Historic New England

People

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various individuals and groups of people throughout New England. The negatives features students in a school room, Al Miller with a racing car, New Bedford club members, and other unlabeled people, ranging from young ladies to ...

Date: 1917-1928, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331707

Ref. Code: PC053.01.91

Picnic

This subseries contains glass plate negatives depicting picnickers throughout New England, such as on Lynn Beach. Also featured are picnickers at the Ford Farmers' Picnic.

Date: 1931, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331708

Ref. Code: PC053.01.92

Police

This subseries includes glass plate negatives that depict policemen throughout New England. Featured scenes include police mounted on horses in 1933 and state police at the time of the Sacco-Vanzetti trial.

Date: 1933, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331709

Ref. Code: PC053.01.93

Poultry

\li-15This subseries includes glass plate negatives of chickens and roosters at an unidentified Shaker Colony.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331710

Ref. Code: PC053.01.94

H. P. Smith Co. Inc. house, Stoneham, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings for and office and shop for H. P. Smith Co. Inc. in Stoneham, Massachusetts (commission #1931). All drawings signed and dated by Warren Rhoter, O.MD., J.E., and G.H.K. Drawings depict a two-story extended/angled Cape Cod house. House has a asphalt shingle ...

Date: 1963

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331712

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1931

Press

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various members of the press including notable reporters such as Frank P. Sibley and Walter Winchell. Also included are negatives of pressrooms and newspaper headquarters in Boston and throughout New England. Lastly, the subse...

Date: 1904-1934, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331713

Ref. Code: PC053.01.95

Frank P. Sibley

6 glass plate negatives

Date: 1919-1924

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331714

Ref. Code: PC053.01.95.001

Campbell Steward house, Topsfield, Mass.

Set of forty-eight architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Steward in Topsfield, Massachusetts (commission #1823) including four plans, two elevations, two plot plans, one detail, three heating plans, one framing plan, one cross section, and one rendering. Drawings are signed and d...

Date: 1962

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331591

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1823

Campbell Steward house, Topsfield, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Steward in Topsfield, Massachusetts (commission #1823-P) including two plans, one elevation, and two details. Drawings are initialed, but not dated. plans for a pool house

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331595

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1823-P

Edward P. White house, Egypt, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Mr. Edward P. White in Egypt, Massachusetts (commission #528) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one rendering and two detail drawings. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Cape Cod house with ...

Date: ca. 1936, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331596

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.528

Edward P. White house, Egypt, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Edward P. White in Egypt, Massachusetts (commission #1037) including two elevations and six plans. Drawings are not dated, but are signed by Rober Minot and initialed by another architect. alterations to commission #528 expand garage add second flo...

Date: 1945

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331598

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1037

Edward A Feck house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings for a house for Edward A. Feck in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #564) including four elevations and four plans. House is a two story Garrison Colonial with a one car, salt box garage. House has clapbord exterior. Hows has a playroom with a fireplace, ...

Date: 1937, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331602

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.564

Daniel H. Coakley Jr. house, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. Danile H. Coakley Jr. in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (commission #616) including five elevations, two plans, one rendering, one framing plan, and four details. Many drawings are signed by Robert Minot and Nathaniel Perry Tufts. **** Some dra...

Date: 1938

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331605

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.616

Daniel H. Coakley Jr. house, Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Set of one architectural drawing of an alteration to an existing house for Mr. Danile H. Coakley Jr. in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (commission #1009) including one plan. No drawings signed or dated. Additions and alteration to #616 addition of a terrace and a "you know room" with a fireplace

Date: 1945

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331608

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1009

Hollis P. Nichols house, Needham, Mass.

Set of thrity-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Hollis P. Nichols in Needham, Massachusetts (commission #687) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, and twenty-two details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Merton Barrows. ****Some quite f...

Date: 1939

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331609

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.687

Hollis P. Nichols house, Needham, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of alterations and additons to an existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Hollis P. Nichols in Needham, Massachusetts (commission #687-A) including four elevations, two plans. All drawings are signed and dated by Rober Minot. Alterations and addition to commission #687....

Date: 1939

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331611

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.687-A

Hollis P. Nichols house, Needham, Mass.

One architectural drawing for alterations and additons to an existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Hollis P. Nichols in Needham, Massachusetts (commission #687-A2) including one plan. Drawing is signed and dated by Merton Barrows. Modifications to a playroom and a side entrance

Date: 1955

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331612

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.687-A2

I. Alan Balfour (developer) house, Cape Cottage, Maine

Set of five plans for a house for I. Alan Balfour (developer) in Cape Cottage, Maine (commission #1450). All drawings dated and signed by Richard Wills. One-story, house with a two car garage; living room with fireplace, study, kitchen, eating area with a fireplace, two bedrooms and one bathroom...

Date: 1953

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331782

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1450

I. Alan Balfour (developer) house, Cape Cottage, Maine

Set of seven plans for a house for I. Alan Balfour (developer) in Cape Cottage, Maine (commission #1468). All drawings dated and signed by Richard Wills. Two-story, Garrison Colonial house with a salt box one car garage; a clapboard, shingle, and flushboard exterior. House has a living room wit...

Date: 1953

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331783

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1468

Richard D. Phippen house, Wenham, Mass.

Set of twenty-eight drawings for a house for Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Phippen in Wenham, Massachusetts (commission #1546). Some drawings dated and signed by Warren Rhoter. Two-story Colonial Revival house with a two car, salt box garage; slate shingle roof, with a white washed brick, flushboard, ...

Date: 1955

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331789

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1546

Richard D. Phippen house, Wenham, Mass.

Set of nine drawings for an addition to an existing house (#1546) for Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Phippen in Wenham, Massachusetts (commission #1546-A). No drawings are dated or signed. Barn with cedar shingle roof; shingle and flushboard exterior 2 plans 4 elevations 1 detail drawing 1 cross ...

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331790

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1546-A

Radio

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of different radio inventions and equipment. Also included are images of NBC broadcasting services and a collection of radio firsts, such as the first telephone call to Europe in 1928 and the first radio broadcast in Medford, Mas...

Date: 1928-1933, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331802

Ref. Code: PC053.01.100

General - Radio

6 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1933, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331803

Ref. Code: PC053.01.100.001

NBC Broadcasting

10 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331804

Ref. Code: PC053.01.100.002

Radio Firsts

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331805

Ref. Code: PC053.01.100.003

Railroads

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of trains, locomotives, and railroad tracks. The subseries features images of people constructing various railroad tracks. The negatives also depict the railroad station in Winchester, New Hampshire and the Boston and Maine railr...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331806

Ref. Code: PC053.01.101

B and M Railroad

4 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331807

Ref. Code: PC053.01.101.001

Railroads - General

13 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331808

Ref. Code: PC053.01.101.002

Winchester, New Hampshire Railroad

6 glass plate negatives

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331809

Ref. Code: PC053.01.101.003

Herbert T. Lorentzen house, Englewood, N.J.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert T. Lorentzen in Englewood, N.J. (commission #1156) including two elevations, three plans, one rendering, and eight details. Most drawings are signed by Walter Pratt and Merton Barrows; drawings are dated. Drawings depict a o...

Date: 1948

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331664

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1156

St. Andrews Architectural Drawings Collection, Newcastle, Maine, 1883

This collection contains architectural drawings for St. Andrews Church, an Episcopal Church in Newcastle, Maine. The church was designed by architect Henry Vaughan in 1883. The drawings include elevations and rudimentary floor plans. The drawings are ink on paper.

Date: 1883

Collection: St. Andrews Architectural Drawings Collection, Newcastle, Maine, 1883

GUSN: 328981

Ref. Code: AR034

East and West Elevations

1 architectural drawing, ink on paper

Collection: St. Andrews Architectural Drawings Collection, Newcastle, Maine, 1883

GUSN: 328984

Ref. Code: AR034.01

Section Drawing, Looking West

1 architectural drawing, ink on paper

Collection: St. Andrews Architectural Drawings Collection, Newcastle, Maine, 1883

GUSN: 328985

Ref. Code: AR034.02

Elevation and Floorplan

1 architectural drawing, ink on paper

Collection: St. Andrews Architectural Drawings Collection, Newcastle, Maine, 1883

GUSN: 328986

Ref. Code: AR034.03

North and South Elevations

1 architectural drawing, ink on paper

Collection: St. Andrews Architectural Drawings Collection, Newcastle, Maine, 1883

GUSN: 328987

Ref. Code: AR034.04

Garden furniture, catalog no. 35, Hartmann-Sanders Co., 2155-87 Elston Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

The business manufactures chairs, benches and arbor structures. They are also the maker of Koll's Patent Lock-Joint Wood Columns. There is a price list dated February 1927. The Company has an office and showroom in New York City.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 328989

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.021

Breck's, everything for farm, garden and lawn, 1934, Joseph Breck & Sons, 85 State Street, Boston, Mass.

The business sells grass and vegetable seeds, plants, flowers and tools and equipment for gardening and farming work. There is a price list and order form for roses between pages 32 and 33. Several order forms for other products are in the back of the catalog. The main office is on State Street wit...

Date: 1934

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 328991

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.041

Garden rooms, conservatories, sunshine rooms, play places by Lord & Burnham Company, Irvington, New York and Des Plaines, Illinois

Plans and specifications are provided for different spaces the customer may be interested in.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 328992

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.042

Glass enclosures, Lord & Burnham Company, Irvington, New York and Des Plaines, Illinois

Various styles of sunrooms, greenhouses and conservatories are described. A list of customers who have used the Company is provided inside the back cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 328994

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.043

Uncle John W. Stanley's store, Beverly, Mass., undated

One mounted albumen print of a woman outside Stanley's storefront located in the Odd Fellows' Building fronting Cabot Street in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Date: circa 1900, undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 328995

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0290.0040.0041

Joseph Collins Wells architectural drawings

While these prepatory drawings are not formally indentified, they may be for a Newport, Rhode Island dwelling. The drawings are cut from a larger scrapbook and therefore contain additional images believed to be disassociated with the signed watercolor renderings by Joseph C. Wells. This collectio...

Date: circa 1850, undated

Collection: Joseph Collins Wells architectural drawings

GUSN: 329034

Ref. Code: AR035

Overlook Hills, Philadelphia's most beautiful suburb, Albrecht & Gourley, Inc., Packard Building, 15th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa., circa 1925

Text on the front cover reads, "An ideal home site within the means of the average family." The features and advantages of the development are described with text, photographs, plans and maps. Albrecht & Gourley also had an office at York and Welsh Roads in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.

Date: circa 1925

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329036

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.163

Redlands, 'twixt mountains, desert and the sea, compiled by Roger W. Truesdail, written by Bruce W. McDaniel, Citrograph Printing Company, Redlands, California

Photographs with brief captions identify cultural landmarks, residences, and landscapes in the Redlands community.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329040

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.164

Twentieth century Redlands, the city of homes, fruits and flowers, printed by The Citrograph, Redlands, California

Demographics and photographs described Redlands cultural sites, residences, agriculture and landscapes.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329042

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.165

Photo-letter, Forest Hills Gardens, Forest Hills, Long Island, New York, Sage Foundation Homes Company, Forest Hills Gardens, Forest Hills, Long Island, New York

Features of the Forest Hills Gardens development are described for potential customers. Property photographs are identified with street names and owners.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329046

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.166

7 miles from downtown Boston in Oak Hill Village, Oak Hill Company, 163 Country Club Road, Oak Hill Village, Newton Centre, Mass.

Properties at 55 Rosalie Road and 8 Meadowbrook Road are described for potential buyers. The verso has driving directions and a map.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329047

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.167

Quaintness and charm in Oak Hill Village, Oak Hill Company, 163 Country Club Road, Oak Hill Village, Newton Centre, Mass.

Properties at 163 Country Club Road and 30 Rosalie Road are described for potential buyers. The verso has driving directions and a map.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329049

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.168

Price list, Oak Hill Village, Oak Hill Company, property office, 130 Country Club Road, Newton Centre, Mass.

Lots and prices for the Oak Hill Village development are provided for potential buyers. The sales agent for the Oak Hill Company is located at 118 South Street, Boston, Mass.

Date: 1928-05-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329050

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.169