Historic New England

"Copy of Old Knife Box of Mahogany Inlaid"

Design drawing titled "Copy of Old Knife Box of Mahogany Inlaid" rendered in pencil on trace. Front, top and side views are shown. Drawing depicts a rectangular knife box with slanting top; bowed front; and ball feet (three in front, two in back). Top and base have silver inlaid stringing; ball feet...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303164

Ref. Code: CC010.001.015.011.001

"Revolving Tray"

Design drawing titled "Revolving Tray" rendered in pencil on trace. Top and side views are shown. Drawing depicts a circular tray with rim set on a smaller circular base. Title, dimensions and "55" are handwritten on drawing. A note indicating that tray was available in three sizes (20, 22 and 24 in...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303168

Ref. Code: CC010.001.015.011.002

"Trunk Stand"

Design drawing titled "Trunk Stand" rendered in pencil and ink on trace. Sketch depicts a rectangular stand with slatted top; straight apron; four tapered square legs; and brass feet with casters. Title, dimensions and "69" are handwritten on sketch.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303169

Ref. Code: CC010.001.015.011.003

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 6

Page 6 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper left corner. Page contains two design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil or ink and pencil on trace and depict a sofa and a chaise longue design.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303177

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.001

"Sofa "A""

Design drawing titled "Sofa "A"" rendered in ink and pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Rococo Revival-style sofa has upholstered back, wings and seat; partially upholstered arms; tall back with camel-back or serpentine curve at top; scrolled handholds and arm supports; curved skirt; three...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303183

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.001.001

"Chaise Longue of White and Gold in Three Parts"

Design drawing titled "Chaise Longue of White and Gold in Three Parts" rendered in pencil on trace. Side and top views ae shown; front detail of crest rail is also provided. Chaise longue is composed of two arm chairs and an ottoman. Arm chairs have arched crest rails, caning on back and continuous ...

Date: 1907-04-11

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303184

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.001.002

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 7

Page 7 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper right corner. Page contains two design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in ink and pencil on trace and depict sofa designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303185

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.002

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 8

Page 8 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper left corner. Page contains two design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil on trace and depict sofa designs. Evidence that one additional drawing has been removed.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303186

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.003

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 9

Page 9 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper right corner. Page contains four design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil on trace and depict sofa designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303187

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.004

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 10

Page 10 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper left corner. Page contains three design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil on trace and depict designs for sofas and a settle.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303188

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.005

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 11

Page 11 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper right corner. Page contains four design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil and depict sofa designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303189

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.006

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 12

Page 12 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper left corner. Page contains two design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil on trace and depict sofa designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303190

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.007

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 13

Page 13 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper right corner. Page contains two design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil on trace and depict sofa designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303191

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.008

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 14

Page 14 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper left corner. Page contains two design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil on trace and depict sofa designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303192

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.009

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 15

Page 15 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper right corner. Page contains one design drawing affixed to page with glue. Drawing is rendered in ink and colored pencil and depicts a sofa design.

Date: 1928-04-03

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303193

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.010

Sofas. Hall Seats. Settles. -- Page 16

Page 16 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper left corner. Page contains one design drawing affixed to page with glue. Drawing is rendered in pencil on trace and depicts a sofa design.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 303194

Ref. Code: CC010.001.016.011

Specifier's manual, Fine Paints of Europe, P.O. Box 419, Woodstock, Vermont

The business is the exclusive importer and distributor of paint manufactured by Hermann A. Schreuder in Schoonhoven, Holland. The paint is for interior and exterior use on houses. Martha Stewart is using Schreuder paints for her collections and these are available to customers.

Date: 1995

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 303195

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.059

Dinner is served, your room is ready 1940, a pocket guide to smart tea rooms, inns and hotels, Elizabeth E. Webber, Cambridge, Mass.

Most of the establishments included are in the New England states with a few in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida. The editor is the proprietor of Elizabeth Webber's Gift and Knit Shop, 1722 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The guide has a July-June 1940-1941 calendar.

Date: 1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 303200

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.002.023

Album 109A: Beauport, volume 1

Volume one of a three volume set of photographs of Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester, Massachusetts by T. E. Marr & Son, probably taken circa 1910-1915. The photographs in this volume are exteriors of the house. The quality is excellent. Two photographs from this album were published ...

Date: 1910-1915

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 303203

Ref. Code: PC009.109A

Album 109B: Beauport, volume 2

Volume two of a three volume set of photographs of Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester, Massachusetts by T. E. Marr & Son, probably taken circa 1910-1915. The photographs in this volume are interiors of the house, and the quality is excellent.

Date: 1910-1915

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 303204

Ref. Code: PC009.109B

Album 109C: Beauport, volume 3

Volume three of a three volume set of photographs of Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester, Massachusetts by T. E. Marr & Son, probably taken circa 1910-1915. The photographs in this volume are interiors of the house, and the quality is excellent.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 303205

Ref. Code: PC009.109C

Album 20, Volume 1: Restoration of the Dole-Little House, Newbury, Massachusetts

vThis is the first of two volumes of photographs illustrating the restoration of the Dole-Little House in Newbury, Massachusetts. There are two copies of this volume. The photographs are well-annotated, pointing out specific structural details exposed in the course of restoration. The photographs we...

Date: ca. 1955

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 303217

Ref. Code: PC009.020-1

Other papers re: Haviland China Company

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302884

Ref. Code: MS008.41.10

Other papers re: invitation to dinner, etc.

NOTE: Contains invitations for Casey to dine with Hayes at the Executive Mansion; requests for Casey to employ workmen; request for White House gardener to send roses to Lucy Hayes; invitation for Casey to attend statue unveiling in Ohio; and form letter with personal note to Casey acknowledging tok...

Date: 1877-1889

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302885

Ref. Code: MS008.41.11

Other papers re: Executive Mansion

NOTE: Contains 1877 note from workman re: emergency work done on Executive Mansion and 1889 letter from Casey to Rutherford B. Hayes declining invitation to attend statue unveiling due to allergies.

Date: 1877-1881

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302886

Ref. Code: MS008.41.12

Other papers re: Executive Mansion dinners, etc.

NOTE: Contains material relating to White House dinners such as guest lists, seating arrangements, and place cards. Also includes candles orders, list of plants for White House greenhouse, and a list of dishes presumably for the White House.

Date: undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302887

Ref. Code: MS008.41.13

Hayes family correspondence: Lucy Hayes to Casey, July 16

NOTE: Contents re: thanking Casey for orchid; plans to purchase a wagon.

Date: 1879

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302888

Ref. Code: MS008.41.14

Hayes family correspondence: Lucy Hayes to Casey, May 24

NOTE: Discusses settling into home in Ohio; children's activities; invitation for Casey to visit.

Date: 1881

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302889

Ref. Code: MS008.41.15

Hayes family correspondence: Lucy Hayes to Casey, July 9

NOTE: Contents re: receiving sheets and towels; intentions to purchase new rug for State Dining Room.

Date: undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302890

Ref. Code: MS008.41.16

Hayes family correspondence: Lucy Hayes to Mrs. Casey

NOTE: Contents re: expecting the Casey's for dinner.

Date: undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302891

Ref. Code: MS008.41.17

Hayes family correspondence (on behalf of Lucy Hayes): M.K. Rogers (private secretary to Rutherford B. Hayes) to F.G. Smith, April 7

NOTE: Contents re: piano purchased from Smith for private White House dining room; includes clipping from Christian Advocate.

Date: 1877

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302892

Ref. Code: MS008.41.18

Hayes family correspondence (on behalf of Lucy Hayes): Miss Foote to Colonel Casey

NOTE: Notecard requesting payment of bill for comforter.

Date: undated

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302893

Ref. Code: MS008.41.19

Hayes family correspondence: Webb Hayes, son of Rutherford B. and Lucy Hayes, to Colonel Casey, August 5

NOTE: Contents re: plans for outing.

Date: 1877

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 302894

Ref. Code: MS008.41.20

Interior view, possibly of the home of Rev. Robert Cassie Waterston and Anna Lowell Cabot Quincy Waterston at 71 Chester Square, Boston, Mass.

Interior stereo view photograph of 71 Chester Square, Boston, Mass., the home of Rev. Robert Cassie Waterston and his wife, Anna Lowell Cabot Quincy Waterston. The third person, sitting at the table, may possibly be a niece, Miss Mary Quincy. The parlor is filled with books and framed artwork.

Date: 1870s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 302900

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0870.002

Group portrait in Chester Square, Boston, Mass., undated

Children and adults, some with baby carriages, pose for the photographer around the fountain in Chester Square.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 302904

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0870.003

View of the Emancipation Group, Park Square, Boston, Mass., September 13, 1910

This photograph contains harmful imagery of a formerly enslaved man at the feet of President Abraham Lincoln. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made....

Date: 1910-09-13

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 302911

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6210.002

Exterior view of the old Motor Mart Garage, Park Square, Boston, Mass., undated

Automobile and tire companies are located in the Garage.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 302917

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6210.003

"Large Tables."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Large Tables." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "3" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige fabric covering a...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302926

Ref. Code: CC010.001.003

"Small Tables."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Sideboards. Serving Tables." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "2" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige fab...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302927

Ref. Code: CC010.001.004

"Dining Tables."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Dining Tables." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "5" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige fabric covering ...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302928

Ref. Code: CC010.001.005

"Chairs. Rockers"

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Chairs. Rockers." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "6" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige fabric coverin...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302929

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006

"Pianos. Mirrors. Billiard Tables. Benches, Screens."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Pianos. Mirrors. Billiard Tables. Benches. Screens." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "7" is also printed in black on the spin...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302930

Ref. Code: CC010.001.007

"Stuffed Sofas and Easy Chairs."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Stuffed Sofas and Easy Chairs." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "8" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige ...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302931

Ref. Code: CC010.001.008

"Wood Boxes. Chests."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Wood Boxes. Chests." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "9" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige fabric cove...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302932

Ref. Code: CC010.001.009

"Writing Desks and Tables."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Writing Desks and Tables." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "10" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige fabr...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302933

Ref. Code: CC010.001.010

"Beds"

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Beds." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "11" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige fabric covering and 204 ...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302934

Ref. Code: CC010.001.011

"Bureaus. Chest of Drawers"

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Bureaus. Chest of Drawers." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "12" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige fab...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302935

Ref. Code: CC010.001.012

"Toilet Tables. Cheval Glasses."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Toilet Tables. Cheval Glasses." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "13" is also printed in black on the spine. Album has a beige...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302936

Ref. Code: CC010.001.013

"Commodes. Wash-Stands. Clothes Poles. Umbrella Stands. Wardrobes."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Commodes. Wash-Stands. Clothes Poles. Umbrella Stands. Wardrobes." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "14" is also printed in bl...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302937

Ref. Code: CC010.001.014

"Miscellaneous. Easels. Pedestals. Clocks."

Album of design drawings produced by A. H. Davenport Co. titled: "Miscellaneous. Easels. Pedestals. Clocks." The title is printed on the spine in gold on a red leather label. The company name is printed in black on the front cover; the volume number "15" is also printed in black on the spine. Album ...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 302938

Ref. Code: CC010.001.015

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