Historic New England

Route of the Minute Men, April 19th, 1775, Lexington, Concord, Bedford, Lowell, Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Company, 797 Washington Street, Newtonville, Mass., undated

Historic sites along the street railway lines are described in the pamphlet.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270769

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.02.021

Receipt for the Bennington & Rutland Railway Co., Dr., dated September 3, 1898

The customer used the line to transport goods from Troy, New York to Arlington, Vermont.

Date: 1898-09-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270770

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.02.022

Map, issued by Passenger Department, Bay State Street Railway Co., 309 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The map shows the trolley lines throughout the New England states. Text on the cover reads "The Bay State Street Railway Co., 940 miles of lines in New England."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270771

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.02.023

Postcard for Temple Tours, Intercollegiate Tours, 65 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., 1923

The image caption reads "The Glory That Was Greece." The business offers tours in Greece, Italy, France and other European locations.

Date: 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270772

Ref. Code: EP001.01.118.01.01.001

Billhead for Tilton, McFarland Safe Manufacturing Co., manufacturers of McFarland's Patent Bank Vaults and Iron Safes, 110 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 5, 1874

The Company received an award for the best burglar proof safe from The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.

Date: 1874-05-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270773

Ref. Code: EP001.01.120.01.01.001

Trade card for the George J. Ibbotson Company, Inc., automotive and industrial specialties, 171 Huntington Avenue, Boston 15, Mass., undated

The business is located on Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270774

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.001

Trade card for the Elm Cycle Co., dealer for The American Moto Scoot, 21-23 N. Main Street, East Longmeadow, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card has telephone numbers for R. Gardner and E. & W. Ferrero Brothers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270775

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.002

Trade card for the Automobile Headlight Wrench, L. Despres, manufacturer, Lebanon, New Hampshire, undated

The card has instructions for the use of the wrench.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270776

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.005

Trade card for Sanborn & Hamp, Inc., automobiles, Andover, New Hampshire, undated

The business carries new and used autos at wholesale and retail prices.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270777

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.003

Trade card for The General Tire Company, Inc., 560 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company carries the General Dual Balloon and the Blowout-Proof Tires.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270778

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.004

Postcards for Peter Fuller's Cadillac Automobile Company of Boston, 808 Comonwealth Avenue, Boston 15, Mass., 1967

The top of the card reads "New England's Largest Cadillac-Oldsmobile Dealer." The business is in its 63rd year, 1904-1967.

Date: 1967

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270779

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.006

Billhead for the St. Johnsbury Storage Battery Co., Willard Service Station, 9 Portland Street, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, dated September 15, 1917

The business will reform, charge, exchange, store and rent batteries.

Date: 1917-09-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270780

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.007

Euchre score sheet, compliments of The Portland Company, Cole-Six Automobile, Portland, Maine, 1914

The Cole-Six Automobile is described in detail on the item verso.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270782

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.008

Pennocks' Road Machines, 19 South Market Street, Boston, Mass., March 1884

George Tyler is the New England agent for Pennocks' Road Machines. Testimonials for the equipment are on the item verso.

Date: 1884-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270783

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.01.01.009

Trade card for the Columbia Bicycle, Pope Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, undated

Dyer & Company are agents for the Columbia Bicycles at 337 Essex Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270790

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.01.002

Advertisement for Lovell Diamond Cycles, John P. Lovell Arms Co., mfrs., 147 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1890

Lovell offers six styles with pneumatic cushions and solid tires.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270791

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.01.003

Advertisement for The Pope Mfg. Co., 597 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., June 1881

The ad is from "Scribner's, June 1881."

Date: 1881-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270792

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.01.004

Advertisement for Victor Bicycles, Overman Wheel Co., Boston, Mass., June 28, 1894

The ad is from"Life, 28 June 1894."

Date: 1894-06-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270793

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.01.006

Billhead for The Pope Mfg. Co., makers of bicycles, 597 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 6, 1881

The Company has a salesroom and office on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1881-05-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270794

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.02.001

Envelope for The St. Louis Refrigerator & Wooden Gutter Co., corner Main Street & Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 12, 1896

The envelope is addressed to a customer in Claremont, New Hampshire.

Date: 1896-05-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270822

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.001

Receipt for The St. Louis Refrigerator & Wooden Gutter Co., corner Main Street & Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 8, 1896

The customer receipt for the bicycle purchase is decorated with a water bird.

Date: 1896-05-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270823

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.002

Billhead for The St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., corner Main Street & Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 9, 1896

The Claremont customer purchased a bicycle. The business sells furniture and toys in addition to appliances.

Date: 1896-05-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270824

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.003

Billhead for The St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., corner Main Street & Park Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 9, 1896

The Claremont customer purchased accessories for the bicycle. The business sells furniture and toys in addition to appliances.

Date: 1896-05-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270825

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.004

Certificate for the Lu-Mi-Mum Bicycle, The St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., St. Louis, Missouri, dated May 9, 1896

The workmanship of the bicycle is attested to in the certificate. The Company sells furniture and toys in addition to appliances.

Date: 1896-05-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270826

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.005

Envelope for the New York Export & Import Co., exporters, importers & manufacturers agents, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, New York, November 3, 1902

The Company solicits business from The Dwyer Folding Bicycle Company in Danbury, Connecticut.

Date: 1902-11-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270827

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.006

Letterhead for the New York Export & Import Co., exporters, importers & manufacturers agents, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, New York, November 3, 1902

The Company solicits business from The Dwyer Folding Bicycle Company in Danbury, Connecticut.

Date: 1902-11-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270828

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.007

Bearings, The Cycling Authority of America, Paris, France, April 2, 1896

The text describes the superiority of the aluminum bicycle the Lu-Mi-Num. "The bearings" is the periodical published by The Cycling Authority of America in Chicago, Illinois.

Date: 1896-04-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270829

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.008

Instructions for the Lu-Mi-Num Bicycle, St. Louis Refrigerator and Wooden Gutter Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 1896

The leaflet provides detailed instructions for putting together the Lu-Mi-Num Bicycle.

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270830

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.009

Original folding bicycle, The Dwyer Folding Bicycle Co., Danbury, Connecticut, 1897

The advantages and features of the folding bicycle are described in text and photographs.

Date: 1897

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270833

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.010

52 University Avenue, Providence, R.I.

Postcard of a large, several story house with a front porch. Surrounded by a small lawn and several trees.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270831

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0480.0040.001

Trade card for Victor Bicycles, Overman Wheel Co., office and factory, Chicopee Falls, Mass., 1895

The Overman Wheel Company has branch offices in Boston and across the country.

Date: 1895

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270838

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.011

Rhode Island - Wakefield

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270835

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0445

Rhode Island - Wakefield - Mounted Photographs

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270836

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0445.001

Unidentified street, possibly Wakefield, Rhode Island

Photograph of an unidentified residential street possibly in Wakefield, Rhode Island. The street is shaded by numerous trees on both sides, and the facades of several houses can be discerned. There is a carriage in front of one of the homes, most likely horse-drawn, and the street is lined with seve...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270837

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0445.001.001

Advertisement for Victor Bicycles, Overman Wheel Co., New York, Boston, undated

The item verso has an advertisement for the Cassell Publishing Company's new books.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270840

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.03.012

Trade card for Nichols House, hotel, Bangor, Maine, ca. 1868

The text at the bottom of the card reads "Stages leave this House daily for all parts of the country."

Date: ca. 1868

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270841

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.001

Fragment, stagecoach illustration, location unknown, undated

A stagecoach drawn by four horses is shown in the illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270842

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.002

Trade card for Lations & Shoules, dealers in and manufacturers of carriages of all descriptions, West Newbury, Mass., undated

The business deals in chaises, buggies, carryalls and wagons.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270844

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.003

Trade card for Luther W. Chase, carriage painter, 183 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Chase will attend promptly to customer orders.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270845

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.004

Trade card for Luther R. Chase, carriage painter, Cambridge Street, East Cambridge, Mass., undated

The business is located opposite Flander's Exchange, rear of Snow's Harness Shop. Chase is the successor to H.T. Weltch.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270846

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.005

Trade card for Wm. H. Kelley, carriage service, stand, corner Dartmouth Street and Columbus Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

Kelley will take telephone orders for carriage service.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270847

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.006

Trade card for the Cambridge Carriage Repository, Henderson Bros., North Cambridge, Mass., undated

The business carries new and second-hand carriages, sleighs, pungs, harnesses, store and express wagons.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270848

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.007

Trade card for McManus Brothers, hack, livery, boarding and sale stable, Concord, Mass., undated

The business provides vehicles for tourists, weddings and funerals. The card verso lists historic sites and has a train timetable for Concord, Massachusetts

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270849

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.008

Trade card for Skinner & Scott, manufacturers of fine carriage and wagon wheels, 133 Alley Street, Lynn, Mass., undated

The factory is shown in the image on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270850

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.009

Trade card for Frank W. Leavitt, hack, boarding & livery stable, carriage manufactory, Nos. 470, 472, 474 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, Mass., undated

Carriage painting and repairing is done at the manufactory in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270851

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.010

Trade card for C.S. Parker, carriage dealer, West Main Street, Ware, Mass., undated

Parker has opened a new carriage repository in Ware. C.S. Parker is part of the firm of S.R. Parker & Son, manufacturers of carriages, located in Millbury, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270852

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.03.01.011