Historic New England

Reward of merit, Carrie H. Barr, location unknown

A little girl plays with her cat and has an open book in front of her in the illustration.

Date: 1861-1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364881

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.004

Reward of merit, Carrie H. Barr from S.K. Deane, location unknown

Handwritten text on the verso reads "Carrie H. Barr from S.K. Deane." A short verse titled "Be up and doing" is below the flower illustration.

Date: 1861-1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364882

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.005

Maxim reward card, do well whatever you do, Carrie H. Barr from S.K. Deane, for scholarship, Colton Zahm & Roberts, 172 William Street, New York, New York

Handwritten text on the verso reads "Carrie H. Barr from S.K. Deane for scholarship."

Date: 1861-1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364883

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.006

Reward of merit, William Palmer, headmaster H.R.P., location unknown

A Bible verse from Jeremiah 3:4 is on the card.

Date: 1874-01-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364884

Ref. Code: EP001.04.07.001

Reward of merit, William Palmer, headmaster H.R.P., location unknown

Bible verses from Psalm 8 are within a decorated border.

Date: 1874-02-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364885

Ref. Code: EP001.04.07.002

Primary school card of approbation awarded to Carrie Smith for industry, good conduct and punctuality, during the past month, teacher, location unknown

Books and an atlas decorate the card.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364886

Ref. Code: EP001.04.07.003

Reward of merit, location unknown

The orange ticket sized item has the single word "Merit" on it.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364887

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.001

Reward of merit, location unknown

The green ticket sized item has the single word "Merit" on it.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364888

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.002

Reward of merit, the hand of the diligent diligence maketh rich, Prov. X.4, location unknown

The Bible verse is part of the item border.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364889

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.003

Reward of merit, Hattie Stone, location unknown

A mother duck and duckling are next to red flowers in the illustration. The name "Hattie Stone" is handwritten on the card verso.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364890

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.004

Reward of merit, our father, location unknown

The name handwritten on the card verso may be "Thomas R. Helliman." The child is watched over by two angels in the illustration.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364891

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.005

Sunday School Primary Department [blank] has been present on each of the Sundays marked and is commended for good behavior and attention to lessons, third quarter 1893, [blank] teacher, American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Text on the card verso reads "Picture Lesson, vol. 13, no. 39, part 3, published quarterly. The Third Quarter, Lesson XIII, September 24, 1893." Six questions are asked with space for filling in the answers.

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364893

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.006

Reward of merit, Rena Roby, location unknown

The card is in recognition of four weeks attendance.Yellow roses decorate the item.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364894

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.007

Reward of merit, location unknown

The inscription on the sign in the illustration reads "The business of my life shall be to evermore remember thee. - Moore"

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364895

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.008

Reward of merit, Charlie Lord from C.J.M., location unknown

Handwritten text on the item verso reads "Charlie Lord from C.J.M." Colorful butterflies illustrate the card.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364896

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.009

Reward of merit presented to Charlie W. Lord by Susie Rounds teacher, location unknown

Four school boys come upon what appears to be a nest in a field.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364897

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.010

Reward of merit presented to Charlie Lord by Alice M. Bradstreet teacher, location unknown

A little girl sits on a wall throwing feed to a hen and her chicks in the Kate Greenaway illustration.

Date: 1881-1893, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364898

Ref. Code: EP001.04.08.011

Menu, celebration for the production of The Phantom of the Opera, Boston Harbor Hotel, circa 1992

Cameron Mackintosh and the Really Useful Theatre Company's touring production of the hit Broadway musical "The Phantom of the Opera" opened at Boston's Wang Center in August 1992 and ran until November of that year. This menu is from a celebration put on by Mackintosh and the production company at t...

Date: circa 1992

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364902

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.008

Vermont - Readsboro

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 364905

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USVT.1285

Vermont - Readsboro - General - Postcards

Item

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 364906

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USVT.1285.001

Postcard, C. G. Browne, salesman, Readsboro, Vt., circa 1919

Photographic postcard depicting a Watkin's Remedies traveling salesman's wagon being pulled by two horses. The wagon sold products manufactured by the J. R. Watkins Company. In the bottom left corner of the recto, the following can be read: "C. G. Browne, salesman / Readsboro, VT".

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 364907

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USVT.1285.001.001

Set of blank bird-themed rewards of merit, location unknown

Sheet containing seven blank rewards of merit, each with designated spaces to add student's and teacher's names. Each reward contains a color illustration of a different bird; birds depicted are the lazuli finch (lazuli bunting), the scarlet-crowned fly-catcher (vermilion flycatcher), the blue grosb...

Date: 1861-1870, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364910

Ref. Code: EP001.04.06.007

Little farms today, blocks of city lots tomorrow, Fred J. Walsh Company, 1702 Metropolitan Building, 134 North La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill., undated

Trade catalog published by the Fred. J. Walsh Company based in Chicago, Illinois. The catalog advertises "model little farms on the fringe of town." Discusses the benefits of a little farm, such as financial security, low taxes. control over one's food supply, and continued access to the amenities o...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364912

Ref. Code: EP005.758

"The Wonder Book of Freaks and Animals in the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth," 1898

1 folder

Date: 1898

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364918

Ref. Code: MS068.001.01.01

Postcard of Anne and Frank Howard, Barnum and Bailey, circa 1900

1 folder

Date: circa 1900

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364919

Ref. Code: MS068.001.01.02

Smith & Howard price list, tattooers supplies, Boston, Mass., circa 1905

1 folder

Date: circa 1905

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364920

Ref. Code: MS068.001.01.03

Tattoo care directions, circa 1910

1 folder

Date: circa 1910

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364921

Ref. Code: MS068.001.01.04

Sketchbook of tattoo designs attributed to Frank Howard, 1905-1915

1 folder

Date: 1905-1915

Collection: Tattoo collection

GUSN: 364922

Ref. Code: MS068.001.02.01

Trade card, John J. Horgan, 53 Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

The business designs and manufactures cemetary work in marble and granite. The front has an illustration of the John J. Horgan workshop and the reverse lists monuments made by the business located in Mount Auburn Cemetery.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369729

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.03.01.006

Advertisement, Marble and granite cemetery work, John J. Horgan, Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

The business designs and manufactures cemetary work in marble and granite.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369730

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.03.01.007

Billhead for T.C. Wales & Co., boots, shoes, rubbers, and shoe stock, Nos. 19 Broad and 46 Central Streets, Boston, Mass., May 7, 1852

Billhead addressed to M. Whitehead dated May 7, 1852 from T. C. Wales & Co., Boston, Mass. Contains an illustration of the comapny's store at the corner of Broad and Central Streets.

Date: 1852-05-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369731

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.02.020

Billhead for Shepard, Norwell & Co., dry goods, 26 to 42 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., 1888-1889

The business premises are illustrated on the billhead. The lower righthand corner is torn off.

Date: 1888-1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369732

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.01.035

Billhead for Wilson, Larrabee & Co., dry goods, 29 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass., June 26, 1890

The business premises are illustrated on the billhead.

Date: 1890-03-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369733

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.01.036

Billhead for Timothy Gay & Co., wholesale grocers, No. 18 India Street, Boston, Mass., April 2, 1887

Billhead for Timothy Gay & Co. addressed to Mr. H Whithead. The storefront is printed on the front of the billhead.

Date: 1887-04-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369734

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.057

Billhead for Shepard, Norwell Co., dry goods, Winter St., Temple Place and Tremont St., Boston, Mass., circa 1900

The business premises are illustrated on the billhead.

Date: circa 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369735

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.01.037

Billhead for Wright Bros. & James, flour, provisions & produce, 217 & 219 State Street and 114 & 116 Central Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 5, 1882

Billhead for Wright Bros. & James addressed to D. Hill. The business' premises is illustrated on the front of the billhead.

Date: 1882-08-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369736

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.058

Billhead for R.H. White & Co., retail department, Washington St., Harrison Ave., Bedford St. & Norfolk Place, Boston, Mass., September 1, 1887

The business premises are illustrated on the billhead.

Date: 1887-09-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369737

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.01.038

Handbill for Jarvis White, fancy articles, Milford, Mass., February 28, 1871

Handbill titled "Sacrifice!" by Jarvis White, seller of "fancy articles" in Milford, Mass., 1871. He is selling off remaining stock that survived a fire.

Date: 1871-02-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369738

Ref. Code: EP001.01.041.01.01.040

Almanack for 1886, by Kate Greenaway, published by George Routledge & Sons, London, 1886

Almanac for the year 1886, illustrated by famed British artist Kate Greenaway. Features many color illustrations depicting children, flowers, nature, and the changing of the seasons, accompanied by snippets of poetic verse and the standard almanac information.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369739

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.018

Advertisement, Mrs. Dr. Tuck's Hygienic Retreat, South Weymouth, Mass., office at 28 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Brochure details the treatments, therapies, and medical products for sale by Mrs. Dr. Tuck. Cover of the brochure contains an illustration of the "Hygienic Retreat" located in South Weymouth, Mass.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369740

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.03.046

Dance card, Quarter-Millennial Celebration Ball, Nobscussett House, North Dennis, Mass., September 3, 1889

Combination of a dance card and an "order of dances" from the Quarter-Millennial Celebration of the town of Yarmouth, held September 3rd, 1889 at the Nobscussett House (Nobscussett Hotel) in North Dennis, Mass. The back of the card contains the signatures of the committee members responsible for org...

Date: 1889-09-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369743

Ref. Code: EP001.11.01.01.030

Dance card, Gamma Kappa Pi Tau, Fitzedward Bungalow, Somerville, Mass., March 13, 1913

Combination of a dance card and an "order of dances." for an event put on by Gamma Kappa Pi Tau at the Fitzedward Bungalow in Somerville, Mass., March 13th, 1913. Names of dance partners are written in pencil next to the dances and the name "Louise Roy" is written on the back. The card is also decor...

Date: 1913-03-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369744

Ref. Code: EP001.11.01.01.031

Advertisement, Needles in their principal stages, manufactured by Abel Morrall, prepared for the Boston Anti-Slavery Bazaar, 1855

This piece of ephemera contains harmful imagery and language regarding people of African descent. It also contains harmful language regarding indigenous peoples. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases...

Date: circa 1855

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 369746

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.02.01.008

Account book, assessors for Rocky Hill Meeting House, Amesbury, Mass., 1810-1811

Thirteen pages from an account book from the assessors for the Rocky Hill Meeting House 1810-1811. Title page "A Copy of a Tax for the West Parish in Salisbury for the Year 1810"

Date: 1810-1811

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 369758

Ref. Code: MS029.001.003.001

Deed [copy] for pew forrty-four bought by Moses True, Rocky Hill Meeting House, Amesbury, Mass., June 19, 1786

Copy of deed for pew 44 in the Rocky Hill Meeting House, bought by Moses True, June 19th, 1786. Presented to the Rocky Hill Meeting House August 8th, 1970 by Nancy True Sears and Elizabeth True Wardwell.

Date: 1786-06-19

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 369760

Ref. Code: MS029.001.003.002