Historic New England

Business card for the American Soda Fountain Company, 278-288 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1911

The eagle is holding a banner which reads "Manufacturers and Originators of the Innovation." The name of the sales representative is printed next to a handwritten note which reads "Met on train, Albany to Boston, May 12, 1911."

Date: ca. 1911

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247097

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.002

Trade card for the Dwinell-Wright Company, coffee roasters, 311-319 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. and Chicago, Illinois, 1907

White House Coffee is roasted and packed by the Dwinell-Wright Company. The card verso has a 1907 calendar.

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247098

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.003

Trade card for Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, coffee, Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

The business fresh roasts and grinds Old Gov't, Java, and Mocha & Java Coffees every day. The bottom of the card reads "Copyrighted 1877 by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston." An Asian father and son play with kites in the image.

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247104

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.004

Trade card for Chase & Sanborn's Seal Brand Coffee, location unknown, undated

The card reads "Served exclusively at the World's Fair."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247109

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.005

Trade card for A.T. Turner, Jr., importer of India teas, 102 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., undated

C.J. Cornell is the agent for Turner and is located at 35 Nightingale Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247114

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.006

List of drinks drawn from McDonald's Mammoth Soda Fountain, 563 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1881

McDonald's charges five cents per glass but there is no extra charge for cream. The bottom of the image reads T.H. Brackett & Co., 3 Merchants Row, 1881.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247123

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.007

List of drinks drawn from McDonald's Mammoth Soda Fountain, 563 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The drinks listed include lemon, vanilla, red orange, blackberry, claret, orgeat and coffee.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247128

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.008

Trade card for the Original Florida Water Fountain of Youth, perfume, H.K. & F.B. Thurber & Co., New York City, New York, undated

The perfume's uses in the bath, toilet and home are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247133

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.009

Trade card for Hires Rootbeer, The Charles E. Hires Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1896

The image caption reads "His First Suspenders." The health benefits of Hires Rootbeer are described on the card verso. The product is available from Caspar Kipp, dealer In fine groceries, located in New Haven, Connecticut.

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247142

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.010

Trade card for Comerford & Daly, teas and coffees, Worcester, Mass., undated

A kimono clad woman holds a fan behind her head.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247147

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.011

Trade card for The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., 35 and 37 Vesey Street, New York, New York, undated

This trade card contains harmful imagery and language including stereotypical caricatures of Irish people. 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...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247153

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.012

History of coffee, Allen, Shapleigh & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

A brief history of coffee with a description of the Mocha-Java Coffee manufactured by the business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247163

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.013

Trade card for Standard Java, coffee, Chase & Sanborn, Boston, Mass. and Montréal, Canada, undated

The image is a newspaper the "Standard Java Record." The card verso provides directions in making coffee. The product is available from W.W. & W.E. McCollum, fine teas and coffees, Milburn, New Jersey.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247172

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.014

Trade card for the Great London Tea Company, 801 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1886

The card verso lists testimonials from satisfied customers in 1886.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247176

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.015

Trade card for Allen's Root Beer Extract, Lowell, Mass., undated

The product is prepared only by C.E. Carter, pharmacist, in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247183

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.016

History of a coffee bean, Chase & Sanborn, Boston, Mass., undated

The front cover reads "Compliments of Chase & Sanborn." Chase & Sanborn Seal Brand Coffee is advertised with a poem and brownies attributed to Palmer Cox.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247199

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.017

Trade card for Royal Gem Tea, Seal Brand Coffee, Chase and Sanborn, location unknown, undated

The two brands of coffee are available from Tufts & Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247439

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.018

Analysis of the Keystone Mineral Water, S.M. Pratt, proprietor, East Poland, Maine, undated

The card lists the ingredients in Keystone Mineral Water.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247440

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.019

North American birds, Chase & Sanborn, Boston, Chicago, Montreal, 1905

North American birds are shown with their English and Latin names. The inside of the back cover has Chase & Sanborn package teas with the caption "Each occupies a place by itself in the kingdom of teas." E. Finney at 140 Front Street in Binghamton, New York carries Chase & Sanborn coffees.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247441

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.020

Trade card for Spurr's Revere Coffee, Boston, Mass., 1898

Spurr offers a copy of the Cyrus Cobb "Revere" sculpture as an alto-relievo panel to customers submitting 200 trade marks cut from Revere Coffee bags. Customers can send $12.00 in lieu of the trade marks to receive the item.

Date: 1898

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247442

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.021

Trade card for Gold Star Coffee, Berry Hall Company, Burlington Vermont, December 29, 1923

A testimonial from a Brooklyn customer on the superiority of Gold Star Coffee.

Date: 1923-12-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247443

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.022

Trade card for Wood's Boston Coffees, Thomas Wood & Co., Boston and Montreal, undated

The image caption is "An apparition to the shepherds." The card verso has Chandler Grocery Company, Claremont, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247444

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.023

Health for happiness, National Dairy Council and New England Dairy and Food Council, Boston, Mass., 1927

The sheet lists tips for health including drinking milk, eating vegetables and brushing one's teeth.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.024

Twas the night before Christmas, Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Georgia, undated

The greeting card advertises Coca-Cola and is to be placed on the top of a beverage bottle. The Clement Moore "Night before Christmas" poem is printed on the inside and card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247448

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.025

Trade card for Orange Formosa Tea, location unknown, undated

The caption for the flower decorated card reads "Orange Formosa Tea excels."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247449

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.026

Label for The Peerless Coffee, location unknown, undated

The bottom of the image reads "Label registered."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247450

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.04.027

Trade card for Allison & Budde, choice beef, mutton, lamb, veal, pork, vegetables, etc., South Farmes, Middletown, Connecticut, undated

A hand holding a flower bouquet decorates the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247451

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.002

Trade cards for Burke and Tracy, poultry products, location unknown, 1920-1940

The business has "strictly fresh eggs, fresh killed stock." The card verso has the years "ca. 1920-1940" handwritten on it.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247452

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.003

Hart, Baldwin & Botume, commission merchants, beef, pork, lard, hams, Nos. 10 & 12 City Wharf, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is a packer and dealer in tallow, smoked beef, tongues and other products.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247453

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.004

Trade card for J.V. Fletcher & Co., beef, pork, lard, hams, Nos. 66 & 68 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., undated

Fletcher is a wholesale and retail dealer in tallow, pigs' feet, tripe and other products.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247454

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.005

Trade card for W.F. White, butter, cheese, lard, No. 10 Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass., undated

White is a jobber and commission dealer in eggs, beans, dried apples, foreign and domestic fruit.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247455

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.006

Trade card for Nathan Robbins, poultry & wild game, Nos. 33 and 35 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., undated

Robbins has live pigs and fowls for shipping.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247456

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.007

Trade card for Gay & Davis, beef, pork, butter, cheese, Duncklee's Block, 271 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The dealer has hermetically sealed meats, fish, fruits and vegetables always on hand.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247457

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.008

Trade card for Cushing & Currier, cheese, butter, eggs, 5 Merchants Row, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is a wholesale dealer in cheese, butter and eggs.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247458

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.009

Trade card for N.K. Fairbank & Co's. Pure Lard Oil, location unknown, undated

A lard lamp can be seen in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247459

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.010

Trade card for N.K. Fairbank & Co's. Pure Lard Oil, location unknown, undated

The lard pail balloon is captioned "How is this for high.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248289

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.011

Trade card for N.K. Fairbank & Co's. Pure Lard Oil, location unknown, undated

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. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. The image caption on this trade...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248290

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.012

Trade card for Rohe & Brother, pork and beef packers, lard refiners, general provision dealers, 266 West 33rd Street, New York, New York, undated

The business premises are shown on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248291

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.013

Trade card for Chicago Packing & Provision Co., beef, pork, lard, hams, shoulders and bacon, canned & cooked meats, Chicago, Illinois, undated

On the card verso a young girl holds a tray with a canned product. The caption reads "Our conserved tongues are unequaled."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248292

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.014

Trade card for the Riverside Poultry Yard, breeder of high-class Barred Plymouth Rocks, Light Brahmas and Brown Leghorns, Harry E. Sisk, Palmer, Mass., undated

Sisk has eggs and birds in season.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248293

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.015

Trade card for Simpson, McIntire & Co. Diamond Creamery, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso advertises award winning Diamond Creamery Butter.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248294

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.016

Trade card for Gass, Doe & Co., butter, cheese, eggs, Nos. 61 & 63 Quincy Market, Boston, Mass., 1883

A cheese weighing 5,233 pounds will be cut the Saturday before Christmas in 1883.

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248295

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.017

Trade card for the Boston Beef Packing Co., 187 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso shows a steer figure labeled with the different cuts of beef. The beef is "put up in Texas." A handwriiten note reads "after 1878."

Date: ca. 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248296

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.018

Trade card for Merrill & Mackintire, eggs, 170 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

The customer is instructed to "cut on the lines and with the four pieces produce either 6,7,8,10,11 or 12 eggs" to solve the Magic Egg Puzzle.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248297

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.019

Trade card for the Anglo American Provision Co., Fowler Bros., Ltd., New York and Liverpool, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois, undated

A crown advertises the Anglo American Provision Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248298

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.020

Envelope for Genery Stevens, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, poultry at wholesale, 58 Bridge Street, Worcester, Mass., dated November 25, 1898

Genery Stevens has cold storage at 58 Bridge Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Date: 1898-11-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248299

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.021

Billhead for Shute & Merchant, dry & pickled fish, Gloucester, Mass., dated September 29, 1898

The business specializes in Gold Wedge Brand Fibered Codfish, Diamond Wedge Brand Absolutely Boneless and Swans Down Brand Pickled Fish. The business was established in 1862.

Date: 1898-09-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248300

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.022