Historic New England

"1976 Tide Tables"

A 1976 tide table for the Cape Cod Canal produced by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

Date: 1976

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323892

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.041

"1977 Tide Table"

A 1977 tide table for the Cape Cod Canal produced by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

Date: 1977

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323893

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.042

"Cape Cod Canal 1989 Tide Tables"

A 1989 tide table for the Cape Cod Canal produced by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

Date: 1989

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323894

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.043

"1996 Nantucket Mariner's Handbook"

A handbook containing boat basin information, Nantucket maps, and Harbor Tide Charts.

Date: 1996

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323896

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.044

"Cape Cod Canal Navigation Regulations and General Information"

for the Cape Cod Canal produced by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

Date: 1975

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323897

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.045

"Cape Cod Canal Navigation Regulation and General Information Canal Control WUA-21"

Naval Regulations and general information for the Cape Cod Canal produced by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, New England Division.

Date: 1980

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323898

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.046

Massachusetts - Boston - General Scenic Views

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323948

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0009

The Cape Codder brochure and letter

A pamphlet including photographs and illustrations advertising the Cape Codder in Falmouth, Mass. Also accompanying the pamphlet is a form letter containing information about the site.

Date: 1931

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323958

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.013

The Terrace Gables Hotel on Cape Cod

A pamphlet advertising The Terrace Gables Hotel on Cape Cod in Falmouth Heights, Mass. The pamphlet includes pictures of the hotel's rooms, lounges, and amenities.

Date: 1942

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323959

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.014

Boston to Plymouth: Massachusetts Bay Cruises pamphlet

A pamphlet with general information and sailing schedules for the Cape Cod Steamship Company's Boston to Plymouth route.

Date: 1935

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323961

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.015

Advertisement, Adams' Fire Fender Manufactory, Bedford Street, Boston, Mass.

Samuel Adams, wire worker, manufactures, repairs and paints fenders. Customers should provide measurements with their orders.

Date: ca. 1820

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323962

Ref. Code: EP001.01.008.03.01.005

Advertisement, McDonald's celebrated wringer, T.E. McDonald, manager, No. 113 Chambers Street, New York, New York

Treadwell manufactures wringers and washers. The price of the washers has been reduced "during the present exhibition of the American Institute, 1880."

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323963

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.04.02.003

Trade card, F. Hayden, watch maker & gilder, No. 15 Fore Street, Boston, Mass.

Hayden repairs watches and clocks and works in silver, copper, brass and pinchbeck. Hayden is located near the drawbridge.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323965

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.041

Handbill, Franklin Music Warehouse, No. 6 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.

The Warehouse dealt in organs, pianofortes and other musical instruments. A separate hand written note describes the Warehouse's background and connection to the Handel and Haydn Society.

Date: 1818-11-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323969

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.065

Tile-Craft Beads, Walbead, Inc., 38 West 37th Street, New York, New York

The colors available are shown on a bead sample card. A price list has the bridge sets, mats, design paper, needles and instruction books. The third item is an order form for customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323972

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.031

Gunnison Homes, Gunnison Homes, Inc., United States Steel Corporation subsidiary, New Albany, Indiana

The process for working with a Gunnison dealer is described in detail. Eight floor plans are shown for potential customers. A customer letter, dated June 20, 1947, is included in the envelope.

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323976

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.149

Popponesset Beach pamphlet

One pamphlet advertising Popponesset Beach Tourist Camp and cottages. Includes illustrations and map.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323975

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.016

Park Beach Hotel pamphlet

A pamphlet advertising the Park Beach Hotel on the South Shore of Cape Cod in 1942. The pamphlet includes illustrations, pictures, and a map of the hotels amenities, things to do, and location.

Date: 1942

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323978

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.017

Letterhead, Liberty Ready Cut Homes, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan

The letter informs the customer that a capable carpenter can erect a Liberty Home. A business envelope is enclosed.

Date: 1947-06-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323979

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.150

Ride the...Edaville Railroad pamphlet

A pamphlet advertising the Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts; includes a schedule for the 1953 season.

Date: 1953

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323980

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.018

Your house from American Houses, Inc., 570 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York

The houses are built to Bureau of Standards specifications and are only sold through contractors. A small card states the customer will be contacted again when the business has a distributor in the area. The brochure and card were in an envelope.

Date: 1947

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323982

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.151

Ride the Edaville Railroad pamphlet

An undated pamphlet advertising the Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts. The Edaville Railroad described as, "...the only two-foot gauge railroad on the North American Continent..." where riders pass through five miles of cranberry bogs.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323985

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.019

General Houses, Inc., Chicago Daily News Building, Chicago, Illinois

The items in the envelope are: 1)General customer letter. 2)Drawings of the exteriors of two samll houses. 3)Information sheet with title "This prefab is your baby." 4)Three large sheets with title "General Houses knows how" for the panels, the joints and the assembly.

Date: 1947-06-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323991

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.152

Edaville Railroad Christmas Festival pamphlet

A pamphlet advertising the Edaville Railroad's Christmas Festival during the 1956 holiday season. Advertised as a, " magnificently illuminated colorama."

Date: 1956

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323992

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.020

Edaville Railroad pamphlet

A pamphlet from the late 1970s advertising the Edaville Railroad in South Carver, Massachusetts.

Date: 1979

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323993

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.021

Military excercises, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

Large crowds of people observe military exercises taking place in Franklin Park.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321531

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.023

Workers lay out a road in Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

Workers use equipment to lay out a road in Franklin Park.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321543

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.024

View of two roads in Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

Two roads can be seen in Franklin Park.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321544

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.025

View of Ellicott Arch and Circuit Drive in Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

The Ellicott Arch can be seen at the far left with Circuit Drive above it in the image. Circuit Drive was designed for carriage traffic with foot traffic on the lower road. The Arch was designed by John Charles Olmsted.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321586

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.026

View of Ellicott Arch and Circuit Drive in Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

The Ellicott Arch can be seen in the center left with Circuit Drive above it in the image. Circuit Drive was designed for carriage traffic with foot traffic on the lower road. The Arch was designed by John Charles Olmsted.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 321587

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.027

Sample, USG Sheetrock, wall and ceiling material, United States Gypsum Company, 205 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois, undated

The leaflet wrapped around the sample defines sheetrock, its uses and instructions for how to apply it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321588

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.02.008

Frames for keepsake pictures, reproduced and designed by Foster Brothers, Summer & Mill Streets, Arlington, Mass.

The catalog has frames designed for portrait photographs.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321804

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.025

Modes & manners, vol. 2, no. 5, February 1926, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, Mass.

The Jordan Marsh Company diamond jubilee, 1851-1926, is celebrated in men's and women's fashions and furniture and interior decoration. The cover has an inset drawing of the first Jordan Marsh shop against the building at Washington and Summer Streets. Pages 17-24 are missing from the item.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321805

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.001.030

Illustrated catalog of gothic and other artistic domestic furniture, fittings, decorations, upholstery, and metal work, Cox & Sons, London, England

The catalog has carved furniture pieces and decorations. Pages 1-4 are missing from the item. There is a slip dated August 1, 1873 that describes price increases. A leaflet attached to the last page describes a store at 12 West Street in Boston.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321811

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.106

Herculean Antique Covers, American Writing Paper Co., Manchester, Connecticut

Sample covers and colors are provided in the item. The paper is carried by the Cook-Vivian Company, 189 Congress Street in Boston.

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321812

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.039

Announcement from Winship's, W.W. Winship, Inc., 71 Summer Street, 16 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

The storefronts at both addresses are shown in the brochure. The inside of the brochure has a small catalog "Gifts in leather" which describes hand bags, toilet goods, suitcases, trunks and small leather goods.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321819

Ref. Code: EP001.12.015.003.003

Catalogue of the Perry Pictures, Perry Pictures Company, Malden, Mass.

"The Perry Pictures are halftone reproductions from photographs or steel engravings." Customers can select from portraits, historical and religious subjects and animals.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321826

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.017

Catalogue of the Perry Pictures, Perry Pictures Company, Malden, Mass.

"The Perry Pictures are halftone reproductions from photographs or steel engravings." Customers can select from portraits, historical and religious subjects and animals. Loose items in this catalog are: 1)Miniature colored pictures catalogues B, C and D. 2)A one cent size sample "Feeding the hens." ...

Date: 1947

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321827

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.018

Let fluorescent light the way to new smartness, beauty and comfort in your home, Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., New York, New York

The brochure describes fluorescent lighting features and fixtures for the home.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321881

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.004.051

In memory of a house, save your house, instead of just its memory! Manufactured by West Dodd Corporation, Goshen, Indiana

The brochure promotes the West Dodd Certified System for home protection from lightning.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 321882

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.004.010

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

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