Historic New England

Letterhead for Geo. T. Hall & Co., commission merchants & merchandise brokers, 28 Central Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The Company logo, in the shape of a belt, is shown in the letterhead. The business was established in 1860.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269010

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.003

Letterhead for Geo. C. Richardson & Co., selling agents, Boston and New York, 1870s

Richardson is the agent for the Lewiston Mills which has an office at 178 Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269011

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.004

Letterhead for Geo. T. Hall & Co., commission merchants & merchandise brokers, 28 Central Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

The Company logo, in the shape of a belt, is shown in the letterhead. The business was established in 1860.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269012

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.005

Photograph album 86

This album appears to be a family album from the 1860s and 1870s, largely picturing members of the Clark family. Interesting images are a tintype of two boys holding a puppy and a carte de visite of a man in uniform. The work of many Connecticut photographers is represented here. From New Haven, ...

Date: 1860-1879

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269020

Ref. Code: PC009.086

Photograph album 87A

Carte de visite album with an inscription in the front reading, "L. Theodore Child, from E.W. Hall, 1862." A slip of paper inside the album states "L.H. Hale, photographer of many of these photos, 293 Washington St., Boston." The names of sitters are written beneath the pictures in calligraphy and...

Date: 1862-1863

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269021

Ref. Code: PC009.087A

Letterhead for Hall & Company, commission merchants, 5 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The Company is located on Chauncy Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269025

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.006

Letterhead for Dexter, Abbot & Co., commission merchants, 200 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

Dexter, Abbot have located their business on Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269026

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.007

Letterhead for F. Nickerson & Co., commission merchants, 114 State Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The Company address includes P.O. Box 2557 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269027

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.008

Letterhead for Gilman, Cheney & Co., commission merchants in flour, grain, hay, 102 State Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s

James E. Gilman and Fred N. Cheney are the partners in the business.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269028

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.009

Label for A.F. Russell & Co., produce commission merchants, No. 60 Clinton Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company was established in 1865.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269029

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.010

Letterhead for Case, Leland & Co., commission merchants, No. 38 Bedford & 51 Avon Streets, Boston, Mass. and No. 77 Thomas Street, New York, New York, 1800s

The business maintains offices in Boston and New York.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269032

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.011

Letterhead for J.W. Lynch, commissioner in small wares and manufacturers agent, No. 80 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

Lynch is located on Chauncy Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269033

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.012

Photograph album 87B

Many of the subjects in this carte de visite album are identified and dated in the same handwriting as in album 87A. Families represented are Terry, Child, Blanchard, Helms and Williams. There are also a few Civil War officers whose regiments are indicated in the captions. Boston photographers re...

Date: 1862-1863

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269042

Ref. Code: PC009.087B

Check for J.B. Grimm, commission merchant, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1800s

The check has an image of animals at a water trough.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269034

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.013

Letterhead for Case, Leland & Co., commission merchants, No. 38 Bedford & 51 Avon Streets, Boston, Mass. and No. 77 Thomas Street, New York, New York, 1870s

The business maintains offices in Boston and New York.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269035

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.014

Billhead for Louis P. Ober, importer, 4 Winter Place, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870

Ober imports wine, mushrooms, string beans, French peas and truffles.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269049

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.015

Photograph album 88A

Carte de visite album, probably from the 1860s and 1870s. An inscription in the front reads, "Harrie's pictures - age one month - fourteen months - three years - five years - seven years, five months - ten years, two months." It was probably given to a child and filled up for him. Families repres...

Date: 1860-1879

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269044

Ref. Code: PC009.088A

Photograph album 88B

Carte de visite album, probably 1860s and 1870s. Some photos are unidentified. Families pictured here are Wasgath, Weston, Page, Russell, Horton, Batchelder, Pitman and Pine. John Adams Whipple of Boston and N.C. Sanborn of Lowell, Mass. have photographs represented here. There is also an intere...

Date: 1860-1879

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269046

Ref. Code: PC009.088B

Photograph album 89

A carte de visite album filled entirely of photographs taken by John P. Soule, a well-known Boston photographer. Many of these are of outdoor scenes, or are copies of paintings, such as a pair of George and Martha Washington portraits. The rest are unidentified portraits, and include one of a man ...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269052

Ref. Code: PC009.089

Billhead for Hall & Company, commission merchants & agents, 5 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The Company is located on Chauncy Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269050

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.016

Letterhead for T.E. Wardner, manufacturer and commission merchant, 17 Kingston Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

Wardner conducts his business from Kingston Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269051

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.017

Billhead for Spelman & Metcalf, commission merchants and dealers in flour, grain and feed, Knight's Wharf, 40 and 44 Dyer Street, Providence, Rhode Island, dated July 14, 1858

The business is an agent for the the Providence and Albany Line Packets.

Date: 1858-07-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269053

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.018

Billhead for Andrews & Son, commission merchants, 3 & 5 Dyer Street, Providence, Rhode Island, dated June 23, 1906

The business deals in foreign and domestic fruits and nuts.

Date: 1906-06-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269054

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.019

Billhead for Cheney, Upham & Co., jobbers and commission merchants, 10 New Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., dated March 10, 1902

The business handles fruits and produce at their Faneuil Hall Market address.

Date: 1902-03-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269055

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.020

Trade cards for C.R. Colley, house and sign painter, No. 1 Mechanics' Avenue, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

Colley deals in paints, oils, glass, sashes, doors and blinds.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269056

Ref. Code: EP001.01.104.01.01.001

Trade card for A. Newham, Moxie Signs, 18 Chardon Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Newham's business specializes in Moxie Signs.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269059

Ref. Code: EP001.01.104.01.01.002

Reception room elevation (fireplace), 1/2 inch scale, residence of F. K. Sturgis, "Faxon Lodge", Newport, R.I.

pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1903

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 269057

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.007.002

Reception room elevation (fireplace), 1/2 inch scale, residence of F. K. Sturgis, "Faxon Lodge", Newport, R.I.

pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1903

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 269058

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.007.003

Trade card for J.B. Fielding, house, sign and ornamental painter, No. 99 Central and 1,3 and 4 Jackson Streets, Lowell, Mass., undated

Fielding deals in paints, oil, glass, paper hangings, artists' tools and colors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269060

Ref. Code: EP001.01.104.01.01.003

Trade card for the DeSilva Sign Co., 6 Province Court, Boston, Mass., undated

The card text reads "Letterers of public buildings, makers of all kinds of signs." The Boston Public Library in Copley Square is shown in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269061

Ref. Code: EP001.01.104.01.01.004

Advertisement for F. & J. Groezinger, house, sign, fresco and carriage painters, 54 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1875

The business has a shop opposite Prentiss Street in the Boston Highlands.

Date: 1875

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269062

Ref. Code: EP001.01.104.01.01.005

Billhead for F.W. Sheridan & Co., Dr., house, sign & ornamental painters, 33 Province Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 8, 1889

The business also does fresco painting, glazing and graining for customers.

Date: 1889-03-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269063

Ref. Code: EP001.01.104.01.01.006

Photograph album 90

This carte de visite album has a decorative border around the space for each picture. A note in the front states, "Those identified were formerly of Providence Rhode Island or nearby towns." Families represented here are Snow, Levalley, Bosworth, Claflin, Butts, Burgess, Slocum and Goodwin (from S...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269064

Ref. Code: PC009.090

Photograph album 91

Large carte de visite album, with spaces for two per page. Also included are two tintypes. Those dated are from the 1890s, but some may be earlier. In the front is a written note: "Sophia (Tileston) Brown's album, came to Edith Crehore 1896 in death of Harriet L. Brown. Contains pictures of the...

Date: 1890s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269068

Ref. Code: PC009.091

Photograph album 92

This album is one of snapshots. It is small and simply made with plain black paper. It includes photos of houses, gardens and streets, along with portraits. Its tone is entirely more informal; these photographs were probably taken by non-professional photographers, such as family members and frie...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269072

Ref. Code: PC009.092

Billhead for Samuel Hollis, Dr., sign painting, 5 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 17, 1885

Hollis will do lettering and painting on different surfaces to meet customer needs.

Date: 1885-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269075

Ref. Code: EP001.01.104.01.01.007

Trade card for Modelite Sign Company, 681 Valley Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The Company provides painted signs, neon displays and fluorescent lighting.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269076

Ref. Code: EP001.01.105.01.01.001

Trade card for M & M Sign Company, sign and store front painting, 68 Franklin Street, Concord, New Hampshire, undated

The name Irvine Moller is printed on the lower left corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269077

Ref. Code: EP001.01.105.01.01.002

Trade card for the City Sign Co., 671 Washington Street, corner Lagrange Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company focuses on art, legibility, originality and simplicity.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269078

Ref. Code: EP001.01.105.01.01.003

Panoramic view of the Back Bay showing the Boston Common and Public Garden in the foreground, at left the Arlington Street Church, and at right the begining of Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass., ca 1870.

The Boston Common and the Public Garden can be seen in the foreground. Arlington Street Church and the steeple for Central Congreational Church can be seen. Commonwealth Avenue is on the right hand side. Behind Arlington Street Church the Boston Coliseum can be seen in the distance.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 269081

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0080.001