Historic New England

Select homes, National Plan Service, Inc., undated

Plan books containing small house designs. Each design comes with a floor plan, the design number, an illustration of the house, cubic and square footage measurements, and a description of its unique features. Published by the National Plan Service, Inc. Front cover of the second plan book adver...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362675

Ref. Code: EP005.750

Planned homes of individual design, National Plan Service, Inc., 1946

Plan book containing small home designs published by National Plan Service, Inc. Each design comes with a floor plan, the design number, an illustration of the house, cubic and square footage measurements, and a description of its unique features.

Date: 1946

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362678

Ref. Code: EP005.749

National builders catalog, formerly Home builders catalog: a reference work for contractors, building material dealers and builders; containing manufacturers' catalogs and data on materials and equipment; articles analyzing the problems of home construction; illustrations and plans of small homes and garages, 5th ed., National Building Publications, division of National Trade Journals, Inc., 1931

Catalog containing manufacturers' catalogs, data on materials and equipment, and articles discussing issues of home construction. Illustrations or photographic prints and floor plans of small homes and garages are featured. Advertisements for companies selling various building materials and house pl...

Date: 1931

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362681

Ref. Code: EP005.740

1929 Home builders catalog: a reference work for building contractors, building supply dealers, architects and home owners; containing authentic information on building materials and home equipment and hundreds of original illustrations and plans of all types of small homes, garages, etc., 4th ed., National Building Publications, division of National Trade Journals, Inc., 1929

Catalog containing manufacturers' catalogs, data on materials and equipment, articles discussing issues of home construction, and illustrations and plans of small homes and garages. Advertisements for companies selling various building materials and house plans are found throughout the catalog.

Date: 1929

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362687

Ref. Code: EP005.756

1927 Home builders catalog: a reference work for buildings contractors and home owners containing authentic information on building materials and home equipment and hundreds of original illustrations and plans of all types of small homes, 2nd ed., Home Builders Catalog Company, 1927

Catalog containing manufacturers' catalogs, data on materials and equipment, articles discussing issues of home construction, and illustrations and plans of small homes and garages. Advertisements for companies selling various building materials and house plans are found throughout the catalog.

Date: 1927

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362690

Ref. Code: EP005.757

Poster, National Homes Corp., 1957

Poster advertising "Pacemaker" and "Custom-Line" floor plans from National Homes. Poster is dated 1957. Each floor plan is accompanied by a name and its square footage.

Date: 1957

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362719

Ref. Code: EP001.15.025

Diamond Jubilee program, Jordan Marsh Company, circa 1926

Program promoting the Jordan Marsh Company's Diamond Jubilee. Includes a list of events celebrating the Diamond Jubliee and a brief timeline outlining the history of the company. The program was published circa 1926.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362720

Ref. Code: EP001.09.TMP.006

Publications: Random Recollections by Clara Codman Wolcott, 1934

1.21 linear feet (1 document case)

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 362767

Ref. Code: MS001.09.06.15b

"Pageant of Cape Cod" photographic collection, 1914

10 black and white photographic prints taken by photographer Fred C. Small of Buzzards Bay, Mass. They depict rehearsals for the "Pageant of Cape Cod", which was put on in celebration of the opening of the Cape Cod Canal in August 1914. The pageant was described as "a magnificent out-door presentati...

Date: 1914

Collection: "Pageant of Cape Cod" photographic collection, 1914

GUSN: 362845

Ref. Code: PC089

"Italian Fishing Boats at T-Wharf" Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Photographic print of Italian fishermen, probably Sicilian, in dories at T-Wharf in Boston taken in the early twentieth century. The men are seen working on their fishing line and netting, likely for long-line tub-trawling. In the background, people gather to purchase fresh fish.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362847

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.001

"Italian Fishermen at T-Wharf" Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Photographic print of Italian fishermen, likely Sicilian, selling their catch fresh off the boats, at T-Wharf in Boston. The man holding a fish in the foreground makes a Southern Italian hand gesture to someone outside of the frame. Taken in the early twentieth century.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362854

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.002

"Fisherman making a sale" T-Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Photographic print of Italian fishermen, likely Sicilian, selling their catch fresh off their boats, at T-Wharf in Boston. The sale is made to a woman in finer dress than the surrounding men, suggesting a class difference between the fishmonger and woman. Various men surround the sale and face towar...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362855

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.003

"Italian Fisherman" T-Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Framed photographic print of an Italian, probably Sicilian, fisherman in a dory at T-Wharf in Boston taken in the early twentieth century. The man is seen working on his fishing line and netting, likely for long-line tub-trawling.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362858

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.004

Printed Matter, 1938-1946

A collection of product catalogues and serials containing articles written by or about Royal Barry Wills designed homes during the 1930s - 1940s. The following is a list of current holdings: Better Homes & Gardens New Ideas for Building Your Home Better Homes & Gardens book of five star home pla...

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 362866

Ref. Code: AR029.02.06

Whitehead Metal Products Co., Inc : Quality Metals of Industry, Catalog No. 17A

This three ring, bound product catalogue contains nine tabbed sections of metal products sold by Whitehead Metal Products Company, Inc. in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States Tabbed sections include Sheets Rods Shapes Pipe tube valves fittings Fasteners Welding and Brazing Foun...

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362922

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.032

The Home Builder [clippings], 1909

One envelope containing seven clippings from the illustrative sales brochure "The Home Builder." Each clipping depicts a photograph or illustration of a different bungalow or cottage from southern California. Materials are dated 1909. Publisher is unknown.

Date: 1909

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362952

Ref. Code: EP005.741

The home garage of concrete masonry, Portland Cement Association, undated

Plan book promoting the benefits of concrete masonry home garages. Includes photographs, floor plans, elevations, and perspectives of different concrete masonry garages. Published by the Portland Cement Association.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362954

Ref. Code: EP005.742

Le Garde-meuble, ancien et moderne, Livraisons 155-175, c. 1864-1868

Series

Date: 1864-1868

Collection: Le Garde-meuble, ancien et modern

GUSN: 362965

Ref. Code: GC007.01

Pemigewasset River Cascades above the "Basin" on road to "Profile", N.H.

Image depicts waterfalls of the Pemigewasset River between the Basin and Profile Lake, Lincoln/Franconia, N.H.

Date: 1894

Collection: Wood family glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 362005

Ref. Code: PC086.015

View from Standish Hill - S. Duxbury

Image depicts view of Standish Shore from Captain's Hill, now site of Myles Standish Monument (not completed until 1898, 3 years after this photograph was taken). Myles Standish Hotel is visible in the background.

Date: 1895

Collection: Wood family glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 362006

Ref. Code: PC086.016

Frank and Eleneor on Sleds

Image of snowy front yard of 9 Elm Lawn St., Dorchester, Mass. (no. 11 Elm Lawn St. visible in background); depicted are Frank A. Wood and young girl Eleneor (unidentified).

Date: 1895

Collection: Wood family glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 362007

Ref. Code: PC086.017

Frank Wood - "The Kid" - Dorchester

Portrait of Frank A. Wood, pictured at age 9.

Date: 1895

Collection: Wood family glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 362008

Ref. Code: PC086.018

Orange tree in bearing at Merritt's Island, Florida

Image of tree on Merritt Island in Eastern Florida. Known in the late 1800s for citrus production, Merritt Island is now the home of the Kennedy Space Center.

Date: 1896

Collection: Wood family glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 362009

Ref. Code: PC086.019

Our House - 3 Shawmut Park, Dorchester

Image of 3 Shawmut Park (now 7 Florida Street), Dorchester, Mass.; Wood family home beginning in 1896.

Date: 1896

Collection: Wood family glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 362010

Ref. Code: PC086.020

Our House on Shawmut Park (North-East Corner)

Image of 3 Shawmut Park (now 7 Florida Street), Dorchester, Mass.; Wood family home beginning in 1896.

Date: 1897

Collection: Wood family glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 362011

Ref. Code: PC086.021

[Untitled, two men and a woman seated outdoors]

This negative was not in a sleeve when acquired, so the image is missing the same type of identifying information given to the other negatives. The image depicts two men and one woman seated in rocking chairs on an outdoor porch on the water. The woman is reading what appears to be a newspaper.

Date: undated

Collection: Wood family glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 362012

Ref. Code: PC086.022

Service Station Plans for Goodyear Dealers, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc., Akron, Ohio, 1927

Plan book containing twenty-one service station plans for Goodyear dealers. The plan book was published by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1927. It was printed by the Superior Printing Company. The first pages of the plan book contan articles detailing the reasoning behind the designs, such ...

Date: 1927

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 362016

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.037

Ted Williams Tunnel, Boston, Mass., undated

Black-and-white photograph of the inside of the Ted Williams Tunnel while it was being constructed. The photograph is undated and the photographer is unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362021

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0030.002

Trade card for Treat Hardware Corp., hardware, 584 Essex St., Lawrence, Mass., undated

Trade card for Treat Hardware Corp. in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The hardware corporation served as a distributor for various products, including the advertised Bird Neponset Products produced by F. W. Bird & Son of East Walpole, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362030

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.067

Trade card for Jacob Quincer Co., Redwood, N.Y., undated

Trade card for Jacob Quincer Co. in Redwood, New York. The company is a distributor of various products, including the advertised Bird Master-Bilt Weather-Tex Thick Butt Shingles made by F. W. Bird & Son of East Walpole, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362034

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.01.021

Postcard for Tilo Roofing Company, Inc., Providence, R.I., undated

Postcard from Tilo Roofing Company, Inc. advertising a free cost estimate for different styles of roofs.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362035

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.01.022

The treasure house of gifts, catalog "T," Daniel Low & Company, Salem, Mass., 1931

Trade catalog for Daniel Low & Company of Salem, Mass. Low's merchandise includes such items as jewelry, silverware, wedding gifts, toilet articles, novelties, and other gifts. Each listing comes with a item number, a description of the product, product specifications, and an illustration. The catal...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362037

Ref. Code: EP001.12.010.001.039

Photos of Aircraft and Boston Airport, 1920s-1940s

Folder 5 contains 16 black and white photographs and 1 booklet

Date: 1920-1940, undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 362038

Ref. Code: PC009.128B.05

Photos of Planes and Boston Airport, 1920s-1940s

Folder 6 contains 7 items

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 362039

Ref. Code: PC009.128B.06

Loose Monographs (planes, airports, facilities), 1940s

Folder 7 contains 51 itmes including photos, letterhead, and buttons

Date: 1940s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 362040

Ref. Code: PC009.128B.07

Home beauty by Tilo, Tilo Roofing Company, Inc., Stratford, Conn., undated

Trade catalog advertising Tilo Roofing Company products, highlighting the benefits, uses, and specifications of the company's roofing and siding. Illustrations throughout show how different styles of roofing and siding would look on residences.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362049

Ref. Code: EP005.689

Tilo double-lap roof built only by Tilo Roofing Co., Inc., Providence, R.I., undated

Brochure advertising the Tilo double-lap roof produced by the Tilo Roofing Company. Leaflet includes a description of the product and its benefits as well as illustrations of the Double-lap shingles.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362050

Ref. Code: EP005.690

A "cheap" roof is the most expensive roof you can buy, a Tilo roof is the most economical roof you can buy, Tilo Roofing Company, Inc., Jamaica, N.Y., undated

Poster advertising the roofing products manufactured by the Tilo Roofing Company over those of competitors. Photographs of a factory with a Tilo roof and of a Tilo office are on the recto. Illustrations of houses with Tilo roofs are pictured on the verso of the poster.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362074

Ref. Code: EP005.691

The sign of safety, Tilo Roofing Company, Inc., Providence, R.I., undated

Brochure advertising the roofing products manufactured by the Tilo Roofing Company. Illustrations of houses with Tilo roofs are on the brochure's verso and recto.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362079

Ref. Code: EP005.692

Why paint your home?, Tilo Roofing Co., Inc., Providence, R.I., undated

Brochure advertising Tilo Spanish stone siding as an alternative to painting a house. Illustrations of the Spanish stone siding on houses as well as detailed illustrations of the siding patterns and colors are included. Published by the Tilo Roofing Co., Inc.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362080

Ref. Code: EP005.693

A reputation is at stake!, Tilo Roofing Company, New York City, N.Y., undated

Brochure promoting Tilo Roofing Company products such as Ti-lock and Double-lap roofs, Spanish stone Siding, and more. A "special offer" for the company's re-roofing services at a discounted rate to keep the company "intact for the buying era of 1931 and 1932."

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362081

Ref. Code: EP005.694

Accent on--comfort and security, shelter a necessity of life, Tilo Roofing Company, Inc., Stratford, Conn., undated

Trade catalog advertising Tilo Roofing Company products, highlighting the benefits, uses, and specifications of the company's products. Articles discussing Tilo Roofing Company and their products are accompanied by photographs and illustrations.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362082

Ref. Code: EP005.695

The roof beautiful: a simple and concise story of the origin and use of roofing tiles, Ludowici-Celadon Company, Chicago, Ill., 1912

Trade catalog describing the history of roofing and roofing throughout history and advertising tile products manufactured by the Ludowici-Celadon Company. Includes product descriptions, uses and benefits, and specifications. Photographic prints depicting the tiles in use as well as product illustrat...

Date: 1912

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362085

Ref. Code: EP005.696

The book of roofs, Johns-Manville Inc., 1923

Trade catalog advertising Johns-Manville "Colorblende" Asbestos Shingles, highlighting the benefits, uses, and specifications of the roofing. Testimonials, articles on different brands of roofing and their uses, and articles on topics related to asbestos shingles are accompanied by photographic prin...

Date: 1923

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362086

Ref. Code: EP005.697

Lowe Brothers Rich Tone Shingle Stain, The Lowe Brothers Company, Dayton, Ohio, undated

Brochure advertising Lowe Brothers Rich Tone Shingle Stain, highlighting the benefits and of the stain, as well as information about the company. Samples of the shingle stain colors are included in the trade catalog. Published by The Lowe Brothers Company.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362089

Ref. Code: EP005.698

"50% cheaper than paint," Cabot's creosote stains, Samuel Cabot, Inc., Boston, Mass., 1920 October

Page advertisement for creosote stains manufactured by Samuel Cabot, Inc. Includes illustration of a house with roof shingles stained with Cabot's creosote stain. The advertisement was published in October 1920 in Architectural Record, Atlantic Monthly, Century, Harper's, Munsey's, Review of Reviews...

Date: 1920

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362091

Ref. Code: EP005.699

Shingle stain, Martin-Senour Co., undated

Brochure advertising the Martin-Senour Shingle Stain. Includes samples of color options and a list on various Martin-Senour products and their uses. Published by Martin-Senour Co.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362094

Ref. Code: EP005.700

Bay State Shingle Stains, Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc., Boston, Mass., undated

Brochure advertising Bay State Shingle Stains manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc. Includes samples of color options and information on the stain and its uses.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362102

Ref. Code: EP005.701

Some unusual architectural results from Creo-Dipt hand-split pilgrims, Creo-Dipt Press, North Tonawanda, N.Y., undated

Portfolio containing fourty-seven plates and one brochure. The plates depict houses built utilizing Creo-Dipt shingles and other Creo-Dipt products in use. Each plates includes a caption identifying the location of the house pictured, the architect, and details on the Creo-Dipt products used. The ...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362104

Ref. Code: EP005.702

"Creo-Dipt" Stained Shingles homes, Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., North Tonawanda, N.Y., undated

Portfolio containing fifty-two plates. The plates depict photographic prints of houses built utilizing Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles and other products. Each plate includes a caption identifying the location of the houses pictured, the architects, and details on the Creo-Dipt products used on each hous...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362105

Ref. Code: EP005.703

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