Historic New England

John G. Rohrbach house, Bloomfield, Conn.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John G. Rohrbach in Bloomfield, Connecticut (commission #1603) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, two cross sections, two renderings, and nine details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken ...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330632

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1603

Leland Construction Company (builder) house, Burlington, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for builder Leland Construction Company in Burllngton, Massachusetts (commission #1604) including three elevations, three plans, five framing plans, one rendering, and two details. Some drawings are signed and dated by John F. Howard or Richard Wills. ...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 330634

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1604

Creeping Bent questions and answers, O.M. Scott & Sons Co., Marysville, Ohio

Customer questions about Creeping Bent grass are answered in the brochure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330636

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.005.009

Bent lawns, O.M. Scott & Sons Co., Marysville, Ohio

The advantages of planting Bent grass and how to care for it are described. There is a loose price list and order form for customers.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330637

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.005.010

Lawn care, a discussion of the vital problems of lawn making and maintenance, vol. III, June-July 1930, no. 3, published several times yearly by O.M. Scott & Sons Company, seedsmen, Marysville, Ohio

The topics covered include getting rid of earthworms, lawn maintenance and Scott's connection to a steel merger controversy in Ohio.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330638

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.005.011

End to weeds and tiresome weeding simply, economically with Wedo, made by The Smith Agricultural Chemical Co., Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana

1 brochure : illustrations (some color) ; 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330640

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.005.012

"Planning Your Home Wisely"

Seven illustrations used in the book "Planning Your Home Wisely" written by Royal Barry Wills and published in 1946 by Franklin Watts, Inc. Two are originals; four are prints. Five illustrations are matted. Illustrations include those shown on pages 37, 43, 44, 52, 53, 54, and 64.

Date: 1946

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

GUSN: 330641

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.12

Proper care of lawns, by L.J. Doogue, revised 1928, Dunham Lawn Roller Co., 113 Chambers Street, New York, New York

Lawn care is covered including grass seed, fertilizer, renovating and proper rolling. The business office is located at "Office 21, Mount Royal Hotel, Montreal."

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330645

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.005.013

Make your home beautiful, Vigoro fertilizer, Swift & Company, Chicago, Illinois

Vigoro fertilizer can be used to improve lawns, vegetables, shrubs, flowers and trees. Text stamped on the item reads "Recommended by The Rosenbaum Co., Pittsburgh, Pa."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330646

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.083

When, where, how to use Sacco Plant Food, makes things grow! for lawns, gardens, shrubs, flowers and trees, The Smith Agricultural Chemical Company, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana

Instructions are provided for applying the product to lawns, vegetables, fruits, shrubbery and flowers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330647

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.084

Shur-Gro odorless fertilizer, America's plant food for flowers, lawns, shrubbery, trees and gardens, Shur-Gro Fertilizer Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The fertilizer can be applied to lawns, flower gardens, shrubs, vegetable gardens, potted plants and window and porch boxes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330648

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.085

Practical gardening, a simpler way to make things grow, SACCO, The Smith Agricultural Chemical Company, Columbus, Ohio and Indianapolis, Indiana

SACCO plant food is clean, odorless and weedless. Directions for application are provided in the brochure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330650

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.086

Getting the most from your ornamental trees, shrubs, fruits and flowers, Chase Brothers Company, the Rochester Nurseries, Rochester, New York

Chase provides advice on ornamental trees, shrubs, hedging, roses, flowers, vines, rock gardens and home orchards and gardens.

Date: 1932

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330652

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.087

Home fruit garden, preparation and care, by L.C. Corbett, edition of June 1905, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

The bulletin provides guidance in developing and maintaining fruit bearing plants including soil preparation and pruning. Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 154.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330654

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.088

George E. Jenkins house, Bedford, N.H.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Mr. and. Mrs. George E. Jenkins in Bedford, New Hampshire (commission #1605) including two plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot; two drawings are dated. Topograph...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330655

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1605

Eugene P. O'Reilly house, Newport, R.I.

Set of three architectural plans of house for Mr. and. Mrs. Eugene P. O'Reilly in Newport, Rhode Island (commission #1606). Also included are one page of notes. Two drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows. Drawings show two first floor plans for a house with library with fireplace, off...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330657

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1606

Sidney Harwood house, Worcester, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Sidney Harwood in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #1607) including one elevation, one plan, one rendering, and four details. Most drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Alterations include a new s...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330659

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1607

Milton Greenberg house, Belmont, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Milton Greenberg in Belmont, Massachusetts (commission #1610) including two elevations, one interior elevation, five plans, one rendering, and one detail. Some drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot, Warren J. Rhote...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330660

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1610

Matthew J. McDonald Jr. house, Milton, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Matthew J. McDonald Jr. in Milton, Massachusetts (commission #1611) including three elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and six details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter. ...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330661

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1611

Leonard Bradford house, Wayland, Mass.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bradford in Wayland, Massachusetts (commission #1616) including four elevations, four plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, one rendering, and six details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S...

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330663

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1616

Gene Roberts house, Lexington, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Gene Roberts in Lexington, Massachusetts (commission #1617) including three elevations, three plans, five framing plans, and three details. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Gar...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330665

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1617

G. Carleton Snowe house, Auburn, Maine

Set of six architectural drawings of house for G. Carleton Snowe in Auburn, Maine (commission #1618) including three elevations, two plans, and one detail. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-level Colonial Revival-style house with a saltbox garage. ...

Date: 1956, undated

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

GUSN: 330667

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1618

Richard Sherman house, Marblehead, Mass.

Set of thirty-one architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sherman in Marblehead, Massachusetts (commission #1619) including three elevations, six plans, one cross section, one framing plan, three plot plans, one topographic map, one sketch, one rendering, and fourteen details. Most ...

Date: 1956-1957

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

GUSN: 330669

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1619

George F. Burgess garage, Walpole, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings of garage for George F. Burgess in Walpole, Massachusetts (commission #1620) including two elevations and two plans. Drawings are dated. Drawings depict a three-car garage with an office and storage area.

1 suitcase

Date: undated

Collection: Rose Standish Nichols unpublished manuscript collection

GUSN: 330351

Ref. Code: MS058.05.38

Willard Howard house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Willard Howard in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #684) including three elevations, three plans, and two details. All drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Maurice A. Dunlavy was the builder. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 330352

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.684

Lawrence Edmands house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for Lawrence Edmands in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #701) including four elevations, three plans, and four details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Nataniel Perry Tufts. Maurice A. Dunlavy was the builder. Drawings depict a two-st...

Date: 1939

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

GUSN: 330353

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.701

Dudley Harmon house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Dudley Harmon in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #1139) including one elevation and one plan. Drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot; drawings are not dated. Original commission was #701. Alterations include a prop...

Date: 1947, undated

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

GUSN: 330355

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1139

Lawrence Edmands house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of four architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Lawrence Edmands in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #1056) including two elevations, one plan, and one detail. Drawings are not signed or dated. Original commission was #701. Alterations include a new wing which w...

Date: 1946, undated

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

GUSN: 330356

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1056

M. G. Decatur house, West Medford, Mass.

One architectural drawing for alterations to existing house for M. G. Decatur in West Medford, Massachusetts (commission #1057) including an elevation and a plan. Drawing is not signed or dated. Alterations include addition of a two-story wing.

Date: 1946

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

GUSN: 330357

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1057

The Shelter and Beach View, Revere Beach, Mass.

A color postcard depicting crowds at Revere Beach, Mass. with Revere Beach Boulevard, the State Bath House, and shelters in the background.

Date: 1908

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330358

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.013

Ice Wall, Revere Beach

Color postcard of a winter scene at Revere Beach, Mass. Depicts a man along an ice wall at the shoreline with Revere Beach Boulevard, attractions, shelters, and the bandstand in the background.

Date: 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330359

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.014

Point of Pines, Near Revere Beach. Mass.

Black and white postcard depicting the Point of Pines Hotel in the Point of Pines neighborhood on the northern point of Revere Beach, Mass. Postcard also shows gardens and hotel guests in front of hotel.

Date: 1908

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 330360

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3990.0080.015

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