Historic New England

Billhead for Pratt's Express Co., Dr., Campello, Mass., dated May 30, 1885

Pratt's Express has an office located at 75 Kilby Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1885-05-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268287

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.01.012

Thaneil hosiery shades for spring and summer of 1932, Thayer McNeil, 47 Temple Place, Boston, Mass.

A color chart shows the hosiery shades available from the Company. The back cover has an order form.

Date: 1932

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268288

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.001.021

Billhead for Pratt's Express Co., Dr., Campello, Mass., dated June 30, 1885

Pratt's Express has an office located at 75 Kilby Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1885-06-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268289

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.01.013

Billhead for B.W. Allard, Dr., Boston, Mass., dated June 1890

Allard has delivered freight to and from the Eastern Railroad.

Date: 1890-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268290

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.01.014

Letterhead for Dexter, Abbot & Co., commission merchants, 200 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

The business is located on Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268291

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.001

Trade card for Whitney & Whiston, commission merchants, No. 77 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Business references for the firm are located in other cities such as New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268292

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.002

When your Xmas packages are ready call the American Express, location unknown, December 1915

The brochure provides packing and shipping advice for customers sending holiday parcels. The verso describes the advantages of using money orders when sending cash gifts.

Date: 1915-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268293

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.003

Letterhead for Hall & Company, commission merchants, 5 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The business is located on Chauncy Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268294

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.004

Receipt for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, Dr., Westbrook, Mass., dated January 7, 1886

The receipt is for the transport of freight from Saybrook, Connecticut to Westbrook, Massachusetts.

Date: 1886-01-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268295

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.005

Circular for Barbour & Son, commission merchants and brokers in India merchandize, No. 1 Central Wharf, Boston, Mass., undated

The business solicits customers interested in such items as linseed, saltpetre, gunny cloth and other India produce. There is an embossed stamp in the upper left corner of the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268296

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.006

Gifts, Robert W. Kellogg, unusual gifts by the hundred, Springfield, Mass.

Gifts for personal use and the home are described in the catalog. An order form is included.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268299

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.002.001

Receipt for John K. Ames, Machias, Maine, dated August 26, 1899

John K. Ames, on board the ship Jenny Lind, will deliver lumber from Machias, Maine to Beverly, Massachusetts.

Date: 1899-08-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268297

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.007

Letterhead for Albert P. Clark & Co., 218 State and 27 Commerce Streets, Boston, Mass., dated March 31, 1866

Clark solcits a customer to purchase salt which has been imported at a loss.

Date: 1866-03-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268298

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.008

1893 premium catalogue, illustrating many useful and valuable articles given away to consumers of Dunhams Cocoanut, Dunham Mfg. Co., New York, New York

Labels from packages of Dunham's Shred Cocoanut can be exchanged for such items as a baseball, paint box, camera and salt and pepper shakers. Recipes using shredded cocoanut are included.

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268301

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.002.002

Photograph album 70

This album has a wooden cover decorated with relief carving. William Sumner Appleton received it from his cousin, Alice Longfellow. Its original owner was Rev. Samuel Longfellow, the brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It contains cartes de visite of the Longfellow family, including Henry Wads...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 268302

Ref. Code: PC009.070

Gifts for a Merry Christmas 1945, Sears Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Illinois

Clothing, toys, jewelry and home furnishings are among the offerings from Sears in their 1945 Christmas catalog.

Date: 1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268303

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.002.003

Richter Stone Blocks, Block House, Inc., 43 East 19th Street, New York, New York

Toy building block sets are described, made by the firm of F. Ad. Richter & Cie., Rudolfstadt, Thuringia, Germany. They are sold and distributed by Block House, Inc. There is a separate supplement of colored drawings of the block structures in various settings. There is a note on both items that sta...

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268304

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.002.004

B. Shackman & Co., the most complete selection of fine handcrafted cherrywood doll house furniture, accessories & antique doll replicas, 2 West 35th Street, New York, New York

Images, descriptions, sizes, and prices are provided for the dollhouse furniture and dolls. The furniture items include a Governor Winthrop Desk.

Date: 1971-1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268307

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.002.005

"The Treasure Chest," year book 1929, Bigelow, Kennard & Co., 331 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

Jewelry, watches, silver and tableware pieces are among the items sold at the store. A Company history is given with a drawing of the Washington Street store. The catalog has photographs of the employees working at designing, engraving and other processes.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268309

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.003.001

Jordan Marsh department store decorated for Grand Army of the Republic, Washington St., Boston, Mass., 1890.

Exterior view of the Jordan Marsh department store decorated with flags, pennants, and bunting, for the Grand Army of the Republic parade along Washington St., Boston, 1890. There are pedestrians and horsecars along the street. The Twenty-fourth National Encampment of the G. A. R. was held in Bosto...

Date: 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 268313

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8630.001

Baird-North Co., gold & silversmiths, Providence, Rhode Island

Jewelry descriptions and prices are on each page. An ordering blank is included. The images are for fancy gold filled lockets, page D-93, pendants, page D-48 and diamond pendants and brooches, page D-29.

Date: 1911

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268310

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.003.002

Library elevation, 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268478

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.021

Entrance elevation and detail section, 3/4 inch scale, (part), measured, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268480

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.022

South elevation and detail section, 3/4 inch scale, (part), measured, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268481

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.023

Drawing room mantel piece (signed Ogden Codman), 1 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268482

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.024

Drawing room elevation, 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268483

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.025

Drawing room elevation, 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268484

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.026

Drawing room elevation, (fireplace), 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268485

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.027

Drawing room elevation, (fireplace), 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268486

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.028

Drawing room elevation, 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268487

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.029

Drawing room elevation, 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268488

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.030

Fence and entrance gates, 3/4 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268489

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.031

Fence and entrance gates, 3/4 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268490

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.032

Front door elevation, 3/4 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268491

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.033

Reception room plan and elevation, 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268492

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.034

Marble floor (entrance and stair hall), 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268493

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.035

Photograph album 79A

Carte de visite album of children, mostly unidentified. There are also some commercial cartes de visite, including such subjects as a baby ("The light of our home") and an angel. Boston photographers Allen & Horton are represented here.

Date: 1860s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 268499

Ref. Code: PC009.079A

Photograph album 79B

Carte de visite album of children, many identified and individually dated. Family names found here are Prince, Turner, Ames, Hill, Coggeshall, Holt, Merrill, and Stone. Most of these are of good quality, except for a few which are yellowed.

Date: 1860s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 268512

Ref. Code: PC009.079B

Photograph album 79C

Carte de visite album bound in purple leather. It belonged to James Atkins Noyes. Most of these photos are unidentified or are labeled only with first names or with family relationships, such as "mother" or "father." An exception is a photo of Justin Winsor, the historian, and a little girl named...

Date: 1860-1870

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 268514

Ref. Code: PC009.079C

Photograph album 79D

Carte de visite album, with one gem tintype, bound in brown leather. The label for James Atkins Noyes, Cambridge, Mass. is on the front. Many of these are identified, but some have only first names. Families represented are Edes, Tewksbury, Frothingham, and Prescott. Photographers from Massachus...

Date: 1860s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 268516

Ref. Code: PC009.079D

Plan and elevation of stair hall, 1/2 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268517

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.037

Plumbing plan, 1/4 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268518

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.038

Garden plan, 1/8 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: pencil on tracing paper

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268519

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.039

Plot plan including garden, 1/8 inch scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: ink on linen with red markings

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268520

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.040

Plot plan (trees): J. P. Cottong to Ogden Codman, 1 inch to 16 feet scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908.

1 plan: ink on linen with red markings

Date: 1908

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268521

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.041

Plot plan, 1 inch to 16 feet scale, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: ink on linen with red markings

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268522

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.042

Cellar plan, 1/4 inch scale, measured, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: ink on linen with red markings

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268523

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.043

First floor plan, 1/4 inch scale, measured, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: ink on linen with red markings

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268524

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.044

Second floor plan, 1/4 inch scale, measured, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: ink on linen with red markings

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268525

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.045

Attic plan, 1/4 inch scale, partial measure, residence of Martha Codman, Bellevue Ave. and Berkeley, "Berkeley Villa", Newport, R.I., 1908-10.

1 plan: ink on linen with red markings

Date: 1908-10

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 268526

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.003.046

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