Historic New England

Concrete for farm and home: a manual on farm concrete, Northwestern States Portland Cement Co., Mason City, Iowa, undated

Trade catalog published by the Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. discussing uses for concrete on farms. Divided into the following eight chapters: Fundamentals of Good Concrete, Concrete Masonry Construction, Concrete Footings and Foundations, Troughs and Tanks, Concrete Posts, Miscellaneous F...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363542

Ref. Code: EP005.771

Plans for concrete farm buildings, Portland Cement Association, 33 West Grant Ave., Chicago, Ill., undated

Plan book published by the Portland Cement Association containing plans for a number of concrete buildings on farms, such as dairy barns, ice houses, and hog houses, as well as articles discussing how to utilize concrete. Includes photographic prints, floor plans, and illustrations of building desig...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363544

Ref. Code: EP005.772

Account book of Daniel B. Waite, Providence, R.I., 1868 June-1871 January

Account book documenting the work of Daniel B. Waite between June 1868 and January 1871. Entries relate to the purchase of raw materials (jeweler's supplies, tools, metals and machinery), sales to other companies and wages paid to laborers--both job work and hourly wages specificed as well as specia...

Date: 1868-1871

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 363547

Ref. Code: MS002.148

How to build Southern Pine barns and implement sheds, Southern Pine Association, New Orleans, La., undated

Plan book published by the Southern Pine Association containing designs for barns and implement sheds. Includes floor and other architectural plans, descriptions, and illustrations for each design.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363550

Ref. Code: EP005.773

Weyerhauser 4-Square Farm Building Service, Weyerhauser Sales Company, St. Paul, Minn., undated

Trade catalog published by the Weyerhauser Sales Company advertising products sold by the Weyerhauser 4-Square Farm Building Service, such as brooder houses, barns, and barn equipment among other items. Includes illustrations, descriptions, and dimensions for the products advertised.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363551

Ref. Code: EP005.774

Houses for homemakers, by Royal Barry Wills, Franklin Watts, Inc., 285 Madison Ave., New York 17, N. Y., 1945

Plan book written by Royal Barry Wills and published by Franklin Watts, Inc. Contains fifty sketches and plans, ten pages of details, and 100 hints for home builders. Each design includes a sketch, floor plans, a description, and dimensions.

Date: 1945

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 363552

Ref. Code: EP005.775

The homes successful, 18th ed., American Radiator Company, 1900

Trade catalog published by the American Radiator Company discussing the importance of heating to create a "home successful."Discusses on different types of heating throughout history, such as a fireplace and stoves, before highlighting their flaws. Promotes the radiator as the superior heating syste...

Date: 1900

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364179

Ref. Code: EP005.786

Practical homebuilding, by C. O. Powell, North Western Expanded Metal Co., Chicago, Ill., 1914

Plan book published by North Western Expanded Metal Co. containing suggestions to help "you avoid many of the mistakes commonly made by home builders." Includes illustrations, floor plans, dimensions, and photographic prints of designs. Specifications on laths produced and sold by the company are in...

Date: 1914

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364182

Ref. Code: EP005.777

Practical hints to builders and those contemplating building, 4th ed., The National Sheet Metal Roofing Co., 510 to 520 E. 20th Street, New York, N.Y., 1890

Trade catalog published by The National Sheet Metal Roofing Co. advertising various products sold by the company, such as shingles and pipes, along with their specifications. Includes sections discussing building a home broadly, with topics such as mortar and brickwork discussed. Includes floor plan...

Date: 1890

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364183

Ref. Code: EP005.785

Genuine economy in home building, 2nd ed., Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, Saint Louis, Mo., 1914

Trade catalog published by the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company espousing the benefits of building houses using Hy-Tex Brick. Topics discussed include fireproofing, upkeep, cost of building, and describing the specific benefits of Hy-Tex Brick. Includes illustrations of structures, such as personal res...

Date: 1914

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364187

Ref. Code: EP005.778

The center of your world, Curtis Service Bureau, Clinton, Ohio, circa 1920

Trade catalog published by the Curtis Service Bureau advertising the company's prefabricated homes. Provides a detailed description of each architectural style, including Colonial, English, Southern, and Western. Includes illustrations of the interiors and exteriors of the designs.

Date: c. 1920

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364189

Ref. Code: EP005.787

When you build, by A. Raymond Ellis, Woman's Home Companion, New York, N.Y., 1920

Booklet written by Alphone Raymond Ellis and published by Woman's Home Companion discussing topics related to building a home. Topics include employing an architect, selecting a site, selecting architectural style, interior design, and lighting, among others. Contains a small number of house designs...

Date: 1920

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364191

Ref. Code: EP005.779

How to go about owning a home: what to do and what not to do; How to plan, finance, select the building site, construct, decorate, furnish and landscape your modern home, edited by Robert H. Sexton, Own Your Home Exposition, Inc., 512 Fifth Ave., New York City, N.Y.; 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill., 1924

Booklet published by Own Your Home Exposition, Inc. containing information on home owning, including topics such as site selection, financing, construction, and decoration, among others. Also featured are house designs which were featured in the Own Your Home Expositions in New York, New York, and C...

Date: 1924

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364196

Ref. Code: EP005.780

Your home: how to build it...buy it...sell it!, by Andrew C. Lang, The Associated Press, 1969

Booklet written by Andrew C. Lang and published by The Associated Press. Contains the following five chapter: Making the Vital Decisions, Having a House Built, Building an Old or New House, and Selling a House. Discusses topics related to building, buying, and selling homes along with designs. Each ...

Date: 1969

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364215

Ref. Code: EP005.781

If you were seeking a location for a home how would you decide--where to make your selection?, Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce, Whittier, Calif., undated

Brochure advertising Whittier, California, as an ideal location for homes to be build. Brochure details the cultural, educational, commercial, economic, and other features of Whittier, California. Published by the Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364320

Ref. Code: EP001.07.03.01.015

Your key to prosperity in 1942: 4000 money-makers, fast-selling, dependable goods, wholesale catalog no. 58, Spors Company, Le Center, Minnesota, 1942

Sales catalog advertising a wide variety of wholesale items, including leather bags, flashlights, and cabinets, among others. Each listing includes a brief product description, the product price, and an illustration of the product. Published by Spors Company.

Date: 1942

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364321

Ref. Code: EP001.12.010.001.040

Domestic architecture of the San Francisco Bay Region, San Francisco Museum of Art, Civic Center, San Francisco, Calif., 1949

Exhibition catalog from an exhibition hosted by the San Francisco Museum of Art, located in the Civic Center, on domestic architecture in the San Francisco Bay Region. Catalog contains articles detailing the history of architecture in the area. Photographs of houses are included to illustrate the ar...

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364322

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.273

The Florida Tropical Home at A Century of Progress 1933, Kuhne Galleries, 400 East 52nd Street, New York City, N.Y., 1933

Exhibition catalog of the Florida Tropical Home exhibition at A Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in 1933. The catalog contains photographs of the contents of the exhibition, a room decorated in a tropical Florida style. The designers of the exhibition were interior ...

Date: 1933

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364323

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.274

Dealers' advertising service: devoted to upbuilding dealers' sales, Morgan Woodwork Organization, undated

Trade catalog advising lumber and millwork dealers' on how to advertise their services and products. Different ways of advertising, described as "rungs" on a ladder, include stationary, highway signs, and window displays, among others. Published by Morgan Woodwork Organization.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364324

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.023

Everything for the garden 1945, Peter Henderson & Co., 35 Cortlandt Street, New York 7, N.Y., 1945

Trade catalog advertising vegetables, flowers, gardening implements, fertilizers and insecticides. Contains illustrations and photographs for products advertised. Published by Peter Henderson & Co.

Date: 1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364325

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.241

Horticultural exhibition and garden and flower show at A Century of Progress International Exposition, May 27th to November 1st, 1933, Horticultural Exhibitions, Inc., 1933

Souvenir program promoting the Horticultural Exhibition and Garden and Flower Show hosted at A Center of Progress International Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois, 1933. Exhibit featured variety of diorama and garden presentations in the exhibit hall and grounds on Northerly Island. Committee members a...

Date: 1933

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364326

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.242

Medart junior play apparatus, catalog J-2, Fred Medart Manufacturing Co., Potomac and De Kalb Streets, St. Louis, Miss., 1930

Trade catalog advertising play apparatus such as slides, swings, pools, and see-saws. Published by Fred Medart Manufacturing Co.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364327

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.081

Industrial housing at Hopedale, Massachusetts, Robert Allen Cook, architect, Milford, Mass., undated

Booklet featuring black-and-white photographs of houses designed by architect Robert Allen Cook in Hopeland, Massachusetts. Published by Robert Allen Cook. All photographs were reprinted from Architectural Review.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364328

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.275

A history of prefabrication, 3rd ed., by Alfred Bruce and Harold Sandbank, John B. Pierce Foundation, Housing Research Division, Raritan, N.J., 1945 September

Booklet detailing the history of prefabrication. Highlights the rise of the prefabrication movement, the evolution of prefabrication as a concept, and how different materials were utilized in prefabrication. Photographs and illustrations of prefabricated structures are included throughout the bookle...

Date: 1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364343

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.01.023

University Hall, built in 1770, reconstructed in 1940, Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1940

Booklet detailing the history of University Hall at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in celebration of its fifth major reconstruction, designed by architectural firm Perry, Shaw & Hepburn. Interior and exterior photographs depict how University Hall looked throughout history and after i...

Date: 1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364344

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.276

Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, vol. IV, no. 27, Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., 1907 June

Quarterly bulletin published by the Museum of Fine Arts. Bulletin includes news related to the building of a new museum building on Huntingdon Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. The new building is described throughout the bulletin, accompanied by floor plans, illustrations, and photographs of rooms a...

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364345

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.277

Bulletin of the Worcester Art Museum, vol. XXII, no. III, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass., 1931 October

Bulletin of the published by the Worcester Art Museum. Bulletin includes news related to the building of a new museum, specifically an addition "one and one-half times as large again as the present plant" designed by William Truman Aldrich. The new building is described throughout the bulletin, acco...

Date: 1931

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364346

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.278

Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University, vol. 1, no. 2, Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1926 June

Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University published by Yale University Press. Bulletin includes news related to students, faculty, and donations and gifts. The bulk of the bulletin discusses the annoucement that the first wing of a new Art Museum, known today as the Old Yale Art Gal...

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364347

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.279

The building of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, Providence, R.I., undated

Booklet about the building of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Includes illustrations of interior and exterior views of the building.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364348

Ref. Code: EP001.01.061.01.01.004

College Hall, undated

Book detailing the history of College Hall at Wellesley College. The building served as the sole housing, administrative, and educational building of the college for thirty-nine years. It was destroyed in a fire on March 17, 1914. This book commemorates the importance of College Hall to the founding...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364349

Ref. Code: EP001.01.034.01.01.025

Clarendon Court, Newport, R.I.: a house and its ghosts, by Claus von Bülow, undated

Booklet detailing the history of Clarendon Court in Newport, Rhode Island, and its previous occupants. Photographs and illustrations of the interior and exterior of the house, its previous occupants, and floor plans are included throughout the booklet. The author of the booklet is lawyer and sociali...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364350

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.280

The Choates at Naumkeag, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, by Morgan Bulkeley, The Trustees of Reservations, Milton, Mass., 1968

Booklet detailing the history of the Choate's family at their Naumkeag property in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Photographs and illustrations of the interior and exterior of the house as well as its previous occupants are included throughout the booklet. The author of the booklet is author and conser...

Date: 1968

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364352

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.281

The Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Longfellow's old home: its history and its occupants, by Nathan Goold, Averill Press, Sanford, Maine, 1927

Booklet detailing the history of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland, Maine, and its occupants. Photographs and illustrations of the interior and exterior of the house as well as its previous occupants are included throughout the booklet. The author of the booklet is author and historian Nath...

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364353

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.282

Vizcaya Villa and Gardens, Vizcayans, Miami, Fla., undated

Booklet detailing the history of Vizcaya Villa and Gardens located in Miami, Florida. Photographs of the interior and exterior of Vizcaya are included throughout the booklet, highlighting important rooms, decorations, and pieces of furniture. Booklet was published by the non-profit citizens' group V...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364354

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.283

High school building, Hopedale, Mass., Robert Allen Cook, architect, Milford, Mass., circa 1908

Booklet containing photographs and floor plans for a high school building built in Hopedale, Massachusetts, by architect Robert Allen Cook in 1908. Published by Robert Allen Cook.

Date: c. 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364355

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.284

Skinner Memorial Chapel, Holyoke, Mass., 1918

Booklet discussing the history of the Skinner Memorial Chapel in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and detailing its architectural and other features. Photographs of the interior and exterior of the chapel are included throughout the booklet.

Date: 1918

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364356

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.285

Ephemera, 1929-1939 (bulk 1937-1939)

1 folder

Date: 1929-1939, predominant 1937-1939

Collection: The New England Antique Shop collection

GUSN: 365514

Ref. Code: CC023.001.001

Photographs, circa 1930

File part

Collection: The New England Antique Shop collection

GUSN: 365515

Ref. Code: CC023.003.001

Trade catalogs, circa 1932-1933, undated

File part

Collection: The New England Antique Shop collection

GUSN: 365516

Ref. Code: CC023.004.001

Ticket, Fourteenth Exhibition, Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, September 1, 1881

Single admission ticket to the opening day of the Fourteenth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, on September 1, 1881.

Date: September 1, 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365518

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.004

Ticket, Boys' and Girls' Club members, Boston Poultry Show, Mechanics Building, January 1 to 5, 1923

Ticket for members of the Boys' and Girls' Club to attend the Boston Poultry Show, held at Mechanics Hall from January 1-5, 1923. Unrelated notes written in pencil on the reverse.

Date: January 1-5, 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365519

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.005

Ticket, Exhibition of lamps, lanterns and candlesticks, Hingham Historical Society, Hingham, Mass., August 12, 13 and 14, 1925

Ticket for an exhibition on lamps, lanterns, and candlesticks given by the Hingham Historical Society in Hingham, Mass. on August 12, 13, and 14, 1925. The exhbition will be held at the "Old Ordinary" Annex and the ticket itself is addressed to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiqui...

Date: August 12-14, 1925

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365520

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.006

Ticket, Boston Art Club Exhibition, 64 Boylston, undated

Undated ticket to attend the Boston Art Club Exhibition. The ticket is sent with the compliments of F. A. Denson. Written in pencil on the reverse is the name of a book, "Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art", written by Clara Erskine Clement and published in 1871.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365521

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.007

Ticket, all the Exhibitions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the year 1845

Ticket to admit "a gentleman & two ladies to all the Exhibitions of the Mass. Horticultural Society for the year 1845." The signatures of the Society's recording secretary, Ebenezer Wight, and its president, M.P. Wilder, are present on the reverse of the ticket.

Date: 1845

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365522

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.008

Ticket, Annual Exhibition, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1857

Ticket for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's Annual Exhibition in 1857. The front of the ticket contains a lithograph of four cherub-like children harvesting fruits and vegetables. The ticket is signed by the Society's chairman, F. Lyman Winship.

Date: 1857

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365523

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.009

Member's ticket, M.P. Wilder, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, all exhibitions for the year 1857

Ticket made out to M.P. Wilder for admission to all of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's exhibitions for the year 1857. The front of the ticket contains a lithograph of the Society's seal, which displays an angel flying over the world carrying branches and the Latin phrase "commune bonum", o...

Date: 1857

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365524

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.010

Ticket, 2nd Exhibition, Athenaeum Gallery, no. 1026, Boston, Mass., 1859

Ticket no. 1026 made out to a "Miss Scollay" for the 2nd Exhibition at the Boston Athenaeum Gallery, 1859.

Date: 1859

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365525

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.011

Member's ticket, Fourth Exhibition, United States Agricultural Society, Philadelphia, Penn., October 7-11, 1856

Member's ticket for the Fourth Exhibition of the United States Agricultural Society, held from October 7 to 11, 1856 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date: October 7-11, 1856

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365526

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.012

Ticket, E. S. Colton, Main Building, Centennial Grounds, International Exhibition Company, Philadelphia, Penn., 1877

Fold-out ticket made out to "E.S. Colton" to enter the Main Building at the Centennial Grounds in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until December 31, 1877. Following the Centennial International Exhibition in 1876, the Main Building remained open as a permanent exhibition space operated by the Internation...

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365527

Ref. Code: EP001.11.11.01.013

Entry pass, "Camp at Framingham", Second Battalion of Light Artillery, Second Brigade, M. V. M., Framingham, Mass., September 2-6, 1873

Entry pass to the headquarters of the Second Battalion of Light Artillery of the Second Brigade, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia. The pass is for the "Camp at Framingham" for September 2-6, 1873.

Date: September 2-6, 1873

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 365528

Ref. Code: EP001.11.07.01.004

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