Historic New England

Magic of salt, 4th edition, Worcester Salt Company, 71-73 Murray street, New York, New York

The item describes the uses for salt in food, health and cleaning.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314717

Ref. Code: EP001.12.008.001.033

Dainty and artistic desserts, with menus and special recipes by Janet M. Hill, compliments of Joseph Burnett Company, 36 India Street, Boston, Mass.

Menus that use Burnett's flavoring extracts and color pastes in the desserts are described in the book.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314719

Ref. Code: EP001.14.04.006

Hollison book of color, The Holliston Mills, Inc., Norwood, Mass.

Colors for cloth bookbinding are provided using the Munsell System.

Date: 1942

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314721

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.018

Gerrish house and ship chandlery from the water, Gerrish Island, Kittery Point, Maine.

Black and white snapshot of an old wooden building on the shoreline and a house on higher ground behind it surrounded by trees.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314722

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.1560.0140.001

Railroad station, Kittery Point, Maine.

A view looking down toward the railroad station, Kittery Point, Maine.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314723

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0920.0020.001

Exterior front view of the Shapleigh house, Kittery Point, Maine.

A front view of the Shapleigh house, Kittery Point, Maine. The house appears to be overgrown with trees and shrubs and in disrepair.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314724

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0920.0020.002

Exterior rear view of the Shapleigh house, Kittery Point, Maine.

A rear view of the Shapleigh house, Kittery Point, Maine. Many of clapboards are missing and a plank is nailed across the back door.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314726

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0920.0020.003

Gerrish Island bridge over Chauncey Creek, Kittery Point, Maine.

Looking across Chauncey Creek at Gerrish Island and bridge, Kittery Point, Maine. A house and outbuildings are located just across the bridge. Two dories are moored near the island side of the creek.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314727

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0930.0020.001

Exterior view of Rice's Tavern, the landing place for the ferry from Portsmouth, also known as Rices Ferry, Kittery, Maine.

An exterior view of Rice's Tavern, a large two-story dwelling with a barn adjacent.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314728

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0920.0020.004

Exterior view of the Hotel Champernowne prior to its demolition in 1922, Kittery Point, Maine.

A view of Portsmouth Harbor and the Hotel Champernowne prior to its demolition in 1922.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314729

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0920.0020.005

Furniture, as interpreted by the Century Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan

The history of period furniture is given with reproductions manufactured by the Company. There is a chronology of furniture styles in England, France and America.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314737

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.091

Conkey's poultry book, a handy book of reference on poultry raising, published by The G.E. Conkey Company, manufacturing chemists, Cleveland, Ohio

Instructions for raising chickens, turkeys and geese are provided including housing, feeding and medication. The Company manufactures remedies for poultry diseases.

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314738

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.001.003

Lay or bust, year book and almanac 1921, Park & Pollard Co., 131 State Street, Board of Trade Bldg., Boston, Mass.

The catalog is done in the style of an almanac and promotes feed for poultry and cows carried by the business. There are short articles, advice and housing plans. The factory is located in Augusta, Maine.

Date: 1921

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314740

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.001.004

Story of sterling, thumb-nail historical and useful facts about the craft where art and industry meet, published by The Sterling Silversmiths Guild of America, 20 West 47th Street, New York, New York

The book has a history of sterling silver, identifying marks and design descriptions. Photographs illustrate sample tableware for breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and buffet menus. A glossary of terms is included.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314742

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.006.025

Hair cloth, samples, location unknown, undated

The book has 34 numbered samples of hair cloth.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314744

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.015

Italianate House

A 7 x 10 inch photograph album with 22 black and white photographs, mostly 4 ½ x 7 ¼ inches, Hard red cover embossed with flowers and a bird. Album opens accordion style. Photographs of an unidentified Italianate house and presumably the family who lived there. Photos show family, children playing...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 314745

Ref. Code: PC009.282

Briggs & Co.'s patent transferring papers, patented for the United States of American, sole inventors and patenters, Briggs & Co., New York, New York

The book has transfer designs for embroidery projects. Text on the title page reads "A warm iron passed over the back of these papers transfers the pattern to any fabric." Designs are missing on pages 33-34, 75-78 and 117-118.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314749

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.019

Pierce fitter, 1927 edition, Pierce Butler & Pierce Manufacturing Corporation, 41 East 42nd Street, New York, New York

The business sells water and steam boilers, radiators and the hardware associated with them. The catalog has sections for engineering data, repair parts and telegraph codes for sending orders.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314750

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.021

Elm in front of Celia Thaxter Cottage, Champernowne Farm, Cutts Island, Kittery Point, Maine, 1936.

Black and white photograph of the Champernowne Elm in front of the cottage of Celia Thaxter, Champernowne Farm, Cutts Island, Kittery Point, Maine.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314752

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.1560.0020.001

View of the railroad tracks along Spruce Creek and Ten pine Road with the Hotel Pepperrell in distance, Kittery Point, Maine.

A view of Spruce Creek and the shoreline with a number of tall evergreen trees. A railroad track can be seen in the lower right corner and the Hotel Pepperrell is in the distance.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314753

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.1560.0020.002

View of great stair landing from above, Sir William Pepperrell House, Kittery, Maine

A black and white photograph of a large interior stair landing with an arched window arcross from the stairs, the Sir William Pepperrell House in Kittery, Maine. The room is furnished with wallpaper, two spinning wheels, a table and chair, mirror, artwork, cupboard, and a taxidermy owl.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314754

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0920.0080.002

View of the front door, Sparhawk Hall, Kittery Point, Maine

One black & white close up photograph of the front door showing architectural details such as the pediment, pilaster, capital, and bullseye glass transom window, of Sparhawk Hall, Kittery Point, Maine. Two shrubs flank the door and an upper shuttered window is also visible.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314755

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0920.0090.001

Prompter's pocket instruction book, by L. H. Elmwell, White-Smith Music Pub. Co., 516 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

Instructions for dance quadrille callers is provided with diagrams for some of the pieces. The business has office in New York and Chicago. Text on the front cover reads, "Boston's Popular Prompter." The back cover is detached.

Date: 1892

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314758

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.055

Briggs' patent transferring papers, patented for the United States of America, sole inventors and patenters, Briggs & Co., New York, New York

The book has transfer designs for embroidery projects. Text on the title page reads "A warm iron passed over the back of these papers transfers the pattern to any fabric." The item contains "Village scenes" by Kate Greenaway on pages 135-140. Text stamped on the endpapers reads "John D. Clapp, desig...

Date: 1880s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314768

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.058

Dessert lovers' handbook, Borden Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, Borden, Inc.

Recipes for pies, cookies, candies, ice creams, puddings and cakes are described using the Eagle Brand Condensed Milk.

Date: 1973

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314770

Ref. Code: EP001.14.07.002

Maple sugar makers' guide, Leader Evaporator Co., Inc., 25 Stowell Street, St. Albans, Vermont

The item promotes Leader maple sugar making equipment. Plans for constructing a sugar house are described. Instructions for manufacturing and packing maple syrup are described along with a few recipes.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314772

Ref. Code: EP001.12.008.001.036

Farberware better food through cooking cook book, S.W. Farber, division of LCA Corporation, 100 Electra Lane, Yonkers, New York

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and party recipes are provided using Farberware kitchen appliances.

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314774

Ref. Code: EP001.14.06.012

Farberware Open Hearth Electric Broiler recipes, S.W. Farber, Inc., Bronx, New York

Beef, poultry and fish recipes are provided for using the Open Hearth electric broiler.

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314775

Ref. Code: EP001.14.06.011

Shard, fragmentary messages of current interest to our clientele, volume II, no. 2, published by Carbone, 342 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.

Pottery, dinnerware, lamps and large jars are featured in the issue.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314776

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.004.008

Century-old concern, business of Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co., by John Connelly, Boston, Mass.

The Company history is provided from its founding in 1810 with a floor by floor description of the merchandise carried in the store at Franklin and Hawley Streets. The development of the business under Otis Norcross, Jr., who became a Boston Mayor, is described. The cover title reads "A Century of P...

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314779

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.004.009

Little mothers' fashion book, Dennison Manufacturing Company, 26 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass.

Doll clothing and craft supplies are described in the catalog.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314780

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.021

Color card, Dytint for dyeing or tinting, Dytint Color Remover, Dywhite, North American Dye Corporation, Mount Vernon, New York

Colors for fabric dying are shown inside the item.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314782

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.016

Weaving with paper rope, published by Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, Mass.

Instructions are provided for creating, baskets, vases, trays and lamps with crepe paper rope and wire.

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314783

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.022

How to make jams, jellies, marmalades with one minute's boiling, new & tempting ways of serving them, Douglas-Pectin Corporation, Rochester, New York

The business manufactures Certo for making jams and jellies. Instructions for making jams and jellies are provided with recipe suggestions.

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314785

Ref. Code: EP001.12.008.001.037

Jewelry inspired by the state of Maine, Cross Jewelers, 570 Congress Street, Portland, Maine

The gem and stone pieces are based on the Maine landscape, wildlife and marine creatures. Text on the front cover reads, "Special advertising supplement to Downeast magazine."

Date: 1995

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314787

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.003.016

Home decorator, joy of color book, 1933 edition, Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland, Ohio

Examples of interior paint schemes for homes are illustrated in the item. Practical help in painting walls, furniture and exterior surfaces is provided by the business.

Date: 1933

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314788

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.062

S-K Wayne hand tool catalog, S-K Wayne Tools, subsidiary of Symington Wayne Corporation, Chicago, Illinois and Defiance, Ohio

Ratchets, drive sockets, wrenches and pliers are described in the catalog.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314790

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.016

Mira-Spin, paint brush & roller cover spin cleaner, manufactured by Kruger Products, Fenkell P.O. Box 5582, Detroit, Michigan

Text on the cover reads "One all steel tool does many jobs by hand or electric drill." There is a loose label inside the item which has use and maintenance instructions. The label verso has the warranty.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314793

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.017

Price list number 65, 18th Century Hardware Co., hardware for antique furniture, 319 East Main Street, Ligonier, Pennsylvania

The price list contains such items as drawer pulls, hinges, andirons and door knockers. A loose order form is included.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314794

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.015

Care of wood floors, Rogers Stainfloor Finish, Detroit White Lead Works, Detroit, Michigan

The pamphlet provides advice on applying the finish to different conditions of wood floors for the best results.

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314797

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.006.014

History of Perry's Tropical Nut House, Belfast, Maine

This tourist destination developed from a pecan store to a gift shop with candies and curiosities.

Date: ca. 1980

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314800

Ref. Code: EP001.12.008.001.038

Belmont presents tomorrow's space age appliance today for your present homeor a new home, Belmont Mfg. Co., New Hartford, Connecticut

The built-in vacuum cleaning system described in the pamphlet can be installed in less than an hour.

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314802

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.007.005

Dries softer than a summer breeze! RCA Whirlpool Automatic Dryer, owner's manual and warranty, Whirlpool Corporation, St. Joseph, Michigan

The manual has instructions for the settings, drying tips and a fabric chart. There are three loose items: 1)Registration post card, 2)Warranty certificate, 3)Automatic dryer installation instructions.

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314804

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.053

Your guide to more enjoyable more efficient washdays, RCA Whirlpool home appliances, owner's manual and warranty, Whirlpool Corporation, St. Joseph, Michigan

The manual has instructions for the settings, laundering techniques and a fabric chart. There are three loose items: 1)Registration post card, 2)Warranty certificate, 3)Automatic washer typical installation instructions.

Date: 1960s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314805

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.054

How to enjoy your portable television by RCA Victor, Radio Corporation of America, RCA Victor Television Division, Camden, New Jersey

The settings, tuning and use of antennas is explained to new owners.

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314807

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.055

Standard Electric Time systems, catalogue no. 35, The Standard Electric Time Co., Springfield, Mass.

The Company manufactures and distributes clocks for schools, businesses, factories and train stations. The item is a photocopy of the original.

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314809

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.005.011

Woven floor covering, retail sales manual, published by Mohawk Carpet Mills, Amsterdam, New York

The manufacturing process for different types of carpets is described in the manual. Motifs in carpet design and furniture periods are explained through text and a chronology. There is a section on how to handle complaints for sales personnel.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314810

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.001.021

Retailer's 1921 trade-mark directory, Shoe retailer, supplement to the issue of March 19, 1921, volume 118, no. 12, The Shoe Retailer Co., 166 Essex Street, Boston, Mass.

The supplement is an alphabetical list of the trade names and brands of shoes and leather used by U.S. shoe manufacturers, jobbers and tanners. "The Shoe retailer" has incorporated two other periodicals, "The shoeman" and "Boots and shoes weekly."

Date: 1921

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314814

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.004.011

Catalog of building stones, compiled by The International Cut Stone Contractors' and Quarrymen's Association, 40 East 56th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana

Building stones are described in text and color photographs. There is a directory of dealers by state. The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Building is on page 41. Text on the front cover reads, "A.I.A. File No. 8 1954."

Date: 1954

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314816

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.002.009

Trane heat cabinets, The Trane Company, LaCrosse, Wisconsin and Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Concealed heating units are described for potential customers.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314818

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.022

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