Historic New England

Trade card for Arm & Hammer Package Soda, Church & Co., New York, New York, undated

The advantages of purchasing package soda over bulk soda is described on the card verso. The new series "Beautiful Birds" is a set of sixty cards in each large package of Arm & Hammer Soda and Saleratus.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247009

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.001

Trade card for Arm & Hammer Package Soda, Church & Co., Route 4, Wall Street Station, New York, New York, 1908

The card verso describes the "New Series of Birds" available from Church & Company. The advantages of this brand of package soda are further described to the customer with a description of the snow goose's dwindling numbers.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247010

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.002

Trade card for banana flavoring extract, Clifford Perfumer, 10 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The flavoring extract is pure and reliable for ices, puddings and other foods. The stamped text across the card reads "Cosmetique, 23 School St., Boston."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247011

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.003

Label for the Rock Maple Brand, 100% pure Vermont maple sap syrup, New England Maple Syrup Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The label is for a quart of the maple syrup.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247012

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.004

Label for Pure Concentrated Extract of Vanilla for flavoring, ices, jellies, custards, location unknown, undated

A flowering vanilla plant is shown in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247013

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.005

Trade card for Sterling Baking Powder, Sterling Manufacturing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, undated

A decorated urn promotes Sterling Baking Powder.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247014

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.006

Plymouth Rock plain gelatine recipes, Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co., Boston, Mass., 1889

The pamphlet, from a gelatine box, contains twenty-four recipes for making jelly, cream and pudding desserts.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247015

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.007

Plymouth Rock coffee flavor gelatine dessert recipes, Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The Company's gelatine products can be used for desserts, salads and puddings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247016

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.008

Trade card for Lion Coffee and Havemeyers & Elder Fine Granulated Sugar, Toledo, Ohio; Brooklyn, New York, undated

The caption below the image urges the public to start the day with a cup of Lion Coffee. The card verso advertises "Havemeyers. & Elders" sugar.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247017

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.009

Label for Concentrated Extract of Vanilla for flavoring ice cream, pastry, jellies, custards, location unknown, undated

Vanilla plants are framed within the label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247018

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.010

Label for Premium Concentrated Extract of Lemon for flavoring pastry, jellies, sauces, Beck & Co., 131 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The directions at the bottom of the label read "Use in quantity to flavor as suits the taste."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247019

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.011

Coupon for Bakers Certified Flavoring Extracts, Baker Extract Co., Springfield, Mass. and Portland, Maine, undated

Baker's Certified Flavoring Extracts was established in 1879 by Maurice Baker & Company. The Baker Extract Company was incorporated in 1892.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247020

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.012

Daddy's Treat French Fried Popcorn, A.J. Bess Huard, 255 Mast Road, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The popcorn is available in five gallon cans for large groups and parties.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247021

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.013

Night before Christmas, Baker Extract Company, Springfield, Mass., 1923

The Clement Moore poem is presented with illustrations. The verso text reads "All Good Wishes from Baker Extract Company, Springfield, Mass."

Date: 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247023

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.014

Label for Warranted Pure Maple, C.A. White, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, undated

C.A. White makes the maple syrup in Hillsboro, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247024

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.015

Trade card for Webb's Chocolate, Josiah Webb & Co., Milton, Mass., undated

Webb manufactures premium chocolate, cocoa, and broma in the Milton factory. The business was established in 1843.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247032

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.016

Trade card for Muzzy's Sun Gloss and Corn Starch, Elkhart Starch Works, Elkhart, Indiana, undated

H.B. Newhall is the New England Agent for the product and is located at 76 Broad Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The card verso has an image of the Elkhart Starch Works.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247040

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.017

Family Album of unknown New England family, 1910-1922

A small bound album with 35 mounted black and white photographs and 10 loose photographs dating from 1910 to 1922. Photographs vary in size from 2 7/16 x 3 1/4 to 5 7/16 x 3 1/4 inches. Album is a small family collection showing portraits and family groups all labeled, mostly just first names. ...

Date: 1910-1922

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 247039

Ref. Code: PC009.256

Trade card for Niagara Corn Starch, Wesp, Lautz, Bros. & Co., Buffalo, New York, undated

Niagara Corn Starch is available at Geo. E. Holbrook & Company, wholesale grocers and flour dealers in Keene, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247042

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.018

Trade card for Prof. Horsford's Self Raising Bread Preparation, baking powder, Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The advantages of the Horsford baking powder are described on the card verso. The product is available at Arms & Haines, wholesale grocers, in Waterbury, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247043

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.019

Trade card for Baker's Caracas Sweet Chocolate and Baker's Vanilla Chocolate, Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., undated

Customers are told to look for the Chocolate Girl Trade-Mark on every package.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247046

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.020

Trade cards for Baker's Cocoa, Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., undated

The product is made from selected cocoa beans and manufactured through a chemical process.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247048

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.021

Trade card for Oriental Chocolate and Ybarra Coffee, Fullié & Co., Caraccas, Venezuela, undated

The Oriental Tea Company in Boston, Massachusetts is the sole agent for Fullié in the United States and Canada. The verso has a color illustration of flowers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247049

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.022

Label for Jack Frost, sugar, location unknown, undated

The image shows a woman frosting a cake with a man sitting across from her. There is a container on the table and a box on the floor labeled "Jack Frost."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247052

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.023

Family vacation album of unknown New England family

A family album of 109 black and white photographs from 1904-1914. Most of the photographs are of the White Mountain region of New Hampshire, including shots of Mt. Chocurua, Newfound Lake, Mount Kearsarge, "Belle Isle" and Bridgewater Hills, a cottage called "The Birches," and Lake Keyser. Other l...

Date: 1904-1914

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 247051

Ref. Code: PC009.257

Price list for flavoring extracts, Samuel D. Rumery, No. 196 Fore Street, Portland, Maine, undated

Rumery is the proprietor of Trefethen & Company's Flavoring Extracts and Strayton's Jamaica Ginger. The price list is on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247054

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.024

Trade card for Bensdorp's Royal Dutch Cocoa, Steph. L. Barlett, importer, Boston, Mass., undated

The image is captioned "The drawboat from Amsterdam to Bussum." The card verso has a recipe for cocoa pudding.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247055

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.025

Trade card for Washburn, Crosby Co's. Flour, Minneapolis, Minnesota, undated

The card verso has a St. Louis Fair Association Diploma awarded to the Company in October 1895. The image caption reads "we know a good thing when we see it."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247056

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.026

Old Grist Mill Dog Bread, manufactured by Potter-Wrightington Inc., Boston, Mass., undated

The Old Grist Mill is the business trade mark.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247057

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.027

Trade card for Gran' Ma's Yeast, Bigelow & Rogers, 19 Doane Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The merits of the yeast product are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247061

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.028

Dodge and Thayer families vacation album

A photograph album including fifteen prints. The album is not dated, but the photographs appear to be from the early 1900s. Most of the photographs were taken in the White Mountains, including photos of Mt. Willard, Mt. Lafayette, Ammonoosuc Lake, the Flume gorge, the Profile House hotel, and the Cr...

Date: undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 247060

Ref. Code: PC009.258

Trade card for Warner's Safe Yeast, H.H. Warner & Co., Rochester, New York, undated

The card verso is a description of Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy for expelling uric acid waste in the system.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247062

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.029

Trade cards for Ta-Ka-Kake, sugar corn flour, Potter & Wrightington, Boston, Mass., undated

Ta-Ka-Kake (Take-a-Cake) is "the new cereal for Boston Sponge Corn Cake." The card verso has testimonials for the product.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247064

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.030

Brochure for Daniel Webster Flour, Eagle Roller Mill Co., New Ulm, Minnesota, undated

The brochure describes the merits of Daniel Webster Flour and offers a refund if not satisfied. Images of Daniel Webster and his boyhood home are on the inside of the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247065

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.031

Trade card for A.M.C. Perfect Flour, Akron Milling Co., Akron, Ohio and 25 Water Street, New York, New York, undated

A list of A.M.C. products is described on the card verso. The items are available at James H. Tilton, general merchandise, groceries, in Laconia, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247071

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.032

Directions for using the Universal Bread Maker, Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Connecticut, undated

Recipes are included for making bread, rolls and doughnuts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247072

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.033

Trade card for Baker's Caracas Sweet Chocolate, Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass., undated

The recto image is a facsimile of a 1/4 pound package of Baker's Caracas Sweet Chocolate. The verso is a facsimile of a 1/2 pound package of Baker's Premium No. 1.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247073

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.034

Envelope for Occident Flour, Russell-Miller Milling Company Incorporated, Valley City, North Dakota, undated

The envelope verso has a seal for the Russell-Miller Milling Company. The top of the verso reads "Robert L. Forsyth, Granby, Conn."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247074

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.035

Trade card for Warner's Safe Yeast, Warner's Safe Yeast Co., Rochester, New York, undated

This trade card contains harmful imagery and language including racist and stereotypical caricatures. 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. Histori...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247083

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.036

Bag for Blackstone Potato Chips, Blackstone Potato Chip Co., Blackstone, Mass., undated

The one quarter ounce paper bag is for samples of Blackstone Potato Chips.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247086

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.037

Letterhead for W.H. Berry & Co., coffee & spices, 33 Central Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870

Berry manufactures coffee, spices, cream tartar, mustard and other items. The business was founded in 1833.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247087

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.038

Billhead for Rumford Baking Powder, Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, Rhode Island, ca. 1900

Rumford Baking Powder is "guaranteed under the National Pure Food Law. No. 221."

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247088

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.039

Billhead for Smith, Northam & Co., railroad warehouse, Windsor and 129 State Streets, Hartford, Connecticut, dated April 1, 1897

The seal on the left side of the billhead is for Pillsbury's Best XXXX, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Date: 1897-04-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247089

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.040

Sheet of extract labels, location unknown, undated

The sheet has twelve labels for such extracts as lemon, pineapple, raspberry, strawberry and vanilla.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247090

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.041

Billhead for A.W. Russell, George's Mills, New Hampshire, dated October 12, 1905

Russell sells Spurr's Revere Mocha and Java Coffee. The billhead verso states that the trade mark labels are redeemable for Goss' "Life of Col. Paul Revere" and the Paul Revere Alto-Relievo Panels.

Date: 1905-10-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247091

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.03.001