Historic New England

Studio portrait of George M. Hawks and a dog, Bennington, Vt., undated

Cabinet card of George M. Hawks holding a pencil with a dog on a bench. Taken by Gokays photographic studio in Bennington, Vermont. The following is printed underneath the print on the recto of the mount: "Gokays / Bennington, Vt."

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363028

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.0580.0070.001

Studio portrait of an unidentified man on roller skates, Lawrence, Mass., 1884

Cabinet card of an unidentified man on roller skates taken in a photographic studio. Taken by photographer George H. Leck of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Photograph dated 1884. Backmark on verso reads: "Geo. H. Leck, / Photographer, / 283 Essex Street, / Lawrence, Mass. 1884."

Date: 1884

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363029

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1520.0030.03

Occupations - Wallpaper Hangers

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363055

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5550.1100

Two unidentified men hanging wallpaper, undated

Cabinet card of two unidentified men preparing to hang wallpaper. Photographer is unknown. Photograph is undated.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363056

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5550.1100.001

Horton Brasses Inc., manufacturers of authentic reproduction furniture hardware, catalog no. 193, Horton Brasses Inc., Nooks Hill Road, P. O. Box 95, Cromwell, Conn., 1993

Trade catalog containing various examples of cabinet and other hardware produced and offered by Horton Brasses Inc. A price list is located in the back of the catalog. The catalog was published by Horton Brasses Inc. in 1993. Color and black-and-white photographs of pieces of hardware and employees...

Date: 1993

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363057

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.022

Distinctive homes: three, four, and five bedroom plans from 1600 to 5000 square feet, D-48, Standard Homes Plan Service, Inc., undated

Trade catalog containing floor plans for three, four, and five bedroom houses designed by Standard Homes Plan Service, Inc. Color illustrations, floor plans, and measurements are available for each design. On the front cover is a distributor's stamp reading advertising Old Country Store Land Offi...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363059

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.270

Lewis homes: homes of character, Lewis Manufacturing Company, Bay City, Michigan, 1922

The plan book has descriptions, floor plans, and photographs for each design.

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363062

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.271

A few of the many suburban and city dwellings that have been erected by H. Galloway Ten Eyck, architect, H. Galloway Ten Eyck, corner of Market and Broad Streets, Firemen's Insurance Building, Newark, N.J., circa 1895

Plan book containing designs of both suburban and city dwellings designed by architect H. Galloway Ten Eyck. Illustrations, photographs, design numbers, floor plans, and a brief description are included for each design. Testimonials from previous clients are included. Advertisements from various com...

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363075

Ref. Code: EP005.746

A few of the many suburban and city dwellings that have been erected by H. Galloway Ten Eyck, architect, 2nd ed., H. Galloway Ten Eyck, corner of Market and Broad Streets, Firemen's Insurance Building, Newark, N.J., undated

Plan book containing designs of both suburban and city dwellings designed by architect H. Galloway Ten Eyck. Illustrations, photographs, design numbers, floor plans, and a brief description are included for each design. Advertisements from various companies, such as The Wm. H. Page Boiler Co., Fores...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363094

Ref. Code: EP005.747

Ford-V-Neer siding [portfolio], Ford Roofing Product Co., 111 West Washington Street, Chicago, Ill., 1939

Portfolio containing information on Ford-V-Neer siding. Includes specifications, information, and photographic prints of houses with Ford-V-Neer siding. Published by Ford Roofing Product Co.

Date: 1939

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363102

Ref. Code: EP005.762

Life as you would have it, Surface Combustion Corporation, Toledo, Ohio, 1937

The trade catalog is laid out as a narrative, describing the daily routine of a family in a gas-equipped home. Throughout the narrative, the benefits of a gas-equipped home are highlighted. Photographic prints accompany the written narrative. Published by Surface Combustion Corporation.

Date: 1937

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363106

Ref. Code: EP005.763

Artistic home ideas, vol. II, no. 5, Home Ideas Publishing Co., Carthage, Ill., 1902 November

Issue of Artistic Home Ideas magazine published in November 1902. Addresses a number of topics related to building and designing comfortable homes, such as flooring, exterior painting. A large portion of the issue is focused on house design styles. Each design featured is accompanied by an illustrat...

Date: 1902

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363110

Ref. Code: EP005.783

Home Building in Canada, no. 3, June-July 1954, Walker's Publishing Co. Limited, 2842 Bloor Street West, Toronto 18, Ontario, Canada, 1954 June

June-July issue of Home Building in Canada magazine. Addresses a number of topics, including house design styles with accompanying floor plans, wallpapering, and nailing, among others. Published by Walkers Publishing Co. Limited.

Date: 1954

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363112

Ref. Code: EP005.764

Home Building in Canada, no. 1, February-March 1956, Walker's Publishing Co. Limited, 2842 Bloor Street West, Toronto 18, Ontario, Canada, 1956 February

February-March issue of Home Building in Canada magazine. Addresses a number of topics, including house design styles with accompanying floor plans, wallpapering, and home decoration, among others. Published by Walkers Publishing Co. Limited.

Date: 1956

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363114

Ref. Code: EP005.748

The Circle [clipping], 1907 September

Clipping from the publication The Circle dated September 1907. Includes the description, pricing information, floor plans, and an illustration for "A Suburban House in Concrete for $5,200." House was designed by architect A. G. Richardson.

Date: 1907

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363128

Ref. Code: EP005.760

Clarendon Square, Boston, Mass., 1988

Portfolio containing three booklets, one business card, and one printed article about new development, including housing, a firehouse, and office space, occuring at Clarendon Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The features and advantages of the new development are described with text, photographic pri...

Date: 1988

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363130

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.272

Something new again: an artistic sectional garage, Louis Bosseri & Sons, Inc., 1335 Grand Street, Brooklyn, New York, undated

Trade card avertising 10 x 15 prefabricated sectional garage for $180. Published by Louis Bosseri & Sons, Inc.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363133

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.02.027

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association award for "Tissue and Transfer Paper", 1878

The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association awarded "this Diploma with a Silver Medal to Allen & Rowell for Tissue and Transfer Paper contributed to the Thirteenth Exhibition, Sept. 1878."

Date: 1878

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

GUSN: 363175

Ref. Code: GC002.02.342

Wrapping paper for Paine's Furniture Co., Boston, Mass. undated

The item is a 15 1/2 x 15 1/2 inch square of decorative tissue wrapping paper advertising the products available at Paine's Furniture Company (Boston, Mass.).The tissue paper has black lettering with a gold, blue, and pink floral border pattern. The central image is a black and white engraving depic...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 363178

Ref. Code: EP002.02.072

Photograph and roster of Berkshire County Red Cross Ambulance Company No. 13, Camp Devens, Mass., 1917 October 2

Panoramic albumen print of the Berkshire County Red Cross Ambulance Company No. 13 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, on October 2, 1917. Ambulances and buildings at the camp are visible in the background. Photograph was produced by the General Electric Company. The photographer is F. D. Burt. On the ve...

Date: 1917

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 363188

Ref. Code: PC001.01.01.USMA.015.002

Caroline Louisa Williams French, invoice from Mlle. Camille Lipman, 1883

Invoice dated Sept. 12, 1883 from dressmaker Camille Lipman to Miss Caroline L. W. French (of Boston, Mass.), listing items made, their respective prices, and a total owed. Included on this invoice is a luxorious sapphire blue velvet ensemble trimmed with chinchilla fur also in Historic New England'...

Date: 1883

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 363195

Ref. Code: MS029.002.038

The "Domestic" sewing machine without a teacher, "Domestic" Sewing Machine Company, New York, New York

1 booklet, 36 pages : illustrations ; 7 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363198

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.079

The Giust Gallery Collection: Wall Plaques, 1997

One 6-page folding product catalog highlighting the various plaster cast wall plaques available from The Giust Gallery in 1997.

Date: 1997

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363214

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.045

The Burgess-Wright Aeroplane (Burgess Biplane Model F), Burgess Company and Curtis, Marblehead, Mass., c. 1911

12-page product catalog detailing dimensions, components, operation system, price, and design of the Burgess Biplane Model F, first crafted in 1911 by early airplane manufacturer Burgess Company and Curtis. Based in Marblehead, Mass., the company was licensed to use designs under patent from the Wri...

Date: 1911, undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363223

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.080

Advertisement for Weaver & Brothers' Furniture Ware-Rooms, Wyman's Exchange, corner of Merrimack and Central Streets, Lowell, Mass.

Advertisement for the goods and services available at Weaver & Brothers in Lowell, Mass., selling "furniture, carpets and feathers, and other furnishing goods". The broadside has an illustration of the company's warehouse in the center.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363224

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.06.019

Tissue wrapping paper for Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey, Milliner, Main Street, Falls Village, Connecticut, c. 1870s

Sheet of tissue wrapping paper advertising the millinery work of Mrs. E. C. Cowdrey of Falls Village, Canaan, Conn., printed c. 1870s. The illustrations on the advertisement include a hand holding up a bouquet of flowers (among which are bust portraits of women wearing fashionable hats) and two hat ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 363233

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.03.025

Lighting and Light Fixtures

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

GUSN: 363234

Ref. Code: GC002.03.6150

Chandelier design, C.4.1547, Metallic Arts of New England, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., undated

Design is labelled as "scale 1/4 full size".

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 363236

Ref. Code: GC002.03.6150.001

Letter Box

Three tiered letter box of rustic design. Front and crest of pierced oak leaf and acorn carving. Sides carved to imitate bark. Twig feet and frame.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 64514

Accession Number: 1970.704

Seal

Knop top with spool and vase form shaft with attached metal H seal.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 64515

Accession Number: 1970.705

Inkwell

Colorless rectangular base with canted corners and top. Circular well.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 64516

Accession Number: 1970.706

Print

Marked Etched by Max Rosenthal Phila 1890 from a painting by C.W. Peale. Signed in pencil. Bust portrait of George Washington with oval matting. Oak, rectangular frame.

Date: 1890

Maker: Rosenthal, Max (Etcher) AFTER Peale, Charles Wilson (Artist) Jas. H. Wilcox & Co. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64517

Accession Number: 1970.707

Print

Black and white engraving entitled A Dream of the Future depicting a young girl with her dog and a city in the distance. Engraved by J. J. Chant after W. P. Frith, T. Crewswick, and R. A. Anedell. Rectangular molded walnut frame with gilt inner frame, glass mount.

Date: 1861

Maker: Chant, J. J. (Engraver) AFTER Frith, W. P. (Maker) AFTER Creswick, T. (Maker) Ansdell, R. A. (Maker) Henry Graves & Co. (Publisher)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64518

Accession Number: 1970.708

Eagle Plaque

Pressed metal, metallic gold painted eagle grasping fasces in talons, wings outstretched.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 64519

Accession Number: 1970.709

Settle

Stamped 14 554 on rear. Elizabethan revival banquette, two animal paw feet. Chest with hinged lid; front, back, and side panels with foliate scroll carving on star punched background; straight reed and incised supports.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), walnut (wood), cherry (wood)

GUSN: 64520

Accession Number: 1970.710

Beater

Rounded tip, straight sides. Handle round and narrow with incised banding.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 64521

Accession Number: 1970.711

Print of Lincoln Family

Engraving entitled, The Lincoln Family in 1861 portrays the Lincolns seated at a dining table. J.C. Buttre after F.B. Carpenter. Rectangular molded frame with gilt bevel, glass mount.

Date: 1873

Maker: Buttre, J. C. (Maker) AFTER Carpenter, F. B. (Maker)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64522

Accession Number: 1970.712

Prints and Letter

Print of Thomas Aspenwall; a letter from William Prescott declining a dinner invitation from Aspenwall; and a print of unidentified man presumed to be Prescott. Engraved by John Sartain after a photograph published by Whipple.

Date: 1880

Maker: Whipple (Publisher) Sartain, John (Engraver)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 64523

Accession Number: 1970.713

Pedestal Table

Tripod bracket feet below turned shaft. Rectangular tip top with rounded corners. Married piece.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 64524

Accession Number: 1970.714

Bookcase

Freestanding bookcase with bracket feet and canted corners, scrolled skirt. Two drawers with no handles in lower case; upper case set back, hinged glass-fronted doors with jig-sawn fretwork corners. Deeply molded pediment with fretwork crest.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), oak (wood)

GUSN: 64525

Accession Number: 1970.715

Electric Lamp

Circular base, straight columnar shaft. Round, domed, cased glass shade with white interior and green exterior, and brass finial.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 64526

Accession Number: 1970.716

Throw Pillow

Square pink and beige damask cover.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, silk (textile)

GUSN: 64527

Accession Number: 1970.717

Dish

Heavy brown folk-style scroll des; on blue; overhanging lip

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 64528

Accession Number: 1970.1314

Penknife

Ivory handled with a folding blade.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 64529

Accession Number: 1970.1315

Open Arm Chair

Gothic Revival style with point arch crest with tracery design of modified rosette with tripartite globular points flanked by abstract foliate trefoil surmounted by point arch and double acanthus blossom. Rectangular stiles with flattened acanthus capitals terminate in stacked pointed finials with s...

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 64530

Accession Number: 1970.425

Window Seat

Carved ornate triangle pattern back with upholstered rail and seat with carving in front rail and recessed clover on corners at legs.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), carving (processes), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 64531

Accession Number: 1970.429

Grand Piano

Partially ebonized grand piano. Music stand with cut out lute and scroll design. Three legs have scroll motif above capital and tapered fluted shaft with molded base.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: Chickering (Maker)

Material: staining, ebony (color), rosewood (wood)

GUSN: 64532

Accession Number: 1970.435

Settee

Gothic Revival settee with three part cresting, circular tracery in pointed arch, terminating in double acanthus bud. Four rectangular stiles with acanthus capitals. Back upholstered in three rectangular sections. Open upholstered arms with cawed hand supports. Seat rail with applied carved oak bran...

Date: 1850

Maker: Attributed to Brooks, Thomas, 1811-1887 (Furniture worker)

Material: carving (processes), walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 64533

Accession Number: 1970.438

Frieze Wallpaper

Garland pattern tinted with green, red, and blue, and varnished. Hung upside down in parlor so appears as arch rather than floral swag.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: Frederick Beck & Co. (Maker)

Material: Lincrusta Walton

GUSN: 64534

Accession Number: 1970.503

Wallpaper

Scrolling baroque pattern in a cream field. Tinted red, blue, and green.

Date: 1885-1890

Maker: Frederick Beck & Co. (Maker)

Material: Lincrusta Walton

GUSN: 64535

Accession Number: 1970.504

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