Historic New England

A Sunday Afternoon at Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting a bird's eyeview of Revere Beach Boulevard, including amusements, pedestrians, and people at the beach.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330498

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.023

View of the Boulevard and Beach Scene. Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting a scene facing south of Revere Beach Boulevard and the beach. Multiple pedestrians may be seen along the boulevard and in the pavillions, as well as on the beach itself. The Beachmont neighborhood of Revere and Winthrop may be seen in the distance.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330499

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.024

Boulevard, Revere Beach, Mass.

A black and white postcard depicting Revere Beach Boulevard facing north. The bandstand and pavillions are seen as are pedestrians and attractions along the boulevard. There is a hand written note above one of the buildings stating "The Old Homestead".

Date: 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330500

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.025

Great White Way, Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting Revere Beach Boulevard facing north. Amusements, pedestians, food establishments, and cars may all be seen in the background.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330501

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.026

R. Lionel Barrows house, Greenfield, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. R. Lionel Barrows in Greenfield, Massachusetts (commission #1842) including three elevations, two plans, one cross section, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, John F. Howar...

Date: 1961

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

GUSN: 330738

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1842

Ernest E. Vanham house, Lyndeborough, N.H.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Vanham in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire (commission #1848) including two elevations, three plans, one framing plan, and seven details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Harmon J. Kiley, Jr., Philip ...

Date: 1961

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

GUSN: 330739

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1848

Ilse Bischoff house, Hartland, Vt.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Miss Ilse Bischoff at "High Meadows" in Hartland, Vermont (commission #1855) including three elevations, three plans, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E, Minot, or Philip S. Tam...

Date: 1961-1962

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

GUSN: 330740

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1855

Subjects

This series contains 4 X 5 glass plate, acetate, and nitrate negatives arranged by subjects in alphabetical order. The negatives were originally ordered and catalogued by Yankee Publishing Librarian and Archivist Lorna Trowbridge and those subjects has been maintained. The subjects include a wide ...

Date: 1890-1945

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330741

Ref. Code: PC053.01

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Freeman in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627-A) including four elevations, seven plans, two cross sections, two renderings, one plot plan, and five drawings. Some drawings are signed and ...

Date: 1959-1960

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

GUSN: 330742

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627-A

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Freeman in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627-B) including one elevation and one detail. One drawing is signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows. Alterations include a basement kitchen and baseme...

Date: 1961

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

GUSN: 330743

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627-B

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Twelve black-and-white photographic prints of house in Winchester, Massachusetts with alterations designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1961 for Maurice T. Freeman.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 330744

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.FreemanM

Robert Potter house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for a garden house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Potter in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #2790) including one elevation and one detail. Drawings are dated but not signed. Commissions #1627-A and #1627-B are for alterations to main house. Drawings depict a garde...

Date: 2000

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

GUSN: 330746

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2790

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

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for developer I. Alan Balfour in Cape Cottage, Maine (commission #1628) including four elevations and three plans. All drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a clap...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330747

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1628

J. S. Myers house, Weston, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Myers in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #1629) including three elevations, two plans, and two details. All drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Alterations include an addition to...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330749

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1629

George W. Benedict Jr. house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of thirty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. George W. Benedict Jr. in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1632) including seven elevations, four plans, two plot plans, one rendering, and seventeen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; most d...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330751

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1632

Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California

Beer magnate Adolphus Busch created extensive botanical gardens which served as a backdrop for fairy tale figures to amuse his grandchildren. The gardens were open to the public and constituted an early southern California themepark. Robert Gordon Fraser was the landscape architect and designer.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330757

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.095

Flower beautiful, George H. Peterson, Inc., rose and peony specialists, Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Guidance in selecting and planting peonies in home gardens is provided by the nursery. There is a loose order form dated fall 1929.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330759

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.096

My Better homes & gardens' garden helper, edited by Alfred Carl Hottes, published by Meredith Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa

A month by month guide to planting gives help in soil preparation, recommended plants, watering and maintenance. There are separate chapters on such topics as pests, bulbs, trees and vines. Plans for preparing small and formal gardens are described. There is a loose newspaper clipping on fall bloom...

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330760

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.097

How to grow the best lawn and garden in your neighborhood, a complete guide to gardening and landscaping, edited by Edward L. Throm and Betty M. Kanameishi, Popular Mechanics, 200 E. Ontario St., Chicago, Illinois

Soil preparation, vegetable garden planning, lawn renovation, outdoor fireplaces and furniture and garden walks are among the many topics covered in this handbook.

Date: 1951

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330761

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.098

F. Marsena Butts house, Lincoln, Mass.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. F. Marsena Butts in Lincoln, Massachusetts (commission #1633) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one topographic map, one cross section, one rendering, and eight details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wi...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330764

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1633

Arthur J. Hassett Jr. house, Brockton, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Hassett Jr. in Brockton, Massachusetts (commission #1634) including three elevations, four plans, one cross section, one rendering, and ten details. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter; all drawings are dated. Dr...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330766

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1634

Harold A. Grout house, Barrington, R.I.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Grout in Barrington, Rhode Island (commission #1637) including three elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one landscape plan, two sketches, one rendering, and eleven details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wi...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330768

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1637

Baldwin Sayer house, Middletown, R.I.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin Sayer in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #1638) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans, two renderings, and four details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills or Warren J. Rhoter. Drawi...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330770

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1638

Baldwin Sayer house, Middletown, R.I.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Baldwin Sayer in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #1638-A) including three elevations and two plans. All drawings are dated. Design is an alternative to that shown in commission #1638. Drawings depict a one-story Gambrel Cape Cod-st...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 330772

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1638-A

Edward R. Sherman house, Middletown, R.I.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Sherman in Middletown, Rhode Island (commission #1639) including four elevations, three plans, two plot plans, one cross section, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, Ken Duprey, or R...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 330773

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1639

C. Louis Gagnebin house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. C. Louis Gagnebin in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #1640) including five elevations, six plans, one cross section, and eleven details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; two drawings are dates. ...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330775

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1640

John T. Dalyrymple house, Bolton, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Mr. John T. Dalyrymple in Bolton, Massachusetts (commission #1641-A) including three elevations, four plans, three sketches, and one detail. Some drawings are signed and dated by Warren J. Rhoter. Included in the drawings are unnumbered and undated d...

Date: 1963

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

GUSN: 330777

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1641-A

A. C. Berglund house, Sharon, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Berglund in Sharon, Massachusetts (commission #1264) including four elevations, four plans, two cross sections, one plot plan, one topographic map, one rendering, and ten details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal B...

Date: 1950

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

GUSN: 330548

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1264

Virginia Goward house, South Chatham, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Virginia Goward in South Chatham, Massachusetts (commission #1272-A) including one elevations and one plan. One drawing is signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Alterations insclude an addition with two bedrooms, one bathroom,...

Date: 1954

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

GUSN: 330551

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1272-A

Garden in the house, the culture of bulbs, house plants and terrariums, by Heleln Van Pelt Wilson, Leisure League of America, New York, New York

Instructions for creating indoor gardens with plants, flowers and terrariums.

Date: 1934

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330558

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.076

Haskell Linnell house, Longmeadow, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Haskell Linnell in Longmeadow, Massachusetts (commission #1281) including three elevations, two plans, and one detail. Drawings are signed and dated by Leon Keach or Warren J. Rhoter. Drawings depict a one-story ranch-style house with a stone and fl...

Date: 1950

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

GUSN: 330554

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1281

True Temper garden book, how to have finer flowers, vegetables, lawns, 11th ed., The American Fork & Hoe Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Advice on planting flower and vegetable gardens is provided with tables for optimum growing periods. There are chapters on ornamental plants, lawns and garden pests.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330562

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.077

Walter Funnell house, Darien, Conn.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Walter Funnell in Darien, Connecticut (commission #1282) including four elevations, three plans, one sketch, one rendering, and eight details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot; most drawings are dated. ...

Date: 1950-1951

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

GUSN: 330559

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1282

Leon R. Bouchard (developer) house, Marblehead, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for developer Leon R. Bouchard in Marblehead, Massachusetts (commission #1306) including five elevations, three plans, and one detail. Some drawings are signed by Warren Rhoter. Also included are two topographic maps by W. T. Foss Co. of Calumet Lane in ...

Date: 1951

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

GUSN: 330561

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1306

Empire garden book, Empire State Nursery Co., Newark, New York

The catalog has suggestions for landscaping around small properties and full descriptions of plants for the flower and vegetable garden.

Date: 1931

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330563

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.078

Sidney T. Dawson house, Fairfield, Conn.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Sidney T. Dawson in Fairfield, Connecticut (commission #1321) including four elevations, three plans, one rendering, and four details. Some drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot; most drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story ...

Date: 1951

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

GUSN: 330565

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1321

Melville Weston house, Milton, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Melville Weston in Milton, Massachusetts (commission #1323) including nine elevations, five plans, and one rendering. Rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills; no other drawings are signed or dated. Drawings are rough sketches showin...

Date: 1951, undated

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

GUSN: 330568

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1323

Farm home planting, by Norman A. Morris, R.R. Rothacker, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa

Landscaping around farmhouses is described with suggestions for shrubs, flowers, trees and lawns. Text on the front cover reads, "Outlining Iowa farmstead planning for utility health profit and enjoyment." Farmstead development series ; Bulletin no. 2.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330569

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.079

Wellesley Home Mortage Co. houses, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of twenty-eight architectural drawings of various houses for Wellesley Home Mortgage Co. in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #1324) including five elevations, twelve plans, three framing plans, one rendering, and seven details. Sketch is signed by Royal Barry Wills. Drawings depict a vari...

Date: 1951

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

GUSN: 330570

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1324

Peter Ball house, West Cornwall, Conn.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Peter Ball in West Cornwall, Connecticut (commission #1325) including five elevations and two plans. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a split-level Cape Cod-style cottage with a wood shingle bow roof and a stone exterior. House has ...

Date: 1951, undated

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

GUSN: 330571

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1325

Second Congregational Church parsonage, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of parsonage for the Second Congregational Church in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1327) including four elevations, two plans, and six framing plans. All drawings are initialled "JMS" and are dated. Design is based on commission #1222 for the Ladies Home...

Date: 1950

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

GUSN: 330574

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1327

Better gardening, what, when and how to plant, a complete handbook of suggestions and instructions for the home gardener, 3rd ed., by Harry R. O'Brien, The Union Fork and Hoe Company, Columbus, Ohio

The handbook describes tools, soil, cultivation, shrubs, flowers, watering and pest control for home gardeners.

Date: 1931-03-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330579

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.080

Better gardening, what, when and how to plant, a complete handbook of suggestions and instructions for the home gardener, new and greatly enlarged ed., revised, enlarged ed., by Harry R. O'Brien, The Union Fork and Hoe Company, Columbus, Ohio

The handbook describes tools, soil, cultivation, shrubs, flowers, watering and pest control for home gardeners. This edition has chapters on indoor aquariums and gardening in gulf states and California.

Date: 1932-01-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330580

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.081

What, where, when and how to plant, concise directions for the planting and care of fruit and ornamental trees, plants, roses, shrubs, evergreens, vines and perennials, 3rd ed., revised and re-edited by Alfred C. Hottes, Spring Hill Nurseries, Tippecanoe City, Ohio

The book covers shrubs, trees and flowers for home gardens and has a page on permanent cemetery planting.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330584

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.082

Construction Inc. house, Framingham, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Construction Inc. in Framingham, Massachusetts (commission #1335) including four elevations and four plans. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Warren J. Rhoter. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a clapboard and flush bo...

Date: 1951

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

GUSN: 330582

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1335

Robert M. Stone house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-nine architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Stone in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1414) including four elevations, three plans, four plot plans, five framing plans, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J....

Date: 1952-1953

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

GUSN: 330586

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1414

Robert M. Stone house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Stone in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1414-A) including one plan and one detail. Drawings are sigened but not dated by Richard Wills. Alterations include basement modifications including a poo...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 330588

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1414-A

American Red Cross office building, Melrose, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of office building for the American Red Cross in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #1437) including four elevations, two plans, one cross section, two plot plans, two renderings, and two details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Robert ...

Date: 1953

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

GUSN: 330589

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1437

Rodger P. Nordblom house, Concord, Mass.

Set of twenty-eight architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Rodger P. Nordblom in Concord, Massachusetts (commission #1547) including four elevations, three plans, one cross section, one plot plan, one rendering, and eighteen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Warren J....

Date: 1955-1956

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

GUSN: 330591

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1547

Rodger P. Nordblom house, Concord, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Rodger P. Nordblom in Concord, Massachusetts (commission #1547-A) including five elevations, four plans, one cross section, and two details. Some drawings are signed and dated by David G. Dethlefs or James A. Coo...

Date: 1960-1990

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

GUSN: 330593

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1547-A

Search Collections

Displaying: 116201 - 116250 of 223,951