Historic New England

Pianofortes, The Baldwin Piano Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio

The history and construction of Baldwin models is described in the catalog. A separate price list is included. Portraits of artists with their endorsements are on the last 16 pages of the item. The catalog has an evelope.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314127

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.037

Austin Organs for the residence, Austin Organ Company, Hartford, Connecticut

Organ specifications, diagrams and photographs of the organs in private homes are included.

Date: 1917

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314129

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.038

See them! Hear them! They speak in notes of triumph over all others, Patten & Wheelden, general agents for Chickering & Sons' grand, square and upright piano fortes, Bangor, Maine

Patten & Wheelden are agents for Chickering and other piano and organ manufacturers. Newspaper extracts from 1869 describe the Chickering pianos and price model. European testimonials are provided. An illustration of the piano manufactory on Tremont Street is on the last page. Chickering has wareroo...

Date: 1869

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314131

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.039

Chickering & Sons, manufacturers of grand, square and upright piano-fortes, 130 Fifth Avenue, New York and 156 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

Chickering models are described with text and illustrations. Testimonials and prizes are included. The last page has an illustration of the piano manufactory on Tremont Street in Boston. The back cover has an illustration of Chickering Hall at 130 Fifth Avenue in New York. Cory Brothers are the Rhod...

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314133

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.040

Hodgson houses and outdoor equipment for your country home, E.F. Hodgson Co., Boston and New York

The catalog has cottages, cabanas, garages, play houses, garden buildings, poultry houses, kennels and bird houses available from the E. F. Hodgson Company of Boston and New York. Each building is accompanied with a photograph, description, floor plan and prices.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314151

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.103

Manufacturers' special net price list no. 125 of notary corporate and wax seals, Emerson & Co., 299 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

Desk and pocket seal models are described in the item. The business also makes rubber stamps.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314158

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.041

Alan S. Dana

A photograph of Alan S. Dana at age four and a half dressed in a military costume in January, 1897. The Dana family was from Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Maine.

Date: 1897

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 314166

Ref. Code: PC004.01.D.0400.001

Interior of W. P. Hitchcock Company jewelry showroom, Portland, Maine

1 mounted photograph

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314168

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.4150.0700.001

Supermarket interiors, documentation photographs for Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois

This collection of eleven photographs documents the work done by Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated of Aurora, Illinois, to reoutfit supermarkets with new metal shelving and display units. The images document the interiors and exteriors of Foy's Streamliner in Quincy, Mass.; Richardson's Market in Wi...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314180

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.4950.0100.001

"The Sea Breeze," vol. XXVII, no. 1

An issue of "The Sea Breeze" featuring articles about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314181

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.002

"The Cape Cod Canal Officially Opened," Sandwich Independent Canal Souvenir Supplement, August 7, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the August 7, 1914, special supplement of the Sandwich Independent about the opening of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-08-07

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314183

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.003

"August Belmont Went Through Canal," Morning Mercury, July 6, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the July 6, 1914, issue of the Morning Mercury about the opening of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-07-06

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314185

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.004

"Only 150 Feet of Canal to Dredge," Morning Mercury, July 18, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the July 18, 1914, issue of the Morning Mercury about the completion of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-07-18

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314187

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.005

Advertisement, "This Famous Vertical Lift Bridge uses Bantams," Time, May 24, 1937

A clipping of an advertisement for Bantam Bearings, which were used in the vertical lift railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1937-05-24

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314188

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.001

"Phinney, Station Agent 43 Years, to Quit at Monument," Brockton Enterprise

A clipping about the retirement of a station agent at Monument Beach.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314190

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.002

Advertisement, "America VS Britain," Yachting Magazine, July, 1930

A clipping of an advertisement for Eastern Steamship Lines suggesting that customers watch yacht races from Eastern Liner cruises.

Date: 1930

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314192

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.003

"Three New Bridges for Cape Cod Canal," Engineering News-Record, January 25, 1934

An article from Engineering News-Record about the bridges over the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1934-01-25

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314194

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.004

Trade card for Joseph Ward, looking glasses and picture frames,125 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1860s

1 trade card : illustration ; 2 1/2 x 4 inches

Date: 1860s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314199

Ref. Code: EP001.01.041.01.01.038

Members of the Crowell family in front of Crowell's Store, Bernardston, Massachusetts.

A black and white image of four men dressed in suits and ties grouped by a large tree. One of the men holds a penny-farthing, or high wheel bicycle. The store front and a horse and wagon can be seen in the background. A sign that reads "telephone office" is visiable above the door of the store.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314203

Ref. Code: PC053.07.01.001

Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, July 1933.

A black and white image of two women and a young boy sitting on a towel on the beach. One woman, wearing a sun dress and holding a flowered parasol, shares a magzine with the young boy beside her who is wearing a Mickey Mouse sweatshirt. The other woman, who is wearing a bathing suit, heeled shoes...

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314204

Ref. Code: PC053.01.12.003

President Calvin Coolidge farming, Coolidge Homestead, Plymouth, Vermont.

A black and white image of President Calvin Coolidge dressed in a suit and boots driving a horse drawn hay rake at the Collidge Homestead, Plymouth, Vermont.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314205

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.009.003

A young boy sails his toy yacht along the shore as a group of children watch.

A black and white image of a boy sailing his model yacht on a rocky shore as a group of children watch.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314207

Ref. Code: PC053.01.12.001

Art class, Provincetown, Massachusetts, August 1929.

A black and white image of a group of artist with easels on a fishing wharf surround a young girl seated on a crate who serves as a model.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314211

Ref. Code: PC053.01.06.006.074

Haying, Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine

Agricultural workers gather hay in a field at Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine. Three men use pitchforks to load hay onto a horse-drawn wagon. A dog sits beside the wagon.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 314213

Ref. Code: PC009.135C.08

Band, Farmington, Maine

A marching band wearing dress uniforms and holding their instuments poses for a photographer in front of storefronts. A number of onlookers and horse-drawn carriages can be seen in the background. A sign for "J. Phinney" and Stillman Tarbox" is above one of the stores.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314214

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USME.0360.0010.001

The Elisha Atkins at Deering's Shipyards, Bath, Maine

The four-masted ship Elisha Atkins stands in the shipyard surrounded by scaffolding. The ship's topmasts are missing.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314216

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0160.0050.002

Slate quarry, Monson, Maine

A vertical view of a slate quarry showing a series of ladders and ramps leading down into the quarry and workers with carts and tools working on various levels. A group of men stand or sit near the top.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314218

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USME.0585.0010.001

Crane direct and shielded radiators in all standard sizes, Crane Co., 836 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois

Descriptions, images and specifications are described for legless, bathroom, hospital, wall and Doherty-Brehm radiators. The cover text reads "Crane Radiators, new beauty in the open."

Date: 1931

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314219

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.020

Wreck of the Equator, Biddeford Pool, Maine.

The remains of the Equator are seen sticking up out of the sand at Biddeford Pool, Maine. Dories and other boats are pulled up on the shore along side the wreck.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314220

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0210.0020.009

View of Louisburg Square, Boston, Mass.

A view of Louisburg Square from Mount Vernon Street. Date and photographer unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314221

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5380.003

View of Louisburg Square, Boston, Mass.

A view of Louisburg Square. Date and photographer unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314222

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5390.001

Exterior view of Castle Tucker

A black and white photograph of Castle Tucker in Wiscasset, Maine, with scaffolding and a ladder at the side of the house.

Date: 1965

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 314223

Ref. Code: MS033.013.004.002.003

Postcard of exterior view of Castle Tucker, Maine

The message on the verso states that Castle Tucker has "green trim and deep red blinds."

Date: 1929-06-14

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 314226

Ref. Code: MS033.013.001.004.003

Exterior view of Castle Tucker, Wiscasset, Maine

1 photograph

Date: 1930-1939, undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 314227

Ref. Code: MS033.013.001.005.001

Exterior view of Castle Tucker, Wiscasset, Maine

1 photograph

Date: 1930-1939, undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 314228

Ref. Code: MS033.013.001.005.003

Exterior view of Castle Tucker, Wiscasset, Maine

1 photograph

Date: 1920-1929, undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 314229

Ref. Code: MS033.013.001.004.001

Sideboard #13215

1 black-and-white photograph (9 3/16 x 7 3/16 inches)

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314247

Ref. Code: CC010.005.001

Sideboard #13214

1 black-and-white photograph (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 inches)

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314250

Ref. Code: CC010.005.002

Sideboard #12358

1 black-and-white photograph (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 inches)

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314257

Ref. Code: CC010.005.003

Sideboard #4654

Black-and-white photograph of Neoclassical Hepplewhite-style sideboard. Sideboard hash two convex deep cupboards flanking long bowed drawer and arch; six tapered square legs; and inlaid stringing. A. H. Davenport Co. detail number "4654" is handwritten on page.

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314258

Ref. Code: CC010.005.004

Sideboard #12030

1 black-and-white photograph (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 inches)

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314259

Ref. Code: CC010.005.005

Sideboard

1 black-and-white photograph (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 inches)

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314260

Ref. Code: CC010.005.006

Sideboard #3402

1 black-and-white photograph (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 inches)

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314261

Ref. Code: CC010.005.007

Sideboard #3096

Black-and-white photograph of a Neoclassical Hepplewhite-style sideboard. Sideboard has bowed front; overhanging top; splashboard with concave curved corners; two cupboards with doors and one center drawer; tapered square legs with cuffs. Inlaid decoration includes: string inlay on cabinet doors, dr...

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314262

Ref. Code: CC010.005.008

Sideboard #142

Black-and-white photograph of a Neoclassical Sheraton-style rectangular sideboard. Sideboard has cental section projecting slightly with front ovolo corners; splashboard with concave curved corners; overhanging top; central section with three drawers and two side compartments with doors; compartment...

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314263

Ref. Code: CC010.005.009

Sideboard #12356

Black-and-white photograph of a rectangular sideboard. Sideboard has serpentine front; tier of three drawers above; side cabinets flanking two central drawers below; and four cabriole legs with carved knees terminating in ball-and-claw feet. Drawer fronts and cabinet doors have branch veneer; and o...

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314264

Ref. Code: CC010.005.010

Sideboard #7759

1 black-and-white photograph (7 3/16 x 9 3/16 inches)

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314265

Ref. Code: CC010.005.011

Sideboard #11906

Black-and-white photograph of a Neoclassical Hepplewhite-style rectangular sideboard. Sideboard has splashboard; two cupboards with adjustable interior shelves flanking a long drawer and arched apron; and six tapered square legs with brass feet. Branch veneer on cabinet door and drawer fronts; inla...

Date: 1913-1914, undated

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

GUSN: 314266

Ref. Code: CC010.005.012