Historic New England

Label for Hermitage Sour Mash Rye Whisky, Hermitage Distillery, W.A. Gaines & Co., distillers, undated

The product is bottled by P.J. Murray & Co., Inc., Holyoke, Massachusetts. The Hermitage Distillery was founded in 1868.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246919

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.03.02.034

Billhead for Lincoln & Meads, dealers in flour, No. 1 Wooden Store, north side City Wharf, on Commercial, opposite Clinton Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 6, 1847

Lincoln & Meads is on the north side of City Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1847-03-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246920

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.02.001

Billhead for Woodworth Dow & Co., groceries, Concord, New Hampshire, dated August 20, 1886

Woodworth is a wholesale dealer in groceries, flour, grain, meal, lime and cement. The "Dow" name has been crossed off on the billhead.

Date: 1886-08-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246921

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.02.002

Billhead for Boston City Flour Mills, Nos. 41 to 52 Commercial Wharf, Boston, Mass., dated November 19, 1874

The image shows the process from the wheat field, to the flour mill, to the consumer's table.

Date: 1874-11-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246922

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.02.003

Billhead for S.W. Clifford, syrups, elixirs, Laboratory, Mercantile Block, 57 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 21, 1871

Clifford is a manufacturer and wholesale dealer in colorings, essences and flavoring extracts.

Date: 1871-09-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246923

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.02.004

Billhead for Union Sugar Refinery, granulated, powdered and coffee sugars, C.O. Whitmore & Son, No. 11 Liberty Square, Boston, Mass., dated July 31, 1863

The business manufactures sugar syrups in addition to the granulated and powdered sugars.

Date: 1863-07-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246924

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.02.005

Billhead for F.A. Kennedy Co., fine biscuit and crackers, 498, 500 & 502 Main Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., dated January 27, 1886

The first factory was built in 1839 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts. The second factory was established in 1881 in Chicago, Illinois.

Date: 1886-01-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246925

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.02.006

Billhead for the Boston Sugar Refinery, Lewis Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 19, 1859

The refinery building is shown in the image.

Date: 1859-03-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246926

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.02.007

Advertisement for Hollis' Genuine Essence of Rose, Thomas Hollis, druggist, No. 30 Union Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1840

The Essence is "for sauces, pies, puddings, cakes and for perfume." The verso has "between 1834-1851" handwriiten on it.

Date: ca. 1840

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246937

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.01.004

Trade card for Arm & Hammer 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.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246938

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.001

Trade card for Dwights Soda, Church & Dwight Company, 27 Cedar Street, New York, New York, 1915

The business urges the customer to buy the Cow Brand Baking Soda. Thirty designs of "Interesting Animals" will be sent for the price of postage.

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246939

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.002

Trade card for Arm & Hammer Soda, Church & Co., Route 4, Wall Street Station, New York, New York, 1915

The card is part of the series "Useful Birds of America." The customer is urged to purchase Arm and Hammer Brand Baking Soda. The bottom of the verso reads "For the good of all, do not destroy the birds."

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246940

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.003

Trade card for John L. Leavitt, manufacturer, No. 146 Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Leavitt manufactures extracts, essences, colognes, tomato ketchup, pepper sauce, sarsaparilla and lemon syrups. The business address has changed from 114 to 146 Cambridge Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246941

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.004

Trade card for Woodward, Brown & Co., commission merchants for flour, grain, produce, provisions, 27 & 28 South Market and Chatham Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

The Company deals in the sale of flour, grain, produce and provisions.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246942

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.005

Trade card for Philander Crowell, flour and grain broker, No. 46 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The broker's business address has changed on Commercial Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246944

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.006

Trade card for S.G. Bowdlear & Co., dealers in flour, Nos. 192 & 194 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Bowdlear deals in meal, samp, groats and barley.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246967

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.007

Trade card for E. Bowley & Co., West India goods, flour & grain trade card, No. 68 Merrimack Street, Haverhill, Mass., undated

Bowley is a dealer in West India goods as well as flour and grain.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246968

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.008

Trade card for Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, Dole & Merrill, mfrs., 182 State Street, Boston, Mass. and 58 Broad Street, New York, New York, undated

The trade card reads "Ager's Dry Hop Yeast is the best in use."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246969

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.009

Trade card for l'épicier, Paris, France, undated

A little boy holds an object in front of a grocery shop.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246970

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.010

Trade cards for Czar Baking Powder, Steele & Emery, New Haven, Connecticut, undated

The merits of Czar Baking Powder for baking cakes, biscuits and dumplings is described on the back.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246971

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.011

Trade card for Atmore's mince meat and genuine English plum pudding, 141 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

Two girls look at Atmore food products in a kitchen setting.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246972

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.012

Trade card for Heckers' Self-Raising Griddle Cake Flour, 209 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The merits of Heckers' Flour are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246973

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.013

Trade card for Heckers' Self-Raising Griddle Cake Flour, 209 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The water or milk must be cold and the griddle must be hot to make good cakes according to the statement on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246974

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.014

Trade card for Heckers' Self-Raising Griddle Cake Flour, 209 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The product can be used to make cakes, muffins, fritters, puddings and other baked goods.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246975

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.015

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: 246976

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.016

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

The advantages of Webb chocolate products are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246977

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.017

Trade card for Grandma's Pancake Flour, S.H. Street & Co., New Haven, Connecticut, undated

The cakes made from Grandma's Pancake Flour are "palate pleasers and body builders."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246978

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.018

Trade card for Cottolene, vegetable cooking fat, N.K. Fairbank Company, Boston, Mass., 1896

Directions for using Cottolene are included on the card verso. Fairbank has offices in Chicago, New York, Montreal, Philadelphia, Saint Louis and San Francisco.

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246979

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.019

Trade card for Arm & Hammer Brand Soda and Saleratus, Church & Co's Soda, New York, New York, undated

The product won first prize at the World's Exhibition in New Orleans in 1885. The card verso has directions for using the product.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246980

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.020

Friend in need, facts worth knowing about Arm & Hammer Baking Soda as a proven medicinal agent, Church & Dwight Co., 27 Cedar Street, New York, New York, 1924

The pamphlet describes home remedies which utilize the baking soda.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246981

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.021

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

The card verso has an endorsement from Mrs. D.A. Lincoln, author of the "Boston Cook Book." The card is one of a set of 24 different cards. Bartlett is an importer for the U.S. and Canada with offices in Boston, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia. The image caption reads "An old canal of Amsterda in...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246982

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.022

Trade cards for Horsford's Self-Raising Bread Preparation, baking powder, Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The advantages of the baking powder are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246983

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.023

Chokoladenmädchen, Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., 45 Broad Street, Dorchester, Mass., undated

The Walter Baker Chocolate and Cocoa Works factory, established in 1780, is located in Dorchester with the executive offices on 45 Broad Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The card verso lists Boston historical sites.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246984

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.024

Insist on Foss, Foss' Pure Extract Orange, Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, Maine, dated June 9, 1911

The card verso has a recipe for orange cake using the product.

Date: 1911-06-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246985

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.025

Trade card for George V. Hecker & Co., Croton Flour Mills, 199, 201 & 203 Cherry Street, New York, New York and 1142 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876

Hecker's flour products, described on the card verso, received the highest awards at the World's Fairs in London and New York

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246986

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.026

Trade card for Chocolat Menier, Paris, Noisiel, London, American Branch Menier, 86, 88, West Broadway, New York, New York, undated

The card verso has a recipe for hot chocolate. The business was established in 1825.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246987

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.027

Trade card for Bensdorp's Royal Dutch Cocoa, Amsterdam, Holland, undated

The image shows Michel Eugène Chevreul the French chemist and is part of a celebrated men card set issued by Bensdorp.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246989

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.028

Trade card for Walter Baker & Co's. chocolate, broma and cocoa preparations, Dorchester, Mass., undated

The card verso has a scientific analysis statement for the Breakfast Cocoa performed by James F. Babcock dated January 20, 1892 in Boston. The bottom of the image reads "La Belle Chocolatière from the original painting by Leotard now in the Dresden Gallery."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246990

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.029

Trade card for B.T. Babbitt's Best Baking Powder, New York, New York, undated

The card verso describes Babbitt's Best Baking Powder. In the image the pony stands on a box for Babbitt's Soap Powder.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246991

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.030

Brochure for Frostlene, pastry frosting, Frostlene Manfg. Co., 53-55 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The superiority, economy and uses of Frostlene is described inside the brochure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246992

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.031

Ticket for Foss' Pure Flavoring Extracts, Schlotterbeck & Foss Company, Portland, Maine, undated

Customers who send in six tickets are entitled to a sachet carton. Customers who send in eight tickets can receive a Lamson nature print shown on the ticket verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246993

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.032

Trade card for Washburn, Crosby Co., flour mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, undated

The windmill opens to show an image of the flour mills with a train crossing a bridge in the background. The flour is described on the card verso as having a large percentage of gluten and a small proportion of starch.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246994

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.033

Trade card for Professor Horsford's Self-Rising Bread Preparation, Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, Rhode Island, 1884

The baking powder is recommended by doctors and chemists as having health benefits. Special directions are included at the bottom of the card verso. "The Horsford Almanac and Cook Book" is available from the Rumford Chemical Works.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246995

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.034

Bag for Royal Blend High Grade Coffee, Dwinell-Wright Co., 311-319 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. and 57 Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois, undated

The office, factory and warehouse is located on Summer Street. The Western Department is located in Chicago, Illinois.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247000

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.004

Billhead for M. Engelhardt & Co., Rhine & Moselle wines, champagne, California wines and fine liquors, 30 Avery Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 8, 1882

Engelhardt is the sole agent for Tivoli Beer from the Lion Brewing Company in Detroit, Michigan.

Date: 1882-05-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247002

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.005

James W. Tufts, patentee and manufacturer of the Arctic Soda-Water Apparatus, 33 to 51 Bowker Street, 49 & 51 Chardon Street, 96, 98 & 100 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 26, 1894

Tufts makes improved bottling machinery, generators, fountains, revolving tumbler washers and other products.

Date: 1894-04-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247003

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.008

Wholesale price list for W.Cade & Co.'s imported champagne cider, Harris Brothers, sole agents, 36 Exchange Building, 26 Congress Square and 20 Devonshire Street, Boston, mass., undated

Prices are given for wholesale and retail pint and quart bottles.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247004

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.006

Billhead for A.F. Ross & Co., teas, coffees, spices, 37, 39 & 41 Water Street, Newburyport, Mass., dated November 25, 1893

An image of Hope Mills is shown which also produces cream tartar, tobacco, mustard, soda, saleratus, starch and other items.

Date: 1893-11-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247006

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.007

Letterhead for Howard W. Spurr Coffee Co., importers and roasters, 23 & 25 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Boys and girls are told how they can receive Goss' "Life of Paul Revere" by sending in the trademarks cut from Revere Coffee bags. Spurr is the owner of the Revere Coffee Mills and creator of Spurr's Revere Standard Java and Mocha Coffee.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247007

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.009

New England Coffee and Spice Factory, J.W. Carter & Brother, Nos. 17 & 19 Water Street, Boston, Mass., November 12, 1846

The business announces improvements to its coffee roaster and grinder which will produce better and cheaper results for customers.

Date: 1846-11-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247008

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.010

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