Historic New England

Making old houses into charming homes, Weatherbest Stained Shingle Co., Inc., North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1930

Trade catalog showcasing houses before and after renovation. Each house usually has one problem listed, and remodeling serves as the solution.. Each example includes photographic prints depicting the stated changes.

Date: 1930

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361178

Ref. Code: EP005.631

Making old houses into charming homes, Weatherbest Stained Shingle Co., Inc., North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1925

Trade catalog showcasing houses before and after renovation. Each house usually has one problem listed, and remodeling serves as the solution. Each example includes photographic prints depicting the stated changes.

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361179

Ref. Code: EP005.632

The cellar reborn, American Radiator Company, New York, N.Y., 1936

The trade catalog provides consumers with numerous examples of renovated basements and cellars and potential design choices. Each renovated space is accompanied by before-and-after photographic prints of the space, floor plans, and the costs of the renovations.

Date: 1936

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361180

Ref. Code: EP005.633

Home building & remodeling, Hudson Home Publishing, Los Altos, Calif., 1973

Catalog contains numerous articles explaining how to best remodel and renovate one's home to reflect new interior and exterior design trends. Each articles is accompanied by numerous photographic prints and illustrations showcasing potential changes.

Date: 1973

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361181

Ref. Code: EP005.634

Modernizing farmhouses, Farmers' Bulletin no. 1749, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1944

Bulletin containing floor plans and illustrations instructing homeowners and farmowners how to best renovate and remodel their house to improve efficiency.

Date: 1944

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361182

Ref. Code: EP005.635

Gordon-Van Tine Co. building materials, spring catalogue 1915, Gordon-Van Tine Co., Davenport, Iowa, 1915

The catalog advertises building materials for various home uses, including windows, colonnades, flooring samples, paint samples, and stain varnish samples, as well as house designs. Each product comes with extensive price lists and accomapnying illustrations.

Date: 1915

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361183

Ref. Code: EP005.636

Set of architectural drawings of house for Celia A. Spicer, Providence, R.I., 1907 April

Two ink on starch-coated linen architectural drawings for the home of Celia A. Spicer in Providence, Rhode Island. The drawings include a north, rear, south, and front elevation and are dated April 1907. The elevations were drawn by architect F. J. Sawtelle.

Date: 1907

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 361186

Ref. Code: AR001.USRI.0700.006

Willard Everett and Co., 130, 131 & 134, North St., Boston, Mass., Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers of Furniture

This chromolithographic print depicts two views of the manufacturing site and wholesale rooms for Willard Everett & Co. The first view shows the manufacturing building outside of the city with a small railyard and some buildings with a smokestack. The second view depicts the building on North Street...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 361188

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2650.006

Watercolor views of buildings by Henry Robinson Blaney, Boston, Mass., undated

Three watercolor paintings completed by artist Henry Robinson Blaney. The paintings depict an unidentified brick gambrel-roofed house, an unidentified clapboard gambrel-roofed house, and an unidentified brick church in Boston, Massachusetts. The paintings are undated.

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 361189

Ref. Code: GC001.USMA.Boston.790

An old frame house becomes a home again with Inselbric, McRae Brothers, Patchogue, N.Y., undated

Trade catalog advertising Inselbric brick siding for homes. Examples of homes with the siding installed are printed in color, and the back of the catalog showcases different textures and colors the consumer can choose from.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361192

Ref. Code: EP005.637

The renaissance of the cellar, Standard Oil of New York, New York, N.Y., undated

The trade catalog showcases refurnished and renovated cellars, showcasing only the after-effects of the renovation through photographic prints. The company also mentions how their oil heat system can benefit most renovated cellars and add to the comfort of consumer's homes.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361193

Ref. Code: EP005.638

Ideas for home improvement with fir plywood, Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wash., 1957

Compilation of bound trade catalogs showcasing the products of the Douglas Fir Company, usually furniture. Most products showcase multiple cross sections of the finished product, as well as different elevation views and photographic prints of the product in use.

Date: 1957

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361194

Ref. Code: EP005.639

Keeping your home "up-to-date," Philip Carey Manufacturing Co., Lockland, Ohio, 1942

Trade catalog informing consumers on multiple ways to prevent depreciation in their current home's value, while simultaneously advertising the company products to assist with any necessary renovations. Most articles and plans come with photographic prints demonstrating changes and processes.

Date: 1942

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361195

Ref. Code: EP005.640

How to remodel interiors: 37 ideas for weary rooms, The Upson Company, Lockport, N.Y., undated

Trade catalog providing interior decoration advice to consumers, particularly advertising these improvements alongside Upson products. These products include Upson Kuver-Krak Panels, Upson Fibre-Tile, and Upson Strong-Bilt tiles.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361196

Ref. Code: EP005.641

Poster for New Millinery Goods at E. R. Gilmore's Old Stand, E. R. Gilmore's Old Stand, Keene, N. H., undated

Poster advertising E. R. Gilmore's Old Stand in Keene, New Hampshire. The poster thanks loyal patrons for their business, and advertises low prices for garments such as bonnets. There is also a lithograph print of the storefront, listing the name of the store as E R. Gilmore Bonnet Manufactury. The ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361197

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.02.003

The Kitchen: Prang's aids for object teaching. Trades & occupations. Plate 6, 1874

One of twelve lithographs depicting trades and occupations from the educational series called "Aids for Object Teaching. Lithograph of plate 6 depicting a woman working in the kitchen. Published by L. Prang & Co. and dated 1874.

Date: 1874

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

GUSN: 361198

Ref. Code: GC002.02.339

Everything for constructing a building, The Clinton Lumber & Coal Co., Clinton, Conn., undated

Plan book of house designs published by The Clinton Lumber & Coal Co. Each plan includes floor plans, a name for the design, a short description of the home's unique features, and color illustrations of the completed home and unique features.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361200

Ref. Code: EP005.642

101 practical suggestions for home improvements, the new 1936 ed., Johns Manville Corporation, 75 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1936

Trade catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing company products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations.

Date: 1936

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361201

Ref. Code: EP005.643

101 practical suggestions for home improvements, the new 1937 ed., Johns Manville Corporation, 75 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1937

Trade catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing company products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations.

Date: 1937

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361202

Ref. Code: EP005.644

How to remodel your home, edited by Victor S. Fox, Style Publications, Inc., 60 East 42nd Street, New York, N Y., 1946

Catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations. Edited by Victor S. Fox. Published by Style Pub...

Date: 1946

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361203

Ref. Code: EP005.645

House & Garden remodeling guide to home improvement, fall-winter 1970-1971, Conde Nast Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1970

Catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations. Published by Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

Date: 1970

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361204

Ref. Code: EP005.646

How to modernize your farm home, edited by H. E. Wichers and Ellen L. Pennell, Successful Farming, Des Moines, Iowa, 1935

Periodical containing articles detailing how consumers can best remodel their farm homes. Each individual article focuses on separate rooms within the house, describes processes and interior design tips, and provides accompanying photographic prints.

Date: 1935

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361205

Ref. Code: EP005.647

One hundred birthday gifts, Daniel Low & Co., Jewelers & Silversmiths, Salem, Mass., 1913

Trade catalog containing gifts for people of all ages, specifically geared towards gifts given as birthday presents. Examples of gifts include engraved cards, pearls, gold jewelry, and bond paper. Each product is accompanied by photographs of illustrations of the products, product numbers, price, an...

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361226

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.003.020

Advertisement for Hood's sarsparilla, C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., circa 1882

Advertisement for C. I. Hood's patent medicine, specifically their sarsaparilla product. The front of the advertisement is a color lithograph of four kittens on a footstool. The verso of the advertisement contains testimonials from 30 drugstore owners who sell the product as well as an article writt...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361228

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.02.01.013

Growing Old Gracefully pamphlet, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1955

Pamphlet issued by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company describing how consumers can enjoy their life as they begin to age and retire. Topics discussed include undertaking hobbies and enjoying leisure time, acknowledging the changes one's body goes through, and how to keep financial securi...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361230

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.01.032

Dry well: medicinal and toiletries bottles, slide 30, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated January 1975. Numbered as slide 30 in the to...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361235

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00003

Ceramic miscellany, slide 17, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 17 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361236

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00004

Dry well: miscellaneous ceramics, knick-knacks, etc., slide 18, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 18 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361237

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00005

Miscellany, slide 36, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 36 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361238

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00006

Dry well: window glass, lamp chimneys, misc., slide 33, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 33 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361239

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00007

Miscellaneous bottles, slide 35, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 35 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361240

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00008

Replacement bottles, slide 34. Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 34 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361241

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00009

Pottery misc. and ceramic cups, slide 20, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 20 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361242

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00010

Dry well: cups (soft paste), mugs, compote cover, slide 21, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 21 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361243

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00011

Pharmaceutical bottles, slide 31, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 31 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361244

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00012

"Stoneware," slide 27, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 27 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361245

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00013

Ceramic chinoiserie, slide 16, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 16 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361246

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00014

Earthenware (American?), slide 19, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 19 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361247

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00015

"Stoneware," slide 28, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 28 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361248

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00016

Bungalows and cottages in southern California, Los Angeles Investment Company, 335-337 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, Calif., 1937

The trade catalog reads like a narrative, detailing the history of the company and how the company developed its process for constructing affordable homes. It also gives details on its stakeholders and employees, describing the work culture.

Date: 1937

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360826

Ref. Code: EP005.611

How to draw a bungalow, by Percy A. Brigham, Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Mass., 1912

This plan book is a compilation of ten architectural drawings by Percy Brigham defining the basics of designing a standard bungalow. Brigham goes through components such as floor framing, designing the water table, window details, and elevation views. Published by the Milton Bradley Company. Written...

Date: 1912

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360828

Ref. Code: EP005.612

Portfolio of one hundred and one small homes, R. C. Hunter and Bro., architects, 501 Fifth Avenue, New York City, N.Y., undated

Plan book of house designs published by the architectural firm R. C. Hunter & Bro. Each house design comes with an illustration of the completed design by the architects, the total dimensions of the house, floor plans, and design numbers.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360829

Ref. Code: EP005.613

Bennett homes, catalog no. 34, Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co. Inc., North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1926

Plan book of house designs published by the Ray H. Bennett Lumber Co., Inc. Each house design comes with either a photographic print or illustration of the completed home, the name of the house design, a description of the home's unique features, floor plans, and specifications. A small portion incl...

Date: 1926

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360830

Ref. Code: EP005.614

Practical homes, 7th ed., by William E. Pedersen, 210 Globe Building, St. Paul 1, Minn., circa 1940

Plan book of house designs published by William E. Pedersen. Each design comes with a photographic print of the completed house, floor plans, a design name, a brief description of the house's unique features, a general price list for the plans, and the name of the architect.

Date: circa 1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360832

Ref. Code: EP005.615

Book of designs, Wolfe & McKenzie, architects, San Jose, Calif., 1907

Plan book of house designs published by architectural firm Wolfe & McKenzie. Each design comes with a photograph or illustration of the completed design, the name of the current resident (if applicable), the plan number, floor plans, the house style, and the overall cost of construction,

Date: 1907

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 360834

Ref. Code: EP005.616

Gay Head: a Kamargo cover, Storrs & Bement Company, 282 Congress St., Boston, Mass.

Trade catalog contains "Gay Head" sample covers. Each paper/cover sample features an intricate design and usually a quote from a poem or author, with both listed at the end of the quotation. The opposite side of each sample cover provides a name for the sheet and the materials it was made with. In t...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 360836

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.053

Fireproof houses of Natco hollow tile, 7th Edition, Boston ed., National Fire Proofing Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1914

Catalog showcases houses designed by Boston architects throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Each design includes a brief description of the house's unique design features and the materials used to construct them.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 360837

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.269

Train Schedules, New York and New England Railroad, J. A. Lowell & Co., Boston, Mas., 1878

Train schedules for the New York and New England Railroad. The front of the schedules have designs that mimic fans from Asian coutnries, most notably Japan. One contains an image of a woman waving a handkerchief to ships on the horizon; the other showcases a stylized illustration of an elephant and ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 360838

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.044

Sign for Makepeace evaporated cranberries, A. D. Makepeace Co., Wareham, Mass. undated

Advertisement for evaporated cranberries to be hung within grocery stores. The front has a colored lithograph of a box of the product, with much of the marketing calling them "healthful," "economical,' and "appetizing." The side verso provides instructions for grocers on how to display the product t...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 360840

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.015

Crate labels for Cape Cod cranberries, American Cranberry Exchange, New York City, New York, undated

Crate labels for Eatmor Cape Cod Cranberries. Each brand of cranberry - with labels such as "Turkey Brand," "Skipper Brand," "Mayflower Brand," and "Pilgrim Brand" - contain unique color print designs applicable ot the theme of the brand. Each crate label is marked as a standard barrel of one quarte...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 360841

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.08.01.016

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