Historic New England

The Sherwin-Williams home decorator and color guide, The Sherwin-Williams Co., 1940

Trade catalog providing advice on how to decorate and paint different rooms of a house. The examples featured use Sherwin-Williams paint for both the interior and exterior, as well as Style-Perfect Wallpapers for the interior. Includes illustrations of the products and their potential uses. Publishe...

Date: 1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368885

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.154

Condition the air in your home with an ARCO air conditioner, humidifies, circulates, filters...ventilates, American Radiator Company, 40 West 40th Street, New York, N.Y., 1936

Trade catalog advertising ARCO air conditioners producted by the American Radiator Company. Details product specifications, benefits, and uses. Illustrations of ARCO air conditioners are included throughout.

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368887

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.001.014

The nation's changing skyline: prepared for the Architectural and Allied Arts Exposition, Bethlehem Steel Company, Bethlehem, Penn., 1929

Exhibition catalog prepared and published by the Bethlehem Steel Company for the 1929 Architectural and Allied Arts Exposition in New York City, New York. Catalog discusses the changes in the United States' skyline, highlighting the role of Bethlehem Wide-Flange Structural Shapes in various photogra...

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368888

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.006.025

Jewels in the sky, bulletin 2118, August 15, 1928, Crouse-Hinds Company, Syracuse, N.Y., 1928 August 15

Bulletin discussing the importance of night lighting in modern architecture, specifically discussing the use of color floodlights. Included are six illustrations of buildings which utilize color floodlights, "forming jewels in the sky."

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368889

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001.021

Postcards for Amoskeag Manufacturing Company, Manchester, N.H., undated

Two oversized picture postcards published by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester, New Hampshire. The postcards are undated. On the recto of each postcard are engravings of the company's mills on the east bank of the Merrimack River. The verso of each postcard provides information on the...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368890

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.031

Catalogue of plaster reproductions from antique, medieval and modern sculpture: subjects suitable for schools, libraries and homes, P. P. Caproni and Brother, 1914-1920 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1913

Trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculptures throughout history, with a focus on sculptures appropriate for decorating schools, libraries, and homes. Photographic prints of products with product specifications are included throughout. Published by P. P. Caproni and Brother.

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368891

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.048

Caproni casts: plaster reproductions of sculpture for drawing and modeling classes, P. P. Caproni and Bro., Boston, Mass., undated

Trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculpture for drawing and modeling classes. Each listing comes with an photographic print, design number, product specifications, and pricing information. Published by P. P. Caproni and Bro.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368892

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.049

California Home Fabrics, undated

Various types of home decoration fabric samples are listed and displayed in the catalogue, including taffeta, rayon, cotton, twill, lace, vinyl, and more. Trade catalogue is undated.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368893

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.019

Catalogue of reproductions of sculpture, ancient, medieval and modern, part one, P. P. Caproni and Brother, Inc., 1914-1920 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1928

Trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculptures throughout history. Photographic prints of products with product specifications are included throughout. A loose price list is inside the front cover. Catalog is part one in a series. Published by P. P. Caproni and Brother, Inc.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368894

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.050

Seventy-seven photographic views of schools decorated with plastic reproductions of sculpture, and supplementary catalogue, 2nd ed., P. P. Caproni and Brother, 1914-1920 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1910

Trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculptures, with a focus on sculptures appropriate for decorating schools. Illustrations of products with product specifications and pricing information are included throughout, as are seventy-seven photographs of schools with plastic reproductions ...

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368896

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.051

Boston Sculpture Company, largest importers and reproducers of plastic art, Boston Sculpture Company, Melrose, Mass., 1909

Trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of art, such as busts, reliefs, and statuettes among others. Each listing comes with an engraving, design number, product specifications, and pricing information. Testimontials from customers are included in the back of the catalog. Photographs used in...

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368899

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.052

Suggestions for interior decoration of schools and guide to gift giving of plastic reproductions of masterpieces of sculpture selected from the Caproni collection, P. P. Caproni and Brother, Boston, Mass., 1909

Trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculptures, with a focus on sculptures appropriate for decorating schools. Photographic prints of products with product specifications and pricing information are included throughout. Published by P. P. Caproni and Brother and printed by Griffith-St...

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368900

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.053

Suggestions for school, library, and home decorations: a catalogue of plastic reproductions from the ancient, mediaeval, and modern sculpture, catalogue A, Boston Sculpture Company, Boston, Mass., 1913

Bound trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculptures throughout history, with a focus on sculptures appropriate for decorating schools, libraries, and homes. Photographic prints of products with product specifications and pricing information are included throughout. Published by Bosto...

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368901

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.054

Suggestions for school, library, and home decorations: a catalogue of plastic reproductions from the ancient, mediaeval, and modern sculpture, catalogue B, Boston Sculpture Company, Boston, Mass., 1913

Trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculptures throughout history, with a focus on sculptures appropriate for decorating schools, libraries, and homes. Photographic prints of products with product specifications are included throughout. A loose price list is inside the front cover. Pu...

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368902

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.055

Catalogue of models: granite statuary & models for same a specialty, John Horrigan, monumental sculpture, Quincy Adams, Mass., 1907

Trade catalog advertising statuary model produced by sculptor John Horrigan. Horrigan was based in Quincy Adams, Massachusetts. Photographic prints of statuary models are throughout the catalog. Each print is accompanied by a design number and title. The catalog was engraved and printed by Teel & Ke...

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368903

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.056

Catalog of plaster casts: reproductions from antique, Renaissance and modern sculpture: subjects for the interior decoration of school-houses and homes, The Foreign Plastic Art Company, 12 and 13 Waverley Block, Boston, Mass., 1904

Bound trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculptures throughout history, with a focus on sculptures appropriate for decorating school-houses and houses. Photographic prints of products with product specifications and pricing information are included throughout. Published by The Foreig...

Date: 1904

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368904

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.057

Catalogue of plaster cast reproductions from antique, medieval and modern sculpture: subjects for art schools, P. P. Caproni & Brother, Boston, Mass., 1901

Bound trade catalog advertising plastic reproductions of sculptures throughout history, with a focus on sculptures appropriate for dicussion in art schools. Photographic prints of products with product specifications and pricing information are included throughout. Published by The Barta Press.

Date: 1901

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 368905

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.058

Red Roof tinted photograph album, undated

Photograph album of the interior and exterior of Red Roof, the Gloucester, Massachusetts, home of A. Piatt Andrew, undated, including thirty-three, 7.5"x9.5", hand colored prints by T. E. Marr & Son.

Date: undated

Collection: A. Piatt Andrew guest books and photograph albums, 1902-1930, Gloucester, Mass.

GUSN: 368906

Ref. Code: MS061.03

Red Roof photograph album, undated

Photograph album of the interior and exterior of Red Roof, the Gloucester, Massachusetts, home of A. Piatt Andrew, undates, including thirty-four, 7.5"x9.5", black and white prints and two smaller loose prints by T. E Marr & Son.

Date: undated

Collection: A. Piatt Andrew guest books and photograph albums, 1902-1930, Gloucester, Mass.

GUSN: 368907

Ref. Code: MS061.04

2021 Acquisition

Series contains design drawings and photographs depicting a variety of furnishings manufactured by A. H. Davenport Co., Irving and Casson, and their successor Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport Co. The design drawings include beds, case goods, chairs, tables, mantles, and support furnishings li...

Date: 1900-1940, predominant 1913-1924

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 368909

Ref. Code: CC011.012

Design Drawings

This subseries contains mounted design drawings rendered in pencil or ink on trace. Many drawings have smaller drawings on trace attached with tape. A portion of drawings also feature added pencil shading or watercolor.

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 368910

Ref. Code: CC011.012.001

Beds with Chairs

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 368911

Ref. Code: CC011.012.001.001

Case Goods

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 368912

Ref. Code: CC011.012.001.002

Chairs

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 368913

Ref. Code: CC011.012.001.003

Chairs with Lamps

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection II

GUSN: 368914

Ref. Code: CC011.012.001.004

Blueprints, 1934

1 folder

Date: 1934

Collection: Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939) collection

GUSN: 368590

Ref. Code: MS075.001.01

Specifications, 1934

1 folder

Date: 1834

Collection: Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939) collection

GUSN: 368591

Ref. Code: MS075.001.02

Manuscripts and ephemera [1 of 3], 1934-1935

1 folder

Date: 1934-1935

Collection: Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939) collection

GUSN: 368592

Ref. Code: MS075.002.01

Manuscripts and ephemera [2 of 3], 1934-1935

1 folder

Date: 1934-1935

Collection: Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939) collection

GUSN: 368593

Ref. Code: MS075.002.02

Manuscripts and ephemera [3 of 3], 1934-1935

1 folder

Date: 1934-1935

Collection: Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939) collection

GUSN: 368594

Ref. Code: MS075.002.03

Miscellaneous prints, 1934-1937

1 folder

Date: 1934-1937

Collection: Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939) collection

GUSN: 368595

Ref. Code: MS075.003.01

Photograph album, 1934-1937

1 folder

Date: 1934-1937

Collection: Lawrence Gilman (1878-1939) collection

GUSN: 368596

Ref. Code: MS075.003.02

Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

This collection contains ephemera, manuscripts, and photographic materials centered on the Ta-Ta-Pochen Camp Fire Girls based in Malden, Massachusetts. This includes trade catalogs; sheet music; pamphlets; photographs of members; and manuscripts documenting Camp Fire Girl activities, among other mat...

Date: 1912-1928, undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368597

Ref. Code: MS076

Ephemera, 1912-1928, undated

Series contains ephemera including sheet music of Camp Fire Girls songs; a program for the Grand Council Fire; a page from The Book of the Camp Fire Girls; annual reports for 1927 and 1928; the by-laws of the Whatsoever Club; two large knitting needles; a pamphlet; and a trade catalog for The Camp F...

Date: undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368598

Ref. Code: MS076.001

Manuscripts, 1922-1928, undated

Series contains manuscripts including a record book of documenting activities; an account book; notes, including a membership list, a leaf-shaped notebook, and a record of the previous years activities; and meeting minutes.

Date: 1922-1928, undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368599

Ref. Code: MS076.002

Photographic materials, 1923, undated

Series contains photographic materials including one group portrait of the Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls; a portrait of an unidentified girl in a ceremonial gown; a group photograph of unidentified girls in nature; and a photographic postcard depicting The Mummies, an outcropping of bedrock in North ...

Date: 1923, undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368600

Ref. Code: MS076.003

Knitting needles, undated

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368602

Ref. Code: MS076.001.07

A charm for the prevention of toothache, undated

One-page written invocation titled, "A charm for the prevention of toothache". The identity of this charm's author, the details of when and where it was written, and the identity of the charm's recipient are unknown. However, similar versions of this text have been found that date back over a thousa...

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 368603

Ref. Code: MS029.002.042

Record book [1 of 2], 1922-1926

1 folder

Date: 1922-1926

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368604

Ref. Code: MS076.002.01

Record book [2 of 2], 1922-1926

1 folder

Date: 1922-1926

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368605

Ref. Code: MS076.002.02

Account book, 1924-1926

1 folder

Date: 1924-1926

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368606

Ref. Code: MS076.002.03

Meeting notes, 1924

1 folder

Date: 1924

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368607

Ref. Code: MS076.002.04

Notebook, 1926

1 folder

Date: 1926

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368608

Ref. Code: MS076.002.05

Notes: record of 1926 and 1927, 1928

1 folder

Date: 1928

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368609

Ref. Code: MS076.002.06

Meeting minutes, undated

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368610

Ref. Code: MS076.002.07

Miscellaneous notes, undated

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368611

Ref. Code: MS076.002.08

Notes: membership list, undated

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368612

Ref. Code: MS076.002.09

For the Lords day Evening, written prayer, Edward Sumner, Milton, Mass., undated

Two-sided sheet of paper containing a written prayer, titled, "For the Lords day Evening", presumably authored by an Edward Sumner of Milton, Mass. Details about the author (beyond his name) and the date of composition are unidentified.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 368614

Ref. Code: MS029.002.043

Group portait: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls, 1923

1 folder

Date: 1923

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368615

Ref. Code: MS076.003.01

Portrait: girl in ceremonial gown, undated

1 folder

Date: undated

Collection: Ta-Ta-Pochon Camp Fire Girls collection

GUSN: 368616

Ref. Code: MS076.003.04

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