The business manufactured "fibrotta" pails and other items for use in the kitchen and laundry made from a wood pulp process. The brochure is in the shape of a pail with the name "The Star Pail" and has illustrations and text describing the product durability. The verso illustration is identified as ...
Date: 1889
Collection: Trade card albums collection
GUSN: 318998
Ref. Code: EP003.001.009
In the card illustration a woman stands at a stove holding the broiler pan in one hand and the cover in the other hand. The card text states the pan works "equally well over wood or coal." It can also be used as a bread toaster, corn popper and coffee roaster. The item features are described on the ...
Date: 1870s
GUSN: 319000
Ref. Code: EP003.001.010
People from different countries stand around Uncle Sam as he demonstrates the Enterprise Meat Chopper. The product features and a price list are described on the card verso. The female Columbia figure stands next to Uncle Sam with the American eagle below them. The item is for sale at W.E. Barrett &...
Date: 1893
GUSN: 319001
Ref. Code: EP003.001.011
The stove features are described on the item verso. In the image Uncle Sam directs a cherub, wearing a "progress" banner, to fire a cannon which shoots out the stove models. The image caption reads "Uncle Sam I tell you the people will have the Gold Coin & Gold Medal Stoves & Ranges which are the be...
Date: 1880
GUSN: 319005
Ref. Code: EP003.003.001
The factory and the Winthrop Range are illustrated on the card. The item verso has a price list.
GUSN: 319019
Ref. Code: EP003.003.002
One housewife shows a visiting housewife her new Charter Oak Stove. In the illustration a young boy plays with a cat while his sister holds her doll. According to the description it does perfect baking without drying out the food. The stoves have wire gauze oven doors.
GUSN: 319024
Ref. Code: EP003.003.003
Magee claims the stove is the capstone of their manufacturing process. An illustration of the stove is inside the brochure. The stove is available at L.S. & J.W. St. John in Walton, New York.
GUSN: 319025
Ref. Code: EP003.003.004
The stove features are described inside the brochure. Different models of the Good News Range are shown in the illustrations.
Date: ca. 1870
GUSN: 319077
Ref. Code: EP003.003.006
Four cherubs prepare a dish with the Happy Thought Range in the background. The stove features are described inside the brochure. Pittston has 50 difference styles and sizes for coal or wood. The appliance is for sale by A.H. Brill, Oxford, New York.
GUSN: 319078
Ref. Code: EP003.003.007
The illustration caption reads "The Sterling did it, only one fire pot of coal, only one BBL of flour baked in 10 hours only 231 loaves." Text on the verso states the illustration is from a photograph taken after baking the 231 loaves of bread.
Date: 1895
GUSN: 319079
Ref. Code: EP003.003.008
The sizes and fetures are described on the card verso. The model shown in the photograph has the Paris Patent Foot-Rail Grate.
GUSN: 319080
Ref. Code: EP003.003.009
Reasons for purchasing the ranges are listed on the item verso. In the image Greely and his party look on as an Inuit greets them. A dead polar bear is on the ground. In the center of the image is a stove. A dog sled and Greely's ship are in the background. The illustration caption reads "Lieut. Gre...
GUSN: 319083
Ref. Code: EP003.003.010
Uncle Sam shaves himself by using the reflection in his boot. The American eagle scares himself when he sees his reflection in the other boot. A framed picture on the wall shows the Frank Miller factory next to the elevated railway in New York City. Text on the bureau in the image reads "Freedman's ...
GUSN: 319181
Ref. Code: EP003.005.001
The collection contains 157 glass plate negatives created by O.W. Stevens between 1898 and 1912. The photographs are focused around the same group of people including what appears to be O.W. Stevens' wife and children. The photographs were taken mostly in northern Massachusetts and southern Vermont ...
Date: 1898-1912
Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912
GUSN: 319182
Ref. Code: PC067
A young boy and girl are seated in small chairs in the front of the image. A toddler in a high chair can be seen on the left side with two women standing behind. An older man and another woman are on the right side of the image.
Date: 1907-12-25
GUSN: 319208
Ref. Code: PC067.01.001
In the card illustation a potato is pulled by a team of ladybugs driven by a bumble bee. The caption reads "The return from the insect fair." Text on the card verso describes the advantages of Currie's Tobacco Grower.
GUSN: 319210
Ref. Code: EP003.005.002
Potato and cabbage birds fly over an elderly woman stirring a large kettle. The sign text reads "Gipsy Camp bill of fare boiled potatoes & cabbage." Text above the birds reads "Use Poppy Oil Soap." Text on the card verso urges customers to try Conquest Soap sold by M.P. Greenwood, dealer in general ...
Date: 1888
GUSN: 319215
Ref. Code: EP003.005.003
Text on the card verso urges customers to purchase Rice seeds because they produce stronger, healthier and earlier plants. The card image has an onion with the caption "Oh! How strong I am."
Date: 1885
GUSN: 319216
Ref. Code: EP003.005.004
The card verso has testimonials for Logan's Extracts of Vanilla. Logan's Blood Purifier and Tonic for dyspepsia and sick headache is also advertised. A tomato couple in all their finery illustrate the card.
Date: 1886
GUSN: 319217
Ref. Code: EP003.005.005
The dealer carries tea, coffee, butter and flour specialties. He also has tobacco and ice cream. Text on the card reads "Wood and coal at wharf prices."
GUSN: 319326
Ref. Code: EP003.005.006
The item shaves ice coarse or fine and is available tinned or nickeled. It can be used in the preparation of drinks, food and "for many purposes in the sick-room." The shredder is sold at Homer, Foot & Company, Springfield, Massachusetts.
GUSN: 319327
Ref. Code: EP003.005.007
The jeweler carries Keystone improved silver watch cases. Bundy repairs fine jewelry and carries solid silver and plated ware. The manufacture of Keystone Watch Cases is described on the card verso. A girl uses the watch cases as roller skate wheels in the card image.
GUSN: 319328
Ref. Code: EP003.005.008
The vegetable product works on the blood, liver and kidneys to treat conditions. Instructions are provided for the optical illusion on the card. Text on the card verso instructs customers to cut the notice from the product bottle, mail it to the company and receive an assortment of decorative advert...
GUSN: 319329
Ref. Code: EP003.005.009
Children use the scissors for sewing, haircuts, trimming and fruit harvesting. Text on the scissors reads "Warranty unlimited, T.B. Terry & Co., Toledo."
GUSN: 319330
Ref. Code: EP003.002.001
Goodwin has artistic gas fixtures, ornamental metal work, metal and porcelain lamps and fine clocks and bronzes. Goodwin & Stillman are the successors to Andrew H. Hogg & Company. Goodwin is an agent for Mitchell, Vance & Company of New York.
Date: 1880-01-01
GUSN: 319414
Ref. Code: EP003.002.002
The card verso has an image of the Eastern and Lowell Depots at the foot of Friend Street.
GUSN: 319415
Ref. Code: EP003.002.003
A shell resting on leaves decorates the card.
Date: 1879
GUSN: 319416
Ref. Code: EP003.002.004
1 postcard
Date: undated
Collection: General photographic collection
GUSN: 319417
Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.0400.001
GUSN: 319418
Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.0400.002
1 mounted photograph
Date: 1920-05-18
GUSN: 319421
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.001
GUSN: 319422
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.002
GUSN: 319423
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.003
GUSN: 319424
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.004
GUSN: 319425
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.005
GUSN: 319426
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.006
GUSN: 319427
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.007
GUSN: 319428
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.008
GUSN: 319429
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.009
GUSN: 319430
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.010
GUSN: 319431
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.011
GUSN: 319432
Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5320.012
1 copy print
Collection: Personal photographic collection
GUSN: 319439
Ref. Code: PC004.01.L.0700.050
Landscape photograph showing a river with trees and a snow bank along the foreground.
Date: 1907
GUSN: 319467
Ref. Code: PC067.01.002
Portrait of a man seated with a young girl standing next to him. The pair are outside on a lawn in front of a fence. The negative is relatively blurry.
Date: 1912
GUSN: 319468
Ref. Code: PC067.01.003
Group portrait of a man, a woman and three children on a lawn next to a house.
GUSN: 319469
Ref. Code: PC067.01.004
Image of a snow covered forest with a streak of light diagonally through the image.
GUSN: 319470
Ref. Code: PC067.01.005
Group portrait of a woman and three children in front of a house.
GUSN: 319472
Ref. Code: PC067.01.006
Group portrait of a woman and three children in front of a house. Same as negative number 6.
GUSN: 319473
Ref. Code: PC067.01.007
Interior shot of two girls sitting on a bed, each girl holds a doll.
Date: 1911
GUSN: 319474
Ref. Code: PC067.01.008
From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of a town from a hill. Visible is a bay with a boardwalk and a steamship. On the shore are visible large several buildings. A field occupies the foreground of the image.
Date: 1880-1900
Collection: J. H. Williams collection
GUSN: 318816
Ref. Code: PC059.094