Historic New England

New England Photographs compiled by Russell Kettell, part 1

One of two boxes of loose pages. Annotations suggest these are also a part of Russell Kettell's album. Pages were reorganized according to geographical locations, because they did not seem to be in their original order. Fine quality, mostly 8 x 10 black and white photographs. Show exteriors of hom...

Date: 1930

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 249269

Ref. Code: PC009.056A

New England Photographs compiled by Russell Kettell, part 2

One of two boxes of loose pages. Annotations suggest these are also a part of Russell Kettell's album. Pages were reorganized according to geographical locations, because they did not seem to be in their original order. Fine quality, mostly 8 x 10 black and white photographs. Show exteriors of hom...

Date: 1930

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 249270

Ref. Code: PC009.056B

Trade card for John Balch House, tea room, gift shop, Cabot Street, Beverly, Mass., undated

Balch House is on Cabot at the corner of Richmond Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. The card reads "built 1638."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249276

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.02.043

High school commencement ceremony, 1956

1 folder (2 items)

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249277

Ref. Code: MS035.02.06

Bookmark for the Tangiers Beacon Hill Café, 37 Bowdoin Street, Boston, Mass., 1990

The card verso lists Middle Eastern dishes served for lunch and dinner.

Date: 1990

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249278

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.02.044

Trade card for Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, restaurant, Mrs. M.H. Hubbard, South Main Street, Randolph, Mass., undated

Chicken and waffles are a specialty at this restaurant which serves luncheon, afternoon tea and dinner.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249279

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.02.045

Nan's Kitchen, 10 Oxford Terrace, Boston, Mass., undated

The dining room in Nan's Kitchen is shown with customers and servers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249280

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.02.046

Leaflet for The Crossroads Herbery, Orleans, Mass., undated

The leaflet lists culinary and herb vinegars and mixtures for different types of dishes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249281

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.01.001

Trade card for Worcester Iodized Salt and Ivory Salt, 168 Duane Street, New York, New York, undated

The inside of the card has a packet of Queen Victoria Silverey'd Sharps sewing needles. "Czechoslovakia" is printed around the packet border.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249282

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.001

Child development articles, undated

1 folder (2 items)

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249287

Ref. Code: MS035.02.07

Collected visual and graphic material, ca. 1940-1951

1 folder (2 items)

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249288

Ref. Code: MS035.02.03

Trade card for Chase & Sanborn's Seal Brand Tea, Boston, Mass. and Chicago Illinois, undated

The product is delicious as iced tea.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249326

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.002

Trade card for Thurbers' Pure Spices, H.K. & F.B. Thurber & Co., location unknown, undated

The card verso describes the origins of Thurber products such as allspice, cloves, ginger, mustard and cream tartar.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249327

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.003

Trade card for Thurbers' Specially Imported Spices, H.K. & F.B. Thurber & Co., location unknown, undated

The card verso describes the Company's commitment to providing the public with pure spices. The image caption reads "The Queen of Sheba carrying precious spices to King Solomon."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249328

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.004

Label for Pure Ground Mustard, Crump Co., New York, New York, undated

The mustard is made by the Crump Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249329

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.005

Trade card for Bugbee & Brownell, manufacturers of pure spices, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The image shows a mustard plant. The card verso describes the cultivation of the plants and manufacture of mustard flour.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249332

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.006

Trade card for Davis, Sacker & Perkins, coffees, spices, mustard, cream tartar, 5, 7, 9 & 11 Haverhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The image shows a pimento plant with numbered and labeled parts. The business is an importer, manufacturer and wholesale dealer in pure spices.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249334

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.007

Trade card for Davis, Sacker & Perkins, coffees, spices, mustard, cream tartar, 5, 7, 9 & 11 Haverhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The image shows a cayenne plant with numbered and labeled parts. The business is an importer, manufacturer and wholesale dealer in pure spices.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249336

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.008

Trade card for Choice Bohsemeem, the best and purest spices, Weikel & Smith Spice Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The bohsemeem is manufactured by Weikel & Smith in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249341

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.009

Trade card for Bugbee & Brownell, manufacturers of pure spices, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

A branch from a cloves tree is shown in the image. The card verso describes the cultivation and locations of cloves trees.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249342

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.09.02.010

Trade card for the White Birch Restaurant,Twin Mountain, New Hampshire, undated

Home cooked food is served at the establishment owned by L.M. Mansfield.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248932

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.030

Trade card for Wyman's Sandwich & Coffee Emporium, chop and oyster cafe, 17 Essex Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso has a menu of Wyman's offerings including the largest sandwich in the city. The restaurant calls itself "The only New York Chop and Lunch House in the city."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248938

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.031

Trade card for Rich's Home Restaurant, Route 302, Portland, Maine, undated

Rich's is located in the Sebago Lake region and specializes in steaks, sea food and chicken dinners.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248941

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.032

Trade card for The Clam Bar, restaurant, U.S. Route 3, Concord, New Hampshire, undated

The Clam Bar has a dining room and also provides window service. It is owned and operated by Mrs. Edith C. Hickin and son.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248946

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.033

Trade card for The Toll Gate Inn, Tap Room and Restaurant, Joseph Kern & Co., 3748 Washington Street & 19 Hyde Park Avenue, Forest Hills, Mass., undated

An innkeeper holds a tankard in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248948

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.034

Abigail B. Homer family papers

The Abigail B. Homer Family Papers are divided into three groups: greeting cards, childhood ephemera, and photographs of the Estate of Thomas J. Homer in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The greeting cards contain more than 250 cards received by Abigail B. Homer and her family throughout the 1940s and 1950...

Date: 1938-2008, predominant 1938-1956

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248973

Ref. Code: MS035

Greeting cards

This series contains greeting cards that depict African Americans and African American speech or slang in a racially stereotyped and derogatory manner. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their ...

Date: 1940-2008, predominant 1952-1956

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248974

Ref. Code: MS035.01

Childhood ephemera

The Childhood Ephemera series contains approximately twenty items and one baby book pertaining to Abigail B. Homer's childhood. Items include doctors' recommendations, baby formula recipes, crayon drawings, typed documents, an autograph album, high school graduation materials, and a few miscellaneo...

Date: 1938-1956, predominant 1938-1950

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248982

Ref. Code: MS035.02

Donation of cards, 2006

1 item and 1 Lovell & Covel chocolates box

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248983

Ref. Code: MS035.01.01

Birthday cards, circa 1940-1949

17 cards

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248985

Ref. Code: MS035.01.02

Birthday cards, 1953-1954

5 cards

Date: 1953-1954, predominant 1953

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248986

Ref. Code: MS035.01.03

Christmas cards, circa 1940-1949

24 cards

Date: circa 1940-1949

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248989

Ref. Code: MS035.01.04

Christmas cards, 1952, 1 of 2

14 cards

Date: 1952

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248990

Ref. Code: MS035.01.05

Trade card for Woodbury's Cafe For Ladies and Gentleman, 196 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Lobsters examine a painting while the artist works on another one at the seashore.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248991

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.035

Morse's Ladies' and Gents' Dining Rooms, 9 Tremont Row, Boston, Mass., undated

Morse's Dining Rooms are "near Copeland's Old Stand" on Tremont Row.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248992

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.036

Trade card for Ye Olde Oyster Bar, Prichard Street, Fitchburg, Mass., undated

The restaurant has been in business for 37 years and boasts "the atmosphere of an ancient European Tavern of the sixteenth century." The card verso reads "Wolf at work, do not disturb."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248993

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.037

Postcard for Chinese Oriental Restaurant, 32 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass., May 21, 1900

Below the image on the verso it reads "Scene in Chinatown, Bun Fong Co., importers of Chinese curios and antiques of all kinds, fancy goods wholesale and retail, 22 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts." In the image caption the company name reads "Bun Fong Low & Co."

Date: 1900-05-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248994

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.038

Brochure for Boone's Restaurant, 6 Custom House Wharf, Portland, Maine, undated

The inside of the brochure has a dictionary of nautical terms and lists bell numbers with the corresponding time of day.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248995

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.039

Ola, behind the iron gate, 14 Carver Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Ola is described on the verso as the first real Norwegian restaurant in Boston, founded by a Norwegian architect during the Depression. The brochure has photographs of the dining room and a smorgaasbord table with food offerings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248996

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.040

Christmas cards, 1953, 1 of 2

17 cards

Date: 1953

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248997

Ref. Code: MS035.01.07

Christmas cards, 1954, 1 of 2

16 cards

Date: 1954

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 248999

Ref. Code: MS035.01.09

Program for The Ricca Venetian Mandolin Orchestra, D.S. McDonald's Restaurant Recherche for Ladies and Gentleman, 467 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., October 23, 1886

The inside of the program lists the pieces to be played between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. The card verso describes the owner's restaurant for ladies on Winter Street.

Date: 1886-10-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249001

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.041

Christmas cards, 1955, 1 of 2

16 cards

Date: 1955

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249003

Ref. Code: MS035.01.11

Durgin-Park in Boston, Boston, Mass., undated

The brochure has a reprint from Collier's Magazine "Boston Beanery," by Allan Gould and Emile C. Schurmacher. Recipes for baked beans and Indian Pudding are included.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249005

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.042

Christmas cards, 1956

9 cards

Date: 1956

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249004

Ref. Code: MS035.01.13

Valentines, circa 1940-1949

17 cards, 2 envelopes

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249006

Ref. Code: MS035.01.14

In dry dock, martini menu, The Anchorage, M.F. Foley Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The menu has martini recipes and toasts. The M.F. Foley Company is described as "Boston's real fish house."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249010

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.043

Valentines, 1955

18 cards

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249009

Ref. Code: MS035.01.15

Handbill for Ober's Restaurant Parisien, 4 Winter Place, Boston, Mass., undated

The handbill verso has advertisements for the Revere Fire Insurance Company of Boston on Congress Street and the William R. Fish Photoengraving establishment on Devonshire Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249013

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.044

Get-well cards, 1955-1956

8 cards, 1 envelope

Date: 1955-2007, predominant 1955-1956

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249012

Ref. Code: MS035.01.16

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