Historic New England

Trade card for Joseph C. Godfrey, matches, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business warehouse is located at 33 India Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. "L.H. Quimby, Wholesale Agt" is stamped on the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258170

Ref. Code: EP001.01.074.01.02.001

Brochure for The Vulcan Match-Manufacturing Company, Tidaholm, Sweden, undated

The brochure has images of Vulcan safety matches.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258171

Ref. Code: EP001.01.074.01.02.002

Sheet of matchbook covers for The Yankee Network, The Diamond Match Co., New York, New York, undated

The sheet has matchbook covers for The Yankee Network. The caption reads "Strike all New England."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258172

Ref. Code: EP001.01.074.01.02.003

Trade card for Dr. G.O. Hall, dentist, 36 Court Street, opposite Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Dr. Hall's office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258209

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.001

Trade card for Dr. Locke, dentist, No. 5 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Dr. Locke's dentistry practice is on Franklin Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258210

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.002

Trade card for unidentified dentist, location unknown, undated

The image caption reads "Somebody's looking love pull down the blind." The card verso describes a dental practice but some of the text is missing.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258211

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.003

Trade card for J.M. Locke, dentist, No. 16 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Locke's dental practice is located at Dr. Parsons' address on Winter Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258212

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.004

Appointment card for H.L. Williams, M.D., dentist, Woodstock, Vermont, undated

"Wednesday Oct. 29" is handwritten on the appointment card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258213

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.005

Trade card for W.F.G. Morton, dentist, 19 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card lists references for Dr. Morton.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258214

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.006

Trade card for the King Dental Parlors, 478 Washington Street, corner Avon, Boston, Mass., ca. 1906

Dental work performed at the King Dental Parlors is described on the card verso including dentures, extractions, crowns, fillings and cleaning. A pair of kittens are on top of a fence in the image. King is located between Jordan's and White's over Crosby's Jewelry Store on Washington Street.

Date: ca. 1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258215

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.007

Trade card for the King Dental Parlors, 478 Washington Street, corner Avon, Boston, Mass., ca. 1906

Dental work performed at the King Dental Parlors is described on the card verso including dentures, extractions, crowns, fillings and cleaning. A young girl carries a small child on her back in the card image.

Date: ca. 1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258216

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.008

Trade card for the King Dental Parlors, 478 Washington Street, corner Avon, Boston, Mass., ca. 1906

Dental work performed at the King Dental Parlors is described on the card verso including dentures, extractions, crowns, fillings and cleaning. Birds and flowering plants are seen in the card image.

Date: ca. 1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258217

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.02.001

Trade card for Tucum Mfg. Co., toothbrushes, No. 409 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A large toothbrush illustrates the card for the Tucum Manufacturing Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258218

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.010

Trade card for Dr. Charles Swift, surgeon dentist, No. 23 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., undated

Dr. Swift's practice is opposite the Boston Museum on Tremont Row. The card is inside an envelope addressed to "Capt. A.F. Patterson."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258219

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.011

Trade card for Hayden & Swift, surgeon dentists, 23 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., undated

The practice is opposite the Boston Museum on Tremont Row. The card is inside an envelope addressed to "Capt. A.F. Patterson."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258220

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.012

Trade card for Dr. Charles Swift, surgeon dentist, Lynn, Mass., undated

Dr. Swift's office is opposite the Central Depot in Lynn, Massachusetts. The card is inside an envelope addressed to "Capt. A.F. Patterson."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258221

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.013

Advertisement for Stockton's Mineral Teeth, Theodore Metcalf, apothecary, Boston, Mass., April 4, 1837

Metcalf is located ten doors north of the Tremont House hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. The advertisement is from the "American Traveler," 23 May 1837.

Date: 1837-04-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258222

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.014

Advertisement for Charles J. Houpt, dentist, Hanover Street, one door from Portland Street, Boston, Mass., January 17, 1837

Houpt describes his prices for the insertion of porcelain teeth. The advertisement is from the "American Traveler," 23 May 1837.

Date: 1837-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258223

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.015

Advertisement for C. Houghton, surgeon dentist, Danvers, Mass., December 21-23, 1869

Houghton describes his dental work and concern for the patient. The advertisement is from "The Meteor," December 21, 22, 23, 1869.

Date: 1869-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258224

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.016

Trade card for the New York Dental Co., corner Main and Chatham Streets, Worcester, Mass., undated

The services of the dental business are described on the card verso. A female figure with a cabbage head waters a cabbage patch.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258225

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.017

Statuary Room of the Athenaeum, Boston, Mass., 1855

This engraving depicts the statuary gallery on the first floor of the Athenaeum. There are people sitting in the middle of the room viewing the statues. A description clipped from another source is on the item verso.

Date: 1855

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 258302

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1050.001

Library of the Athenaeum

This engraving depicts the Library on the second floor of the Athenaeum. There are tables in the center and busts lining the room. People look through the stacks at the books or sit at the tables studying.

Date: 1855

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 258303

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1050.003

Trade card for the New York Painless Dental Rooms, Tremont Row, Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1910

A price list for the services provided by the business is printed on the verso. The card verso has "c. 1910" written in pencil.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258311

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.018

Trade card for Lewis F. Foss, surgeon dentist, Maple Street, Danvers, Mass., undated

The trade card is pasted on a sheet above a larger card with a flower decorated horseshoe image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258312

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.01.019

Billhead for Charles T. Clifford Dr., surgeon dentist, Rooms Nos. 4,5 and 6 Stott's Block, 224 Middlesex Street, Lowell, Mass., dated December 3, 1881

The billhead lists prices for gold fillings, other fillings and artificial teeth.

Date: 1881-12-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258314

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.01.02.002

Trade card, "S.T. Birmingham, M.D., Native Indian Physician, Office, 63 Cambridge Street, corner Chambers Street, Boston", undated

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. Birmingham has office hours in ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258316

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.001

Trade card for Miss Dr. C.A. Shearman, chiropodist, 280 1-2 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Dr. Shearman will visit patients in their homes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258320

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.002

Trade card for D. Albert Sullivan, apothecary, Watertown, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card reads "Physicians prescriptions carefully prepaired."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258325

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.003

Trade card for Mrs. Nowell, eclectic physician, office, No. 13 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880

Mrs. Nowell treats sick headaches, incipient paralysis, sleeplessness, chronic female weaknesses and skin and scalp diseases. She will be at the American House in Fitchburg for one week after September 22.

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258331

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.004

Trade card for the Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Corporation, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, undated

Dr. Arnold's Cough Killer, Sugar Coated Bilious Pills and Soothing and Quieting Cordial are described on the card verso. A bird sees a ladybug sitting on a leaf in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258332

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.005

Trade card for the Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Corporation, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, undated

Dr. Arnold's Cough Killer, Sugar Coated Bilious Pills and Soothing and Quieting Cordial are described on the card verso. A dragonfly hovers over a flower in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258333

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.006

Trade card for the Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Corporation, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, undated

Dr. Arnold's Cough Killer, Sugar Coated Bilious Pills and Soothing and Quieting Cordial are described on the card verso. A flowering branch decorates a goldfish bowl in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258335

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.007

Trade card for the Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Corporation, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, undated

Dr. Arnold's Cough Killer, Sugar Coated Bilious Pills and Soothing and Quieting Cordial are described on the card verso. A hummingbird approaches a pink rose in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258337

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.008

Trade card for the Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Corporation, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, undated

Dr. Arnold's Cough Killer, Sugar Coated Bilious Pills and Soothing and Quieting Cordial are described on the card verso. A little dog looks at a fly in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258338

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.009

Trade card for the Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Corporation, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, undated

Dr. Arnold's Cough Killer, Sugar Coated Bilious Pills and Soothing and Quieting Cordial are described on the card verso. A white heron observes a snake capturing a frog in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258339

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.010

Advertisement for Easy Feet, Dr. N. Kenison & Sons, chiropodists and manicures, 58 Winter and 37 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The practice is described including the price for various services. The business was established in 1840.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258342

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.011

Trade card for W.W. Hebbard, illustrated lectures on health, strength, long life, Music Hall, November 11, 1881

The card verso states that Dr. Hebbard uses "Ten thousand feet of maps and diagrams, illustrating every organ, function and disease of the human body."

Date: 1881-11-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258344

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.012

Receipt for Samuel L. Dutton, M.D., Dr., 22 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 1, 1879

The left side of the check has a fee table for the Boston Medical Association.

Date: 1879-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258347

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.013

Receipt for Samuel L. Dutton, M.D., Dr., 22 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 17, 1881

The left side of the receipt has a fee table for the Boston Medical Association.

Date: 1881-03-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258348

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.014

Billhead for Dr. J.H. Payne, 1262 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 1, 1871

The office hours are given at the top of the billhead.

Date: 1871-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258349

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.015

Receipt for H.M. Jernegan, M.D., Dr., 700 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 29, 1883

The top of the receipt reads "Family Bills Rendered Monthly."

Date: 1883-10-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258368

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.01.016

Trade card for Drs. Charles & Sarah Wesley, botanic physicians, 366 1/2 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A flowering branch decorates the card for the botanic physicians.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258369

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.02.001

Trade card for J.M. Rix, M.D., physician and surgeon, Warner, New Hampshire, undated

The card lists references for Dr. Rix. The bottom of the card reads "Professional calls promptly attended to at all hours."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258370

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.02.002

Trade card for Mrs. Nowell, eclectic physician, office, No. 13 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880

Mrs. Nowell treats sick headaches, incipient paralysis, sleeplessness, chronic female weaknesses and skin and scalp diseases. She will be at the American House in Fitchburg for one week after September 22.

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258371

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.02.003

Trade card for Silas P. Holbrook, M.D., East Douglass, Mass., undated

Dr. Holbrook has references from physicians in Boston and Philadelphia.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258372

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.02.004

Trade card for Dr. James E. Murphy, chiropratic physician, 511 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The conditions Dr. Murphy specializes in are listed on the card verso. A second address is given in the lower right corner "93 Main Road, No. Tiverton, R.I."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 258373

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.02.02.005