Historic New England

Inch Scale Elevations of Study, House at #3 Com'nw'lth Ave., Boston, Mass., undated

Includes "Elevation of Fireplace Side" and "Elevation of Hall Side."

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269570

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.053

Elevation of Wall Toward Rear Stairs and Elevation of Window Side, Study, undated

1 sheet of elevations : pencil on trace

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269572

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.054

Honor Bilt modern homes, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago and Philadelphia

The catalog is a line of prefabricated houses with floor plans, prices and interior sketches. There are advertisements for finishing items such as plumbing, bathroom outfits and roofing. The full-color cover illustration shows "The Lexington" home on a large green lawn in front of a glen. The cover...

Date: ca.1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269574

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.005

Sample card for embossed fans, Kelsey Press Co., Meriden, Connecticut, undated

Kelsey Press is selling the embossed fan cards for $.25 per 100 and $1.75 per 1,000.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269573

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.008

Sample card for florist's favorite, location unknown, undated

The cards are being sold for $.10 for 25 by the dealer.There are a few bars of a song under the flower illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269576

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.009

Trade card for the New England Calendar Co., Inc., novelties for advertising, 18 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Phone numbers are listed at the top and the name "C.W. Russell" is at the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269578

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.010

Practical homes keyed to the times, John F. Chick & Son, Inc., Silver Lake, New Hampshire

Residential home designs with floor plans are shown in the catalog. The title was originally published by the National Plan Service (Chicago, Illinois). Part of the back cover has been removed.

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269580

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.006

Trade card for Amee Brothers, dealers in stationery and blank books, No. 5 Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., 1890

The card states that blank books of every description are made to order. The card verso has a form for a class schedule. It is filled in and dated 1890.

Date: 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.011

Trade card for William F. Wells, gold edge visiting cards, 345 1/2 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., undated

The dealer will send samples and a price list for a three cent stamp.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269582

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.012

Shoppell's modern houses, Antiquity Reprints, Rockville Center, New York

The item is a reprint of house designs and feature articles from issues of the magazine "Shoppell's modern houses" published in New York in 1888. The magazine was designed to sell house plans and promote the services of a group of architects called the Co-operative Building Plan Association headed ...

Date: 1978

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269588

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.007

Trade card for the Eastern Card Co., Newburyport, Mass., undated

A monkey removes a man's toupee while the man and a woman admire a pair of geese.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269585

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.013

Trade card for Haddock's Cards, peacock and fan cards, location unknown, undated

Haddock carries two designs of the peacock and fan cards.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269587

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.014

Trade card for T.J. Lyons Press, old-fashioned typography, 4 Brighton Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

Thomas J. Lyons is the business proprietor.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269589

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.015

Radford home builder, Radford Architectural Company, Chicago, Illinois

The Radford home builder catalog is also titled "The peoples practical building guide." It has articles on planning the modern home, landscaping, home building advice, interiors, remodeling, how to plan kitchens and baths and home designs for large and small homes. The back cover is missing.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269595

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.008

Trade card for Frank P. Frost, jobber in cards and advertising novelties, Box 1548, Springfield, Mass., undated

Frost carries a variety of imported, chromo, engraved and illuminated cards for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269591

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.016

Sample card for summer series No. 40, location unknown, undated

The card is one of four designs available in packages of 500 with assorted images. A girl hunts for specimens in a tidepool at the beach.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269592

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.017

Trade card for Ward & Gay, wholesale and retail stationers and dealers in advertising, birthday and Christmas cards, 184 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is a sample of the New Rustic French Alphabet Cards for the letter "U." The business sells paper, blank books, holiday cards and performs engraving for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269596

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.018

Book of 100 homes, book L 11th revision, Pitman & Bown Co., Salem Mass.

The catalog has home designs shown with floor plans, photographs and descriptions.

Date: 1950

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269598

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.009

Journal's series of model low-cost homes, one hundred designs, by Walter J. Keith, Minneapolis Journal

House designs and articles about practical home building by Keith, the architect of Minneapolis.

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269599

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.010

Lobby between Hall & Smoking Room, House of Mr. John S. Ames, 3 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., undated

Includes Elevations A, B, C and D and a Hall Plan.

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269600

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.055

Smoking Room, Alt. & Add., House of Mr. J.S. Ames, 3 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., undated

Includes "Elevation toward Fireplace", "Elevation toward Rear", "Elevation toward Coat Closet" and "Elevation toward Hall."

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269601

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.056

1/2" Scale of Radiator Covering in Smoking Room, House of J.S. Ames, 3 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, undated

1 sheet of architectural drawings : pencil on trace

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269602

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.057

Elevation Toward Bay, undated

1 elevation : pencil on trace

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269603

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.058

Inch Scale Detail of Smoking Room, Alt. & Add., House of Mr. John S. Ames, 3 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., Jan. 5, 1917

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil on trace

Date: 1917-01-05

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 269604

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.059

Label for E.S. Curtis' Chemical Ink Powder, No. 9 Dock Square, undated

The text "Half Cross" is printed below the image on the label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269608

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.019

Catalogue No. SP-84, iron fences and entrance gates, Stewart Iron Works Co., 511 Enterprise Drive, Covington, Kentucky

The catalog has images, descriptions, and specifications for gates and posts made by the Stewart Iron Works Company. The item has a separate brochure with color photographs of gates around buildings and monuments. The business is a subsidiary of Stewart Manufacturing Company and was founded in 1886...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268939

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.002.002

Man's home is his castle, American Chain Link Fence Company, 24-26 Ship Avenue, Medford, Mass.

The benefits of having a fence around your home and the fence types made by the Comapny are described.

Date: ca. 1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268950

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.002.003

American Chain Link Fence Co., Medford, Mass.

The benefits of using chain link fences around home, commercial and public spaces is described.

Date: 1939

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268953

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.002.004

Security fences for city and suburban homes, country estates and industrial property, catalog no. 5, Security Fence Erecting Co., 284 Somerville Avenue, Somerville, Mass.

The advantages of using security fences are described along with images, descriptions, and prices of Company products. The pamphlet also includes a price list for ornamental gates that is pasted to one page.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268954

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.002.005

1928 year book & catalogue, Little Tree Farms, landscaping and forestry, Pleasant Street, Framingham, Mass.

Descriptions are provided for plants, seed mixtures, garden furnishings and tools. The catalog has an order form, letterhead sheet and return envelope. A loose tinted photograph of Uyeno Park in Tokyo, Japan is in the catalog. Text on the verso reads "The Meiji, California souvenir sea shells, art p...

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268955

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.001

Bradley's Super-Phosphate of Lime, Bradley Fertilizer Company, No. 27 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass.

The advantages of the product are described with customer testimonials. The front cover has a color illustration of a Native American standing with corn stalks.The back cover is a color illustration of the Company's plant in North Weymouth, Massachusetts. The fertilizer is for sale by Eli Morton, Wh...

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268956

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.002

Annual descriptive catalogue, Joseph Breck & Sons Corporation, 47 to 54 North Market Street, Boston, Mass.

The business carries seeds, plants, farming and gardening tools and other items.

Date: 1896-02-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268957

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.003

Herb list of Village Hill Nursery, Williamsburg, Mass.

The item lists the names and prices of herbs sold by the Village Hill Nursery. Dorcas Brigham, an Associate Professor of Botany at Smith College, is the proprietor. There is a bibliography on the last page. The pamphlet is addressed to J.J. Haskell, 33 Academy St., Hallowell, Maine.

Date: 1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268958

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.004

Vick's floral guide 1884, James Vick, Rochester, New York

Plants, vegetables, and gardening equipment sold by Vick are described in the catalog.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268959

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.005

Weston Nurseries, Brown and Winter Streets, Weston, Mass.

Descriptions of nursery stock sold by Weston Nurseries are listed. The pamphlet has a map with directions.

Date: 1933

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268960

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.006

Economy of science, The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, Stamford, Connecticut

The techniques of the Bartlett Tree Expert Company are described in the care and maintenance of trees. Testimonials and client lists are included.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268961

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.007

Dover Stamping Company, manufacturers and dealers in tinners' hard ware & furnishing goods, Nos. 88 & 90 North Street, Boston, Mass.

The item is the second illustrated catalogue produced by the business. The Company sells all types of tinware from drinking cups to japanned toys to wringers. The book is inscribed in the front with "C.A. Fisk, Nicholville, N.Y."

Date: 1868

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268963

Ref. Code: EP001.12.010.001.030

J.W. Colgan Co., manufacturers of fine name plates, etched metal products and saw-pierced specialties, 9 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.

Prices, specifications and images for brass and aluminum products are provided in the catalog.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268964

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.002.001

How to use art brass for making candle and lamp shades, jardiniè res, fern dishes, broom holders, trays, desk sets, picture frames, candlestick holders, etc., Favor, Ruhl & Co., New York, Boston, Chicago

Designs for creating pierced brass decorative objects are described in the catalog. Inside the back cover is a price list of materials for working pierced brass. "R.H. White Co., Boston, Mass." is stamped on the front cover.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268965

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.020

American Brass & Copper Company, general catalogue, 132-138 Lafayette Street, New York, New York

Brass and copper goods made and sold by the Company are shown with images and prices.

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268966

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.002.002

Porch & interior columns, newels, balusters, & rail interior trim to detail, catalogue no. 4, Nickerson Mfg. Co., Knoxville, Tennessee

Images, descriptions, and prices of products made and sold by the Company are provided as well as a short history of the business and several testimonials about the column quality. A letter dated July 28, 1916 is included and addressed to Mr. Henry W. Lanier of Eliot, Maine. The letter and the catal...

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268967

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.003.001

Lally handbook of Lally column construction, steel columns concrete filled, 10th ed., Lally Column Companies, Erie and Albany Streets, Cambridge, Mass.

The process behind Lally columns is described with customer testimonials and detailed drawings. The cover title reads "Lally column handbook, 1897-1936."

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268968

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.003.002

Price list of G.B. Knowlton, Fitchburg, Mass., patent agate iron ware and blue and white enameled ware, Fitchburg, Mass.

The images, names and prices of iron ware and enamel ware products are listed.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268969

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.022

Weather vanes, W. A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 32 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

This trade catalogue contains harmful stereotypical imagery of Native American people. 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. Historic New England doe...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268970

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.006.002

Agate cook book, Lalance & Grosjean Manufacturing Co., New York, New York

The left side page has kitchenware items with names, prices and product numbers. The right side page has recipes for various dishes. The agate iron was made by the Lalance & Grosjean Manufacturing Company.The testimonials are dated 1877. An illustration of the Lalance factory with the name Agate Iro...

Date: 1879-1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268971

Ref. Code: EP001.14.03.006

Agate cook book, 5th ed., Lalance & Grosjean Manufacturing Co., New York, New York

The left side page has kitchenware items with names, prices and product numbers. The right side page has recipes for various dishes. The testimonials are dated 1877. An illustration of the Lalance factory with the name Agate Iron Ware Manufacturing Company is on the first page and was built in 1879...

Date: 1879-1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268972

Ref. Code: EP001.14.03.007

Weather vanes, Goldthwait Sisters, 57 Nowell Road, Melrose, Mass., undated

The four sisters (aged 17, 14,11, 9) are raising money for college by selling standard designs and special design to order weathervanes. Text on the front of the item reads "College bound on a Wind-Blo-Round." The business has an office in Boston located at 274 Franklin Street.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268973

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.006.005

Old New Orleans treillage, Sternberg Mfg. Co., 4510 Addison Street, Chicago, Illinois

The pamphlet has images, descriptions, and specifications for the trellises made and sold by the Company. A price list is included for customers.

Date: 1951

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268975

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.002

Clewell Verd Antique Bronzes, productions of Clewell Studios, 118 Fourth Street, S.E., Canton, Ohio

The weathering process is described that creates the vases made by Clewell Studios.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268976

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.009

B. Paleschuck, "the house of metal ware,: 22 Allen Street, New York City, New York

Text on the front cover reads, "Interesting objects of decorative utility, all possessing a refinement of design and quality of workmanship that make them works of art." Metal objects are described with images, text and prices. A separate order blank is included.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268978

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.021

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