Historic New England

Introducing to you protection from lightning and lower insurance rates, Boston Lightning Rod Co., 755 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.

The public is urged to install lightning rods and the Company states its equipment is installed on 30,000 New England properties.

Date: 1917-08-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285492

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.007

Introducing to you protection from lightning and lower insurance rates, Boston Lightning Rod Co., 294 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

The public is urged to install lightning rods and the Company states its equipment is installed on 30,000 New England properties.

Date: 1917-08-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285493

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.008

Copper gutters and leaders, monograph IV, issued by Copper & Brass Research Association, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York

Text and diagrams describe methods of installing various types of gutters and leaders.

Date: 1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285494

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.002

Copper, the ideal roof, by C. Matlack Price, published by Copper & Brass Research Association, 25 Broadway, New York, New York

Copper roofs are described and illustrated in the pamphlet. A letter is attached to the item from Richards & Company to William Sumner Appleton. Appleton had requested literature on Anaconda Copper Roofings. Richards is located at Causeway and Beverly Streets in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285495

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.003

Anaconda Copper Roofings, manufactured by Anaconda Copper Mining Company, distributed by Anaconda Sales Company, 25 Broadway, New York, New York

The advantages and features of copper roofs are described in the item. A letter, dated October 16, 1922, from Richards & Company has been pasted inside the front cover. The letter is addressed to William Sumner Appleton in answer to his request for information. A trade card for Richards & Company i...

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285498

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.004

Warren's Natural Asphalt Roofing, Warren Chemical & Mfg. Co., 114 John Street, New York and 101 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.

The composition of the asphalt roofing is described with illustrations of buildings using the brand. Two of the buildings are the Hotel Boscobel in Lynn and "The Herald" at 255 Washington Street, Boston.

Date: 1887

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285500

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.005

Imperial Roofing Tiles, a series of specifications and details for roofing tiles, Ludowici-Celadon Company, 104 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

The types of roof tiles manufactured by the firm are described on individal specification sheets. The folder and sheets have the text "A.I.A. File 12-e1." The left corner of the folder reads "E. Stanley Wires Company, Inc., 120 Boylston Street."

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285503

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.006

Ludowici, catalog, Ludowici Roof Tile, A Certain Teed Company, 4757 Tile Plant Road, P.O. Box 69, New Lexington, Ohio

The tile lines manufactured by Ludowici are shown in large, full-color photographs with accompanying descriptions. A business card for a sales representative is stapled to the front flyleaf. There is a separate "Tile selection guide" brochure with measurements, weights and colors available.

Date: 1997

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285504

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.007

Practical hints to builders and those contemplating building, 4th edition, The National Sheet Metal Roofing Co., 510 to 520 East 20th Street, New York, New York

Advice in building houses is provided with a special focus on roof and roof materials. In the roundel of the cover illustration, several workers lay tiles on the roof of a Queen Anne-style house. In the square panel of the illustration, there are three images of the interior of a house: two men pla...

Date: 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285507

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.008

Where? Where can I purchase the genuine Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles? From your lumber dealer, Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., sole manufacturers, North Tonawanda, New York

Houses using the Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles are shown in the photographs. Architects, builders and Creo-Dipt products are identified on the front and verso of the images. There is a small postcard for requesting additional information.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 285511

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.012.009

Massachusetts - Newburyport

This file includes two folders, which include one postcard and one stereoview of Pleasant Street Unitarian Congregational Church and an unidentified church, as well as one large print of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Newburyport, Mass.