Historic New England

Trade card for The Universal Wringer, location unknown, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The item is carried by Boynton & Thissell, hardware & cutlery, No. 217 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Boynton & Thissell are the successors to W.A. Kimball. A young girl feeds the birds on a snowy day.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256276

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.012

Trade card for The Universal Wringer, location unknown, undated

The product features are described on the card verso. The item is carried by Boynton & Thissell, hardware & cutlery, No. 217 Essex Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts. Boynton & Thissell are the successors to W.A. Kimball. Two children engage in solitary pursuits while their dog looks on.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256278

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.013

Trade card for Niagara Gloss Starch, Niagara Starch Company, Buffalo, New York, undated

The image has a flowering plant with a bird and ladybugs.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256279

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.014

Advertisement for the Standard Laundry Machine Co., 58 Long Wharf, Boston, Mass. and 32 Dey Street, New York, New York, undated

The product is intended for use in hotels, sugar refineries, public institutions and laundries. The manufactory is in West Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256280

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.015

Billhead for the Chelsea Dye-House & Laundry, office, 132 Washington Street, corner Spring Lane, Boston, Mass., dated December 31, 1855

The business premises are seen in the billhead image.

Date: 1855-12-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256281

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.016

Billhead for the Chelsea Dye-House & Laundry, office, 155 Washington Street, opposite Milk Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 1860

The business premises are seen in the billhead image.

Date: 1860-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256282

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.017

Handbill for The National Steam Laundry & Dye House, F.P. Cox & Co., corner of Main and Haskins Streets, Malden, Mass., undated

The business is shown in the image with pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256283

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.018

Trade card for Cole's Dry Cleaning, 215 Main Street, Suncook, New Hampshire, undated

The business will pick up and deliver items for dry cleaning.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256284

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.001

Trade card for French Laundry Soap, Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The card verso states that French Laundry Soap is the oldest popular soap and has been on the market for thirty years.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256285

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.002

Trade card for Lavine, soap, location unknown, undated

The illustration caption reads "Happy Days."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256286

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.003

Trade card for Lewando's French Dye House, dry cleansing, 65 Temple Place, Boston, Mass. and 270 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Two children play in the card illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256355

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.004

Trade card for Hodge's Hat & Bonnet Bleachery, 11 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Cherub figures bleach hats and bonnets in a large machine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256356

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.005

Trade card for Soapine French Laundry Soap, Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, Rhode Island, undated

A female archer uses Soapine as a "dirt killer."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256358

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.006

Trade card for Niagara Gloss Starch, Niagara Starch Works, Buffalo, New York, 1889

A young girl looks at images in a book in the card illustration.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256359

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.007

Brochure for Lewandos, cleansers, dyers, launderers, exectuive offices 286 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., undated

"The Instructive Tale of the Kitkats" promotes use of Lewandos. The firm was established in 1829.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256362

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.008

Trade card for the Universal Steam Laundry, corner Pearl and Congress Streets, Portland, Maine, 1892

The inside of the card is a moveable image of a female bicyclist who has fallen off her bike and her legs fly up revealing her white undergarments.The lower right corner of the image reads "Patented by Albert Opert, November 15, 1892."

Date: 1892

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256367

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.009

Trade card for C. Gilbert's Linen Starch, Buffalo, New York, undated

A young girl holds a box of C. Gilbert's Linen Starch in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256368

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.010

Business card for Jerome H. Fiske, attorney and counsellor at law, No. 194 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Jerome Fiske practices law in Salem, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256369

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.001

Business card for Henry A. Clapp, attorney and counsellor at law, No. 39 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Henry Clapp practices law on Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256370

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.002

Business card for Hiram Wellington, attorney and counsellor at law, office No. 10 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Wellington is a solicitor in chancery and proctor in admiralty. He is a commissioenr for Maine and Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256371

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.003