Historic New England

Circular for Joseph H. Wilson, balusters, posts, planing, 161, 163 & 165 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 1, 1875

Wilson undertakes all types of work in Mr. Standish's mill located on Albany Street. A price list for balusters, frame posts and rails is given at the bottom of the item.

Date: 1875-04-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271001

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.025

Standard Wood Turning Company, machine turned balusters, 315 & 317 Washington Street, Jersey City, New Jersey, June 15, 1882

Images, measurements and prices are given for the machine made balusters.

Date: 1882-06-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271002

Ref. Code: EP001.01.125.01.01.026

Trade card for Hogg, Brown & Taylor, 477 to 481 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The image is from a Kate Greenaway illustration in "Under the window: pictures & rhymes for children."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271003

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.04.030

College Street, Providence, R.I., 1881

A view looking up College Street at Brown University's Front Green (University Hall's facade can be made out near the center of the photo), from the corner of Benefit Street and College Street. The side of the Providence Athenaeum appears close to the right side edge of the photograph. The lamppost ...

Date: 1881

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 271004

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.010

Major Tobin House, Providence, R.I.

Photograph of a large house at the corner of an intersection, with two small porches. Surrounded by several trees, a few other houses can be seen in the frame.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 271011

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.011

Rice House, Providence, R.I.

View of a large house, or mansion. A few other homes can be seen at the edges of the frame, and an electrical utlity pole and a few trees are also visible.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 271012

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.012

Sample card for Samuel Ward & Co., stationers, Boston, Mass., undated

The pink embossed card has a branch with leaves.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271014

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.02.029

Sample card for Samuel Ward & Co., stationers, Boston, Mass., undated

The pink embossed card has a flock of birds in flight.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271015

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.02.030

Billhead for Anderson, Heath & Co., Nos. 5 & 6 Winthrop Square & 141, 145, 147 & 149 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 28, 1872

The business premises in Winthrop Square can be seen in the billhead image.

Date: 1872-08-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271016

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.01.023

Trade card for R. & J. Gilchrist, importers and dealers in dry goods, 5 & 7 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Gilchrist was established in 1855. The white cat wears a pink ribbon in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271018

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.03.037

Trade card for R. & J. Gilchrist, importers and dealers in dry goods, 5 & 7 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Gilchrist was established in 1855. The cat has dark stripes on its head in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271019

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.03.038

Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Robertson Block, Quincy, Mass., undated

Purple flowers decorate the fan shaped card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271020

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.034

Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Quincy, Mass., 1878

A red rose dominates the card image with pink flowering branches in the background.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271021

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.035

Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Quincy, Mass., 1878

A red flower with a green center curves over the text in the card image.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271023

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.036

Trade card for Boston Branch Store, pharmacy, Quincy, Mass., 1878

Red flowers and a single yellow one decorate the card image.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271024

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.037

Trade card for Peabody's, Salem, Mass., undated

A yellow flower among the red and white ones decorates the horseshoe in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271027

Ref. Code: EP001.01.107.01.01.009

Trade card for Peabody's, Salem, Mass., undated

White daisies among the red and blue flowers decorate the horseshoe in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271028

Ref. Code: EP001.01.107.01.01.010

Trade card for Frank Cousins's Bee-Hive, dry goods, 172 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Fruit and white flowers decorate the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271031

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.04.031

Letterhead for E.R. Mudge, Sawyer & Co., selling agents, 15 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 43 & 45 White Street, New York; 246 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1800s

The Company represents the Washington Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the Victory Mills in Saratoga County, New York, the Burlington Woollen Company in Winooski Falls, Vermont and the Chicopee Manufacturing Company in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271036

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.03.018

Letterhead for the Office of the Burlington Woolen Co., 15 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The Burlington Woolen Company shares the address with the E.R. Mudge, Sawyer & Company, selling agents for the Woolen Company and other mills.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271037

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.03.019

Billhead for Lewis Coleman & Co., clothing, 9, 11, 17 & 19 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

The business is located on Chauncy Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271038

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.09.02.019

Rufus and Emily Waterman House, 219 Benefit St., Providence, R.I.

The Rufus Waterman house was built in 1830 and designed by architect John Holden Greene. The third story was added in 1866. Today it is the University Club and has additions in the north and south. Several other houses can be seen surrounding the dwelling, and the house has a raised front entrance w...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 271039

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0230.001

Billhead for Dexter, Abbot & Co., commission merchants, 200 Devonshire and 112 Franklin Streets, Boston, Mass. and 47 Leonard Street, New York, 1800s

The business has offices in Boston and New York.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 271040

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.010

Trade card for Venable's St. George Tobacco, Venable Tobacco Company, Durham, North Carolina, undated

Saint George slaying the dragon is the image used for the tobacco brand. The chewing tobacco can be purchased from Jacob W. Welch, dealer in groceries and hardware, in Groveton, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.009

Trade card for Lorillard's Splendid Plug Tobacco, P. Lorillard & Co., Jersey City, New Jersey, 1886

The card displays storm and weather signals from the United States Meteorological Bureau.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270624

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.010

Trade card for Wave Line Plug Tobacco, The Wilson & McCallay Tobacco Company, Middletown, Ohio, undated

A United States Navy Commissary sailor displays a box of the plug tobacco. The item is for sale by D.M. Pollard & Company, Keene, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270625

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.011

Envelope for W.G. Slate, cash grocery store, Northfield, Mass., undated

The store carries cigars, tobacco and pastry.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270626

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.012

Copley Square, Boston, Mass., Cigars Makers' International Union of America, location unknown, undated

The card verso displays the blue label of the Cigar Makers' Internation Union of America. The public is urged to smoke union-made cigars. The postcard image shows the Boston Public Library and the Old South Church in Copley Square.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270628

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.013

Trade card for Blackwell's Durham Tobacco, manufactured only by W.T. Blackwell & Co., Durham, North Carolina, undated

The public is urged to look for the bull trade mark. The image and text on the card verso indicate the card was cut from a larger item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270629

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.014

Mishaps of J. Alphonso Brown until he got Blackwell's Genuine Durham, a warning to young men in seven chapters, W.T. Blackwell & Co., Durham, North Carolina, undated

The panels show what happens to Brown when he smokes another brand of tobacco. The item has only four of the seven chapters.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270630

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.015

Label for Golden Grit, cigars, location unknown, undated

The label is decorated in colors of gold, red and yellow.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270631

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.016

Cigarette card for Wm. S. Kimball & Co's Cigarettes, Rochester, New York, undated

A couple meet on a staircase at a masked ball in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270632

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.017

Label for La Meloda, cigars, Landfield & Steele makers, location unknown, undated

A woman wearing a violet hat decorates the cigar label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270633

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.018

Label for Jewelo, cigars, location unknown, undated

A figure in a plumed hat courts a girl holding tobacco leaves.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270634

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.019

Handbill for Harvard Pippins, cigars, H. Traiser & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The text reads "The largest plant in the world making strictly high class union cigars." The business was established in 1852.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270635

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.020

Handbill for Estabrook & Eaton, importers and manufacturers of fine cigars, 222 & 224 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is located opposite Young's Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270636

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.021

Billhead for the Boston Co-Operative Association, manufacturers of fine segars and dealers in leaf tobacco, 85 State Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 12, 1889

The business premises are shown in the billhead image.

Date: 1889-06-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270637

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.022

Label for New Colony Mixture, tobacco, Bacon Bros., Cambridge, England, undated

Bacon Brothers was established in 1805 in Cambridge, England.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270638

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.023

Label for Las Fumas de Puerto Rico, location unknown, undated

The gold and white label is decorated with various symbols.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270639

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.024

Label for Puritan Leader, Havana Filler, location unknown, undated

The figure of Oliver Cromwell is used to decorate the label for Puritan Leader cigars.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270641

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.025

Billhead for Murray & Reed, tobacconists, No. 1 Bank Block, Burlington, Vermont, dated June 29, 1870

The business carries tobacco, cigars, snuff, pipes and chewing tobacco.

Date: 1870-06-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270642

Ref. Code: EP001.01.115.01.02.026

Trade card for Wm. S. Tower & Co., manufacturers of toy ware, South Hingham, Mass., undated

Tower makes pails, tubs, coolers, churns and doll swings in his factory at Wilder's Mill.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270643

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116.01.01.002

Trade card for R. Schwarz, toy bazaar, 499 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A Santa Claus figure holds a Christmas tree pole in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270644

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116.01.01.003

Trade card for Horace Partridge & Co., importers of wax, parian, china and other dolls, 51, 53, 55 & 57 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A little girl sits in a high chair in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270645

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116.01.01.004

Trade card for unidentified toy dealer, location unknown, undated

Children play with toys around a large toy chest in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270646

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116.01.01.005

Hurricane Picture, R.I., 1938

A man holding a hard hat, in front of a fallen spruce tree.

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270649

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USRI.0010.0020.001

Unknown gathering/ party, Rhode Island

Seven women at a gathering on a patio, with a birdcage and a hammock (with one woman sitting in it) hanging from the trees. Two women play chess, and a Japanese doll sits in a rocking chair.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270650

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0010.0010.001

Brown University Campus Front Green in the Winter, Providence, R.I., 1881

A young boy stands on a snow-covered section of what appears to be Front Green on Brown University's campus.

Date: 1881

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 270651

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0070.001

Advertisement for the grand exhibition for holiday presents at Wholesale Warerooms, Nos. 557 and 559 Broadway, near Prince Street, New York, New York, undated

Wheat is harvested in the image. The exhibition will have "toys and dolls in great variety." The bottom of the item reads "Illustrated Advertising Co., 15 Spruce Street, New York."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270653

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116.01.01.006

Trade card for importers and manufacturers, holiday combination, 677 Broadway, New York, New York, undated

The sale will have toys, dolls, jasepori, willow goods, carved ornaments tin and mechanical toys.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 270654

Ref. Code: EP001.01.116.01.01.007

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