Historic New England

Marguery, menu, scenic Route 1A, Ipswich, Mass.

The restaurant has English and French dining rooms and can seat up to 250 people. One item has a separate dessert and after dinner liqueurs menu.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318488

Ref. Code: EP001.15.005

Chinaland and the Hapi-Tok Lounge, menu, Route 128 and 1A, Beverly, Mass.

The menu lists Chinese and American dishes and cocktails..

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318490

Ref. Code: EP001.15.006

Dave Wong's China Sails, menu, Loring Avenue, Salem; Chestnut Hill, Brookline; Northshore Shopping Center, Peabody, Mass.

Chinese and American dishes are listed as well as family dinners. There is a wine list and Polynesian drinks for customers. The menu cover illustrations and lettering are done in gold and blue.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318492

Ref. Code: EP001.15.007

Dave Wong's China Sails, menu, Chestnut Hill, Brookline; Loring Avenue, Salem; Northshore Shopping Center, Peabody, Mass.

The menu has appetizers, Polynesian drinks and Chinese and American dishes. Family dinners for two to eight diners are provided.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318493

Ref. Code: EP001.15.008

Commodore, menu, Route 1A off 128, Beverly, Mass.

Lobster, beef and seafood specialties are described for diners. There is a wine and cocktail list. The restaurant has banquet facilities. A note clipped to the menu states that lobster dishes will be $1.50 extra. The menu cover has an illustration of the schooner "Hannah" which according to a note o...

Date: 1970

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318495

Ref. Code: EP001.15.009

Tavern on the Green, menu, 297 Salem Street, Bradford, Mass.

Appetizers, beef and seafood dishes are listed. The facility can accomodate over 250 people for special functions. There is a photograph of the property on the menu verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318496

Ref. Code: EP001.15.010

Menu, Jack Hackett's Lakeside Restaurant, Topsfield, Mass.

Meat is broiled on a coal stove dating from 1847. Hackett was the chef and restaurant owner from 1957-1974. Text on the menu cover reads "Good food in the New England tradition." The cover illustration is signed "H. McCabe." Two fishermen approach a covered bridge in the cover illustration. Located ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318498

Ref. Code: EP001.15.011

Essex Towne House, menu, Eastern Avenue, Essex, Mass.

The menu lists steaks, chops, seafood and a variety of appetizers. There is a separate small menu (8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches) that duplicates the large menu. A man with a team of oxen, two women cleaning fish and a woman with a basket of fowl illustrate the front cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318499

Ref. Code: EP001.15.012

Chez Dreyfus, menu 124 Newbury Street, Route 1, Peabody, Mass.

The menu is in French and English. The dishes are illustrated around the menu borders. The illustrations were designed and drawn by Jean-Louis Lelaurain and printed by Albanesi in Nice, France.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318502

Ref. Code: EP001.15.013

Proctor House, menu, Lowell and Prospect Streets at Proctor Crossing, Peabody, Mass.

The menu has steaks, seafood and Italian specialties for diners. The menu verso has a history of the Procter family and the inn.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318505

Ref. Code: EP001.15.014

Trade card albums collection

Collection is comprised of six albums of 19th century trade cards.

Date: circa 1840-1895, undated

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318524

Ref. Code: EP003

Album B: Household furnishings, wringers, washers, freezers, hardware

The features of carpet sweepers, washing machines, wringers, ice cream freezers, refrigerators and cookware are described for customers. Short scenes and limericks advertise the various products. Card illustrations may have well-known persons of the day or racist content. A number of cards were prod...

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318527

Ref. Code: EP003.001

Pure oil tinted gloss paints, manufactured by John Lucas & Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, New York

The item verso has directions for applying the paint to house exteriors. The color chart has the dates 1873-1885. The paint is for sale by Matthews Brothers, druggists and dealers in burning and lubricating oils, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318529

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.069

I wish you a happy New Year, dinner menu, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., January 1, 1900

The New Year's Eve menu included such dishes as bluepoints, salmon, turkey, prime rib, quail, pumpkin pie and Boston cream puffs. A bird sits on a holly branch in the cover illustration with the Vendome seal. The item verso has a 1900 calendar.

Date: 1900-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318531

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.030

Bill Stear's room at Quincy, Mass. about 1900. Bill in chair.

Photograh showing an interior of a room in Quincy, Mass. A man identified as Bill Stear sits in a chair reading a book. The walls are adorned with books, photographs, and household objects such as plates and cups. In the corner there is a hat stand with several hats and umbrellas. There are seve...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318565

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Quincy.151.21

Royalston Grange

The photograph shows a table toped with various fruits, vegitables and canned goods. Above it is a canopy of foliage, an American flag and a sign saying "Royalston Grange".

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318568

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0140.0010.001

Unidentified: Social and recreational area.

Interior view of a sitting area with a fireplace, two wicker chairs, a table, and a dividing screen in one corner. Books, photographs and miscellaneous objects adorn the walls.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318569

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.237

Unidentified: Dining rooms.

View of the interior of a dining room. Table set with plates, drinking glasses, tea cups, flowers, table cloth, and cutlery. Room decorated with East Asian inspired paper lamps. Walls adorned with plates, bowls, urns, and a mirror.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318570

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.238

Unidentified: Study.

Interior view of a study with large desk, bookshelves with books, couch, and hanging photographs.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318571

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.239

Unidentified: Social and dining area.

Interior view of a dining or social room. A large, oval table with two chairs occuipies the center of the room. A side bar with assorted dishes stands to one side of the room and a fireplace with mantle and objects occupies the adjacent wall. Above the sidebar is a painting of three children and ab...

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318572

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.240

Unidentified: Social and recreational areas.

Photograph depicts interior of room looking at an external door with several windows on each side. A staircase stands in the left corner. In the room are several pieces of furnture including a desk, chairs, a piano, a spindle, and a stand holding a sculpture. The room contains many lamps and deco...

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318581

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.241

Unidentified: Social and recreational areas.

Interior showing a table and two chairs, a fireplace with mantel, bookshelf. Several musical instruments are present including a guitar and a banjo. Photographs adorn the walls and a chandelier hangs in the center of the room. Photograph is in a decorative wooden frame, frame has leaf motif.

Date: undated

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 318582

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.242

Corner of East Broadway and North Street, South Boston

Now known as Medal of Honor Park.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318586

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1700.0010.001

Album B: Household furnishings

The cards describe domestic and imported lamps, oil burners, glassware, china, crockery, cutlery, silverware, carpets and rugs. The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318587

Ref. Code: EP003.002

Reward of merit, William Palmer, headmaster H.R.P., location unknown

A Bible verse from Jermemiah 3:4 is on the card.

Date: 1874-01-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318045

Ref. Code: EP001.04.09.001

Reward of merit, William Palmer, headmaster H.R.P., location unknown

Bible verses from Psalm 8 are within a decorated border.

Date: 1874-02-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318046

Ref. Code: EP001.04.09.002

Primary school card of approbation awarded to Carrie Smith for industry, good conduct and punctuality, during the past month, teacher, location unknown

Books and an atlas decorate the card.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318047

Ref. Code: EP001.04.09.003

Reward of merit, location unknown

The orange ticket sized item has the single word "Merit" on it.

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318052

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.001

Reward of merit, location unknown

The green ticket sized item has the single word "Merit" on it.

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318053

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.002

Reward of merit, the hand of the diligent diligence maketh rich, Prov. X.4, location unknown

The Bible verse is part of the item border.

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318054

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.003

Reward of merit, Hattie Stone, location unknown

A mother duck and duckling are next to red flowers in the illustration. The name "Hattie Stone" is handwritten on the card verso.

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318055

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.004

Reward of merit, our father, location unknown

The name handwritten on the card verso may be "Thomas R. Helliman." The child is watched over by two angels in the illustration.

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318056

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.005

Sunday School Primary Department [blank] has been present on each of the Sundays marked and is commended for good behavior and attention to lessons, third quarter 1893, [blank] teacher, American Baptist Publication Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Text on the card verso reads "Picture Lesson, vol. 13, no. 39, part 3, published quarterly. The Third Quarter, Lesson XIII, September 24, 1893." Six questions are asked with space for filling in the answers.

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318057

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.006

Reward of merit, Rena Roby, location unknown

The card is in recognition of four weeks attendance.Yellow roses decorate the item.

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318058

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.007

Reward of merit, location unknown

The inscription on the sign in the illustration reads "The business of my life shall be to evermore remember thee."

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318059

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.008

Reward of merit, Charlie Lord from C.J.M., location unknown

Handwritten text on the item verso reads "Charlie Lord from C.J.M." Colorful butterflies illustrate the card.

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318060

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.009

Reward of merit presented to Charlie W. Lord by Susie Rounds teacher, location unknown

Four school boys come upon what appears to be a nest in a field.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318061

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.010

Reward of merit presented to Charlie Lord by Alice M. Bradstreet teacher, location unknown

A little girl sits on a wall throwing feed to a hen and her chicks in the Kate Greenaway illustration.

Date: 1881-1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318062

Ref. Code: EP001.04.10.011

Dorchester: Blue Hill Avenue

Libby Theatre, Clark Gable, Men in White. 726 Blue Hill Ave. from Easmond Street.

Date: 1934-07-02

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318076

Ref. Code: PC066.120

Dorchester: Columbia Road

Opposite #617. Sears Roebuck, General Automotive, Lewandos Cleaners Truck.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318077

Ref. Code: PC066.121

Dorchester, Lower Mills: Corner of River Street and Old Morton Street

Young & Hurd Plumbers, 1141 Washington St.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318078

Ref. Code: PC066.122

Dorchester: Washington Street

Near Wilder Street. Street scene.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318079

Ref. Code: PC066.123

Dorchester: Grove Hall

Near Washington St. near Erie St. Street scene, shops, vehicles.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318080

Ref. Code: PC066.124

Dorchester: Corner of Geneva Ave.

Mobile Gas Station, Geneva Battery Co. Residential Area.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318081

Ref. Code: PC066.125

East Boston: Meridian St.

#102: C.J. Donohue Plumbing. Parked cars. Neg. Peeling.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318082

Ref. Code: PC066.126

East Boston: Bennington St. Corner of Marion St.

#82 Renascewnt Variety Store. "Great Signs + Displays!"

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318083

Ref. Code: PC066.127

East Boston: Marion Sreet.

Bennington St.! to Central Sq. Shops, vehicles, etc. "Great long view!"

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318084

Ref. Code: PC066.128

East Boston: Meridian St. Bridge

View to Chelsea, Mass. Auto submerged, onlookers.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318085

Ref. Code: PC066.129

East Boston: Meridian Street. Bridge; Chelsea 'Skyline,' waterfront.

And Nay at 'Harbor' with. Boats.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318086

Ref. Code: PC066.130

East Boston: Maverick Street

Maverick St. at Orleans St. Long view to Jeffries Point. Great street scene activity.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318087

Ref. Code: PC066.131

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