Historic New England

Source material, ornamental metalwork, railings, vol. 1, no. 4, Julius Blum & Co., Inc., 532-540 West 22nd Street, New York, New York

Metal railings and handrails are described in the catalog for customers. The front cover has text reading "A.I.A. File No. 15."

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268979

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.004

Ornamental metal, bulletin 32-30, Garden City Plating & Mfg. Co., 1430 South Talman Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

The ornamental moldings and case frames manufactured by the Company are described with images, text and dimensions. Text stamped on the inside reads "Note the metal frame museum cases in this folder." The item is "A.I.A. File No. 15."

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268980

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.005

J.W. Colgan Co. catalogue 1905-6, manufacturers of harness ornaments, saddlery hardware, Sudbury Building, Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass.

Colgan manufactures buckles, chains, monograms and other items for use on harness and saddlery.

Date: 1905-1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268981

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.006

W. Emery & Co., dealers in doors, windows, blinds and trimmings, door and window frames, Nos. 177 Friend and 86 Canal Streets, Boston, Mass.

The door and window products sold by Emery are described with measurements and weights. Emery had been with A.W. Hastings & Company. The last three pages have ads for related businesses. The item is inside an envelope which has ads for other businesses. The envelope is addressed to Albert Cram Esq.,...

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268984

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.002

Illustrated catalogue of old-time wooden products, E.B. Frye & Son, Wilton, New Hampshire

Wooden boxes, planters and other items are described for customers. The boxes are "convenient to hold the many little things in the home" or "ideal to decorate or use" when stained and waxed. There is a separate price list and a trade card for the business

Date: 1950

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268986

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.022

Build your home architecturally correct, consult an architect! Price supplement to the book of Correct woodwork for English and Norman French homes, Morgan Millwork Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Woodwork features, sizes and images for English and Norman French homes are described in the pamphlet.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268987

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.004

Suggested retail price sheet, old time wooden boxes, manufactured & sold by E.B. Frye & Son, Wilton, New Hampshire

The product items have images, measurements and prices. The Frye Measure Shop is shown in the cover illustration.

Date: 1962-06-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268988

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.023

Whitney & Whiston, general commission business, country produce, Boston, Mass., February 20, 1845

Whitney & Whiston will ship produce and other merchandise from the south and west parts of the country.

Date: 1845-02-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268989

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.02.009

Trade card for Jones, MacKinder & Co., shipping agents and commission merchants, No. 91 Gravier Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, undated

The Company is located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268990

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.001

Trade card for Charles Siders & Co., commission merchants, Nos. 119 and 123 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is an agent for New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore packets.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268991

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.002

Trade card for H.A. Curtis, ship broker and commission merchant, 61 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The handwritten text on the card verso reads "Mr. Lord was talking to Mr. Curtis about some freight to N. Orleans and would like to see you or him."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268992

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.003

Trade card for Joseph B. Little, commission merchant, No. 38 South Market and Chatham Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

Joseph B. Little handles boots, shoes, hats, caps, combs and other general merchandise.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268993

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.004

Trade card for Wheeler & Peck, shipping and commission merchants, No. 16 Long Wharf, Boston, Mass., undated

References for the business are listed at the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268994

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.005

Trade card for Charles Burrill, commission merchant, No. 5 Chatham Row, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is located near the foot of State Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268995

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.006

Trade card for Godwin & Mellon, general shipping and commission merchants, No. 11 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The full names of the partners are given in the lower left corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268996

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.007

Label for E.E. Melvin & Co., produce commission merchants, 82 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Melvin is located on Blackstone Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268997

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.008

Trade card for Elbridge G. Fiske, commission merchant and dealer in flour & buckwheat, No. 5 Quincy Market Block, Commerce Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Fiske deals in Revere, Jenny Lind, J. Field and O.L. Angevine flour brands.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268998

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.009

Photograph album 85

Large carte de visite album holding two photos per page, with many empty spaces. This album is notable for its humorous photos. There are two cartes de visite of pet dogs, one sitting up on a pedestal. A series of two photographs shows a woman first in a gruesome mask, and then unmasked. There i...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 269008

Ref. Code: PC009.085

Trade card for Peter Maxwell & Co., commission merchants, New Orleans, Louisiana, undated

The business is located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 268999

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.010

Trade cards for Savage, Calef & Co., shipping and general commission merchants, No. 94 Commerce Street and No. 6 St. Michael Street, Mobile, Alabama, undated

References for the business are listed at the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269000

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.011

Trade card for Naylor, Vickers & Co., commission & forwarding merchants, Liverpool, England, undated

The business has offices in Sheffield, England, New York and Boston.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269001

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.012

Trade card for Norman Dewar, general commission merchant, 40 Eastern Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

The card lists references for Norman Dewar.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269002

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.013

Trade card for Gill & Lootz, commission merchants, Boston, Mass., undated

The lower left corner of the cards lists the Consulates of the Netherlands, Sweden & Norway and Denmark.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269003

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.01.014

Letterhead for R.H. Stearns and Co., commission merchants, 21 Chauncy Street, Boston, Mass. and 51 Leonard Street, New York, New York, undated

The Company is located in Boston and New York City.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269006

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.001

Letterhead for Wheelwright, Anderson & Co., dry goods commission merchants, 70 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

The Company is located on Franklin Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269009

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.02.02.002

How to choose, plan and build your own house, Helen Koues, Tudor Publishing Co., New York, New York

The guide has "365 photographs, plans and details by leading architects." Koues is the former director of Good Housekeeping Studio. There are chapters on choice of environment, indoor details, remodeling and dealing with difficult sites.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269613

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.011

Trade card for Thomas Cash, newspapers, periodicals, blank books and stationery, 262 1/2 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island, undated

The image caption reads "Site of Capernaum."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269610

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.020

Trade card for Thomas Cash, newspapers, periodicals, blank books and stationery, 262 1/2 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island, undated

The image caption reads "Sea of Gallilee."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269611

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.021

Trade card for Thomas Cash, newspapers, periodicals, blank books and stationery, 262 1/2 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island, undated

The image caption reads "East River, N.Y."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269612

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.022

One hundred bungalows, Fiske & Company, Inc., New York

The item advertises the book "One hundred bungalows" offered by Fiske & Company, Inc. of New York. Fiske & Company are promoters and designers of artistic brickwork.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269626

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.012

Trade card for Thomas Cash, newspapers, periodicals, blank books and stationery, 262 1/2 Thames Street, Newport, Rhode Island, undated

The image caption reads "Starr King Lake, Cal."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269614

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.023

Chamber Over Library, Elevation of Side Toward Hall and Side Opposite Bay, undated

1 sheet of elevations : pencil on trace

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

GUSN: 269615

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.060

Inch Scale Elevations of Chamber Over Library, House at #3 Comm'nw'lth Ave., undated

Shows "Elevation of Chimney Side" and "Elevation of Bay Side."

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

GUSN: 269616

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.062

Inch Scale of First Story Doors, House at #3 Com. Ave., Boston, undated

Also shows details of panel mouldings.

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

GUSN: 269617

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.063

1/2" Scale of Doors in House of J.S. Ames, Esq., at 3 Com. Ave., undated

Shows doors on second and third floors and also the attic.

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

GUSN: 269618

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.064

Inch Scale Detail of Fly Doors, House of Mr. John S. Ames, 3 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., undated

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil on trace

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

GUSN: 269619

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.065

Unfinished drawing for the house of John S. Ames, 3 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

Drawing has "newfile" written in the upper left corner and "John S. Ames" written across the bottom.

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

GUSN: 269620

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.066

Inch Scale Detail of Panelled Radiator Enclosures, House of Mr. John S. Ames, 3 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass., undated

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil on trace

Date: 1917-01-05

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

GUSN: 269621

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.067

Unfinished detail drawing, house of John S. Ames, 3 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

1 architectural drawing : pencil and wash on trace

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

GUSN: 269622

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.068

F.S.D. of Architrave in Dining Room of 3 Com. Ave., undated

1 detail drawing : pencil on trace

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

GUSN: 269623

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.069

F.S.D. of Mouldings in Rear Drawing Room, House of J.S. Ames, Esq., undated

1 sheet of detail drawings : pencil on trace

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

GUSN: 269624

Ref. Code: AR004.001.002.008.070

Trade card for the Fancy Advertising Card Co., Middleboro, Mass., undated

A young girl holds a mirror and stands next to a large bound book.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269627

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.024

28 better homes, Lehigh Portland Cement Company, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Prize-winning home designs from the Lehigh Portland Cement Home Competition conducted by the Architectural Forum are shown in the publication. The booklet also gives information on the use of concrete masonry in home design with estimates on costs and instructions on the reading of working drawings.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269632

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.013

Letterhead for John B. Watkins, steam printer & manufacturing stationer, 213 Pearl Street, New York, New York, undated

Watkins does fine printing at his business in New York City.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269628

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.025

Trade card for J. Baird, importer and dealer in paper boxes, embossed pictures, 61 Essex, foot of Chauncey Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A little dog barks at the moon in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269631

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.026

Trade card for Le Page's Liquid Glue, manufactured by the Russia Cement Co., Gloucester, Mass., 1880s

The card verso has instructions for applying and sealing the glue. The item is sold by the James H. Bryan Company in Westfield, Massachusetts. Text above the illustration reads "The man used Le Page's Liquid Glue in the wrong place."

Date: 1880s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269633

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.027

Better homes at lower cost, Griffin Lumber Company, Hudson Falls, New York

The item has home designs with floor plans from the Griffin Lumber Company in Hudson Falls, New York.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269634

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.014

Sheet for Walker's Letterettes, John Walker & Co., Farringdon House, London, England, undated

The item verso lists testimonials from London periodical editors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269636

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.028

Attractive homes, Hovey Lumber Co., Providence, Rhode Island

The home designs and plans are provided by the Hovey Lumber Company in Providence, Rhode Island. The image is a two-story Dutch-Colonial Revival home with a sun-porch and brick facade.There is a single chimney and the windows are framed by shutters.

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269635

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.015

Trade card for H.S. Hutchinson & Co., wholesale and retail booksellers and stationers, 194 Union Street, New Bedford, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card reads "Hutchinson's Circulating Library." Two children sit on a wall in the card illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 269637

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.04.029

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