Historic New England

Musician, vol. xviii, no. 4, edited by W. J. Baltzell, Oliver Ditson Company, Boston, Mass., 1913 April

John Howard Payne, the composer of "Home, sweet home," is on the front cover. An article discussing John Howard Payne can be found inside the issue. Advertisements for various business are featured throughout.

Date: 1913

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356444

Ref. Code: EP005.268

1920 model of a Housing Company home, The Housing Company, 248 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1920

Brochure advertising a model house built by The Housing Company. Complete details of the finished house are described for customers from the exterior walls and roofing to the interior finish, wiring, and heating. Includes illustrations and floor plans of the design.

Date: 1920

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356450

Ref. Code: EP005.269

[Trade card], William A. Radford, Chicago, Ill., 1904

Trade card advertising a house that can be built by the Edward Chappell Company, a company based in Norwich, Connecticut. There is a calendar for April 1905-March 1906. The card verso has the floor plans for the house with the dimensions and cost. The plans can be purchased from William A. Radford f...

Date: 1904

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356452

Ref. Code: EP005.270

Masury's house paints, John W. Masury & Son, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill., undated

Trade card advertising John W. Masury & Son paints. The card verso describes how to apply the paint. The product is available from Hawkes & Whitney in Mechanic Falls, Maine. Paint samples are featured on the trade card.

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356453

Ref. Code: EP005.271

Masury's house paints, John W. Masury & Son, New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill., undated

Trade card advertising John W. Masury & Son paints. The card verso describes how to apply the paint. The product is available from Hawkes & Whitney in Mechanic Falls, Maine. Paint samples can be found on the trade card.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356454

Ref. Code: EP005.272

Lithographed specimens, montgomery offset, sandbar finish, Zeese-Wilkinson Co., Inc. and Pencil Points, Long Island City, N.Y.; East Stroudsburg, Pa., undated

The portfolio contains lithographs of the following locations: the Lincoln Memorial; two administration buildings for an airport in North Beach, Long Island; a house in Bryn Mawr Park, New York; Horton House, Sand Beach, Nova Scotia; and fishermen's houses in Yarmouth Bar, Nova Scotia.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356455

Ref. Code: EP005.273

Post Office Square, Boston, Mass.

The Post Office and Sub Treasury building dominates Post Office Square in the image. On the right the National Shawmut Bank building can be seen at the corner of Congress and Water Streets.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 356461

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6480.001

North Bellingham Baptist church [B85]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356462

Ref. Code: PC074.01.81

Women sitting in front of North Bellingham Baptist church [B86]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356463

Ref. Code: PC074.01.82

East view of Maple Street in North Bellingham [B87]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356464

Ref. Code: PC074.01.83

Mills 1 and 2 on Maple Street in North Bellingham [B88]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356465

Ref. Code: PC074.01.84

Winter view of street trolley in North Bellingham [B89]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356466

Ref. Code: PC074.01.85

Red Mill in Bellingham [B90]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356467

Ref. Code: PC074.01.86

People standing in front of North Bellingham post office [B91]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356468

Ref. Code: PC074.01.87

Supper house in North Bellingham [B92]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356469

Ref. Code: PC074.01.88

Man in front of Smith Inn [B93]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356470

Ref. Code: PC074.01.89

Horse standing in snow [B94]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356471

Ref. Code: PC074.01.90

Bridge across river in North Bellingham [B95]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356472

Ref. Code: PC074.01.91

View of brook from new bridge in North Bellingham [B96]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356473

Ref. Code: PC074.01.92

North Bellingham school [B97]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356474

Ref. Code: PC074.01.93

Children in front of North Bellingham Baptist church [B98]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356475

Ref. Code: PC074.01.94

Trolley for Caryville going past North Bellingham post office on Maple Street [B99]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356476

Ref. Code: PC074.01.95

Young boys standing outside back of North Bellingham mill [B100]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356477

Ref. Code: PC074.01.96

View of Asa Burr house from road [B101]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356478

Ref. Code: PC074.01.97

Smith Inn in North Bellingham [B102]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356479

Ref. Code: PC074.01.98

Hornets nest on Eaton family gravestone [B103]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356480

Ref. Code: PC074.01.99

North Bellingham school [B104]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356481

Ref. Code: PC074.01.100

Eastward-Ho Country Club, Chatham, Mass.

Nine slides of the Eastward-Ho Country Club in Chatham, Mass., no commission

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 356224

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.Eastward-HoCC

Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

This collection is comprised of 312 glass plate negatives that were created by Nathan S. Wales circa 1900-1915. The negatives were primarily captured in three towns in Massachusetts: Bellingham, Oak Bluffs, and Plainville. They show slices of life in these towns at the beginning of the 20th century....

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356231

Ref. Code: PC074

Bellingham/Caryville, Massachusetts

This series contains 120 negatives from Bellingham, Mass. and 7 negatives from Caryville, Mass. Subjects include home exteriors, recreation areas, street scenes, mill buildings, and town landmarks such as the town hall.

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356265

Ref. Code: PC074.01

Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

This series contains 103 negatives from Oak Bluffs, MA. Subjects include cottages, harbors, group portraits, piers, and views of various ships at sea.

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356266

Ref. Code: PC074.02

Plainville, Massachusetts

This series contains 82 negatives from Plainville, MA. Subjects include landscapes, street scenes, recreational activities, and the Whiting & Davis Company factory and its employees.

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356267

Ref. Code: PC074.03

View of Whiting & Davis factory from West Bacon Street [WD1]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356268

Ref. Code: PC074.03.01

Massachusetts Home Owner, vol. 8, no. 1, Home Owner Publishing Corporation, 143 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., 1937 January

The issue of Massachusetts Home Owner magazine has articles on cottages, table decorations, and zoning. Issues are sent to shareholders of Massachusetts Co-operative Banks.

Date: 1937

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356269

Ref. Code: EP005.229

Inside of the house: practical and artistic suggestions; selected reprints from The House Beautiful, House Beautiful Publishing Company, Boston, Mass., undated

A variety of house interiors are described with floor plans and photographic prints of the interiors, including furniture, doors, and hallways.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356272

Ref. Code: EP005.230

The housing book; containing photographic reproductions, with floor plans of workingmen's homes. One and two family houses of frame, brick, stucco and concrete construction; also four, six and nine family apartments. Showing single houses, groups and developments that have been built in various parts of the United States compiled by William Phillips Comstock, The William T. Comstock Company, 23 Warren Street, New York, N.Y., 1919

Text on the title page reads, "Containing photographic reproductions, with floor plans of workingmen's homes, one and two family houses of frame, brick, stucco and concrete construction; also four, six and nine family apartments. Showing single houses, groups and developments that have been built in...

Date: 1919

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356274

Ref. Code: EP005.231

Make it your self!: over 300 ideas, The American Home, 251 Fourth Avenue, New York, N.Y., undated

Articles discussing projects for backyard living, such as barbecues, portable play yards, greenhouses, tool sheds, birdhouses, fountains, and stone paths, are included. Photographic prints accompany each article. Part of The American Home Library Series.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356275

Ref. Code: EP005.232

The American Home book of new house plans: 125 houses by foremost architects from all sections of the United States, 2nd ed., American Home Publishing Company, 55 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., undated

House styles around the country are described for the reader. Floor plans and photographic prints of the interiors and exteriors of the houses included.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356276

Ref. Code: EP005.233

Perfect Home Magazine, Stamats Publishing Co., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1950 February

The magazine provides interior decoration suggestions for homeowners. Text on the front cover reads, "Published monthly in the Interest of Better Homes, by Clifford L. Swan Co., Inc., realtors, 234 Middle Street, Portland, Maine." Illustrations and photographic prints accompany the articles.

Date: 1950

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356279

Ref. Code: EP005.234

View from road of people on veranda of Attleboro Cottage [OB61]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356611

Ref. Code: PC074.02.61

Woman seated in sailboat named "Helene" [OB62]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356612

Ref. Code: PC074.02.62

Family on wooden platform with harbor in background [OB63]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356613

Ref. Code: PC074.02.63

Ocean waves crashing on rocks [OB64]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356614

Ref. Code: PC074.02.64

View of harbor with marsh in foreground [OB65]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356615

Ref. Code: PC074.02.65

Miss Russel seated on pier with four women [OB66]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356616

Ref. Code: PC074.02.66

Miss Russel standing on pier with four women [OB67]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356617

Ref. Code: PC074.02.67

People gathered outside storefront [OB68]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356618

Ref. Code: PC074.02.68

View from road of people on veranda of Attleboro Cottage [OB69]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356619

Ref. Code: PC074.02.69

Miss Russel standing on pier with three women [OB70]

1 glass plate negative

Date: circa 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 356620

Ref. Code: PC074.02.70

Trade card for A. W. Shackford, photographic artist, Farmington, New Hampshire, undated

Trade card for photographic artist A. W. Shackford. Shackford was based in Farmington, New Hampshire. Shackford was known for his photographs of New Hampshire subjects.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 356621

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.04.016

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