Historic New England

Colonial Williamsburg Inc. approved reproductions and adaptations, The Craft house, Williamsburg, Virginia

The catalog has furniture, needlepoint, textile, glassware, silverware and other reproductions for potential customers.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318632

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.101

Historic Pilgrim furniture, illustrated by reproductions in Plimoth Plantation, Heywood-Wakefield Company, Gardner, Mass.

A brief history and examples of Pilgrim furniture are provided in the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318634

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.102

Family Standen, Winterbottom, Huntingdon

Family Standen, Winterbottom, and Huntingdon

Date: 1900-1910

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318635

Ref. Code: MS005.02.002a

Guest book

Includes notes and photographs from October 7, 1894, through November 2, 1901. Also includes a poem by Marjorie C. Appleton written in 1892. Some photographs are identified; see printed finding aid Appendix I: Guest Book Index.

Date: 1894-1901

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318636

Ref. Code: MS005.02.007a

Guest book

Includes notes and photographs from 1902 through 1905. Of interest is a photograph documenting a family reunion on May 19, 1905. This image includes William Sumner Appleton, Eleanor and Robert Standen, Edith Standen, Marjorie Appleton, Dorothy and George Weld, Edric Weld, and Gladys and Dunlap Penha...

Date: 1902-1905

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318637

Ref. Code: MS005.02.007b

Holbrook Hall, Newton, Mass.

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318638

Ref. Code: MS005.03.035a

Authentic reproductions of cabinet hardware, A.A. Lyman, 34 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

The business has "reproductions of brass and wrought iron" hardware pieces. Clock glass reproductions are included. Lyman is the successor to A.L. Firmin. There is a separate price list titled "Authentic reproductions of antique hardware and wrought iron."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318639

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.016

Ball brasses, William Ball, Sr., Hope Manor, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Background on the history of Ball Brasses is provided in the catalog. The name signed at the end of the introductory material is "Wm. Ball, Sr." A 1936 price list is at the back of the item. Two loose price lists are attached to sheets with product images. The sheets have "William Ball and Sons, Wes...

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318641

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.017

Fine quality reproductions by Ball and Ball, catalog no. 72, Whitford-Exton, Pennsylvania

There are images and descriptions of cabinet hardware, door hinges, latches, locks, door knockers and lighting fixtures. Both catalogs have loose order blank envelopes and 1976 price lists.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318642

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.018

Cabinet, house & shutter hinges, catalog no. 77, Ball and Ball, Exton, Pennsylvania

1 trade catalog : illustrations ; 10 1/4 x 8 inches

Date: 1977

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318644

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.019

Classic provincial dresser, Grand Rapids Chair Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan

A seven drawer dresser is shown with measurements. The item verso has a nine drawer dresser with measurements.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318646

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.103

Chairs, Furniture Specialties Corp., 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

Chair samples with sizes and fabric specifications are available for customers. Text at the bottom of each sheet reads "Every piece custom made to your specifications."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318648

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.104

Trade card for Furniture Specialties Corp., chair, 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

The "Buffington" chair is on the front of the card with the dimensions and fabric requirements on the verso. The business manufactures furniture pieces according to customer specifications.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318649

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.03.01.022

Album: Window shades, doors, furniture, carpets

Window treatments, door hardware, furniture and carpets are described for customers. The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318650

Ref. Code: EP003.004

Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards

The merchants represented in the album include Bugbee & Brownell, Keystone, Haas and Enterprise Manufacturing. There are 23 presidential portrait cards for advertising various businesses. There are 6 American Puzzle cards.The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318651

Ref. Code: EP003.005

Trade card, Marshall Field & Co., retail dry goods, carpets, upholstery, etc., State Street, Washington Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Pedestrians, streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles can be seen around the Marshall Field department store.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318654

Ref. Code: EP003.004.001

Trade card, Broadhead Worsted Mills, Jamestown, New York

In the cover illustration a woman in a riding habit removes a letter from a tree outside the Broadhead Worsted Mills. Broadhead manufactures fabrics and dresses and describes their product inside the card. Text on the verso reads "Latest novelties, newest shades and colorings" for the J.S. Butler dr...

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318658

Ref. Code: EP003.004.002

Trade card, Detroit Heating & Lighting Co., 88 Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois

The advantages of the Bolton Hot Water Heater and Combination Gas Machine are described on the verso. A cut away illustration depicts the Bolton Hot Water Heater installed in a multi-level town house. The business has offices in Boston at 42 Pearl Street and St. Louis at 508 N. 4th Street.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318660

Ref. Code: EP003.004.003

Billhead, John Gibbes, plumber, glazier & painter, Towcester, England

Text on the item reads "Engine pumps, water closets, beer machines &c. fixed & repaired in the best manner & on the shortest nortice. Oils & water colours prepared for painting." The illustration on the left side of the item has the caption "Paper Hanger."

Date: ca. 1840

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318661

Ref. Code: EP003.004.004

Trade card, Norwalk Lock Company, manufacturers of door locks, latches, knobs, escutcheons and other builders hardware, also genuine and imitation bronze goods, South Norwalk, Connecticut

The business exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The business factory image is surrounded by images of the Main building, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall and Memorial Hall. A drawing of the exhibit is inside the card with text in English, French, German and Spanish.

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318662

Ref. Code: EP003.004.005

Trade card, Hartshorn Shade Rollers, 486 Broadway, New York, New York

In the image a young boy attaches the shade to a woman's dress hem. The shades are carried by Rogers & Everest, dealers in carpets, oil cloths, wall papers, decorations, window shades and feathers. The store is in Gloversville, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318666

Ref. Code: EP003.004.006

Trade card, Record's Patent Hinge, Record Manufacturing Co., Conneaut, Ohio

A courting couple test the strength of the hinge in a fence in the card illustration. The hinge is described on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318667

Ref. Code: EP003.004.007

Trade card, Johnston's new self locking clock spring shade roller, Johnston's Depot, Nos. 1033 and 1035 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Johnston carries paper hangings and window shades and is exhibiting at the fair in Philadelphia. The image caption reads "An art gallery of the Centennial buildings and grounds."

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318669

Ref. Code: EP003.004.008

Trade card, Rip Van Winkle Reclining Rocking Chair, P.C. Lewis Manufacturing Co., Catskill, New York

The chair can make 15 pieces of furniture and be placed in 200 positions. It was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. The company will have a drawing each year to give away one of the chairs. The coupon is attached with instructions on the card verso.

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318670

Ref. Code: EP003.004.009

Professional records: Address book including financial notations, possibly quotes or final costs

1 item

Date: 1953-1978

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317124

Ref. Code: AR027.002.22

Professional records: Program from St. Thomas Church, Hanover, New Hampshire

1 item

Date: 1961-10-15

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317125

Ref. Code: AR027.002.23

Negatives: MIT Master's thesis

approx. 12 negatives

Date: ca. 1940

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317126

Ref. Code: AR027.003.01

Photographs: Barrett family album; includes portraits of Frank J. Barrett and family, pets, house lot and house in Hanover, New Hampshire; also includes pocket guide to New Guinea

1 album

Date: 1936-1991

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317127

Ref. Code: AR027.003.02

Photographs: Barrett residence album, including interiors and exteriors

1 album

Date: 1955-1957, undated

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317128

Ref. Code: AR027.003.03

Photographs: Barrett residence, photographs on CD

1 disk

Date: 2009

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317129

Ref. Code: AR027.003.04

Photographs: Drafting set of Frank Herbert Barrett, 1851-1879

3 photographs

Date: 2009

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317130

Ref. Code: AR027.003.05

Photographs: Frank J. Barrett portraits

4 photographs

Date: 1937-1953

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317131

Ref. Code: AR027.003.06

Photographs: School interiors and exteriors

7 photographs

Date: undated

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317132

Ref. Code: AR027.003.07

Postcards: Album belonging to Frank Barrett (possibly grandfather or father of Frank J. Barrett)

1 album

Date: 1910-1929

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317133

Ref. Code: AR027.003.08

Postcards: Album belonging to Herbert W. Barrett

1 album

Date: 1900-1919

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317134

Ref. Code: AR027.003.09

Postcards: Sent to Barrett family members, two Christmas-themed

4 postcards

Date: 1912, undated

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317135

Ref. Code: AR027.003.10

Slides: Churches

44 color slides

Date: 1962-1966, undated

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317136

Ref. Code: AR027.003.11

Slides: Commercial, civic, and other buildings

20 color slides

Date: 1963-1972, undated

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317137

Ref. Code: AR027.003.12

Slides: Residential buildings

13 color slides

Date: 1964-1972, undated

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317138

Ref. Code: AR027.003.13

Slides: Schools

120 color slides

Date: 1957-1963, undated

Collection: Frank J. Barrett architectural collection

GUSN: 317139

Ref. Code: AR027.003.14

Battleship "Kearsarge" 16.82 Knots

Full color postcard of the battleship, U.S.S. Kearsarge, active during World War I.

Date: circa 1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317143

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.015

Connecticut - Windsor - Modern

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317149

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.2070.0025

Tercentenary Celebration, Windsor, Conn. 1933

A group of men and two children dressed as Pilgrims stand in front a a stockade fence. A team of horses and a building can be seen in the background. Windsor was the site of Connecticut's first English settlement by members of the Plymouth Colony who set up a trading post in 1633.

Date: 1933

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317150

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.2070.0025.001

Cotton from plant to product, Pepperell Fabrics, Pepperell Manufactuirng Company, 160 State Street, Boston, Mass.

The box illustrates the basic principles in the manufacture of cotton cloth with samples of the following: 1)Raw cotton, 2)Cleaned and carded, 3)Card sliver, a drawing-out process, 4) Roving, a process of spinning, 5)Finished yarn, fully spun ready for the loom, 6)Furnished sample of a Lady Pepperel...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 317175

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.017

Ethan Allen room planning kit, Ethan Allen Inc., location unknown, undated

The latched box has a frame holding loose green magnetic pieces, 3 plastic templates and a sheet captioned "Living Room Floor Plan." Both folders contain blue, black and brown magnetic pieces, graph paper, and an 8 inch ruler. One folder has an additional template. There is a pamphlet which explains...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 317177

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.033

Maison Robert, French cuisine and fine wines in Boston's Old City Hall, 45 School Street, Boston, Mass.

The restaurant's facilities and specialties are described for potential diners and private parties. The front of the brochure has a lithograph of the Old City Hall building which houses the restaurant. The Ben Franklin statue is on the verso, highlighting the connection between American and French c...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 317181

Ref. Code: EP001.06.17.010

Menu, Air France New York-Paris on board the Concorde

The menu and wine list is provided for the New York to Paris flight. Wines selected by Michael Broadbent, Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson are available from the Concorde cellar.

Date: 1999-01-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 317182

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.017

Trade card for Miltie Koor's Kosher Market, 12 Central Avenue, Chelsea, Mass.

The market carries meats, poultry and kosher delicatessen foods. The inside of the card provides instructions for baking poultry, kishkie, knishes, kugels and roast beef.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 317186

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.048