Historic New England

Making old houses into charming homes, Weatherbest Stained Shingle Co., Inc., North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1925

Trade catalog showcasing houses before and after renovation. Each house usually has one problem listed, and remodeling serves as the solution. Each example includes photographic prints depicting the stated changes.

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361179

Ref. Code: EP005.632

The cellar reborn, American Radiator Company, New York, N.Y., 1936

The trade catalog provides consumers with numerous examples of renovated basements and cellars and potential design choices. Each renovated space is accompanied by before-and-after photographic prints of the space, floor plans, and the costs of the renovations.

Date: 1936

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361180

Ref. Code: EP005.633

Home building & remodeling, Hudson Home Publishing, Los Altos, Calif., 1973

Catalog contains numerous articles explaining how to best remodel and renovate one's home to reflect new interior and exterior design trends. Each articles is accompanied by numerous photographic prints and illustrations showcasing potential changes.

Date: 1973

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361181

Ref. Code: EP005.634

Modernizing farmhouses, Farmers' Bulletin no. 1749, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1944

Bulletin containing floor plans and illustrations instructing homeowners and farmowners how to best renovate and remodel their house to improve efficiency.

Date: 1944

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361182

Ref. Code: EP005.635

Gordon-Van Tine Co. building materials, spring catalogue 1915, Gordon-Van Tine Co., Davenport, Iowa, 1915

The catalog advertises building materials for various home uses, including windows, colonnades, flooring samples, paint samples, and stain varnish samples, as well as house designs. Each product comes with extensive price lists and accomapnying illustrations.

Date: 1915

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361183

Ref. Code: EP005.636

Set of architectural drawings of house for Celia A. Spicer, Providence, R.I., 1907 April

Two ink on starch-coated linen architectural drawings for the home of Celia A. Spicer in Providence, Rhode Island. The drawings include a north, rear, south, and front elevation and are dated April 1907. The elevations were drawn by architect F. J. Sawtelle.

Date: 1907

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 361186

Ref. Code: AR001.USRI.0700.006

Willard Everett and Co., 130, 131 & 134, North St., Boston, Mass., Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers of Furniture

This chromolithographic print depicts two views of the manufacturing site and wholesale rooms for Willard Everett & Co. The first view shows the manufacturing building outside of the city with a small railyard and some buildings with a smokestack. The second view depicts the building on North Street...

Date: undated

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 361188

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2650.006

Watercolor views of buildings by Henry Robinson Blaney, Boston, Mass., undated

Three watercolor paintings completed by artist Henry Robinson Blaney. The paintings depict an unidentified brick gambrel-roofed house, an unidentified clapboard gambrel-roofed house, and an unidentified brick church in Boston, Massachusetts. The paintings are undated.

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 361189

Ref. Code: GC001.USMA.Boston.790

An old frame house becomes a home again with Inselbric, McRae Brothers, Patchogue, N.Y., undated

Trade catalog advertising Inselbric brick siding for homes. Examples of homes with the siding installed are printed in color, and the back of the catalog showcases different textures and colors the consumer can choose from.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361192

Ref. Code: EP005.637

The renaissance of the cellar, Standard Oil of New York, New York, N.Y., undated

The trade catalog showcases refurnished and renovated cellars, showcasing only the after-effects of the renovation through photographic prints. The company also mentions how their oil heat system can benefit most renovated cellars and add to the comfort of consumer's homes.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361193

Ref. Code: EP005.638

Ideas for home improvement with fir plywood, Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma, Wash., 1957

Compilation of bound trade catalogs showcasing the products of the Douglas Fir Company, usually furniture. Most products showcase multiple cross sections of the finished product, as well as different elevation views and photographic prints of the product in use.

Date: 1957

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361194

Ref. Code: EP005.639

Keeping your home "up-to-date," Philip Carey Manufacturing Co., Lockland, Ohio, 1942

Trade catalog informing consumers on multiple ways to prevent depreciation in their current home's value, while simultaneously advertising the company products to assist with any necessary renovations. Most articles and plans come with photographic prints demonstrating changes and processes.

Date: 1942

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361195

Ref. Code: EP005.640

How to remodel interiors: 37 ideas for weary rooms, The Upson Company, Lockport, N.Y., undated

Trade catalog providing interior decoration advice to consumers, particularly advertising these improvements alongside Upson products. These products include Upson Kuver-Krak Panels, Upson Fibre-Tile, and Upson Strong-Bilt tiles.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361196

Ref. Code: EP005.641

Poster for New Millinery Goods at E. R. Gilmore's Old Stand, E. R. Gilmore's Old Stand, Keene, N. H., undated

Poster advertising E. R. Gilmore's Old Stand in Keene, New Hampshire. The poster thanks loyal patrons for their business, and advertises low prices for garments such as bonnets. There is also a lithograph print of the storefront, listing the name of the store as E R. Gilmore Bonnet Manufactury. The ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361197

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.02.003

The Kitchen: Prang's aids for object teaching. Trades & occupations. Plate 6, 1874

One of twelve lithographs depicting trades and occupations from the educational series called "Aids for Object Teaching. Lithograph of plate 6 depicting a woman working in the kitchen. Published by L. Prang & Co. and dated 1874.

Date: 1874

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 361198

Ref. Code: GC002.02.339

Everything for constructing a building, The Clinton Lumber & Coal Co., Clinton, Conn., undated

Plan book of house designs published by The Clinton Lumber & Coal Co. Each plan includes floor plans, a name for the design, a short description of the home's unique features, and color illustrations of the completed home and unique features.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361200

Ref. Code: EP005.642

101 practical suggestions for home improvements, the new 1936 ed., Johns Manville Corporation, 75 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1936

Trade catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing company products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations.

Date: 1936

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361201

Ref. Code: EP005.643

101 practical suggestions for home improvements, the new 1937 ed., Johns Manville Corporation, 75 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1937

Trade catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing company products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations.

Date: 1937

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361202

Ref. Code: EP005.644

How to remodel your home, edited by Victor S. Fox, Style Publications, Inc., 60 East 42nd Street, New York, N Y., 1946

Catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations. Edited by Victor S. Fox. Published by Style Pub...

Date: 1946

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361203

Ref. Code: EP005.645

House & Garden remodeling guide to home improvement, fall-winter 1970-1971, Conde Nast Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1970

Catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations. Published by Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

Date: 1970

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361204

Ref. Code: EP005.646

How to modernize your farm home, edited by H. E. Wichers and Ellen L. Pennell, Successful Farming, Des Moines, Iowa, 1935

Periodical containing articles detailing how consumers can best remodel their farm homes. Each individual article focuses on separate rooms within the house, describes processes and interior design tips, and provides accompanying photographic prints.

Date: 1935

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361205

Ref. Code: EP005.647

One hundred birthday gifts, Daniel Low & Co., Jewelers & Silversmiths, Salem, Mass., 1913

Trade catalog containing gifts for people of all ages, specifically geared towards gifts given as birthday presents. Examples of gifts include engraved cards, pearls, gold jewelry, and bond paper. Each product is accompanied by photographs of illustrations of the products, product numbers, price, an...

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361226

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.003.020

Advertisement for Hood's sarsparilla, C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., circa 1882

Advertisement for C. I. Hood's patent medicine, specifically their sarsaparilla product. The front of the advertisement is a color lithograph of four kittens on a footstool. The verso of the advertisement contains testimonials from 30 drugstore owners who sell the product as well as an article writt...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361228

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.02.01.013

Growing Old Gracefully pamphlet, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1955

Pamphlet issued by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company describing how consumers can enjoy their life as they begin to age and retire. Topics discussed include undertaking hobbies and enjoying leisure time, acknowledging the changes one's body goes through, and how to keep financial securi...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361230

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.01.032

Dry well: medicinal and toiletries bottles, slide 30, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated January 1975. Numbered as slide 30 in the to...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361235

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00003

Ceramic miscellany, slide 17, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 17 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361236

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00004

Dry well: miscellaneous ceramics, knick-knacks, etc., slide 18, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 18 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361237

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00005

Miscellany, slide 36, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 36 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361238

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00006

Dry well: window glass, lamp chimneys, misc., slide 33, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 33 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361239

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00007

Miscellaneous bottles, slide 35, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 35 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361240

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00008

Replacement bottles, slide 34. Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 34 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361241

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00009

Pottery misc. and ceramic cups, slide 20, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 20 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361242

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00010

Dry well: cups (soft paste), mugs, compote cover, slide 21, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 21 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361243

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00011

Pharmaceutical bottles, slide 31, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 31 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361244

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00012

"Stoneware," slide 27, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 27 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361245

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00013

Ceramic chinoiserie, slide 16, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 16 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361246

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00014

Earthenware (American?), slide 19, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 19 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361247

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00015

Vermont - Bennington - Mounted

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363026

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.0580.0070

Studio portrait of George M. Hawks and a dog, Bennington, Vt., undated

Cabinet card of George M. Hawks holding a pencil with a dog on a bench. Taken by Gokays photographic studio in Bennington, Vermont. The following is printed underneath the print on the recto of the mount: "Gokays / Bennington, Vt."

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363028

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.0580.0070.001

Studio portrait of an unidentified man on roller skates, Lawrence, Mass., 1884

Cabinet card of an unidentified man on roller skates taken in a photographic studio. Taken by photographer George H. Leck of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Photograph dated 1884. Backmark on verso reads: "Geo. H. Leck, / Photographer, / 283 Essex Street, / Lawrence, Mass. 1884."

Date: 1884

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363029

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1520.0030.03

Occupations - Wallpaper Hangers

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363055

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5550.1100

Two unidentified men hanging wallpaper, undated

Cabinet card of two unidentified men preparing to hang wallpaper. Photographer is unknown. Photograph is undated.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363056

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5550.1100.001

Horton Brasses Inc., manufacturers of authentic reproduction furniture hardware, catalog no. 193, Horton Brasses Inc., Nooks Hill Road, P. O. Box 95, Cromwell, Conn., 1993

Trade catalog containing various examples of cabinet and other hardware produced and offered by Horton Brasses Inc. A price list is located in the back of the catalog. The catalog was published by Horton Brasses Inc. in 1993. Color and black-and-white photographs of pieces of hardware and employees...

Date: 1993

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363057

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.022

Distinctive homes: three, four, and five bedroom plans from 1600 to 5000 square feet, D-48, Standard Homes Plan Service, Inc., undated

Trade catalog containing floor plans for three, four, and five bedroom houses designed by Standard Homes Plan Service, Inc. Color illustrations, floor plans, and measurements are available for each design. On the front cover is a distributor's stamp reading advertising Old Country Store Land Offi...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363059

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.270

Lewis homes: homes of character, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan, 1922

The plan book has descriptions, floor plans, and photographs for each design.

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363062

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.271

A few of the many suburban and city dwellings that have been erected by H. Galloway Ten Eyck, architect, H. Galloway Ten Eyck, corner of Market and Broad Streets, Firemen's Insurance Building, Newark, N.J., circa 1895

Plan book containing designs of both suburban and city dwellings designed by architect H. Galloway Ten Eyck. Illustrations, photographs, design numbers, floor plans, and a brief description are included for each design. Testimonials from previous clients are included. Advertisements from various com...

Date: circa 1895

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363075

Ref. Code: EP005.746

A few of the many suburban and city dwellings that have been erected by H. Galloway Ten Eyck, architect, 2nd ed., H. Galloway Ten Eyck, corner of Market and Broad Streets, Firemen's Insurance Building, Newark, N.J., undated

Plan book containing designs of both suburban and city dwellings designed by architect H. Galloway Ten Eyck. Illustrations, photographs, design numbers, floor plans, and a brief description are included for each design. Advertisements from various companies, such as The Wm. H. Page Boiler Co., Fores...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363094

Ref. Code: EP005.747

Ford-V-Neer siding [portfolio], Ford Roofing Product Co., 111 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill., 1939

Portfolio containing information on Ford-V-Neer siding. Includes specifications, information, and photographic prints of houses with Ford-V-Neer siding. Published by Ford Roofing Product Co.

Date: 1939

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363102

Ref. Code: EP005.762

Life as you would have it, Surface Combustion Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1937

The trade catalog is laid out as a narrative, describing the daily routine of a family in a gas-equipped home. Throughout the narrative, the benefits of a gas-equipped home are highlighted. Photographic prints accompany the written narrative. Published by Surface Combustion Corporation.

Date: 1937

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363106

Ref. Code: EP005.763

Artistic home ideas, vol. II, no. 5, Home Ideas Publishing Co., Carthage, Ill., 1902 November

Issue of Artistic Home Ideas magazine published in November 1902. Addresses a number of topics related to building and designing comfortable homes, such as flooring, exterior painting. A large portion of the issue is focused on house design styles. Each design featured is accompanied by an illustrat...

Date: 1902

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363110

Ref. Code: EP005.783

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