Historic New England

Stair, Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth

Wallace Nutting staged this photograph in the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A model in period costume sits on the landing at the turning of a staircase. Mrs. Elizabeth Rindge Wentworth built the house in 1760 as a wedding gift for her son Tho...

Date: 1915

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195421

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.040

Great panel, north parlor, Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth

This interior view shows the panel above the fireplace in the north parlor of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Mrs. Elizabeth Rindge Wentworth built the house in 1760 as a wedding gift for her son Thomas, who died in 1768. In 1793, Major Wil...

Date: 1915

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195422

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.019

Jaffrey House parlor

This interior view shows the parlor fireplace in the Georgian-style Jaffrey House on Daniel Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Wood paneling covers the walls except one area with wallpaper. Corinthian pilasters flank the fireplace, which has been blocked up. George Jaffrey, a New Hampshire Supreme...

Date: ca. 1914

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195423

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.02.002

Thomas Campion house, Amherst, Mass.

14 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Campion in Amherst, Massachusetts (commission #2294). Some drawings are dated and signed by S.W.M. One-story extended Cape Cod house with a saltbox, 2 car garage, 2 bedrooms and 2 baths.

Date: 1971

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334139

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2294

O. E. Forbess house, Longmeadow, Mass.

8 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Forbess in Longmeadow, Massachusetts (commission #2295). All drawings are dated and signed by Ken Duprey and S.W.M. One-story Modern house with a 2 car garage, 2 bedrooms and 2 baths.

Date: 1971

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334141

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2295

H.T. Cavanaugh house, Fairfield, Conn.

5 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Cavanaugh in Fairfield, Connecticut (commission #2299). No drawings are dated and all are signed by John Howard. Two-story, extended Cape Cod house with a 2 car garage, 3 bedrooms, and 4 baths.

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334160

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2299

Managers house for Half Mile Association Inc., Fairfield, Conn.

15 architectural drawings for a Manager's house for the Half Mile Association Inc., in Fairfield, Connecticut (commission #2300). All drawings are dated and all are signed by John Howard and S.W.M. Cape Cod house with a 2 car garage, covered porch, 3 bedrooms, a lavatory, and 2 baths

Date: 1972

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334161

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2300

A. Wallace Cunningham house, Lebanon, N.H.

7 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. A. Wallace Cunningham in Lebanon, N.H. (commission #2296). Some drawings are dated and signed by N. Parker. One-story, extended Cape Cod house with a saltbox 2 car garage, 3 bedrooms, a lavatory, and 2 baths.

Date: 1971

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334163

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2296

Alan J. Hilton house, West Southport, Maine

18 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. Hilton in West Southport, Maine. (commission #2297). Some drawings are dated and signed by Robert Minot and N. Parker. One-story, Cape Cod house with a 1 car garage, 2 bedrooms, a lavatory, and 2 baths.

Date: 1971

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334165

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2297

Site plans: Sketches for ornament, annotated blueprints [6 items]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 334167

Ref. Code: MS008.40.17

Other papers: Government printing office (proposed) [2 items]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 334168

Ref. Code: MS008.40.18

Photographic material: unmounted photographs [6 items]

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 334169

Ref. Code: MS008.40.19

Little Giant Traveling Lawn Sprinkler, made by Portland Lawn Sprinkler Co., Portland, Maine

The sprinkler moves in a straight line or circle by water pressure. A complete description is on the item verso. The machine is on display at the Chicago World's Fair.

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 334171

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.005.014

W. & B. Douglas' leaflet catalogue of pumps and hydraulic rams, showing in convenient form a very few of their leading styles, manufactured at their works, Middletown, Connecticut

Descriptions, dimensions and prices are included for each model. A hydraulic ram is shown on the last page. The business has branch warehouses in New York and Chicago.

Date: 1880-1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 334173

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.001.011

Invitation, employees of Wallingford Mfg. Co. to our friends, Wallingford, Vermont, January 8, 1908

The invitation is also a dance card with the dances listed on the inside of the item. The cover is illustrated with a Wallingford trade card advertising crucible steel forks, hoes, rakes. The verso states the reception and dance is on the occasion of the new finishing room in the factory. A stamp on...

Date: 1908-01-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 334174

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.001.012

Low-cost suburban homes, designs and pictures of suburban houses that have been built at costs ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, 3rd ed., House & Garden, John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Brief descriptions accompany the 90 house plans and each house has one or more photographs taken after it was built.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 334175

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.195

Seed catalogue, Thomas J. Grey & Co., 32 and 33 South Market Street, 19 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass.

The business deals in vegetable seed, flowers, trees, gardening equipment and hand tools. There is a detachable order form inside the front cover. A section titled "Grey's vegetable seed specialties" is pages i-xv and is bound between pages 32 and 33. There is a loose leaflet describing "Cyclone Spr...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 334176

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.158

William Widgery Thomas, Esq. collection

This collection contains product catalogues, pamphlets, magazines, and correspondence related to construction projects designed by Edward R. Wait for William Widgery Thomas, specifically the house at Felsdale in Winchester, Massachusetts, and Brentwood in Cumberland Foreside, Maine. This includes ca...

Date: 1912-1929, undated, predominant 1926-1929

Collection: William Widgery Thomas, Esq. collection

GUSN: 334177

Ref. Code: EP004

H. Sacks & Sons collection

This collection consists of photographs, catalogues, booklets, pamphlets, correspondence, documents, physical objects, and other ephemera related to H. Sacks & Sons, a Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts based furniture company in operation during the mid-twentieth century. This contains photographs...

Date: 1949-1987, predominant bulk 1955-1981

Collection: H. Sacks & Sons collection

GUSN: 334178

Ref. Code: CC018

Open house and garden day of the Camden Garden Club, Thursday, July 17, 1969, Camden, Maine

Eleven gardens are listed with other attractions. The borchure has ads for local businesses.

Date: 1969-07-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 334182

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.159

Trade card, Madam E. Jordan, importer and manufacturer of human hair goods, 8 Winter Street, Boston, Mass.

The card states that ventilated wigs are a specialty.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 334183

Ref. Code: EP001.01.057.03.01.003

Arthur C. Haskell scrapbook

Spring binding scrapbook with 24 pages containing 23 Arthur C. Haskell photographs of Royal Barry Wills designed homes. Photo/page - Haskell negative # 1 - 3626 2 - 3630 3 - 3624 4 - 3419 5 - 3420 6 - 3422 7 - 3405 8 - 3409 9 - 3414 10 - 3412 11 - 3416 12 - 3415 13 - 3615 14 - 361...

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334184

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.053

J.M. Martin house, Shrewsbury, Mass.

7 architectural plans for a house for Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Martin in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts (commission #1158). Some drawings are dated and signed by N.R.

Date: 1958

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334186

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1158

Albert J. Kaneb house, Weston, Mass.

45 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Kaneb in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #2192). Some drawings are dated and signed by D.T.G., R.J.P., R.D., D.A.O., and Richard Wills. Colonial Revival house with a 2 car garage.

Date: 1968

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334187

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2192

John W. Janson house, St. Paul, Minn.

15 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. John W. Janson in St. Paul, Minnesota (commission #2193). Some drawings are dated and signed by D.T.G., R.J.P., R.P., and S.W.M.. Extended Cape Cod house with a salt box garage, covered porch, 3 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms.

Date: 1969

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334189

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2193

K. E. Simpson house, Brockton, Mass.

28 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. K.E. Simpson in Brockton, Massachusetts (commission #2194). Some drawings are dated and signed by D.T.G., N. Parker, G.E.R., and Richard Wills.

Date: 1967

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334191

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2194

Betty Dobell house, Cape Elizabeth, Maine

39 architectural drawings for a house for Mrs. Betty Dobell in Cape Elizabeth, Maine (commission #2196). Most drawings are dated and signed by D.H.M. and D.M.D. Two-story Colonial Revival house with a 2 car garage, 3 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms.

Date: 1969

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334193

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2196

Robert J. Kingsley house, North Andover, Mass.

26 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. Robert J. Kingsley in North Anover, Massachusetts (commission #2200). Most drawings are dated and signed by John Howard, R.S.J., G.E.R., and D.A.O. and Richard Wills. House has saltbox garage, covered porch, 4 bedrooms, and 3 bathrooms.

Date: 1969

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334195

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2200

David M. Howland house, Sherborn, Mass.

39 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. David M. Howland in Sherborn, Massachusetts (commission #2201). Most drawings are dated and signed by Warren Rohter and "Butch" The drawings include propose plans, elevations, and preliminary sketches.

Date: 1969

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334197

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2201

Loise Baldwin house, Manchester, Mass.

29 architectural drawings for a house for Mrs. Loise Baldwin in Manchester, Vermont (commission #2202). Some drawings are dated and signed by Ken Duprey, John Howard, D.T.G., and D.M.D. Colonial Revival house with a 3 car garage, covered porch, 5 bedrooms, and 4 bathrooms.

Date: 1969

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334199

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2202

David Randall house, Manchester, Mass.

14 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. David Randell in Manchster, Massachusetts (commission #2203). Some drawings are dated and signed. Colonial Revival house with 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.

Date: 1969

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334202

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2203

John Leggett house, Manchester, Mass.

9 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. John Leggett in Manchster, Massachusetts (commission #1392). Some drawings are dated and signed by B.W. and R.P. House has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334203

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1392

Frank Dinsmore house, Nantucket, Mass.

12 architectural drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dinsmore in Nantucket, Massachusetts (commission #2204). Cape Cod house with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 334205

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2204