Historic New England

Payment notification from the United States Land Company, Boston, Mass., dated July 1, 1838

A notification to a shareholder that a payment is due by August 1 to the Market Bank in Boston for stock held in the United States Land Company.

Date: 1838-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243149

Ref. Code: EP001.01.016.09.01.007

Stock certificate for the United Electric Railsways Company, Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, Providence, Rhode Island, 190?

The shares are $100 each on this blank stock certificate.

Date: 190?

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243150

Ref. Code: EP001.01.016.09.01.008

Stock certificate for the Boston Elevated Railway Company, American Loan & Trust Company, Boston, Mass., dated April 24, 1906

The transfer document on the verso is completed and dated April 27, 1906.

Date: 1906-04-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243151

Ref. Code: EP001.01.016.09.01.009

Stock certificate for the Union Railway Company, Cambridge, Mass., 1800-1899

A blank stock certificate for the Union Railway Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Date: 1800-1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243152

Ref. Code: EP001.01.016.09.01.010

Stock certificate for the Boston Elevated Railway Company, Old Colony Trust Company, Boston, Mass., dated April 6, 1926

The transfer document on the certificate verso is completed and dated April 8, 1926.

Date: 1926-04-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243153

Ref. Code: EP001.01.016.09.01.011

Stock certificate for the Cambridge Railroad Company, Cambridge, Mass., 186?

A dividend is available in the 1860s according to stamped information across the front of the certificate.

Date: 186?

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243154

Ref. Code: EP001.01.016.09.01.012

Billhead for Tucker Manufacturing Company, bronzed gas & kerosene fixtures, clock cases, Nos.117 & 119 Court Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 25, 1870

The company promotes Tucker's patent spring beds, iron bedsteads, folding wood cots and other items. The business has warerooms in New York at 39 & 41 Park Place.

Date: 1870-06-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243171

Ref. Code: EP001.01.017.01.01.001

Business card for the Jewish Family Welfare Association, 31 Bradshaw Street, Dorchester, Mass., 1920-1940

The business card is for Miss Rose G. Rabinovitz with a telephone number. The card verso has handwritten in pencil "ca. 1920-1940."

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243172

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.001

Postcard for The St. Vincent de Paul Society, 1280 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The postcard describes the items collected by the Society and has a name and address form to be completed for a truck pickup.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243173

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.002

Postcard for the Morgan Memorial, 95 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Historic New England acknowledges historical records may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. This is a thank you postcard to a donor. ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243174

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.003

Postcard for The Salvation Army, 87 Vernon Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the Social Service Center's purpose in providing temporary work and a home for men in Boston. The Salvation Army is requesting item donations and has a form to be completed.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243175

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.004

Postcard for the Morgan Memorial, Inc., corner Shawmut Avenue & Corning Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Historic New England acknowledges historical records may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. The postcard is a truck pickup request for ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243177

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.005

Circular for, Morgan Memorial, Inc., Boston, Mass., undated

This circular contains harmful, outdated terminology regarding disability. 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 does not alte...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243181

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.006

Billhead for Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Dr., 264 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 27, 1894

The billhead is for the sale of instructions on making dresses and other items.

Date: 1894-10-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243183

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.007

Letterhead for the Boston North End Mission, 201-205 North Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 28, 1896

The letterhead is a bequest form for financial donations. Donations can be sent to the Treasurer at 613 Carter Building, 7 Water Street, Boston. The images are of the Mission Houses on North Street and the Mount Hope Home for Children in West Roxbury.

Date: 1896-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243185

Ref. Code: EP001.01.018.01.01.008

Trade card for James R. Nichols & Co., manufacturing chemists, 150 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Nichols is a manufacturer of fine chemicals used in medicine and the arts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243186

Ref. Code: EP001.01.019.01.01.001

Trade card for the Rumford Chemical Works, 58, 59, & 60 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Rumford deals in printers' dyers' and paper makers' drugs and chemicals. The card verso has a cow's head image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243187

Ref. Code: EP001.01.019.01.01.002

Billhead for Stetson & Driver, Dr., manufacturing and analytical chemists, No.59 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 1, 1880

The chemists deal in essential oils, extracts, essences, colorings and syrups.

Date: 1880-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243188

Ref. Code: EP001.01.019.01.01.003

Ticket for St. Mary's Church, Providence, Rhode Island, April 19, 1898

This 25 cents raffle ticket is for "a drawing of a richly upholstered arm chair for the benefit of St. Mary's Church, Providence, Rhode Island." The image is captioned "St. Joseph pray for us."

Date: 1898-04-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243190

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.002

Business card for the Rev. Perley C. Grant, 11 Powder House Terrace, W. Somerville, Mass., undated

The Rev. Perley C. Grant serves as pastor for the Day Street Congregational Church.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243192

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.001

Mary Clifford Greene (Mrs. Samuel Coffin Eastman)

Mary Clifford Greene (Mrs. Samuel Coffin Eastman) as a young woman with earrings and a brooch. She was born on July 27, 1834, in Providence, Rhode Island, and married Samuel Coffin Eastman of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1861. According to "Who's Who in New England" (1916), Samuel Eastman was a promin...

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253901

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.013

Wainwright Bradlee (1839-1928)

A young boy (10-11), facing proper right, stares at camera.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253902

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.014

Nellie Haven

Nellie Haven (5) with dark décolleté dress. Similar image to D.6.007. Previous survey noted a label stating "Nellie Haven taken when about 5 years old. (a very good likeness)" Label is no longer extant or located under the image package. Gift of W. O. Ross.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253903

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.015

Young woman with tie and carnation

Young woman with hair cut short and unconventional costume with tie and carnation. Possibly an immigrant or street performer; possibly ill. Same image as D.9.090 and D.6.104.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253904

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.016

Mrs. Davis

Image of an older lady (Mrs. Davis) wearing spectacles and a lace bonnet. She is staring off to the right. She wears glasses and has a lace bonnet.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253905

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.017

Miss Emma E. Dickman wearing green silk cape

A smiling girl (6) sits on a fancy high-backed chair with her hands crossed on her lap. The image package was placed into the case upside down.

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253906

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.018

Melissa Alma Goodrich, Rensalier Warren Goodrich, and Edwin L. Goodrich

Woman with print dress, seated with two boys (5 & 9); Ambrotype A.6.001 of the same woman is in the right half of the case.

Date: ca. 1856

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253907

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.019

George Lord

The Lord family is imaged in accession numbers 1970.283-1970.288. A smiling man (late 30s) is nicely dressed with a tie and white shirt. Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States. Note: Use caution when opening this object.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253908

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.020

Emma Frances Morton (1854-)

Morton family images, accession numbers 1930.970-1930-972. A young girl (4), vignetted, stares inquisitively into the camera.; Peck was the innovator of the thermoplastic case.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253909

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.021

Man (30s) seated next to side table with tinted tablecloth and two books

A man with rosy cheeks and a top hat sits, leaning on a table.

Date: 1860s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253910

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.022

Mrs. Samuel Eliot & her daughter Emily Marshall Eliot (Emily Otis)

Mrs. Samuel Eliot, wearing an ornate ruffled dress, holds infant Emily in her lap. Gift of Samuel Eliot Morison. Another family member is featured in accession number 1926.188.

Date: ca. 1858

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253911

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.023

Young woman with print dress, arm supported on side table

A young woman wearing a printed dress rests her arm on a side table. Same image as D.6.004.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253912

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.024

Adolescent boy (14-16) seated with hands on lap

An adolescent boy sits on a stool and stares off to the proper left. Case die-engraved by David Pretlove.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253913

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.025

Family of Cyrus Barton

A young woman stares into the camera. She holds an open book in her lap and wears a dress with a high neckline.; Case designed by die-engraver Smith.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253914

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.026

Child of Adeline Hall

A young girl (3-4) sits on a small cloth-covered pedestal. She wears a plaid dress off the shoulders and has ringlet curls.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253915

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.027

Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson (15) seated at a side table with a bible in her lap. Case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco.

Date: 1846

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253916

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.028

Mrs. G.W. (Lucinda M.) Snow and George Richmond Snow

Snow family accession numbers 1932.320-1932.328. A portrait of Lucinda M. Snow as a young mother, seated with her son, George Richmond Snow (1-2). The child may be ill as he has a clean shaven head and relies on his mother for support.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253917

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.029

Newhall family

Images associated with Newhall family: Accession numbers 1928.205-1928.212. Portrait of an elderly man.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253918

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.030

Sarah Ellen Waldo (1845-1926) (Mrs. York)

Girl about 3 years old seated wearing an off-the-shoulders dress. Accession numbers 1927.259-1927.261 are all images of the same girl. Case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253919

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.031

Emily Edwards

Young woman wearing fringed dress.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253920

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.032

Frances Olive King

A portrait of a seated woman taken from a middle distance in a room or studio.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253921

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.033

Alfred Churchill Thacher

Portrait of Alfred Churchill Thatcher, about 35 years old. Same sitter as D.9.032.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253922

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.034

Mrs. Elizabeth Lyon (Belcher)

Middle-aged woman (40s) with dark dress with lace collar, and bonnet; inscription is only partially legible, apparently giving photographic instructions. Same woman appears in accession number 1925.857.

Date: ca. 1845

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253923

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.035

Unidentified man

Young man or adolescent dressed in outerwear.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253924

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.036

Lydia Ames Newell (Mrs. Jenks)

Portrait of Lydia Ames Newell (later Jenks) at age 10 resting elbow on a side table. She is attired in an off the shoulder décolleté dress, large plaid hair ribbons and a bead necklance.

Date: ca. 1852

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253925

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.037

Elderly woman with book

Elderly (blind ?) woman wearing black cloak and lace bonnet with book (bible ?) in lap.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253926

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.038

Virginia Harris Stimson

Girl about 3-4 years seated in a high chair.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253927

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.039

Unidentified boy

Young boy about 5-6 years old.

Date: ca.1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253928

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.040

Half-length portrait of Martha Ann Curtis Stevenson, location unknown, 1850s

The woman is identified as possibly Mrs. Jonathan Greely Stevenson, formerly Martha Ann Curtis. Martha Curtis Stevenson was the mother of the sisters Martha Curtis, Frances Greely and Annie Brace Stevenson.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253929

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.041

Unidentified woman in dress

Woman in simple dress resting elbow on side table.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253930

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.042

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