Historic New England

Old fashioned cut nails 1819 for authentic restoration and antique effect from America's oldest nail manufacturer, Tremont Nail Co., 21 Elm Street, Wareham, Mass.

The folder has 18 cut nails, identified by name, manufactured by the Company. The history of cut nails in America is provided inside the cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325773

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.023

Better fastenings for the building trades, Independent Nail and Packing Co., Bridgewater, Mass.

The sheet describes various types of siding and roof nails. Inside the folded sheet are three loose items. One item is a postcard which can be folded and mailed in for information on screw tite masonry nails. The second item is a leaflet, dated August 1951, describing the Screwtite Floor Nailing Mac...

Date: 1954

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325775

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.024

Draw-Tite Tents '65, Eureka Tent & Awning Co., Inc., Binghampton, New York

Tent styles with dimensions are described for customers. The tents are available from Hilton's Tent City, 272-274 Friend Street, near North Station, Boston, Mass.

Date: 1965

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325776

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.001.014

A.M.C. huts system on the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, 5 Joy Street, Boston, Mass.

The brochure describes the log and frame buildings available to hikers in the White Mountains. The brochure has a membership application and a list of summer rates for the huts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325788

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.001.015

Camp N Aire, by Ranger Manufacturing Co., Inc. P.O. Box 105, Jackson, Michigan

Features, directions and specifications for using the camping trailer are described. The product is available from Arthur J. Williams, 16 North Street, Lexington, Massachusetts.

Date: 1961

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325789

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.001.016

Children and couples

This series contains tintype portraits of unidentified children and pairs of adults. All portraits have been colored or outlined in some way, although the extent and technique varies. The studio settings and backgrounds in some tintypes have been painted in detail (rather than covered, as seen in Se...

Date: 1856-1910, undated, predominant 1865-1890

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325793

Ref. Code: PC068.03

Thick paint, white lines, black lines

This series contains tintype portraits of individuals with heavy overpainting or outlining. It also has multiple supplemental materials, including an 1879 issue of J. W. Pepper's Band Journal, Musical Review and Record (PC068-147a) which was purchased by the donor with the occupational portrait of a...

Date: 1856-1910, undated, predominant 1865-1890

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325794

Ref. Code: PC068.04

Black and white larger/cabinet card size

This series contains tintypes with very little to no paint. Plates range from about 4x6 inches to gem size, although most are bon-tons. Some tintypes are in embossed or printed sleeves. Three sleeves identify photographers. Two are women: Mrs. Catherine A. N. Smith, a photographer and artist in Ne...

Date: 1856-1910, undated, predominant 1865-1900

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325795

Ref. Code: PC068.05

Black and white carte de visite-sized

This series almost entirely consists of bon-ton tintypes with little to no paint. There are studio portraits of couples or small groups with props and painted backdrops of beach or rural scenes. Many portrait subjects wear period-specific fashions or accessories and some are dressed for the outdoors...

Date: 1856-1910, undated, predominant 1875-1900

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325796

Ref. Code: PC068.06

Hidden mothers

This series contains bon-ton images with little to no painting. All tintypes are studio portraits of young children who may have needed adult support or guidance to sit for the length of exposure. The range of tintypes in this series demonstrates the many ways in which people positioned children and...

Date: 1856-1910, undated, predominant 1865-1900

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325797

Ref. Code: PC068.07

Framed tintypes

This series contain images that are framed or were framed by the donor. One is no longer framed (PC068-548), another is separated from its frame (PC068-527). Not all frames or mounts are original to the tintypes. Frame unoriginality is noted in some, but possibly not all, framed tintypes. There are ...

Date: 1856-1910, undated, predominant 1865-1900

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325798

Ref. Code: PC068.08

Scratched, blacked-out, and painted faces

This subseries contains adult faces that have been covered by scratching or blacking out their image. There is one face that has been painted over with a red swipe of paint, meant to resemble drapery (PC068-302).

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325800

Ref. Code: PC068.07.01

Visible faces

This subseries contains images with partially- or fully-visible adult faces.

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325801

Ref. Code: PC068.07.02

Visible hands or bodies

This subseries contains images with partially- or fully-visible adult hands or bodies.

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325802

Ref. Code: PC068.07.03

Drapery, blankets, and textiles

This subseries contains adult bodies that have been obscured or covered by blankets, sheets, curtains, and other textiles.

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325803

Ref. Code: PC068.07.04

Visible restraints

This subseries contains images with children who have been obviously restrained by ropes, belts, and sashes across the waist.

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325804

Ref. Code: PC068.07.05

Siblings

This subseries contains images with two young children.

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325805

Ref. Code: PC068.07.06

Sleeves or mounts

\li720This subseries contains images attached to sleeves or mounts. The sleeves may hide a person's body at the edge of the frame. Most sleeves are card stock. There are three children identified by first name and three identified by first and last name. There are also two tintype sleeves of Ray W. ...

Collection: The Diana Korzenik Collection of Painted Tintypes

GUSN: 325806

Ref. Code: PC068.07.07

Nimrod, your passport to faraway places, Nimrod Equipment Division, Ward Manufacturing Inc., 2530 Spring Grove Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio

Three styles of camping trailers are described for potential customers.

Date: 1963

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325817

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.001.017

Trade card, Fall River and Providence Steamboat Co.

One side of the card announces that the steamer Canonicus will make excursions from Providence to Block Island every Tuesday and Saturday, weather permitting, starting on July 7, 1885. The verso has a description of the the signal flags of the New England Meteorological Society from the office of th...

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325821

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.041

Marshall Amery Co., printers & engravers, 499-415 Pearl Street, New York, New York

The catalog has a new series of embossed memorial panels. The business carries black-bordered mourning stationery. Illustrations of the company building are on the front and back covers.

Date: 1895

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325829

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.046

Bay State All Purpose Tinting Color, 20 strong easy-to-mix colors, made by Wadsworth, Howalnd & Co., 141 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.

In addition to the color chips tips are provided for graining, glazing, antiquing and staining.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325842

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.118

Bay State Wonder-Tones, the rubber base interior paint, manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The paint is easy to apply and dries in 20 minutes. A chart is provided for coordinating the colors in rooms.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325843

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.119

Bay State Wonder-Tones, the new vinyl interior paint, manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The advantages and features of the paint are described for customers on the verso of the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325844

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.120

Bay State marvelous new wall and trim finishes, Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The brochure describes One-Coat Dultint Flat Wall Enamel, One-Coat Dultint Semi-Gloss Enamel and One-Coat Interior Gloss Enamel.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325846

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.121

Art of making old things new, Transformagic by Du Pont, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

Cape Cod artist Peter Hunt provides guidance in refurbishing old furniture items with Du Pont paint. There are instructions for creating designs on furniture and other pieces. Tips for painting are also provided. Text on the back cover reads, "Dupont Paint Service Store, 751 Massachusetts Avenue, Ca...

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325848

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.122

"Houses Have Funny Bones"

Materials relating to the book titled "Houses Have Funny Bones" written by Royal Barry Wills and published in 1951 by The Bond Wheelwright Company. The book consists of a series of essays largely focused on Wills' architectural practice including observations about clients and workmen on his commiss...

Date: ca. 1951

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

GUSN: 325847

Ref. Code: AR029.02.01.03

Painting repairs and utilities, War Department, Washington, D.C., October 1946

The manual provides guidance for the interior and exterior painting of buildings and structures on military bases. There are references and an index. Text stamped on the item reads "John E. Ward, 15 Robinson Rd., Lexington 73, Mass."

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325850

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.123

400 One-Coat Flat, 12 beautiful new intermixed handsome ready mixed colors, Bay State, Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Mass.

The features and advantages of the paint are described for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325851

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.124

Du Pont Duco Enamel, one coat magic, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

The Duco Enamel can be used to paint furniture and interior walls and woodwork.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325852

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.125

Du Pont Flow Kote Wall Paint, E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware

There is a color chart to assist customers in coordinating the washable rubber-base paint.

Date: 1954

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325853

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.126

Dutch Boy Latex House Paint, modern beatury and protection, Dutch Boy, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio

The advantages of this exterior house paint are described inside the brochure. The paint is available at Mackay Hardware, 166 Bedford Street, Lexington, Massachusetts.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 325854

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.127