Historic New England

Eyeglasses case

One of eight unmarked eyeglasses cases. Seven are oblong cases for stemmed glasses; one is flat case for pince-nez glasses or eyepiece. All black or brown leather.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 17932

Accession Number: 1998.2065

Eyeglasses case

One of eight unmarked eyeglasses cases. Seven are oblong cases for stemmed glasses; one is flat case for pince-nez glasses or eyepiece. All black or brown leather.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 17933

Accession Number: 1998.2066

Eyeglasses case

One of eight unmarked eyeglasses cases. Seven are oblong cases for stemmed glasses; one is flat case for pince-nez glasses or eyepiece. All black or brown leather.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 17934

Accession Number: 1998.2067

Eyeglasses case

One of eight unmarked eyeglasses cases. Seven are oblong cases for stemmed glasses; one is flat case for pince-nez glasses or eyepiece. All black or brown leather.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 17935

Accession Number: 1998.2068

Eyeglasses case

One of eight unmarked eyeglasses cases. Seven are oblong cases for stemmed glasses; one is flat case for pince-nez glasses or eyepiece. All black or brown leather.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 17936

Accession Number: 1998.2069

Eyeglasses and case

Pair of pince-nez eyeglasses in small brown leather case. Glasses have black frames. Glasses fold to fit into case. Edges rimmed in metal and are squeezed to release glasses. A= Glasses B= Case

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), leather

GUSN: 17937

Accession Number: 1998.2070AB

Pill timer

Round cardboard dial w/ metal hand; Roman Numerals act as clock; hole on right side as handle; printed in black; inscriptions give instructions for next dose.

Date: 1874-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 17938

Accession Number: 1998.2072

Pill timer

Round cardboard dial w/ metal hand and indicator on edge; Roman Numerals act as clock; hole on right side as handle; printed in red; inscriptions give instructions for next dose. Time reads 10:30.

Date: 1874-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, tin (metal)

GUSN: 17939

Accession Number: 1998.2073

Oil Of Pine

Cylindrical wooden tube containing vial--"Oil of Pine" printed on adhesive paper label on tube and glass vial; glass vial w/ instructions for use, dose, and list of properties.

Date: 1906-1920

Maker: Leach Chemical Co. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 17940

Accession Number: 1998.2074

Powder keg

Tin powder keg. Embossed on both sides w/ image of a deer and trees. Brass neck and tip.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 17941

Accession Number: 1998.2075

Powder keg

Powder keg, covered in brown leather. Leather embossed on both sides w/ image of deer and fowl hung by the feet after a kill. Metal neck painted gold, cork tip.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 17942

Accession Number: 1998.2076

Cook's Chlorate Dentifrice

Round wooden container for dentifrice. Unfinished wood, removable lid. Paper label affixed to lid top: lithograph of man surrounded by border of brand name. Contains metal casings.

Date: 1867-1870

Maker: Ferd Mayer & Co. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 17943

Accession Number: 1998.2077

Tin box

Small round tin container. Removable lid. No ornamentation. A= Box B= Lid

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 17944

Accession Number: 1998.2078AB

Dredge canister

Cylindrical tin canister. Labeled as a dredge box. One end has a wider removable lid; other end has thinner removable lid w/ shaker holes underneath.

Date: 1870-1875

Maker: Hatelle & Co. (Maker)

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 17945

Accession Number: 1998.2079

Box

Small cylindrical container. Japanned exterior. Removable top has hole in center. Interior contains lead shot.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: japanning, tin (metal)

GUSN: 17946

Accession Number: 1998.2080

Tin box

Small round tin container. Removable lid. Japanned exterior. No other ornamentation. A= Container B= Lid

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: japanning, tin (metal)

GUSN: 17947

Accession Number: 1998.2081AB

Box

Small round container. Japanned exterior. Vertical slits all around base create separate tin pieces that are pressed inward to fit lid on. Contains metal casings.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: japanning, tin (metal)

GUSN: 17948

Accession Number: 1998.2082

Tin belt purse, painted red. Back piece is a complete oval w/ a soldered loop to attach to belt. Front container section attached to backpiece and shaped like 3/4 of an oval. Hinged lid at top w/ small holes.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pressing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 17949

Accession Number: 1998.2083

Box

Small round container. Japanned exterior. Vertical slits all around base create separate tin pieces that are pressed inward to fit lid on.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: Eley Bro. (Maker)

Material: japanning, tin (metal)

GUSN: 17950

Accession Number: 1998.2084

Thermometer

Souvenir thermometer, shaped like a banjo. Silver plated w/ etched strings and frets. Small thermometer reading between 30-120 degrees. Bottom of base is open.

Date: ca. 1891

Maker: Possibly Meriden Silver Plate Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 17951

Accession Number: 1998.2085

Pack of cigarettes

Package of cigarettes. White paper w/ purple print; floral detail at center. Top opened--contains full set of 14 cigarettes.

Date: 1909-1910

Maker: Porto? Rican--American Tob. Co. (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), tobacco (material)

GUSN: 17952

Accession Number: 1998.2086

Address book

JAT address book, deep red cover w/ red lining on pages. Indicator for each letter of the alphabet. Many pages filled.

Date: 1895-1902

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17953

Accession Number: 1998.2087

Notebook

Small graph notebook w/ brown paper cover and red canvas binding. Edges of paper are red.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, canvas, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17954

Accession Number: 1998.2088

Notebook

Grammar school notebook w/ brown leather cover and lined pages, numbered 13 to 46. Crayon drawing inside back cover.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17955

Accession Number: 1998.2089

Notebook

Brown paper covered notebook w/ black canvas binding. Lined pages inside, first few ripped out.

Date: 1875-1882

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, canvas, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17956

Accession Number: 1998.2090

Order book

Order book. Notebook w/ flip top cover of red leather. Pad of order slips enclosed, a few torn off. Pad slips in cover.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 17957

Accession Number: 1998.2091

Collecting the globe :the Salem East India Marine Society Museum /George H. Schwartz.

xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm., The East India Marine Society Museum was one of the most influential collecting institutions in nineteenth-century America. From 1799 to 1867, when Salem, Massachusetts, was a premier American port and launching pad for international trade, the museum's collec...

Creators: Schwartz, George H., author.

GUSN: 361588

Call Number: Coll F74.S1 S43 2020

Forests adrift :currents shaping the future of northeastern trees /Charles D. Canham.

xii, 222 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm, "The northeastern United States is one of the most densely forested regions in the country, yet its history of growth, destruction, and renewal are for the most part poorly understood--even by specialists. In this engaging look at both the impermanence a...

Creators: Canham, Charles Draper William, 1954- author.

GUSN: 361589

Call Number: Stacks SD144.A12 C35 2020 c.1

Family treasures :175 years of collecting art and furniture at the New England Historic Genealogical Society /Gerald W. R. Ward, foreward by D. Brenton Simons.

xv, 160 pages : illustrations, coat of arms, genealogical tables, maps ; 31 cm, "The Fine Art Collection of the New England Historic Genealogical Society -- America's founding genealogical institution -- tells the story of the United States. ...this important collection spans almost four centuries o...

Creators: Ward, Gerald W. R. Simons, D. Brenton, writer of foreword. New England Historic Genealogical Society.

GUSN: 361590

Call Number: Stacks F3.N538 2020 c.1 (and 1 more)

Boston light /Sally R. Snowman and James G. Thomson.

127 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Creators: Snowman, Sally R., author. Thomson, James G., 1950- author.

GUSN: 361591

Call Number: Stacks VK1025.B6 S535 2016

From the mountains to the sea :protecting nature in postwar New Hampshire /Kimberly A. Jarvis.

x, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm., "In the face of increasing pressures from business and government in the decades following World War II, New Hampshire residents banded together to preserve their most prized natural areas and defining geological features. From the Mountains to the Sea ex...

Creators: Jarvis, Kimberly A., author.

GUSN: 361592

Call Number: Stacks QH76.5.N47 J375 2020

Connecticut River shipbuilding /Wick Griswold & Ruth Major.

207 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm, "Shipbuilding and shipping have always been key elements in the life of Essex. Since the seventeenth century, the men and women of lower Connecticut River Valley sustained maritime traditions that spanned the globe in splendid wooden sailing vessels. Noted his...

Creators: Griswold, Wick, author. Major, Ruth, author.

GUSN: 361593

Call Number: Stacks VM24.C8 G75 2020 c.1 (and 1 more)

Spirit of place :the making of a New England garden /Bill Noble.

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm, "Bill Noble is a lifelong gardener and the former director of preservation for the Garden Conservancy. His own Vermont garden beautifully embodies the historical and cultural environment in which it resides. In Spirit of Place, Noble shares insights...

Creators: Noble, Bill, author.

GUSN: 361594

Call Number: Stacks SB453.2.V4 N63 2020

The history of Haverhill, Massachusetts /by George Wingate Chase.

[6], 700 pages : illustrations, maps (1 folded in pocket) ; 24 cm

Date: 1997.

Creators: Chase, George Wingate, 1826-1867.

GUSN: 361603

Call Number: Stacks F74.H5 C4 1997

Maine's lithographic landscapes :town & city views, 1830-1870 /Earle G. Shettleworth Jr.

xvii, 124 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 32 cm, "During the nineteenth century, Americans celebrated their towns and cities through lithographic landscapes. In Maine, these prints were the work of such leading artists as Fitz Henry Lane and talented, lesser known local artists, such a...

Creators: Shettleworth, Earle G., Jr., 1948- author. Bowdoin College. Museum of Art,

GUSN: 361604

Call Number: Stacks NE2454.S54 2020 c.1 (and 1 more)

Driving while Black :African American travel and the road to civil rights /Gretchen Sorin.

xviii, 332 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm,

Creators: Sorin, Gretchen Sullivan, author.

GUSN: 361605

Call Number: Stacks E185.61 .S667 2020

Official guide to Colonial Williamsburg /text by Michael Olmert ; with drawings of buildings by Peter C. Turner ; maps by Louis Luedtke and design by Richard Stinely.

159 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Date: 1994, Ã1985.

Creators: Olmert, Michael. Turner, Peter C. Luedtke, Louis. Stinely, Richard.

GUSN: 361606

Call Number: Stacks F234.W7 O46 1994

Fallingwater :Frank Lloyd Wright's romance with nature /by Lynda S. Waggoner ; foreword by Thomas M. Schmidt.

80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm, Fallingwater - Wright's masterwork - is considered his sublime integration of building and nature. Deep in the lush Pennsylvania forest, Fallingwater rises as a testament to Wright's genius. Nowhere else is his architecture felt so warmly or appreciated...

Creators: Waggoner, Lynda S., author. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959. Schmidt, Thomas M., writer of foreword.

GUSN: 361607

Call Number: Stacks NA737.W7 A615 1996

Toile de Jouy :printed textiles in the classic French style /Mélanie Riffel & Sophie Rouart ; photography by Marc Walter.

217 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm, "In the seventeenth century, printed and painted cottons from India first appeared in France. In reaction to the enormous commercial success of these bright Indian cottons, a French embargo was placed on the importation of foreign textiles. In 1759 thi...

Date: 2003.

Creators: Riffel, Mélanie. Rouart, Sophie. Walter, Marc, 1949-

GUSN: 361608

Call Number: Coll NK9502.5.M36 R5413 2003

The jewelry design drawings of Trabert & Hoeffer-Mauboussin /Elizabeth Hamilton ; with contributions by Meghan Melvin, Emily Stoehrer and Frederic A. Sharf.

63 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm

Creators: Hamilton, Elizabeth, author. Melvin, Meghan, author. Sharf, Frederic Alan, author. Stoehrer, Emily Banis, author. Association for the Study of Jewelry and Related Arts. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

GUSN: 361609

Call Number: Coll NK7398.T73 H36 2016

Plymouth at its best /photographs by Greg Derr.

59 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2007.

Creators: Derr, Greg.

GUSN: 361610

Call Number: Stacks F74.P8 D47 2007

Mystic Seaport /photographs by Steve Dunwell ; introduction and text by Lisa Brownell.

48 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã1985.

Creators: Dunwell, Steve. Brownell, Lisa.

GUSN: 361611

Call Number: Stacks F104.M99 D86 1985

The Bauhaus :Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago /Hans M. Wingler ; [translated by Wolfgang Jabs and Basil Gilbert ; edited by Joseph Stein].

xv, 653 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans, plates, portraits ; 37 cm

Creators: Wingler, Hans Maria, author. Stein, Joseph, 1917- editor. Gilbert, Basil, translator. Jabs, Wolfgang, translator.

GUSN: 361612

Call Number: Stacks N332.B38 W513 1969

Château Higginson :social life in Boston's Back Bay, 1870-1920 /Margo Miller.

304 pages : illustrations some color ; 24 cm, ".A vivid and absorbing account of one man's efforts to construct a building that would create "a new way of life for Bostonians-and Americans-to live." Not only does Henry Lee Higginson (best known for founding the Boston Symphony Orchestra) and his hou...

Creators: Miller, Margo, author.

GUSN: 361626

Call Number: Stacks F73.68.B33 M55 2017

Historic house museums in the United States and the United Kingdom :a history /Linda Young.

xii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "This book addresses the phenomenon of historic houses as a distinct species of museum. By analyzing the motivation of the founders, and subsequent keepers, of house museums, the author identifies a typology that casts light on what they were intended to repre...

Creators: Young, Linda, 1953 June 16- author.

GUSN: 361627

Call Number: Stacks E159.Y685 2017

John F. Kennedy in New England /Raymond P. Sinibaldi.

95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Creators: Sinibaldi, Raymond, author.

GUSN: 361628

Call Number: Stacks E842.S534 2017

Work sights :the visual culture of industry in nineteenth-century America /Vanessa Meikle Schulman.

xi, 287 pages ; 24 cm

Creators: Schulman, Vanessa Meikle, 1981- author.

GUSN: 361629

Call Number: Stacks N72.I53 S38 2015

New Hampshire women farmers :pioneers of the local food movement /Helen Brody ; photographs by Leslie Tuttle.

xv, 127 pages : illustrations, chiefly color ; 18 cm

Creators: Brody, Helen, author.

GUSN: 361630

Call Number: Stacks HD6077.2.U62 N43 2015

The center of the world :regional writing and the puzzles of place-time /June Howard.

xix, 256 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm, Regional Writing and the Puzzles of Place-Time is a study of literary regionalism. It focuses on the fiction of the United States and considers the place of the genre in world literature. Regionalism is usually understood to be ...

Creators: Howard, June, author.

GUSN: 361631

Call Number: Stacks PS169.R45 H59 2018

The Lowells of Massachusetts :an American family /Nina Sankovitch.

xii, 382 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm, "The Lowells of Massachusetts were a remarkable family. They were settlers in the New World in the 1600s, revolutionaries creating a new nation in the 1700s, merchants and manufacturers building prosperity in the 1800s, and scien...

Creators: Sankovitch, Nina, author.

GUSN: 361632

Call Number: Stacks F63.S27 2017

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