Historic New England

New ideas with wood windows, Pella Products, Rolscreen Company, Pella, Iowa

Different types of wood windows are described in the catalog. There is a loose product information postcard and letterhead sheet for customers. Pella Products are available from A.W. Hastings & Co., Inc., 57 Inner Balt Road, Somerville, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327128

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.003.033

Wood sliding glass doors, Pella Products, Rolscreen Company, Pella, Iowa

A cross section of the doors is shown on the item verso. The business manufactures wood windows, wood folding doors and partitions and wood sliding glass doors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327132

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.003.034

Haynes & Hernandez (developer) house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for developer Haynes & Hernandez in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #312) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated; one is signed "R B Wills." Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial-styl...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327131

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.312

For floors of beauty, floors of permanence, Appalachian hardwood flooring, Harris Manufacturing Company, Johnson City, Tennessee

Product details and specifications are described in the item. The flooring is available from Lexington Lumber Corporation, 57 Bedford Street, Lexington, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327133

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.024

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy (commission #313) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a brick exterior. House...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327134

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.313

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy (commission #306) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a hip roof and a brick ...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327135

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.314

Idea file, Masonite Corporation, Masonite Building, 29 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Masonite home applications are presented for customers. The panel manufacturing process is described in text and images from start to finish. The item verso lists remodeling and handyman projects using Masonite panels.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327138

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.025

Lloyd C. Douglas house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Lloyd C. Douglas in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #317) including five elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Developer was Haynes & Hernandez. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house ...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327137

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.317

Haynes & Hernandez (developer) house, West Newton, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for developer Haynes & Hernandez in West Newton, Massachusetts (commission #319) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Georgian Revival-style house with a slate hip r...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327140

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.319

Hints to the handyman, where and how to use Masonite panel products with 66 idea plans, Masonite Corporation, Masonite Building, 29 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Tips and guidance on the correct tools to use when installing the products are provided. Text and photographs describe the manufacturing process for Masonite panels.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327141

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.026

Bengt Eriksson house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Bengt Eriksson in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #322) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a stucco and board exte...

Date: ca. 1931, undated

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

GUSN: 327143

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.322

John T. Farrand house, unidentified location

Set of three architectural drawings of house for John T. Farrand (commission #323) including three plans. No drawings are signed; two are dated. Developer was Haynes & Hernandez. House was not finished. House has living room with fireplace, library, dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, lavatory,...

Date: 1932

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

GUSN: 327144

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.323

E. D. Wallace house, Newton Highlands, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for E. D. Wallace in Newton Highlands, Massachusetts (commission #324) including six elevations, three plans, two framing plans, one plot plan, and one detail. One drawing is signed "R B WIlls"; one is misdated 1922. Drawings depict a two-story Cap...

Date: 1932

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

GUSN: 327145

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.324

Gilbert Verney house, East Greenwich, R.I.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Gilbert Verney in East Greenwich, Rhode Island (commission #327) including four elevations, two plans, one framing plan, one cross section, one plot plan, and four details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a one-story Tudor Revi...

Date: 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327146

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.327

Hints to the handyman, where and how to use Masonite Presdwood Products, Masonite Corporation, Masonite Building, 29 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois

Presdwood has interior and exterior applications remodeling projects. The product is available from Lexington Lumber Corporation, 57 Bedford Street, Lexington, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327148

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.013.027

Herbert N. French house, Newton, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Herbert N. French in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #328) including four elevations, four plans, three framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are signed; one is dated. Drawings depict a two-story French manor-style house with a slate hip ro...

Date: 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327156

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.328

Haynes & Hernandez (developer) house, unidentified location

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for developer Haynes & Hernandez (commission #329) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are dated or signed. House was not built. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house; one-story garage wing has a saltbox roofline. ...

Date: 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327157

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.329

DeHaan house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for a client named DeHaan (commission #331) including four elevations, three plans, and two framing plans. Three drawings are dated; one has the following inscription "Fundimental [sic] plan copyright / by R B Wills 1932." Vincent E. Squiers was the builde...

Date: 1932

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

GUSN: 327158

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.331

Frank Homeyer house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Frank Homeyer in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #335) including two elevations, one plan, one framing plan, and one plot plan. No drawings are dated; one is signed. Drawings depict a one-story cottage with an asphalt shingle roof and a cinder...

Date: ca. 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327159

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.335

Percy Winters house, unidentified location

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Percy Winters (commission #339) including four elevations and three plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a stone, stucco, and board exterior. Hous...

Date: ca. 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327183

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.339

Jacobs house, unidentified location

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for a client named Jacobs (commission #340) including five elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one heating plan. No drawings are dated; heating plan is signed "PC.". Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a brick exter...

Date: ca. 1932, undated

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

GUSN: 327184

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.340

George W. Dean house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for George W. Dean in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #341) including six elevations, six plans, two framing plans, and seven details. Two drawings are dated; several are signed "R B Wills" or "Royal Barry Wills." Drawings depict a two...

Date: 1933

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

GUSN: 327185

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.341

Christopher A. Visvis house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings for alterations to house of Christopher A. Visvis in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #341-A, the former George W. Dean house) including two plans and six rough sketches of plans. One drawing is dated and signed "N. Parker." Alterations include a kitc...

Date: 1970

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

GUSN: 327186

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.341-A

Leo E. Concannon house, unidentified location

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Leo E. Concannon (commission #341-2) including four elevations and two plans. No drawings are dated or signed. Location is not known. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a saltbox roofline. House has living room with firepla...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327190

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.341-2

DeRico house, Quincy, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for a client named DeRico in Quincy, Massachusetts (commission #342) including four elevations and four plans. Several drawings are dated and signed "R B Wills" or "R B W." Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a tower, slate roof,...

Date: 1932-1933

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

GUSN: 327193

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.342

Collection of old china and porcelain English and Irish glass, bibelots of many sorts, old lighting fixtures, au quatrième, John Wanamaker, New York, New York, undated

Individual pieces and sets are described with prices.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316248

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.002.010

Cyclone "red tag" fence and products, catalog no. C-30, Cyclone Fence Company, Waukegan, Illinois, 1930s

The business makes wire and iron fences and gates for residential and commercial customers. There are images of the Company manufacturing plants.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316280

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.002.006

Arthur Todhunter, mantels, 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 1916

The folder contains 1)Letter to a potential customer; 2)The colonial living-room booklet; 3)Leaflet about colonial wood mantels with a list of customers; 4)15 cards with individual mantel images and details. Todhunter states in the letter that he has enclosed three booklets but there is only one in ...

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316282

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.004.012

Catalogue of piano stools, etc., Tonk & Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1890s

Piano stools, chairs, covers, music cabinets and lamps are described in the catalog. The item is missing the front and back covers.

Date: 1890s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316284

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.020

Old Hickory Chair Company, catalog, Martinsville, Indiana, undated

Chairs, tables and other outdoor furniture pieces are described in the catalog and in actual settings. Chairs modeled on the type Andrew Jackson used are included. The front cover and pages one and two are missing.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316289

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.015

More school houses, Samuel Cabot, Inc., manufacturing chemists, 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., 1899-1901

The use of Cabot's Quilt, a "heat-insulating and sound-deadening" product is described with photographs of schools around the country where it is in use. The high school in Burlington, Vermont and the William Street School in Springfield, Massachusetts use the product.

Date: 1899-1901

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316309

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.008

Suburban home for sale at a moderate price, S.D. Warren Company, 101 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business translates the advertising of suburban homes to the selection and cost of printing paper. There is a list of printing paper distributors in the back of the pamphlet. Text on the front cover reads, "The facts, their presentation, their interpretation, the rebuttal. Book no. 1."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316327

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.038

United States Naval Fleet in Provincetown, MA

Small 8 x 5 1/2 inch album with 19 black and white photographs, mostly 3x 5 inches. Album documents welcoming of the naval fleet to Provincetown and the official ceremony on Navy Day, July 14, 1934. First page of album says" United States Naval Fleet in Provincetown, MA July 12-1934-August 12, ...

Date: 1934

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 316356

Ref. Code: PC009.283

1949 Westinghouse Refrigerators, Westinghouse, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1949

The models described have a hold-cold control feature to maintain a steady temperature for food preservation. The refrigerators are available from Harris Oil Company, 203 Commercial street, Portland, Maine.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316387

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.058

Different from all others, Servel the gas refrigerator, Servel, Inc., Evansville, Indiana, 1948

Text on the brochure reads "Stays silent, lasts longer because it freezes with no moving parts." The refrigerators are available from Portland Gas Light Company, 5 Temple Street, Portland, Maine.

Date: 1948

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316389

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.059

New luxurious Monitor Electric Refrigerator, Monitor Home Appliances, General Electric Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1950s

The features of the Monitor Electric Refrigerator model RC-7 is described for potential customers. The appliance is available at the Maine Appliance Center, 10 Preble Street, Chapman Arcade, Portland, Maine.

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316390

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.060

Presenting the most distinguished family of home appliances, Monitor Home Appliances, General Electric Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1940s

Capsule descriptions are provided for the appliances. The Monitor symbol is from Jean Rachmiel's painting "The Courier, Seven League Boots." Monitor appliances are available at the Maine Appliance Center, 10 Preble Street, Chapman Arcade, Portland, Maine.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316392

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.061

Here's the automatic washer for me! G-E All-Automatic Washer, General Electric Company, Louisville, Kentucky, 1950s

The washer features are described for potential customers. The appliance is available from Gould-Armer Company, Inc., 70 Free Street, Portland, Maine.

Date: 1950s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316393

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.057

Steam or hot water for heating in 5 minutes, General Electric Oil-Fired Boiler, General Electric Air Conditioning Department, Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1940s

The heating efficiency and cost savings of the boiler are described for potential customers. The appliance is available from Harris Oil Company, 202 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316394

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.031

Oil-fired Warm Air Conditioner Type LB-30 Form C, PM4-0001, General Electric Oil-Fired Boiler, General Electric Air Conditioning Department, Bloomfield, New Jersey, March 1946

A description and specifications are provided for potential customers. The product is available from Harris Oil Company, 17 Main Street, South Portland, Maine.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316396

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.035

Renew with Insulite Siding with genuine Graylite Base, Insulite, 500 Baker Arcade Bldg., Minneapolis, Minnesota, undated

Brick and stone design siding is described for customers. The siding is available from Cooperative Home Comfort, Inc., 76 Massachusetts Avenue, South Portland, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316400

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.011

When winter blizzards blow and summer suns sizzle you'll be on the comfort side with Bird Insulated Weather-Tex Siding, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass., undated

The siding provides beauty, heating efficiency, fuel conservation and is durable. The siding is available from Cooperative Home Comfort, Inc., 76 Massachusetts Avenue, South Portland, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316403

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.010

Bird Master-Bilt Weather-Tex Shingles, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass., undated

The five reasons to purchase the siding are extra wear, protection, beauty, economy and color. The shingles are available from Cooperative Home Comfort, Inc., 41-45 York Street, Portland, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316404

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.009

Park Street, Boston, Mass.

Park Street runs downhill with the Park St. Church in the distance and Boston Common on the right. A fountain on the lawn in front of the State House is seen in the foreground.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 316425

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6220.001