Historic New England

Laborers work on a London street

Laborers work on a London street unloading bricks or cement blocks. Pedestrians and vehicles pass nearby, and commercial buildings line the street, including Chapple & Mantell gold- and silversmiths.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 309026

Ref. Code: MS028.04.003.024

National Editorial Convention banquet at the American House, Boston, Mass., June 27, 1890

The menu is an edited copy with corrections. The General, Executive and Banquet Committee members are listed. The Association was organized in 1885. The menu cover is decorated with red bows.

Date: 1890-06-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309053

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.003

J.C., 1857-1886, Park House, Bosworth Street, Boston, Mass., March 12, 1886

The hotel is run by W.D. Park & Son.

Date: 1886-03-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309055

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.004

Menu, Parker House, Boston, Mass., May 11, 1891

The menu lists turtle soup, frogs' legs, roman punch and cheese.

Date: 1891-05-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309057

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.005

Dinner of the Men's Club of East Congregational Church, Milton, Mass, Parker House, Boston, Mass., February 20, 1913

The dinner speakers were Massachusetts congressman Robert Luce and the Rev. Edward C. Boynton. The club's officers and committee members are listed.

Date: 1913-02-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309060

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.001

Bill of fare, Pemberton House, Howard Street, Boston, Mass., October 29, 1848

The available dishes are handwritten on the menu.

Date: 1848-10-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309062

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.007

Dinner for the directors of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, Revere House, Boston, Mass., March 30, 1867

The menu has boiled salmon, partridge and champagne sherbet among the offerings.

Date: 1867-03-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309065

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.008

Complimentary dinner to Dr. Winslow Lewis, Jr. by fifteen gentlemen, Revere House, Boston, Mass., March 19, 1849

Dr. Winslow Lewis was a Boston Public Library Trustee and president of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The menu is decorated with pink and blue flowers.

Date: 1849-03-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309076

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.009

Supper menu, Revere House, Boston, Mass., undated

Supper is served from six to twelve o'clock. Hot and cold dishes are served including some breakfast items. The exterior of Revere House can be seen in the illustration. J.F. Merrow & Company are the proprietors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309078

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.010

Quincy family collection

This small collection of family papers includes two inventories of the Quincy House created by Eliza Susan Quincy as well as an illustrated poetry book and an individual sketch by her. The book includes both images and short passages. It is inscribed to Mary Jane (Miller) Quincy, Eliza Susans siste...

Date: 1806-1876, undated

Collection: Quincy family collection

GUSN: 309079

Ref. Code: MS053

Complimentary dinner given by the authorities of Boston to the President of the United States and the Governor General of Canada, upon the completion of the railroads between Boston, Canada and the far West, Revere House, Boston, Mass., Septembe 17, 1851

Boston celebrated the completion of railway lines connecting New England with Canada and the West. The menu cover has an illustration of Revere House and a doily border.

Date: 1851-09-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309082

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.011

Supper given by Hon. William M. Converse to the Rifle Company of Norwich, Captain Chester, and to Rifle Company B, Captain Peale, at the Tontine, New Haven, Connecticut, April 29, 1861

The dinner was given for two military units about to engage in the Civil War.

Date: 1861-04-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309136

Ref. Code: EP001.06.19.016

First dinner in Tremont House, Boston, Mass., October 16, 1829

The handwritten bill of fare features boiled cod, roast beef, turkeys, pears and grapes. Dwight Boyden is the hotel owner. Isaiah Rogers was the designer of Tremont House. Menu appears to be a copy.

Date: 1829-10-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309145

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.012

Entertainment complimentary to the Hon. Benjamin Seaver,Tremont House, Boston, Mass., December 31, 1849

The bill of fare features French dishes, wild geese, English pheasants and Roman punch. Benjamin Seaver was a Massachusetts politician and the Boston Mayor, 1852-1853.

Date: 1849-12-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309148

Ref. Code: EP001.06.02.013

Menu of a luncheon to representatives of the press, by Mr. E.M. Statler, on the day preceding the formal opening of the new Hotel Statler, Boston, Mass., March 9, 1927

Text inside the menu reads "This pre-opening luncheon is the first function in the new hotel, the first service of a meal to a body of guests."

Date: 1927-03-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309152

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.002

Opening dinner, Hotel Statler, Boston, Mass., March 10, 1927

The menu has a greeting to the dinner guests from E.M. Statler at the hotel dedication. The guests dined on noisette of lamb, spring chicken and fresh stawberries. An illustration of the hotel is on the front cover.

Date: 1927-03-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309156

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.003

Dinner menu, Hotel Statler, Boston, Mass., August 6, 1944

The menu lists beverages, appetizers, a cold buffet, hot dishes, desserts, ice cream and cheese. The hotel management does not procure food from black market vendors. A logo urges customers to buy war bonds.

Date: 1944-08-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309157

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.004

Dinner menu, The Ritz-Carlton, Boston, Mass., March 21, 1959

The Ritz-Carlton logo is at the top of the menu. The menu has New England clam chowder, imported caviar, schrod, steaks and strawberries Ritz.

Date: 1959-03-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309164

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.005

Menu, The Ritz-Carlton, Boston, Mass., March 22, 1959

The Ritz-Carlton logo is at the top of the menu. The menu has Vienna schnitzel, ham and eggs country style, Finnan haddie and strawberry shortcake.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309165

Ref. Code: EP001.06.18.006

Menus - Boston Hotels - 19th century

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 309198

Ref. Code: EP001.06.03

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has rounded upholstered back with shaped sides; shaped arms with carved handholds in the form of serpent heads; continuous curved arm supports; fully upholstered seat with curved front; single row of metal tacks o...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308233

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.078.004

Trade card for Walter Baker & Co's. chocolate, broma and cocoa preparations, Dorchester, Mass., undated

The bottom of the illustration reads "La Belle Chocolatière" from the original painting by Leotard now in the Dresden Gallery. The card verso text states that no chemicals are used in any of the chocolate or cocoa preparations. The Company has won medals at international exhibitions.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308234

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.038

"Desk Chair"

Design drawing titled "Desk Chair" rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has semicircular form with upholstered back and sides; continuous crest rail and arms; freestanding reeded vasiform arm supports; upholstered seat with curved front; single row of metal tacks on upholst...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308236

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.078.005

"Desk Chair"

Design drawing titled "Desk Chair" rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has semicircular form with upholstered back and sides; continuous crest rail and arms; freestanding columnar arm supports; upholstered seat with curved front and upholstery extending over front rail; si...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308237

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.078.006

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has deep rectangular crest rail with rolled top edge; rectangular caned back; narrower lower back rail; stiles which flow into straight arms with scrolled handholds; curved arm supports; upholstered rectangular se...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308242

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.079.001

Trade card for S.C. Hastings, bookseller & stationer, 144 Main Street, opp. post office, Middletown, Connecticut, undated

The card verso lists holiday goods such as pens, photograph albums, pocket books and picture frames. The dealer has bound books, toy books and juvenile books in sets. In the card illustration a boy has thrown a snowball at a man knocking his top hat off.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308243

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.015

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has deep rounded crest rail; rectangular upholstered back; straight lower back rail; straight stiles beneath crest rail; straight arms which flow from botttom of crest rail and end with scrolled handholds; tape...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308244

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.079.002

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has semicircular form; horizontal U-shaped arm rail with scrolled ends and rounded crest in back; curved arm supports; upholstered back, sides, and D-shaped seat; single row of metal tacks along upholstered edges;...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308245

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.079.003

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has horizontal U-shaped arm rail with straight shaped arms and slanted rectangular crest with rounded corners in back; curved arm supports; rectangular caned back panel with narrow lower seat rails and stiles; uph...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308246

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.079.004

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in pencil on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has deep rounded crest rail; rectangular upholstered back; straight stiles beneath crest rail; straight arms which flow from botttom of crest rail and end with scrolled handholds; curved arm supports; upholster...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308247

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.079.005

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has horizontal U-shaped arm rail with straight shaped arms, scrolled handholds and slanted rectangular crest with rounded shaped sides in back; curved arm supports; rectangular upholstered back panel; upholstered ...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308248

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.079.006

Trade card for R. & J. Gilchrist, importers and dealers in dry goods, 5 & 7 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Apples, grapes and strawberries rest on a bed of leaves shaped like a centerpiece basket. Gilchrist was established in 1855.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308250

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.04.033

September page of a calendar, issued by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1905

Two couples are out for a drive in an early automobile in the illustration. A lake can be seen in the background.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308251

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.014

Otis Clapp & Son's retail catalog, homeopathic pharmacy, 439 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1917

Products sold by the business are described such as medicines, toiletry articles and travel cases. A loose price correction list for February 1917 is included. Three photographs of the pharmacy interior are shown in the catalog.

Date: 1917

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308255

Ref. Code: EP001.12.011.001.008

Calendar, The Continental Insurance Company, 80 Maiden Lane, New York, New York, 1922

The illustration caption is "A colonial high tea." A short narrative tells the story of Polly Page and the "Tea Party House" in Danvers, Massachusetts. The upper right corner of the illustration has text which reads "America Fore."

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 308268

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.015

Chairs. Rockers. -- Page 109

Page 109 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper right corner. Page contains four design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in ink on trace and depict a variety of arm chair designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308259

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.081

Chairs. Rockers. -- Page 110

Page 110 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper left corner. Page contains four design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in ink on trace and depict a variety of arm and side chair designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308260

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.082

Chairs. Rockers. -- Page 111

Page 111 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper right corner. Page contains five design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil or ink on trace and depict a variety of arm chair designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308261

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.083

Chairs. Rockers. -- Page 112

Page 112 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper left corner. Page contains six design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil or ink on trace and depict a variety of arm and side chair designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308262

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.084

Chairs. Rockers. -- Page 113

Page 113 of album of design drawings. Pre-printed page number at upper right corner. Page contains seven design drawings affixed to page with glue. Drawings are rendered in pencil or ink on trace and depict a variety of arm and side chair designs.

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308263

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.085

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has caned back and side; rectangular crest rail with flaring top edge and rolled ends; straight stiles. curved arms with scrolled handholds; continuous curved arm supports; fully upholstered seat with curved front...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308264

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.080.001

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has deep rectangular crest rail; rectangular caned back panel flanked by two flat vertical slats; narrow straight lower back rail; stiles with curved tops which flow into arms, side rails, and rear legs; straight ...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308269

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.080.002

Neoclassical-style Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Neoclassical-style arm chair has deep rectangular crest rail which flares blackward; lower back rail composed of three thin rectangular slats joined in three places; curvilinear stiles with round ends flowing into arms, sid...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308270

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.080.003

Neoclassical-style Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Neoclassical-style arm chair has rectangular back which flares backward at top; rectangular upholstered panel on back; straight lower back rail; curvilinear stiles with round ends flowing into arms, side rails and rear rake...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308271

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.080.004

Neoclassical-style Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Neoclassical-style arm chair has backward-flaring deep rectangular crest rail; decoration on crest rail including center round medallion; lower back rail composed of twist-turned cylinder with ring turnings at ends; curvili...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308272

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.080.005

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has upholstered rectangular back wtih rolled top edge; molded stiles with scrolled tops; shaped arms with scrolled handholds; upholstered seat; single row of metal tacks along upholstery edges; straight seat rails...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308273

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.080.006

Easy Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Easy chair has semicircular form; high curved molded crest rail continuing into straight arms with scrolled handholds; shaped molded arm supports with carved acanthus leaves at base; upholstered back, arm pads, sides and se...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308278

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.081.001

Arm Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has balloon-shaped upholstered back; curved crest rail with carved shell and foliate scroll ornament at center; shaped stiles and straight lower seat rail; shaped arms with foliate-carved scrolled handholds; curv...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308279

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.081.002

Easy Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Easy chair has semicircular form; high curved molded crest rail continuing into straight arms with scrolled handholds; shaped molded arm supports with carved acanthus leaves on front and side faces of corner blocks at base;...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308280

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.081.003

Easy Chair

Untitled design drawing rendered in ink on trace. Perspective view is shown. Arm chair has semicircular form; high curved molded crest rail continuing into straight arms with scrolled handholds; shaped molded arm supports; upholstered back, arm pads, sides and serpentine-front seat; single row of me...

Date: 1880-1914, undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

GUSN: 308281

Ref. Code: CC010.001.006.081.004

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