Historic New England

Monroe methods in modern accounting, Monroe Calculating Machine Co., Woolworth Building, New York, New York

The uses and operation of the calculator are described for customers. A separate brochure is included titled "How to operate Monroe Model L Adding-Calculator." The plant is located in Orange, New Jersey.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314111

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.032

Porteous, Mitchell & Braun Co. presents Esterbrook Fountain Pens, Portland, Maine

The pen is described and is for sale through Porteous, Mitchell & Braun in Portland, Maine.

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314116

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.033

Jackson Typewriter, arranged and printed by Will Bradley, Jackson Typewriter Company, 17 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.

The advantages of the Jackson are described for potential customers. Text inside the front cover reads, "Arranged and printed by Will Bradley at the University Press Cambridge and New York." The typewriter factory is at 6 Clifton Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314120

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.034

Noiseless Typewriter, The Noiseless Typewriter Co., 320 Broadway, New York, New York

The features and construction of the typewriter are described for potential customers. The item has an illustration of the factory in Middletown, Connecticut. A small pamphlet "The Noiseless Typewriter" from Collier's magazine, October 1904 is included. Another loose item is "The Noiseless Typewrite...

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314123

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.035

Profit side of the violin, Mills Novelty Company, Jackson Blvd. and Green Street, Chicago, Illinois

The circular describes the violano, a self playing instrument for restaurants to install in their dining rooms.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314125

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.036

Pianofortes, The Baldwin Piano Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio

The history and construction of Baldwin models is described in the catalog. A separate price list is included. Portraits of artists with their endorsements are on the last 16 pages of the item. The catalog has an evelope.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314127

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.037

Austin Organs for the residence, Austin Organ Company, Hartford, Connecticut

Organ specifications, diagrams and photographs of the organs in private homes are included.

Date: 1917

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314129

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.038

See them! Hear them! They speak in notes of triumph over all others, Patten & Wheelden, general agents for Chickering & Sons' grand, square and upright piano fortes, Bangor, Maine

Patten & Wheelden are agents for Chickering and other piano and organ manufacturers. Newspaper extracts from 1869 describe the Chickering pianos and price model. European testimonials are provided. An illustration of the piano manufactory on Tremont Street is on the last page. Chickering has wareroo...

Date: 1869

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314131

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.039

Chickering & Sons, manufacturers of grand, square and upright piano-fortes, 130 Fifth Avenue, New York and 156 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

Chickering models are described with text and illustrations. Testimonials and prizes are included. The last page has an illustration of the piano manufactory on Tremont Street in Boston. The back cover has an illustration of Chickering Hall at 130 Fifth Avenue in New York. Cory Brothers are the Rhod...

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314133

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.040

Hodgson houses and outdoor equipment for your country home, E.F. Hodgson Co., Boston and New York

The catalog has cottages, cabanas, garages, play houses, garden buildings, poultry houses, kennels and bird houses available from the E. F. Hodgson Company of Boston and New York. Each building is accompanied with a photograph, description, floor plan and prices.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314151

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.103

Manufacturers' special net price list no. 125 of notary corporate and wax seals, Emerson & Co., 299 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

Desk and pocket seal models are described in the item. The business also makes rubber stamps.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314158

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.041

Alan S. Dana

A photograph of Alan S. Dana at age four and a half dressed in a military costume in January, 1897. The Dana family was from Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Maine.

Date: 1897

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 314166

Ref. Code: PC004.01.D.0400.001

Interior of W. P. Hitchcock Company jewelry showroom, Portland, Maine

1 mounted photograph

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314168

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.4150.0700.001

Supermarket interiors, documentation photographs for Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois

This collection of eleven photographs documents the work done by Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated of Aurora, Illinois, to reoutfit supermarkets with new metal shelving and display units. The images document the interiors and exteriors of Foy's Streamliner in Quincy, Mass.; Richardson's Market in Wi...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314180

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.4950.0100.001

"The Sea Breeze," vol. XXVII, no. 1

An issue of "The Sea Breeze" featuring articles about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314181

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.002

"The Cape Cod Canal Officially Opened," Sandwich Independent Canal Souvenir Supplement, August 7, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the August 7, 1914, special supplement of the Sandwich Independent about the opening of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-08-07

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314183

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.003

"August Belmont Went Through Canal," Morning Mercury, July 6, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the July 6, 1914, issue of the Morning Mercury about the opening of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-07-06

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314185

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.004

"Only 150 Feet of Canal to Dredge," Morning Mercury, July 18, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the July 18, 1914, issue of the Morning Mercury about the completion of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-07-18

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314187

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.005

Advertisement, "This Famous Vertical Lift Bridge uses Bantams," Time, May 24, 1937

A clipping of an advertisement for Bantam Bearings, which were used in the vertical lift railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1937-05-24

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314188

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.001

"Phinney, Station Agent 43 Years, to Quit at Monument," Brockton Enterprise

A clipping about the retirement of a station agent at Monument Beach.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314190

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.002