Historic New England

Advertisement for The Heliotype Printing Co., 211 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1886

This advertisement for the Heliotype Printing Company, located at 211 Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts, appeared in Art Gems in the trade periodical, "The American Architect". Established in 1872 and reorganized in 1885, the firm describes itself as "artistic printers by the best photogelatin...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195275

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.018

Christmas card of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram, 1909

Architect Ralph Adams Cram designed this 1909 Christmas card in the Gothic Revival style. The inscription reads: "God rest you merry gentleman, let nothing you dismay, for Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas. Christmas greetings from Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram. MDCCCIX." This text is t...

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195276

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.013

Catalog, Daniel Low & Co., 231 Essex Street, Salem, Mass.

The cover, done by Marjorie C. Woodbury, depicts a man in 19th century attire examining the bottom of a bowl in front of a fireplace in a room full of furnishings and decorative arts. Low's merchandise includes such items as jewelry, silverware, wedding gifts, toilet articles and novelties. This cat...

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195277

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.003.012

Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 28, April 1811

This plate appeared in the magazine, "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufacture, Fashions, and Politics," published by Rudolph Ackermann from 1818 to 1828. The text in a panel at the bottom of the plate reads: "Manufacturers, factors, and wholesale dealers in fancy goods, that come withi...

Date: 1811

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195282

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.030

Craftsman look, Strathmore Paper Company, Mittineague, Mass.

The brochure promotes the use of Strathmore Paper in advertising.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195283

Ref. Code: EP001.01.087.01.03.021

Howe residence, Manchester Cove, Magnolia, Manchester, Mass.

An exterior view of the porch of the Howe House in Manchester Cove, Manchester, Massachusetts, designed by Edmund March Wheelwright. Rough stone columns support the arched roof the porch. Several chairs sit near the curved overlook for viewing the surrounding scenery.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195286

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0190.001

Construction of the Tremont St. Subway, Park and Tremont Sts., Boston, Mass., 1895-1896

A view of the construction of the subway tunnel between Tremont Street and the Park Street Mall is shown from the Boston Common side of the site. This is the initial section of the first subway system in the United States, which opened on September 1,1897. A substantial portion of the steel framing ...

Date: 1895-1896

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195289

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8160.001

Picture puzzle, game box, McLoughlin Bros., New York, New York, 1889

The paddle steamer City of Worcester illustrates the lid of a 60 piece jigsaw puzzle box. Harlan and Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware, built the ship, which the Norwich & New York Transportation Company launched in 1881 as one of the first iron-hulled steamers to ply the waters of Long Island S...

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195292

Ref. Code: EP001.08.TMP.031

Mix and match game cards: male torso with violin

1 playing card

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195293

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.001

Mix and match game cards: male torso with axe and pipe

1 playing card

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195294

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.002

Mix and match game cards: male legs with yellow pants

1 playing card

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195295

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.003

Mix and match game cards: head of a gentleman

Component

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195296

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.004

Mix and match game cards: male head with sideburns

Component

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195297

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.005

Mix and match game cards: male legs with orange pants, white stockings, and shoes with red bows of a jester

The bottom section of a playing card in a mix and match game set. The figure is male, and only his legs only appear on the card. The figure wears orange breeches, white stockings, blue garters with bells, and shoes with red bows. The colors appear to have been applied by hand.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195299

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.006

Mix and match game cards: male legs with blue pants and purple leggings

The bottom section of a playing card in a mix and match game set. The figure is male, whose legs only appear on the card. The figure wears blue trousers, purple leggings, and shoes with buckles. The colors appear to have been applied by hand.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195300

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.007

Mix and match game cards: head of a jester

In this top section of a playing card in a mix and match game set, only the head of a jester appears. The jester wears a white cap 'n bells, or coxcomb, a floppy, cloth hat with three points and a jingle bell at the end of each point. The three points signify the asses's ears and tails that jesters ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195301

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.008

Mix and match game cards: torso of a jester

The middle section of a playing card in a mix and match game set. The figure is male, and only his chest appears on the card. The figure wears a red doublet with tails and jingle bells, orange breeches, and a loose collar of what is probably a cap 'n bells. He holds what appears to a be a slapstick ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195302

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.009

Front of the game card 29 from "Characteristics; An Original Game by a Lady"

This is card 29 in the game, Characteristics, an Original and Amusing Game by a Lady, published by the firm W. & S. B. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts in 1843. The goal of the game was to collect cards by identifying famous personages by their personality traits. When a player failed to match the perso...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195303

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.001.001

Front of the game card 34 from "Characteristics; An Original Game by a Lady"

This is card 34 in the game, Characteristics, an Original and Amusing Game by a Lady, published by the firm W. & S. B. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts in 1843. The goal of the game was to collect cards by identifying famous personages by their personality traits. When a player failed to match the perso...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195304

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.001.003

Set of playing cards about wars in American history

Each card in this set of playing cards has two questions about various wars throughout American history and the answers. The back of the playing card is decorated with stars emitting rays of light, clouds, and the Old Man in the Moon.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195307

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.005

Front of a playing card about the American Revolutionary War. Declaration of Independence - Yorktown

This is a playing card of a card game about the Revolutionary War. There are two questions with their answers:"What momentous declaration, composed by Thomas Jefferson, was adopted and signed by the Continental Congress July 4, 1776? Declaration of Independence" and "Where did Lord Cornwallis surre...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195308

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.005.002

Elm Hill Chambers apartment house, Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass., undated

The Elm Hill Chambers apartment house is seen at 530-566 Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The apartment house is comprised of two three-story, brick buildings, which have matching towers at the corners of the buildings. The building containing 548 Warren Street is the ad...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195158

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.006

Aaron D. Williams mansion, Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the mansion built by industrialist and Boston alderman Aaron Davis Williams, Jr. in 1872 at 300 Walnut Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Davis named his home Oak Bend, which a subsequent owner changed to Abbotsford after Sir Walter Scott's ancestral keep. The house is made of Rox...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195159

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.004

Exterior view of a Queen Anne style house, Waverley and Perrin Streets, Roxbury, Mass., undated

A large Queen Anne, possibly the Frank E. Green house, is seen at the intersection of Waverley Street and Perrin Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The house was designed by South Boston architect, John H. Besarick. A large porch extends from the front entrance to the side of the house. Several open ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195160

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.005

House of the Good Shepherd, Roxbury, Mass., undated

An exterior view of the four-story brick House of the Good Shepherd convent and reformatory for girls on Tremont Street (later, 841 Huntington Avenue) opposite Parker Hill in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The view is from a curve in Tremont Street. A high fence surrounds the complex. A horse and carriage...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195161

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0040.001

Church of the New Jerusalem, Regent St. at Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of Church of the New Jerusalem at 3 Regent Street at Joseph Warren Square, at the corner of St. James Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts, built in 1874. A bell tower rises from the entranceway, behind which a turret stands on the St. James Street side of the church. On the f...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195162

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0040.002

Fauntleroy Hall, Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of Fauntleroy Hall of the Elm Hill Association at 42 Wenonah Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The building seems to have been used as a center for community and private events, such as concerts and weddings. Alice Collar Davis established Elm Hill in 1886 as a co-educatio...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195163

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0040.003

Twelfth Baptist Church, Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of the Twelfth Baptist Church at 160 Warren Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This church appears to have housed several different congregations. The first floor sign reads the "Advent Christian Publication Society, booksellers, publishers, printers, and stationers." This ...

Date: 1900-1930

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195164

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.002

Eliot Congregational Church, Kenilworth St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the side and front façades of the Eliot Congregational Church on Kenilworth Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts from a curve in the street and next to the sidewalk opposite the church. The church was completed and dedicated on November 25, 1835. Along the right side of the street op...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195165

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0030.001

Lowell House, Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of the Lowell House in Roxbury, Massachusetts from below the hill on which it sits. Two wide gabled bays punctuate the façade and alternate with narrower recessed sections. The entrance is nestled between the two bays, and wooden stairs with railings lead up to the front d...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195166

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.002

Stone Store, corner of Walnut Ave. and Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of a two-story stone commercial building at Walnut Avenue and Warren Street in Ward 21 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The first floor is occupied by various businesses including Peter A. Riley, plumber, 8 Walnut Avenue; Farley, plumber; and John Melville Haynes, upholsterer and cabinetm...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195167

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0050.001

Morse House, 145 Walnut Ave., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of the Greek Revival Morse House at 145 Walnut Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Two-story Ionic columns support a pediment punctuated with a window surmounted by a fanlight. A picket fence on top of a stone wall fronts the property. A sign hangs on a tree in the front yar...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195168

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0050.002

Roxbury Gas Co., 39 Dudley St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view from across Kenilworth Street of the Roxbury Light Gas Co. gasworks at 39 Dudley Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The Gothic Revival structure features a central tower with a lancet arched entrance and lancet arched windows above the front door and on the side walls. A group of chi...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195169

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0120.001

Buena Vista, Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of Buena Vista, the mansion of Isaac Fenno and his wife Almira Blake Fenno on Buena Vista Street (also known as Buena Vista Avenue) in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Trees partially hide the house, which is set on a small hill. The view seems to be from the house across the street as the ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195170

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0290.001

Dudley St. at Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the intersection of Warren Street and Dudley Street in Dudley Square, Roxbury, Massachusetts. A trolley car enters the intersection along Warren Street as another approaches from Dudley Street. The Second Empire-style Hotel Dartmouth occupies the northwest corner of the intersection at 144...

Date: 1901-1930

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195171

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.003

Roxbury Court House, Roxbury St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view from across the street of the front façade of the two-story, Beaux-Arts Roxbury Municipal Courthouse at 88 Roxbury Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Built in red brick with Indiana limestone trimmings, a two-level set of low steps lead up to the arched doorway. The second floor windows are pe...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195172

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.004

Little Sisters of the Poor, Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the Home for the Aged Poor of the Little Sisters of the Poor at 424 Dudley Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts from the intersection of Dudley Street and Woodward Avenue. The building is four stories high, is designed in the Second Empire style, and is constructed of brick with gran...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195173

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.005

High School for the Practical Arts, Winthrop St., corner of Greenville St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the side and front façades of the High School of Practical Arts at 35 Greenville Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The school opened on December 1, 1913. It was designed by Julius Adolph Schweinfurth in the form of a central division with two side wings. The pediment of the entrance way is...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195174

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.006

Ralph Waldo Emerson School, Shirley St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of the two-story, brick Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School at 6 Shirley Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Completed in July 1924, the school was scheduled to open that fall. The doors are surmounted with pediments broken on the bottom that present figures reading books....

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195175

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.007

Exterior view of the Boston Young Men's Hebrew Association Gymnasium, Humboldt Ave., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of the Boston Young Men's Hebrew Association (YMHA) gymnasium on Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The two-story Colonial Revival structure is constructed of tapestry brick with limestone trimmings. A double staircase sweeps up to the first floor pedimented main e...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195176

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.008

House of the Angel Guardian, Vernon St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the House of the Angel Guardian at 85 Vernon Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Rev. George F. Haskins established this orphanage and reformatory wayward boys in 1851 and, when the institution outgrew its original locations, purchased land at Vernon Street and built this structure...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195177

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1540.0010.004

Baptist Church, Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view from across Dudley Street of the side of the Dudley Street Baptist Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The congregation was formed as the First Baptist Church in Roxbury in 1821 and built this church near Warren Street in 1852. The church is built in the Gothic Revival style of brick....

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195178

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1540.0010.005

House of Louis Prang, Centre St. near Gardner St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the Louis Prang House at 45 Centre Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Built in 1856 in the Italianate style, two polygonal bay windows flank the front door, which is adorned with trellises. The columns of the entrance way support a balustraded balcony. A widow's peak crowns the th...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195179

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1540.0010.006

Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury, Mass.

Architects Edward T. P. Graham and Joseph M. Dolan designed Hibernian Hall, also known as the Hibernian Building, at 182-186 Dudley Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Several cars are parked in front of the building. An empty space with a Dudley Realty Co. sign in the window and what appears to be a ...

Date: 1965-03-31

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195180

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.054

Corner of Warren St. and Palmer St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the intersection of Warren Street, Washington Street, and Palmer Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Various stores line the street, including Charles C. Doten & Co. Provisions at 2234 Washington Street and Ira P. Jefts' Pharmacy at 2224 Washington Street. A large billboard for the real esta...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195181

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.055

Tremont St. at Texas St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the intersection of Texas Street and Columbus Avenue in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts. Trolley car tracks run down the middle of Columbus Avenue. Numerous businesses line the street, including the Plaza movie theatre (1120 Columbus Avenue, formerly the Criterion Theatre), Woolworth's (11...

Date: 1948-09-13

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195182

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0580.001

Tremont St. at Douglass Square, Roxbury, Mass.

A view of Tremont Street at Frederick Douglass Square in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Trolley car tracks run down the middle of Tremont Street. Numerous businesses line the street, including the Douglass Square Pharmacy and Slade's Restaurant. Billboards advertise Sunoco and H. P. Hood products. Politica...

Date: 1950-10-26

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195183

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0110.001

Tremont St. and Whittier St., southbound, Roxbury, Mass.

A view of Tremont Street from number 1165 near Whittier Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Trolley car tracks run down the middle of Tremont Street. Numerous businesses line the street, including Murray's Café, Bell Auto Parts, and Wales Weatherproofing (1165 Tremont Street). Murray's Café opened in ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195184

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0580.003

Thwing House, 175 Highland St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the three-story, Italianate home of merchant Supply Clap Thwing at 175 Highland Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A central tower containing the main entrance projects from the front façade of the house and extends its crown beyond the roof line. Three people stand at the front d...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195185

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0570.001

Hotel Park, Dale Street, Roxbury, Mass., undated

The four-story Hotel Park is seen at 101 Dale Street at the intersection with Regent Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Built in 1884, probably by the contractor Melville C. Grant, this was an apartment hotel that accomodated long-term residents and provided services such as a dining room. John P. S...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195186

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0060.007

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