Historic New England

Messenger Family- Forests, rivers, and outdoor activities

59 miscellaneous black and white phorographs of various sizes, mostly from the 1930s. Most unidentified. Many shots of Massachusetts state forests including Pittsfield State Forest, Tolland Forest in Otis, Dunbar Brook in Monroe, Leominster State Forest, Spectacle Pond in Otis, Hubbard River in Gr...

Date: ca. 1930

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284505

Ref. Code: PC009.250E

Portraits of Guy Messenger, parades and Boston Marathon

21 black and white mounted and unmounted photographs. 11 mounted 19th century photographs of Guy Messenger as a young child until about 10 years old. Also family group taken in Peterboro, NH by E. M. Messenger in 1896. Young boy in photo looks like Guy Messenger. Also 10 large unmounted 8x10 ph...

Date: 1890-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284506

Ref. Code: PC009.250F

Telemaster Spotting Scope, Swift Instruments, Inc., Boston, Mass. and San Jose, California

Instructions and specifications are provided for using the Telemaster Spotting Scope.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284514

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.013

Olympus Camera authorized distributors, Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., San-Ei Building, 22-2, Nishi-Shinjuku 1-chrome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Distributors are grouped within geographic areas.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284518

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.014

Olympus Infinity instructions, Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., San-Ei Building, 22-2, Nishi-Shinjuku 1-chrome, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Text and illustrations provide the Olympus Infinity owner with instructions on how to use it in English, German, French and Spanish. There is a separate "Olympus U.S. Warranty and International Service Information" brochure.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284519

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.015

Interior design and decoration, vol. 12, no. 3, The Decorators Digest, Inc., 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, New York

Articles and advertisements promote interior design and decoration.

Date: 1939

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284523

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.027

Timeless trends, California Paints, 150 Dascomb Road, Andover, Mass.

The box contains one 50 page book and one color fan deck. The book has design ideas around four color palettes. The designs are Inspired by "Mix," Global Color Research. Text on page 49 describing the Historic collection reads: "Each color has been fully researched and verified by the archivists and...

Date: 2012-2013

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284526

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.054

Print of the Old Feather Store by Louis Prang

The print shows Dock Square, featuring the Old Feather Store. The store has two signs on the facing side, "CLOTHING" and "Charles J. Lovejoy." On the side of the building is a third sign, "CLOTHING WAREHOUSE." Other shops in the vicinity include Martin L. Hall & Co.; Manning, Glover & Co.; and Willi...

Date: 1800s

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 284566

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1950.020

Connecticut - Norfolk - Church of Christ - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284568

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USCT.1430.0060

Connecticut - Norfolk - Haystack Mountain - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284569

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USCT.1430.0080

Connecticut - Northford - W. Williams House - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284571

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USCT.1480.0050

Label for Tower Root Beer, Prospect Hill Beverages, LLC, Somerville, Mass., undated

Prospect Hill Beverages has manufactured Tower Root Beer since 1914.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284626

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.011

Trade card for H.W. Clarke, clock and watch repairing, Beverly, Mass., undated

The business repairs time pieces and reproduces cases and dials for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284627

Ref. Code: EP001.01.022.01.01.019

Postal card for George W. Libbey, textbooks, 36 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Libbey can supply readers, spellers, grammars, copy books and other subject textbooks. He is an agent for the Porter & Coates' Educational Series. A portrait of Thomas Jefferson is shown on the one cent card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284628

Ref. Code: EP001.01.096.01.01.018

Calendar for Associated Merchants Mutual Insurance Co., location unknown, 1946

W.E. Lindsey is the agent located at 126 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts. A covered bridge is shown in the calendar illustration.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284629

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.007

Paper bag for the Harvard Pharmacy, 380 Main Street, Medford, Mass., undated

Text on the bag reads "When shopping for Rust Craft Greeting Cards stop at Harvard Pharmacy." The other side of the bag urges the public to address cards plainly and correctly. The envelope was made by the Cohoes Envelope Company in Cohoes, New York.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284630

Ref. Code: EP001.01.075.03.01.038

Calendars for the J.M. Ney Company, dental golds, Colonial Building, 100 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1914-1915

The 1914 March, June and November images are the "The Tiber," "Killarney" and "On the Rhine." The 1915 January and December images are "Winter twilight" and "Looking out to sea." The business "carries the largest stock of dental golds in New England."

Date: 1914-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284633

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.008

L. G. Balfour Company

22 unbound black & white photographs of the L. G. Balfour Company in Attleboro, Mass., around 1927. Photographs include exterior of the building and the different interior offices and factory rooms. Also includes photograph of founder and president Lloyd G. Balfour. The plant was located at 25 Coun...

Date: 1927

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 284667

Ref. Code: PC009.269

Wallace Nutting collection of American antiques, John Wanamaker, New York, New York

Nutting sold the furniture from the Wentworth-Gardner House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the Cutler-Bartlet House in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and Hospitality Hall in Wethersfield, Connecticut, through the John Wanamaker department store. Text on the front cover reads, "Exhibition and sale, au qu...

Date: 1918

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284671

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.081

Wallace Nutting catalog, seventh edition, Wallace Nutting, 46 Park Street, Framingham, Mass.

The catalog has between three and four hundred furniture reproductions for sale.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284678

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.082

Wallace Nutting Windsors, correct Windsor furniture, Wallace Nutting, Inc., Saugus, Mass.

The history, construction and description of various styles of Windsor chairs is provided with a price list for the reproductions.

Date: 1918

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284681

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.083

Maps

This series includes maps of cities, towns, historic sites, walking routes, streets, and demographics in various parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire. The maps date from 1821 to 2002, with many from the same series published in 1956 and many that are undated.

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284695

Ref. Code: MS042.04

Weather

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284701

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550

Hurricane of 1938

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284702

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030

Reinforcing levee against flood waters, Springfield, Mass.

A small black and white photograph showing men placing sand bags to protect from flooding after the hurricane in September, 1938.

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284703

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.001

Shattered boats and wreckage, New London, Conn.

A small black and white photograph showing an areal view of the ruins of docks and vessels in New London, Connecticut, after the hurricane in September, 1938.

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284704

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.002

Exterior view of Arnold House, Lincoln, Rhode Island

A black and white photograph of the exterior of Arnold House in the winter of 1936. The ground is covered in snow.

Date: 1936

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 284705

Ref. Code: PC006.ARN.01.018

Exterior view of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938

A black and white photograph of the exterior of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938. The images shows trees down along the front of the house and three men working to cut down a large tree that is still standing. Written on the back of the photo is the caption, "This shows the men at work remov...

Date: 1938-10

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 284706

Ref. Code: PC006.ARN.01.019

Exterior view of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938

A black and white photograph of the exterior of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938. The images shows trees down along the front of the house, and a missing window is visible on the top floor. Written on the back of the photo is the caption, "This was taken after the storm. It shows the attic w...

Date: 1938-09

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 284710

Ref. Code: PC006.ARN.01.020

Exterior view of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938

A black and white photograph of the exterior of Arnold House after the hurricane of 1938. The images shows trees down along the front of the house, missing window panes in the windows on the sides of the house, and visible at the edge of the photograph is the nose of a car. Written on the back of th...

Date: 1938-09

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 284712

Ref. Code: PC006.ARN.01.021

Captain Stephen Howland(?) house in Westport, Mass.

A black and white image of a house at 45 Drift Road in Westport, Mass. It was the home of Capt. Stephen Howland(?).

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284716

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3310.0010.001

What everyone should know about genuine mahogany, Mahogany Assocation, Inc., 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Facts about mahogany and its use in furniture construction and design are provided in the item. A separate card can be sent in to receive additional copies of the pamphlet.

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284720

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.003

Maine - Bar Harbor - Individual sites (inc. private residences) - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 284719

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.0130.0060

Mahogany book, by George N. Lamb, 5th ed., Mahogany Association, Inc., 75 East Wacker Drive, 2010 Lincoln Tower, Chicago, Illinois

The history, uses and manufacture of mahogany in industry is described in detail. there is a separate leaflet for sending comments to the publisher and joining the mailing list.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284721

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.004

White pine in home-building, White Pine Bureau, Merchants National Bank Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota

The use of white pine in New England houses from the colonial period is described in text and photographs. A number of the images were done by Mary Northend and the Halliday Historic Photograph Company. Floor plans for homes designed by contemporary architects are included.

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 284723

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.005

New England (general)

This file includes one folder which houses one pamphlet advertising "New England's Heritage Trail."

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284735

Ref. Code: MS042.05.010

Maine - Portland

This file includes one folder which contains one pamphlet: "Municipal Organ Memorial to Hermann Kotzschmar, City of Portland, Maine, City Hall Auditorium."

Date: ca. 1927

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284738

Ref. Code: MS042.05.020

Papers of Edward Eaton Bowen (1815-1887)

Subseries C, Papers of Edward Eaton Bowen (1815-1887), 1845-1878 (#1.19), contains receipts for the transportation and purchase of goods.

Date: 1845-1878

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 284736

Ref. Code: MS006.01.03

Massachusetts (general)

This file includes one folder, which contains 3 pamphlets. The pamphlets cover topics such as congregational church statistics, a list of freemen of Massachusetts, and a brochure for the Eastern Steamship lines.

Date: 1874-1978

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284739

Ref. Code: MS042.05.030

Massachusetts - Beverly

This file includes one folder, which contains one pamphlet related to the St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church.

Date: 2002

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284740

Ref. Code: MS042.05.040

Massachusetts - Boston (general)

This file includes eleven folders, which contain 39 pamphlets. The pamphlets include an issue of Marquee from July 2, 1888; a publication titled "Boston, its finance, commerce & literature"; two copies of a publication titled "Germans in Boston"; "The Places of Worship of the Sandemanians in Boston"...

Date: 1888-2002

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284741

Ref. Code: MS042.05.050

Massachusetts - Boston - Back Bay

This file includes three folders, which contain 19 pamphlets. The pamphlets include "The Fiftieth Year: Sermon" of the Clarendon Street Baptist Church; a drawing of the Congregational House; a history of Back Bay; and pamphlets about the Arlington Street Church, Old South Church, Mount Vernon Congre...

Date: 1830-1995

Collection: Donald Grey collection on New England churches

GUSN: 284742

Ref. Code: MS042.05.060