Historic New England

Trade card, Johnston's new self locking clock spring shade roller, Johnston's Depot, Nos. 1033 and 1035 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Johnston carries paper hangings and window shades and is exhibiting at the fair in Philadelphia. The image caption reads "An art gallery of the Centennial buildings and grounds."

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318669

Ref. Code: EP003.004.008

Trade card, Rip Van Winkle Reclining Rocking Chair, P.C. Lewis Manufacturing Co., Catskill, New York

The chair can make 15 pieces of furniture and be placed in 200 positions. It was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. The company will have a drawing each year to give away one of the chairs. The coupon is attached with instructions on the card verso.

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318670

Ref. Code: EP003.004.009

Trade card, Creolite for floor painting , made by Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co., Chicago, Illinois

Creolite paint is shown in kitchen and dining room settings.

Date: 1902

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318671

Ref. Code: EP003.004.010

Trade card, H. Bool's, furniture, wall paper, window shades & fixtures, Culver Block, Ithaca, New York

Bool's is a fancy goods store that also carries, pictures, frames and stationery. In the card image a father calls the housekeeper to find out that his wife has delivered twins.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318673

Ref. Code: EP003.004.011

Cyrus Drew "Furniture"

One glass plate negative for a stereoview. Depicts a building with signs saying 'Cyrus Drew' and 'Furniture'. People on the porch and a horse and wagon in the forground. Plate is broken in two pieces.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318676

Ref. Code: PC059.001

Trade card, E.B. Goddard, coffins and furnishing undertaker, Bethel, Maine

In the card illustration a man with a shotgun chases another man out of a window. A woman in a yellow dress pleads with the attacker. The caption reads "Charge Bayonets! Retreat!"

Date: 1882

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318677

Ref. Code: EP003.004.012

Two story cottage with wrap-around porch

Glass plate negative depicting a two story cottage with wrap-around porch, people are visible on the porch.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318678

Ref. Code: PC059.002

Trade card, Victor Self Acting Shade Roller, location unknown

The card verso is an order form which can be filled in. Two Irish American women discuss window shades in the card image. The shades can be purchased at J. Otis McFadden, No. 23 Cornhill, Boston.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318680

Ref. Code: EP003.004.013

Fun Rock House; people seated on cliffs and rocks

Glass plate negative depicting the Gun Rock House. People are seated on the cliffs and rocks in the foreground of the image. A large chip is missing from the top left corner.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318679

Ref. Code: PC059.003

Half portrait of a man, seated

Half portrait of a man, seated. Large chip missing from upper right corner

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318681

Ref. Code: PC059.004

Half portrait of a man, seated

Half portrait of a man, seated. Broken in three pieces, one piece missing

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318682

Ref. Code: PC059.005

Full portrait of a man, seated

Full portrait of a man, seated. Broken in three pieces. Painted backdrop and grass or straw carpet underneath figure. Likely the same man as in a half portrait also in this collection.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318683

Ref. Code: PC059.006

Trade card, Radford Architectural Company, Chicago, Illinois

The card describes five volumes in the Radford Library covering carpentry, building and architecture. The set has 200 house plans. The card is in the shape of a house with trees in the background.

Date: 1904

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318684

Ref. Code: EP003.004.014

C.A. Cole, "Flour, Grain & Feed"

Glass plate negative for a stereoview depicting a building labeled "C.A Cole Flour, Grain & Feed". People gathered on the front steps of the building. Same building as Plate 8.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318685

Ref. Code: PC059.007

C.A. Cole, "Flour, Grain & Feed"

Glass plate negative for a stereoview depicting a building labeled "C.A Cole Flour, Grain & Feed". People gathered on the front steps of the building. Same building as Plate 7.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318687

Ref. Code: PC059.008

House

Glass plate negative for a stereoview depicting a house. A large tree stands in the front lawn and the lawn in edged by a fence.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318688

Ref. Code: PC059.009

Group portrait of men in uniform against a cliff

Group portrait of men in uniform against a cliff, beach in the foreground and a structure on the top of the cliff.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318689

Ref. Code: PC059.010

Group portrait of a large group against a cliff

Group portrait of a large group against a cliff; men, women and children all present. There is a beach in the foreground and a building on the top of the cliff.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318690

Ref. Code: PC059.011

Group portrait on the beach

Group portrait of a group on a beach; men, women and children all present. In the background is a sign which says "Nantasket Stuff" however a woman's head blocks the rest of the sign.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318691

Ref. Code: PC059.012

Group portrait on the beach; building in background

Group portrait of a group on a beach; men, women and children all present. In the background is a building.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318692

Ref. Code: PC059.013

Robert and the Rabbits

A small herd of rabbits sits on a boy's lap. A man crouches near the boy and a third figure is casting their shadow into the image. More rabbits hop around the boys feet and in the doorway of the barn.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319560

Ref. Code: PC067.076

Chestnut Party - S.S. Class

Three people pose for a photograph at the bottom of a set of stairs. The people are identified as Miss Todd, Mary Smith, and OWS.

Date: 10-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319561

Ref. Code: PC067.02.077

Chestnut Party

Three people pose for a photograph at the bottom of a set of stairs.

Date: 10-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319563

Ref. Code: PC067.02.078

Trade card, Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, salesroom, 1 West Street, Boston, Mass.

The shop carries fine decorated ware for holiday and wedding gifts. A fox walks on a tightrope in one of the drawings. In the other drawing a bird hovers above the smoke coming from a kiln. An 1885 calendar is on the item verso. The business was founded by Ohio philanthropist Maria Longworth Storer.

Date: 1885

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319786

Ref. Code: EP003.002.005

Trade card, save the table cloth by using the patent table tray for children, for sale by Warren & Wood, importers of crockery, 287 & 289 Westminster Street, Hoppin Homestead Building, Providence, Rhode Island

A little girl has knocked over her cup in the illustration. When you fold down the flap she is using the table tray.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319793

Ref. Code: EP003.002.006

Trade card, Constans Gersbach, dealer in stoves, tin, hollow and wooden ware, etc., 17 Central Avenue, Albany, New York

In the card image two soldiers and a sailor fire on a ship. The image caption reads "Armored main top of a modern man of war."

Date: 1889

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319808

Ref. Code: EP003.002.007

Trade card, Lord & Field, wholesale and retail dealers in German and French fancy goods, No. 3 Union House, Main Street, Springfield, Mass.

Text on the card verso reads "Zephyr worsteds and all materials for embroidery, hosiery, gloves, threads, needles, pins, tapes, purse twist, steel beads and trimmings together with a large assortment of fancy goods." Union House was a hotel built in 1846 according to the Springfield Daily Republica...

Date: ca. 1851

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319809

Ref. Code: EP003.002.008

Help for the man who wants to build, a group of selected plans for smaller homes, vol. 3, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The catalog has floor plans, descriptions, advice and detailed costs for building seventy-five small homes. Text in the publication reads "Edited by Maurice I. Flagg and Robert Taylor Jones for The Architects' Small House Service Bureau of The United States, Inc."

Date: 1921-1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 319888

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.125

Label, from Fifield & Baldwin, wholesale dealers in wooden ware, agricultural tools, No. 37 Canal Street, Providence, Rhode Island

The business also carries brooms, brushes, baskets, mats, stone ware, matches, chairs and furniture. Fifield is the successor to Greenwood & Company.

Date: ca. 1859

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319891

Ref. Code: EP003.002.009

Trade card, Rogers & Co., importers and manufacturers' agents, No. 62 Canal & 155 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass.

The store interior can be seen in an illustration on the card verso. The captions reads "The largest establishment of the kind in the east." Items carried are crockery, china, glass, silver ware, cutlery, lamps, yellow and rock ware, chandeliers and chimneys.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319892

Ref. Code: EP003.002.010

Trade card, Red Pig Household Knives, The Robeson Cutlery Co., Rochester, New York

The caption text reads "Red Pig Household Knives are ground by the cold process not effecting the temper." The knife in the illustration is the "No. 2. Rip Snorter." Robeson manufactures "Shuredge" quality cutlery. The card verso has a piece so the card can stand on a flat surface. A.L. Sherk, Chamb...

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319895

Ref. Code: EP003.002.011

Trade card, Louis E. Hommel, manufacturer of silver leaf, corner of Bay & Pennsylvania Avenues, P.O. Box 265, East New York, Long Island

Workers make silver leaf in the card image.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319902

Ref. Code: EP003.002.012

EKS + Pearl Dixon

Two women, identified as EKS and Pearl Dixon, stand and pose for a photograph. Pearl Dixon holds a book labled "The Church Choir".

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319896

Ref. Code: PC067.02.079

ESK + Warren Brayton

A man and a woman, identified as EKS and Warren Brayton stand shoulder to shoulder and clasp hands.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319897

Ref. Code: PC067.02.080

EKS + M.Mott

A man and a woman, identified as EKS and M. Mott sit in a buggy. M. Mott holds the reins on a horse that is not visible in the photograph. Both people are smiling at someone or something just behind the camera.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319898

Ref. Code: PC067.02.081

ESK and M.Mott

The same scene as plate #49 but a darker negative. A man and a woman, identified as EKS and M. Mott sit in a buggy. M. Mott holds the reins on a horse that is not visible in the photograph. EKS and M. Mott look at each other.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319899

Ref. Code: PC067.02.082

Pearl and Cat

A woman identified as Pearl Dixon sits on the steps of a building with a cat in her lap. She is looking at the camera while the cat is looking over its right shoulder.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319900

Ref. Code: PC067.02.083

Slone Ruin

Photograph of a ruined house in which the end and side walls are visible and still standing but the roof and the other walls are no longer standing. The house stands in dirt lot.

Date: 11-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319901

Ref. Code: PC067.02.084

Dr. Stevens + Newport

Photograph of Dr. Stevens standing with a horse named Newport. The pair is standing in front of a fence. Two copies of the same negative.

Date: 1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319903

Ref. Code: PC067.02.085

Trade card, J.S. Buckingham, wood and ivory turner, Plymouth, Mass.

The artist is the manufacturer of models of Governor Carver's and Elder Brewster's chairs. He also makes mallets, police clubs, baseball bats, trapeze bars, drum sticks, rulers, dice boxes and wooden eggs. Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers are featured in the illustration.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319904

Ref. Code: EP003.002.013

Dr. Stevens + Newport; FES + Dandy

Two men, identified as Dr. Stevens and FES, hold the reins of two horses, identified as Newport and Dandy.

Date: 1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319906

Ref. Code: PC067.02.086

Dr. Stevens + Newport; FES + Dandy

Same as plate #86, with figures is slightly different poses.

Date: 1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319907

Ref. Code: PC067.02.087

Francestown Stage

Photograph of the Francestown Stagecoach. The coach is pulled by two horses and full of people.

Date: 07-1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319908

Ref. Code: PC067.02.088

"At Lunch" MES + OWS

Photograph of MES and OWS eating lunch while sitting on a rock. They are surrounded by a lunch basket, OWS's suit jacket and a jug labled Granite State Coffee.

Date: 1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319909

Ref. Code: PC067.02.089

MES + EKS

Photograph of MES and EKS. MES is seated on a large rock formation and EKS stands below her. Both women are smiling at the camera. The remains of the lunch seen in plate #89 can be seen at the top of the boulder.

Date: 1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319910

Ref. Code: PC067.02.090