Historic New England

International Illumination Congress

This subseries contains glass plate negatives of the international illumination congress, which took place in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1928. The negatives show various groups of people at the event, including a soccer team.

Date: 1928

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331222

Ref. Code: PC053.01.74

Inventions

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various inventions, such as a rotating sail, a perspiring water pitcher, a clothes line tightener, and a remote control boat.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331224

Ref. Code: PC053.01.75

Alan Trustman Jr. house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Alan Trustman Jr. in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #1670) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and fifteen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, or Robert E. Mino...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 331223

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1670

Lamplighters

This subseries includes an acetate or nitrate negative of a man lighting a gas street light.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331226

Ref. Code: PC053.01.76

Lindbergh

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of Charles Lindbergh on a trans-continental tour after his flight from New York to Paris, France in May of 1927. During the summer of 1927, Lindbergh visited Concord, New Hampshire, aviators in Boston, Massachusetts, and politicia...

Date: 1927, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331228

Ref. Code: PC053.01.77

Logging and Lumbering

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives that depict logging and lumbering around New England. The negatives show individuals and groups in the logging and lumbering business, but also the natural environment surrounding the business. The negatives come from a variety o...

Date: 1926-1927, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331229

Ref. Code: PC053.01.78

Charles L. Stearns house, North Scituate Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Stearns in North Scituate, Massachusetts (commission #1671) including three elevations, two plans, one plot plan, one interior elevation, and two details. Also included is one drawing, dated 1967, for a proposed second floor addi...

Date: 1957

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

GUSN: 331230

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1671

G. Carlton Snowe house, Auburn, Maine

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. G. Carlton Snowe in Auburn, Maine (commission #1673) including four elevations and three plans. All drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt s...

Date: 1957, undated

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

GUSN: 331232

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1673

Large tree moving and other landscape work, Lewis & Valentine Co., Roslyn, Long Island, branch nursery, East Rockaway, Long Island

Large trees relocated abd planted on Long Island estates are shown in photographs. The inside of the back cover has lists of estates and landscape architects.

Date: 1915-09-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331234

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.114

Tree planting on streets and highways, by William F. Fox, State of New York, Forest, Fish and Game Commission, Albany, New York

The advantages of planting trees are described with suggestions for tree selection and maintenance. There are eight color plates of leaves from recommended specimens.

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331235

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.115

Mail

\li-15This subseries includes glass plate and acetate negatives that feature mailboxes in Maine and a mailman on Bonair Street in Somerville, Massachusetts

Date: 1927-1940

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331239

Ref. Code: PC053.01.79

Marbles

This subseries includes two glass plate negatives of several men watching and playing marbles

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331240

Ref. Code: PC053.01.80

Military

This subseries include several glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various military machinery and personnel, including West Point cadets and the return of the 26th Division on the Mt. Vernon.

Date: 1928, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331241

Ref. Code: PC053.01.81

General

4 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331242

Ref. Code: PC053.01.81.001

West Point cadets

3 glass plate negatives

Date: 1928

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331243

Ref. Code: PC053.01.81.002

Milkcans

\li-15This subseries contains a glass plate negative and several acetate or nitrate negatives of milk cans in transport and on the platform of a railroad station in Winchester, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331244

Ref. Code: PC053.01.82

Minerals

5 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331245

Ref. Code: PC053.01.83

Take part, a report on new ways in which people can participate in planning their own environments, by Lawrence Halprin & Associates, San Francisco/New York

The community participation workshops are described that involve individuals in environmental and urban space planning.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331247

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.116

Nashua Country Club, Nashua, N.H.

Set of forty-four architectural drawings for alterations to existing building for Nashua Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1675-A) including two elevations, five plans, two plot plans, four plumbing plans, four heating plans, three electrical plans, three structural plans, seventeen...

Date: 1960-1961

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

GUSN: 331248

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1675-A

Daniel J. Bell house, Belmont, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Bell (commission #1676) including four elevations, four plans, three details, three topographical plans, one rendering by Royal Barry Wills, and one initial sketch . Some drawings are signed by Merton Stuart Barrows; some draw...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331250

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1676

Miscellaneous

This subseries is a collection of 128 glass plate negatives that were arranged and numbered by Yankee Publishing. Each negative has a unique identifier. The numbered negatives are unique images that had trouble fitting into any of the subjects assigned by Yankee Publishing. Each negative is indivi...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331251

Ref. Code: PC053.01.84

Monuements

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of diverse monuments around New England. Featured monuments include the mystery stone in Hamilton-Wenham, the Forefathers monument in Plymouth, the Hannah Dustin monument in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the George Washington statue i...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331252

Ref. Code: PC053.01.85

Novelties

\li-15This subseries displays odd events that occurred throughout New England. For example, the negatives show thousands of people marching on protest at the painting of a beer sign on the Bunker Hill monument, the George Washington Statue on the Boston Public Garden facing backwards, a pet hippo, l...

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331253

Ref. Code: PC053.01.86

Oysters and Pearls

This subseries include glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of oysters and pearls, which were a feature story in Yankee Magazine.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331254

Ref. Code: PC053.01.87

John V. Gilmore house, Wellesley, Mass.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Dr. and Mrs. John V. Gilmore (commission #1677) including four elevations, three plans, and one plot plan. Some drawings are signed by John F. Howard; all drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Garison Colonial-style house with asphalt ...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331256

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1677

Louis H. Fischer house, East Orleans, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Fischer, East orleans, Massachusetts (commission #1678) including four elevations and two plans, four details, one, plot plan, one cross section, and one initial elevation. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter, Ken Dup...

Date: 1957-1958

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

GUSN: 331258

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1678

Harold M. Estabrook house, Bridgewater, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Harold Estabrook in Bridgewater, Massachusetts (commission #1679) including four elevations, four plans, one plot plan, three heating plans, nine details, and two renderings. Some drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills or W...

Date: 1957-1959

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

GUSN: 331260

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1679

Defeat desert dryness in your home and office, humidify for health, comfort, economy, Maid-o'-Mist, Inc., automatic humidifiers, Maid-o'-Mist, Inc., 3217 North Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois, 1940s

The advantages of adding the humidifier to radiators is described. The product is available from Johnson Automatic Heat, 15 Brackett Street, Portland, Maine.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316766

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.032

Eastern homes of individuality, National Plan Service, Inc., Chicago, Illinois,1948

The home designs utilize modular millwork, stock lumber sizes and efficient engineering. Descriptions, illustrations and floor plans are provided. The homes can be built by L.C. Andrew, lumber and building materials, in Portland and South Windham, Maine.

Date: 1948

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316768

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.113

It's a beauty both inside and outside its handsome jacket, the new Delco-Heat Conditionair oil-fired forced warm air furnace for small homes, Delco Appliance Division, General Motors Corporation, Rochester, New York, undated

The flyer describes models OC-50-1 and Oc-85-1. The product is available from Portland Sebago Ice Company, 302 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316771

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.023

You can heat your home from your armchair with a Delco-Heat Oil Burner, Delco Appliance Division, General Motors Corporation, Rochester, New York, undated

Oil burner specifications and performance data are provided for potential customers. The product is available from Portland Sebago Ice Company, 302 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316772

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.024

Esso Oil Burner, model ECS, featuring the amazing new economy clutch, location unknown, undated

The product is available from Ballard Oil & Equipment Company, 135 Marginal Way, Portland, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316773

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.033

Esso Oil Burner, model EC1, featuring the amazing new economy clutch, location unknown, undated

The product is available from Ballard Oil & Equipment Company, 135 Marginal Way, Portland, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316774

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.034

Efficient, dependable oil heat for large residential and small commercial buildings, Timken Silent Automatic Pressure-Type Oil Burners, Timken Silent Automatic Division, The Timken-Detroit Axle Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1947

The oil burner components are described on the item verso for models OCD-40, OCD-60 and OCD-80. The product is available from Randall & McAllister, 84 Commercial Street, Portland, Maine.

Date: 1947

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316775

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.025

Comfort all through the house, clean-quiet-automatic Fluid Heat Oil Burner, Fluid Heat Division, Anchor Post Products, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, undated

The flyer states the burner can utilize the new heating oils known as catalytics. The product is available from Pallotta Oil Company, 112 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316776

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.026

White pine, the wood pre-eminent today as always in home-building, The Northern Pine Manufacturers' Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Homes built with white pine are described with floor plans and prices. Most of the examples are historic homes in Massachusetts.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316844

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.009

Pine homes and pine interiors, Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company, 900 First National-Soo Line Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The use of pine in historic and modern homes and commerical buildings is described in the pamphlet. The Company lumber business is described showing forests, plants and stains. A loose flyer from the Colonial Stain Company, 156 State Street in Boston, describes "Colonial pine treatment." A second lo...

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316845

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.010

Issue of 1914-15, Hamblin & Russell Mfg. Co., manufacturers of hardware specialties and standard wire good, Worcester, Mass.

1 trade catalog, 247 pages : illustrations ; 9 1/4 x 6 inches

Date: 1914-1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316847

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.010

Catalog of ornamental ironwork by master craftsmen of old New Orleans, Lorio Iron Works, 744 So. Gayoso Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

Decorative railings, gates and other fixtures are described for potential customers. Text on the front cover reads, "A.I.A. File No. 15-C."

Date: 1941

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316848

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.011

Supplement 2 to catalog 33, steel moulding, J.G. Braun Company, 609 South Paulina Street, Chicago, Illinois and 537 West 35th Street, New York, New York and 636 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, California

Handrails and baluster spindles are described for potential customers. Text on the front cover reads, "A.I.A. File No. 15."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316849

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.012

Standardized woodwork, Angel products, Angel Novelty Co., woodwork mfrs., Fitchburg, Mass.

Woodwork done by the business for doors, windows, cabinets and other items is described.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316850

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.011

Sample catalog, Hardwood Products Company, Mayville, Michigan and Guilford, Maine

The business manufactures toothpicks, candy and ice cream sticks, mustard paddles, cocktail forks and steak markers.

Date: 1939

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316851

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.012

Interior wood shutters, Southern Shutter Company, Montgomery, Alabama

The business specializes in custom-made wood shutters and blinds.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316853

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.013

Exterior wood shutters, Southern Shutter Company, Montgomery, Alabama

Shutter styles are described in the item.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316854

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.014

Readybuilt, a complete line of meticulously crafted wood mantels, catalog no. 94, The Readybuilt Products Company, Baltimore, Maryland

Dimensions and photographs are provided for the mantels. A business card for Lynn Lumber Company, 180 Commercial Street, Lynn, Massachusetts is stapled to the front cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316855

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.004.013

Purveyor of fine architectural millwork, Lynn Lumber Company, Inc., 180 Commercial Street, Lynn, Mass.

Molding styles are are shown with dimensions.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316859

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.015

Duraflex, the original flexible moulding, ResinArt 2000 catalog, ResinArt East, Inc., 17 Continuum Drive, Fletcher, North Carolina

Moulding styles are described using Duraflex.

Date: 2000

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316861

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001.014

Architectural columns, Dixie-Pacific Manufacturing Company, Inc., an Ingersoll Rand Company, 1700 West Grand Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama

Specifications are provided for the columns and capitals described in the catalog.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316863

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.003.003

Dixie-Pacific fiberglass columns, Dixie-Pacific Schlage, 1700 West Grand Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama

Dimensions and specifications are provided for DuraCast Fiberglass Columns.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316864

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.003.004

Century architectural specialties, Marietta, Georgia

The business manufactures crown mouldings, cornice mouldings, chair rails, friezes, door and window casings and other products from a fiberglass composite and HD polymers.

Date: 2001

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 316865

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001.015

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