Historic New England

Scrapbook -- Clocks, Pianos, Organs, Lamps

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "9" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "A...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308575

Ref. Code: CC010.004.024

Scrapbook -- Mirrors, Ceiling Details, Globes

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "10" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308576

Ref. Code: CC010.004.025

Scrapbook -- Altar Cloths, Tapestries

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "11" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308655

Ref. Code: CC010.004.026

Scrapbook -- Dining Rooms

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "6" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages, two of which are blank. This scrapbook contains clippings of dining room interiors in Europe and the United States. The bul...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308656

Ref. Code: CC010.004.027

Scrapbook -- Dining Rooms

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "12" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. This scrapbook contains clippings of dining room interiors in Europe and the United States. T...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308657

Ref. Code: CC010.004.028

Scrapbook -- Screens, Vases, Orientalia

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "Arts and Decoration," "House and Garden,"...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308658

Ref. Code: CC010.004.029

Scrapbook -- Vases, Medals, Screens

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "15" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308659

Ref. Code: CC010.004.030

Scrapbook -- Hotels

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "6" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "A...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308660

Ref. Code: CC010.004.031

Scrapbook -- Clubs

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "Arts and Decoration," "House and Garden,"...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308661

Ref. Code: CC010.004.032

Scrapbook -- Sun Rooms, Latticework, Flower Boxes, Swimming Pools

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "Arts and Decoration," "House and Garden,"...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308662

Ref. Code: CC010.004.033

Scrapbook -- Mantles

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "Arts and Decoration," "House and Garden,"...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308663

Ref. Code: CC010.004.034

Scrapbook -- Interiors

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. Scrapbook contains 50 pages, some of which are partially unbound. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "Arts...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308664

Ref. Code: CC010.004.035

Scrapbook -- Memorials, Carvings

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "21" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages which are partially unbound. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalo...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308665

Ref. Code: CC010.004.036

Scrapbook -- House Exteriors, Gardens and Garden Furniture, Radiator Covers, Wrought Iron

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "21" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308667

Ref. Code: CC010.004.037

Scrapbook -- Church Interiors

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "23" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 50 pages, five of which are blank. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs,...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308668

Ref. Code: CC010.004.038

Scrapbook -- Interiors

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. Scrapbook contains 50 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as "Arts and Decoration," "House and Garden,"...

Date: 1914-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308669

Ref. Code: CC010.004.039

Scrapbook -- Furniture: Bank, Office, Public Library; Interiors: Theatre, Shop

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has red fabric cover and is held together by twine laced through six eyelets. The number "25" is handwritten on spine. Scrapbook contains 100 pages. The bulk of the materials are clippings from 19th century and 20th century periodicals, catalogs, and magazines, such as ...

Date: 1914-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308670

Ref. Code: CC010.004.040

Scrapbook -- Tapestry

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has dark brown fabric cover and is held together by two metal brads. Scrapbook contains 82 pages and 41 albumen prints of tapestries. This is the first of five scrapbooks dedicated to tapestries; the pagination continues across each book. The tapestries are shown flat a...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308671

Ref. Code: CC010.004.041

Scrapbook -- Tapestry

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has dark brown fabric cover and is held together by two metal brads. Scrapbook contains 78 pages and 38 albumen prints of tapestries. This is the second of five scrapbooks dedicated to tapestries; the pagination continues across each book. The tapestries are shown flat ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308672

Ref. Code: CC010.004.042

Scrapbook -- Tapestry

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has dark brown fabric cover and is held together by one metal brad; one brad is missing. Scrapbook contains 80 pages and 40 albumen prints of tapestries. This is the third of five scrapbooks dedicated to tapestries; the pagination continues across each book. The tapestr...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308673

Ref. Code: CC010.004.043

Scrapbook -- Tapestry

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has dark brown fabric cover and is held together by two metal brads. Scrapbook contains 84 pages and 42 albumen prints of tapestries. This is the fourth of five scrapbooks dedicated to tapestries; the pagination continues across each book. The tapestries are shown flat ...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308674

Ref. Code: CC010.004.044

Scrapbook -- Tapestry

Untitled scrapbook. Scrapbook has dark brown fabric cover and is held together by two metal brads. Scrapbook contains 78 pages and 39 albumen prints of tapestries. This is the last of five scrapbooks dedicated to tapestries; the pagination continues across each book. The tapestries are shown flat as...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308675

Ref. Code: CC010.004.045

Family album

Small bound photograph album with 96 black and white photographs - 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Subjects include family groups, sports, landscapes and waterfront, farm activity ( chickens, cows, haying), and exteriors of domestic and civic buildings. Depicts both summer and winter settings. No location ...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 308681

Ref. Code: PC009.276

August Belmont breaks ground on the Cape Cod Canal

A group of officials pose for a photograph with August Belmont, who is seen holding a shovel. A caption reads "Belmont turns first sod and Cape Cod Canal is started."

Date: ca. 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308783

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.001

Dredge on the Cape Cod Canal

A dredge works on the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308786

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.002

Men in the surf with a beached vessel

Eight men in the surf hold rope lines from a beached vessel, while another man on board assists.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308787

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.003

August Belmont and wife

August Belmont and his wife are seated, presumably aboard a vessel on the Cape Cod Canal. The Canal is visible beyond them.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308788

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.004

Shipwreck on beach

The wreckage of a ship washes up on shore. The main body of the boat is in the surf tipped to the side, while smaller pieces are visible scattered nearby.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308789

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.005

Construction of a pipe on the Cape Cod Canal

A view of the ocean in the distance through a narrow channel with a pipe suppored on floating rafts in the foreground.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308790

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.006

Vessels on the Cape Cod Canal

The view from the deck of a vessel on the Cape Cod Canal, with another vessel along side and a third vessel beyond.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308791

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.007

Two vessels on the Cape Cod Canal

Two vessels are seen from the shore of the Cape Cod Canal. Both vessels have two masts; one of the masts on the smaller vessel is at a steep angle. Smoke comes from a smokestack on the larger vessel.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308792

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.008

Men aboard vessel on the Cape Cod Canal

Four men stand on the deck of a vessel on the Cape Cod Canal. A rope appears to lead from the nose of the vessel into the water near something which shows slightly above the surface but is unidentifiable. Another vessel is visible beyond the mast of the vessel, and a dredger can be seen in the dista...

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308793

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.009

Dredges working on the Cape Cod Canal

Three vessels, including a dredger, a tugboat, and another construction vehicle, are seen on the Cape Cod Canal from the shore. Four men pull a small craft onto the beach in the foreground.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 308794

Ref. Code: MS028.04.001.010

Menus - Boston Restaurants - 19th century

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308797

Ref. Code: EP001.06.01

Menu, P.S. Ramses the Great, 25 December 1901

The menu is in French. Illustrations of sailing vessels on the Nile decorate the cover.

Date: 1901-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308798

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.001

Menu, lunch tendered to the Consolidated Gas Company of Baltimore, Maryland by the Lowe Manufacturing Company, Norristown, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1885

Text inside the item reads "The viands in menu opposite, all cooked by fuel water gas, in banquet room, and in presence of guests."

Date: 1885-04-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308799

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.001

Menu, Poland Spring House, South Poland, Maine, August 21, 1892

The Sunday menu has items from appetizers to desserts. An exterior view of Poland Spring House is on the cover.

Date: 1892-08-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308800

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.002

Menu, Ye Burnham House, 31 Linebrook Road, Ipswich, Mass., undated

The restaurant provides a four course lobster or chicken dinner to customers. The business sells colonial furniture, braided rugs, baskets, candies and imported cigars.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308801

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.019

Menu, Splendid Tea Room, 119 Maine Street, Brunswick, Maine, 1940s

Fancy sundaes are listed such as the "General Doug" with home made ice cream.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308804

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.020

Menu, Jesse A. Dill, caterer, location unknown, 1882-1920

Text at the bottom of the menu reads "The Londonderry Lithia Spring Water is exclusively used at this dinner." Jesse A. Dill is the caterer. Aldred Mudge and Son, Boston is the printer.

Date: 1882-1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308808

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.003

Menu, Poland Spring House, South Poland, Maine, July 17, 1892

The Sunday menu has items from appetizers to desserts. An exterior view of Poland Spring House is on the cover.

Date: 1892-07-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308809

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.004

Menu, location unknown, undated

The menu has deep shell bluepoints, turtle soup and Penobscot salmon. The waterfowl at the top of the menu appears to have been removed from the menu verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308810

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.005

Menu, Poland Spring House, South Poland, Maine, August 27, 1899

The Sunday menu has items from appetizers to desserts. The menu is decorated with a large blue ribbon.

Date: 1899-08-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308811

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.006

Menu, Merry Christmas, Hotel Capitol, Hartford, Connecticut, December 25, 1895

A holiday greeting is printed in the menu. Santa Claus on a rooftop with holly and berries decorates the menu cover. The menu is tied with a red ribbon.

Date: 1895-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308812

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.007

Menu, gentlemen's ordinary, Girard House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1856

The menu has a wine list in addition to the food dishes. Girard House was designed and built by John McArthur, the architect of Philadelphia City Hall. The hotel was commandeered by the Union Army as a uniform factory and barracks in 1861.

Date: 1856-09-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308833

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.008

Menu, DeWolf Tavern, 259 Thames Street, Bristol, Rhode Island, undated

The menu has lunch and dinner menus. A separate card describing the tavern is included.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308834

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.010

Menu, location unknown, undated

The menu is handwritten in ink. The offerings on the menu include "Boiled Petersham Mutton," Terrapin à la Baltimore," "Frozen Punch (Tom & Jerry)" and "Eaglets à la Petersham."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308835

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.009

Brookline, Massachusetts, two hundreth anniversary, 1705-1905, November 13, 1905

The program has the speakers, musical offerings and banquet menu. Londonderry Lithia Water was served at the dinner. There are two separate tickets for the banquet. The back cover has a photograph of the Brookline Town Hall.

Date: 1905-11-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308837

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.002

Menu, Massasoit House, Springfield, Mass., August 13, 1868

Train times and distances from Springfield are included. An engraving of the hotel and train station is on the menu cover. Marvin and Ethan S. Chapin were the owners.

Date: 1868-08-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308839

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.010

Menu, Massachusetts Legislature visit to Hoosac Tunnel, Wilson House, North Adams, Mass., April 20, 1883

The cover illustration shows a locomotive going over the tracks. John A Lowell & Company, Boston, is the engraver.

Date: 1883-04-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308841

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.011

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