Historic New England

Two boys in studio portrait with chickens

Two boys pose seated for a studio portrait with a hen and a rooster, each held by one of the boys.

Date: 1870s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318595

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1900.0500.001

Jamaica Pond Ice Co. wagon with two workmen

Two workmen pose with the Jamaica Pond Ice Co. delivery wagon in front of a residential structure.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318597

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.5750.001

Laurel Glen Mausoleum, Cuttingsville, Vermont

A pamphlet by Hon. John P. Bowman about the family tomb of Laurel Glen Mausoleum in Cuttingsville, Vermont. The mausoleum was designed by G. B. Croff.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318599

Ref. Code: EP001.07.01.TMP.006

Vermont - Cuttingsville

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318600

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USVT.0246

Laurel Glen Mausoleum, Cuttingsville, Vermont

1 stereo view

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318601

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USVT.0246.001

Illusion Gallery of Statuary. Interior of Laurel Glen Mausoleum. A magnificent private family Tomb, built at Cuttingsville, Vermont, by John P. Bowman, ESQ. "Memoria in Aeterna" Of a sainted wife and daughters. G. B. Croff, Architect

1 stereo view

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318602

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USVT.0246.002

Southern Perspective of Laurel Hall, Picturesque Summer Villa of Hon. John P. Bowman, at Cuttingsville, VT. G. B. Croft, Architect

1 stereo view

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318603

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USVT.0246.003

Laurel Glen Mausoleum, Cuttingsville, Vermont

1 stereo view

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318604

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USVT.0246.004

New Year's greeting, dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., January 1, 1899

Guests dined on canapes a la Russe, lamb chops, lobster, prime rib, venison, frozen Tom and Jerry and White Mountain Cream Cake.

Date: 1899-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318607

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.031

1894, dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., January 1, 1894

Guests dined on such dishes as brochettes of sweetbreads, turtles' fins, mashed turnips, prime rib, English pheasant and Neaplitan ice cream. The menu has gold bows and a plastic overlay.

Date: 1894-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318611

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.032

Menu, New Year's dinner, The Brunswick, Boston, Mass., January 1, 1879

Guests dined on such dishes as oysters on shell, red snapper, roast turkey, saddle of mutton, potted quails and English plum pudding. A wine list is opposite the menu. The front cover has a photograph of the Hotel Brunswick. J.W. Wolcott is the proprietor.

Date: 1879-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318613

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.024

Annual state dinner to the Independent Company of Cadets, Parker House, Boston, Mass., January 7, 1853

The militia dined on soup, fish, entrees, cold ornamented dishes, game, pastry and desserts. The Massachusetts state seal decorates the menu cover with the militia seal opposite the menu listing.

Date: 1853-01-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318614

Ref. Code: EP001.06.07.027

Menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., December 25, 1891

The guests dined on such dishes as blue points, Southdown mutton, sirloin of beef, Hungarian punch and a variety of desserts. A female figure dressed in costume decorates the menu cover. The menu has turquoise and yellow ribbons and a tissue overlay.

Date: 1891-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318615

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.033

Merry Christmas, Christmas dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., December 25, 1896

The guests dined on such dishes as timbales of lobster a la Neptune, turkey breast, sweetbreads pique, mousse de foie gras, Medicis, Mongrel Goose, Lalla Rookh Punch and marshmallow ice cream. The Vendome Column is embossed in silver inside the menu. The hotel owner is C.H. Greenleaf & Co. The cover...

Date: 1896-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318616

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.034

1897 New Year's greet, dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., January 1, 1897

The menu featured such dishes as fresh mushroom patties, lake trout, frogs' legs, venison, frozen Tom and Jerry and baked Indian Pudding. A wreath with holly and berries decorates the menu cover.

Date: 1897-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318617

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.035

Bright and happy Christmas to you 1898, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., December 25, 1898

The menu has such dishes as turtle soup, halibut, turkey, boudin of quail, Lalla Rookh Punch and Christmas Pudding. The menu is inside a frame decorated with pink fowers and the Vendome Column embossed in silver. The hotel owner is C.H. Greenleaf & Co. The frame has a piece so it can stand on a flat...

Date: 1898-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318618

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.036

Scrapbook 12: Beacon Hill newspaper clippings

This scrapbook consists of newspaper and magazine clippings about Beacon Hill dating from the late 1920s to the 1930s. There are numerous clippings about Beacon Hill gardens and several magazine articles about Beacon Hill interiors. It also contains a few postcards of Beacon Hill. The scrapbook belo...

Date: 1920-1930

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 318621

Ref. Code: MS004.012

Christmas, Crosby's Restaurant, 19 School Street, Boston, Mass.

There is an extensive dinner menu and a "cooked to order" menu which includes temperance drinks. An essay in the opening pages gives a history of the site by Alexander Corbett, Jr., a Boston journalist and Bostonian Society member. The Cromwell's Head Tavern was located on School Street and there i...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318623

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.011

Christmas 1884 menu, Revere House, Boston, Mass.

Guests dined on such dishes as Providence River Oysters, trout, beef, turkey, quail, venison and Christmas pudding. The menu has been mounted on a brown velvet frame with a painted illustration of flowers on the cover.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318624

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.025

Christmas 1884 menu, Revere House, Boston, Mass.

Guests dined on such dishes as Providence River Oysters, trout, beef, turkey, quail, venison and Christmas pudding. The menu has been mounted on a velvet frame with a portrait of a young girl painted on the cover. A tassel is affixed to the cover to open the menu.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318626

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.026

Album: Stoves, ranges

The brands represented include Adams & Westlake, Gold Coin, Florence, Magee, Westminster, Acorn and Hub. The businesses are in New England, New York state and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318627

Ref. Code: EP003.003

Class of the craft, cast bronze signs and tablets, from the studios of Metalcrafts, 715-720 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio

Work samples are shown and can be cast in bronze, aluminum or nickel silver. A stamp with the text "NRA member, we do our part" is on the front of the itme. Text on the front edge of the item reads "Metalcrafts, Cincinnati, Ohio, Folder D."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318629

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.013

Chandler & Barber, door hardware, 122-126 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.

Door hardware samples are shown with an invitation to visit the showroom.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318630

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.002.009

Furniture kits for home assembly, exact copies of museum pieces, fun to make, distinctive to own, by Hagerty of Cohasset, Mass.

Furniture pieces are described with directions for assembling them. A table from the Gore Mansion in Waltham, Massachusetts is on page 10. There is a loose sheet titled "Recent Cohasset Colonial Additions." The fall 1958 issue of the "Cohasset Colonial Courier" is inside the catalog.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318631

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.100

Colonial Williamsburg Inc. approved reproductions and adaptations, The Craft house, Williamsburg, Virginia

The catalog has furniture, needlepoint, textile, glassware, silverware and other reproductions for potential customers.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318632

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.101

Historic Pilgrim furniture, illustrated by reproductions in Plimoth Plantation, Heywood-Wakefield Company, Gardner, Mass.

A brief history and examples of Pilgrim furniture are provided in the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318634

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.102

Family Standen, Winterbottom, Huntingdon

Family Standen, Winterbottom, and Huntingdon

Date: 1900-1910

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318635

Ref. Code: MS005.02.002a

Guest book

Includes notes and photographs from October 7, 1894, through November 2, 1901. Also includes a poem by Marjorie C. Appleton written in 1892. Some photographs are identified; see printed finding aid Appendix I: Guest Book Index.

Date: 1894-1901

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318636

Ref. Code: MS005.02.007a

Guest book

Includes notes and photographs from 1902 through 1905. Of interest is a photograph documenting a family reunion on May 19, 1905. This image includes William Sumner Appleton, Eleanor and Robert Standen, Edith Standen, Marjorie Appleton, Dorothy and George Weld, Edric Weld, and Gladys and Dunlap Penha...

Date: 1902-1905

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318637

Ref. Code: MS005.02.007b

Holbrook Hall, Newton, Mass.

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318638

Ref. Code: MS005.03.035a

Authentic reproductions of cabinet hardware, A.A. Lyman, 34 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

The business has "reproductions of brass and wrought iron" hardware pieces. Clock glass reproductions are included. Lyman is the successor to A.L. Firmin. There is a separate price list titled "Authentic reproductions of antique hardware and wrought iron."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318639

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.016

Ball brasses, William Ball, Sr., Hope Manor, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Background on the history of Ball Brasses is provided in the catalog. The name signed at the end of the introductory material is "Wm. Ball, Sr." A 1936 price list is at the back of the item. Two loose price lists are attached to sheets with product images. The sheets have "William Ball and Sons, Wes...

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318641

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.017

Fine quality reproductions by Ball and Ball, catalog no. 72, Whitford-Exton, Pennsylvania

There are images and descriptions of cabinet hardware, door hinges, latches, locks, door knockers and lighting fixtures. Both catalogs have loose order blank envelopes and 1976 price lists.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318642

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.018

Cabinet, house & shutter hinges, catalog no. 77, Ball and Ball, Exton, Pennsylvania

1 trade catalog : illustrations ; 10 1/4 x 8 inches

Date: 1977

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318644

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.019

Classic provincial dresser, Grand Rapids Chair Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan

A seven drawer dresser is shown with measurements. The item verso has a nine drawer dresser with measurements.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318646

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.103

Chairs, Furniture Specialties Corp., 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

Chair samples with sizes and fabric specifications are available for customers. Text at the bottom of each sheet reads "Every piece custom made to your specifications."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318648

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.104

Trade card for Furniture Specialties Corp., chair, 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

The "Buffington" chair is on the front of the card with the dimensions and fabric requirements on the verso. The business manufactures furniture pieces according to customer specifications.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318649

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.03.01.022

Album: Window shades, doors, furniture, carpets

Window treatments, door hardware, furniture and carpets are described for customers. The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318650

Ref. Code: EP003.004

Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards

The merchants represented in the album include Bugbee & Brownell, Keystone, Haas and Enterprise Manufacturing. There are 23 presidential portrait cards for advertising various businesses. There are 6 American Puzzle cards.The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318651

Ref. Code: EP003.005

Trade card, Marshall Field & Co., retail dry goods, carpets, upholstery, etc., State Street, Washington Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Pedestrians, streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles can be seen around the Marshall Field department store.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318654

Ref. Code: EP003.004.001

Trade card, Broadhead Worsted Mills, Jamestown, New York

In the cover illustration a woman in a riding habit removes a letter from a tree outside the Broadhead Worsted Mills. Broadhead manufactures fabrics and dresses and describes their product inside the card. Text on the verso reads "Latest novelties, newest shades and colorings" for the J.S. Butler dr...

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318658

Ref. Code: EP003.004.002

Trade card, Detroit Heating & Lighting Co., 88 Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois

The advantages of the Bolton Hot Water Heater and Combination Gas Machine are described on the verso. A cut away illustration depicts the Bolton Hot Water Heater installed in a multi-level town house. The business has offices in Boston at 42 Pearl Street and St. Louis at 508 N. 4th Street.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318660

Ref. Code: EP003.004.003

Billhead, John Gibbes, plumber, glazier & painter, Towcester, England

Text on the item reads "Engine pumps, water closets, beer machines &c. fixed & repaired in the best manner & on the shortest nortice. Oils & water colours prepared for painting." The illustration on the left side of the item has the caption "Paper Hanger."

Date: ca. 1840

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318661

Ref. Code: EP003.004.004

Trade card, Norwalk Lock Company, manufacturers of door locks, latches, knobs, escutcheons and other builders hardware, also genuine and imitation bronze goods, South Norwalk, Connecticut

The business exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The business factory image is surrounded by images of the Main building, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall and Memorial Hall. A drawing of the exhibit is inside the card with text in English, French, German and Spanish.

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318662

Ref. Code: EP003.004.005

Trade card, Hartshorn Shade Rollers, 486 Broadway, New York, New York

In the image a young boy attaches the shade to a woman's dress hem. The shades are carried by Rogers & Everest, dealers in carpets, oil cloths, wall papers, decorations, window shades and feathers. The store is in Gloversville, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318666

Ref. Code: EP003.004.006

Trade card, Record's Patent Hinge, Record Manufacturing Co., Conneaut, Ohio

A courting couple test the strength of the hinge in a fence in the card illustration. The hinge is described on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318667

Ref. Code: EP003.004.007

Trade card, Johnston's new self locking clock spring shade roller, Johnston's Depot, Nos. 1033 and 1035 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Johnston carries paper hangings and window shades and is exhibiting at the fair in Philadelphia. The image caption reads "An art gallery of the Centennial buildings and grounds."

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318669

Ref. Code: EP003.004.008

Trade card, Rip Van Winkle Reclining Rocking Chair, P.C. Lewis Manufacturing Co., Catskill, New York

The chair can make 15 pieces of furniture and be placed in 200 positions. It was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. The company will have a drawing each year to give away one of the chairs. The coupon is attached with instructions on the card verso.

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318670

Ref. Code: EP003.004.009