Historic New England

Modular method in dwelling design, an explanation of the application of modular coordination in drafting practice based upon principles developed by American Standards Association Project A 62, Housing and Home Finance Agency, Office of the Administrator, Division of Housing Research, Washington, D.C.

Its purpose is to help architects apply the principles of modular construction in the drafting room.

Date: 1951

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270185

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.031

Trade card for Whitney, Macduff & Co., manufacturers of linen and cotton threads, Millbury, Mass., undated

The top of the card reads "West End Flax Mills."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270191

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.003

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

pencil on tracing paper, red ink

Date: 1903

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 269887

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.007.055

F.S.D. of Wardrobe, Man's Room, in Basement, House of John S. Ames Esq., Boston, Mass., undated

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil and yellow pencil on trace

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269888

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.121

Stable first floor plan, 1/4 inch scale, residence of F. K. Sturgis, "Faxon Lodge", Newport, R.I.

pencil on tracing paper, red ink

Date: 1903

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 269890

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.007.056

Stable transverse section, 1/4 inch scale, residence of F. K. Sturgis, "Faxon Lodge", Newport, R.I.

pencil on tracing paper, red ink

Date: 1903

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 269891

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.007.057

Building design for the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, "The Breakers", 18 Bellevue Ave., Newport, R. I., 1895 (Richard Morris Hunt).

Set of 58 architectural drawings of the building design of the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, Newport, R.I., 1893-1895 by the architect Richard Morris Hunt. For drawings of interior decoration by Ogden Codman, Jr. see new va 1a.

Date: 1893-1895

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 269892

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.008

Decoration for the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, "The Breakers", 18 Bellevue Ave., Newport, R. I., 1895.

Set of 14 architectural drawings for the decoration of the residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, Newport, R.I., 1894-1895 by ogden Codman, Jr. Building architect, Richard Morris Hunt.

Date: 1894-1895

Collection: Ogden Codman, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 269893

Ref. Code: AR022.001.005.001.009

Trade card for Abram French & Co., importers of fine china, glassware, pottery, 89, 91 & 93 Franklin Street, corner Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

French carries fancy goods and bronzes in addition to tableware.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269896

Ref. Code: EP001.01.112.01.01.013

Trade cards for D.B. Stedman & Co., china, crockery & glass, No. 10 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The wholesale and retail items Stedman has available for sale are listed on the card verso. The business is the first store from Washington Street. The bottom of the card reads "Buffords Lith. Boston."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269897

Ref. Code: EP001.01.112.01.01.014

Trade card for Wm. H. Zinn, china and glassware, 501 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A figure in red holds a blue fan in the card image. Zinn has connecting stores between Temple Place and West Street. The card verso text reads "First class goods from all parts of the world at retail."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269898

Ref. Code: EP001.01.112.01.01.015

Trade card for Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, crockery, china, lamps, 51 to 59 Federal Street and 120 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., 1882

A decorated blue and white vase is shown in the card image. The card verso has an 1882 calendar. The business is the successor to Otis Norcross & Company.

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269899

Ref. Code: EP001.01.112.01.01.016

Trade card for Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, crockery, china, lamps, 51 to 59 Federal Street and 120 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., 1882

A decorated green, red and yellow vase is shown in the card image. The card verso has an 1882 calendar. The business is the successor to Otis Norcross & Company.

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269900

Ref. Code: EP001.01.112.01.01.017

Trade card for Wood, Bicknall & Potter Co., aluminum novelties, 359 to 369 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The business has such items as napkin rings, chaffing dishes and salt and pepper shakers. The text on the image reads "W.L. & Co. Rings Good as Gold."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269920

Ref. Code: EP001.01.112.01.01.018

Trade card for E.B. Gardner, crockery, glass, lamps, Bucksport, Maine, 1883

The card verso has a calendar for 1883.

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269922

Ref. Code: EP001.01.112.01.01.019

Embossed postcard of decorated bowl and plate, Georgetown, Mass., dated April 7, 1917

Birds and flowers in colors of blue, red and green decorate the items. The card message reads "With the season's compliments." The postcard is addressed to "Misses Ann & Harriet Tenney, Georgetown, Mass., Easter Greetings with love, Lizzie, Spofford's Hill."

Date: 1917-04-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269923

Ref. Code: EP001.01.112.01.01.020