 1932
GUSN: 270206
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.036
Features and models are shown with a price list dated March 1, 1924. A brochure is affixed to the title page "A quality mark, Keystone Copper Steel."
Date: 1924
GUSN: 270211
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.037
An eagle flies at the top of the label.
GUSN: 270210
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.010
A young girl in a red skirt ice skates in the label image.
GUSN: 270212
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.011
Government publications cover topics such as baking, building materials, carpentry, gardening, home owners loans, household pests, housing, paints and roofing. The pamphlet includes order blanks for purchasing.
Date: 1948
GUSN: 270215
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.038
Christoph Philipp Oberkampf (1738-1815) invented the method of printing on cotton fabric in France in 1756.
GUSN: 270216
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.012
The gold seal in the middle of the label has numerous figures and a lion.
GUSN: 270219
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.013
Materials and styles manufactured by the Kawneer Company are displayed in photographs of actual storefronts in use throughout the United States.
Date: 1936
GUSN: 270221
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.039
The label image is done in colors of gold and turquoise.
GUSN: 270220
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.014
The business makes structural units of tough heat-treated glass. The product can be used in commercial buildings and private homes.
Date: 1940s
GUSN: 270224
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.040
The label shows a female figure in white and gold against a green background. The bottom of the label reads "N: 1, Basque Quilting, 17 3/4 yd."
GUSN: 270223
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.015
The label shows a female figure in white and gold against a beige background. The bottom of the label reads "N: 1, Basque Quilting, 23 yd."
GUSN: 270225
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.016
The merits of using marble in storefronts is shown in photographs of storefronts and retail interiors. A list of members who can supply the marble is provided. Text on the front cover margins reads, "A.I.A. File No. 22-A."
Date: undated
GUSN: 270227
Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.041
The image shows a classical female figure seated with a shield to her side. The banner around the shield reads "Be just and fear not."
GUSN: 270228
Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.017
A little dog barks at the moon in the card image.
GUSN: 269631
Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.026