Historic New England

Walter G. Butler house, Worcester, Mass.

Set of eighteen drawings of house for Walter G. Butler in Worcester, Massachusetts (commission #309) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and seven details. No drawings are signed or dated. Also present are a topographical map by H. L. Robinson, Engineer, and a landscape plan b...

Date: 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327123

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.309

New ideas with wood windows, Pella Products, Rolscreen Company, Pella, Iowa

Different types of wood windows are described in the catalog. There is a loose product information postcard and letterhead sheet for customers. Pella Products are available from A.W. Hastings & Co., Inc., 57 Inner Balt Road, Somerville, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327128

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.003.033

Wood sliding glass doors, Pella Products, Rolscreen Company, Pella, Iowa

A cross section of the doors is shown on the item verso. The business manufactures wood windows, wood folding doors and partitions and wood sliding glass doors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327132

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.003.034

Haynes & Hernandez (developer) house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for developer Haynes & Hernandez in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #312) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated; one is signed "R B Wills." Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial-styl...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327131

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.312

For floors of beauty, floors of permanence, Appalachian hardwood flooring, Harris Manufacturing Company, Johnson City, Tennessee

Product details and specifications are described in the item. The flooring is available from Lexington Lumber Corporation, 57 Bedford Street, Lexington, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327133

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.024

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy (commission #313) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a brick exterior. House...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327134

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.313

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy (commission #306) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a hip roof and a brick ...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327135

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.314

Idea file, Masonite Corporation, Masonite Building, 29 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Masonite home applications are presented for customers. The panel manufacturing process is described in text and images from start to finish. The item verso lists remodeling and handyman projects using Masonite panels.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327138

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.025

Lloyd C. Douglas house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Lloyd C. Douglas in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #317) including five elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Developer was Haynes & Hernandez. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house ...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327137

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.317

Haynes & Hernandez (developer) house, West Newton, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for developer Haynes & Hernandez in West Newton, Massachusetts (commission #319) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with a slate hip r...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327140

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.319

Hints to the handyman, where and how to use Masonite panel products with 66 idea plans, Masonite Corporation, Masonite Building, 29 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Tips and guidance on the correct tools to use when installing the products are provided. Text and photographs describe the manufacturing process for Masonite panels.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327141

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.026

Bengt Eriksson house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Bengt Eriksson in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #322) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a stucco and board exte...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327143

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.322

John T. Farrand house, unidentified location

Set of three architectural drawings of house for John T. Farrand (commission #323) including three plans. No drawings are signed; two are dated. Developer was Haynes & Hernandez. House was not finished. House has living room with fireplace, library, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, lavatory,...

Date: 1932

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

GUSN: 327144

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.323

E. D. Wallace house, Newton Highlands, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for E. D. Wallace in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts (commission #324) including six elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, and one detail. One drawing is signed "R B WIlls"; one is misdated 1922. Drawings depict a two-story Cap...

Date: 1932

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

GUSN: 327145

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.324

Gilbert Verney house, East Greenwich, R.I.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Gilbert Verney in East Greenwich, Rhode Island (commission #327) including four elevations, two plans, one framing plan, one cross section, one plot plan, and four details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a one-story Tudor Revi...

Date: 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327146

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.327

Hints to the handyman, where and how to use Masonite Presdwood Products, Masonite Corporation, Masonite Building, 29 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Presdwood has interior and exterior applications remodeling projects. The product is available from Lexington Lumber Corporation, 57 Bedford Street, Lexington, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327148

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.027

Herbert N. French house, Newton, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Herbert N. French in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #328) including four elevations, four plans, three framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are signed; one is dated. Drawings depict a two-story French manor-style house with a slate hip ro...

Date: 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327156

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.328

Haynes & Hernandez (developer) house, unidentified location

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for developer Haynes & Hernandez (commission #329) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are dated or signed. House was not built. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house; one-story garage wing has a saltbox roofline. ...

Date: 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327157

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.329

DeHaan house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for a client named DeHaan (commission #331) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. Three drawings are dated; one has the following inscription "Fundimental [sic] plan copyright / by R B Wills 1932." Vincent E. Squiers was the builde...

Date: 1932

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

GUSN: 327158

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.331

Frank Homeyer house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Frank Homeyer in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #335) including two elevations, one plan, one framing plan, and one plot plan. No drawings are dated; one is signed. Drawings depict a one-story cottage with an asphalt shingle roof and a cinder...

Date: ca. 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327159

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.335

Percy Winters house, unidentified location

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Percy Winters (commission #339) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a stone, stucco, and board exterior. Hous...

Date: ca. 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327183

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.339

Jacobs house, unidentified location

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for a client named Jacobs (commission #340) including five elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one heating plan. No drawings are dated; heating plan is signed "PC.". Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a brick exter...

Date: ca. 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327184

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.340

George W. Dean house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for George W. Dean in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #341) including six elevations, six plans, two framing plans, and seven details. Two drawings are dated; several are signed "R B Wills" or "Royal Barry Wills." Drawings depict a two...

Date: 1933

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

GUSN: 327185

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.341

Christopher A. Visvis house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings for alterations to house of Christopher A. Visvis in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #341-A, the former George W. Dean house) including two plans and six rough sketches of plans. One drawing is dated and signed "N. Parker." Alterations include a kitc...

Date: 1970

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

GUSN: 327186

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.341-A

JKS's ghost

Photograph of JKS in which they are blurry and ghost like.

Date: 12-1905

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319971

Ref. Code: PC067.02.149

D.M.S and J.K.S by wood pile

Photograph of DMS and JKS seated by a wood pile. JKS looks toward the camera while DMS looks at JKS.

Date: 1906

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319972

Ref. Code: PC067.02.150

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house. The car belongs to GMT, two of the people are identified as OWS + AHS.

Date: 1906

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319973

Ref. Code: PC067.02.151

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house. The car belongs to GMT, two of the people are identified as EKS, JKS, DMS, AHS

Date: 1906

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319974

Ref. Code: PC067.02.152

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house. The car belongs to GMT, two of the people are identified as Mr. T, Mrs. T, OWS, JKS, DMS, AHS.

Date: 1906

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319975

Ref. Code: PC067.02.153

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house.

Date: 1906-07-01

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319976

Ref. Code: PC067.02.154

House on 155 Shaw Ave

Photograph of a house in Edgewood, RI. Several people gather on the front steps. The house has a lawn and trees suround it.

Date: 06-1907

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319977

Ref. Code: PC067.155

House on 155 Shaw Ave

Photograph of a house in Edgewood, RI. Several people gather on the front steps. The house has a lawn and trees suround it.

Date: 06-1907

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319978

Ref. Code: PC067.02.156

Portrait, family around the Christmas tree, location unknown, undated

There are two older children in front, a toddler in a high chair in front of the mother and the father behind the little girl.

Date: 1907-12-25

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319979

Ref. Code: PC067.02.157

Trade card, Kimball Bros. & Co., dealers in general merchandise, Sanford, Maine

Text on the card verso reads "Dealers in everything! Goods sold at bottom prices. Please call and see. No trouble to show goods." The image caption reads "Corner Store, Sanford, Me." A billiard hall is above the store.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320042

Ref. Code: EP003.002.014

Trade card, Currier & Hodskins, dealers in dry good and carpets, corner Main and Court Streets, Springfield, Mass.

Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians can be seen in the illustration on the card verso. The business is located in Hampden House at the intersection of Main and Court Streets.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320044

Ref. Code: EP003.002.015

Trade card, J.R. Libby, wholesale and retail dealer in dry good and carpets, Savings Bank Building, Biddeford, Maine

At street level the storefront for Libby can be seen with a doorway for "YMCA" to the right.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320045

Ref. Code: EP003.002.016

Trade card, American Twin Freezer, North Bros. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A young girl reads a book of fairy tales while operating the ice cream freezer. The description on the verso states the crank is swung back and forth to operate the freezer. A partition placed in the freezer allows two flavors or ice cream and sherbert to be done at the same time.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320046

Ref. Code: EP003.001.012

Trade card, the Gem Freezer, American Machine Co., manufacturers of hardware specialties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The product is described on the card verso with prices for various sizes. Every freezer includes a copy of Mrs. S.T. Rorer's new book "Dainty Dishes" which has directions for making 120 different ice creams, water ices, sherbets, frozen fruits and puddings. The item is carried by Jordan Marsh & Comp...

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320047

Ref. Code: EP003.001.013

Index of The Hartford Rubber Works Co. and John W. Gray & Co., 272 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut

The brochure lists many products including lawn and fire hoses, piston packings, faucet washers, bicycle tires, printers' blankets, fruit jar rings, cement, weather strips, galvanized oil cans, hard rubber syringes, ice bags, waterproofs and footballs. The item verso has an illustration of a woman u...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320050

Ref. Code: EP003.001.014

Trade card, Newhall's Magic Saleratus, manufactured by H.B. Newhall, 76 Broad Street, Boston, Mass.

This trade card contains racist and stereotypical imagery. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit object...

Date: 1880s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320081

Ref. Code: EP003.001.015

Trade card, Keystone Wringers for sale here, manufactured by F.F. Adams & Company, Erie, Pennsylvania

Several wood and iron frame wringers are displayed in the image. The factory in Erie can be seen with trains in the foreground. A New York port is in the upper left side of the image with a ship delivering the wringers to Europe. A Philadelphia port is in the upper right side of the image with a shi...

Date: 1870s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320082

Ref. Code: EP003.001.016

Trade card, Goodrich & Mallary, manufacturers & venders of Stanley's Patent Air-Tight Parlor Stoves, Nos. 15 & 16 Gerrish Block, Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass.

The business carries cooking ranges and stoves, hoisting machines, copy'g presses and hollow wares. They are agents for M.H. Collins' Patent Stationary Ventilators and Tinman's Tools.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320121

Ref. Code: EP003.003.011

Trade card, Spicers & Peckham, stove founders, Providence, Rhode Island

A newsboy hawks handbills advertising the ranges and parlor stoves. A kitchen range is on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320122

Ref. Code: EP003.003.012

Trade card, Golden Star Oil Stoves, Myers, Osborn & Company, Cleveland, Ohio

The stove is a substitute for cook stoves and ranges and is adapted for summer use. It can be used all year for cooking, baking, broiling, ironing and all laundry purposes. The illustration on the verso shows the stove in an open position.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320131

Ref. Code: EP003.003.013

Notebook

A bound notebook in which someone has recorded 308 negatives. The first few pages have listed the "Names of Wholesalers" in various cities around New England. Then the negatives are listed, organized by date and location. After that the notebook is blank.

Date: undated

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 320125

Ref. Code: PC067.03.158

Negative Sleeves

141 paper negative sleeves. The sleeves have space and lines on the front to write in information on the negative such as date, title, exposure and developer. These sleeves usually include a date, title and negative number but rarely more information than that.

Date: undated

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 320132

Ref. Code: PC067.03.159

Trade card, Early Breakfast Stoves, Redway & Burton, Cincinnati, Ohio

A mother rouses a family that would rather remain in bed in the cartoon puzzle illustration. The lower portion of the card has the caption "And the same effect is always produced by using the Early Breakfast Stove." Text on the card verso describes the stoves and states they are "fully guaranteed a...

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320143

Ref. Code: EP003.003.014

Trade card, buy Royal Falmouth Ranges, made by Auburn Stove Foundry Co., Auburn, Maine

Four children play with a toy in a Christmas setting in the card image. The card verso has images of the parlor stove and a kitchen stove.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320147

Ref. Code: EP003.003.015

Negative Boxes

5 boxes of "Cramer Crown Plates". Many of the negatives were stored in these boxes. On the side of the box someone has written the location and year in which the negatives were taken. On the front of the box someone has written that same information plus a list of the titles of the plates contained...

Date: undated

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 320148

Ref. Code: PC067.03.160

Circular, National Vapor Stoves, National Vapor Stove and Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio

The item verso has illustrations of the 1873 and 1890 gasoline cook stoves. The safety of the gasoline stove is described in the text.

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320229

Ref. Code: EP003.003.016

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