Historic New England

Billhead for Howard, Clark & Co., cabinet furniture, sofas, bedsteads, feathers, mattresses, 85 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., dated April 11, 1887

The business manufactures and deals in all types of furniture.

Date: 1887-04-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249935

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.004

Receipt for James B. Hudson, furniture leasing, Boston, Mass., dated October 7, 1874

The receipt is in the amount of $10.70 for furniture leasing. The verso describes the conditions of the lease.

Date: 1874-10-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249937

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.005

Receipt for the Atherton Furniture Co., furniture leasing, Brockton, Mass., dated September 21, 1908

The receipt is for goods hired from the Atherton Furniture Company. Atherton is an agent for the Glenwood Range in the image.

Date: 1908-09-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249938

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.006

Billhead for G.A. Sammet, curled hair, mattresses, beds, Excelsior, 130 Blackstone, corner Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., dated October, 14, 1872

The business premises are shown in the image.

Date: 1872-10-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249940

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.007

Billhead for Goldthwait Bros., fine parlor furniture, 569 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated February 13, 1883

Goldthwait also manufactures draperies, window shades and upholstery goods.

Date: 1883-02-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249943

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.008

Billhead for Henry F. Parker, dealer in furniture, feathers, mattresses, looking-glasses, carpetings, Nos. 4 & 6 Union Street, Boston, Mass., dated September, 14, 1853

The billhead is for the sale of a dressing bureau, mirror and mats.

Date: 1853-09-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249944

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.009

Billhead for Howard, Clark & Co., parlor, chamber & dining room furniture, 85 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., dated May 28, 1892

Undertakers can purchase furniture from Howard, Clark & Company.

Date: 1892-05-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249945

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.010

Billhead for William H. Tobey, dealer in furniture of every description, Howard Block, Brockton, Mass., dated February 24, 1886

The business is located in the Odd Fellows Hall building in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1886-02-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249947

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.011

Billhead for A.H. Allen, parlor, drawing room, cabinet furniture, feathers & carpeting, No. 5 Union Street, corner of North, Boston, Mass., dated June 19, 1862

Allen is a dealer in upholstery goods, looking-glasses and plates.

Date: 1862-06-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249948

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.012

Billhead for Jonathan Pierce, agent, furniture and feather ware-house, No. 51 Cornhill Street, late Market Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 15, 1846

The dealer "keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of rich and low priced furniture and feathers."

Date: 1846-08-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249949

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.013

Billhead for Daniels, Kendall & Co., cottage chamber furniture, and refrigerators, Suffolk Market Building, entrance No. 25 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 6, 1866

The business handles wardrobes, bureaus, bedsteads, wash benches and Cram's Patent Clothes Dryers.

Date: 1866-12-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249951

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.014

Billhead for F.M. Holmes & Co., fashionable parlor suits, 188 & 190 Hanover Street, corner Cross Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 9, 1868

Holmes is a manufacturer and dealer in sofas, tete-a-tetes, divans, lounges, rocking, parlor and easy chairs.

Date: 1868-12-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249952

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.015

Billhead for Howard, Clark & Co., parlor, chamber & dining room furniture, 85 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., dated July 1, 1899

The business premises are seen in the image with "W.H. Savage, Proprietor" on one side of the building.

Date: 1899-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249954

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.016

Billhead for Howard, Clark & Co., cabinet furniture, sofas, bedsteads, feathers, mattresses, 403 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., dated August 10, 1885

The business manufactures and deals in coffins, caskets and robes in addition to other furniture items.

Date: 1885-08-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249955

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.017

Billhead for Lawrence, Wilde & Co., drawing room, parlor and chamber furniture, Nos. 38 to 48 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., dated May 2, 1879

The business is an importer and manufacturer of feathers, mattresses, looking-glasses, and upholstery goods in addition to furniture.

Date: 1879-05-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249956

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.018

Advertisement for Durring Brothers, artistic furniture, upholstery, & decorations, 944 & 946 Fulton Street, opposite Cambridge Place, Brooklyn, New York, June 1882

The advertisement is from the "Brooklyn advance," June 1882.

Date: 1882-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249957

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.019

Billhead for Lawrence, Wilde & Co., drawing room, parlor and chamber furniture, Nos. 38 to 48 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., dated April 13, 1878

The Company is an importer and manufacturer of furniture and related goods.

Date: 1878-04-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249958

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.020

Billhead for Lawrence, Wilde & Co., drawing room, parlor and chamber furniture, Nos. 38 to 48 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., dated August 11, 1880

The top of the billhead reads "Mats to be returned at your expense."

Date: 1880-08-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249959

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.021

Billhead for Howard, Clark & Co., cabinet furniture, sofas, bedsteads, feathers, mattresses, 85 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., dated November 1, 1888

Two names are listed on the billhead, Eben G. Rhodes and Wm. H. Savage.

Date: 1888-11-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249960

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.022

Billhead for Lawrence, Wilde & Co., manufacturers of first-class furniture and interior decorations, Nos. 38 to 48 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., dated October 15, 1892

The customer bought a fire screen and a Morris Chair.

Date: 1892-10-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249961

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.023

Billhead for F.M.R. Loud & Co., Dr., plumbers and house heaters, South Weymouth, Mass., dated September 2, 1904

Loud sells and repairs bicycles in addition to heaters, paints and furnaces. The business is an agent for Magee and Glenwood Ranges and Furnaces.

Date: 1904-09-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249812

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.013

Billhead for Levi Chubbuck, brick and portable hot-air furnaces, No. 10 Bedford Street, formerly Nos. 336 & 338 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 4, 1869

Chubbuck sells cooking ranges, grates and is an agent for the "Brilliant" Base-Burning Stoves. He is the successor to the late Leopold Herman.

Date: 1869-12-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249813

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.014

Letterhead for F.E. Vail & Co., proprietors and manufacturers of Vail's Gas Saver, 176 & 178 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 5, 1879

The invention is designed to regulate gas pressure and reduce heating bills.

Date: 1879-03-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249814

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.015

Advertisement for Chilson's New Cone Furnace, Chilson, Gould & Co., 99 and 101 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., December, 1856

The innovations of Gardner Chilson's Cone Furnace are described. The advertisement is on the verso of the front cover of "The Knickerbocker or New York monthly magazine," December 1856.

Date: 1856-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249815

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.016

Trade card for Simons Burner and Petroleum Corp., furnaces, 65 Walnut Street, Springfield, Mass., undated

The card verso reads "Norge Heat, consultants for every type of heating and process control."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249816

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.001

Trade card for The Front Rank Furnace, 715 North Main Street, location unknown, undated

The advantages of The Front Rank Furnace are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249817

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.002

Every requirement is met by the Splendid Novelty Portable Furnace, Abram Cox Stove Co., Philadelphia and New York, undated

The features of the Splendid Novelty Furnace are described. It is available at the Boston Furnace Company located at 79 & 81 Blackstone Street in Boston, Massaschusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249818

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.003

Billhead for The Waverly Heating Supply Co., stove, range, furnace, boiler repairs, 52-54 Union Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 18, 1923

The billhead has images of the Union Street building and the Pipe and Elbow Factory.

Date: 1923-12-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249819

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.004

Exterior view of the William B. Walker House, Highwood, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Manchester, Mass., undated

The Walker residence can be seen with awnings and climbing vines.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 249828

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0060.004

Eleazer Arnold House, shortly after acquisition, Lincoln, Rhode Island, October 18, 1919

A view of the Arnold House from the Great Road, taken just shortly after aquisition by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Due to foliage, only one side of the house is visible with any clarity.

Date: 1919

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 249830

Ref. Code: PC006.ARN.01.014

Trade card for the Dedham Sales Co., oil burners, 20 Eastern Avenue, Dedham, Mass., 1962

The business stresses the importance of the installation process and lists satisfied customers.

Date: 1962

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249836

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.005

Billhead for the John Slater Co., practical plumbers and sheet metal workers, 520 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., dated October 2, 1920

Slater deals in stoves, ranges, furnaces and kitchen furnishing goods. The Company is an agent for the Crawford Ranges and Furnaces.

Date: 1920-10-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249837

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.006

Billhead for H.G. Burrell, plumbing, tin roofing, Porter Street, Stoughton, Mass., dated December 31, 1898

Burrell deals in household ranges, novelty furnaces, high grade tinware, builders' hardware and tools.

Date: 1898-12-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249838

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.007

T.S. Clogston's Patent Cast Iron Sectional Steam Boiler and Radiator, T.S. Clogston & Co., 80 & 82 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The boiler and radiator were patented on June 18, 1867.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249839

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.008

Advertisement for Samuel Perkins, painted ornamented carpets, Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., 27 July, 1821

The advertisement is from the "New England Palladium & Commercial Advertiser," 27 July, 1821.

Date: 1821-07-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249840

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.004

Envelope for C.J. Fay, felt carpeting & plastering, Camden, New Jersey, undated

Fay will install felt for rooms from his business in Camden, New Jersey.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249841

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.005

Billhead for Fowle & Company, foreign and American carpet warehouse, No. 164 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 3, 1867

Fowle is the successor to Parker Fowle & Sons.

Date: 1867-09-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249842

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.006

Billhead for Fowle & Company, foreign and American carpet warehouse, No. 164 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 23, 1867

The billhead states "No credit given on retail bills."

Date: 1867-04-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249843

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.007

Billhead for Fowle & Company, foreign and American carpet warehouse, No. 164 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 18, 1865

The billhead is for the sale of 33 yards of three ply carpeting.

Date: 1865-12-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249844

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.008

Billhead for the New Bedford Steam Carpet Beating Establishment, H.M. Maine, proprietor, corner North and Water Streets, New Bedford, Mass., dated July 12, 1887

The billhead lists prices for beating different types of carpets.

Date: 1887-07-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249845

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.009

Billhead for the New Bedford Steam Carpet Beating Establishment, H.M. Maine, proprietor, corner North and Water Streets, New Bedford, Mass., dated July 6, 1891

The billhead image shows a piece of equipment used by the business which was established in 1884.

Date: 1891-07-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249846

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.010

Billhead for Geo. W. Chipman & Co., manufacturers of Harrington's Patent Carpet Lining and carpet commission merchants, corner of Milk and Devonshire Streets, Boston, Mass., dated June 25, 1868

Chipman's Carpet Warehouse is shown in the image at the corner of Milk and Devonshire Streets.

Date: 1868-06-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249847

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.011

Billhead for Parker Fowle & Sons, importers and dealers in carpetings, No. 164 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 29, 1861

The customer purchased 49 yards of Wilton Carpeting on May 29, 1861.

Date: 1861-05-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249848

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.012

Billhead for Pettes & Lovejoy, carpet warehouse, Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 18, 1856

The image caption reads "Next to Trinity Church."

Date: 1856-09-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249849

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.013

Billhead for A.H. Thompson & Co., Dr., proprietors of Holmes' Patent Carpet-Beating Machine, corner Chapman and Emerald Streets, Boston, Mass., dated October 3, 1878

The top of the billhead reads "Carpets taken up, repaired and relaid by experienced workmen."

Date: 1878-10-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249850

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.014

Billhead for Edward C. Stevens, importer and manufacturer of carpetings, No. 272 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 29, 1856

Stevens deals in wholesale and retail carpetings.

Date: 1856-08-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249851

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.015

Billhead for Jude Snow & C.C. Hall, importers, jobbers and retailers of silks, shawls, mantillas, foreign and American dry goods, carpets & floor cloths, 64 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 19, 1853

The carpet warehouse is the "second & third doors below Friend Street."

Date: 1853-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249852

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.016

Felt carpeting in oil cloth patterns, C.J. Fay, Camden, New Jersey, 1870s

The features of the felt carpeting are described on the circular recto. The verso has testimonials from customers with a form for requesting samples. The business was established in 1866.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249853

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.017