Historic New England

Labels for New England Vermont Maple Sap Syrup, New England Maple Syrup Co., Boston, Mass., undated

A rural scene is shown in the image with a maple leaf in each corner of the label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248749

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.002

Trade card for Chas H. Porter, provisions, 149 & 151 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Porter is a wholesale and retail dealer in poultry, game, butter, cheese, eggs and other food items.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248750

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.003

Trade card for J.P. & D. Plummer, preserves & canned goods, evaporated apples, Boston, Mass., undated

Children, standing in front of a classroom blackboard, read the message from Plummer.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248751

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.004

Trade card for G. Bennett, choice family groceries, Lebanon, New Hampshire, undated

The dealer carries crockery and glass wear in addition to groceries. The image caption reads "Don't shut out the sunlight mother."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248752

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.005

Trade cards for S.T. Madsen & Co., receivers and wholesale dealers in butter, cheese & eggs, Woburn, Mass., undated

The card reads "We are the only dealers between Boston and Lowell who have weekly refrigerator car service direct from the country."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248753

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.006

Trade card for Geo. D. Brown & Co., wholesale dealers in mutton, lamb, veal, beef, pork and poultry, 15 Faneuil Hall Market, Cellar, 3 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston, Mass., undated

1 trade card ; 3 x 3 1/4 inches

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248754

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.007

Labels for Fleur De Lys Brand Pure Fancy Sugar Syrup, C.M. Tice & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The product is "a mixture of cane and maple sugar syrups."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248755

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.008

Label for mince meat put up by T.H. Cook & Co., fancy and staple groceries, 927, 929, 931 K Street, Sacramento, California, undated

Cook carries teas, coffees, spices, canned goods, fresh eggs and choice butter.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248756

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.009

Trade cards for M.R. LaFurley, groceries, provisions, flour, tobacco, cigars, boots and shoes, Stockton Springs, Maine, undated

Purchases of $25, $40, $50 or $100 dollars will entitle customers to redeem products listed on the card verso. The offer is void after June 1, 1909.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248757

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.010

Trade card for Dole Brothers, dealers in hops and malt, 101 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Rural scenes illustrate the hops and malts offered by Dole.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248758

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.011

Trade card for Ridge's Food for Infants, Woolrich & Co., Palmer, Mass., undated

Ridge's Food is for children and invalids and can be prepared with or without milk. It can be used to combat cholera infantum, dysentery and chronic diarrhoea.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248759

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.012

Trade card for Wilson Packing Co., cooked corned beef, Chicago, Illinois, undated

The image caption reads "Wilson Packing Company's Cooked Corned Beef is cool and refreshing for summer! Try it."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248760

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.013

Trade card for C.S. Eastman, wholesale and retail grocer, West Claremont, Claremont, New Hampshire, undated

Eastman carries fruits and vegetables in season and order trade is a specialty. All of his carried items are listed on the card verso for the customer to check off.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248761

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.014

Label for A.L. Blair's Cauliflower, Brattleboro Jelly Co., Brattleboro, Vermont, undated

A.L. Blair's Cauliflower is prepared by the Brattleboro Jelly Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248762

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.015

Trade card for The North American Creamery & Supply Co., 125 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, Branch Offices, Youngstown, Ohio and 34 Fulton Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company's general offices are in Chicago with branch offices in Ohio and Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248763

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.016

Trade card for E.C. Howard, poultry, Wilsonville, Connecticut, undated

Howard breeds prize wining Golden Laced Wyandottes and W.F. Black Spanish chickens and sells eggs.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248764

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.017

Trade card for Dolly Madison Bread, location unknown, 1922

The card is a toy enclosed in each wrapped loaf of Dolly Madison Bread. The Mother Goose verse "To market, to market, to buy a fat pig" is the image caption.

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248765

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.018

Label for Pure Vermont Boiled Cider, Brattleboro Jelly Co., Brattleboro, Vermont, undated

The cider is manufactured and bottled by the Brattleboro Jelly Company. A farmer and a milita member stand outside the circle which has the text "Freedom and Unity" inside it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248766

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.019

Trade card for Venable's St. George's Brand Tobacco, location unknown, undated

R.C. Harris sells the item in his store on Centre Street, Bath, Maine. Harris carries fresh meats, groceries, provisions, produce, foreign and domestic fruit.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248767

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.020

Trade card for Wm. J. Arnold, groceries & provisions, corner of Pleasant and Chestnut Streets, Marlboro, Mass., undated

The image caption reads "And then on this."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248768

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.021

Pompeian Olive Oil recipes for salads, The Pompeian Co., Inc., U.S.A. Office, Washington, D.C. and Purchasing Office, Lucca, Italy, undated

The pamphlet has background on the product, photographs of the processing plant and recipes. The item received a gold medal in Paris in 1911.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248769

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.022

Neapolitan Ice Cream Company ice creams and frozen desserts, a calendar of suggestions and condensed price list, Neapolitan Ice Cream Company, Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The price list has photographs, descriptions and prices for the ice cream novelties.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248770

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.023

Trade card for Chautauqua No. 3, butter containers, C.J. Haywood, Nashua, New Hampshire, undated

Chautauqua containers were patented October 9, 1877.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248771

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.024

Trade card for Kennedy's Champion Biscuit, F.A. Kennedy Company, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

The card verso describes Kennedy's Champion, Thin Wafer and Cream Biscuits.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248772

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.025

Trade card for the Aroostook Condensed Milk Co., Bangor, Maine, undated

The Company guarantees purity in material and manufacture of its condensed milk.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248773

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.026

Trade card for the Aroostook Condensed Milk Co., Bangor, Maine, undated

The milk is made from selected herds of Jersey Cows protected from disease by state officials and the Company's local inspectors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248774

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.027

Label for Brattleboro Jelly Company Maple Syrup, Brattleboro Jelly Co., Brattleboro, Vermont, undated

A man carrying two pails of maple sugar is shown in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248775

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.028

Trade card for Folger & Colburn, groceries, Water Street, Augusta, Maine, undated

The dealer carries canned goods, fruit, nuts, confectionery and meats. The image caption reads "The unwelcome visitor."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248776

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.029

Trade card for Plymouth Rock Phosphated Gelatine, Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co., 68 Western Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

The item is used for snow puddings, jellies, creams, blanc-mange and other desserts. "The courtship of Miles Standish" is adapted for the illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248777

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.030

Trade card for New England Crystallized Pie Preparations, T.E. Dougherty, Chicago, Illinois and Port Byron, New York, undated

The Company makes nine kinds of preparations: apricot, plum, apple, peach, cherry, raisin, raspberry, blackberry and huckleberry.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248778

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.031

Fables of Aesop together with The battle of the frogs and mice with cuts by Carl Van Sichem reproduced from the Holland edition of 1659 by the Halford Sauce Company, Boston, Mass., 1880

The inside of the covers and the item verso advertise Halford's Leicestershire Table Sauce.

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248779

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.032

Leftovers or economy in the kitchen, C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., 1891

The pamphlet describes home remedies utilizing Hood's Sarsaparilla and leftover foods.

Date: 1891

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248780

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.033

Trade card for Whitman, Ward & Lee Company, fish, No. 9 and 15 Fish Pier, Boston, Mass., 1919

The card, designed as a notepad, lists the types of fish available. The Company produces a weekly market letter.

Date: 1919

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248781

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.034

Label for Victor Supreme Quality Macaroni, Victor Macaroni Mfg. Co., Main Street, North Reading, Mass., undated

Delivery trucks and a train can be seen outside the Victor Macaroni Manufacturing Company in North Reading, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248782

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.035

Handbill for Nabisco, National Biscuit Company, location unknown, 1902

The verso text describes Nabisco Sugar Wafers.

Date: 1902

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248785

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.036

Trade card for crackers and confectionery, White River Junction, Vermont, 1871

The item reads "Trade Mark Crackers and Confectionery. Hanover, N.H. 1815. White River Junction. Vt. 1871."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248789

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.037

Trade card for John Hill, ice, fruit and vegetables, No. 103 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., undated

Hill is a wholesale and retail dealer in ice, fruit and vegetables.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248806

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.001

Trade cards for Sweet & Arnold, produce dealers, 65 1-2 Canal Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Sweet & Arnold operate from Canal Street in Providence, Rhode Island.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248807

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.002

Trade card for A.R. Coolidge, fruits & produce, No. 29 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Coolidge is a wholesale commission dealer on North Market Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248808

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.003

Trade card for Ingram I. Margeson, extra large currants, Fruitvale Farm, Thatcher and Clapboardtree Streets, Westwood, Mass., 1920-1940

The card lists all the produce grown at the Fruitvale Farm in Westwood, Massachusetts. The card verso has "ca. 1920-1940" handwritten on it.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248809

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.004

Trade card for Sweetser's Market, rhubarb, asparagus, lettuce, radishes, 6 Granite Street, Quincy, Mass., undated

A little girl sleeps in the middle of a flower blossom in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248811

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.005

Trade card for Sweetser's Market, rhubarb, asparagus, lettuce, radishes, 6 Granite Street, Quincy, Mass., undated

A little boy helps a small girl from one blossom to the other in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248812

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.006

Trade card for Sweetser's Market, rhubarb, asparagus, lettuce, radishes, 6 Granite Street, Quincy, Mass., undated

Two young children perch on the branches of a flower plant.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248814

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.007

Trade card for Sweetser's Market, Bermuda onions, 6 Granite Street, Quincy, Mass., undated

A little girl hangs on to flower stems in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248816

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.008

Envelope for the W.H. Blodget Co., importers & exporters, commission merchants and wholesale dealers in fruit, produce, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, etc., 71, 73, 75 & 77 Park Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

The business premises are shown in the image with horse-drawn vehicles in the street. The storehouse and auction room is on the Bloomingdale Road, opposite the Boston & Albany freight depot.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248817

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.009

Trade card for F. Marino, oranges & lemons, State Street, New York, 1893

The name on the building image is "Frank Marino." The business offices are in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Palermo and Messina, Italy. The image caption reads "The Five Sisters Barrison."

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248823

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.010