Historic New England

Modern homes, Newell Coal and Lumber Co., Pawtucket, R.I., 1929

Plan book for modern housing designs. Product listings include an illustration or photographic print of the completed structure, a list of dimensions, floor plans, and a short summary of key features of the housing design. The first few pages of the plan book also include some sample blueprints that...

Date: 1929

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358644

Ref. Code: EP005.365

A buyer's guide to today's home styles, Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster, Pa., undated

Plan book giving details about different styles of homes. Home styles included are the Ranch House, the Split-Level House, the Colonial Home, the Cape Cod Home, and the Contemporary Home. Each style comes with four or five pages detailing variations on the style, accompanying color illustrations and...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358646

Ref. Code: EP005.366

Your ideal new home: 57 select designs for comfortable home living, Associated Architects Home Designs, Providence, R.I., 1952

Plan book detailing housing designs. Each design is accompanied with an illustration of the completed house, the name of the design, a short sentence describing a unique feature, and a floor plan.

Date: 1952

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358647

Ref. Code: EP005.367

Alpha cement: why people like concrete homes, Alpha Portland Cement Company, Chicago, Ill., 1947

Plan book for homes primarily made from concrete. Along with house designs and their associated floor plans, each comes with a certain feature as to why the home is better for being made out of concrete. Also interspersed in the pages are short spreads on how houses made of concrete are built along ...

Date: 1947

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358648

Ref. Code: EP005.368

Alpha cement: 22 low cost concrete homes, Alpha Portland Cement Company, Chicago, Ill., undated

Plan book for concrete homes. The first section details some specific styles of concrete homes, accompanied by illustrations of the completed project, floor plans, and a description written by the company detailing unique features. The following pages showcase real-life examples of the homes, with p...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358649

Ref. Code: EP005.369

The stucco house, The Atlas Portland Cement Company, Chicago, Ill., 1921

Plan book providing information about stucco houses. The catalog is divided into chapters each providing different contextual information. Chapters two and four provide floor plans and house design examples with associated floor plans. Chapters one, three, and five provide insight into the building ...

Date: 1921

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358650

Ref. Code: EP005.370

Houses of stucco, The Atlas Portland Cement Company, 25 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 1926

Plan book for stucco houses by the Atlas Portland Cement Company. The first pages of the catalog describe the benefits of using Portland Cement Stucco for house construction, claiming its cost effectiveness, safety, and easy construction. The latter portion of the catalog showcases the house designs...

Date: 1926

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358651

Ref. Code: EP005.371

[Plan book], Dix Lumber Company, North Cambridge, Mass., 1926

Plan book of house designs from the Dix Lumber Company. Listings include color or black-and-white photographic prints of the completed homes, dimensions, design number, floor plan, and a brief descriptiojn of the design's key features. Also interspersed are articles describing the materials used to ...

Date: 1926

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358653

Ref. Code: EP005.372

Passport of American seaman Edmund Phillips, Boston, Mass., 1831 April 15

One passport for American seaman Edmund Phillips. The passport was certified by Notary Public for the County of Suffolk and Justice Peace John Johnson on April 15, 1831. It is also stamped with John Johnson's Seal of Office. The passport describes Edmund Phillips as 23 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tal...

Date: April 15, 1831

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 358661

Ref. Code: MS029.002.019

Helen Killian funerary collection

A collection of funerary materials related to the Killian, Rocharz, and Desroches families as well as others living in Taunton, Massachusetts. The collection contains memorial books, mass cards, funeral mass materials, and miscellaneous printed materials such as receipts, legal documents, and lists ...

Date: 1939-2015, undated, predominant 1980-1999

Collection: Helen Killian funerary collection

GUSN: 358667

Ref. Code: EP006

Practical homes for Springfield, Edward S. Decker, 38 Cass Street, Springfield, Mass., undated

Plan book of home designs distributed by Edward S. Decker. Each house design listing comes with a design number, a color or grayscale illustration of the completed design, a floor plan of the design, overall dimensions, and a description of the design's unique features. Some listings include testimo...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358670

Ref. Code: EP005.373

Marcoullier's book of homes, Marcoullier Bros. Lumber Co., Westfield, Mass., undated

Plan book of home designs published by Marcoullier Bros. Lumber Company. Each house design listing comes with a design number, a color or grayscale illustration of the completed design, a floor plan of the design, overall dimensions, and a description of the design's unique features. Some listings c...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358672

Ref. Code: EP005.374

Practical small homes, 4th ed., J. G. Deering & Son, 14 Elm Street, Biddeford, Maine, 1937

Plan book of home designs distributed by the Brown-Blodgett Company and sold by J. G. Deering & Son. Home design listings come with design numbers, an illustration of the completed structure, cubic footage of the house, floor plans, and extensive descriptions of the house style and the materials and...

Date: 1937

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358673

Ref. Code: EP005.375

Small colonial homes, Architectural Guild of Small Home Design, Inc., 1932

Plan book published by the Architectural Guild of Small Home Design. The first half of the catalog contains product listings of the designs with cubic footage, illustrations of the completed projects, floor plans, and descriptions of unique features of the home. The latter half of the catalog contai...

Date: 1932

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358674

Ref. Code: EP005.376

Small colonial homes, Architectural Guild of Small Home Design, Inc., 1932

Plan book published by the Architectural Guild of Small Home Design. The first half of the catalog contains product listings of the designs with cubic footage, illustrations of the completed projects, floor plans, and descriptions of unique features of the home. The latter half of the catalog contai...

Date: 1932

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358675

Ref. Code: EP005.377

Houses of wood for lovers of homes, Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau, Little Rock, Ark., 1927

Plan book published by the Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau. The plan book contains illustrations of the completed house, floor plans, a brief description of the features of the house, a credit line for the designer and where they are located, and a product number. The latter portion of the plan book also ...

Date: 1927

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358676

Ref. Code: EP005.378

The home of beauty: designs for a small brick house, American Face Brick Association, 130 North Wells Street, Chicago, Ill., 1924

Plan book published by the American Face Brick Association advertising designs for small brick houses. The catalog contains illustrations of the completed house, floor plans, a brief description of the features of the house, a credit line for the designer and where they are located, and a product nu...

Date: 1924

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358677

Ref. Code: EP005.379

The home of beauty: designs for a small brick house, American Face Brick Association, Chicago, Ill., 1925

Plan book published by the American Face Brick Association advertising designs for small brick houses. The catalog contains illustrations, floor plans, a brief description of the features of the house, a credit line for the designer and where they are located, and a product number. The first eleven ...

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358678

Ref. Code: EP005.380

Town & country ranch homes, National Plan Service, Inc., 1962

Plan book for ranch home designs published by the National Plan Service and distributed by the T.S. Mann Lumber Company. Each product listing comes with an illustration of the exterior of the house, floor plans, square footage, and design number. Business reply cards are also provided in the back of...

Date: 1962

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358683

Ref. Code: EP005.381

Modern living homes, new ed., National Plan Service, Inc., 1948

Plan book for home designs published by the National Plan Service and distributed Franklin County Lumber Company. Each listing comes with an illustration, a design number, a paragraph describing unique features, cubage and square footage, and some come with a cross section of the house.

Date: 1948

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358685

Ref. Code: EP005.382

Eastern home style trends, National Plan Service, Inc., 1949

Plan book for 'eastern style' home designs published by the National Plan Service and distributed by The Niantic Lumber Company. Each listing comes with an illustration of the completed house, a floor plan and cross section, cubic and square footage, and some provide illustrations of the interior of...

Date: 1949

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358687

Ref. Code: EP005.383

A modern way to build, Pope & Cottle Company, Revere Beach Parkway, Revere, Mass., 1934

Plan book for both residential and public structures distributed by the Pope & Cottle Company. Product listings for residential structures have design numbers, a photographic print of the completed structure, a short description of the structure's features, a floor plan, and square footage. Other pr...

Date: 1934

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358688

Ref. Code: EP005.384

Portable houses, Springfield Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass., undated

Plan book for portable residential and public structure designs published by the Springfield Manufacturing Company. Each design listing comes with a photographic print or illustration of either the interior or exterior of the structure, a design number, square or cubic footage, and a brief testimoni...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358690

Ref. Code: EP005.385

Premier book of garage plans, Nationwide House Plan Service, Providence, R.I., undated

Plan book containing blueprints for garages published by the Nationwide House Plan Service. Each blueprint contains a floor plan, a cross section, and elevation views of the structure. Side verso provides an illustration of the completed structure, the name given by the company, the design number, a...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358692

Ref. Code: EP005.386

Ranch & country homes, Southern California Building Permit Service, West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif., 1955

Plan book for home designs compiled by Hiawatha T. Estes and published by the Southern California Building Permit Service. The plan book begins with a list of the house designs and the corresponding architects and architectural firms responsible for their creation. The rest of the plan book places t...

Date: 1955

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 358695

Ref. Code: EP005.387

Ticket, Grand Autumn Flower Show, Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston, November 15 and 16, circa 1920-1940

Ticket to the Grand Autumn Flower Show put on by the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston and held at Horticultural Hall in Boston, Mass. The ticket is circa 1920-1940.

Date: circa 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365510

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.002

Ticket, New England Office Equipment Exposition, Boston, Mass., April 9th to 14th, 1928

Ticket to attend the New England Office Equipment Exposition, held from April 9th to 14th, 1928, at the Mechanics Hall in Boston, Mass.

Date: April 9-14, 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365517

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.003

Ephemera

1 folder

Date: 1929-1939, predominant 1937-1939

Collection: The New England Antique Shop collection

GUSN: 365514

Ref. Code: CC023.001.001

Photographs, circa 1930

File part

Collection: The New England Antique Shop collection

GUSN: 365515

Ref. Code: CC023.003.001

Trade catalogs, circa 1932-1933, undated

File part

Collection: The New England Antique Shop collection

GUSN: 365516

Ref. Code: CC023.004.001

Ticket, Fourteenth Exhibition, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, September 1, 1881

Single admission ticket to the opening day of the Fourteenth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, on September 1, 1881.

Date: September 1, 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365518

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.004

Ticket, Boys' and Girls' Club members, Boston Poultry Show, Mechanics Building, January 1 to 5, 1923

Ticket for members of the Boys' and Girls' Club to attend the Boston Poultry Show, held at Mechanics Hall from January 1-5, 1923. Unrelated notes written in pencil on the reverse.

Date: January 1-5, 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365519

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.005

Ticket, Exhibition of lamps, lanterns and candlesticks, Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, Mass., August 12, 13 and 14, 1925

Ticket for an exhibition on lamps, lanterns, and candlesticks given by the Hingham Historical Society in Hingham, Mass. on August 12, 13, and 14, 1925. The exhbition will be held at the "Old Ordinary" Annex and the ticket itself is addressed to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiqui...

Date: August 12-14, 1925

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365520

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.006

Ticket, Boston Art Club Exhibition, 64 Boylston, undated

Undated ticket to attend the Boston Art Club Exhibition. The ticket is sent with the compliments of F. A. Denson. Written in pencil on the reverse is the name of a book, "Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art", written by Clara Erskine Clement and published in 1871.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365521

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.007

Ticket, all the Exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the year 1845

Ticket to admit "a gentleman & two ladies to all the Exhibitions of the Mass. Horticultural Society for the year 1845." The signatures of the Society's recording secretary, Ebenezer Wight, and its president, M.P. Wilder, are present on the reverse of the ticket.

Date: 1845

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365522

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.008

Ticket, Annual Exhibition, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1857

Ticket for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Annual Exhibition in 1857. The front of the ticket contains a lithograph of four cherub-like children harvesting fruits and vegetables. The ticket is signed by the Society's chairman, F. Lyman Winship.

Date: 1857

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365523

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.009

Member's ticket, M.P. Wilder, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, all exhibitions for the year 1857

Ticket made out to M.P. Wilder for admission to all of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's exhibitions for the year 1857. The front of the ticket contains a lithograph of the Society's seal, which displays an angel flying over the world carrying branches and the Latin phrase "commune bonum", o...

Date: 1857

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365524

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.010

Ticket, 2nd Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, no. 1026, Boston, Mass., 1859

Ticket no. 1026 made out to a "Miss Scollay" for the 2nd Exhibition at the Boston Athenaeum Gallery, 1859.

Date: 1859

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365525

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.011

Member's ticket, Fourth Exhibition, United States Agricultural Society, Philadelphia, Penn., October 7-11, 1856

Member's ticket for the Fourth Exhibition of the United States Agricultural Society, held from October 7 to 11, 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date: October 7-11, 1856

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365526

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.012

Ticket, E. S. Colton, Main Building, Centennial Grounds, International Exhibition Company, Philadelphia, Penn., 1877

Fold-out ticket made out to "E.S. Colton" to enter the Main Building at the Centennial Grounds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until December 31, 1877. Following the Centennial International Exhibition in 1876, the Main Building remained open as a permanent exhibition space operated by the Internation...

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365527

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.013

Entry pass, "Camp at Framingham", Second Battalion of Light Artillery, Second Brigade, M. V. M., Framingham, Mass., September 2-6, 1873

Entry pass to the headquarters of the Second Battalion of Light Artillery of the Second Brigade, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. The pass is for the "Camp at Framingham" for September 2-6, 1873.

Date: September 2-6, 1873

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365528

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.004

Ticket, Reception of the Mass. Regiment of Volunteers, Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass., July 1848

Ticket no. 41 for a reception of the Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers, held July 1848 at Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass. The name "E'd A. Raymond, Esqu." is written on the reverse.

Date: July 1848

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365529

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.005

Ticket, National Sailors' Fair, Boston Theatre, circa 1860s

Ticket made out to a "Mrs. John A. Andrew" for the National Sailors' Fair at the Boston Theatre. Although undated, the ticket is from the American Civil War, and bears the signature of John A. Bates, the Fair's treasurer.

Date: 1860-1865

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365530

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.006

Ticket, 219th Anniversary, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, June 1st, 1857

Ticket for the 219th Anniversary celebration of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, held on June 1st, 1857.

Date: June 1, 1857

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365531

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.007

Ticket, Fall Parade, target practice, and assembly, Boston Light Dragoons, Nov. 15th, 1860

Ticket for the Fall Parade, target practice, and assembly of the Boston Light Dragoons, November 15th, 1860, at an unknown location. "Complimentary" is written on the reverse.

Date: November 15, 1860

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365532

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.008

Ticket, Military & Civic Ball, Boston Artillery Company A, Thorndike Hall, March 4th, 1852

Ticket for a Military & Civic Ball held by Boston Artillery, Company A, at Thorndike Hall on March 4th, 1852. On the front of the ticket is a lithographic drawing of a kneeling Lady Justice and written on the back is "complimentary to Mr. Amos Clapp - Capt. T. H. Evans."

Date: March 4, 1852

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365534

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.009

Ticket, Fall Parade, Boston Light Artillery, Boston Common, October 15th, 1857

Ticket to the Fall Parade of the Boston Light Artillery, held on Boston Common on October 15th, 1857. "A. P. Martin" written on the reverse of the ticket.

Date: October 15, 1857

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365536

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.010

Ticket, Third Annual Reunion of the Massachusetts Union of Survivors of Rebel Prisons, Revere Beach Pavilion, Revere, Mass., August 21st, 1878

Ticket for the Third Annual Reunion of the Massachusetts Union of Survivors of Rebel Prisons, held at the Pavilion on Revere Beach, August 21st, 1878. "Complimentary" is written on the reverse.

Date: August 21, 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365538

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.011

Ticket, unidentified event, "complimentary", unidentified location, undated

Ticket for an unidentified event; text is faded to the point of indecipherability. "Complimentary" is written in ink on the front.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365539

Ref. Code: EP001.11.01.01.027

Ticket, Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts, undated

Ticket for the Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts, undated. The front of the ticket is decorated with an illustration of an "exotic" foreign landscpae. The name "L. G. Gale" is written in pencil on the reverse.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365541

Ref. Code: EP001.11.01.01.028

Search Collections

Displaying: 171301 - 171350 of 224,542