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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This circular contains harmful, outdated terminology regarding disability.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

Trade card for jewelers, location unkown, undated

The card verso has a list of birthday stones. The bottom of the verso reads "Watches and jewelry repaired by skilled workmen."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243193

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.003

Trade card for the People's Church, corner of Columbus Avenue and Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card reads "The owner of this card has purchased one [brick image] in the People's Church." The lower part of the card describes in more detail the completed building.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243194

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.004

Trade card for the Trinity Baptist Church, Trenton Street near Marion, East Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso lists the service days and times.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243195

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.005

Postcard for the benefit sale at the Edward Everett Hale Chapel, 64 Marlboro Street, Boston, Mass., April 29, 1930

The Edward Everett Hale Chapel is the location for a benefit sale to support the Baldwinsville Hospital Cottages for Children and the Robert Gould Shaw Printing Class. The First Church Club is in charge of the benefit.

Date: 1930-04-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243196

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.006

Pocket directory of the principal churches in Boston, Mass., May 1, 1904

A Boston church directory which lists the name, location, pastor, service and Sunday school times. Churches are listed on both sides of the card.

Date: 1904-05-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243197

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.007

How the "Old South" has saved us, William Everett, Boston, Mass., undated

The Old South Church's role in early Boston history is told. The pamphlet is an appeal for items or monetary donations for the Church fair.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243198

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.008

King's Chapel, a landmark of old Boston, Home Savings Bank of Boston, Boston, Mass., 1940

A short history of King's Chapel prepared by the Home Savings Bank of Boston to accompany a historical calendar issued by the Bank. The pamphlet is the seventh in the series.

Date: 1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243200

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.009

Peaceful Easter, Reverend T.J. Mahoney, Abington, Mass., March, 1896

The image caption is "A peacecul Easter." The card verso reads "A fond farewell in the Lord. Rev.T.J. Mahoney." There is a Bible verse and a poem by Charlotte Murray. The bottom of the verso reads "Abington. March, 1896. Whitman."

Date: 1896-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243201

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.010

Dedication of the Union Chapel, West Abington, Mass., January 1, 1880

The sheet describes the dedication service for the Union Chapel. It was printed by the Register Press in Randolph, Massachusetts.

Date: 1880-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243202

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.011

Receipt for pew tax, King's Chapel, Boston, Mass., 1868-1869

The receipt is for a pew tax on pew no.79 from October 1, 1868 to April 1, 1869.

Date: 1868-1869

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243203

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.01.012

Business card for the Church of Christ, 66 Mammoth Road, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The card lists the worship services and Bible study days and times.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243252

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.001

Invitation for the Plymouth Sunday School, twentieth birthday, location unknown, November 5, 1879

The bottom of the card reads "Scholars Invitation."

Date: 1879-11-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243253

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.002

Invitation for the Plymouth Sunday School, twentieth birthday, location unknown, November 5, 1879

The bottom of the card reads "Visitors Invitation."

Date: 1879-11-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243254

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.003

Broadway Congregational Sunday School, Norwich, Connecticut, Sunday, September 7, 1879

The invitation is for the re-opening of the Broadway Congregational Sunday School on September 7, 1879. The inside has facts about Saint Paul's life.

Date: 1879-09-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243255

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.004

Trade card for the evangelists Sayford and Davies, First Baptist Church, location unknown, undated

The card is a notification that starting on March 4, the special meetings conducted by Sayford and Davies will be held in the First Baptist Church.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243256

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.005

Letterhead for Williston Seminary Class of 1868, Easthampton, Mass., 1868

A letterhead for the Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts which has a phrase in Greek below the year.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243257

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.006

Certificate for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Missionary House, Boston, Mass., 1857

1 certificate ; 3 1/2 x 6 inches

Date: 1857

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243258

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.007

Receipt for pew tax, Church in Brattle Square, Dr., Cambridge, Mass., September 30, 1839

The receipt is for the quarterly tax on pew no. 117.

Date: 1839-09-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243259

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.008

Thirty-third anniversary of the Perkins Street Baptist Sabbath School, East Somerville, Mass., May 21, 1876

The order of exercises for the anniversary is listed. The history of the school is described on the inside of the program.

Date: 1876-05-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243260

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.009

Universalist Meeting House, Provincetown, Mass., undated

The brochure describes the meeting house architecture and the background of the Universalist Church of America.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243261

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.010

Second Church in Boston, Women's Alliance, anniversary ribbon, Boston, Mass., 1899

The ribbon is for the 250th (1649-1899) anniversary of the Second Church in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243262

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.011

Year book and directory of the First Baptist Church, corner Main and Central Streets, Claremont, New Hampshire, ca. 1889

A description of the Church's history, officers and members with advertisements from local businesses.

Date: ca. 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243263

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.012

Circular for the South Westport Christian Church, 494 Hix Bridge Road, South Westport, Mass., undated

The circular is for the Family Bible Hour held at 3:00 p.m each Sunday.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243291

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.013

Churches of Greater Portland, Portland Maine, undated

This is the Summer Directory of Greater Portland Churches, Ministers, and Hours of Worship prepared by The Greater Portland Council of Church Women with the Council of Churches cooperating.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243292

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.014

Billhead for Mt. Auburn Cemetary, Boston, Mass., dated March 2, 1889

The office of the Mt. Auburn Cemetery Treasurer is located in Pemberton Square in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1889-03-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243293

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.015

Membership certificate for the Advanced Little Light Bearers, New England Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 21 Lagrange Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

The verso is a certificate with lines for offerings, signatures and dates.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243294

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.016

Epsom Baptist Church, Epsom, New Hampshire, July 4, 1954

The bulletin contains the order of service, events for the week and announcements.

Date: 1954-07-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243295

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.017

Enrollment card for Little Light Bearers, Free Baptist Woman's Missionary Society, 45 Andover Street, Peabody, Mass., undated

The card verso reads "Cradle Roll Department Enrollment Card" with lines for the church, dates and signatures.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243296

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.018

Order of Service at the Consecration of the Reverend F.D. Huntington, D.D., Bishop Elect of the Diocese of Central New York, Emmanuel Church of Boston, Boston, Mass., Thursday, April 8, 1869

1 church bulletin : color illustration ; 9 x 7 1/2 inches

Date: 1869-04-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243297

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.019

Church of the Unity, corner Central and Summer Streets, Winchendon, Mass., undated

The item reads "Public services every Sunday, at 10:45 a.m.from September 1 to July 15."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243298

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.020

Trade card for E.C. Hazard & Co., Genuine Mineral Silicon for polishing silver ware, E.D. Nickerson, No.5 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The horseshoe is captioned "Good Luck." The verso states the silicon product can be used for polishing gold, silver, plated, brass, copper, tin and glass-ware. E.D. Nickerson is the wholesale agent for New England.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243301

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.002

Trade card for The Improved Union Carpet Sweeper, Union Carpet Sweeper Company, Providence, Rhode Island, ca.1877

The image is the "Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" surrounded by all her children. The carpet sweeper was patented August 14, 1877.

Date: ca.1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243302

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.003

Trade card for Excelsior Metal Polish, for sale by grocers and harware dealers generally, location unkown, 1881

The bottom of the card reads "Copyright by A.B. Seeley 1881." Each card has "Use Excelsior Metal Polish" with a unique caption for each image. The verso describes the various household items which will benefit from the polish.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243303

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.004

Trade card for Geo. H. Mason & Co., steel-edge dust-pans, 152 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Mason is a wholesale dealer in tin ware.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243304

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.005

Directions for using a carpet sweeper, location unknown, undated

This tag, for an unidentified carpet sweeper, has directions for its use.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243305

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.006

Receipt for cleaning tenements, E. Kirmes, Boston, Mass., dated July 1881

An itemized, handwritten receipt (brush, soap, soda) for cleaning tenements in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1881-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243306

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.007

Receipt for tenement cleaning, E. Kirmes, Boston, Mass., dated 6 October, 1881

A handwritten receipt in the amount of $3.00 for tenement cleaning.

Date: 1881-10-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243307

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.008

Frank's Waterproof Beeswax Polishing Blacking, Henry Morton, 246 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Henry Morton, a shoe and boot dealer, describes the product as a polish and leather preserver.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243308

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.009

Circular for Nicholson=Thackray Co., annual fall kitchen ware sale, Rhode Island, September 1929

Nicholson Thackray, the only Rhode Island owned chain grocery store, has a list of household cleaning supplies available for sale. The verso has Sally Sawyer recipes.

Date: 1929-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243309

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.010

Business card for the Spector Wiper Supply Co., wiping cloths, 95 Bridge Street, Lowell, Mass., undated

Spector has cotton and wool waste wiping cloths.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243344

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.001

Trade card for Excelsior Metal Polish, Walpole Emery Mills, 114 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The polish is carried by grocers and hardware dealers. Holway Wright & Miner is the manufacturer's agent with offices on State Street in Boston, Massachusetts and in New York, New York. The caption for the image is "How earnestly precious."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243345

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.002

Trade card for the Sandberg Cleaning and Supply Company Inc., 34 Pleasant Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

The company performs cleaning of every description and deals in wholesale and retail cleaning supplies. The Main Street address has been crossed off and replaced with the Pleasant Street address in Worcester.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243346

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.003