Historic New England

Diary of the house in the woods, Katherine and Ned McDowell, Lowe Brothers Company, Dayton, Ohio

The diary entries of Katherine McDowell and her husband Ned describe the design and building of their house from May-October 1918. The use of Neptunite varnishes and the services of The Lowe Brothers Company are included along with home building advice.

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270190

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.032

What turns multifamily residents on and what turns them off? House & home magazine, New York

Boston architects Childs Bertman Tseckares Associates assigned Brandt Andersson, an MIT student, to survey residents of multi-family homes about the features they liked and disliked in the design of their homes. The pamphlet is a reprint from House & home magazine.

Date: 1976

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270197

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.033

Trade card for Barretts' Dye House, 52 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated

Customers are invited to send feathers, kid gloves and laces to the Dye House. The image is from a Kate Greenaway illustration in "Under the window: pictures & rhymes for children."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270192

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.004

Label for Ventnor, No. 115, fabric, location unknown, undated

The label text reads "These goods are made from superior cotton and warranted not weighted with any substance whatever."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270193

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.005

Label for Miyamuraseishi, raw silk, Matsumoto, Japan, undated

Puppies play in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270194

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.006

Trade card for Eureka Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated

Kittens play around a blackboard which reads "The value of Eureka Silk cannot be represented by figures." The Lebanon Overall Works are described on the card verso. Carter & Churchill are the proprietors with an office at 240 Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270200

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.007

Wigwarm portable houses, manufactured by E.F. Hodgson, Dover, Mass.

Prices, plans and specifications for Wigwarm cottages, bungalows, garages and other structures are described. The Boston office is at 118 Washington Street.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270199

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.034

Trade card for Eureka Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated

Kittens play school around a book with the caption "Use Eureka Silk." The Lebanon Overall Works are described on the card verso. Carter & Churchill are the proprietors with an office at 240 Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270202

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.008

Portable houses as constructed by Hodgson, E.F. Hodgson, Dover, Mass.

Houses, playhouses, garages, bird houses, animal pens and garden buildings are described with customer testimonials. The Boston office is at 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270205

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.035

Trade card for Eureka Silk, Eureka Silk Mfg. Co., Canton, Mass., undated

Kittens look at a sign with the caption "Eureka Silk is used the world over." The Lebanon Overall Works are described on the card verso. Carter & Churchill are the proprietors with an office at 240 Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270204

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.009

Hodgson camp houses, E.F. Hodgson Co., Boston and Dover, Mass.

Camp house construction is described with floor plans and prices. The Boston office is at 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue.

Date: 1932

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270206

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.036

Priggen portable steel garages and portable steel buildings for every purpose, Priggen Steel Garage Company, 375 Broadway, Boston, Mass.

Features and models are shown with a price list dated March 1, 1924. A brochure is affixed to the title page "A quality mark, Keystone Copper Steel."

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270211

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.037

Label for Crape de Pekin, fabric, location unknown, undated

An eagle flies at the top of the label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270210

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.010

Label for Riverside Mills, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

A young girl in a red skirt ice skates in the label image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270212

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.011

Publications of interest to suburbanites and home builders, price list 72, 27th edition, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Government publications cover topics such as baking, building materials, carpentry, gardening, home owners loans, household pests, housing, paints and roofing. The pamphlet includes order blanks for purchasing.

Date: 1948

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270215

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.038

Trade card for unknown fabric dealer, location unknown, undated

Christoph Philipp Oberkampf (1738-1815) invented the method of printing on cotton fabric in France in 1756.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270216

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.012

Label for Gold Medal Toilet Quilts, E.B. & Co., location unknown, undated

The gold seal in the middle of the label has numerous figures and a lion.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270219

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.013

Kawneer book of storefronts, Kawneer Company, Niles, Michigan and Berkeley, California

Materials and styles manufactured by the Kawneer Company are displayed in photographs of actual storefronts in use throughout the United States.

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270221

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.039

Label for Silk Warp, fabric, location unknown, undated

The label image is done in colors of gold and turquoise.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270220

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.014

Fyrart Corp., storefronts, kitchens, theatre lobbies, service stations, baths, Cincinnati, Ohio

The business makes structural units of tough heat-treated glass. The product can be used in commercial buildings and private homes.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270224

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.040

Label for Basque Quilting, fabric, location unknown, undated

The label shows a female figure in white and gold against a green background. The bottom of the label reads "N: 1, Basque Quilting, 17 3/4 yd."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270223

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.015

Label for Basque Quilting, fabric, location unknown, undated

The label shows a female figure in white and gold against a beige background. The bottom of the label reads "N: 1, Basque Quilting, 23 yd."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270225

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.016

Stores modernize with marble, Marble Institute of America, Inc.,108 Forster Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York

The merits of using marble in storefronts is shown in photographs of storefronts and retail interiors. A list of members who can supply the marble is provided. Text on the front cover margins reads, "A.I.A. File No. 22-A."

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270227

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.041

Label for Irvington Cambrics, location unknown, undated

The image shows a classical female figure seated with a shield to her side. The banner around the shield reads "Be just and fear not."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270228

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.017

Label for Canton Flannels, location unknown, undated

The text at the bottom of the label reads "Everdell & Son, 104 Fulton Street, New York."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270229

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.018

Sample for Lesher Mohairs, Lesher, Whitman & Co., Inc., sole distributors of smooth mohairs, 881-887 Broadway, New York City, New York, 1921

The sample was shown at the seventh National Hotel Exposition sponsored by the International Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Show.

Date: 1921

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270233

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.019

Sample card for The Bernat Craft Yarn, Emile Bernat Co., handicraft yarns, Jamaica Plain, Mass., undated

The yarn is described as suitable for various craft projects and for instruction in crocheting, weaving and embroidery.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270243

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.020

Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 20, August 1810

The publisher requests that manufacturers and dealers send fabric swatches for inclusion in the magazine pages.

Date: 1810-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270244

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.021

Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 23, November 1810

The publisher requests that manufacturers and dealers send fabric swatches for inclusion in the magazine pages. Two swatches are missing from the page.

Date: 1810-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270245

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.022

Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 24, December 1810

The publisher requests that manufacturers and dealers send fabric swatches for inclusion in the magazine pages. One swatch is missing from the page.

Date: 1810-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270246

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.023

Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 25, January 1811

The publisher requests that manufacturers and dealers send fabric swatches for inclusion in the magazine pages.

Date: 1811-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270248

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.024

Brochure for Renfrew Devonshire Cloth, Renfrew-Yarn-Dyed-Fabrics, Renfrew Manufacturing Company, Adams, Mass., undated

The brochure has color samples and patterns for children's clothing. Renfrew products can be ordered from James McCutcheon & Company, 33rd Street and 5th Avenue, New York City.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270252

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.025

Brainerd & Armstrong's Wash Silks Skein Holders, The Brainerd & Armstrong Silk Co., 151 Union Street, New London, Connecticut, 1895

The folder has slots for holding the Brainerd & Armstrong Skein Holders patented on September 10, 1895. The folder has 11 brown and white Brainerd Holders, some holding thread. A green and white holder is made by the Salter Silk Company with a patent date of May 29, 1906. The Salter Company is locat...

Date: 1895

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270253

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.026

Diamond Dyes sample card of forty-five colors, Wells, Richardson & Co., proprietors, Burlington, Vermont, undated

The card verso has directions for making odd colors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270254

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.027

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, flowers in bowl, location unknown, undated

The gold label has flowers spilling out of a bowl with the caption "Best black."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270257

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.001

Label for unidentifed cotton manufacturer, bird on a branch, location unknown, undated

A bird sits on a flowering branch in the label image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270258

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.002

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, women and a dog, location unknown, undated

The label is designed as a framed image with two women conversing while a dog sits at their feet.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270259

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.003

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, beaver, location unknown, undated

The label is designed as a framed image with a beaver sitting on a branch in the center.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270261

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.004

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, running stag, location unknown, undated

The silver label is designed as a framed image with a running stag in the center.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270262

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.005

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, horse and rider jumping a fence, location unknown, undated

The label image is designed with a horse and rider jumping over a fence in the center.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270263

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.006

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, running lion, location unknown, undated

The silver label is designed as a framed image with a lion running through the bush.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270264

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.007

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, stars, eagle, lion, location unknown, undated

The silver label has a framed image containing stars, an eagle and a lion with flags behind him. The bottom of the label reads "No. 521, 30 yds."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270265

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.008

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, stars, eagle, lion, location unknown, undated

The stars, eagle and lion are seen against a blue background. The bottom of the label reads "No. 80, 24 yds."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270266

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.009

Label for Old Glory, cotton manufacturer, location unknown, undated

The silver label is designed with a large eagle in the center spilling over into the frame. The bottom of the label reads "Trade Mark Registered."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270267

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.010

Label for unidentified cotton manufacturer, minstrel serenading woman, location unknown, undated

The label shows a minstrel serenading a woman in an outdoor setting. The woman is in a blue gown with red trim. The man is in a red outfit. The image has a blue and gold frame with lions in the upper corners and plants in the lower corners.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270268

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.02.01.011