Historic New England

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association membership certificate

Certificate to Ezra Dyer of Boston for membership in the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association on March 15, 1821. The certificate is engraved with images of Archimedes on one side and a ship with a flag and a Massachusetts banner on the other. There is a cornucopia and bee hive across the ...

Date: 1821-03-15

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

GUSN: 250694

Ref. Code: GC002.02.303

Third Degree of Masonry certificate

Certificate from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts admitting Br. Leonard Thompson to the Third Degree of Masonry, November 9, 1825. "Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, John Abbot, Grand Master. Be it known, that Freedom Lodge, in Woburn U.S. of America, is under our jurisdiction; and that full faith may...

Date: 1825-11-09

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

GUSN: 250696

Ref. Code: GC002.02.304

Commonwealth of Massachusetts legislative appointment

Appointment of Charles I. Thayer to the Commission for the Erection of a Military Monument at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania by the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, June 15, 1910. Signed by governor Eben S. Draper, with images of John Winthrop and John Hancock and the Massachusetts Sta...

Date: 1910-06-15

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

GUSN: 250701

Ref. Code: GC002.02.305

Bunker Hill Monument Assocation membership certificate, 1903

Certificate to Francis Henry Manning for Associate Membership to the Bunker Hill Monument Association, June 17, 1903.

Date: 1903-06-17

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

GUSN: 250702

Ref. Code: GC002.02.306

American & Foreign Bible Society membership certificate

Certificate to Mrs. Aurora D. Swaim for life membership to the American & Foreign Bible Society, undated.

Date: ca. 1850

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

GUSN: 250704

Ref. Code: GC002.02.307

American Tract Society certificate

This certificate contains harmful imagery and language subjugating other cultures, religions, and genders. 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. Hi...

Date: 1846-05

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

GUSN: 250706

Ref. Code: GC002.02.299b

Trade card for the Richardson Furniture Co., 190-B Friend Street, Boston, Mass., April, 1911

The card advertises the Gibson line of refrigerators and has an April 1911 calendar.

Date: 1911-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250708

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.05.022

Widney Shine-Proof Patent Chair Pad, Fitzgerald Book & Art Co., 190 High Street, Holyoke, Mass., undated

The features and benefits of the item are described in the brochure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250709

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.05.023

Brochure for E.C. Paige, cradle manufacturer, Antrim, New Hampshire, undated

Paige has been in the cradle business since 1858 and is now 71 years old. Three cradle models are shown and described.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250710

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.05.024

On the borders of the ocean, Newport, Peirce Furnishing Co., Kempton and Purchase Streets, New Bedford, Mass., undated

Images of Newport, Rhode Island highlight the furniture, glassware, carpets, curtains and ranges carried by the Peirce Furnishing Company. The item verso has an image with the caption, "F.E. Peirce, Manager."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250711

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.05.025

Trade card for Chas. B. Belcher, Webster, Folger & Co., furniture and carpetings, 41 Washington Street, corner of Friend Street, Boston, Mass., February 25, 1884

Salesman Belcher, formerly with W.P.B. Brooks, announces that he is now with a firm selling furniture, carpeting and house furnishing goods.

Date: 1884-02-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250712

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.05.026

Trade card for W.L. Smith & Co., dealers in furniture, Boston, Mass., undated

The illustration is captioned "Ben Bolt" with "Bufford Boston" below the image. Smith has 18,000 square feet of goods.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250713

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.06.001

Trade card for Summerfield's furniture, 870 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The name "Ed Heymans" has been typed in the lower left portion of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250715

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.06.002

Trade card for Pembroke Upholstering, custom and modern upholstering, 4 High Street, Suncook, New Hampshire, undated

The name "Guilfred J. Boisvert" is in the lower left corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250718

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.06.003

American Baptist Missionary Union membership certificate, 1873

This certificate contains harmful imagery and language subjugating other cultures and religions. Historic New England acknowledges historical records may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England ...

Date: 1873-05-14

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

GUSN: 250717

Ref. Code: GC002.02.308

Trade card for William O. Brown, upholstery & furniture repaired, 3505 Market Street, West-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

Brown can perform the work in customers' homes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250720

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.06.004

Exterior view of the Warner House, Daniel St., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 30, 1978.

This exterior view of the Warner House shows the front facade of the building. The front end of a parked car is visible in the right side of the photograph.

Date: 1978

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250719

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1380.0470.001

American Baptist Home Mission Society membership certificate, 1891

This certificate shows that Mrs. Aurora D. Swaim contributed thirty dollars to the American Baptist Home Mission Society to become a life member. The top half features an engraving of a man with a Bible preaching to a group of Africans, Native Americans and more next to a large globe. The phrase...

Date: 1891-06-30

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

GUSN: 250722

Ref. Code: GC002.02.309

Business card for the American Seating Company, church and school furniture, opera chairs, settees, Chicago, Illinois, undated

The Company is represented in Boston by C.W. Clark located at 70 Franklin Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250723

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.06.005

Trade card for the Wakefield Rattan Co., manufacturers of rattan furniture, 231 State Street, Chicago, Illinois undated

The card verso includes mats, baskets and other items made by the Company. The Boston salesroom is located at 115 Washington Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250726

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.06.006

Resolution on the death of General Thomas Lincoln Casey

A resolution from the "Commission" (possibly a commission within the Army Corps of Engineers, which Casey had headed?) regarding the death of General Thomas Lincoln Casey. General Casey had supervised the completion of the Washington Monument, the construction of the State, War, and Navy Department...

Date: 1896

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

GUSN: 250730

Ref. Code: GC002.02.310