Historic New England

Home landscapes 1924, summer planting, Hicks Nurseries, I. Hicks & Son, Westbury, Long Island

The catalog describes the trees, shrubs, plants and vines which can be used in landscape gardening. The business has a large tree moving department.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329862

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.055

Home landscapes 1926, Hicks Nurseries, I. Hicks & Son, Westbury, Long Island

The catalog describes the trees, shrubs, plants and vines which can be used in landscape gardening. The business has a large tree moving department.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329863

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.056

Awnings

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Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329866

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001a

Rusco all metal venetian awnings and jamlousies, manufactured by The F.C. Russell Co., Awning Division, Cleveland, Ohio

Text on the front of the brochure reads "A dignified permanent treatment for all types of windows, porches, terraces, doorways." The product is available from E.F. Williams Co., Inc., 675 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, New York.

Date: 1948

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329867

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001a.001

Swanfeldt awnings, Swanfeldt Tent and Awning Co., Los Angeles, California

The booklet is a guide to selecting the awnings for various house styles. There is a loose data sheet for customers to complete. A list of licensed distributors is provided. The illustration inside the front cover reads "Copyright 1928 by Andrew Swanfeldt, Los Angeles, designer and patentee of Swanf...

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329870

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001a.002

Serving a discriminating clientele, Dandux Awnings, C.R. Daniels, Inc., 101 Crosby Street, New York, New York

Dandux Awnings are manufactured for houses and commercial buildings. The business offers Venetian sail cloth in addition to basic fabrics. The catalog was sent through the Architects Samples Corporation.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329873

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001a.003

It's not a home until it's planted, new catalog, Green's Nursery Co., Rochester, New York

The business specializes in fruit trees. There is a price list in the back dated spring 1924.

Date: 1924

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329876

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.057

Trees for Long Island, Isaac Hicks and Son, large-tree movers, Westbury Station, Nassau Co., New York

The catalog describes the trees, shrubs, plants and vines which can be used in landscape gardening. The business has a large tree moving department. There is a 16-page price list in the back of the catalog.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329877

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.058

Bulbs for spring flowers, fall 1930 issue, Hart & Vick, seedmen, Rochester, New York

Tulips, lilies and other flowers are described for customers. There is a loose order form, two money order forms and a business reply envelope.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329878

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.059

Robinson flagstones, J.G. Robinson, Inc., 6202 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Flagstones set in interior and exterior surfaces is shown in photographs for commercial and residential properties. Robinson was superseded by the Blue Stone Flagging Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329882

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.002.019

Catalog no. 59, spring and summer season 1935, canvas products, The Hettrick Manufacturing Co., Summit at Magnolia Street, Toledo, Ohio

Hettrick manufactures beach umbrellas, awnings, tents, furniture, clothing and other canvas items. The front cover has an illustration of a covered wagon.

Date: 1935

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329893

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.001.020

Portrait of an era in landscape architecture, the photographs of Mattie Edwards Hewitt, September 15-November 30, 1983, Wave Hill, 675 West 252nd Street, Bronx, New York

Gardens on Long Island and other places were photographed by Hewitt and became a record of landscape architects working in the 1920s and 1930s.

Date: 1983

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329900

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.060

Our garden, garden of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Pilling, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

The Japanese garden, designed by S. Furukawa, on the Pilling estate is described in text and photographs. Text in the item reads "A partial reprint from "House and Garden," "American Homes and Gardens" by Mrs. Phebe Westcott Humphreys. Photographs by Francis K. Delp, Oscar M. Chase, Charles J. Pilli...

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 329903

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.061

Virginia Goward house, Lowell, Mass.

Four black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1939 for Virginia Goward in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329911

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.GowardV

Allard M. Graves house, White River Junction, Vt.

Seventeen black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1950 for Mr. and Mrs. Allard M. Graves in White River Junction, Vermont.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329912

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.GravesA

George E. Griffiths house, Wellesley, Mass.

Ten black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1947 for George E. Griffiths in Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329913

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.GriffithsG

Herbert W. Hastings house, Weston, Mass.

Ten black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1946 for Herbert W. Hastings in Weston, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329914

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.HastingsH

Henry J. Hickey house, Winchester, Mass.

Six black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1930 for Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Hickey in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329915

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.HickeyH

J. Paul Hoag house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Four black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1930 for J. Paul Hoag in Willesley Hills, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329916

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.HoagJ

Crawford G. Goldthwait house, Brookline, Mass.

Two black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1933 for Clarence Severy in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329917

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.SeveryC

Edward B. Hubbard house, Weston, Mass.

Three black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1935 for Edward B. Hubbard in Weston, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329918

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.HubbardE

Edwin D. Ryer house, Duxbury, Mass.

Seventeen black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1948 for Edwin D. Ryer in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329919

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.RyerE

D. E. Price house, Brookline, Mass.

Ten black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1950 for Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Price in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329920

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.PriceD

Robert A. Muller house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Three black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1931 for Robert A. Muller in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329921

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.MullerR

Mrs. James A. Ward house, Scituate, Mass.

Seven black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1932 for Mrs. James A. Ward in Sictuate, Massachusetts. There are sepia duplicates

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329922

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.WardJ

Frederick A. Trevor dental office, Melrose, Mass.

Twelve black-and-white photographic prints of dental office designed by Royal Barry Wills c. 1935 for Dr. Frederick A. Trevor in Melrose, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329923

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.TrevorF

Mrs. James E. Thomas house, Scituate, Mass.

Seven black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1928 for Mrs. James E. Thomas in Scituate, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329924

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.ThomasJ

Julian C. Howe house, Wellesley Farms, Mass.

Two black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1926 for Julian C. Howe in Wellesley Farms, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329925

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.HoweJ

Maynard S. Renner house, Lincoln, Mass.

Six black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1936 for Maynard S. Renner in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329926

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.RennerM

Angus McDonald house, unidentified location

Two black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1933 for Angus McDonald at an unidentified location.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329927

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.McDonaldA

Thomas O. Mattingly house, Newport Beach, Calif.

Four black-and-white photographic prints of house designed by Royal Barry Wills c. 1936 for Thomas O. Mattingly in Newport Beach, California.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 329928

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.MattinglyT

Harry J. Blake house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Harry J. Blake in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #304) including four elevations, three plans, one topographic map, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. The developer was Haynes & Hernandez. Drawings depict a two-story Coloni...

Date: 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 326947

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.304

Robert Muller house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Robert Muller in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #305) including five elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and two details. One elevation is dated and signed "RBW.". Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with ...

Date: 1931

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

GUSN: 326949

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.305

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy (commission #306) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with a slate hip roof and a ...

Date: 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 326952

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.306

Philip Lockwood house, Summit, N.J.

Set of thirty-one architectural drawings of house for Philip Lockwood in Summit, New Jersey (commission #307) including nine elevations, seven plans, one plot plan, and fourteen details. One drawing is dated; one is signed "RBW." Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a s...

Date: 1931

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

GUSN: 326953

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.307

Samples of Cocheco Printed Fabrics (1 of 2)

This folder includes fifteen packets of textile samples attached to cardstock labeled "Cocheco. Lawrence & Co. Agents." The cardstock backing contains illuminated titles, describing the given sample's material type (e.g. angora, jura fleece, dimity, etc.) as well as a 4-digit style number. Each pack...

Date: 1905-1913

Collection: Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy Fabric Design Collection, 1905-1913

GUSN: 326954

Ref. Code: GC006.01

Samples of Cochero Printed Fabrics (2 of 2)

This folder includes eighteen large-format samples of Cocheco Manufacturing Co. printed fabrics. Most are formatted as a single large paper panel with one main fabric sample at the top center and two or four additional small color or style variations below. The patterns on the fabric are mostly colo...

Date: 1905-1913

Collection: Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy Fabric Design Collection, 1905-1913

GUSN: 326955

Ref. Code: GC006.02

Designs for Printed Fabrics

This folder contains thirty-seven hand-painted or hand-drawn loose samples of designs for printed fabric. Patterns range from life-like flowers with several levels of shading to simple flowers with geometric embellishments to abstract shapes, lines, and checkers. Colors range from bright greens, blu...

Date: 1905-1913

Collection: Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy Fabric Design Collection, 1905-1913

GUSN: 326956

Ref. Code: GC006.03

Cardstock Designs for Printed Fabrics

This folder contains sixty-nine samples of hand-painted designs for fabric patterns. Designs range in size but are all mounted on blank panels of uniform large-format cardstock. Patterns include vibrantly colored geometric shapes, stripes, abstract floral patterns, and traditional floral designs wit...

Date: 1905-1913

Collection: Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy Fabric Design Collection, 1905-1913

GUSN: 326957

Ref. Code: GC006.04

Costume Designs

This folder includes four detailed sketches of stage costume designs, all labeled on back with "Belle McClintock 121 Washington St. Dorchester." The drawings are pen and ink on paperboard. One drawing depicts a woman in a long dotted dress with floral detail lining a square neckline and down center ...

Date: 1905-1913

Collection: Arabella Chandler McClintock Bellamy Fabric Design Collection, 1905-1913

GUSN: 326958

Ref. Code: GC006.05

Storage, put lazy space to work with Western wood, Western Wood Products Association, Yeon Bldg., Portland, Oregon

Storage and room dividers are shown using Western wood products. The tree species represented are listed on the item verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327096

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.017

Roger W. Gates house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Roger W. Gates in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #308) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one cross section, one heating plan, and twelve details. Two drawings are dated; one is signed by Royal Barry Wills. Al...

Date: 1931

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

GUSN: 327105

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.308

We planned our closets, Super Cedar Closet Lining, Geo. C. Brown and Company, Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina

Examples of where Super Cedar can be used are described in the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327111

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.018

Roger W. Gates house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings four alterations to the house for Roger W. Gates in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #308-A) including two elevations, one plans, and one detail. Drawings are signed and dated by nathaniel Perry Tufts. Drawings depict alterations to a one-story wing of...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 327114

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.308-A

Walter G. Butler house, Worcester, Mass.

Set of eighteen drawings of house for Walter G. Butler in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #309) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and seven details. No drawings are signed or dated. Also present are a topographical map by H. L. Robinson, Engineer, and a landscape plan b...

Date: 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327123

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.309

New ideas with wood windows, Pella Products, Rolscreen Company, Pella, Iowa

Different types of wood windows are described in the catalog. There is a loose product information postcard and letterhead sheet for customers. Pella Products are available from A.W. Hastings & Co., Inc., 57 Inner Balt Road, Somerville, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327128

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.003.033

Wood sliding glass doors, Pella Products, Rolscreen Company, Pella, Iowa

A cross section of the doors is shown on the item verso. The business manufactures wood windows, wood folding doors and partitions and wood sliding glass doors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327132

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.003.034

Haynes & Hernandez (developer) house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for developer Haynes & Hernandez in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #312) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated; one is signed "R B Wills." Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial-styl...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327131

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.312

For floors of beauty, floors of permanence, Appalachian hardwood flooring, Harris Manufacturing Company, Johnson City, Tennessee

Product details and specifications are described in the item. The flooring is available from Lexington Lumber Corporation, 57 Bedford Street, Lexington, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327133

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.024

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy (commission #313) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a brick exterior. House...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327134

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.313

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