Historic New England

Billhead for Ira Parker & Co., Littleton Saranac Buck Gloves, Littleton, New Hampshire, ca. 1800

Parker is the manufacturer of the Littleton Saranac Buck Gloves.

Date: ca. 1800

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244252

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.04.006

Trade card for Edward Kakas, manufacturer of furs, 16 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1877

The bottom of the card reads "Copyright 1877 by L. Prang & Co."

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244253

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.001

Card case for the Fuller Regalia & Costume Co., 564 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The outside of the case reads "Compliments of Austin S. Esty, Boston Manager for The Fuller Regalia & Costume Co., 564 Washington Street, Boston."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244254

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.002

Trade card for Ryan & Carroll, clothing, 98 Main Street, Lincoln Square, Milford, Mass., undated

The card verso announces a sale of $12,000 worth of clothing, hats, caps and furnishing goods, damaged by fire and smoke, to be sold over the next thirty days without regard to cost.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244255

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.003

Trade card for Parker Brothers & Co., Saranac Gloves, Littleton, New Hampshire, undated

The name "E.W. Cole" is in the lower left corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244256

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.004

Trade card for the One Price Clothing Co., Brockton, Mass., undated

Two children read books in this trade card image. The One Price Clothing Company has the "biggest store, biggest stock and lowest prices."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244257

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.005

Trade card for the W.G. Gould General Variety Store, Peace Dale, Rhode Island, undated

Gould carries products made by the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company such as serges, cheviots, friezes, overcoatings and fancy cassimeres suitable for bicycle, dress and business suits. The Store also carries steamer rugs and double-faced goods for capes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244258

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.006

Trade card for Admiral Clothes, Boston Uniform Co., Inc., 62, 64, 66, Chelsea Street, Charlestown, Mass., undated

The Boston Uniform Company will provide custom tailoring to individual measurements. The business was established in 1898.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244259

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.007

Trade card for the Boston Uniform Co., Inc., naval uniforms and equipment, 62, 64, 66, Chelsea Street, Charlestown, Mass., undated

The Boston Uniform Company carries naval uniforms and equipment.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244260

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.008

Trade card for the Fashion Salon, location unkown, undated

The card reads "Please present this card at our Fashion Salon, Tuesday, September the 14, Wednesday the 15, 10 to 12, 2 to 4."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244261

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.009

Trade card for The Old South Clothing House, 315 & 317 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the store which carries men's boys' and children's clothing and is located opposite the Old South Church.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244262

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.010

Trade card for Horatio Staples, three button kid gloves, No.180 Middle Street, Portland, Maine, undated

Horatio Staples sells kid gloves in opera, medium and dark shades for fifty cents a pair.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244263

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.011

Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs & shirt bosoms, location unkown, undated

On the front image a little boy sails on a shirt collar. The card verso provides cleaning instructions.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244264

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.012

Trade card for Moulton & Bradley, clothing for men boys and children, 484 and 486 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1880

A manufacturer and dealer Moulton & Bradley makes garments to order and its children's department carries the novelties of the season.

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244265

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.013

Trade card for Misfit Parlors, clothing, 4 Hayward Place, Boston, Mass., undated

Misfit Parlors, located in a private house, deals in custom made clothing left at tailors establishments for various reasons. The business offers the clothing at a reduced price and is open in the evenings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244266

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.015

Trade card for Edwin F. Jordan, raw furs, 32 Hayward Place, Boston, Mass., undated

An identification card for fur suppliers shipping their skins to the dealer.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244267

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.014

Trade card for the J. & W.R. Wing & Co., clothing, 111 Union Street, New Bedford, Mass., 1875

Wing is a manufacturer of custom clothing and a dealer in ready made clothing. The image is Machinery Hall at the Centennial International Exhibition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876. The bottom of the cards reads "Copyright 1875 by L.F. Citti & Co., Phila." The card verso contains adverti...

Date: 1875

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244268

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.016

Trade card for Cooley, the people's clothier, Westfield, Mass., undated

Cooley's announces new and stylish goods at bedrock prices on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244269

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.017

Compliments of O.D. Gray & Co's. Clothing House, Bellows Falls, Vermont, undated

Gray carries men's and boys' clothing, hats, caps, underwear, hosiery, neckwear, gloves, mittens, trunks, bags and umbrellas. The item is a notebook with graph paper.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244270

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.018

Trade card for The Continental Clothing House, Washington and Boylston Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

A couple in evening dress, wearing masks, look at each other in this image for The Continental Clothing House.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244288

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.019

Mary Clifford Greene (Mrs. Samuel Coffin Eastman)

Mary Clifford Greene (Mrs. Samuel Coffin Eastman) as a young woman with earrings and a brooch. She was born on July 27, 1834, in Providence, Rhode Island, and married Samuel Coffin Eastman of Concord, New Hampshire, in 1861. According to "Who's Who in New England" (1916), Samuel Eastman was a promin...

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253901

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.013

Wainwright Bradlee (1839-1928)

A young boy (10-11), facing proper right, stares at camera.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253902

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.014

Nellie Haven

Nellie Haven (5) with dark décolleté dress. Similar image to D.6.007. Previous survey noted a label stating "Nellie Haven taken when about 5 years old. (a very good likeness)" Label is no longer extant or located under the image package. Gift of W. O. Ross.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253903

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.015

Young woman with tie and carnation

Young woman with hair cut short and unconventional costume with tie and carnation. Possibly an immigrant or street performer; possibly ill. Same image as D.9.090 and D.6.104.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253904

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.016

Mrs. Davis

Image of an older lady (Mrs. Davis) wearing spectacles and a lace bonnet. She is staring off to the right. She wears glasses and has a lace bonnet.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253905

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.017

Miss Emma E. Dickman wearing green silk cape

A smiling girl (6) sits on a fancy high-backed chair with her hands crossed on her lap. The image package was placed into the case upside down.

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253906

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.018

Melissa Alma Goodrich, Rensalier Warren Goodrich, and Edwin L. Goodrich

Woman with print dress, seated with two boys (5 & 9); Ambrotype A.6.001 of the same woman is in the right half of the case.

Date: ca. 1856

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253907

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.019

George Lord

The Lord family is imaged in accession numbers 1970.283-1970.288. A smiling man (late 30s) is nicely dressed with a tie and white shirt. Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States. Note: Use caution when opening this object.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253908

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.020

Emma Frances Morton (1854-)

Morton family images, accession numbers 1930.970-1930-972. A young girl (4), vignetted, stares inquisitively into the camera.; Peck was the innovator of the thermoplastic case.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253909

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.021

Man (30s) seated next to side table with tinted tablecloth and two books

A man with rosy cheeks and a top hat sits, leaning on a table.

Date: 1860s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253910

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.022

Mrs. Samuel Eliot & her daughter Emily Marshall Eliot (Emily Otis)

Mrs. Samuel Eliot, wearing an ornate ruffled dress, holds infant Emily in her lap. Gift of Samuel Eliot Morison. Another family member is featured in accession number 1926.188.

Date: ca. 1858

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253911

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.023

Young woman with print dress, arm supported on side table

A young woman wearing a printed dress rests her arm on a side table. Same image as D.6.004.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253912

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.024

Adolescent boy (14-16) seated with hands on lap

An adolescent boy sits on a stool and stares off to the proper left. Case die-engraved by David Pretlove.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253913

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.025

Family of Cyrus Barton

A young woman stares into the camera. She holds an open book in her lap and wears a dress with a high neckline.; Case designed by die-engraver Smith.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253914

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.026

Child of Adeline Hall

A young girl (3-4) sits on a small cloth-covered pedestal. She wears a plaid dress off the shoulders and has ringlet curls.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253915

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.027

Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson (15) seated at a side table with a bible in her lap. Case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco.

Date: 1846

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253916

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.028

Mrs. G.W. (Lucinda M.) Snow and George Richmond Snow

Snow family accession numbers 1932.320-1932.328. A portrait of Lucinda M. Snow as a young mother, seated with her son, George Richmond Snow (1-2). The child may be ill as he has a clean shaven head and relies on his mother for support.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253917

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.029

Newhall family

Images associated with Newhall family: Accession numbers 1928.205-1928.212. Portrait of an elderly man.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253918

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.030

Sarah Ellen Waldo (1845-1926) (Mrs. York)

Girl about 3 years old seated wearing an off-the-shoulders dress. Accession numbers 1927.259-1927.261 are all images of the same girl. Case [and image ?] made by William Shew, a pioneer Boston daguerreotypist who was active later in San Francisco

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253919

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.031

Emily Edwards

Young woman wearing fringed dress.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253920

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.032

Frances Olive King

A portrait of a seated woman taken from a middle distance in a room or studio.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253921

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.033

Alfred Churchill Thacher

Portrait of Alfred Churchill Thatcher, about 35 years old. Same sitter as D.9.032.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253922

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.034

Mrs. Elizabeth Lyon (Belcher)

Middle-aged woman (40s) with dark dress with lace collar, and bonnet; inscription is only partially legible, apparently giving photographic instructions. Same woman appears in accession number 1925.857.

Date: ca. 1845

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253923

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.035

Unidentified man

Young man or adolescent dressed in outerwear.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253924

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.036

Lydia Ames Newell (Mrs. Jenks)

Portrait of Lydia Ames Newell (later Jenks) at age 10 resting elbow on a side table. She is attired in an off the shoulder décolleté dress, large plaid hair ribbons and a bead necklance.

Date: ca. 1852

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253925

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.037

Elderly woman with book

Elderly (blind ?) woman wearing black cloak and lace bonnet with book (bible ?) in lap.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253926

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.038

Virginia Harris Stimson

Girl about 3-4 years seated in a high chair.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253927

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.039

Unidentified boy

Young boy about 5-6 years old.

Date: ca.1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253928

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.040

Half-length portrait of Martha Ann Curtis Stevenson, location unknown, 1850s

The woman is identified as possibly Mrs. Jonathan Greely Stevenson, formerly Martha Ann Curtis. Martha Curtis Stevenson was the mother of the sisters Martha Curtis, Frances Greely and Annie Brace Stevenson.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253929

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.041

Unidentified woman in dress

Woman in simple dress resting elbow on side table.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253930

Ref. Code: PC005.D06.042

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