Historic New England

State Bath House, Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting beachgoers at Revere Beach. The pavillions and state bath house are in the background; opposite the beach.

Date: 1908

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330536

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.028

Revere Beach, Mass., A Sun Bath.

A color postcard looking north, depicting beachgoers, the pavillions, bandstand, attractions, and amusments in the background.

Date: 1913

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330537

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.029

I Met a Girl at Revere Beach and She is the Candy Kid

An undated color postcard of Revere Beach, beachgoers and it's attractions facing north. The caption reads, "I like my home but Oh! you Revere Beach."

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330538

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.030

A very busy day on the Beach and a view of the Cyclone, Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting a view of Revere Beach, beachgoers and amusments in the background including the Cyclone roller coaster and a Ferris wheel. The view is looking north.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330539

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.031

The Pier, Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting a female swimmer, believed to be Anne Morecroft a well known distance swimmer of the time.

Date: 1913

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330540

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.032

A Day well spent on the Beach at Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting beachgoers and the Beachmont neighborhood in Revere to the South.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330541

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.033

Wonderland, Revere Beach, Mass.

A black and white overhead view of Wonderland Park at Revere Beach dating from 1906. Also seen are the narrow gauge trains servicing Revere Beach from the Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Company which also owned Wonderland Park. In the distance is the Eastern Railroad Line and the Revere and Saugus ma...

Date: 1906

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330542

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.034

How does your garden grow? Bloomaid plant food, manufactured by Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp., Richmond, Virginia

The item provides tips for better gardening using Bloomaid plant food.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330552

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.075

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."

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

W. N. Hardy house, Newton, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for W. N. Hardy in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #368) including four elevations, three plans, three framing plans, and three details. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a front gable, ...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327491

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.368

Lawrence Scovelle house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Lawrence Scovelle in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #369) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison-style house with an asphalt shingle saltbox roof and a clapb...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327492

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.369

Bengt Eriksson house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Bengt Eriksson in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #370) including four elevations, three plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a wood shingle roof and a brick and c...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327495

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.370

John H. Bryer house, Newton, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for John H. Bryer in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #371) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and one detail. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a slate roof and a brick a...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327496

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.371

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #372) including three elevations, three plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with one front dormer and one fro...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327499

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.372

William A. Flood farmhouse, Phillipston, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of addition to farmhouse for William Flood in Phillipston, Massachusetts (commission #373) including three elevations, three plans, one rendering, and five details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story addition to an existing farmhouse ...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327500

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.373

Inman house, unidentified location

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for a client named Inman through the developers Haynes & Hernandez at an unidentified location (commission #375) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colo...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327503

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.375

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #376) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with two front dormers, a slate roo...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327504

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.376

Edmund C. McLaughlin (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder Edmund C. McLaughlin in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #377) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle hip r...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327507

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.377

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #377-2) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dor...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327508

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.377-2

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten at an unidentified location (commission #378) including five elevations, three plans, and three details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with one front dormer and a s...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327509

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.378

Alfred H. Dean house, Weston, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Alfred H. Dean in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #380) including three elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a shingle roof and a clapboard exterio...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327512

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.380

Richard H. Grogan house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Richard H. Grogan in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #381) including four elevations, three plans, and eight details. One drawing is dated and signed "R B W." Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a sla...

Date: 1933

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

GUSN: 327514

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.381

Richard H. Grogan house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings for alterations to house for Richard H. Grogan in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #381-A) including two elevationsand one plan. Two drawings are dated; all are signed as being drawn by Robert E. Minot. Altrations include changing a proch to a study a...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 327515

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.381-A

Percy R. Winters house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Percy R. Winters at an unidentified location (commission #382) including four elevations, three plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with one front dormer, asphalt...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327542

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.382

William H. Harney house, Scituate, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for William H. Harney in Scituate, Massachusetts (commission #383) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and three details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a wood shingle ...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327543

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.383

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten at an unidentified location (commission #385) including four elevations, three plans, and four details. Two drawings are dated and signed "R B W." Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt s...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327544

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.385

Marlow & McKiel (builders) house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for builders Marlow & McKiel in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #386) including four elevations, three plans, and five details. No drawings are signed; one is dated. Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with a slate roof and a...

Date: ca. 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327545

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.386

Ralph Kenney house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Ralph Kenney in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #387) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a brick, stucco, and board exterior. Ho...

Date: ca. 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327546

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.387

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