Historic New England

Letterhead, Waverly Corporation, 31-35 Union Street, Boston, Mass.

The letter is an order for two Waverly stoves from a customer in New Hampshire. Waverly's reply, typed at the bottom of the letter, states they are returning the customer's money order and have liquidated their stock of stoves, ranges and heaters.

Date: 1955-08-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323734

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.011

Letterhead, Jacobs Manufacturing Co., Bridgeport, Alabama

The New Hampshire customer, seeking to purchase Jacobs stoves, has written to them asking for a local dealer. Jacobs reply, typed at the bottom of the letter, states that Waverly is their distributor and they would be able to supply the names of dealers. There is an envelope with the Jacobs name and...

Date: 1955-08-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323736

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.012

Box, Dennison flower outfits, Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, Mass.

The box has "Complete materials for making rose, chrysanthemum, carnation, poinsettia, wistaria and Easter lily." The box contains a large sheet of patterns for creating the crepe and tissue paper flowers. There are loose crepe paper cutouts for flower projects. The box has a copy of "Art & decorat...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323737

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.030

"Where to Stay on Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard, and Nantucket"

An undated light blue booklet with dark blue lettering listing hotels, rates, and other tourist information for Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323740

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.019

"Buzzards Bay"

An undated booklet published by the New York, New Haven, and Hatford Railroad about places of interest and the history of Buzzards Bay. The binding is compromised; contains loose pages.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323742

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.020

"Providence River and Narragansett Bay Fifty Glimpses"

A booklet containing a couple of loose pages of Cape Cod hotel advertisments, dated 1897. Only the advertisments are contained in this booklet.

Date: 1897

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323743

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.021

"Cape Cod The Ideal Vacation Land, 1930"

A multi-colored booklet containing tourist information, advertisements, and historical sketches about towns in Cape Cod.

Date: 1930

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323745

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.022

"Cape Cod Handbook 1931"

An orange Cape Cod handbook dating from 1931 with and illustration of a windmill on the front cover.

Date: 1931

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323748

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.023

"Quaint Cape Cod & It's Summer Delights"

An undated booklet published by the Passenger Department of the the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad about Cape Cod and its environs.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323749

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.024

"Manual of Summer Resorts in the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Eastern District, 1900"

A pink covered manual containing lists of hotels and general tourist information for summer resorts, including those at Cape Cod, Mass.

Date: 1900

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323750

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.025

"What's What on Cape Cod, July 1938"

A booklet with red lettering on the cover advertising what to see, where to go, and what to do on Cape Cod in July of 1938,

Date: 1938

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323751

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.026

"Cape Cod The Charm of the Early Ameican Retained in Cape Cod Resorts Today" (booklet and map)

A booklet including "Cape Cod A Plain Tale of the Luxury of the Old Colony Country" including history and sketches of Cape Cod towns.

Date: 1927

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323753

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.027

"1935 Summer Resorts in Southern New England"

A booklet advertisting summer resorts, things to do, and hotels and boarding cottages along the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.

Date: 1935

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323754

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.028

"Cape Cod The Perfect Summer Leisure Land"

An undated booklet with a blue and black cover featuring a windmill, things to do, and history of Cape Cod,

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323755

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.029

"Bournehurst Cape Cod Guide and Theatre Program"

A booklet and guide for the week of July 24, 1922 including things to do and "The Costume Movie Ball".

Date: 1922

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323757

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.030

"What's Fun on Cape Cod"

A booklet advertising things to do and see on Cape Cod during the week of July 29-August 5, 1939.

Date: 1939

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323759

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.031

"Cape Cod"

A booklet with illustrations, maps, advertisements, and listings of hotels and cottages on Cape Cod,

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323760

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.032

"The Cape Cod Canal"

An illustrated story of the Cape Cod Canal; note cover is missing and title page is loose.

Date: 1911

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323761

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.033

"Cape Cod: A Plain Tale of the Lure of the Old Colony Country"

A booklet including "Cape Cod A Plain Tale of the Luxury of the Old Colony Country" including history and sketches of Cape Cod towns.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323762

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.034

"Come to Cape Cod - The Land of the Early American"

A pictoral booklet featuring sights of interest throughout Cape Cod.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323763

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.035

Box, Anderson-Little, Fall River, Mass.

The name "Anderson-Little" is in green letters on the box cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323770

Ref. Code: EP002.02.071

Illustrated catalogue of cutlery and electro-plated ware, manufactured by the John Russell Cutlery Company, Green River Works, Turners Falls, Mass.

The cutlery is shown in detailed illustrations with dimensions. There are images of the factories and offices.

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323787

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.001.003

Associated tours season of 1916, promoted by the Automobile Club of America in co-operation with the hotels, Automobile Club of America, 54th Street, west of Broadway, New York, New York

A list of hotels is provided that are on the tours. Tours in New England, New Jersey, New York, New York to Florida and New York to Chicago are described with maps and mileage between points of interest.

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323789

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.002.029

Redwood fences the most natural garden surroundings, California Redwood Association, 617 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California

Styles of redwood fences are described with the advantages of using the wood.

Date: 1963

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323790

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.002.008

Redwood New England, list no. 8, Robert L. Puffer, Inc., Boston, Mass.

Redwood lumber for residential housing, barn siding, decks and other uses is described with grades and dimensions.

Date: 1969

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323792

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.009.012

Parisienne, furniture, National Upholstering Company, 4000 Adeline Street, Emeryville, California

The collection is based on French smoking chairs and couches from the 1930s.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323795

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.114

Catalog no. 5, Julius Blum & Co., Inc., 532-540 West 22nd Street, New York, New York

The catalog describes railings, treillage, mouldings, saddles, tubing and shapes and ornaments. Text on the front cover reads, "A.I.A. File No. 15."

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323796

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.014

Codman Album 6.0: Italy and Switzerland, 1900-1901

Album of photographs of the Codman Family's trip to Italy and Switzerland in 1900 and 1901. The photographs are a mix of commercial prints of scenic views and more amatuer snapshots, many with pencil notations. Locations include Capri, Amalfi, Perugia, Florence, Siena, Bologna, and Venice in Italy...

Date: 1900-1901

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 320996

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.006-00

Codman Album 7.0: France and Italy, 1900-1901

Album of amatuer photographs of scenic travel views of France and Italy and onboard the steamship Iberia. Locations include Nice, Avignon, Menton, Pisa, Genoa, Rome, Tivoli, Napes, Mt. Vesuvius, and Pompeii. Includes some images of the Codman family including such Sara Fletcher Bradlee Codman, Ali...

Date: 1900-1901

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 320997

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.007-00

Codman Album 8.0: Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, New York, 1902 - 1903

A travel album containing black and white, amateur, photographs dated 1902 to 1903. The album includes views of Ogunquit, Jordan Pond, and Bar Harbor, Maine; Marblehead gardens and harbor, Aunt Kitty's Garden, Mattapoisett, Westfield, and Boston in Massachusetts; the White Mountains, Crawford Not...

Date: 1902-1903

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 321000

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.008-00

New England Album

One small black paper album with 55 black and white photographs and 2 newspaper clippings. Photographs are small (mostly 2 ½ x 4 1/8). Album of people, family groups, automobiles, pets, sailboats, and horse drawn carriages. Mostly unidentified but there are some pencil markings on the back of lo...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 321009

Ref. Code: PC009.286

Codman Album 9.0: Italy and Sicily, 1907

Album of travel photographs of the Codman family's trip to Italy and Sicily on board the Steamship Pannonia in 1907. Locations include Naples, Palermo, Segesta, and Selinunte. The album is mostly of senic views but does contain some images of the Codmans, although at a distance and not identified....

Date: 1907

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 321010

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.009-00

Catching lobster with a string

Children on a saiilng sloop catching lobster with a string.

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 321019

Ref. Code: PC009.286.001

Girl with lobster on a string

Girl catching a lobster with a string

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 321020

Ref. Code: PC009.286.002

Stereograph of the Shoe Manufacturers' Banquet at Kenoza Lake, Haverhill, Mass.

Shoe manufacturers stand outside a decorated building at Kenoza Lake, Massachusetts. The event was the festival and picnic given by Haverhill to members of the shoe and leather trade.

Date: 1871

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321023

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0770.0010.001

Exterior view of Richard Smart Carpet Beating Company, Cambridgeport, Mass.

Two little girls stand in front of five men at the Richard Smart Carpet Beating Company.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321025

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0235.002

Codman Album 10.0: France and Italy, New England views, and Martha Codman Karolik house, 1906-1911

Travel album of the Codman family's motor trip through France and Italy in 1906 and 1907, and New England in 1908 through 1911. The album also contains exterior views of the Martha Codman Karolik house in Washington, D.C. Locations include Menton, Cap D'Antibes in France; San Remo and Rome in Ital...

Date: 1908-1911

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 321027

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.010-00

Exterior view of commercial buildings decorated for the National Encampment, August 12, 1890, Meridian Street, East Boston, Mass.

Commercial buildings on Meridian Street are decorated with bunting for the National Encampment taking place in Boston in August 1890. Pedestrians and customers pose in front of the stores for the photographer. The businesses include the Old Corner Store, Troy Laundry and the G.O. Ayer photography st...

Date: 1890-08-12

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321026

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.079

Codman Album 11.0: France and Italy, Canada, New York, and New England views, 1903-1906

Travel album of the Codman family's trip to France and Italy, as well as Canada, New York, and New England. Locations include Murray Bay and Pointe au Pic, Canada, New York City street scenes, the Weld House, Bar Harbor, Maine, Peterborough and Dublin, New Hampshire, Newport and Bristol, Rhode Isla...

Date: 1903-1906

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 321028

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.011-00

Codman Album 12.0: Europe and New England travel views, 1903-1909

A travel album of a amateur photographs of a mix of locations in Europe and New England documenting the Codman family trips. Locations include the Thames River, Rome, Stomboli, and the Nile River. New England locations include Peterborough, New Hampshire, Marblehead, Massachusetts, and Northeast H...

Date: 1903-1909

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 321029

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.012-00

Exterior view of E.A. Bliss Company building, North Attleboro, Mass.

The E.A. Bliss Company was a precursor to the Napier jewelry company.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321031

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2100.0010.001

Antique Building, corner of School and Washington Streets, Boston (Old Corner Bookstore)

Color print of the Old Corner Bookstore, Washington Street, Boston showing the Wiiliam D.Ticknor and Company Books and Stationary store and people and horse and sleighs on the street in front of the building.

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

GUSN: 321051

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3550.029

Codman Album 13: Travel - Egypt. Italy, and Sicily, 1909

1 photograph album containing 17 pages of black and white photographs (7" x 10")

Date: 1909

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 321115

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.013-00

Menu, Haven Inn, your ideal place, Route 5, Post Road, North Haven, Connecticut

The Inn has breakfast items, sandwiches, dinners and a Chinese menu. The menu cover has a bottle of Four Roses whiskey from Frankfort Distilleries, Inc. The menu verso states the Inn has two acres of picnic groves for outdoor parties and does catering for weddings and banquets.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321142

Ref. Code: EP001.06.20.016

Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine collection

Group photographs of campers and staff, brochures, banquet menus, outfitting list, and musical show poster from Camp Wapello, a summer camp for boys aged 7 to 17 located on Crotch Island, Friendship, Maine, all dating between 1930 and 1935.

Date: 1930-1935

Collection: Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine collection

GUSN: 321217

Ref. Code: CC015

Photographs of campers and staff, Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine

5 framed, black and white photographs (one photograph removed from frame due to broken glass)

Date: 1930-1934

Collection: Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine collection

GUSN: 321218

Ref. Code: CC015.01

Ephemera, Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine

4 banquet menus, 1 outfitting list, and 1 advertising poster for musical show

Date: 1930-1935

Collection: Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine collection

GUSN: 321219

Ref. Code: CC015.02

Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine, August 1, 1933

Group photograph of campers and counselors taken in the woods at Camp Wapello, Crotch Island, Friendship, Maine. Most of the boys dressed in their camp uniforms are sitting or standing near an out cropping of rocks near pine trees. Older boys in white t-shirts, who appear to counselors, are also i...

Date: 1933

Collection: Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine collection

GUSN: 321221

Ref. Code: CC015.01.001

Camp Group, Camp Wapello, 1931

Group photograph of campers and counselors at Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine. From left to right: (standing) Alexander List; (sitting) Richard McGrath; Robert Betchley; (sitting directly in front of tree) Nat Lauriat; Richard Earl; (standing) LeRoy Schwarzelder; Owen McHarg, Jr.

Date: 1931

Collection: Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine collection

GUSN: 321224

Ref. Code: CC015.01.002

Group portrait of campers and counselors, Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine, 1931

Group photograph of campers and counselors at Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine taken outside in front of a backdrop of trees. A typed list of names on the back of the frame identifies the sitters, inlcuding some nick names.

Date: 1931

Collection: Camp Wapello, Friendship, Maine collection

GUSN: 321245

Ref. Code: CC015.01.003

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