Historic New England

Advertisement for Williams & Everett, looking glasses and picture frames, No. 234 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

In addition to manufacturing looking glasses and frames the dealer imports plates and deals in paintings, engravings and other works of art.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242335

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.02.005

Advertisement for J. Eastman Chase, picture frames and works of art, No. 7 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass., undated

The top of the advertisment has "No." with a blank space below it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242336

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.02.006

Leaflet for Lowell's new art gallery, John A. Lowell & Co., 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., undated

This invitation describes an exhibit of engravings and etchings from Hermann Wunderlich & Company in New York. Lowell is an art publisher and an agent for I.M. Gaugengigl, Marcus Waterman and A.H. Bicknell.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242337

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.02.007

Decade of divine inspiration, the tenth annual art extravaganza featuring the works of marine artists Racket Shreve & John Hutchinson, 44 Bay View Ave., Salem, Mass., November 7-21, 1986

A preview of the artists' paintings held at The Willows, John Hutchinson's studio in Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1986-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242338

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.02.008

Pilot pandemonium announcing the twelfth annual art extravanganza featuring the works of marine artists Racket Shreve & John Hutchinson, 44 Bay View Ave., Salem, Mass., October 30-November 18, 1988

The preview of paintings is held at John Hutchinson's studio, The Willows in Salem, Massachusetts. There are two copies of the announcement. One announcement has a letter to written on the verso. The other announcement verso has "Racket Shreve, Marine Art, 17 1/2 Chestnut Street, Salem, Massachusett...

Date: 1988

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242339

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.02.009

Art gallery exhibit list, location unknown, undated

A listing of items on exhibit in an unidentified art gallery which has an admission fee of ten cents. There are pencil notations on the sheet.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242340

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.02.010

Exhibition of works, Members of the Boston Society of Sculptors, Museum of Fine Arts, January 29 to February 22, 1925

A listing of the artists and their works included in the exhibition.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242341

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.02.011

Billhead for Williams & Everett, looking glass and picture frames, 508 Washington Street, 3 and 5 Bedford Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 20, 1883

The business was established in 1810. Williams & Everett import looking glass plates and deal in paintings, engravings and other works of art.

Date: 1883-12-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242473

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.03.001

Billhead for Leonard B. Ellis, Dr., looking glasses, picture frames, New Bedford, Mass., dated January 1, 1871

Ellis deals in engravings and chromo-lithographs in addition to manufacturing mirrors and picture frames.

Date: 1871-01-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242474

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.03.002

Billhead for Childs & Jenks, paintings, engravings, 127 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 19, 1867

Childs & Jenks manufactures mirrors, picture frames in addition to being an art dealer. The business premises can be seen in the illustration.

Date: 1867-01-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242475

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.03.003

Billhead for Hendrickson, Doll & Richards, fine art, looking glass, No. 28 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 17, 1870

The Summer Street address has fine art rooms and a looking glass warehouse.

Date: 1870-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242476

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.03.004

Business card for John J. Enneking, artist, No. 47 Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., undated

This artist does portrait painting, landscapes and provides art work for dining rooms.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242477

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.001

Business card for Richard Nichols, artist, 54 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Under the artist's name, the card reads "Successor to B.M. Weed & Co." The artist deals in water colors, echings, photogravures, framing and re-gilding.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242478

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.002

Business card for Edward H. Wells, registered buyer of china, figurines, silver, jewelry, diamonds, Suite 544, 333 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

This individual also deals in furniture and estate contents.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242479

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.003

Business card for A.P. Walcott, decorative artist, 471 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The artist maintains an office on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242480

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.004

Trade card for F.E. Hodge, pictures, 41 Market Street, Amesbury Mills, Mass., undated

Hodge manufactures and deals in pictures, picture frames, weather strips and wire screens. Stamped across the card it reads "General Agent for H.P. Moore's Copying Rooms. Agents Wanted."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242486

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.005

Trade card for G.H. Colson, artist-designer, No. 25 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Colson creates "original designs and drawing for all kinds of business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242487

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.006

Trade card for Whipple & Smith, new chromo Confidence, 243 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

The card states that "The new chromo, Confidence after Hammatt Billings, is now ready."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242488

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.007

Trade card for Caroline Nolen, china kiln, 48 Boylston St., Boston, Mass., undated

The card reads "Frequent firings for amateur work only." The business is next to Boston Public Library.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242489

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.008

Trade card for The Cosmopolitan Art Co., paintings, 7 Spruce St., cor. Elm St., Manchester, N.H., undated

This gallery specializes in crayons, pastels, water colors and oil paintings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242490

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.009

Trade card for Pearl's Art Graio, Tremont and Bromfield Streets, Boston, Mass., 1878

The top of the card reads "Free exhibition daily!" The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1878, by E. Pearl, Room 26, Studio Building." The verso duplicates the front of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242491

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.010

Trade card for Marcia Taylor, Italian art, Hotel Canterbury, cor. Charlsgate West and Newbury St., Boston, Mass., undated

This artist deals in linens, leather goods, pottery, Perugian rugs, jewelry, Old Mistle lamp shades, candle shades, antique maps, Christmas cards and novelties. She has a summer studio in East Gloucester, Massachusetts "The Sign on the Wall."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242492

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.011

Trade card for Craftsmen's Fair, League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts, Hancock, New Hampshire, August 5-10, 193?

An announcement for the second annual exhibition and sale of New Hampshire hand-made products by the League of New Hampshire Arts and Crafts to be held in Hancock, New Hampshire. The card verso has a map of the location.

Date: 193?

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242493

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.012

Trade card for The Standard Art Studio, portraits, 6-16 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The studio provides free drawings and does portraits in crayons, pastels and water colors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242494

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.013

Trade card for Mrs. L. Edna Martin, artist, teacher, dealer,130 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The artist works in and provides instruction in porcelain, oil, water color and china painting.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242495

Ref. Code: EP001.01.009.01.04.014

Trade card for Horace A. Brooks, book binder, 224 Essex St. Salem, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card has J.G. Fuller, Agent. This business does magazines, newspapers and periodicals of every description.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242564

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.002

S.T. Blanchard book binder, over the bookstore, Main Street, Watertown, Mass., undated

In addition to books and periodicals this bookbinder will create portfolios and scrapbooks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242565

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.003

Spear & Stearns blank book manufacturers, book-binders and wholesale stationers, No.6 Central Row, Hartford, Conn., undated

Spear & Stearns deals in all kinds of paper. The notebook is filled in and appears to be a type of ledger. The front cover has an illustrration of the Roman goddess Minerva.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.004

Billhead for E.P. Dutton & Co., publishers, booksellers and importers, 135 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 24, 1867

Dutton specializes in supplying public and private libraries. The address is the "Old Corner Bookstore" shown in the image.

Date: 1867-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.002

Billhead for Carter, Hendee & Co., publishers, booksellers and stationers, at Faust's statue 131 Washington St., Boston, Mass., dated May 30, 1833

The business is located on Washington Street at Faust's statue.

Date: 1833-05-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242568

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.003

Billhead for Estes & Lauriat, publishers, booksellers, and importers, 301 to 305 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 24, 1881

The business, opposite the "Old South," deals in old and new books and the purchase of whole libraries.

Date: 1881-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242569

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.004

Billhead for Ticknor & Fields, publishers, booksellers, importers and stationers, 135 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 1, 1861

The billhead gives the terms on which payment is expected.

Date: 1861-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242570

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.005

Billhead for D. Lothrop and Company, publishers, importers and booksellers, 30 & 32 Franklin St., Boson, Mass., dated December 24, 1883

The publisher's terms are described on the billhead.

Date: 1883-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242571

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.006

Orange Judd Company's list of rural books, 245 Broadway, New York, New York, ca. 1865

The leaflet lists titles by categories such as "Farm and Garden," Poultry," and "Horses." The books are for sale by Lockwood, Brooks & Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242572

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.001

Historic Plymouth, an illustrated guide, A.S. Burbank, publisher, Plymouth, Mass., undated

A.S. Burbank owns the Pilgrim Book Store in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The leaflet is a list of postcards but also includes books and other items sold in the shop.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242573

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.002

Trade card for Weeks, Jordan & Co., booksellers & publishers and Russell, Shattuck & Co., 121 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1837

Russell, Shattuck deals in books, stationery, periodicals, maps and engravings. The two businesses are successors to S. Colman. The verso describes a prospectus available in August.

Date: 1837

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242574

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.003

Christmas greetings from Beacon Hill, Ye Olde Grey House, bookshop, 58-60 Anderson Street, Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass, December 1924

A trade card in the form of a greeting card listing the special teas, lunches and dinners to be held in Ye Olde Grey House Bookshop. The business is also a lending library. The verso provides a history of the property.

Date: 1924-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242575

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.004

Historic Plymouth catalogue of photographs, souvenirs, guides and illustrated books, A.S. Burbank, Pilgrim Bookstore, Plymouth, Mass., undated

The catalog has images of souvenirs and silverware sold by the ship.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242576

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.005

Lee and Shepard's illustrated catalogue, location unknown, undated

Four pages from another publication describing the books and souvenirs available from Lee and Shepard.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242577

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.006

Receipt for book at W.D Ticknor's

A handwritten receipt listing various items sold at [what appears to be] W. D. Ticknor's, Palm Leaf Mattress, Bunker Hill Monument, Horticultural Exhibition. "W. D. Ticknor's" is probably a reference to the Old Corner Book Store opened in 1832 by William Davis Ticknor, John Allen, and, later, James ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242578

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.007

Second catalogue, Moses King, publisher and bookseller, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The annotated catalog lists available titles with an introduction and an image of Thomas Wentworth Higginson on the front.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242579

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.008

Matchbook for The Potter Press, Boston, Waltham, Mass., undated

The matchbook reads "Merry Christmas, Happy New Year." Potter Press deals in sales books and business forms. Lion Match, New York is on the curved end of the matchbook.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.001

Trade card for James Campbell, antiquarian bookstore, Nos. 62 & 64 Cornhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The dealer supplies town and social libraries, textbooks and purchases entire libraries.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242582

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.002

Trade card for S.C. Northrop, Beehive, corner Main & Cannon Streets, Bridgeport Connecticut, undated

Northrop handles books, stationery, chromos, vases, toilet sets, toys and other items described on the card verso. The front image is captioned "Josephine Mansfield." Mansfield was at the center of the notorious murder of James Fisk, a wealthy financier.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242583

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.003

Trade card for Tompkins & Company, publishers and booksellers trade card, 25 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., undated

Three individuals are listed on the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242584

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.004

Trade card for Briggs & Richards, publishers, booksellers and stationers, No. 456 Washington corner of Essex Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business manufactures picture frames and deals in engravings, fancy goods, school and blank books.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242585

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.005

Trade card for Francis H. Coffin, bookseller, Old No.120 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, 1874

The image caption, on the verso, reads "Christmas gift to the children." The top of the verso reads "Merry Christmas, 1874, Happy New Year, 1875." The bookseller is located under the Falmouth Hotel.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242586

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.006