Historic New England

Machester: 'Villa Crest'

Group Pose Outside a Large home on Steps, Planters. W.D. Denegre Family?

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318416

Ref. Code: PC066.404

Small Home

Upper + side bay window, porch, columns, vines, shrubs.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318417

Ref. Code: PC066.405

Home Interior Room

Round talbe, handing lamp, ornate furnishings, fireplace, decorations.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318418

Ref. Code: PC066.406

Park, Chilren Playing Games, Adults Near By

Like Nos. 5,6, + 19.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318419

Ref. Code: PC066.407

Machester: 'Villa Crest'

Close up of a porch, chairs, table, flowers, plants, arches, awning.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318420

Ref. Code: PC066.408

Manchester: Catholic Church

Church interior, close up of the altar + the arched window, pews. See No. 1.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318421

Ref. Code: PC066.409

Room Interior

Steinway Grand Piano, books painting, fireplace, sofa, lamp, chairs, photos.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318422

Ref. Code: PC066.410

Manchester: Catholic Church

Church Interior. Similar to No. 31.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318423

Ref. Code: PC066.411

Home Interior Room

Table, chairs, fireplace, beam ceiling, area rugs. Tiny 'spots' on the negative.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318424

Ref. Code: PC066.412

Manchester: 'Villa Crest'

House, arcarde roof, outside, fire hydrant, grounds, like No. 16. Neg. 'chipped' + scratched.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318425

Ref. Code: PC066.413

Closeup of a Street

Edgestone, sidewalk, chainlink fence + yard, bicycle.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318426

Ref. Code: PC066.414

Handbill for the Revere House, hotel, Bowdoin Square, Boston, Mass., June, 1869

The handbill states that Revere House has "been refurnished and modernized by the introduction of water, bathing-rooms, etc." Other amenities are described for the traveling public. A horse-drawn streetcar is at the Bulfinch Street intersection.

Date: 1869

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318428

Ref. Code: EP001.01.062.04.03.039

Menu, Pilgrim Restaurant and Grill, Plymouth, Mass.

In addition to the printed menu there is a separate sheet with the day's specials typed on it. The specials include fried native lobster, fried fresh mackerel and fried fresh scallops. There is a separate trade card which states the restaurant has lunches, dinners and select beers, ales and wines. T...

Date: 1941-09-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318429

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.027

Typographic Festival at the Revere House, bill of fare, Saturday, April 14th, 1849

The menu featured such items as leg of mutton, pig's head on a form, sweetbreads, partridges, turkey, ornamental cakes, ice creams and Roman Punch.

Date: 1849-04-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318435

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.022

Bill of fare, complimentary to Capt. Charles Robbins, October 11th, 1855, Parker House, Boston, Mass.

The guests enjoyed turtle soup, boned turkey, beef, mashed potatoes, black duck and a variety of pastries and desserts. Gordon Forrest the printer was located at 91 Washington Street.

Date: 1855-10-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318440

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.023

Advertisement, Henry Austin, architect, office, Street's Building, Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut, undated

The house in the engraving was originally built by Ithiel Town, a Connecitcut architect, to house his library. Austin later enlarged it as the residence of Joseph E. Sheffield, a financier and benefactor of Yale University. Sheffield later bequeathed it to Yale and it became part of the University'...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318448

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.01.003

Childs' fall 1927, John Lewis Childs Seed Co., Floral Park, New York

The flowers and flowering shrubs are described for customers. There is an order form and envelope in the catalog. Two ordering coupons are included for "The Farm Journal" and "Better Homes and Gardens."

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318449

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.012

Wall papers, A.L. Kittredge & Co., 208 Central Steet, Lowell, Mass.

Suggestions for wallpaper in parlors, bedrooms, libraries and bathrooms are shown in color illustrations. Kittredge has workmen who can do house painting, wood finishing, floor polishing, kalsomining and papering.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318451

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.007.034

S.R. & Co.'s Paints, Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Illinois

The catalog has two pages of house paint color charts. Wagon, barn, roof, fence, buggy, carriage and wagon paint is also described for customers. The catalog has brushes and other supplies for paint and wallpaper jobs. An illustration of the Chicago building is on the back cover.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318453

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.065

Harrisons Town & Country Ready Mixed Paints, Harrison Bros. & Co., Inc., paint, colors, varnish, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Egyptian motif illustration incorporates a color chart. Sample cards and information can be obtained from L.M. Averill, Barre, Vermont. Averill carries glass, paints, oils and varnishes. The item verso has an 1885 calendar.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318454

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.066

Seroco Quality Paints, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Illinois

The catalog covers paints, varnishes, enamels and miscellaneous products. There are several pages of color charts. There is a separate order form and envelope for customers.

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318455

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.067

Decorating ideas and color trends, spring 1969, The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Decorating and painting ideas are provided for revitalizing rooms and furniture. The item was mailed from The Sherwin-Williams Co., Redstone Shopping Center, Stoneham, Massachusetts.

Date: 1969

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318456

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.068

Kale Island Beacon, menu, Kale Island, Lake Wawasee, Indiana

The menu features seafood, beef and chicken entrees. Hamburger, chicken, shrimp and perch baskets are listed. The restaurant sells its own cheese spread.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318484

Ref. Code: EP001.15.003

Hear ye! hear ye! Our menu, Stowe House, Brunswick, Maine

The extensive menu has beef, lamb and seafood entrees as well as sandwiches and homemade pies. The menu verso has a photograph of the dining room and a history of the house where Harriet Beecher Stowe lived from 1850-1852. The menu cover has a drawing of a town crier.

Date: 1961-04-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318485

Ref. Code: EP001.15.004

Marguery, menu, scenic Route 1A, Ipswich, Mass.

The restaurant has English and French dining rooms and can seat up to 250 people. One item has a separate dessert and after dinner liqueurs menu.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318488

Ref. Code: EP001.15.005

Chinaland and the Hapi-Tok Lounge, menu, Route 128 and 1A, Beverly, Mass.

The menu lists Chinese and American dishes and cocktails..

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318490

Ref. Code: EP001.15.006

Dave Wong's China Sails, menu, Loring Avenue, Salem; Chestnut Hill, Brookline; Northshore Shopping Center, Peabody, Mass.

Chinese and American dishes are listed as well as family dinners. There is a wine list and Polynesian drinks for customers. The menu cover illustrations and lettering are done in gold and blue.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318492

Ref. Code: EP001.15.007

Dave Wong's China Sails, menu, Chestnut Hill, Brookline; Loring Avenue, Salem; Northshore Shopping Center, Peabody, Mass.

The menu has appetizers, Polynesian drinks and Chinese and American dishes. Family dinners for two to eight diners are provided.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318493

Ref. Code: EP001.15.008

Commodore, menu, Route 1A off 128, Beverly, Mass.

Lobster, beef and seafood specialties are described for diners. There is a wine and cocktail list. The restaurant has banquet facilities. A note clipped to the menu states that lobster dishes will be $1.50 extra. The menu cover has an illustration of the schooner "Hannah" which according to a note o...

Date: 1970

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318495

Ref. Code: EP001.15.009

Tavern on the Green, menu, 297 Salem Street, Bradford, Mass.

Appetizers, beef and seafood dishes are listed. The facility can accomodate over 250 people for special functions. There is a photograph of the property on the menu verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318496

Ref. Code: EP001.15.010

Jack Hackett's Lakeside, menu, Ipswich, Mass.

Meat is broiled on a coal stove dating from 1847. Hackett was the chef and restaurant owner from 1957-1974. Text on the menu cover reads "Good food in the New England tradition." The cover illustration is signed "H. McCabe." Two fishermen approach a covered bridge in the cover illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318498

Ref. Code: EP001.15.011

Essex Towne House, menu, Eastern Avenue, Essex, Mass.

The menu lists steaks, chops, seafood and a variety of appetizers. There is a separate small menu (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches) that duplicates the large menu. A man with a team of oxen, two women cleaning fish and a woman with a basket of fowl illustrate the front cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318499

Ref. Code: EP001.15.012

Chez Dreyfus, menu 124 Newbury Street, Route 1, Peabody, Mass.

The menu is in French and English. The dishes are illustrated around the menu borders. The illustrations were designed and drawn by Jean-Louis Lelaurain and printed by Albanesi in Nice, France.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318502

Ref. Code: EP001.15.013

Proctor House, menu, Lowell and Prospect Streets at Proctor Crossing, Peabody, Mass.

The menu has steaks, seafood and Italian specialties for diners. The menu verso has a history of the Procter family and the inn.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318505

Ref. Code: EP001.15.014

Trade card albums collection

Collection

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318524

Ref. Code: EP003

Album B: Household furnishings, wringers, washers, freezers, hardware

The features of carpet sweepers, washing machines, wringers, ice cream freezers, refrigerators and cookware are described for customers. Short scenes and limericks advertise the various products. Card illustrations may have well-known persons of the day or racist content. A number of cards were prod...

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318527

Ref. Code: EP003.001

Pure oil tinted gloss paints, manufactured by John Lucas & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, New York

The item verso has directions for applying the paint to house exteriors. The color chart has the dates 1873-1885. The paint is for sale by Matthews Brothers, druggists and dealers in burning and lubricating oils, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318529

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.069

I wish you a happy New Year, dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., January 1, 1900

The New Year's Eve menu included such dishes as bluepoints, salmon, turkey, prime rib, quail, pumpkin pie and Boston cream puffs. A bird sits on a holly branch in the cover illustration with the Vendome seal. The item verso has a 1900 calendar.

Date: 1900-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318531

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.030

Bill Stear's room at Quincy, Mass. about 1900. Bill in chair.

Photograh showing an interior of a room in Quincy, Mass. A man identified as Bill Stear sits in a chair reading a book. The walls are adorned with books, photographs, and household objects such as plates and cups. In the corner there is a hat stand with several hats and umbrellas. There are seve...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318565

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Quincy.151.21

Royalston Grange

The photograph shows a table toped with various fruits, vegitables and canned goods. Above it is a canopy of foliage, an American flag and a sign saying "Royalston Grange".

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318568

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0140.0010.001

Unidentified: Social and recreational area.

Interior view of a sitting area with a fireplace, two wicker chairs, a table, and a dividing screen in one corner. Books, photographs and miscellaneous objects adorn the walls.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318569

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.237

Unidentified: Dining rooms.

View of the interior of a dining room. Table set with plates, drinking glasses, tea cups, flowers, table cloth, and cutlery. Room decorated with East Asian inspired paper lamps. Walls adorned with plates, bowls, urns, and a mirror.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318570

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.238

Unidentified: Study.

Interior view of a study with large desk, bookshelves with books, couch, and hanging photographs.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318571

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.239

Unidentified: Social and dining area.

Interior view of a dining or social room. A large, oval table with two chairs occuipies the center of the room. A side bar with assorted dishes stands to one side of the room and a fireplace with mantle and objects occupies the adjacent wall. Above the sidebar is a painting of three children and ab...

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318572

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.240

Unidentified: Social and recreational areas.

Photograph depicts interior of room looking at an external door with several windows on each side. A staircase stands in the left corner. In the room are several pieces of furnture including a desk, chairs, a piano, a spindle, and a stand holding a sculpture. The room contains many lamps and deco...

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318581

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.241

Unidentified: Social and recreational areas.

Interior showing a table and two chairs, a fireplace with mantel, bookshelf. Several musical instruments are present including a guitar and a banjo. Photographs adorn the walls and a chandelier hangs in the center of the room. Photograph is in a decorative wooden frame, frame has leaf motif.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318582

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.242

Corner of East Broadway and North Street, South Boston

Now known as Medal of Honor Park.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318586

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1700.0010.001

Album B: Household furnishings

The cards describe domestic and imported lamps, oil burners, glassware, china, crockery, cutlery, silverware, carpets and rugs. The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318587

Ref. Code: EP003.002

Nine women drinking tea, possibly Fairhaven, Mass.

Nine women seated and standing around a square table hold cups and saucers. A tea service is on the table. One woman holds a fan. The women are elegantly dressed, and the room is decorated with a patterned carpet and patterned wallpaper. The walls are adorned with framed photographs.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318591

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Falmouth.110.07

Central Trading Company Building, Chicago, IL

Exterior

Date: undated

Collection: Ralph Adams Cram study collection of lantern slides

GUSN: 317990

Ref. Code: PC064.03.01.08

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