Historic New England

Trade card, J. Papadopolo, direct importer of sponges from Greece, Turkey, Florida and Nassau, No. 95 William Street, between John Street and Maiden Lane, New York, New York

The importer also carries chamois skins, shells and sea beans. Sponge divers descend to the ocean floor in the card illustration. The caption reads "Sponge fisheries in archipelago."

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318970

Ref. Code: EP003.001.005

Trade card, Salem Nutmeg Grater, manufactured by Livingstone & Livingstone, North Salem, New Hampshire

The grater was patented in 1877. A wholesale price list is on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318971

Ref. Code: EP003.001.006

Trade card, U.S. Clothes Pins, U.S. Clothes Pin Co., Montpelier, Vermont

The clothes pins were patented June 28, 1887. In the illustration the man asks the boy "I say my boy how do they bite this morning?" The boy responds "With their teeth sir."

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318973

Ref. Code: EP003.001.007

Trade card, buy the Universal Clothes Wringer, Metropolitan Washing Machine Co., New York, New York

The wringer was patented August 1, 1880. The item is a Universal Clothes Wringer Puzzle. A variation on the illustration can be seen by turning it over and holding it up to to light. The product is sold by George Robinson, French's Block, corner Central & Pleasant Streets, Palmer, Massachusetts.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318996

Ref. Code: EP003.001.008

Brochure, indurated wood fibre pails, wash tubs & keelers, manufactured by United Indurated Fibre Co. of New Jersey, Lockport, New York

The business manufactured "fibrotta" pails and other items for use in the kitchen and laundry made from a wood pulp process. The brochure is in the shape of a pail with the name "The Star Pail" and has illustrations and text describing the product durability. The verso illustration is identified as ...

Date: 1889

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318998

Ref. Code: EP003.001.009

Trade card, perfection in broiling meats attained at last, American Broiler, location unknown

In the card illustration a woman stands at a stove holding the broiler pan in one hand and the cover in the other hand. The card text states the pan works "equally well over wood or coal." It can also be used as a bread toaster, corn popper and coffee roaster. The item features are described on the ...

Date: 1870s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319000

Ref. Code: EP003.001.010

Trade card, Enterprise Congress, World's Fair, Enterprise Meat Chopper, Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa., Third and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

People from different countries stand around Uncle Sam as he demonstrates the Enterprise Meat Chopper. The product features and a price list are described on the card verso. The female Columbia figure stands next to Uncle Sam with the American eagle below them. The item is for sale at W.E. Barrett &...

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319001

Ref. Code: EP003.001.011

Oakwood Stove Works, Bussey, McLeod & Co., Troy, New York

The stove features are described on the item verso. In the image Uncle Sam directs a cherub, wearing a "progress" banner, to fire a cannon which shoots out the stove models. The image caption reads "Uncle Sam I tell you the people will have the Gold Coin & Gold Medal Stoves & Ranges which are the be...

Date: 1880

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319005

Ref. Code: EP003.003.001

Trade card, Winthrop Ranges, Dighton Furnace Company, North Dighton, Mass.

The factory and the Winthrop Range are illustrated on the card. The item verso has a price list.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319019

Ref. Code: EP003.003.002

How to keep the wolf from the door, Charter Oak Stoves, manufactured by Excelsior Manufacturing Co., St. Louis, Missouri

One housewife shows a visiting housewife her new Charter Oak Stove. In the illustration a young boy plays with a cat while his sister holds her doll. According to the description it does perfect baking without drying out the food. The stoves have wire gauze oven doors.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319024

Ref. Code: EP003.003.003

Magee's Ideal Surface Burning Stove, manufactured by Magee Furnace Co., Boston, Mass.

Magee claims the stove is the capstone of their manufacturing process. An illustration of the stove is inside the brochure. The stove is available at L.S. & J.W. St. John in Walton, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319025

Ref. Code: EP003.003.004

Brochure, Good News Portable Range, manufactured by Pratt & Wentworth, 87, 89 & 91 North Street, Boston, Mass.

The stove features are described inside the brochure. Different models of the Good News Range are shown in the illustrations.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319077

Ref. Code: EP003.003.006

Brochure, Happy Thought Range, Pittston Stove Co., Pittston, Pennsylvania

Four cherubs prepare a dish with the Happy Thought Range in the background. The stove features are described inside the brochure. Pittston has 50 difference styles and sizes for coal or wood. The appliance is for sale by A.H. Brill, Oxford, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319078

Ref. Code: EP003.003.007

Trade card, Sterling Ranges, Sill Stove Works, Rochester, New York

The illustration caption reads "The Sterling did it, only one fire pot of coal, only one BBL of flour baked in 10 hours only 231 loaves." Text on the verso states the illustration is from a photograph taken after baking the 231 loaves of bread.

Date: 1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319079

Ref. Code: EP003.003.008

Trade card, The Paris Parlor, Dan'l E. Paris & Co., manufacturers, Troy, New York

The sizes and fetures are described on the card verso. The model shown in the photograph has the Paris Patent Foot-Rail Grate.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319080

Ref. Code: EP003.003.009

Handbill, Shaker and new Tariff Ranges, Taunton Iron Works Co., Taunton, Mass.

Reasons for purchasing the ranges are listed on the item verso. In the image Greely and his party look on as an Inuit greets them. A dead polar bear is on the ground. In the center of the image is a stove. A dog sled and Greely's ship are in the background. The illustration caption reads "Lieut. Gre...

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319083

Ref. Code: EP003.003.010

Trade card, Frank Miller's Blacking, prepared by Frank Miller & Sons, New York, New York

Uncle Sam shaves himself by using the reflection in his boot. The American eagle scares himself when he sees his reflection in the other boot. A framed picture on the wall shows the Frank Miller factory next to the elevated railway in New York City. Text on the bureau in the image reads "Freedman's ...

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319181

Ref. Code: EP003.005.001

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

The collection contains 157 glass plate negatives created by O.W. Stevens between 1898 and 1912. The photographs are focused around the same group of people including what appears to be O.W. Stevens' wife and children. The photographs were taken mostly in northern Massachusetts and southern Vermont ...

Date: 1898-1912

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

GUSN: 319182

Ref. Code: PC067

Portrait, family around the Christmas tree, location unknown, undated

A young boy and girl are seated in small chairs in the front of the image. A toddler in a high chair can be seen on the left side with two women standing behind. An older man and another woman are on the right side of the image.

Date: 1907-12-25

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

GUSN: 319208

Ref. Code: PC067.01.001

Trade card, The Currie Fertilizer Co., Louisville, Kentucky

In the card illustation a potato is pulled by a team of ladybugs driven by a bumble bee. The caption reads "The return from the insect fair." Text on the card verso describes the advantages of Currie's Tobacco Grower.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319210

Ref. Code: EP003.005.002

Dr. EDS- House "Front"

Image of the front house belonging to Dr. EDS. A woman stands on one side of the front path, and a man stands on the other side holding a child.

Date: 1902-08-24

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

GUSN: 319936

Ref. Code: PC067.02.117

Coming from Deering; Mr + Mrs. OWS

Image of Mr. and Mrs. OWS sitting in a horse drawn buggie on a dirt road. Trees line either side of the road.

Date: 1902-09-01

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

GUSN: 319937

Ref. Code: PC067.02.118

Deering Road

Image of four people in two buggies parked on a dirt road. Trees line both sides of the road. The people are identified as OWS DMS EKS and AEH.

Date: 1902-09-01

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

GUSN: 319938

Ref. Code: PC067.02.119

On the Deering Road

Image of four people in two buggies parked on a dirt road. Trees line both sides of the road. The people are identified not identified but are likely OWS DMS EKS and AEH.

Date: 1902-09-01

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

GUSN: 319940

Ref. Code: PC067.02.120

Deering Road

Image of four people in two buggies parked on a dirt road. Trees line both sides of the road. The people are identified as OWS DMS EKS and AEH.

Date: 1902-09-01

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

GUSN: 319941

Ref. Code: PC067.02.121

Deering Road

Image of four people in two buggies parked on a dirt road. Trees line both sides of the road. The people are identified as OWS DMS EKS and AEH.

Date: 1902-09-01

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

GUSN: 319942

Ref. Code: PC067.02.122

On the Deering Road

Image of four people, two in one buggy parked on a dirt road, one in another buggy and a man standing between them. Trees line both sides of the road. The people are identified as OWS DMS EKS and AEH.

Date: 1902-09-01

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

GUSN: 319943

Ref. Code: PC067.02.123

Reflection

Self portrait using a mirror, likely by OWS.

Date: 1902-11-02

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

GUSN: 319944

Ref. Code: PC067.02.124

Dog Sitting on Stump

Photograph of a dog sitting on a stump in front of a bush.

Date: 07-1903

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

GUSN: 319945

Ref. Code: PC067.02.125

Dog Lying on Stump

Photograph of a dog lying on a stump in front of a bush.

Date: 07-1903

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

GUSN: 319946

Ref. Code: PC067.126

The Wedding Party

Photograph of a wedding party, two men and two women stand in a grassy area. They are dressed nicely, as if for a wedding.

Date: 1903-07-11

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

GUSN: 319947

Ref. Code: PC067.02.127

SEI + EKS holding DMS Between houses on Sumter St

Two women, identified as SEI and EKS, hold a child, identified as DMS, while standing between two houses on Sumter St.

Date: 08-1904

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

GUSN: 319948

Ref. Code: PC067.02.128

SEI + EKS squatting holding DMS Between houses on Sumter St

Two women, identified as SEI and EKS, squatting while holding a child, identified as DMS. They are standing between two houses on Sumter St.

Date: 08-1904

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

GUSN: 319949

Ref. Code: PC067.02.129

SEI + EKS Between houses on Sumter St

Two women, identified as SEI and EKS, standing between two houses on Sumter St. Both women are smiling at the camera.

Date: 08-1904

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

GUSN: 319950

Ref. Code: PC067.02.130

Evelyn + EKS Between houses on Sumter St.

Two women, identified as Evelyn and EKS, standing between two houses on Sumter St. Both women are smiling at the camera.

Date: 08-1904

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

GUSN: 319951

Ref. Code: PC067.02.131

SEI + OWS Between houses on Sumter St

Two people, identified as SEI and OWS, standing between two houses on Sumter St. Both women are smiling at the camera.

Date: 08-1904

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

GUSN: 319952

Ref. Code: PC067.02.132

F.E. standing in Elms

Image of a man holding a cigar and standing in a grassy area. A large field extends behind him.

Date: 06-1905

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

GUSN: 319954

Ref. Code: PC067.02.133

Franklin + DMS holding cart

Photograph of two children, identified as Franklin and DMS, standing in a grassy area and holding a cart. Frankllin moved while the photo was being taken and is therefore blurry.

Date: 06-1905

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

GUSN: 319955

Ref. Code: PC067.02.134

DMS- The Elms

Photograph of a girl sitting on a dirt patch. She is surrounded by bushes.

Date: 06-1905

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

GUSN: 319956

Ref. Code: PC067.02.135

AHS, DMS + EDK on steps

Photograph of a three women sitting on the steps of a house.

Date: 1905

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

GUSN: 319957

Ref. Code: PC067.02.136

Purgatory Bridge

Group portrait of three adults and two children standing on a bridge over Purgatory Falls. Two of the adults are identified as OWS and AHS.

Date: 1905

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

GUSN: 319959

Ref. Code: PC067.02.137

Purgatory Bridge

Group portrait of three adults and two children standing on a bridge over Purgatory Falls. The people are identified as Dr. + Mrs ED, OWS, DMS, and JKS. Same scene as plate #137.

Date: 1905

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

GUSN: 319960

Ref. Code: PC067.02.138

Purgatory Bridge

Group portrait of three adults and two children standing on a bridge over Purgatory Falls. The people are identified asDr. + Mrs ED, EKS, DMS, and JKS . Same scene as plate #137.

Date: 1905

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

GUSN: 319961

Ref. Code: PC067.02.139

Arnold's Camp- Two Tents

Photograph of a group of people gathered among two tents. A rocky landscape coveres the foreground leading up to the tents and figures in the midground. The tents are full of camping supplies like tables, chairs, and cots.

Date: 08-1905

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

GUSN: 319962

Ref. Code: PC067.02.140

Arnold's Camp- Two Tents

Photograph of a group of people gathered among two tents. A rocky landscape coveres the foreground leading up to the tents and figures in the midground. The tents are full of camping supplies like tables, chairs, and cots.

Date: 08-1905

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

GUSN: 319963

Ref. Code: PC067.02.141

Arnold's Camp

Photograph of a group of people gathered among two tents. A rocky landscape coveres the foreground leading up to the tents and figures in the midground. The tents are full of camping supplies like tables, chairs, and cots.

Date: 08-1905

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

GUSN: 319964

Ref. Code: PC067.02.142