Historic New England

Young lady's and gentleman's writing book, or book for compositions, manufactured for Elisha Clark, dealer in books, stationery, fancy articles, &c., next door north of Elliot House, Front Street, Bath, Maine

The copybook has been filled in by a student. The back cover lists popular school books published by Sanborn & Carter, Portland and are available through Billings & Dyer, Eastport, Maine.

Date: 1848

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 320959

Ref. Code: EP001.01.111.01.03.026

Letterhead, Fine Art Portrait Academy, photographic jewelry, 20 Central Square, Cambridgeport, Mass.

The letter solicits photographs which the business will then enlarge and turn into a portrait. The Academy manufactures photographic buttons, jewelry and novelties. An envelope is included. There is a separate circular which has buttons, brooches and scarf pins. Testimonials from six state governors...

Date: 1902-11-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 320961

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.040

Codman Album 3.1: Chateau de Gregy-sur-Yerres, Seine et Marnes, France, 1920's.

Good quality photographs of the construction of the Chateau Gregy including exteriors, interiors, sculpture, and furniture. A postcard map of the area around the Chateau is included in the front of the album.

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 320962

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.05.003-01

Massachusetts - Somerville

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 320964

Ref. Code: PC001.01.01.USMA.030

Business card, Michael C. Stone, books, pamphlets, posters & artifacts pertaining to conjuring magic, 77 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

Mr. Stone collects material related to magic, Boston, hypnotism, safes, locks, dental and keys.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 320967

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.016

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

Box, joyous merry Christmas, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, Mass.

A 19th century coach travels down a street in front of the Jordan Marsh store in Boston in the repeated box illustrations. The illustration colors are red, white and green. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323492

Ref. Code: EP002.02.062

Box, joyous merry Christmas, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, Mass.

A 19th century coach travels down a street in front of the Jordan Marsh store in Boston in the repeated box illustrations. The illustration colors are red, white and green. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323493

Ref. Code: EP002.02.063

Box, Jordan Marsh the store with you in mind, Jordan Marsh, Boston, Mass.

The box cover is blue with white lettering. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323494

Ref. Code: EP002.02.064

Box, Jordan Marsh, Boston, Mass.

The box cover is dark grey with "Jordan Marsh" in black lettering inside a double square. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323495

Ref. Code: EP002.02.065

Box, Jordan Marsh, a unit of Allied Stores, Boston, Mass.

The box cover is a buff color with green lettering and a line above the Jordan Marsh name. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323496

Ref. Code: EP002.02.066

Box, Touraine, Cherry Webb & Touraine, location unknown

The box top is white with the name "Touraine" in pink lettering. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323497

Ref. Code: EP002.02.067

Box, Merry Christmas, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, Mass.

In the repeated illustrations a couple stand by a road side and wave to a coach carrying packages and passengers. The illustrations colors are red, white, yellow and black. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323499

Ref. Code: EP002.02.068

Box, Schrafft's blue banner chocolates, W.F. Schrafft & Sons Corp., Boston, Mass.

The bottom of the box lists the pieces in this special one pound box. There is a small logo on the cover with text that urges people to purchase war bonds and stamps. The cover illustration has a portrait of an unidentified woman. "25 x 89" is stamped inside the box.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323502

Ref. Code: EP002.02.069

F. A. Thayer & Co. photograph, Center Street, Amherst, Mass.

Streetscape of Center Street, Amherst, Mass. featuring the F. A. Thayer & Co.. Photographer features people in front of store, most likely employees.

Date: ca. 1890, undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323500

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0070.0030.001

Box, Kemp's signature chocolates, E.F. Kemp, Somerville, Mass.

The bottom of the box lists the box assortment. Text on the box reads "From the famous Golden Glow Shops."

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323503

Ref. Code: EP002.02.070

J. I. Paderewskiego Kapella, Three Rivers, Mass., 1927

J. I. Paderewskiego Kapella band is seen in front of a storefront in Three Rivers, Massachusetts, a village in Palmer, Massachusetts.

Date: 1927

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323526

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2260.0010.001

Pawtucket, Rhode Island streetscape with Troy Laundry Company horse drawn carriage, circa 1910

1 mounted photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323607

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0340.0020.001

Stereoscopic views, just published, a new series of stereoscopic views of Thomaston, Rockland, Owl's Head and vicinity by E.C. Fernald, Thomaston, Maine

Fernald has created images of residences, stores, streets, churches and other places of interest for customers. He made a summer tour of the White Mountains and these views are available as well.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323613

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.021

Dorothy Draper Hamlen family home, Brush Hill Road, Milton, MA

A large bound album displayng in detail the home of Dorothy Draper Hamlen and her family at 704 Brush Hill Road, Milton, Massachusetts. Album has over 700 black -and-white photographs and was assembled and photographed by Dorothy Draper Hamlen between 1939-1940. The photograph collection illustrat...

Date: 1939-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 323630

Ref. Code: PC009.289

Otis Air Force Base Commissioned Officers Open Mess matchbook cover

An organge, white, and blue matchnook cover with navy and white lettering from the Otis Air Force Base in Falmouth, Mass. The matchbook advertises a woman on the telephone, drink in hand, with the caption "Come Over - Party's On!"