Historic New England

Merwin House collection

The Merwin House collection (MS041) contains material which reflects the personal and social lives of the Doane, Merwin, and Wilson families who inhabited the Merwin House in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The majority of the collection is comprised of genealogical material focused on Marie Vipont deR...

Date: 1716-1985, undated

Collection: Merwin House collection

GUSN: 267210

Ref. Code: MS041

Advertisement for The Willcox & Gibbs Triumphant, sewing machine, Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine, 323 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., December 1867

The ad text refers to a trial between the Willcox and Florence sewing machines as to which has the superior features.

Date: 1867-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267211

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.01.019

Advertisement for Grover & Baker's Highest Premium Family Sewing Machines, No. 495 Broadway, New York, New York, March 1867

The sewing machine features are described with customer testimonials. The ad is from "Hours at home," March 1867.

Date: 1867-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267212

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.01.020

Advertisement for Wheeler & Wilson's Lock Stitch Sewing-Machines, No. 625 Broadway, New York, New York, 1866

Magazine subscribers will receive a special price on a Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine. The ad is from "Hours at home," 1866.

Date: 1866

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267213

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.01.021

Advertisement for Grover & Baker's First Premium Elastic Stitch Family Sewing Machines, 495 Broadway, New York, New York, January 1867

Text and testimonials describe the excellence of the Grover Sewing Machines. The ad is from the "Atlantic monthly advertiser," January 1867.

Date: 1867-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267214

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.01.022

Advertisement for Grover & Baker's First Premium Elastic Stitch Family Sewing Machines, 495 Broadway, New York, New York, December 1867

Text and testimonials describe the excellence of the Grover Sewing Machines. The ad is from the "Atlantic monthly advertiser," December 1867.

Date: 1867-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267216

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.01.023

Letterhead for the Col. Allen Encampment, Post 45, Grand Army of the Republic, Gloucester, Mass., dated April 19, 1873

A veteran has won an Elias Howe, Jr. Sewing Machine in a lottery held at the Grand Army Fair in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The receipt for the item is attached.

Date: 1873-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267219

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.01.024

Orpi Permanent Oil Colors, Talens & Sons, Inc., 127 Sussex Avenue, Newark, New Jersey

Colors and prices for Orpi oil paints are listed in the leaflet.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 266658

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.007

Oil color permanency, Permanent Pigments, Cincinnati, Ohio

One side of the brochure is a color chart with prices while the verso describes the factors in achieving permanency in paint colors. Text stamped on the front reads "M.M. Ross Company, 72 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass."

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267225

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.008

Some notes on artist's colors combined with a reference list of Mussini Oil Colors and Mediums, by M. Grumbacher, 160 Fifth Avenue, New York and 55 York Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

The pamphlet has detailed notes on the colors, brushes and varnishes. The Mussini Oil Colors are manufactured by H. Schmincke & Company according to methods devised by Prof. Cesare Mussini. The product is imported by M. Grumbacher. The M.M. Ross Company, located in Boston and Providence, carries the...

Date: 1932

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267226

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.009

Sample book, W.A. Hall & Son, fancy leathers, 99 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass.

Leather samples and prices are given in the item.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267227

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.010

Samples of leathers for bookbinding, W.A. Hall & Son, fancy leathers for arts and crafts, 250 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass.

Book binding leather is shown in the item with prices and textures.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267230

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.011

Samples of velvet finished lamb skins, W.A. Hall & Son, fancy leathers for arts and crafts, 99 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass.

Velvet finished lamb skins are shown in various colors.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267231

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.012

Sealing wax art, Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, Mass.

The item is an instruction book for creating jewelry, enamel, and place cards out of sealing wax. Text on the back cover reads "From Goodman's Bookstore, 25 Hanover Street, Manchester, N.H." One book has a leaflet titles "Sealing Wax Beads and How to Make Them" with a newspaper clipping on the topic...

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267232

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.013

Blue book manual of yarncraft, vol. 51, new revised ed., Bernhard Ulmann Co., Inc., New York

Knitting patterns for clothing, accessories, afghans and craft projects, using Bear Brand or Bucilla Yarns, are described in the catalog.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267233

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.014

Catalogue of books and materials for basket-making, J.L. Hammett Company, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Mass.,

Basket making supplies are described in the catalog. The cover title reads "Hammett's catalogue, books-materials for basket making." The catalog includes loose items as follows: Basketry materials and bases, supplement to catalog, April 1925 (2 copies). Hammett's basketry materials, revised prices, ...

Date: 1924-1925

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267234

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.015

Illustrated catalogue and price list of photographic apparatus and supplies, 7th ed., section A, manufactured and sold by The Blair Camera Co., 471, 473, 475, 477 Tremont Street, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago

Section A describes cameras, accessories and equipment manufactured or controlled by the Blair Camera Company. The factory and home office is located in Boston. The warehouses are in Chicago and Philadelphia.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267235

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.001

Picture taking at night, published by Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York

Instructions for taking photographs at night under various lighting conditions is described. The Andrew J. Lloyd Company, with offices in Boston, Cambridge, Salem and Brockton, distributed the item.

Date: 1925

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267236

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.002

Snaps, August issue, Sullivan Photo Service, 736 Forest Avenue, Portland, Maine

Tips for taking summer photographs are provided and the mother in the family is encouraged to be the photographer. Customers are reminded to take extra film and order double prints for sharing.

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267237

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.003

Graflex, the camera for more interesting pictures, Folmer Graflex Corporation, Rochester, New York

The catalog has descriptions and prices for cameras and accessories made by Graflex. There is a separate "Supplement Graflex catalog lenses." The Andrew J. Lloyd Company is the product distributor.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267238

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.004

Catalog of the seventh International Salon of Photography, Boston Camera Club, 351 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass.

The exhibition catalog lists creators, places, processes, titles and prices.

Date: 1938

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267239

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.005

Snap shots and how to make them, spring and summer, The Picture Shop, Casper, Wyoming

Advice for taking outdoor photos in locales such as Yellowstone National Park, ranch scenes and landscapes is provided. Tips for avoiding out-of-focus pictures and dirty lenses are described in short entries. Price lists for film, picture frames and photo finishing are included.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267240

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.006

Velox Transparent Water Color Stamps, manufactured by Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, New York

The item has a palette for coloring black-and-white photos along with directions and instructions for coloring lantern slides.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267241

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.007

Kodaks and Kodak supplies, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York

Descriptions, specifications and prices for Kodak cameras and camera accessories are provided for customers. S.N.Handy in Cotuit, Massachusetts carries Kodak products.

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267242

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.008

Lenses and lens accessories for use with the Bell & Howell Film Motion Picture Camera, Bell & Howell Company, 1801-15 Larchmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Lenses, meters, finders, and filters are described along with some instructions. The accessories are distributed by the Andrew J. Lloyd Company, 300 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267243

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.009

Accessories for the Bell & Howell Film camera and projector for better personal moving pictures, Bell & Howell Company, 1801-15 Larchmont Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Various accessores are described with images and text. There is an index on the last page. The products are sold by the Andrew J. Lloyd Company with offices in Boston, Cambridge, Salem and Brockton.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267244

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.010

Catalogue of the Perry Pictures, Perry Pictures Company, Boston & Malden, Mass.

Perry does reproductions of art works, portraits and photographs in different subjects.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267245

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.011

Trade card for the Light Running New Home Sewing Machine, New Home Sewing Machine Company, Orange, Mass., undated

The trade card is in the shape of a leaf in green and brown colors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267256

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.001

Trade card for Leavitt & Co's Improved Shuttle Family Sewing Machines, No. 367 Washington Street and Gore Block, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is located in the Melodeon Building on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267258

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.002

Trade card for Nichols & Bliss, manufacturers of improved sewing machines under Howes' Patent, No. 33 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The machines can be adapted to sewing all kinds of cloth and leather. The business sells silk and thread in addition to sewing machines.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267259

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.003

Trade cards for the Howe Sewing Machine, Howe Machine Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut, undated

Elias Howe, Jr. is the Company President. Plummer & Wilder are the general agents located at No. 41 Bromfield Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The card verso has a price list for the sewing machines.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267260

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.004

Trade card for The Light Running Domestic, 147 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso has a poem by the Domestic Sewing Machine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267261

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.005

Trade card for the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine, Davis Sewing Machine Co., Watertown, New York, undated

Davis offers a $1,000 challenge to users of other sewing machines. The machines are for sale by M.B. Tapley, 148 Essex Street, in Salem, Massachusetts. Two small boys jump over a hurdle in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267262

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.006

Trade card for the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine, Davis Sewing Machine Co., Watertown, New York, undated

Davis offers a $1,000 challenge to users of other sewing machines. The machines are for sale by M.B. Tapley, 148 Essex Street, in Salem, Massachusetts. A young boy observes a girl paint a landscape at the seashore in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267263

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.007

Davenport and library tables and pedestals, catalog 1921,The Park Furniture Company, Rushville, Indiana

The catalog has images, wood type and dimensions for potential customers. A separate price list is included.

Date: 1921

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267265

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.043

Trade card for the Davis Vertical Feed Sewing Machine, Davis Sewing Machine Co., Watertown, New York, undated

Davis offers a $1,000 challenge to users of other sewing machines. The machines are for sale by M.B. Tapley, 148 Essex Street, in Salem, Massachusetts. Two children walk with a scythe while a third child hides in a field in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267264

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.008

Mission furniture, also fine cabinet work to order, The Florence Co., Florence, Mass.

The catalog has descriptions and images of the mission style furniture manufactured by the Company. A price list is on the last page. Handwritten text on the first page reads "Boston office, Wash. St."

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267266

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.044

Trade card for The Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine, Standard Sewing Machine Co., Cleveland, Ohio, undated

A little girl sits in a pile of straw with three kittens in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267267

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.009

Acme Furniture Company, manufacturing library tables, pedestals, Jamestown, New York

The items have product numbers and dimensions.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267268

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.045

Trade card for Burt & Fowler, dealers in all kinds of sewing machines, No. 192 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

The business is the successor to F.D. Hamilton & Brother. It is the sole agent for the "Weed."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267269

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.010

Wallace Nutting period furniture, 46 Park Street, Framingham, Mass.

The introduction gives background on the styles, period reproductions and the shop.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267270

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.046

Leavens decorated furniture, William Leavens & Co., Inc., manufacturers, 32 Canal Street, Boston, Mass.

Breakfast and bed set furniture is described in the catalog.

Date: ca. 1923, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267271

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.047

Leavens colonial furniture, William Leavens & Co., Inc., manufacturers, 32 Canal Street, Boston, Mass.

The catalog has drawings of chairs and a few tables manufactured by the Company. Furniture pieces are shown in photographs in the initial pages.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267272

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.048

Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass. and 30 Union Square, New York, New York, undated

Two children and a white cat play around a New Home Sewing Machine in the image. L.S. Andres is the general agent located at 268 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267273

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.011

Rapids Furniture Company, the finest and most completely stocked showroom in New England, 90 Canal Street, Boston, Mass.

Rapids is a wholesale distributor which works through dealers and decorators. A line of text reads "People are being put to work rehabilitating towns and cities."

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267274

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.049

Home furnisher, May 1924 summer furnishing number, The C.E. Osgood Company, 744-756 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. and 2141-2147 Washington Street, Roxbury, Mass.

The magazine provides tips and advice in purchasing and placing furniture in the home. The Osgood stores and warehouses are described in photographs, drawings and text.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267275

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.050

Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated

The image caption reads "North Lake, Orange, Mass."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267276

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.012

Bodart Furniture, interpreting the spirit of France, Bodart Furniture, Inc., 964 Monroe Avenue, northwest Grand Rapids, Michigan

The pamphlet promotes the French influenced designs of the business. The back cover has a period table of French furniture. The furniture is available through the Rapids Furniture Company, a wholesale furniture distributor in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267278

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.051

Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Co., Orange, Mass., undated

The image caption reads "The Old Battles Place, near Orange, Mass."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267277

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.02.013

Smith & Watson, antiques for 2070, John Ryan & Sons, 10 East 54th Street, New York, New York

Cabinets, chairs and desks are among the pieces described in the catalog. Smith & Watson is owned by John Ryan & Sons. There is a separate price list for April 1970. A small piece of paper in the price list states that the trade discount is 33 and1/3 percent. A drawing of the business storefront is ...

Date: 1970

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 267279

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.052

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