Historic New England

Trade card for Prince Albert Crimp Cut, long burning pipe and cigarette tobacco, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1907

The card holds paper for rolling cigarettes. The Crimp Cut Tobacco was patented on July 30, 1907.

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270560

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.002

Trade card for Canney & Graves, importers and manufacturers of Havana and Principe Cigars and dealers in leaf and manufactured tobacco, No. 50 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is the successor to G.H. Jones.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270561

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.003

Trade card for the Rainmaker, the 5 cent cigar, Martin L. Hall & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso reads "A meal and a bed in each puff. Everybody sells them. No household complete without them."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270562

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.004

Trade card for D.H. Clark, W.I. goods, fruits, confectionery, nuts, tobacco, cigars and notions, French's Block, Main Street, Barre, Vermont, undated

City tourists ask the country grocer if he has any canned worms for bait in the caption.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270563

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.005

Trade card for G. & T. Hales, manufacturers of Havana and domestic cigars, Pleasant Street, Claremont, New Hampshire, undated

The cigar manufacturer is located in Claremont, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270564

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.006

Label for Pearson's Red Top Snuff, Byfield Snuff Co., Byfield, Mass., undated

The label reads "Pearson's Mills" above the female figure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270565

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.007

Trade card for Newport Club 5 c. Cigar, location unknown, undated

The card opens to show a man in a bathroom leaning over a toilet bowl.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.008

Trade card for Venable's St. George Tobacco, Venable Tobacco Company, Durham, North Carolina, undated

Saint George slaying the dragon is the image used for the tobacco brand. The chewing tobacco can be purchased from Jacob W. Welch, dealer in groceries and hardware, in Groveton, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.009

Trade card for Lorillard's Splendid Plug Tobacco, P. Lorillard & Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, 1886

The card displays storm and weather signals from the United States Meteorological Bureau.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270624

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.010

Trade card for Wave Line Plug Tobacco, The Wilson & McCallay Tobacco Company, Middletown, Ohio, undated

A United States Navy Commissary sailor displays a box of the plug tobacco. The item is for sale by D.M. Pollard & Company, Keene, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270625

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.011

Envelope for W.G. Slate, cash grocery store, Northfield, Mass., undated

The store carries cigars, tobacco and pastry.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270626

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.012

Copley Square, Boston, Mass., Cigars Makers' International Union of America, location unknown, undated

The card verso displays the blue label of the Cigar Makers' Internation Union of America. The public is urged to smoke union-made cigars. The postcard image shows the Boston Public Library and the Old South Church in Copley Square.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270628

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.013

Trade card for Blackwell's Durham Tobacco, manufactured only by W.T. Blackwell & Co., Durham, North Carolina, undated

The public is urged to look for the bull trade mark. The image and text on the card verso indicate the card was cut from a larger item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270629

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.014

Mishaps of J. Alphonso Brown until he got Blackwell's Genuine Durham, a warning to young men in seven chapters, W.T. Blackwell & Co., Durham, North Carolina, undated

The panels show what happens to Brown when he smokes another brand of tobacco. The item has only four of the seven chapters.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270630

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.015

Label for Golden Grit, cigars, location unknown, undated

The label is decorated in colors of gold, red and yellow.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270631

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.016

Cigarette card for Wm. S. Kimball & Co's Cigarettes, Rochester, New York, undated

A couple meet on a staircase at a masked ball in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270632

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.017

Label for La Meloda, cigars, Landfield & Steele makers, location unknown, undated

A woman wearing a violet hat decorates the cigar label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270633

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.018

Label for Jewelo, cigars, location unknown, undated

A figure in a plumed hat courts a girl holding tobacco leaves.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270634

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.019

Handbill for Harvard Pippins, cigars, H. Traiser & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The text reads "The largest plant in the world making strictly high class union cigars." The business was established in 1852.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270635

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.020

Handbill for Estabrook & Eaton, importers and manufacturers of fine cigars, 222 & 224 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is located opposite Young's Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270636

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.021

Billhead for the Boston Co-Operative Association, manufacturers of fine segars and dealers in leaf tobacco, 85 State Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 12, 1889

The business premises are shown in the billhead image.

Date: 1889-06-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270637

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.022

Billhead for Joseph F. Paul, Dr., carpenter & builder, Nos. 441 to 451 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 31, 1864

Paul is the proprietor of the Bay State Moulding, Sawing & Planing Mill.

Date: 1864-12-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270986

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.012

Billhead for John H. Eddy, dealer in wooden ware, willow ware, paper bags, cords, Nos.5 and 7 Exchange Street, Providence, Rhode Island, dated April 3, 1871

Eddy manufactures brooms in addition to dealing in brushes, baskets, shovels and wire goods.

Date: 1871-04-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270987

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.013

Billhead for Joseph F. Paul, Dr., carpenter & builder, Nos. 441 to 451 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 9, 1863

Paul is the proprietor of the Bay State Moulding, Sawing & Planing Mill.

Date: 1863-04-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270988

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.014

Billhead for C.& A. Wilder, manufacturers of wooden ware, South Hingham, Mass., dated April 9, 1863

The business premises are shown in the billhead image. W. & E. Howe, printers, 39 Merchants Row are credited below the image.

Date: 1863-04-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270990

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.015

Billhead for Joseph F. Paul, Dr., carpenter & builder, Nos. 441 to 451 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 31, 1865

Paul is the proprietor of the Bay State Moulding, Sawing & Planing Mill.

Date: 1865-01-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270991

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.016

Billhead for A. Lees, wood mantels and interior work, Wellesley Hills, Mass., dated August 2, 1912

The business specialty is architectural wood carving. Lees is an agent for Alfred Peat Company Wall Papers.

Date: 1912-08-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270992

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.017

Charles A. Millen, manufacturer of all kinds of building trimmings, office and factory, 16 Beverly Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Pieces are shown in outline with product numbers and measurements. The business manufactures window and door frames, stair rails, balusters, gutters, ash and walnut sheathing for customers. The middle of the image shows a stationary washstand, manufactured by George H. Derby, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270993

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.018

Design No. 10, published by the Sorrento Wood Carving Co., 5 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated

Five variations of the design are shown on the sheet.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270994

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.019

Billhead for Chas. H. Bonney, Dr., builder, manufacturer of window frames, brackets, Whitman, Mass., dated November 1889

Bonney performs all kinds of mill work including sawing, turning and planing. The shop is located at D.B. Gurney Tack Works.

Date: 1889-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270995

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.020

Billhead for Joseph F. Paul, Dr., carpenter & builder, Nos. 441 to 451 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 1, 1861

Paul is the proprietor of the Bay State Moulding, Sawing & Planing Mill.

Date: 1861-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270997

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.021

Billhead for Isaac Hatch, Dr., manufacturer of blinds, sashes, junction of Malden and Wareham Streets, Boston, Mass., dated December 15, 1875

Hatch carries novelty wood works in addition to blinds and sashes.

Date: 1875-12-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270998

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.022

Billhead for J.J. Shaw, Dr., builder, location unknown, dated April 17, 1875

Shaw has sold boards, nails and carting to Henry C. Nims for his boarding stable on Mason Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1875-04-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270999

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.023

Letterhead for A.S. Nichols, manufacturer of slate & hard wood mantels, brass work, show rooms, No. 15 W. 27 Street between Broadway & 5th Avenue, New York, New York, dated September 12, 1889

The correspondence concerns a check.

Date: 1889-09-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271000

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.024

Circular for Joseph H. Wilson, balusters, posts, planing, 161, 163 & 165 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 1, 1875

Wilson undertakes all types of work in Mr. Standish's mill located on Albany Street. A price list for balusters, frame posts and rails is given at the bottom of the item.

Date: 1875-04-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271001

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.025

Standard Wood Turning Company, machine turned balusters, 315 & 317 Washington Street, Jersey City, New Jersey, June 15, 1882

Images, measurements and prices are given for the machine made balusters.

Date: 1882-06-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271002

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.026

Trade card for Hogg, Brown & Taylor, 477 to 481 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The image is from a Kate Greenaway illustration in "Under the window: pictures & rhymes for children."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271003

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.04.030

College Street, Providence, R.I., 1881

A view looking up College Street at Brown University's Front Green (University Hall's facade can be made out near the center of the photo), from the corner of Benefit Street and College Street. The side of the Providence Athenaeum appears close to the right side edge of the photograph. The lamppost ...

Date: 1881

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 271004

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.010

Major Tobin House, Providence, R.I.

Photograph of a large house at the corner of an intersection, with two small porches. Surrounded by several trees, a few other houses can be seen in the frame.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 271011

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.011

Rice House, Providence, R.I.

View of a large house, or mansion. A few other homes can be seen at the edges of the frame, and an electrical utlity pole and a few trees are also visible.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 271012

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.012