Historic New England

Album: Stoves, ranges

The brands represented include Adams & Westlake, Gold Coin, Florence, Magee, Westminster, Acorn and Hub. The businesses are in New England, New York state and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318627

Ref. Code: EP003.003

Class of the craft, cast bronze signs and tablets, from the studios of Metalcrafts, 715-720 Reading Road, Cincinnati, Ohio

Work samples are shown and can be cast in bronze, aluminum or nickel silver. A stamp with the text "NRA member, we do our part" is on the front of the itme. Text on the front edge of the item reads "Metalcrafts, Cincinnati, Ohio, Folder D."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318629

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.013

Chandler & Barber, door hardware, 122-126 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.

Door hardware samples are shown with an invitation to visit the showroom.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318630

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.002.009

Furniture kits for home assembly, exact copies of museum pieces, fun to make, distinctive to own, by Hagerty of Cohasset, Mass.

Furniture pieces are described with directions for assembling them. A table from the Gore Mansion in Waltham, Massachusetts is on page 10. There is a loose sheet titled "Recent Cohasset Colonial Additions." The fall 1958 issue of the "Cohasset Colonial Courier" is inside the catalog.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318631

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.100

Colonial Williamsburg Inc. approved reproductions and adaptations, The Craft house, Williamsburg, Virginia

The catalog has furniture, needlepoint, textile, glassware, silverware and other reproductions for potential customers.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318632

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.101

Historic Pilgrim furniture, illustrated by reproductions in Plimoth Plantation, Heywood-Wakefield Company, Gardner, Mass.

A brief history and examples of Pilgrim furniture are provided in the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318634

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.102

Family Standen, Winterbottom, Huntingdon

Family Standen, Winterbottom, and Huntingdon

Date: 1900-1910

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318635

Ref. Code: MS005.02.002a

Guest book

Includes notes and photographs from October 7, 1894, through November 2, 1901. Also includes a poem by Marjorie C. Appleton written in 1892. Some photographs are identified; see printed finding aid Appendix I: Guest Book Index.

Date: 1894-1901

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318636

Ref. Code: MS005.02.007a

Guest book

Includes notes and photographs from 1902 through 1905. Of interest is a photograph documenting a family reunion on May 19, 1905. This image includes William Sumner Appleton, Eleanor and Robert Standen, Edith Standen, Marjorie Appleton, Dorothy and George Weld, Edric Weld, and Gladys and Dunlap Penha...

Date: 1902-1905

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318637

Ref. Code: MS005.02.007b

Holbrook Hall, Newton, Mass.

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318638

Ref. Code: MS005.03.035a

Authentic reproductions of cabinet hardware, A.A. Lyman, 34 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

The business has "reproductions of brass and wrought iron" hardware pieces. Clock glass reproductions are included. Lyman is the successor to A.L. Firmin. There is a separate price list titled "Authentic reproductions of antique hardware and wrought iron."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318639

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.016

Ball brasses, William Ball, Sr., Hope Manor, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Background on the history of Ball Brasses is provided in the catalog. The name signed at the end of the introductory material is "Wm. Ball, Sr." A 1936 price list is at the back of the item. Two loose price lists are attached to sheets with product images. The sheets have "William Ball and Sons, Wes...

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318641

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.017

Fine quality reproductions by Ball and Ball, catalog no. 72, Whitford-Exton, Pennsylvania

There are images and descriptions of cabinet hardware, door hinges, latches, locks, door knockers and lighting fixtures. Both catalogs have loose order blank envelopes and 1976 price lists.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318642

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.018

Cabinet, house & shutter hinges, catalog no. 77, Ball and Ball, Exton, Pennsylvania

1 trade catalog : illustrations ; 10 1/4 x 8 inches

Date: 1977

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318644

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.019

Classic provincial dresser, Grand Rapids Chair Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan

A seven drawer dresser is shown with measurements. The item verso has a nine drawer dresser with measurements.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318646

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.103

Chairs, Furniture Specialties Corp., 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

Chair samples with sizes and fabric specifications are available for customers. Text at the bottom of each sheet reads "Every piece custom made to your specifications."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318648

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.104

Trade card for Furniture Specialties Corp., chair, 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

The "Buffington" chair is on the front of the card with the dimensions and fabric requirements on the verso. The business manufactures furniture pieces according to customer specifications.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318649

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.03.01.022

Album: Window shades, doors, furniture, carpets

Window treatments, door hardware, furniture and carpets are described for customers. The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318650

Ref. Code: EP003.004

Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards

The merchants represented in the album include Bugbee & Brownell, Keystone, Haas and Enterprise Manufacturing. There are 23 presidential portrait cards for advertising various businesses. There are 6 American Puzzle cards.The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318651

Ref. Code: EP003.005

Trade card, Marshall Field & Co., retail dry goods, carpets, upholstery, etc., State Street, Washington Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Pedestrians, streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles can be seen around the Marshall Field department store.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318654

Ref. Code: EP003.004.001

Trade card, Broadhead Worsted Mills, Jamestown, New York

In the cover illustration a woman in a riding habit removes a letter from a tree outside the Broadhead Worsted Mills. Broadhead manufactures fabrics and dresses and describes their product inside the card. Text on the verso reads "Latest novelties, newest shades and colorings" for the J.S. Butler dr...

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318658

Ref. Code: EP003.004.002

Trade card, Detroit Heating & Lighting Co., 88 Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois

The advantages of the Bolton Hot Water Heater and Combination Gas Machine are described on the verso. A cut away illustration depicts the Bolton Hot Water Heater installed in a multi-level town house. The business has offices in Boston at 42 Pearl Street and St. Louis at 508 N. 4th Street.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318660

Ref. Code: EP003.004.003

Billhead, John Gibbes, plumber, glazier & painter, Towcester, England

Text on the item reads "Engine pumps, water closets, beer machines &c. fixed & repaired in the best manner & on the shortest nortice. Oils & water colours prepared for painting." The illustration on the left side of the item has the caption "Paper Hanger."

Date: ca. 1840

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318661

Ref. Code: EP003.004.004

Trade card, Norwalk Lock Company, manufacturers of door locks, latches, knobs, escutcheons and other builders hardware, also genuine and imitation bronze goods, South Norwalk, Connecticut

The business exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. The business factory image is surrounded by images of the Main building, Machinery Hall, Horticultural Hall and Memorial Hall. A drawing of the exhibit is inside the card with text in English, French, German and Spanish.

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318662

Ref. Code: EP003.004.005

Trade card, Hartshorn Shade Rollers, 486 Broadway, New York, New York

In the image a young boy attaches the shade to a woman's dress hem. The shades are carried by Rogers & Everest, dealers in carpets, oil cloths, wall papers, decorations, window shades and feathers. The store is in Gloversville, New York.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318666

Ref. Code: EP003.004.006

Trade card, Record's Patent Hinge, Record Manufacturing Co., Conneaut, Ohio

A courting couple test the strength of the hinge in a fence in the card illustration. The hinge is described on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318667

Ref. Code: EP003.004.007

Trade card, Johnston's new self locking clock spring shade roller, Johnston's Depot, Nos. 1033 and 1035 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Johnston carries paper hangings and window shades and is exhibiting at the fair in Philadelphia. The image caption reads "An art gallery of the Centennial buildings and grounds."

Date: 1876

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318669

Ref. Code: EP003.004.008

Trade card, Rip Van Winkle Reclining Rocking Chair, P.C. Lewis Manufacturing Co., Catskill, New York

The chair can make 15 pieces of furniture and be placed in 200 positions. It was exhibited at the World's Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. The company will have a drawing each year to give away one of the chairs. The coupon is attached with instructions on the card verso.

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318670

Ref. Code: EP003.004.009

Trade card, Creolite for floor painting , made by Heath & Milligan Mfg. Co., Chicago, Illinois

Creolite paint is shown in kitchen and dining room settings.

Date: 1902

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318671

Ref. Code: EP003.004.010

Trade card, H. Bool's, furniture, wall paper, window shades & fixtures, Culver Block, Ithaca, New York

Bool's is a fancy goods store that also carries, pictures, frames and stationery. In the card image a father calls the housekeeper to find out that his wife has delivered twins.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318673

Ref. Code: EP003.004.011

Cyrus Drew "Furniture"

One glass plate negative for a stereoview. Depicts a building with signs saying 'Cyrus Drew' and 'Furniture'. People on the porch and a horse and wagon in the forground. Plate is broken in two pieces.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318676

Ref. Code: PC059.001

Charles Bertram Epps

Standing portrait ofCharles Bertram Epps, standing next to a house.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319544

Ref. Code: PC067.02.061

Mr. Epps' Shadow- "The Shades of Night are Falling Fast"

Portrait of Mr. Epps seated in a field. A cart carrying lumber is visible on the right side of the image and mountains are visible in the background.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319545

Ref. Code: PC067.02.062

The Elms

Photograph of a house surrounded by trees.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319546

Ref. Code: PC067.02.063

The Elms

Photograph of a house surrounded by trees.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319547

Ref. Code: PC067.02.064

"Last Load"-of Hay

Photograph of men and horses in a field. One horse is tied to a cart with a large load of hay. The other horse is tied to a piece of farm equipment. One of the men stands on top of the load of hay, one man rides on the other piece of equipment and two more men stand in the field. All of the men look...

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319548

Ref. Code: PC067.02.065

Crotched MT

Photograph of Crotched Mountain with a field and a structure in the foreground.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319549

Ref. Code: PC067.02.066

Log Trough- Bennington Road

Photograph of two people in a horse drawn buggy on a dirt road.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319550

Ref. Code: PC067.02.067

Grandpa + Grandma Carle

Photograph of two elderly people, identified as Grandpa and Grandma Carle sitting on a porch.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319551

Ref. Code: PC067.02.068

Carle House

Photograph of the Carle house behind a row of trees with people standing in front of the trees.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319552

Ref. Code: PC067.02.069

Hen Island + Bit of Lake Champlain- Copy 1

Photograph of Hen Island and Lake Champlain. The photograph was taken from the shore and the edge of the lake is visible plus islands in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319553

Ref. Code: PC067.02.070

Hen Island + Bit of Lake Champlain- Copy 2

Photograph of Hen Island and Lake Champlain. The photograph was taken from the shore and the edge of the lake is visible plus islands in the background.

Date: 09-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319554

Ref. Code: PC067.02.071

"The Center" Schoolmarm

Portrait of the Schoolmarm of "The Center". She is standing in a field and a road is visible in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319555

Ref. Code: PC067.02.072

Grandpa Kingsley + EKS

Portrait of a man and woman identified as Grandpa Kingsley and EKS. They are standing in a field and cows are visible in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319556

Ref. Code: PC067.02.073

Christie House

Image of a house identified as "Christie House". Four people stand in front of the house. There are no longer any farm animals or bicycles in front of the house as in Plate #4.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319558

Ref. Code: PC067.02.074

Rabbits

Photograph of a small herd of rabbits. Some are gathered on a chair in the forground of the image and others are huddled in the doorway of a barn that makes up the background of the image.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319559

Ref. Code: PC067.02.075

Robert and the Rabbits

A small herd of rabbits sits on a boy's lap. A man crouches near the boy and a third figure is casting their shadow into the image. More rabbits hop around the boys feet and in the doorway of the barn.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319560

Ref. Code: PC067.076

Chestnut Party - S.S. Class

Three people pose for a photograph at the bottom of a set of stairs. The people are identified as Miss Todd, Mary Smith, and OWS.

Date: 10-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319561

Ref. Code: PC067.02.077

Chestnut Party

Three people pose for a photograph at the bottom of a set of stairs.

Date: 10-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319563

Ref. Code: PC067.02.078

Trade card, Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, salesroom, 1 West Street, Boston, Mass.

The shop carries fine decorated ware for holiday and wedding gifts. A fox walks on a tightrope in one of the drawings. In the other drawing a bird hovers above the smoke coming from a kiln. An 1885 calendar is on the item verso. The business was founded by Ohio philanthropist Maria Longworth Storer.

Date: 1885

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319786

Ref. Code: EP003.002.005

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