Historic New England

View of the Old Waterwheel, Weston, Mass.

This photograph shows a side view of the Old Waterwheel in Weston, Massachusetts, probably taken in 1925.

Date: 1925

Collection: Sears and Cutting family papers

GUSN: 197369

Ref. Code: MS026.TMP.006

Advertisement for Fairbank's Gold Dust Washing Powder, location unknown, October 1922

Directions for using the cleanser in the bathroom are included. The advertisement is from the October 1922 issue of "The Ladies Home Journal."

Date: 1922-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197370

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.008

Advertisement for Bon Ami, cleaner, The Bon Ami Company, New York, New York, March 1924

The uses of Bon Ami, in cake or powder form, are listed.

Date: 1924-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197371

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.009

Advertisement for Eureka Vacuum, Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Company, Detroit, Michigan, undated

The product features are described in the ad. The Company has an office at 12 West Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197372

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.012

Advertisement for the Whittall Rug, M.J. Whittall Associates, Worcester, Mass., September 13, 1925

Customers can write for a color illustrated catalog from Whittall Associates.

Date: 1925-09-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197374

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.010

Advertisement for Simmons beds, mattresses, springs, The Simmons Company, 1347 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, November 15, 1923

The furnishings in the image are based on colonial and New England designs. Simmons has an office in Montréal, Canada.

Date: 1923-11-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197375

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.011

Advertisement for the Crane Company, plumbing fixtures, 636 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, April 1923

Plumbing supplies for the bathroom, kitchen or laundry are described in the advertisement.

Date: 1923-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197376

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.004

Advertisement for the Crane Company, plumbing, 636 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, September 1922

Crane maintains branches and warehouses in eighty-three cities in the United States and Canada.

Date: 1922-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197377

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.005

Advertisement for the Crane Company, plumbing, 636 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, September 1922

Crane has been in business since 1855 and can equip private homes and large office buildings. The advertisement is from the September 1922 issue of "Country Life."

Date: 1922-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197378

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.006

Advertisement for the Crane Company, plumbing, 636 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, December 17, 1925

A combined sink and laundry tub is described for a small apartment or bungalow. The advertisement is from the December 17, 1925 issue of "Life."

Date: 1925-12-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197379

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.007

Advertisement for Nairn Gold Seal Inlaids, Congoleum-Nairn Inc., Philadelphia, New York, Boston, February 1926

Linoleum patterns are shown in the advertisement.

Date: 1926-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197380

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP.013

Pope & Cottle sectional not portable garages, Pope & Cottle, Revere, Mass., undated. All-wood garages

Garages with gable and hip roofs are shown in the illustrations

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197385

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP.006

Billhead for John Ballard & Co., Carpet Warehouse, No. 32 Marlboro St., Boston, Mass., dated December 4, 1806

James Duncan purchased carpeting and borders from the dealer.

Date: 1806-12-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197386

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.028

Grand ascension of the Miller tabernacle! Miller in his glory, saints and sinners in one great conglomeration! location unknown, October 1844

The bottom of the sheet reads "Fulfillment of the prophecy, here endeth the end of the world and the Grand Tableaux October 22d 1844."

Date: 1844-10

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

GUSN: 197390

Ref. Code: GC002.03.0100.001

Christmas card, featuring a floral design, undated

A Christmas card, depicting a flower. Inscription reads: "A Bright and Cheery Christmas."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197391

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.014

Christmas card, featuring flowers and insets of a butterfly and fish, 1880

A Christmas card with Asian-inspired depictions of a butterfly, fish and flowers. In the upper left hand corner, the card reads: "Merry Christmas."

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197392

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.015

Christmas card, showing a dog and holly, undated

A palette-shaped Christmas card with a string, presumably for hanging up depicting a dog and holly. Card reads: "With Best Christmas Wishes."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197393

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.016

Christmas card, showing daffodils and ship painting, undated

Fringed christmas card depicting a picture of a ship at sea on top of daffodils. Card reads: "The Season's Greetings."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197394

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.017

Christmas card, showing a rose in a vase, undated

Christmas card with purple and white fringe, depicting a rose in a vase that reads: "May Christmas be joyful and the New Year increase your happiness."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197395

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.018

Whittall Estate, later the Masonic Temple, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

This exterior veiw of the Whittall Estate shows the house in the background, with a field, leading up to a sloping lawn, in the foreground.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197017

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0170.004

Exterior view of the Pease Tavern, Main St., Shrewsbury, Mass., November 1928

This photograph shows a side view of the Pease Tavern in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, with a road running through the left side of the image.

Date: 1928-11

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197018

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0320.001

Haskell House, corner of Boylston and Prospect Sts., Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

The exterior of Haskell House is seen with a shrub-lined sidwalk leading to the front porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197019

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0140.002

Exterior view of the Dr. F. W. Brigham House, 535 Main St., Shrewsbury, Mass., 1895

The front of the Dr. F. W. Brigham House is seen with several individuals and a man holding a horse on the right of the image.

Date: 1895

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197020

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0090.006

Mr. Wyman's House, East Main St., Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

The Wyman house and farm is seen looking down East Main Street in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197021

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0160.001

Grafton St., Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

Grafton Street, bordered with trees, is seen in this streetscape photograph.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197022

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0100.001

E. F. Fletcher House, Shrewsbury, Mass., July 1918

The garage and car can be seen in this image of the exterior of the E.F. Fletcher House in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

Date: 1918-07

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197023

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0120.004

Woman in front of Oliver Wyman Farm, Main St., Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

A woman stands in front of the house on the Oliver Wyman Farm, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197024

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0120.003

Entrance to the grounds of the G. C. Whittall House in winter, Shrewsbury, Mass., January 1915

Stone entrance gates lead to the snow-covered grounds of Whittall House in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. The House was built by Matthew John Whittall and his wife Gertrude Clarke Whittall deeded the estate to the Massachusetts Freemasons for a hospital in 1927.

Date: 1915-01

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197025

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0120.002

George Whipple House, 2 Andover St., Salem, Mass., undated

The front entrance of the George Whipple House in Salem, Massachusetts is seen in this image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197026

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.208

Exterior view of the Bennet-Slade House, Rumly Hall, 50 Marshall St., Revere, Mass., undated

The Bennet-Slade House is shown from the side in Revere, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197027

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.203

Exterior view of the Bennet-Slade House, Rumly Hall, 50 Marshall St., Revere, Mass., undated

The side and rear of the Bennet-Slade House is seen from across the lawn.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197028

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.204

Exterior view of the Bennet-Slade House, Rumly Hall, 50 Marshall St., Revere, Mass., undated

A side and rear of the Bennet-Slade House is shown with a clothesline next to a large bush.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197029

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.205

Exterior view of the Bennet-Slade House, Rumly Hall, 50 Marshall St., Revere, Mass., undated

A side view of the Bennet-Slade House shows the front porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197030

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.206

Exterior view of the Martha Parsons House, Revere, Mass., undated

The back of the Martha Parsons House, Revere, Massachusetts, is seen from across the yard.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197031

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2470.0040.006

Fireplace, Martha Parsons House, Revere, Mass., undated

A clock sits on the mantel above the fireplace inside the Martha Parsons House, Revere, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197032

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2470.0040.002

Fireplace, Martha Parsons House, Revere, Mass., undated

A view of a walled in fireplace, covered with wallpaper, is shown in the Martha Parsons House.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197033

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2470.0040.003

Fireplace, Martha Parsons House, Revere, Mass., undated

A clock and two candlesticks sit on a mantel above a fireplace in the Martha Parsons House, Revere, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197034

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2470.0040.004

Fireplace, Martha Parsons House, Revere, Mass., undated

The fireplace, mantel and chair in the Martha Parsons House in Revere, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197035

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2470.0040.001

Interior stairs, Martha Parsons House, Revere, Mass., undated

A wall mirror and radiator can be seen to the left of the staircase in the Martha Parsons House, Revere, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197036

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2470.0040.005

Exterior view of the Martha Parsons House, Revere, Mass., undated

The front of the Martha Parsons House, with a low stone wall, is seen from across the road.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197037

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2470.0040.007

Exterior view of the Martha Parsons House, Revere, Mass., undated

A side view of the Martha Parsons House shows another structure in the back yard with a figure standing in the doorway .

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197038

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2470.0040.008

"Apple Tree Farm" hooked rug, Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Mass., undated

A house stands between two apple trees in the rug.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 197039

Ref. Code: PC006.COG.02.COG00073

Bray House, Kittery Point, Maine, August 1936

This staged photograph shows costumed reenactors using Colonial-era spinning wheels on the lawn of the Bray House, Kittery Point, Maine.

Date: 1936-08

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197040

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.207

Wharf, blessing of the bay, Somerville, Mass., undated

Three children and a female figure stand on the beach in the image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197041

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.4320.0020.001

Wharf, blessing of the bay, Somerville, Mass., undated

The wharf with an adult figure in the foreground can be seen in the image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197042

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.4320.0020.002

Swampscott: Corner of Greenwood Avenue and King Street

Back of image states "Birds Eye View, Somerville, Mass." Location identified as the corner of Greenwood Avenue and King Street. Homes dominate the forefront of this image of Swampscott, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197043

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.0010