Historic New England

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

Trade card for Ladies' Shoe Polishing Parlor, 418 Main Street, Room 2, Worcester, Mass.

The image caption reads "This is where we shine." The business is located over the Addis & Adie Five and Twenty-Five Cent Store. A branch shop for men is at 643 Main Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322466

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.07.01.007

Circular for Barrey & Bigelow, manufacturers and importers of paper hangings, No. 31 Federal Street, Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts, February 25, 1846

The business now carries wide paper hangings and is expecting a shipment of French papers, borders and fireboard prints. The Lynn factory and Boston store are depicted in the illustrations. The postage stamp "Paid" is on the item verso.

Date: 1846-02-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322467

Ref. Code: EP001.01.123.01.02.008

Double duty filing equipment, counter height, illustrated & described, announcing the Low Vision office, the Shaw-Walker Company, Muskegon, Michigan

The catalog describes the "Low Vision" concept in office filing cabinets, counters and partitions. The line is carried by the Brown-Howland Company, 30 Federal Street in Boston.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322475

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.069

Trade card for J.B.C. Woodcock, mercantile printer, 28 School Street, Boston, Mass.

The business is a stationer, printer and manufacturer of printed wrapping paper, bags, glove envelopes and patent folding boxes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322492

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.028

Brochure for Henry F. Michell Co., flowers, 518-516 Market St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Flowers for landscaping are described with prices. An order form is included.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 322494

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.013

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house. The car belongs to GMT, two of the people are identified as EKS, JKS, DMS, AHS

Date: 1906

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319974

Ref. Code: PC067.02.152

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house. The car belongs to GMT, two of the people are identified as Mr. T, Mrs. T, OWS, JKS, DMS, AHS.

Date: 1906

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319975

Ref. Code: PC067.02.153

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house.

Date: 1906-07-01

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319976

Ref. Code: PC067.02.154

House on 155 Shaw Ave

Photograph of a house in Edgewood, RI. Several people gather on the front steps. The house has a lawn and trees suround it.

Date: 06-1907

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319977

Ref. Code: PC067.155

House on 155 Shaw Ave

Photograph of a house in Edgewood, RI. Several people gather on the front steps. The house has a lawn and trees suround it.

Date: 06-1907

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319978

Ref. Code: PC067.02.156

Portrait, family around the Christmas tree, location unknown, undated

There are two older children in front, a toddler in a high chair in front of the mother and the father behind the little girl.

Date: 1907-12-25

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319979

Ref. Code: PC067.02.157

Trade card, Kimball Bros. & Co., dealers in general merchandise, Sanford, Maine

Text on the card verso reads "Dealers in everything! Goods sold at bottom prices. Please call and see. No trouble to show goods." The image caption reads "Corner Store, Sanford, Me." A billiard hall is above the store.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320042

Ref. Code: EP003.002.014

Trade card, Currier & Hodskins, dealers in dry good and carpets, corner Main and Court Streets, Springfield, Mass.

Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians can be seen in the illustration on the card verso. The business is located in Hampden House at the intersection of Main and Court Streets.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320044

Ref. Code: EP003.002.015

Trade card, J.R. Libby, wholesale and retail dealer in dry good and carpets, Savings Bank Building, Biddeford, Maine

At street level the storefront for Libby can be seen with a doorway for "YMCA" to the right.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320045

Ref. Code: EP003.002.016

Trade card, American Twin Freezer, North Bros. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A young girl reads a book of fairy tales while operating the ice cream freezer. The description on the verso states the crank is swung back and forth to operate the freezer. A partition placed in the freezer allows two flavors or ice cream and sherbert to be done at the same time.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320046

Ref. Code: EP003.001.012

Trade card, the Gem Freezer, American Machine Co., manufacturers of hardware specialties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The product is described on the card verso with prices for various sizes. Every freezer includes a copy of Mrs. S.T. Rorer's new book "Dainty Dishes" which has directions for making 120 different ice creams, water ices, sherbets, frozen fruits and puddings. The item is carried by Jordan Marsh & Comp...

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320047

Ref. Code: EP003.001.013

Index of The Hartford Rubber Works Co. and John W. Gray & Co., 272 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut

The brochure lists many products including lawn and fire hoses, piston packings, faucet washers, bicycle tires, printers' blankets, fruit jar rings, cement, weather strips, galvanized oil cans, hard rubber syringes, ice bags, waterproofs and footballs. The item verso has an illustration of a woman u...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320050

Ref. Code: EP003.001.014

Trade card, Newhall's Magic Saleratus, manufactured by H.B. Newhall, 76 Broad Street, Boston, Mass.

This trade card contains racist and stereotypical imagery. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit object...

Date: 1880s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320081

Ref. Code: EP003.001.015

Trade card, Keystone Wringers for sale here, manufactured by F.F. Adams & Company, Erie, Pennsylvania

Several wood and iron frame wringers are displayed in the image. The factory in Erie can be seen with trains in the foreground. A New York port is in the upper left side of the image with a ship delivering the wringers to Europe. A Philadelphia port is in the upper right side of the image with a shi...

Date: 1870s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320082

Ref. Code: EP003.001.016

Trade card, Goodrich & Mallary, manufacturers & venders of Stanley's Patent Air-Tight Parlor Stoves, Nos. 15 & 16 Gerrish Block, Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass.

The business carries cooking ranges and stoves, hoisting machines, copy'g presses and hollow wares. They are agents for M.H. Collins' Patent Stationary Ventilators and Tinman's Tools.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320121

Ref. Code: EP003.003.011

Trade card, Spicers & Peckham, stove founders, Providence, Rhode Island

A newsboy hawks handbills advertising the ranges and parlor stoves. A kitchen range is on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320122

Ref. Code: EP003.003.012

Trade card, Golden Star Oil Stoves, Myers, Osborn & Company, Cleveland, Ohio

The stove is a substitute for cook stoves and ranges and is adapted for summer use. It can be used all year for cooking, baking, broiling, ironing and all laundry purposes. The illustration on the verso shows the stove in an open position.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320131

Ref. Code: EP003.003.013

Notebook

A bound notebook in which someone has recorded 308 negatives. The first few pages have listed the "Names of Wholesalers" in various cities around New England. Then the negatives are listed, organized by date and location. After that the notebook is blank.

Date: undated

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 320125

Ref. Code: PC067.03.158

Negative Sleeves

141 paper negative sleeves. The sleeves have space and lines on the front to write in information on the negative such as date, title, exposure and developer. These sleeves usually include a date, title and negative number but rarely more information than that.

Date: undated

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 320132

Ref. Code: PC067.03.159

Trade card, Early Breakfast Stoves, Redway & Burton, Cincinnati, Ohio

A mother rouses a family that would rather remain in bed in the cartoon puzzle illustration. The lower portion of the card has the caption "And the same effect is always produced by using the Early Breakfast Stove." Text on the card verso describes the stoves and states they are "fully guaranteed a...

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320143

Ref. Code: EP003.003.014

Trade card, buy Royal Falmouth Ranges, made by Auburn Stove Foundry Co., Auburn, Maine

Four children play with a toy in a Christmas setting in the card image. The card verso has images of the parlor stove and a kitchen stove.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320147

Ref. Code: EP003.003.015

Negative Boxes

5 boxes of "Cramer Crown Plates". Many of the negatives were stored in these boxes. On the side of the box someone has written the location and year in which the negatives were taken. On the front of the box someone has written that same information plus a list of the titles of the plates contained...

Date: undated

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 320148

Ref. Code: PC067.03.160