Historic New England

Takeout menu, New Speedy Chen's, Chinese restaurant, 297 Main Street, Charlestown, Mass., undated

Appetizers, lunch specials and all day dinner combinations are listed.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309220

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.009

Breakfast menu, The Berkeley, Boylston and Berkeley Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

Breakfast offerings are fruit, fish, broiled and fried dishes, eggs, potatoes and bread. Baked beans and brown bread are served on Sundays.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309222

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.019

Inventory of Beacon Hill residence: "Descriptive Inventory of Fathers Belongings at 16 Louisburg Square"

An inventory of the Beacon Hill residence of M. A. De Wolfe Howe, father of the donor, Helen Howe Allen.

Date: undated

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309229

Ref. Code: MS053.002

Inventory of Quincy House: "Catalog of the furniture, pictures & etc. in the house erected by Col. Josiah Quincy of Braintree 1770"

An unfinished inventory of the contents of the Quincy House in 1876 created by Eliza Susan Quincy.

Date: 1876

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309230

Ref. Code: MS053.003

Inventory of Quincy House: "List of Pictures & Furniture & c. in the House built 1770"

An inventory of the contents of the Quincy House in 1876 created by Eliza Susan Quincy. This is a photocopy of the original, which is held by the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Date: 1879

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309231

Ref. Code: MS053.004

Letter to 'Edmund' from 'Hannah'

A letter to an unidentified "Edmund" from "Hannah." The letter appears to be relatively modern, as it mentions snapshot photographs. It is likely that it was sent to Edmund Quincy (1903-1997) by a friend of the family. She mentions Paul, Nigel, and Catherine, none of whom are given last names.

Date: undated

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309232

Ref. Code: MS053.005

Letter to Elisha Clap from Josiah Quincy III

A letter from Josiah Quincy III to Rev. Elisha Clap regarding Clap's election as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Date: 1811

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309233

Ref. Code: MS053.006

Letter to Josiah Quincy III from Elisha Clap

A letter from Elisha Clap to Josiah Quincy III in response to Clap's election as Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Date: 1812

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309234

Ref. Code: MS053.008

Poetry book

A book of poetry and other personal writings. It is signed on multiple pages "A. C. Lowell," so it may have belonged to Anna Cabot Lowell (d. 1810), good friend of Eliza Susan (Morton) Quincy. It features Prince of Wales feathers on the cover.

Date: 1806, undated

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309235

Ref. Code: MS053.010

Sketch: "View of the Lighthouse in Boston Harbour from the house of Josiah Quincy Esq. at Quincy"

A sketch of the Boston Harbor lighthouse by Eliza Susan Quincy.

Date: 1828

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309236

Ref. Code: MS053.011

Illustrated book of poetry

A bound volume of poetry and watercolors created by Eliza Susan Quincy and given to her sister-in-law, Mary Jane Miller Quincy, in 1828.

Date: 1828

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309237

Ref. Code: MS053.001

Menu, Hotel Tuileries, 270 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass., July 27, 1897

The menu lists wines for each course. The item verso reads "Complimentary to Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Sec. of the Treasury of the United States, Boston, July 27, 1897." Gage was secretary of the treasury in the William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt administrations.

Date: 1897-07-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309254

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.020

"Cape Cod Canal Handbook, fully indexed, in behalf of George S. Hall and others, petitioners"

"They ask a charter with opportunity to apply for national aid. Possibly limited state aid later, at discretion of governor and council, but not now."

Date: 189?

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309252

Ref. Code: MS028.05.006.001

Ticket for Polly Perkins Restaurant, 71 Hancock Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The ticket entitles the bearer to $5.00 in meals at the restaurant. "No. 42" is stamped on the verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309256

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.01.020

Menus - Hotel Vendome

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309259

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04

To our guests Merry Christmas, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., Christmas 1892

As part of the menu there is an illustrated poem titled "Pansies and ferns, an enchanted posy," by Isabella J. Postgate.

Date: 1892-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309275

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.001

"Closing Argument of Richard Olney"

Closing argument of Richard Olney in favor of the Cape Cod Ship Canal Company's petition for an extension of the time of construction of the Cape Cod Canal. This argument was presented to the Committee on Harbors and Public Lands on April 1, 1891.

Date: 1891-04-01

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309268

Ref. Code: MS028.05.006.002

"Something About Cape Cod Canals"

Extracts from the closing arguments of Col. Bowdoin S. Parker before the Joint Committee on Harbors and Public Lands, April 18, 1899.

Date: 1899-04-18

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309269

Ref. Code: MS028.05.006.003

Thanksgiving dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., November 30, 1893

A turkey and a cornucopia decorate the cover. The menu lists beignets, turkey, English plum pudding and punch à la Regence.

Date: 1893-11-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309277

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.002

"Highway Bridges Over Cape Cod Canal at Bourne, Massachusetts: Superstructure Contract"

A book published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers including the bid form, the specifications, and the plans for the highway bridges over Cape Cod Canal at Bourne.

Date: 1933

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309278

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.002

"Vertical Lift Railway Bridge Over Cape Cod Canal at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts: Superstructure Contract"

A book published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers including the bid form, the specifications, and the plans for the vertical lift railway bridge over Cape Cod Canal at Buzzards Bay.

Date: 1934

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309279

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.003

"Letter from the Secretary of War"

A letter submitted to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the United States House of Representatives in 1919, transmitting a tentative draft of legislation authorizing the purchase of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1919-05-28

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309280

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.004

"Cape Cod Canal 1988 Tide Tables"

A pamphlet published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers providing information about tides in 1988. The cover shows an image of ships passing under a bridge on the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1988

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309281

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.005

"Cape Cod Canal" (2 copies)

A pamphlet with unknown publisher, including a history of attempts to build the Cape Cod Canal, descriptions of the engineering features and uses of the Canal. Information about wrecks around Cape Cod, weather conditions, the effect of the Canal on food supply, the costs of the Canal, and the acquis...

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309282

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.006

"Cape Cod Canal and Atlantic Coast Waterways"

A transcription of an address given by August Belmont before the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, December 7, 1911.

Date: 1911

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309283

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.007

"The National Importance of the Cape Cod Canal"

A pamphlet outlining the importance of the Cape Cod Canal, written by Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester in 1914.

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309284

Ref. Code: MS028.05.007.008

"Cape Cod Canal, gateway to America's intra-coastal waterway" (2 copies)

A pamphlet published by the United States Army Corps of Engineers about the Cape Cod Canal. The cover shows an illustration of the vertical lift railroad bridge over Cape Cod Canal.

Date: ca. 1975

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309285

Ref. Code: MS028.05.008.001

Thanksgiving menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., November 28, 1895

The menu lists blue points, sea bass, leg of mutton, turkey and a frozen Tom and Jerry. The Vendome Column is used to illustrate the hotel on the menu cover. C.H. Greenleaf & Company is the owner.

Date: 1895-11-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309292

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.003

Thanksgiving menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., November 26, 1896

The menu has frozen Apple Jack southern style along with multiple dishes. The menu cover has a turkey, the word "Thanksgiving" and the Vendome Column done in silver with violet flowers. The Vendome Column is used to illustrate the hotel on the menu cover. The hotel owner is C.H. Greenleaf & Co.

Date: 1896-11-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309293

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.004

"Duplicate Photographs"

Portfolio titled: "Duplicate Photographs" Title is printed in black on a red-edged paper label affixed to the front of the portfolio. Portfolio has a dark gray fabric covering and dark gray fabric ties. A book plate is glued inside the front cover and reads: "Irving / and / Casson / Custom Furniture...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 309302

Ref. Code: CC010.006.001

Thanksgiving dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., November 30, 1899

The menu has fresh mushrooms à la Vendome, young turkey, a frozen Tom and Jerry and marshmallow ice cream among the many dishes. The cover is done in blue paper with a fox hunting scene.

Date: 1899-11-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309313

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.005

Duplicate Photographs

Photo album. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Album has 28 olive green pages; eleven of the pages are blank. Album contains seventeen mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of a variety of furniture pieces manufactured by A. H. D...

Date: 1880-1973, undated

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

GUSN: 309315

Ref. Code: CC010.006.002

Thanksgiving dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., 1901

The dishes offered include roast young pig, roast haunch of black bear and snow pudding. Two autumn leaves decorate the cover with the Vendome Column. C.H. Greenleaf & Company is the owner.

Date: 1901

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309317

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.006

Thanksgiving menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., November 27, 1902

The dishes offered include boiled mutton, Vermont turkey, Indian pudding and Lalla Rookh Punch. A flock of turkeys decorates the cover with the Hotel Vendome shield at the bottom.

Date: 1902-11-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309321

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.007

Thanksgiving dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., November 26, 1903

The dishes offered include boiled ox tongue, suckling pig, Indian Pudding and frozen Egg Nog. "The Old Oaken Bucket," by Samuel Woodworth is printed in the menu. The cover illustration is a flock of turkeys next to a well with a wooden bucket. The menu has a tissue guard with an autumn leaf, "The Ve...

Date: 1903-11-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309323

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.008

Discontinued Stock

Photo album. Album has a heavy textured dark brown covering and is held together with two metal brads. Album has 54 olive green pages; seventeen of the pages are blank. Album contains 37 mounted black-and-white photographs. Photographs are of case furniture manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irvin...

Date: 1900-1925, undated

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

GUSN: 309328

Ref. Code: CC010.006.003

Fourth of July dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., July 4, 1899

The hotel served little neck clams, boiled turkey, roast upland plover and Punch Independence. The menu cover has the United States eagle seal in gold, the Vendome Column in white and a red, white and blue ribbon.

Date: 1899-07-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309330

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.009

Independence Day menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., July 4, 1900

The dishes offered include boiled turkey, prime ribs, tapioca pudding and Punch Independence. Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence in the cover illustration with the caption "Writing the greatest of all state papers."

Date: 1900-07-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309332

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.010

Fourth of July menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., July 4, 1901

The menu has such items as Boiled Vermont Turkey, Rhode Island Duck, baked beans, Washington Pie and Punch Independence. The Declaration of Independence is printed inside the menu. The document is signed "John Hancock and fifty-five others." The menu is tied with a red, white and blue ribbon.

Date: 1901-07-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309372

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.011

Fourth of July menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., July 4, 1902

The holiday dishes offered include Eggs Washington, Philadelphia Chicken, Roast Jack Snipe, Checkerberry Kisses and Independence Punch. The American Flag and the Vendome Column in a crest decorate the menu.

Date: 1902-07-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309373

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.012

Fourth of July dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., July 4, 1903

The dishes offered include Welsh Rarebit, New England Boiled Dinner, Queens Pudding and Independence Punch. A quill pen, the Declaration of Independence and firecrackers decorate the menu cover.

Date: 1903-07-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309385

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.013

Easter menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., undated

The Easter menu has Young Turkey Truffee, Pekin Duck, Glace Neapolitan and English Plum Pudding. The menu has a tissue overlay with the word "Easter" printed on it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309389

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.014

Easter menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., undated

A cherub holds lilies in the cover illustration. The Vendome Column is in silver on the upper left corner. The menu has young goose, spring lamb, roasted quails, Ottoman Ice Cream and Lalla Rookh Punch.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309390

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.015

Easter menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., April 17, 1892

The dishes served include boiled striped bass, fresh ox tongue, Saddle of Lexington Mutton, Bird's-Nest Pudding and Punch Jardiniere. Purple flowers decorate the menu cover.

Date: 1892-04-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309392

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.016

Easter menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., April 2, 1893

The menu offers bluepoints, tournedos of tenderloin, mallard duck, Cabinet Pudding and Punch à la Francaise. Lilies decorate the menu cover.

Date: 1893-04-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309394

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.017

Souvenir menu Easter Sunday, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., March 25, 1894

The menu has cassolettes of quail, dandelion greens, roast prairie chicken, praeline cake and Punch Jardiniere. Doves decorate the menu cover.

Date: 1894-03-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309397

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.018

Mounted Photographs

Untitled portfolio. Album has a dark gray fabric covering and dark gray fabric ties. A book plate is glued inside the front cover and reads: "Irving / and / Casson / Custom Furniture, / Interior Finish, / Wood Mantels, / Decorations and / Upholstery. / Church Furniture. / 150 Boylston St. / Boston."...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 309398

Ref. Code: CC010.006.004

Easter dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., April 18, 1897

The menu has Easter eggs, tame duck, spring lamb, Cabinet Pudding and Russian Kummel Punch.

Date: 1897-04-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309400

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.019

Easter menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., April 2, 1899

The dishes listed include little neck clams, spring lamb, Bellevue Pudding and champagne punch. A portrait of an unidentified lady decorates the menu.

Date: 1899-04-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309401

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.020

Easter menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., March 30, 1902

Dishes offered include brook trout, chicken pie, spring lamb, Troy Pudding, popcorn and champagne punch. A young woman holds spring flowers in the menu illustration.

Date: 1902-03-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309403

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.021

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