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Postcard for Wigwarm Portable Houses, E. F. Hodgson, Dover, Mass., 1907

Postcard displaying a photograph of a reproduction of Wigwarm Portable Houses at the Boston Sportsmen's Show in 1907. The caption reads, "Mr. Denan Thompson's Camp (Josh. Whitcomb of "Old Homestead") Swanzey Lake, West Swanzey, N.H. Reproduced at Boston Sportsmen's show, 1907." On the left of the ph...

Noonan's furniture catalog, T. Noonan & Sons Company, 38 Portland St., Boston, Mass., 1921

Product catalog for T. Noonan & Sons consisting primarily of furniture fitted for a barbershop or salon. Products include barbershop chairs, wash basins, revolving poles, sterilizers, and mirror cases. Each product is accompanied with either a photograph or hand-drawn image, a short description list...

Trade card for E. B. Chase & Company, corner of Union and Fifth Streets, New Bedford, Mass, circa 1900

Trade card for E. B. Chase Company as agents for the Estey Piano Company. The card has information about the E. B. Chase Company, lising the address in New Bedford, MA and advertising themselves as agents for the New Home Sewing Machine, Estey Pianos and Organs (along with other piano manufacturers)...

Trade card for New Broom Soap, printed by Clay & Richmond, Buffalo, New York, 1885

Trade card for New Broom Soap featuring a stock image printed by Clay and Richmond, a lithographing company based in Buffalo, New York. The image is a chromolithograph of a person depicted as a Morning glory flower, with a ruffled collar and red boot.

Art in bronze: ecclesiastical ed., T. F. McGann & Sons Company, 114 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., circa 1920

Product catalog for bronze and brass, specifically themed towards religious artifacts for churches and cathedrals. Products are accompanied with photographs or lithographs of the product either in the environment or isolated, dimensions, and the product number. Mentioned in the catalog are products ...

Hodgson houses, E. F. Hodgson Co., Boston, Mass., 1930

Product catalog for houses constructed by Hodgson. Products are accompanied by the product number and name or the floor plan, interior and exterior photographs of the constructed houses, detailed floor plans, and itemized price lists for furniture and different architectural elements. Some products ...

Art in bronze, booklet F, T. F. McGann & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., circa 1950

Product catalogue containing bronze art and sculptures from T. F. McGann & Sons Company. The majority of the products in this catalog are busts and relief panels and product details include specific attributes (i.e. design choices, product number, brief testimonials). All images are photographs fo t...

Garden diary of Eliza Haliburton Bridgham Appleton, East Providence, Rhode Island, 1907-1950, bulk 1907-1920

One 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inch lined diary with approximately 118 pages used and approximately 40 items interleaved throughout including notes related to plants, expenses, and upkeep, sketches of garden beds, garden-related correspondence, and receipts. The diary documents plans for a garden, types of plant...

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Salisbury Beach photograph album, Salisbury, Mass., 19th and 20th century

Binder containing photographic prints in various sizes, a small number of news clippings, and other printed ephemera. The majority of the binder is photographic in nature. Materials are from the 19th and 20th centuries. Various unidentified locations and individuals are pictured throughout. The coll...

Art in bronze, T. F. McGann & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., circa 1950

Product catalogue containing bronze art and sculptures from T. F. McGann & Sons Company. The majority of the products in this catalog are bronze tablets, panels, and reliefs with product descriptions including dimensions, product number, and styling choices.

Art in bronze, T. F. McGann & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., circa 1950

Product catalogue containing bronze art and sculptures from T. F. McGann & Sons Company. The majority of the products in this catalog are bronze tablets and panels, with product descriptions including dimensions, product number, and styling choices.

Border's customer rewards card, Borders Group, 2007

Membership rewards card for the Borders and Waldenbooks chain of bookstores. The front of the card has "BORDERS [sic] rewards" printed in white in front of a red background. Side verso has the logos for Borders and Waldenbooks printed in the corner, a barcode with the rewards card number, contact in...

Trade Card for Gail Borden Eagle Brand condensed milk, 79 Murray Street, New York City, New York, 1887

Trade card for Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk. One side depicts a chromolith print of four babies sitting at a table with a can of the product. Side verso has the logo of the company, a testimonial written by the company, and directions for using the product in the form of recipes for differ...

Baker Lumber Company plan book of modern American homes, book no. 5, Baker Lumber Company, 84 Foster St., Worcester, Mass., circa 1940

Plan book for house plans from the Baker Lumber Company. Each housing plan comes with a photo of the completed house, the overall dimensions (including the ceiling height), a brief testimonial from the company about the design. There is also a brief two-page spread from the company advocating for ho...

Wedding Text for Society and Commercial Printing, American Type Founders Company, undated

Advertising booklet showcasing the American Type Founders Company's 'Wedding Text." The text has all been printed on embossed paper much of the text samples are accompanied with printed images. As the booklet unfolds, the consumer is given examples of sizing options and prices, as well as the pro...

Trade card for Sea View Filling Station, Broadway at North Main Street, Rockland, Maine, circa 1920

Trade card for a filling station located along Route One in Rockland, Maine. The front of the card has a printed image of the filling station as seen from a street corner. There is a car parked on the left side of the station. The card also advertises the 'largest outside road map in New England' ho...

Postcard from Oxford-Print to William Sumner Appleton, Boston, Mass., 1927

Postcard from Oxford-Print addressed to William Sumner Appleton. Front of the postcard has a lithograph image of the printer's building located in Brighton, a message to re-send the postcard back to the company with corrected address information, and a decorative border around the text and image. Si...

Trade card for Wm. K. Potter Tortoise Shell jewelry, 218 Westminster Street, Providence, R.I., circa 1870

Trade card for William K. Potter Tortoise Shell Jewelry manufacturers. Front cover has a lithograph print of a pond, with a watermill, church spire, and mountains seen in the background. Inside of the card lists the name of the company on the bottom half. The top half lists repair services for jet c...

Trade card for the Boston Type Foundry, John K. Rogers & Co., Spring Lane, Brookline, circa 1858

Trade card for the Boston Type Foundry distributed by John K. Rogers & Company. The card lists the Spring Lane address, the date the company was established, and the names associated with the owning firm: John K. Rogers, D. Watson, Jr., and E. Pelouze. Note the different typefaces for the Boston Typ...

Trade Card for William H. Smith, card printer, 32 School Street, Boston, Mass., circa 1870

Trade card for Card Printer William H. Smith. The services listed on the card include marriage, invitation, visiting, and business cards using plate or letter-press techniques. The address lists it as opposite the New City Hall, Note the decorative font type and border, as well as a small print feat...

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Spring & Summer 1895, G.B. Cragin

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Three photographs of the North Bennet Street Industrial School, Boston, Mass., circa 1900

Three mounted albumen prints depicting the interior of the North Bennet Street Industrial School, known today as the North Bennet Street School, in Boston, Massachusetts. The photographs measure 11 x 14 inches and are dated circa 1900. The first photograph depicts the ceramics studio. Three male stu...

Boston Art Club scrapbook, Boston, Mass.

A scrapbook containing materials related to the operations of the Boston Art Club from 1912-1914. Contains 98 pages, all of which are used, and measures 12 x 10 inches. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from publications such as the Boston Globe and Christian Science Monitor, copies of the Club...

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Camping - Encampments

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Everett

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Design portfolio of L.E.R. Bumpus, Everett, Mass., 1926, 1950

Design portfolio of L.E.R. Bumpus, a student at the Vesper George School of Art. The portfolio measures 13 1/4 x 20 3/4 inches and contains design drawings of fireplace mantles, graded assignments, preliminary sketches and other assorted pieces of art, and printed ephemera such as a booklet on Leona...

Sketch of staircase in Mr. Wade's house, Boston, Mass., circa 1880

Mounted sketch of a staircase in Mr. Wade's house completed in ink. Sketch depicts the front door, the entrance hall, and the staircase. The identity of Mr. Wade is unclear, as is the location of the house where the staircase would be located. The sketch was completed by Bradlee, Winslow & Wetherell...

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Massachusetts - Auburndale

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Sketch of annex of Woodland Park Hotel, Auburndale, Mass., 1888 September 30

Unmounted pencil sketch of the annex of the Woodland Park Hotel in Auburndale, Massachusetts. The sketch shows the architectural features of the exterior of the hotel, such as the gable roofs and cross gables, the chimneys, and the timber-framed gable roof. The sketch was completed by architect and ...

Sketch of unidentified house and land, Brookline, Mass., 1887

Unmounted pencil sketch of an unidentified house and surrounding land in Brookline, Massachusetts. The sketch shows the architectural features of the house such as its timber framing, turret, and gable roofing. In the foreground, trees and fields of flowers are drawn in front of a stone wall. A man ...

Design drawing of an unidentified house, 1932

Design drawing in pencil and gouache of an unidentified house in Massachusetts. The drawing shows the exterior of a house and its Tudor Revival features, such as gable roofs and cross gables, arches, a stucco exterior, and a steeply pitched roof. The drawing was completed by architects Walter Pell P...

Architectural drawings of an unidentified Victorian building, Boston, Mass., circa 1850

This collection contains one portfolio containing nine graphite architectural drawings, two of which are loose and seven of which are bound, and one framed ink front elevation of an unidentified Victorian building in Boston, Massachusetts. The seven bound drawings in portfolio show floor plans for t...

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Notes on Historic Homes in New Hampshire, undated

Handwritten notes of Ralph May on the historic homes of New Hampshire

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Divorce Papers, August 15, 1935

Divorce papers for Ralph May August 15, 1935

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Receipt book of Ralph May's mother, undated

One handwritten receipt book compiled by Ralph May's mother.

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Photographs (framed and unframed), 1916-1921, undated

black and white prints, negatives, glass plate negatives, and two framed images

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Publications by Ralph May, 1926-1966

Publications by Ralph May including Early Portsmouth Historiy

Specifications and contract for building of a school at Rocky Nook, Kingston, Mass., 1844

Specifications and contract for the building of a school house in School District No. One or Rocky Nook in Kingston, Massachusetts. The specifications and attached contract specify that the construction of the school in accordance to the specifications must be completed on or before June 1, 1845. Th...

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Promotional materials, 1926-1928, undated

Series contains advertisements; brochures; bulletins; pamphlets; catalogues; and products specifications; relating to the development work of William Widgery Thomas, Esq. and architect Edward R. Wait on a house at the Felsdale development in Winchester, Massachusetts, and Brentwood in Cumberland For...

Edwin Martin photographic collection

Collection of 136 black-and-white photographic prints taken between 2001 and 2013 by photographer Edwin Martin as part of a series titled North by Down East: People of Maine. All of the photographs are numbered and blind stamped. The photographs depict unidentified individuals from various locations...

James Hook & Co. photographic collection

Collection of twenty 10 3/4 x 14-inch silver gelatin prints of James Hook & Co. in Boston, Massachusetts. Prints were taken by photographer Justin H. Goodstein-Aue between 2007 and 2008. These prints depict the building, the lobster tanks, members of the Hook family at work, other staff members work...

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Correspondence, 1924-1929

Series contains correspondence relating to the development work of William Widgery Thomas, Esq. and architect Edward R. Wait on a house at the Felsdale development in Winchester, Massachusetts, and Brentwood in Cumberland Foreside, Maine. Correspondence largely surrounds the promotion of materials f...

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Architectural records, 1928

Series contains blueprints; specifications; plumbing records; sketches; and notes; relating to the development work of William Widgery Thomas, Esq. and the work of architect Edward R. Wait on a house at the Felsdale development in Winchester, Massachusetts, and Brentwood in Cumberland Foreside, Main...

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Ephemera, 1928-1929, undated

Series contains envelopes, insulation samples, metal lath samples, and miscellaneous materials such as business cards relating to the development work of William Widgery Thomas, Esq. and architect Edward R. Wait on a house at the Felsdale development in Winchester, Massachusetts, and Brentwood in Cu...

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Bookplates

This collection contains bookplates and a few bookplate proofs dating from circa 1700 to circa 1950.

Sears Cash Market collection

This collection contains ephemera, including advertisements and photographic materials, and financial records, including a receipt and cashbooks, related to the operation of Sears Cash Market in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Materials are dated circa 1890, 1989-1939, 1980, and undated. The collection i...

Business card for J. C. Spooner's Photographic and Ambrotype Picture Palace, Foot's Block, Springfield, Mass., circa 1860

This business card advertises the services of J. C. Spooner's Photographic and Ambrotype Picture Palace located on Foot's Block in Springfield, Massachusetts. The Photographic and Ambrotype Picture Palace had previously been owned by photographer Otis H. Cooley until its purchase by the Spooner Brot...

A brief history of the Filene Automatic Bargain Basement, circa 1929

One booklet containing twenty pages titled "A Brief History of the Filene Automatic Bargain Basement." The booklet discusses the history of Filene's Automatic Bargain Basement, its financial performance over time, operations issues, and solutions to these issues. It also provides small illustrations...

Walter M. Cabot House collection

This collection contains materials related to the Walter M. Cabot House located in Sherborn, Massachusetts. These materials include architectural materials from architect Joseph Everett Chandler and landscape architects the Olmsted Brothers such as blueprints, elevations, floor plans, and landscape ...

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Architectural drawings, 1922-1925, undated

Series contains blueprints; elevations; floor plans; and landscape plans related to the Walter M. Cabot House located in Sherborn, Massachusetts. The majority of the floor plans are signed by architect Hugo E. Olson. Two of the floor plans has been altered to display the heating plan designed by Bue...