Historic New England

Handbill for A.S. Southworth and Company, daguerreotype, miniature rooms, No. 5 1/2 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., 1844

This handbill was distributed at the 1844 Mechanics Fair. The handbill advertised not only what A.S. Southworth & Company had on exhibit at the Fair, but also their studios on Tremont Row. A caricature of a sun painting the earth illustrates the handbill.

Date: 1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195519

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.003

Trade card for the Queen Sweeper, New York, N.Y., undated

Full color trade card advertising the carpet sweeper Queen Sweeper. The card features a woman dressed in a pink dress using the sweeper. Her hair is ornately done and she wears a tiara and veil.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195520

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.001

Handbill for amateur photography in easy lessons, Scovill Manufacturing Company, 419 and 421 Broome Street, New York, June 1882

The handbill is from the "Brooklyn Advance," June 1882. It advertises the "amateur outfits and photographic supplies" available from the Company for upwards of $10. The bill is illustrated with a female photographer standing behind a tripod.

Date: 1882-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195522

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.001

Price list for detective and concealed cameras, C.H. Codman and Company, 34 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880

Various concealed cameras and photographic equipment are described in the item. The back cover advertises "The Photographic Times," a weekly journal published by the Scovill Manufacturing Company, New York.

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195523

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.002

Exterior view of the Hancock House with two women standing on balcony, Boston, Mass., undated

Exterior view of the brick Hancock House and yard. The yard is filled with mature trees and surrounded by a brick wall and fence. There are two women standing on the balcony above the covered porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195526

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0860.001

Boston Bijou Theatre, 352 Washington Street, published by E.O. Skelton, Boston, Mass., 1883

This cover of a Boston Bijou Theatre program depicts an interior view of the stage with actors. The spectators are visible in the front and side balconies and the decorative ceiling and walls are emphasized. At the bottom of the program, it also reads: "Dedicated Dec. 11th 1882 / Edw'd. H. Hasting...

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

GUSN: 195528

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.001

Advertisement for the Columbia Chainless Bicycle, Pope Manufacturing Company, Hartford, Connecticut, June 24, 1898

The ad claims that the chainless bike makes hill-climbing easy and is illustrated with a drawing of a young man riding the bicycle. The ad is from "New England home magazine, 24 June 1898."

Date: 1898-06-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195529

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.01.001

Advertisements for bicycles, multiple locations, March 1896

The advertising pages are from "Cosmopolitan, March 1896."

Date: 1896-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195530

Ref. Code: EP001.01.121.02.01.005

Trade cards for Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, location uknown, undated

Small trade card features a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young lady. Above her head the copy reads "Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil." She wears a hat with pink feather plumes and a pink shirtwaist. The card verso lists conditions and the time frame it will take to cure each one.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195536

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.003

Trade cards for Burdock Blood Bitters, made by T. Millburn Drug Company, Buffalo, New York, undated

The trade card features a wolf making off with a pig. Another pig looks out from a pigsty at the scene. It seems to be a rendition of the Three Little Pigs story. "Burdock Blood Bitters" was a tonic made from burdock root and claimed to purify the blood and cure many other ailments (digestive, etc.)...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195537

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.004

Trade cards for medicines featuring weather and medicine signals for daily reference, J.C. Ayer and Company, Lowell, Mass., 1886

Trade card for medicinal tonics made by J.C. Ayer and Company. The card depicts bottles and compacts of medicines dancing around a globe. Weather and medicine signals surround the globe and offer tips for daily reference.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195538

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.005

Trade cards for the Bell-Cap-Sic Plaster, J.M. Grosvenor & Company, 50 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., 1891

The card for pain relieving plasters features a litter of puppies and copy stating "No Home Complete Without One."

Date: 1891

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195539

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.006

Trade cards for bitters tonic, Brown's Iron Bitters Company, St. Louis, Missouri, undated

Trade card for Brown's Iron Bitters, a tonic for indigestion, dyspepsia and other ailments. The card features a woman pouring a cordial-glass full of the tonic for a man. Both are standing over a shield with the copy written on it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195540

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.007

Trade card for The Best Tonic, an extract of malt and hops, unknown manufacturer, undated

Trade card featuring Hygeia (daughter of the of the god of medicine, Asclepius) holding a wreath. The tonic is designed to aid digestion, and is made from an extract of malt and hops.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195541

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.008

Trade cards for Warner's Safe Rheumatic Cure, H.H. Warner Company, Rochester, New York, undated

The trade card depicts a young woman dispensing the Safe Rheumatic Cure to an older man with his bandaged feet up on an ottoman.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195542

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.009

Trade card for Carter's Little Nerve Pills, Carter Medicine Company, New York, New York, undated

Trade card advertising patent medicine for nervousness and dyspepsia. The card depicts an older woman hiding behind a younger woman. The copy reads "Why Aunty! what makes you so nervous? It is only a cow. If you would but take CARTER'S LITTLE NERVE PILLS, you could not be thrown into such nervous sp...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195543

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.010

Trade card for Lactart Milk Acid, Avery Lactate Company, Boston, Mass., 1884

Trade card for the Lactart patent medicine. It was said to relieve fevers, headaches, wakefulness, nervous depression, and urinary troubles. The card depicts a milkmaid and cows in a pastoral scene.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195544

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.011

Trade card for Ayer's Sarsaparilla, Dr. J.C. Ayer & Company, Lowell, Mass., undated

Ayer's Sarsaparilla, a patent medicine for "health and sunny hours," is described on the card verso. The card features a woman wearing a Victorian period pink dress and carrying a small boy on her shoulder.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195545

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.02.01.001

Trade cards for Nichols' Bark and Iron, manufactured by Billings Clapp and Company, Boston, Mass., undated

Black and white trade card depicting a young boy playing a bugle to a small toy dog. The dog stands on a box of Nichols' Bark and Iron tonic. Nichols Bark and Iron was advertised as an iron tonic capable of curing numerous ailments.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195546

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.012

Billhead for S.S. Rich and Sons, undertakers, 162 Pearl Street, Portland, Maine, dated Nov. 27, 1917

Billhead for the S.S. Rich and Son "practical embalmers." The printed bill is for the Estate of Annie H. Beckett and includes a casket, embalming services, moving services, and a funeral notice. The billhead is illustrated with a depiction of the Rich Building.

Date: 1917-11-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195547

Ref. Code: EP001.01.048.01.01.001

Handbill for L. Briggs & Co., architects, engineers and surveyors, No. 35 Joy's Building, 81 Washington Street, opp. State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The work and services of the firm is described for potential customers. The names Luther Briggs and Samuel D. Kelley are listed. The item has an illustration of a large house with wrought-iron railing on the roof.

Date: ca. 1874

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195549

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.03.002

Wedding invitation for the marriage of Lizzie Munson and H.P. Sutton, location unknown, June 3, 1886

A fairly plain invitation to the wedding ceremony of Lizze Munson and H.P. Sutton. The invitation is from Ms. Munson's parents and is mostly hand written. The ceremony was an late evening one (9 p.m.) and took place at a Methodist church.

Date: 1886-06-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195550

Ref. Code: EP001.18.02.001

Paper china plate featuring Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Bryant, 1896

This paper plate printed to look like fine china is illustrated with portraits of Ida (Saxton) McKinley and Mary (Baird) Bryan, wives of the main opposing candidates in the 1896 presidential election (William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan). The plate also depicts the McKinley and Bryan homes a...

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195551

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.003

Prize contest for the best and most original limericks on Pantasote Leathers, offered by the Pantasote Company,11 Broadway, New York, New York

Pantasote coverings and furniture are promoted through a limerick contest. The back cover has a color chart.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195552

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.013

Trade card for Griffith-Stillings Press, Stillings Building, 368 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Griffith-Stillings Press was a continuation of two separate companies from Boston and Holyoke, Massachusetts. The card is illustrated with a man using an ink spreader.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195555

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.001

Advertisement for rattan chairs, manufactured by Wakefield Rattan Company, Boston, Mass., 1872

Advertisement originally printed in Scribner's Magazine. The piece describes two of the chairs made by the Wakefield Rattan Company along with addresses for several of the retail outlets that sold them.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195556

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.03.01.002

Advertisement for parlor and bedroom furniture, manufactured by Henry L. Albee & Company, Boston, Mass., undated

Originally printed in the "Strangers Guide to Boston" this advertisement features an illustration of a parlor bed and a sofa bed. Both are ornate and decorated with carved wood. The company also sells mattresses and other bedding pieces.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195557

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.02.01.001

Billhead for J.S. Paine, importer and manufacturer of fashionable furniture, 44 Canal St., Boston, Mass., May 1, 1872

Bill head from a May 1, 1872 sale of furniture to Mr. S. Merchant Jr. The Paine Company made furnishings and bedding supplies (such as the listed hair mattress). The bill head is illustrated with an ornate bed frame.

Date: 1872-05-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195558

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.002

Trade card for the Murdock Parlor Grate Co., grates, 21 Washington and 87 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

The botton of the lower image reads "Printed by Wright & Potter Printing Company on a Universal Press."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195564

Ref. Code: EP001.01.008.03.01.004

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

The business has six floors of wholesale and retail items.

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195565

Ref. Code: EP001.01.055.01.01.011

Brochure for the Electric Argand Burner, 65 candle power, location unknown, undated

The Argand Burner is the principal focus of the front and verso cover images but the two cherubs in the background appear to be using an early telephone.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.022

Trade card for Thackara, Buck and Co., fine gas fixtures and bronzes, 718 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876

The business furnished the gas fixtures in the Horticultural Building at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876.

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.024

Trade card for Ellis' Patent Gas Burner, Regulator, and Shade Combined, Ellis, Dinsmore & York, proprietors and manufacturers, 349 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The product is sold by J.M. Shepardson, 67 Franklin Square, Norwich, Connecticut.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195568

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.025

Marriage certificate for Mr. George A. Mann and Miss Helen Ewen, Providence, R.I., Nov. 1, 1877

Ornate marriage certificate for George A. Mann and Helen Ewen, dated November 1, 1877. They were married by the Reverend H. Bixby; the witnesses to the ceremony were Asenath R. Gage and Laura A. Bixby. Surrounding the text of the certificate is a frame of flowers, vines and a Gothic style design. Th...

Date: November 1, 1877

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

GUSN: 195569

Ref. Code: GC002.03.6250.001

Dinner menu, George Washington's birthday, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., February 22, 1900

A cherry fruit design decorates the menu. The menu offers turtle soup, prime rib, broiled quail, Washington Pie and Maraschino Punch.

Date: 1900-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195571

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.026

Trade card for the architect Luther Briggs, Jr., Dorchester, Mass., 1867

Trade card for Dorchester architect Luther Briggs, Jr. It is illustrated with a design for a city hall or other municipal building.

Date: 1867

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195574

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.03.003

Trade card for the New Easy Lawn Mower, Blair Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass., undated

The lawn mower is shown in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195575

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.017

Trade card for The Ladies' Friend Carpet Sweeper, Goshen Sweeper Company, Goshen, Indiana, undated

A woman uses the sweeper in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195576

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.005

New Year's card, depicting pink roses and a white daisy, 1876

This New Year greeting card features a spray of pink roses and a white daisy on its cover. The inscription reads: "Happy New Year!"

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195375

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.008

New Year's card, depicting a calla lily, 1876

This New Year greeting card features a calla lily on the cover. The inscription reads: "Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, allelulia." The verse matches the text of Zechariah 9:9 and Matthew 21:4.

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195376

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.009

Wentworth-Gardner House exterior

A black-and-white print of this Wallace Nutting photograph of a front exterior view of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire after the restoration by Nutting. The front door is surmounted by a broken scroll pediment with a pineapple finial, a symb...

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: Norman Morrison Isham photographic collection

GUSN: 195377

Ref. Code: PC032.TMP.001

A Colonial three decker

This view shows the front façade of the Federal-style triple-decker John Peirce House on Court Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Built in 1799, the house is painted yellow and has a rectangular door surround and entry porch. Pilasters extend from the first to the upper floors. Swags in panels are...

Date: 1910-1919

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195378

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.04.008

Dresser, Gardner House, Portsmouth

This interior view shows the kitchen of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire before the Wallace Nutting restoration. A dresser displays dishes and platters. A candlestick telephone sits on the cupboard top. Two birdcages hang from the ceiling. Mr...

Date: 1914

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195379

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.047

Upper hall, Gardner House, Portsmouth

This interior view shows the second floor landing and hall of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A Palladian window, flanked by Ionic pilasters, fills the front wall. Wallpaper covers the panels between Ionic pilasters along the stairwell. Woo...

Date: 1914

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195380

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.010

Detail of stair in paneled hall, Gardner House, Portsmouth

This interior view shows the upper hall from the landing of the main staircase between the first and second floors of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Wainscoting and wallpaper with scenes of a forest, river, and waterfall adorn the wall. Th...

Date: 1914

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195381

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.011

Detail of front door, Gardner House, Portsmouth

This exterior view shows the front door and entry porch of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire before the Wallace Nutting restoration. Mrs. Elizabeth Rindge Wentworth built the house in 1760 as a wedding gift for her son Thomas, who died in 1768...

Date: 1914

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195382

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.008

A 48-inch panel, Gardner House

This interior view shows the north parlor in the Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire before the Wallace Nutting restoration. A marine painting of a ship hangs above the mantelpiece of the fireplace, which has been filled in. Corinthian pilasters flank the fireplac...

Date: 1914

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195383

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.009

Exterior view of the Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth, N.H.

An exterior view from across Mechanic Street of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Second Empire-style entry porch is supported by Corinthian columns and is surmounted by a balustrade. The front louver doors are closed. A two-seat swing set stands next to th...

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195384

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1380.0520.001

Hall, Wentworth-Gardner-Nutting, House, Mechanic & Gardner Sts., Portsmouth

This interior view shows the main staircase and entrance hall of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire before the Wallace Nutting restoration. A light fixture hangs from below the keystone of the arched wall. Wainscotting and wallpaper adorn the w...

Date: 1914

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195385

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.016

South parlor chamber

Wallace Nutting took this photograph of the south parlor chamber of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Chairs and rugs are arranged around the room. Several hats and a hatbox lay on the furniture. Mrs. Elizabeth Rindge Wentworth built the hous...

Date: 1916

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 195386

Ref. Code: PC039.USNH.03.012

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