Historic New England

Troy Orphan Asylum

Includes publications from the time of the project and original documents.

Date: 1896-1904

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312543

Ref. Code: AR025.02.07.02.01

Chapel for the Troy Orphan Asylum

Includes publications from the time of the project.

Date: 1900-1907

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312544

Ref. Code: AR025.02.07.02.02

Residence for Jules Breuchaud

Includes original photographs and publications from the time of the project.

Date: 1902

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312545

Ref. Code: AR025.02.07.03.01

Andover

Sub-sub-series

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312547

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.01

Claremont

Sub-sub-series

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312548

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.02

Concord

Sub-sub-series

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312549

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.03

Dublin

Sub-sub-series

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312550

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.04

Residence for Clarence Edgar Carr

Includes original photographs and client biography.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312551

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.01.01

Proctor Academy: Unitarian Chapel

Includes original photographs, original drawings, and postcards.

Date: 1909

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312553

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.01.02

Proctor Academy: Proctor Block Renovation

Includes original photographs, original drawings, and postcards.

Date: 1912

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312554

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.01.03

Proctor Academy: "Gannett House" Boys' Dormitory and "Cary House" Girls' Dormitory

Includes original photographs, original drawings, and postcards.

Date: undated

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312555

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.01.04

Proctor Academy: Gymnasium

Includes original photographs, original drawings, and postcards.

Date: undated

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312556

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.01.05

Proctor Academy: Conversion of and Additions to Several Older Houses into Dormitories

Includes original photographs, original drawings, and postcards.

Date: 1917

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312557

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.01.06

Project for Town Hall

Includes publications from the time of the project.

Date: 1896

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312558

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.02.01

Country Estate, "Upland Court," for George P. Upham, Jarvis Hill, West Claremont

Includes original photographs.

Date: 1912

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312559

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.02.02

Summer Residence for J. Duncan Upham(?), Jarvis Hill, West Claremont

Includes original photographs. See Folder 7 for oversized photographs.

Date: 1920s

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312560

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.02.03

City Hall and Civic Auditorium

Includes original photographs, publications from the time of the project, and original documents.

Date: 1902-1903

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312563

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.03.01

Four-Story Commercial Block of Stores and Apartments

Includes original photographs.

Date: undated

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312564

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.03.02

Alterations and Additions for a Summer Residence for Mrs. G. C. Aldrich

Includes original photographs and postcards.

Date: 1918

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312565

Ref. Code: AR025.02.06.04.01

Allston

Sub-sub-series

Collection: F. Patterson Smith records

GUSN: 312567

Ref. Code: AR025.02.04.01

Account of the life of Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilvert Du Motier Marquis de La Fayette, with illustrations of the La Fayette pattern of sterling silver tableware, Towle Mfg. Company, silversmiths, Newburyport, Mass.

Lafayette's life is recounted with illustrations. Text on the front cover reads, "6th series colonial." The majority of tableware pages, 49-66, are missing from the item.

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321884

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.006.026

Biographical sketch of Madame Adelina Patti, by Michel Mortier, Steinway & Sons Celebrated Pianos, New York, New York

The life and career of the opera singer is told in the pamphlet. She uses Steinway pianos in all her concerts.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321901

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.065

Greet card, child of the graphic arts, vol. 2, no. 2, prepared by the Arts Bureau of Gartner & Bender, Inc., 510 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

This work is a bibliography of sources for young artists interested in greeting card design. The cited works cover air brushing, embossing, etching and engraving, offset lithographing, paper, printing and silk screening.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321902

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.066

Greeting card art, how you can sell it! Vol. 1, no. 2, prepared by the Arts Bureau of Gartner & Bender, Inc., 510 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Advice is provided for artists considering working in the greeting card field. Such topics as submitting pieces, approaching publishers and protecting one's work are covered.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321903

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.067

New field beckons the American artist, vol. 1, no. 3, prepared by the Arts Bureau of Gartner & Bender, Inc., 510 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Greeting cards as social communication and a field of support for artists is examined.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321998

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.068

Receipt for Exeter Hay Scales, Exeter, New Hampshire, dated February 23, 1853

Daniel McKane has paid his account to Thomas Sanborn.

Date: 1853-02-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322066

Ref. Code: EP001.01.002.02.01.010

Receipt for Exeter Hay Scales, Exeter, New Hampshire, dated November 28, 1854

The receipt names the persons involved in the transaction, the whole wieght, tare, net weight and price.

Date: 1854-11-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322067

Ref. Code: EP001.01.002.02.01.011

Receipt for Exeter Hay Scales, Exeter, New Hampshire, dated December 14, 1854

The receipt names the persons involved in the transaction, the whole wieght, tare, net weight and price.

Date: 1854-12-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322068

Ref. Code: EP001.01.002.02.01.012

Envelope fragment for I. Sack Cabinet Hardware Co., wholesale and retail, 85 Charles Street, Boston, Mass.

The business carries furniture and door hardware. A New York City address is given at 625 Lexington Avenue.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322083

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.018

View of the city of Boston

This is a view of Boston and Back Bay when the railroad causeways had been established. The State House can be seen in the center of the image. The steeple to the right of the State House may be Park Street Church. Two laborers and a woman walk along the causeway bed. The Worcester Railroad train tr...

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

GUSN: 322196

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.0650.009

Ticket for Boston Art Club exhibition of paintings by Frederick J. Waugh, 150 Newbury, corner of Dartmouth, Boston, Mass.

The exhibition will be held from November 7-28, 1914. Text on the ticket reads "Present this card at Dartmouth Street entrance.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322198

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.01.006

Houses, camp cottages, equipment as prefabricated by Hodgson, E.F. Hodgson Co., Boston and New York

The catalog has houses and outdoor buildings such as play houses, bird houses, animal housing and greenhouses available from E.F. Hodgson. Prices are given with descriptions, photographs and floor plans. The business address in Boston is at 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue. There is an outdoor exhibit...

Date: 1941

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322199

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.126

Houses, camps and equipment, as prefabricated by Hodgson, E.F. Hodgson Co., 1108 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston and 730 Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, New York

The catalog has houses and outdoor buildings such as play houses, bird houses, animal housing and greenhouses available from E.F. Hodgson. Prices are given with descriptions, photographs and floor plans. The business address in Boston is at 1108-1110 Commonwealth Avenue. There is an outdoor exhibit...

Date: 1938

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322200

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.127

Hodgson portable houses, E.G. Hodgson Co., 71-73 Federal Street, Boston, Mass.

The structures shown in the catalog include houses, playhouses, livestock buildings and clubhouses. Hodgson has a factory and outdoor exhibit in Dover, Massachusetts. The New York show room is in the Craftsman Bldg., 6 East 39th Street, corner 5th Avenue, New York City. The item has a double page ph...

Date: 1921

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322201

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.128

Catalog, Springfield Portable House Company, 50 Church Street, New York, New York

The busines manufactures all types of portable structures such cottages, garages, schoolouses, clubhouses and hunters' camps. There is a photograph of the factory in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Date: 1911

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322219

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.129

Brochure for Shoppell's modern houses, no. 2, April 1886, Co-operative Building Plan Association, 191 Broadway, New York, New York

The brochure describes a new book of modern houses and carriage houses available to customers. It contains floor plans and full descriptions.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322220

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.015

Pennsylvania Fireproofing Company, general office, Erie, Pennsylvania; factory, St. Marys, Pennsylvania

The item has photographs of residential houses and commercial buildings using the Company's fireproofing tile. There are commercial buildings on Boston's Fish and Commonwealth Piers,and residences in Brookline and Newton, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322229

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.011

Catalogue of practical books on architecture, building, carpentry, drawing and painting, Wm.T. Comstock, publisher, 23 Warren Street, New York, New York

The item describes books on architectural drawing, carpentry, interior decoration, masonry and sanitation.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322266

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.016

Illustrated catalogue of books on architecture, carpentry & building, builder's level, etc., pocket edition, no. 19, July 1881, William T. Comstock, architectural designer & publisher, P.O. Box 560, 194 Broadway, New York, New York

Books and manuals on architecture, building plans, art, drawing, carpentry and church architecture are described. Comstock is the successor to Bicknell & Comstock.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322267

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.017

Spring announcement catalogue of books on architecture, carpentry and building, painting and decoration, Wm. T. Comstock, publisher, 23 Warren Street, New York, New York

Books on architecture, perspective, masonry, inteior decoration, stair building, foundations and alphabets are described.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322268

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.018

Circular for Palliser's American cottage homes, 2nd edition, Palliser, Palliser & Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut and 24 East 42nd Street, New York, New York

The new publication is described as having "50 designs of modern low priced cottages and workingmen's homes" and 260 drawings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322269

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.019

Brochure for Hussey's national cottage architecture, Orange Judd Co., 245 Broadway, New York, New York

The design plates for the title are described in detail. The verso has a list of other architectural titles with prices. The publisher has a new illustrated catalogue of rural books for the farm, garden and household.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322270

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.020

New England homes of concrete construction, Edison Portland Cement Company, sales office, Post Office Square Building, Boston, Mass.

The item has photographs of houses in Massachusetts built with the concrete. The manufacturing process is described. The cover title reads" Architectural possibilities of concrete construction in New England homes made of Editson Portland Cement."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322273

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.002.010

Fête Champêtre at the laying of the corner-stone of the new piggery at Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, Mass., Saturday, June 19, 1875

The broadside describes a festival, created by William Emerson Baker at his Baker Estate, to celebrate a new pig house. It was meant to coincide with the Bunker Hill Centennial.

Date: 1875-06-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322398

Ref. Code: EP001.01.002.01.01.003

Billhead for H. & G.W. Lord, manufacturers of nets, seines and twines, 111 Commerial Street, Boston, Mass.

There is an illustration of the business premises on the billhead. Lord carries steamed tarred rope, corks, leads and cedar buoys. The business was established in 1867.

Date: 1890s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322433

Ref. Code: EP001.01.098.01.01.007

Billhead for W.F. Shaw's Patent Gas Cooking Heating Apparatus, stoves, 174 Washington St., opposite Bromfield Street, Boston., Mass., dated March 7, 1860

The illustration depicts the range of stoves, heaters and fittings the company manufactures.

Date: 1860-03-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322434

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.05.006

Breakfast sets, Conant Ball Company, 80 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass.

Breakfast tables and chairs in various settings are described in photographs with measurements.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322444

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.107

By Jove, it's St. Valentine's Day, Penn the Florist, 124 Tremont Streetm, Boston, Mass.

The circular has suggestions for flowers, plants and a special Valentine. A trade card is included with the illustration caption "Ring in the new." The shop faces Park Street Church.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322445

Ref. Code: EP001.01.044.01.01.019

Trade card for R. Hollings & Co., manufacturers, importers, wholesale and retail dealers of artistic pottery lamps and fine gas fixtures, 547 Washington Street, Boston, Mass

Hollings is on Washington Street opposite the R.H. White & Company department store.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.026

Trade card for Hazelton's Photograph Rooms, ambrotypes, 365 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

Hazelton specializes in portraits set in lockets, pins and fancy cases. Text on the card reads "Sick and deceased persons taken at their residences." The business premises are a few doors south of the Boston Theatre. The date "April 21, 1858" is handwritten on the card.

Date: 1858

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322465

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.02.01.018

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