Historic New England

Full length portrait of a woman standing next to a chair

Portrait of a woman, standing next to the upholstered chair. The woman is wearing a dress with a high collar and a lace bow around her neck.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318747

Ref. Code: PC059.059

Portrait of a woman, seated

Portrait of a woman, seated. The woman is wearing a dress with lace trim and a cameo around her neck.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318748

Ref. Code: PC059.060

Portrait of a woman, seated

Portrait of a woman, seated. The woman is wearing a dress with lace trim and a cameo around her neck.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318751

Ref. Code: PC059.062

Portrait of a woman, seated

Portrait of a woman, seated. Paper has been glued to the emulsion side of the negative around the image of the woman. When digitized this appears as the bright white section of the image.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318752

Ref. Code: PC059.063

Portrait of a woman, seated

Portrait of a woman, seated. Paper has been glued to the emulsion side of the negative around the image of the woman. When digitized this appears as the bright white section of the image.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318753

Ref. Code: PC059.064

Three men seated around a tent on the dunes

View of three men seated around a tent in the grass. In the tent there is a small table with bottles, a kettle and miscelaneous cooking objects.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318754

Ref. Code: PC059.065

"Willow Ledge"; people sitting on rocks

View of "Willow Lodge" with people seated on the rocks in front of the lodge and on the porch

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318779

Ref. Code: PC059.066

Head and shoulders portrait of Phebe Harrod on her 100th birthday

1 cabinet card photograph

Date: 1886

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 318783

Ref. Code: PC004.01.H.0800.10

Trade card, Efficient Spring Shade Rollers, manufactured by Nevius & Haviland, branch of National Wall Paper Co., New York, 500 West 42nd Street; Chicago, 136 Wabash Avenue

A little boy holds a gun and a dog "pointing" at the shade roller. The image caption reads "A pointer when hunting for shade rollers buy the Efficient."

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318781

Ref. Code: EP003.004.015

Phebe Harrod on her 100th birthday

Phebe Harrod, with an unidentified man and woman, is seated in a doorway under a flower banner which reads "Greetings, 1786, 1886" in honor of her 100th birthday.

Date: 1886

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 318784

Ref. Code: PC004.01.H.0800.11

Trade card, fall season of 1883, W. & J. Sloane, 886 Broadway, New York City, New York

Sloane sells novelties, smyrnas and tapestry and rug mats from Alex. Smith & Sons Carpet Company. The card image caption reads "Persian Rug Weaver."

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318785

Ref. Code: EP003.004.016

Hotel Pemberton

View of Hotel Pemberton from a boardwalk.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318786

Ref. Code: PC059.067

Two story cottage with wrap-around porch and picket fence

View of a two story cottage. Two people stand on the poarch and the property is boarderd by a fence. The emulsion does not reach the edge of the glass plate on the left side.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318787

Ref. Code: PC059.068

View from the water: Atlantic House; Public Baths

View from the beach looking up toward the Atlantic Hotel and the Public Baths. The beach stretches for most of the foreground with a hill rising sharply out of the flat plane of the beach. The buildings mostly sit on the hill. One person is visible on the beach.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318788

Ref. Code: PC059.069

View of cottage from the dunes

View from the bottom of a dune looking up at a cottage. The cottage is two stories with a wrap-around poarch. A fence encloses the space around the cottage

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318789

Ref. Code: PC059.070

Two-story house in background; trees and meadow

View of a two story house with trees and a meddow in the foreground. A fence runs through the midground of the photograph, in front of the fence is a gazebo and posts supporting the trees. Behind the fence, several people are sitting or standing under a tent. The emulsion of the negative is damaged ...

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318790

Ref. Code: PC059.071

Small shingeld house with stone wall; taken from road

View of a two story house with a shingled roof; taken from the road. A small stone wall runs the length of the house, along the road and diagonally through the photograph. Trees stand in front of the house slightly obscuring it from view.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318791

Ref. Code: PC059.072

Close-up of exterior of two-story cottage

View of a two story cottage, same cottage as in plate #2. There is sand surrounding the cottage and people gathered on the wrap around porch..

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318792

Ref. Code: PC059.073

House with attached ell

View of a house with an attached ell. People stand in front of the house and a field is visible behind the house on the left side of the photograph.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318793

Ref. Code: PC059.074

"Bluffton Cottage"

View of Bluffton Cottage, which sits on top of a dune. The grass and rocks of the dune are visible in the foreground and seperated from the cottage by a fence. People stand on the porch of the cottage where a hamock has been suspended. A few surrounding buildings are visible.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318794

Ref. Code: PC059.075

View of buildings taken across beach from the rocks

View of buildings taken from a rock outcrop across the water from the beach. Most of the image is dominated by the ocean in the foreground and the sky above the horizon line in the background. The beach with its buildings is a small line on the horizon.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318795

Ref. Code: PC059.076

"Waverley House" and "Highland Cottage"

View of two buildings, Highland Cottage in the foreground and Waverly House in the background. People gather on the porch of Highland Cottage. Boulders and grass take up the space in front of the cottage.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318796

Ref. Code: PC059.077

Three-story house

View of a three story house with a body of water in the background. A field with wildflowers occupies the foreground and is seperated from the house by a fence. A few people sit on the porch.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318797

Ref. Code: PC059.078

House on a road

View from a road of a two story house. Two people stand in front of the house and a cat sits on the porch. Between the road and the house is a grassy lawn.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318798

Ref. Code: PC059.079

People standing on the porch and around a cottage

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of a cottage from the beach up a rock hill. People are gathered on the porch and around the cottage. A set of wooden stairs leads up to the cottage from the beach.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318799

Ref. Code: PC059.080

People standing on the beach at low tide

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." Photograph taken from the beach at low tide. People are standing on the beach and houses, hotels and a roller coaster are visible in the background.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318800

Ref. Code: PC059.081

"Rock Bound Cottage"

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of "Rock Bound Cottage" with people gathered around the porch.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318801

Ref. Code: PC059.082

View of Atlantic House taken at low tide

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of the Atlantic House taken at low tide. The beach takes up most of the foreground and midground with the rock dune rising sharply out of the sand. The Atlantic House and surounding buildings stand in sharp relief against the clear sky. Several groups ...

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318802

Ref. Code: PC059.083

Vista of buildings and fields

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." A view across the water of a hill with buildings on it. There are several boats in the water. Same as plate #85

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318803

Ref. Code: PC059.084

Vista of buildings and fields

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." A view across the water of a hill with buildings on it. There are several boats in the water. Same as plate #84

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318804

Ref. Code: PC059.085

Vista of town taken from across the harbor

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." A view across the harbor of a town. Buildings visible along a dock with boats in the water. Broken in two pieces

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318805

Ref. Code: PC059.086

Rockland House

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of Rockland House. A field and hill take up the fore- and midground with the hotel rising up in the background. A flag pole stands in front of the hotel and people gather on the porch.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318806

Ref. Code: PC059.087

Rockland House

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of Rockland House from across a field. People gather on the lawn and wildflowers grow in the field.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318807

Ref. Code: PC059.088

Rockland House

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of Rockland House from across a field. People gather on the lawn and wildflowers grow in the field.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318808

Ref. Code: PC059.089

Aerial view: "Steamer for Quincy Point"

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." Aerial view of Quincy Point. Two road run through the town with houses and building on either side of the main road. The ocean and beach boarder the town on the right side of the photograph.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318809

Ref. Code: PC059.090

People in a boat and standing in the water at low tide

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of people standing in a boat and in the water at low tide.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318810

Ref. Code: PC059.091

Carriage drawn by two horses on the beach

From a box labled "Record Dry Plate Co." View of two horses pulling a carriage full of people along the beach. In the background, people are swimming in the ocean, a boat is visible. Same as plate #93

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318812

Ref. Code: PC059.092

Trade card, U.S. Clothes Pins, U.S. Clothes Pin Co., Montpelier, Vermont

The clothes pins were patented June 28, 1887. In the illustration the man asks the boy "I say my boy how do they bite this morning?" The boy responds "With their teeth sir."

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318973

Ref. Code: EP003.001.007

Trade card, buy the Universal Clothes Wringer, Metropolitan Washing Machine Co., New York, New York

The wringer was patented August 1, 1880. The item is a Universal Clothes Wringer Puzzle. A variation on the illustration can be seen by turning it over and holding it up to to light. The product is sold by George Robinson, French's Block, corner Central & Pleasant Streets, Palmer, Massachusetts.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318996

Ref. Code: EP003.001.008

Brochure, indurated wood fibre pails, wash tubs & keelers, manufactured by United Indurated Fibre Co. of New Jersey, Lockport, New York

The business manufactured "fibrotta" pails and other items for use in the kitchen and laundry made from a wood pulp process. The brochure is in the shape of a pail with the name "The Star Pail" and has illustrations and text describing the product durability. The verso illustration is identified as ...

Date: 1889

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318998

Ref. Code: EP003.001.009

Trade card, perfection in broiling meats attained at last, American Broiler, location unknown

In the card illustration a woman stands at a stove holding the broiler pan in one hand and the cover in the other hand. The card text states the pan works "equally well over wood or coal." It can also be used as a bread toaster, corn popper and coffee roaster. The item features are described on the ...

Date: 1870s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319000

Ref. Code: EP003.001.010

Trade card, Enterprise Congress, World's Fair, Enterprise Meat Chopper, Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa., Third and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

People from different countries stand around Uncle Sam as he demonstrates the Enterprise Meat Chopper. The product features and a price list are described on the card verso. The female Columbia figure stands next to Uncle Sam with the American eagle below them. The item is for sale at W.E. Barrett &...

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319001

Ref. Code: EP003.001.011

Oakwood Stove Works, Bussey, McLeod & Co., Troy, New York

The stove features are described on the item verso. In the image Uncle Sam directs a cherub, wearing a "progress" banner, to fire a cannon which shoots out the stove models. The image caption reads "Uncle Sam I tell you the people will have the Gold Coin & Gold Medal Stoves & Ranges which are the be...

Date: 1880

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319005

Ref. Code: EP003.003.001

Trade card, Winthrop Ranges, Dighton Furnace Company, North Dighton, Mass.

The factory and the Winthrop Range are illustrated on the card. The item verso has a price list.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319019

Ref. Code: EP003.003.002

How to keep the wolf from the door, Charter Oak Stoves, manufactured by Excelsior Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, Missouri

One housewife shows a visiting housewife her new Charter Oak Stove. In the illustration a young boy plays with a cat while his sister holds her doll. According to the description it does perfect baking without drying out the food. The stoves have wire gauze oven doors.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319024

Ref. Code: EP003.003.003

Magee's Ideal Surface Burning Stove, manufactured by Magee Furnace Co., Boston, Mass.

Magee claims the stove is the capstone of their manufacturing process. An illustration of the stove is inside the brochure. The stove is available at L.S. & J.W. St. John in Walton, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319025

Ref. Code: EP003.003.004

Brochure, Good News Portable Range, manufactured by Pratt & Wentworth, 87, 89 & 91 North Street, Boston, Mass.

The stove features are described inside the brochure. Different models of the Good News Range are shown in the illustrations.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319077

Ref. Code: EP003.003.006

Brochure, Happy Thought Range, Pittston Stove Co., Pittston, Pennsylvania

Four cherubs prepare a dish with the Happy Thought Range in the background. The stove features are described inside the brochure. Pittston has 50 difference styles and sizes for coal or wood. The appliance is for sale by A.H. Brill, Oxford, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319078

Ref. Code: EP003.003.007

Trade card, Sterling Ranges, Sill Stove Works, Rochester, New York

The illustration caption reads "The Sterling did it, only one fire pot of coal, only one BBL of flour baked in 10 hours only 231 loaves." Text on the verso states the illustration is from a photograph taken after baking the 231 loaves of bread.

Date: 1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319079

Ref. Code: EP003.003.008

Trade card, The Paris Parlor, Dan'l E. Paris & Co., manufacturers, Troy, New York

The sizes and fetures are described on the card verso. The model shown in the photograph has the Paris Patent Foot-Rail Grate.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319080

Ref. Code: EP003.003.009

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