Historic New England

Billhead for Carter Bros., diamonds, watches, jewelry and sterling silver ware, No. 521 Congress, corner Casco Street, Portland, Maine, dated January 3, 1883

The jewelry store can be seen in the image at the top of the billhead.

Date: 1883-01-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255580

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.023

Billhead for N.G. Wood & Son, wholesale and retail dealers in watches, jewelry, solid silver & plated ware, 421 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 20, 1877

The business specialty is American watches, diamonds and gold chains.

Date: 1877-03-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.024

Billhead for the Carter Bros., diamonds, watches, jewelry and sterling silver ware, No. 521 Congress, corner Casco Street, Portland, Maine, dated December 7, 1881

The customer purchased such pieces as diamond ear drops and pins.

Date: 1881-12-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255584

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.025

Billhead for Isaac H. Cary & Co., comb, jewelry & fancy goods store, No. 54 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 10, 1828

Cary is located on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1828-10-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255585

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.026

Billhead for Boynton & Woodford, importers & dealers in combs, jewelry & fancy goods, cutlery & perfumery, No. 50 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 14, 1839

The business is the successor to I.H. Cary & Company and seven doors north of State Street.

Date: 1839-10-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255586

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.027

Billhead for John Jones, importer of watches, jewelry, plated-ware, military & fancy-goods, No. 57 Market Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 7, 1820

The customer has purchased shell combs and feathers.

Date: 1820-06-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255587

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.028

Reliable jewelers...Lovejoy & Stratton, dealers in watches, clocks, jewelry and silver ware, No. 892 Elm Street, Union Building, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The business carries a line of spectacles and watches.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255588

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.029

Trade card for the New England Jewelry Exposition, Boston, Mass., November 10 to 14, 1925

The text on the watch band reads "The most magnificent exposition ever staged."

Date: 1925-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255589

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.001

Trade card for The Sterling Company, silversmiths, 7 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The Company has a New York office at 176 Broadway.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255590

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.002

Trade card for S. Eastman, loan office, 200 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The bottom of the card reads "Watch and jewelry repairing a specialty."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255591

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.003

Trade card for The Whatnot Shop, jewelry, 90 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Shop carries butterfly wing jewelry, handmade miniatures, carved wood and imports.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255592

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.004

Trade card for W.E. Taber & Son, jewelers, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The illustration caption reads "Is that beautiful watch for me." The card verso watch case description has small readable sections.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255593

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.005

Trade card for St. Botolph, jeweler, 480 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Fine plated jewelry is a specialty of the business on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255594

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.006

Trade card for Palmer, Bachelder & Co., jewelers, No. 394 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Flowers and a butterfly decorate the trade card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255595

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.007

Trade card for Currier & L'Heureux, jewelers, 2040 Washington Street, Boston Highlands, Mass., undated

Flowers and a butterfly decorate the jewelers trade card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255596

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.008

Trade card for Herbert A. Carr, fine watches, diamonds, jewelry, Pleasant Street, Claremont, New Hampshire, undated

Carr repairs fine watches in his shop in Claremont, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255597

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.009

Trade card for F.W. Griswold, watchmaker and jeweler, 493 High Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Griswold carries watches, clocks, jewelry, spectacles, musical instrument trimmings and sewing machine needles and oil.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255598

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.010

Trade card for St. Botolph, fancy goods, jewelry, 480 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A figure in Asian costume is shown in the illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255599

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.011

Trade card for the Rockford Watch, Rockford, Illinois, undated

The card is in the shape of a vegetable beet. The accuracy and dependability of the Rockford Watch is described inside the trade card. The item is sold by William A. Brown, jeweler, in Hillsboro, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255712

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.012

Trade card for C.W. Haskins, jeweler, 14 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Mass., undated

The manufacture of Keystone Watch Cases is described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255713

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.013

Trade card for A. Stowell & Co., jewelry, No. 24 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., 1884

The Company carries watches, jewelry, diamonds, silverware, fancy goods, bronzes, statuary, vases and plaques. There is an 1884 calendar on the card verso.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255714

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.014

Trade card for A. Stowell & Co., 24 Winter St., Boston, Mass., December 1880

The card verso lists some of the holiday offerings for customers including rich gold jewelry, Vienna goods and special novelties.

Date: 1880-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255715

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.015

Trade cards for F.W. Griswold, watchmaker and jeweler, 493 High Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Griswold carries watches, clocks, jewelry, spectacles, musical instrument trimmings and sewing machine needles and oil. Two trade cards are glued back to back. The text information is the same but each have different images, one showing a cabin in a lake setting and the other a harbor scene with sai...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255716

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.016

Trade card for The E.B. Horn Co., jewelers, 429 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The item is a ring size card and lists the months with the corresponding birthstones.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255717

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.017

Trade card for the Lancaster Watch, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1880

The card verso has an image of the working parts of a 1269 Lancaster Watch.

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255732

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.018

Billhead for S. & J. Myers, importers of diamonds & watches, French clocks, 388 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

The business functions as a jewelry jobber as well as an importer.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255733

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.019

Brochure for Patek Philippe, watches, location unknown, undated

Watch styles are shown with a price list on the item verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255734

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.020

John Gilpin's ride, with the compliments of James A. Horne, jeweler, Central Street, Dover, New Hampshire, undated

The text is "The diverting history of John Gilpin," by William Cowper with illustrations by Randolph Caldecott in this eight page printing. The inside of the front and back covers have advertisements for Horne items.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255752

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.021

Advertisement for R.H. White Co., store, 518-536 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A couple is shown in the image for the R.H. White store.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256212

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.022

Handbill for G.A. Swallow, jeweler, Brownsville, Vermont, undated

Swallow repairs watches, clocks, jewelry and is available to the residents of West Windsor, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256213

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.023

Handbill for G.A. Swallow, jeweler, Brownsville, Vermont, undated

Swallow notifies the residents of Proctorsville that he will be in their village every Tuesday to repair jewelry and clocks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256214

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.024

Billhead for James Murphy, English goods and jewellery store, No. 50 Marlboro Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 6, 1815

Murphy's store carries teas of all kinds in addition to English goods and jewelry.

Date: 1815-12-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256215

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.025

Trade card for The Linen Glacé Co., sole manufacturers of the world's starch polish, office 86 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the advantages of using the product. There is a testimonial from Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher dated January 11, 1881.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256217

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.001

Trade card for The Celluloid Starch Company, celluloid starch, New Haven, Connecticut, undated

A portion of the text on the card verso is in German.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256218

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.002

Trade card for The Linen Glacé Co., sole manufacturers of the world's starch polish, office 86 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

This advertisement contains harmful imagery including stereotypical caricatures of Native people. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic Ne...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256219

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.003

Trade card for Muzzy's Sun Gloss Starch, Elkhart Starch Co., Elkhart, Indiana, undated

The Company manufactures refined and corn starch of a superior quality by a new process.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256223

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.004

Advertisement for The Home Washing Machine, 63 Court Street, Boston, Mass., April 22, 1868

The public is invited to examine home washing machines. The advertisement is from the "Boston journal," May 2, 1868.

Date: 1868-04-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256225

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.005

Trade card for Niagara Gloss Starch and Niagara Corn Starch, Niagara Starch Works, Buffalo, New York, undated

The card verso describes the two products and urges the public to try them.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256269

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.006

Trade card for The Conqueror Wringer, Conqueror Wringer Company, New York, New York, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The Conqueror Wringer is sold by C.R. Mason & Co., dealers in hardware and cutlery, No. 327 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. A female figure looks at her face in a mirror.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256270

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.007

Trade card for The Conqueror Wringer, Conqueror Wringer Company, New York, New York, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The Conqueror Wringer is sold by C.R. Mason & Co., dealers in hardware and cutlery, No. 327 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. A young boy, dressed for the cold, holds a shovel.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256271

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.008

Trade card for The Conqueror Wringer, Conqueror Wringer Company, New York, New York, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The Conqueror Wringer is sold by C.R. Mason & Co., dealers in hardware and cutlery, No. 327 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. A kneeling woman holds an infant in her arms.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256272

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.009

Trade card for The Conqueror Wringer, Conqueror Wringer Company, New York, New York, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The Conqueror Wringer is sold by C.R. Mason & Co., dealers in hardware and cutlery, No. 327 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. A boy in knickers lays in the grass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256273

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.010

Trade card for The Universal Wringer, location unknown, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The item is carried by Boynton & Thissell, hardware & cutlery, No. 217 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Boynton & Thissell are the successors to W.A. Kimball. A young boy flies a kite next to a lake with buildings in the background.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256275

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.011

Trade card for The Universal Wringer, location unknown, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The item is carried by Boynton & Thissell, hardware & cutlery, No. 217 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Boynton & Thissell are the successors to W.A. Kimball. A young girl feeds the birds on a snowy day.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256276

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.012

Trade card for The Universal Wringer, location unknown, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The item is carried by Boynton & Thissell, hardware & cutlery, No. 217 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Boynton & Thissell are the successors to W.A. Kimball. Two children engage in solitary pursuits while their dog looks on.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256278

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.013