Historic New England

Artistic home ideas, vol. II, no. 5, Home Ideas Publishing Co., Carthage, Ill., 1902 November

Issue of Artistic Home Ideas magazine published in November 1902. Addresses a number of topics related to building and designing comfortable homes, such as flooring, exterior painting. A large portion of the issue is focused on house design styles. Each design featured is accompanied by an illustrat...

Date: 1902

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363110

Ref. Code: EP005.783

Home Building in Canada, no. 3, June-July 1954, Walker's Publishing Co. Limited, 2842 Bloor Street West, Toronto 18, Ontario, Canada, 1954 June

June-July issue of Home Building in Canada magazine. Addresses a number of topics, including house design styles with accompanying floor plans, wallpapering, and nailing, among others. Published by Walkers Publishing Co. Limited.

Date: 1954

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363112

Ref. Code: EP005.764

Home Building in Canada, no. 1, February-March 1956, Walker's Publishing Co. Limited, 2842 Bloor Street West, Toronto 18, Ontario, Canada, 1956 February

February-March issue of Home Building in Canada magazine. Addresses a number of topics, including house design styles with accompanying floor plans, wallpapering, and home decoration, among others. Published by Walkers Publishing Co. Limited.

Date: 1956

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363114

Ref. Code: EP005.748

The Circle [clipping], 1907 September

Clipping from the publication The Circle dated September 1907. Includes the description, pricing information, floor plans, and an illustration for "A Suburban House in Concrete for $5,200." House was designed by architect A. G. Richardson.

Date: 1907

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363128

Ref. Code: EP005.760

Clarendon Square, Boston, Mass., 1988

Portfolio containing three booklets, one business card, and one printed article about new development, including housing, a firehouse, and office space, occuring at Clarendon Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The features and advantages of the new development are described with text, photographic pri...

Date: 1988

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363130

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.272

Something new again: an artistic sectional garage, Louis Bosseri & Sons, Inc., 1335 Grand Street, Brooklyn, New York, undated

Trade card avertising 10 x 15 prefabricated sectional garage for $180. Published by Louis Bosseri & Sons, Inc.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363133

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.02.027

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association award for "Tissue and Transfer Paper", 1878

The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association awarded "this Diploma with a Silver Medal to Allen & Rowell for Tissue and Transfer Paper contributed to the Thirteenth Exhibition, Sept. 1878."

Date: September 1878

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

GUSN: 363175

Ref. Code: GC002.02.342

Wrapping paper for Paine's Furniture Co., Boston, Mass. undated

The item is a 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 inch square of decorative tissue wrapping paper advertising the products available at Paine's Furniture Company (Boston, Mass.).The tissue paper has black lettering with a gold, blue, and pink floral border pattern. The central image is a black and white engraving depic...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 363178

Ref. Code: EP002.02.072

Photograph and roster of Berkshire County Red Cross Ambulance Company No. 13, Camp Devens, Mass., 1917 October 2

Panoramic albumen print of the Berkshire County Red Cross Ambulance Company No. 13 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, on October 2, 1917. Ambulances and buildings at the camp are visible in the background. Photograph was produced by the General Electric Company. The photographer is F. D. Burt. On the ve...

Date: October 2, 1917

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363188

Ref. Code: PC001.01.01.USMA.015.002

Caroline Louisa Williams French, invoice from Mlle. Camille Lipman, 1883

Invoice dated Sept. 12, 1883 from dressmaker Camille Lipman to Miss Caroline L. W. French (of Boston, Mass.), listing items made, their respective prices, and a total owed. Included on this invoice is a luxorious sapphire blue velvet ensemble trimmed with chinchilla fur also in Historic New England'...

Date: September 12, 1883

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 363195

Ref. Code: MS029.002.038

The "Domestic" sewing machine without a teacher, "Domestic" Sewing Machine Company, New York, New York

1 booklet, 36 pages : illustrations ; 7 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363198

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.079

The Giust Gallery Collection: Wall Plaques, 1997

One 6-page folding product catalog highlighting the various plaster cast wall plaques available from The Giust Gallery in 1997.

Date: 1997

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363214

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.045

The Burgess-Wright Aeroplane (Burgess Biplane Model F), Burgess Company and Curtis, Marblehead, Mass., c. 1911

12-page product catalog detailing dimensions, components, operation system, price, and design of the Burgess Biplane Model F, first crafted in 1911 by early airplane manufacturer Burgess Company and Curtis. Based in Marblehead, Mass., the company was licensed to use designs under patent from the Wri...

Date: 1911, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363223

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.080

Advertisement for Weaver & Brothers' Furniture Ware-Rooms, Wyman's Exchange, corner of Merrimack and Central Streets, Lowell, Mass.

Advertisement for the goods and services available at Weaver & Brothers in Lowell, Mass., selling "furniture, carpets and feathers, and other furnishing goods". The broadside has an illustration of the company's warehouse in the center.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363224

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.06.019

Tissue wrapping paper for Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey, Milliner, Main Street, Falls Village, Connecticut, c. 1870s

Sheet of tissue wrapping paper advertising the millinery work of Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey of Falls Village, Canaan, Conn., printed c. 1870s. The illustrations on the advertisement include a hand holding up a bouquet of flowers (among which are bust portraits of women wearing fashionable hats) and two hat ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363233

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.025

Lighting and Light Fixtures

File

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

GUSN: 363234

Ref. Code: GC002.03.6150

Chandelier design, C.4.1547, Metallic Arts of New England, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., undated

Design is labelled as "scale 1/4 full size".

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 363236

Ref. Code: GC002.03.6150.001

Advertisement for Stevengraph Pure Silk Woven Pictures, manufactured by Thomas Stevens, Coventry, England, undated

One undated advertisement for Stevengraph Pure Silk Woven Pictures consisting of a 5 7/8 x 2 1/8 inch color woven silk image mounted on a larger piece of cardboard. The image, titled "The Good Old Days", depicts the London & York Royal Mail Coach. The verso of the card displays a drawing of the Stev...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363243

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.02.016

Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

This collection consists of ten design renderings created by lighting company Edward F. Caldwell & Co. Made in colored pencil on tissue paper and mounted on cardboard, the drawings display perspectives of bracketed and hanging lanterns. Each drawing is labelled "scale ¼ of full size" and includes a ...

Date: circa 1930, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363267

Ref. Code: GC009

Design A74657, drawing of bracketed lantern, E. F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A74657, drawing of bracketed lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Mounted fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. The fixture has a pointed top with scalloped edging. It is attached to the wall ...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363270

Ref. Code: GC009.01

Design A78120, drawing of bracketed lantern, E.F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A78120, drawing of bracketed lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Wall fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. Gothic appearance with pointed top. The upper portion of the figure also has a spok...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363271

Ref. Code: GC009.02

Design A93178, drawing of hanging lantern, E.F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A93178, drawing of hanging lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Hanging light fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace. The fixture has a gothic appearance and a club link connecting the chain to the fi...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363272

Ref. Code: GC009.03

Design A99326, drawing of hanging lantern, E. F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A99326, drawing of hanging lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Hanging fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. The fixture has a gothic appearance and has a club link connecting the chain and t...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363273

Ref. Code: GC009.04

Design A99327, drawing of hanging lantern, E.F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A99327, drawing of hanging lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Hanging light fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. It is mostly gray pencil with some blue. It has a Gothic appearance and has ...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363274

Ref. Code: GC009.05

Design A99328, drawing of hanging lantern, E.F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A99328, drawing of hanging lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Hanging light fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. The fixture appears to be Gothically inspired. There is a clover link connec...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363275

Ref. Code: GC009.06

Design A99329, drawing of hanging lantern, E.F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A99329, drawing of hanging lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Hanging light fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. The light has a club link that connects the chain to the fixture. Gothically...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363276

Ref. Code: GC009.07

Design A99331, drawing of bracketed lantern, E.F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A99331, drawing of bracketed lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. The fixture appears to be Gothically inspired. The fixture is hanging from a wall mount ...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363277

Ref. Code: GC009.08

Design A99333, drawing of bracketed lantern, E.F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A99333, drawing of bracketed lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. The gothic inspired fixture is mounted to the wall and has a pointed top with a spike pr...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363278

Ref. Code: GC009.09

Design A99334, drawing of bracketed lantern, E.F. Caldwell & Co., circa 1930s

Design A99334, drawing of bracketed lantern. Labelled "scale 1/4 of full size." Board embossed with statement stating E.F. Caldwell & Co. design rights. Fixture in pencil with some colored pencil on trace paper. It has a Gothic appearance with decorative parts that protrude from both the top and bot...

Date: c. 1930s, undated

Collection: Edward F. Caldwell & Co. graphic collection, circa 1930s

GUSN: 363279

Ref. Code: GC009.10

Instruction book, Snow's Skirt System and the fundamental principles of skirt designing, 9th edition, Lester J. Snow, Rockford, Ill., c. 1918

1 instructional booklet, 24 pages : illustrations ; 10 13/16 x 7 3/4 inches

Date: 1918

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363310

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.001.036

Product descriptions brochure, Old Village Paint Colours, Post Office Box 1030, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Includes two single-page inserts: one with paint swatches and one advertising Old Village Paste Wood Stain.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363315

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.147

Brochure, Old Village Buttermilk Paint Reproduction Colours, Stulb's Old Village Paint, P.O. Box 1030, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

1 brochure : illustrated ; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363316

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.148

Proposed greenhouse for Chas. B. Manning Esq., Manchester, New Hampshire, Lord & Burnham, March 11, 1916

Architectural blueprint of proposed greenhouse by Lord & Burnham Co. for Charles B. Manning of Manchester, New Hampshire. There are comments and suggestions in black ink written on portions of the proposal. The blueprint is dated March 11, 1916, and was found folded inside of a c. 1910s copy of Lord...

Date: 1916

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 363317

Ref. Code: AR001.USNH.1300.003

Brochure, Old Village Paint Colors, Stulb's Color Craftsmen, P.O. Box 1030, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, c. 1983

Includes paint swatches, separate order form (1 page), and separate paint color advertisement (1 sheet)

Date: c. 1983

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363324

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.149

Brochure, Williamsburg Buttermilk Paint Colors, Old Village Paints, The Stulb Company, P.O. Box 597, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Includes paint swatches and single-sheet advertising insert; "Crafted for Reproduction of Original Colors from painted Objects in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, In Simulated Buttermilk Paints".

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363325

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.150

Specifier's manual, 12th ed., Fine Paints of Europe, P.O. Box 419, Woodstock, Vermont

1 trade catalog, 68 pages : illustrations ; 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363326

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.151

Brochure, colours in oil, Historic Paints Ltd., Burr Tavern, Route 1, Box 474, East Meredith, New York

Includes paint chips and two inserts: one paintbrush catalogue and one color description sheet.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363328

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.152

Lumber! Prices Reduced!, advertisement, E. & H. Sewall, Chesterville, Maine, March 1, 1878

1 broadside; 13 x 9 3/4 inches

Date: March 1, 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363332

Ref. Code: EP001.15.026

Exterior views of Eustis Estate, watercolors by Julia Blackbourn, Milton, Mass., undated

3 watercolors; 11 x 8 1/2 inches

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 363336

Ref. Code: GC001.USMA.Milton.812

Huntington Avenue Gulf Station

This undated image by an unidentified photographer depicts a Gulf gas station located at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Stuart Street, next to the Huntington Chambers building. The top of the Berkeley Building (also known as the Old John Hancock Building) is visible in the center background and...

Date: circa 1950-1959, undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362350

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3150.0100.003

Sanders Hardware, 27 Stuart Street

This 1962 image taken by Anthony's Studio depicts a street scene on Stuart Street in downtown Boston. Visible is the storefront of H.M. Sanders Co. hardware store with the letters used to spell "hardware" created from different tools. Levy Hardware's storefront is visible on the far right. Also visi...

Date: March 4, 1962

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362357

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7610.001

123-129 Summer Street

This 1961 photograph taken by Anthony's Studio depicts a street scene with various businesses, including a delicatessen, a jewelry store, and several clothing stores, located on Summer Street in Downtown Boston, Mass. Today these buildings no longer extant, having been replaced with an office bu...

Date: Sept. 24, 1961

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362360

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7710.001

Epstein's Drugs, 2 Scollay Square

This image was taken in 1939 by photographer John F. Lane for the City of Boston Assessing Department. It depicts Epstein's Drugstore, located at the corner of Scollay Square and Pemberton Square, with the Suffolk County Courthouse visible in the background. This building is no longer standing a...

Date: Nov. 19, 1939

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362361

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7220.002

Elm Building, 63-65 Hanover Street

This image was taken in 1939 by photographer John F. Lane for the City of Boston Assessing Department. Located near the corner of Hanover and Elm Streets, the Elm Building housed multiple businesses, including printers, manufacturers, a musical instrument shop, a tavern, and a drugstore, as seen in ...

Date: Dec. 3, 1939

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362362

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.4450.001

China House Restaurant, 146 Boylston Street

This 1961 image taken by Anthony's Studio depicts a street scene on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. Visible are the storefronts and signage of China House Restaurant and a branch of Mansfield Beauty Academy. This building is no longer standing. Emerson Colleges Max Mutchnick Campus Center i...

Date: Sept. 24, 1961

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362363

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1570.001

Old Corner Book Store Building "as it is today", c. 1950's-1960's

In this image dating from the 1950's-1960's, the historic Old Corner Bookstore building is occupied by a pizza shop and surrounded by other commercial buildings in this photograph. An advertisement promotes Second Federal Savings at 19 School Street. A large sign blocking part of the building is for...

Date: circa 1950-1969, undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362365

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8760.006

483 Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.

This 1960 image depicts a residential building with stores on the ground floor, including a Goodwill thrift shop, a poultry market, and a hardware store. Cars are parked out front in between snowbanks. This building still stands today and remains primarily residential with a commercial ground fl...

Date: 1960

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362366

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.014

Rena's Beauty Salon, 265A Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.

This image taken by an unidentified photographer c. 1960s depicts a woman standing in the doorway of Rena's Beauty Salon on Blue Hill Ave in Roxbury, Mass. The identity of the woman is unknown. This building is no longer extant. The Haynes Early Childhood Center is now located on the site.

Date: circa 1960-1969, undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362368

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.015

Ashmont Supply Co., 339-341 Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.

This 1960 image taken by Anthony's Studio depicts a stretch of Blue Hill Ave with the Ashmont Supply Co. hardware store featured heavily in the foreground. Today, this building is gone and the site is now a vacant lot.

Date: Dec. 10, 1960

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362369

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.016

Promisel's Food Mart, 1216-1218 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester, Mass.

This 1961 image by Ames Photo Service depicts a street view of Promisel's Food Mart and a neighboring laundromat located on Blue Hill Ave in Dorchester, Mass. This building is extant but has been altered; it is now the site of Greater Victory Temple Church.

Date: May 21, 1961

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362372

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0100.003

Search Collections

Displaying: 111701 - 111750 of 226,212