Historic New England

Ambler Asbestos Shingles (Century Brand), the "last forever" roof, Keasbey & Mattison Company, Ambler, Pa., 1917

Trade catalog showcasing building products manufactured by the Keasbey & Mattison Company, including asbestos shingles, slates, and sheathing. Articles discuss applications and uses of the products are accompanied by photographic prints of houses and other buildings using the products. A list of bui...

Date: 1917

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361970

Ref. Code: EP005.680

Protection from cold, heat, wind, and rain. No leaking roofs, no cracks for wind to enter, with "Neponset," F. W. Bird & Son, East Walpole, Mass., undated

Trade catalog detailing the uses and benefits of "Neponset" building papers, a product manufactured by F. W. Bird & Son. Directions for application on roofing and siding are detailed.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361971

Ref. Code: EP005.681

Where to buy Neponset products, Bird & Son, East Walpole, Mass., 1917

Letter from the Western Manager of Bird & Son to lumber company Schaller & McKey following up on a previous phone call. The letter opens to a two-page trade catalog advertising Neponset products sold by Bird & Son, such as the Neponset Shingle, Neponset Paroid Roofing, and the Neponset Black Waterpr...

Date: 1917

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361972

Ref. Code: EP005.682

The home you always wanted. The house that Bird builds, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass., undated

Trade catalog showcasing building materials manufactured by Bird & Son, Inc., including shingles, sidings, roofing, wallboard, and more. Each listing includes a product description, illustrations, and specifications. Photographic prints and other illustrations throughout the catalog depict uses of t...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361974

Ref. Code: EP005.683

Bird: the symbol of modern homes, catalog of colors, Bird & Son, Inc., East Walpole, Mass., 1941

Bound trade catalog showcasing building materials manufactured by Bird & Son, Inc., including shingles, sidings, roofing, wallboard, and more. Each listing includes a product description and illustration. Photographs and other illustrations throughout the catalog depict uses of the products, and spe...

Date: 1941

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361977

Ref. Code: EP005.684

Make your home stand out in beauty - protection - long life, James A. Smith Roofing Co., Manchester, N.H., undated

Trade catalog advertising Setab Shingles, highlighting the benefits, uses, and specifications of the product. Illustrations and photographs demonstrate color selection and uses of the shingles on residences. Published by James A. Smith Roofing Co.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361979

Ref. Code: EP005.685

Perhaps your home needs a new hat!, The Archer Company, Fall River, Mass., undated

Brochure advertising Preston Roofing, highlighting the benefits and uses of the roofing. Illustrations depict the roofing on residences and a color selection for products. Published by The Archer Company.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361980

Ref. Code: EP005.686

Bonanza "Cementile" Roofing, American Cement Tile Manufacturing Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1927

Trade catalog advertising Bonanza "Cementile" Roofing, highlighting the benefits, uses, and specifications of the roofing. Articles discuss applications, specifications, and uses of the roofing are accompanied by photographs and illustrations. Published by the American Cement Tile Manufacturing Co.

Date: 1927

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361985

Ref. Code: EP005.687

Metal Spanish tiles and shingles, 2nd ed., catalog no. 72, The Edwards Manufacturing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926

Trade catalog showcasing building materials manufactured by The Edwards Manufacturing Co., including metal Spanish tile and shingles. Each listing includes a product description and illustration. Photographic prints and other illustrations throughout the catalog depict uses of the products, and spec...

Date: 1926

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361989

Ref. Code: EP005.688

Bidwell's House and Great Elm - Dorchester Ave.

The identity and location of this building within Dorchester, Mass. remains unknown. Sleeve label: Quality - not very good Remarks - Splendid, only for the stratches and spot on film.

Date: June 9, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361991

Ref. Code: PC086.001

"Barnard Capen House", Dorchester, Washington St. opposite Melville Ave

Image of Bernard Capen House, built c. 1637; one of oldest remaining houses in Boston area; originally located on corner of Washington and Dunlap Sts. in Dorchester, Mass.; dismantled and moved to Milton, MA in 1909; dismantled again in early 2000s and currently in storage. Sleeve label: Quality...

Date: May 20, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361992

Ref. Code: PC086.002

Full length portrait of Frank

Portrait of Frank A. Wood, pictured at age 7. Sleeve label: Quality - Very good Remarks - A rather small picture. Plate slightly scratched.

Date: 1893-1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361993

Ref. Code: PC086.003

Our House - Dorchester

Image depicts 10 Elm Lawn Street, Dorchester, Mass., which was the Wood family home from 1889 to 1896. Sleeve label: Quality - Fair - very. Remarks - 1st picture taken of a house with our camera.

Date: January 6, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361994

Ref. Code: PC086.004

Ball Hugh's House, Washington St. corner of School St.

Image depicts "Sunnyside", last home of celebrated British-American sculptor Robert Ball Hughes, located at 3 School Street, Dorchester, Mass. Sleeve label: Quality - Fair Remarks - Taken on trip of Big Four Camera Club

Date: May 30, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361995

Ref. Code: PC086.005

"The Basin" on the road to the "Profile", N.H.

Image depicts "the Basin" of the Pemigewasset River en route to Profile Lake in Lincoln/Franconia, N.H.

Date: August 14, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361996

Ref. Code: PC086.006

Agassiz Basin and Group on Bridge, North Woodstock, N.H.

Image depicts Agassiz Basin (sometimes called Indian Leap), a waterfall stemming from Moosilauke Brook in North Woodstock, N.H.; bridge seen in image not longer exists.

Date: August 12, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361997

Ref. Code: PC086.007

Portrait of Austin Wood, Full Length

Portrait of Austin C. Wood (1879-1965), pictured at age 14. Sleeve label: Quality - Fair Remarks - Position rather stiff. Slightly under-exposed.

Date: Jan-Feb. 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361998

Ref. Code: PC086.008

Half length portrait of Frank Wood

Portrait of Frank A. Wood, pictured at age 7. Sleeve label: Quality - Quite Fair Remarks - 1st picture taken. Very good likeness, but over-exposed.

Date: December 23, 1893

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 361999

Ref. Code: PC086.009

Full-length portrait of Mama

Portrait of Agnes E. Wood, pictured at age 40. Sleeve label: Quality - Fair Remarks - Good likeness, well focused. Position a little stiff. Head slightly inclined upward a little too much.

Date: January-April 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362000

Ref. Code: PC086.010

Pierce House 1640. Oak Ave. Dorchester

Image of Pierce House, built c. 1683; one of the last surviving examples of seventeenth-century architecture in the city of Boston; located at 24 Oakton Ave, Dorchester, Mass.; currently owned and operated as a museum by Historic New England. Sleeve label: Quality - Good Remarks - Taken on a tr...

Date: May 30, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362001

Ref. Code: PC086.011

House Papa lived in when a boy, Northampton, Mass.

Images depicts an unidentified house in Northampton, Mass., childhood home of William A. Wood.

Date: July 28, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362002

Ref. Code: PC086.012

Abstract of the proceedings of the first meeting of the Building Committee of Grace Church, Boston, Mass., 1835 March 20

Double column text report detailing an abstract of the proceedings of the first meeting of the Building Committee of Grace Church. The abstract contains detai.ls about committee appointments, the contract with the architectural firm of Salmon, Jeremiah, Theodore, and William Washburn, and the specif...

Date: 1835

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 362013

Ref. Code: AR001.001.006

Parson's House (where Papa was born), West Street., Northampton, Mass.

Image depicts 39 West Street, Northampton, Mass., birthplace of William A. Wood. Property built and owned by Col. Joseph Bailey Parsons (1828-1906), prominent citizen of Northampton and Civil War veteran. William Wood's great-grandmother Keziah Parsons Phelps was a descendant of Cornet Joseph Parson...

Date: July 30, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362003

Ref. Code: PC086.013

On the Moosilauke River, I. North Woodstock, N.H.

Image depicts Moosilauke Brook (likely near Agassiz Basin), North Woodstock, N.H.

Date: August 18, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362004

Ref. Code: PC086.014

Pemigewasset River Cascades above the "Basin" on road to "Profile", N.H.

Image depicts waterfalls of the Pemigewasset River between the Basin and Profile Lake, Lincoln/Franconia, N.H.

Date: August 14, 1894

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362005

Ref. Code: PC086.015

View from Standish Hill - S. Duxbury

Image depicts view of Standish Shore from Captain's Hill, now site of Myles Standish Monument (not completed until 1898, 3 years after this photograph was taken). Myles Standish Hotel is visible in the background.

Date: August 1895

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362006

Ref. Code: PC086.016

Frank and Eleneor on Sleds

Image of snowy front yard of 9 Elm Lawn St., Dorchester, Mass. (no. 11 Elm Lawn St. visible in background); depicted are Frank A. Wood and young girl Eleneor (unidentified).

Date: Winter 1895

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362007

Ref. Code: PC086.017

Frank Wood - "The Kid" - Dorchester

Portrait of Frank A. Wood, pictured at age 9.

Date: December 1895

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362008

Ref. Code: PC086.018

Orange tree in bearing at Merritt's Island, Florida

Image of tree on Merritt Island in Eastern Florida. Known in the late 1800s for citrus production, Merritt Island is now the home of the Kennedy Space Center.

Date: March 1896

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362009

Ref. Code: PC086.019

Our House - 3 Shawmut Park, Dorchester

Image of 3 Shawmut Park (now 7 Florida Street), Dorchester, Mass.; Wood family home beginning in 1896.

Date: May 27, 1896

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362010

Ref. Code: PC086.020

Our House on Shawmut Park (North-East Corner)

Image of 3 Shawmut Park (now 7 Florida Street), Dorchester, Mass.; Wood family home beginning in 1896.

Date: June 1897

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362011

Ref. Code: PC086.021

[Untitled, two men and a woman seated outdoors]

This negative was not in a sleeve when acquired, so the image is missing the same type of identifying information given to the other negatives. The image depicts two men and one woman seated in rocking chairs on an outdoor porch on the water. The woman is reading what appears to be a newspaper.

Date: undated

Collection: Wood family glass-plate negative collection

GUSN: 362012

Ref. Code: PC086.022

Service Station Plans for Goodyear Dealers, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc., Akron, Ohio, 1927

Plan book containing twenty-one service station plans for Goodyear dealers. The plan book was published by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in 1927. It was printed by the Superior Printing Company. The first pages of the plan book contan articles detailing the reasoning behind the designs, such ...

Date: 1927

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 362016

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.037

Ted Williams Tunnel, Boston, Mass., undated

Black-and-white photograph of the inside of the Ted Williams Tunnel while it was being constructed. The photograph is undated and the photographer is unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362021

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0030.002

Trade card for Treat Hardware Corp., hardware, 584 Essex St., Lawrence, Mass., undated

Trade card for Treat Hardware Corp. in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The hardware corporation served as a distributor for various products, including the advertised Bird Neponset Products produced by F. W. Bird & Son of East Walpole, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362030

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.067

Trade card for Jacob Quincer Co., Redwood, N.Y., undated

Trade card for Jacob Quincer Co. in Redwood, New York. The company is a distributor of various products, including the advertised Bird Master-Bilt Weather-Tex Thick Butt Shingles made by F. W. Bird & Son of East Walpole, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362034

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.01.021

Postcard for Tilo Roofing Company, Inc., Providence, R.I., undated

Postcard from Tilo Roofing Company, Inc. advertising a free cost estimate for different styles of roofs.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362035

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.01.022

Edward Feck house, Weston, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Feck in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #1403-A) including three elevations, two plans, one plot plan, one cross section, one rendering, and seven details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict...

Date: 1953

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

GUSN: 329585

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1403-A

Walter Davis (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for builder Walter Davis in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #1404) including three elevations and two plans. All drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a clapboard and flush board exterio...

Date: 1952

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

GUSN: 329590

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1404

Francis R. Austin house, Dover, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Francis R. Austin in Dover, Massachusetts (commission #1407) including three elevations, three plans, one topographical map, and sixteen details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J. Rhoter. Topographi...

Date: 1952-1953

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

GUSN: 329591

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1407

G. Carlton Snowe house, Auburn, Maine

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. G. Carlton Snowe in Auburn, Maine (commission #1408) including three elevations, three plans, one rendering, and nine details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Ken Duprey; most drawings are dated. Drawings depict a tw...

Date: 1952-1953

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

GUSN: 329592

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1408

Gordon Heath garage and greenhouse, Sherborn, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of garage, shop, and greenhouse for Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Heath in Sherborn, Massachusetts (commission #1417) including one elevation, three plans, and one detail. All drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot.

Date: 1952

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

GUSN: 329595

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1417

Robert S. Wicksman house, Williamstown, Mass.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Wicksman in Williamstown, Massachusetts (commission #1418) including four elevations, three plans, one rendering, one plot plan, one cross section, and nine details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Warren Rho...

Date: 1954-1955

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

GUSN: 329596

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1418

Raymond B. Willcox house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. Raymond B. Willcox in Wellesley, Massachusetts (commission #1416) including two elevations, two plans, and two details. Drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot or Warren Rhoter; most drawings are dated. Alterations include...

Date: 1952

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

GUSN: 329597

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1416

A. L. M. Dingee house, Hillsboro, N.H.

Set of five architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. A. L M. Dingee in Hillsboro, New Hampshire commission #1423) including one elevation, two plans, and two details. Some drawings are signed by Robert E. Minot; most drawings are dated. Alterations include changes to the l...

Date: 1952-1953

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

GUSN: 329598

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1423

Frank G. Riehl house, Rutland, Vt.

Set of twenty-seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Riehl in Rutland, Vermont (commission #1419) including five elevations, two plans, one rendering, one plot plan, one electical plan, and seventeen details. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows, ...

Date: 1952-1953

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

GUSN: 329602

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1419

Gordon Brown house, Concord, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brown in Concord, Massachusetts (commission #1420) including four elevations, three plans, and nine details. Drawings are signed and dated by Warren J. Rhoter or Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house ...

Date: 1953

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

GUSN: 329603

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1420

Gordon Brown house, Concord, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Brown in Concord, Massachusetts (commission #1420) including two elevations, two plans, and one plot plan. Drawings are signed and dated by Warren J. Rhoter. Alterations include a new breezeway and two-car...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 329604

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1420-A

Howard F. Hill house, Belgrade, Maine

Set of twenty architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Howard F. Hill in Belgrade, Maine (commission #1421) including four elevations, three plans, one rendering, one plot plan, and ten details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot, or Warren J...

Date: 1953

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

GUSN: 329605

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1421

Samuel M. Sutter house, Mamaroneck, N.Y.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Suttter in Mamaroneck, New York (commission #1424) including three elevations, five plans, one rendering, two plot plans, two sketches, and six details. Most drawings are dated; rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills. Dr...

Date: 1953

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

GUSN: 329607

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1424

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