Historic New England

Envelope fragment for I. Sack Cabinet Hardware Co., wholesale and retail, 85 Charles Street, Boston, Mass.

The business carries furniture and door hardware. A New York City address is given at 625 Lexington Avenue.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322083

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.018

View of the city of Boston

This is a view of Boston and Back Bay when the railroad causeways had been established. The State House can be seen in the center of the image. The steeple to the right of the State House may be Park Street Church. Two laborers and a woman walk along the causeway bed. The Worcester Railroad train tr...

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 322196

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.0650.009

Ticket for Boston Art Club exhibition of paintings by Frederick J. Waugh, 150 Newbury, corner of Dartmouth, Boston, Mass.

The exhibition will be held from November 7-28, 1914. Text on the ticket reads "Present this card at Dartmouth Street entrance.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322198

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.01.006

Houses, camp cottages, equipment as prefabricated by Hodgson, E.F. Hodgson Co., Boston and New York

The catalog has houses and outdoor buildings such as play houses, bird houses, animal housing and greenhouses available from E.F. Hodgson. Prices are given with descriptions, photographs and floor plans. The business address in Boston is at 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue. There is an outdoor exhibit...

Date: 1941

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322199

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.126

Houses, camps and equipment, as prefabricated by Hodgson, E.F. Hodgson Co., 1108 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston and 730 Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, New York

The catalog has houses and outdoor buildings such as play houses, bird houses, animal housing and greenhouses available from E.F. Hodgson. Prices are given with descriptions, photographs and floor plans. The business address in Boston is at 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue. There is an outdoor exhibit...

Date: 1938

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322200

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.127

Hodgson portable houses, E.G. Hodgson Co., 71-73 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.

The structures shown in the catalog include houses, playhouses, livestock buildings and clubhouses. Hodgson has a factory and outdoor exhibit in Dover, Massachusetts. The New York show room is in the Craftsman Bldg., 6 East 39th Street, corner 5th Avenue, New York City. The item has a double page ph...

Date: 1921

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322201

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.128

Catalog, Springfield Portable House Company, 50 Church Street, New York, New York

The busines manufactures all types of portable structures such cottages, garages, schoolouses, clubhouses and hunters' camps. There is a photograph of the factory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Date: 1911

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322219

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.129

Brochure for Shoppell's modern houses, no. 2, April 1886, Co-operative Building Plan Association, 191 Broadway, New York, New York

The brochure describes a new book of modern houses and carriage houses available to customers. It contains floor plans and full descriptions.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322220

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.015

Pennsylvania Fireproofing Company, general office, Erie, Pennsylvania; factory, St. Marys, Pennsylvania

The item has photographs of residential houses and commercial buildings using the Company's fireproofing tile. There are commercial buildings on Boston's Fish and Commonwealth Piers,and residences in Brookline and Newton, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322229

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.011

Catalogue of practical books on architecture, building, carpentry, drawing and painting, Wm.T. Comstock, publisher, 23 Warren Street, New York, New York

The item describes books on architectural drawing, carpentry, interior decoration, masonry and sanitation.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322266

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.016

Illustrated catalogue of books on architecture, carpentry & building, builder's level, etc., pocket edition, no. 19, July 1881, William T. Comstock, architectural designer & publisher, P.O. Box 560, 194 Broadway, New York, New York

Books and manuals on architecture, building plans, art, drawing, carpentry and church architecture are described. Comstock is the successor to Bicknell & Comstock.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322267

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.017

Spring announcement catalogue of books on architecture, carpentry and building, painting and decoration, Wm. T. Comstock, publisher, 23 Warren Street, New York, New York

Books on architecture, perspective, masonry, inteior decoration, stair building, foundations and alphabets are described.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322268

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.018

Circular for Palliser's American cottage homes, 2nd edition, Palliser, Palliser & Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut and 24 East 42nd Street, New York, New York

The new publication is described as having "50 designs of modern low priced cottages and workingmen's homes" and 260 drawings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322269

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.019

Brochure for Hussey's national cottage architecture, Orange Judd Co., 245 Broadway, New York, New York

The design plates for the title are described in detail. The verso has a list of other architectural titles with prices. The publisher has a new illustrated catalogue of rural books for the farm, garden and household.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322270

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.020

New England homes of concrete construction, Edison Portland Cement Company, sales office, Post Office Square Building, Boston, Mass.

The item has photographs of houses in Massachusetts built with the concrete. The manufacturing process is described. The cover title reads" Architectural possibilities of concrete construction in New England homes made of Editson Portland Cement."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322273

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.002.010

Fête Champêtre at the laying of the corner-stone of the new piggery at Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, Mass., Saturday, June 19, 1875

The broadside describes a festival, created by William Emerson Baker at his Baker Estate, to celebrate a new pig house. It was meant to coincide with the Bunker Hill Centennial.

Date: 1875-06-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322398

Ref. Code: EP001.01.002.01.01.003

Billhead for H. & G.W. Lord, manufacturers of nets, seines and twines, 111 Commerial Street, Boston, Mass.

There is an illustration of the business premises on the billhead. Lord carries steamed tarred rope, corks, leads and cedar buoys. The business was established in 1867.

Date: 1890s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322433

Ref. Code: EP001.01.098.01.01.007

Billhead for W.F. Shaw's Patent Gas Cooking Heating Apparatus, stoves, 174 Washington St., opposite Bromfield Street, Boston., Mass., dated March 7, 1860

The illustration depicts the range of stoves, heaters and fittings the company manufactures.

Date: 1860-03-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322434

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.05.006

Breakfast sets, Conant Ball Company, 80 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass.

Breakfast tables and chairs in various settings are described in photographs with measurements.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322444

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.107

By Jove, it's St. Valentine's Day, Penn the Florist, 124 Tremont Streetm, Boston, Mass.

The circular has suggestions for flowers, plants and a special Valentine. A trade card is included with the illustration caption "Ring in the new." The shop faces Park Street Church.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322445

Ref. Code: EP001.01.044.01.01.019

Trade card for R. Hollings & Co., manufacturers, importers, wholesale and retail dealers of artistic pottery lamps and fine gas fixtures, 547 Washington Street, Boston, Mass

Hollings is on Washington Street opposite the R.H. White & Company department store.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.026

Trade card for Hazelton's Photograph Rooms, ambrotypes, 365 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

Hazelton specializes in portraits set in lockets, pins and fancy cases. Text on the card reads "Sick and deceased persons taken at their residences." The business premises are a few doors south of the Boston Theatre. The date "April 21, 1858" is handwritten on the card.

Date: 1858

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322465

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.018

Trade card for Ladies' Shoe Polishing Parlor, 418 Main Street, Room 2, Worcester, Mass.

The image caption reads "This is where we shine." The business is located over the Addis & Adie Five and Twenty-Five Cent Store. A branch shop for men is at 643 Main Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322466

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.07.01.007

Circular for Barrey & Bigelow, manufacturers and importers of paper hangings, No. 31 Federal Street, Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts, February 25, 1846

The business now carries wide paper hangings and is expecting a shipment of French papers, borders and fireboard prints. The Lynn factory and Boston store are depicted in the illustrations. The postage stamp "Paid" is on the item verso.

Date: 1846-02-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322467

Ref. Code: EP001.01.123.01.02.008

South Shore to Boston Suburban Service train schedule, 1953

A train schedule for South Shore to Boston suburban service to Quincy, Braintree, Cohasset, Greenbush, Whitman, and Plymouth for April 26, 1953.

Date: 1953

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324105

Ref. Code: MS028.01.024.010

Cape Cod Bus Schedules, 1955

A spring and summer schedule of Cape Cod bus routes for 1955.

Date: 1955

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324108

Ref. Code: MS028.01.024.011

The New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority summer schedule, 1953

a 1953 summer schedule of the New Bedford, Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority Cape Cod and island routes.

Date: 1953

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324109

Ref. Code: MS028.01.024.012

My Cranberry Scrapbook

Printed scrapbook on the the cranberry industry possibly for advertisement purposes.

Date: circa 1950, undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324110

Ref. Code: MS028.02.002.011

The United Cape Cod Cranberry Company

A photocopied document by the United Cape Cod Cranberry Company detailing the cranberry industry on Cape Cod.

Date: circa 1910, undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324111

Ref. Code: MS028.02.002.012

The New England Hurricane of 1938 manuscript

A typewritten manscript detailing the Hurrican of 1938 firsthand; teacher comments and grade are on the verso.

Date: circa 1938, undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324112

Ref. Code: MS028.02.002.013

Naval Ship, Cape Cod Canal

Color slide of a naval ship entering the Cape Cod Canal in 1956.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324113

Ref. Code: MS028.04.033.003

United States Navy Ship 661 at Bourne, Mass, 1961

A color slide depicting a U. S. Navy vessel entering Cape Cod Canal in 1961.

Date: 1961

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324114

Ref. Code: MS028.04.033.004

Galileo in Passage Through Cape Cod Canal, 1984

A color slide depicting the vessel Galileo passing through the Cape Cod Canal in 1984.

Date: 1984

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324115

Ref. Code: MS028.04.033.005

Tanker Westbound Cape Cod Canal

A color slide depicting a tanker headed westbound in the Cape Cod Canal in 1975.

Date: 1975

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324116

Ref. Code: MS028.04.033.006

Set of scrapbook photographs

One set of scrapbook photos, some with images of Cape Cod Canal. No other information is known about the images or their context.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324117

Ref. Code: MS028.04.026.014

Two seated Maine Conference basketball players, 1921

A seated portrait of two male basketball players from E.M.C.S. in 1921. Verso information identifies the players as Leon Cousins (right) and Frank Dorr (left).

Date: 1921-05-11

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 324118

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.012

Maine Conference basketball player, 1921

A studio portrait of an E.M.C.S. basketball player in 1921.

Date: 1921-05-13

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 324119

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.013

"Cape Cod Magazine, 1918"

Cape Cod magazine, Vol. IV, No. 1 with a picture of a monument on the front cover.

Date: 1918-05-00

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324120

Ref. Code: MS028.05.017.003

Cape Cod: The Perfect Summer Vacationland

Be cool on sea-cooled Cape Cod, the perfect summer vacationland, includign pictures and illustrations of tourist destinations and things to do.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324121

Ref. Code: MS028.05.017.004

"Ship Canal Across Cape Cod"

"Ship Canal Across Cape Cod" by Livingston Wright was published in "The Technical World Magazine," date unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324122

Ref. Code: MS028.05.017.005

"Cape Cod Magazine, 1925"

The December 1925 issue of Cape Cod Magazine featuring an illustration of the Provincetown Pilgrim's monument.

Date: 1925-12-00

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324123

Ref. Code: MS028.05.017.006

Hurricane Number, 1939 (2)

Hurricane Number magazine, from 1939, by "The Collecting Net."

Date: 1939-03-00

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324124

Ref. Code: MS028.05.018.009

"Telephone Topics, 1938"

"Telephone Topics" magazine, volume 32, number 6; featuring two men working with cables on the cover.

Date: 1938

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324125

Ref. Code: MS028.05.018.010

"Hurricane Pictures, 1938"

A book depicting 1938 hurricane damage with a brief history and over four hundred views of the destruction in New Bedford and Vicinity.

Date: 1938

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324126

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.008

"Hurricane Pictures of Greater Fall River, 1938"

A pictorial publication by the Fall River Herald News of the devatation of the September 21, 1938 hurricane.

Date: 1938

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324129

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.009

"The Hurricane at Falmouth, September 21, 1938"

A commemorative history with photographs of the damage caused by the hurricane of 1938 in Falmouth, on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Date: 1938

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324130

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.010

"The Complete Historical Record of New England's Stricken Area, September 21, 1938"

A commemorative book published by the Brockton Enterprise featuring over 700 images from the 1938 hurricane on the South Shore and Cape Cod.

Date: 1938

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324131

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.011

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

This collection documents the history and work of the Boston architectural firm of Royal Barry Wills (later Royal Barry Wills Associates); the materials date from 1925 to 2013, with the bulk dating from the 1920s to 1980. The collection includes architectural drawings, photographs and negatives, scr...

Date: 1926-2013

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

GUSN: 324136

Ref. Code: AR029