Historic New England

Better gardening, what, when and how to plant, a complete handbook of suggestions and instructions for the home gardener, 4th ed., by Harry R. O'Brien, The Union Fork and Hoe Company, Columbus, Ohio

The handbook describes tools, soil, cultivation, shrubs, flowers, watering and pest control for home gardeners.

Date: 1931-04-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330685

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.090

Ornamental cast iron garden furniture, manufactured by Smyser-Royer Company, York, Pennsylvania

Chairs, settees and hitching posts are described in the brochure. The business also manufactures exterior lighting fixtures. The Philadelphia office is at 803 Architects Building.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330687

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.025

Lawn and garden furniture, no. 77, Popular Mechanics Press, Chicago, Illinois

Text on the front cover reads, "Modern bent-tube furniture, arbor and seat combinations, two-seat swing, lawn chair with colonial touch, barrow chair, weatherproof dining sets."

Date: 1942

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330689

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.026

Garden furniture of distinction, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 32 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

Chairs, benches, tables, weather vanes and doorstops are described. Snow furniture can be seen on the terraces and courtyard garden at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on pages 30-31.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330690

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.027

Garden furniture, edited by Perry S. Graffam, General Publishing Co., Inc., Chicago, Illinois

The do-it-yourself articles were compiled from "Popular homecraft magazine." Lawn and garden furniture of different styles, garden pools, hose reels, sun dials and a wishing well are described.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330691

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.028

Lincraft book of fences & furniture, New Jersey Fence Company, Burlington, New Jersey

Fences, garden and porch furniture, birdhouses and cabins are described for customers. There is a loose, blank order form. The front cover has the numbers "3" and "5" pasted on it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330695

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.029

Rustic cedar furniture, Potash-Marl, Inc., estate & garden service, 509 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

Garden structures, furniture and birdhouses are described for potential customers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330697

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.030

How to build outdoor fireplaces and lawn furniture, Arco Publishing Company, Inc., 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York

Plans for building outdoor fireplaces and furniture are described. Barbecue grills, utensils and recipes are provided as well. The title is a reissue of a Fawcett Publications title which reprinted articles from "Mechanix illustrated."

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330699

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.031

Summer suggestion, Old Hickory hand made, the ideal out-door furniture, manufactured by The Old Hickory Chair Co., Martinsville, Indiana

Old Hickory furniture can be used inside as well as for porch, lawn and garden settings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330701

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.032

Heart cypress tubs, rustic work, English garden furniture, Bobbink & Atkins, Rutherford, New Jersey

The nursery manufactures and sells a variety of plant tubs, furniture and outdoor structures. Text on the front cover reads, "Tubs on the porch are the garden's recompense."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330703

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.033

Rustic garden-decorations, The Rustic Craft Company, Old Colony Parkway at Pope's Hill, Boston, Mass.

Wood chairs, settees, tables, arches and fences are handmade by the business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330706

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.034

Of gardens and their furnishings, being a brief consideration of the gardens of yesterday and of to-day and of the furniture of stone and marble most fitly to be used therein, Leland & Ball Company, workers in stone, 557 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

The Company makes sundials, benches and monuments from stone, granite and marble.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330709

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.035

Catalog, W.A. Snow Iron Works, Inc., 32 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

The catalog has descriptions and photographs of "Metalcraft" garden furniture, gates, fences, weathervanes, sundials and other pieces. Furniture samples can be seen on the terraces and courtyard garden at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on pages 32-33. Iron fences and gates are shown at the Henry Cl...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330710

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.036

Improving the home grounds, by Albert D. Taylor, edited by J.W. Johnston, New York Herald Tribune, New York

The booklet addresses design problems and offers suggestion to improving such areas as gardens, walkways and entrances. A list of trees, shrubs and flower plants is provided with a bibliography. The work is done in conjunction with the New York Herald Tribune Annual Yard and Garden Competition.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330711

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.091

People & the land, geography, landscape studies, urban studies & community studies from Yale University Press, P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, Connecticut

Titles are described that address natural, built and urban landscapes primarily in America. Some of the authors included are J.B. Jackson, Anne Whiston Spirn and Sam Bass Warner, Jr.

Date: 2000

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330715

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.002.028

Henry E. Burr, landscape architect and importer of rare evergreens, trees and hardy plants, Tremont Avenue, East Orange, New Jersey

The booklet is an essay with photographs of properties and grounds which display stock from the author's nursery business. The nurseries are located at Irvington and Boyden Avenues in South Orange, New Jersey.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330716

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.093

Arcadian landscape, the California gardens of A.E. Hanson, 1920-1932, A.E. Hanson, edited by David Gebhard and Sheila Lynds, introduction by David Gebhard, Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., Los Angeles, California

The experience of creating gardens for wealthy clients is described by Hanson including Harry Calendar, Henry Kern, George I Cochran and silent film star Harold Lloyd.

Date: 1985

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330719

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.094

First Church of Christ Scientist, Winchester, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings of alterations to the First Church of Christ Scientist in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627-R) including one elevation and two plans. Drawings are dated but not signed. Alterations include revisions to readers' desks (1967) and to the Sunday School fl...

Date: 1967-1989

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330723

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627-R

First Church of Christ Scientist, Winchester, Mass.

Set of sixteen architectural drawings of alterations to the First Church of Christ Scientist in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #2909) including ten rough sketches, four copies of original drawings with notes, and two details. Two drawings are dated. Original commission was #1627. Alteratio...

Date: 2004

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330724

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2909

Alfred J. Seaman Jr. house, Upper Brookville, N.Y.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Seaman Jr. in Upper Brookville, New York (commission #1209-A) including ten elevations, five plans, one sketch, and eight details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E. Minot,...

Date: 1964

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330725

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1209-A

Alfred J. Seaman Jr. house, Upper Brookville, N.Y.

Set of six architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Seaman Jr. in Upper Brookville, New York (commission #1209-B) including one elevation, one plan, two cross sections, and two details. Drawings are dated. Alterations include an addition to the kitchen.

Date: 1986

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330726

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1209-B

Alfred J. Seaman Jr. house, Upper Brookville, N.Y.

Set of five architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Seaman Jr. in Upper Brookville, New York (commission #1209-C) including two elevations, one plan, one cross section, and one sketch. Alterations include a garage and studio addition.

Date: 1986

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330727

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1209-C

William W. Claflin house, Marion, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. William W. Claflin in Marion, Massachusetts (commission #1266) including two elevations, three plans, and one rendering. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot; some drawings are dated. Notation on binding strip of...

Date: 1950

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330728

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1266

Myer Ruttenberg house, Newton, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Myer Ruttenberg in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1287) including six plans, three rough sketches, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Robert E. Minot. Notation on binding strip of drawings indicated that...

Date: 1950

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330729

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1287

Sidney B. Turin house, Newton, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Sidney B. Turin in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1564) including three elevations, two plans, and one rendering. Also included are one elevation, one plan, and one rendering for a cottage in Casco, Maine for th...

Date: 1955

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330730

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1564

Francis J. LaFountain house, Saco, Maine

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. LaFountain in Saco, Maine (commission #1668) including one elevation and six plans. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story house. House has a living room with fireplace,...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330731

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1668

Arthur Sewell house, Bath, Maine

Set of five architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. Arthur Sewell at "Stone House Farm" in Bath, Maine (commission #1734) including two plans and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Robert E. Minot. Also included is one blueprint of a plan, dated 1955, by ar...

Date: 1959

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330732

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1734

Walworth B. Williams house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of forty-two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Walworth B. Williams in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1744) including sixteen elevations, fourteen plans, five framing plans, two sketches, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Roya...

Date: 1959

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330733

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1744

Merlin J. Ladd house, Duxbury, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Merlin J. Ladd in Duxbury, Massachusetts (commission #1785) including two elevations, two plans, one sketch, and two details. Some drawings are dated.

Date: 1960

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330734

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1785

George L. Jackson house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. George L. Jackosn in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #1790) including three elevations, four plans, one cross section, two plot plans, and two details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Warren J. R...

Date: 1960

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330735

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1790

Edward Dane house, Center Harbor, N.H.

Set of 58 architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dane in Center Harbor, New Hampshire (commission #1800). Most drawings are signed and dated by David G. Dethlefs.

Date: 1961

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330736

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1800

Richard A. Shuman house, Fall River, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Shuman in Fall River, Massachusetts (commission #1819) including three preliminary plans, one plot plan, and one rendering. Rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a one-story French-s...

Date: 1960

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330737

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1819

R. Lionel Barrows house, Greenfield, Mass.

Set of eleven architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. R. Lionel Barrows in Greenfield, Massachusetts (commission #1842) including three elevations, two plans, one cross section, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, John F. Howar...

Date: 1961

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330738

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1842

Ernest E. Vanham house, Lyndeborough, N.H.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Vanham in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire (commission #1848) including two elevations, three plans, one framing plan, and seven details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Harmon J. Kiley, Jr., Philip ...

Date: 1961

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330739

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1848

Ilse Bischoff house, Hartland, Vt.

Set of nineteen architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Miss Ilse Bischoff at "High Meadows" in Hartland, Vermont (commission #1855) including three elevations, three plans, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey, Robert E, Minot, or Philip S. Tam...

Date: 1961-1962

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330740

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1855

Subjects

This series contains 4 X 5 glass plate, acetate, and nitrate negatives arranged by subjects in alphabetical order. The negatives were originally ordered and catalogued by Yankee Publishing Librarian and Archivist Lorna Trowbridge and those subjects has been maintained. The subjects include a wide ...

Date: 1890-1945

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330741

Ref. Code: PC053.01

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Freeman in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627-A) including four elevations, seven plans, two cross sections, two renderings, one plot plan, and five drawings. Some drawings are signed and ...

Date: 1959-1960

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330742

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627-A

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Freeman in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1627-B) including one elevation and one detail. One drawing is signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows. Alterations include a basement kitchen and baseme...

Date: 1961

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330743

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1627-B

Maurice T. Freeman house, Winchester, Mass.

Twelve black-and-white photographic prints of house in Winchester, Massachusetts with alterations designed by Royal Barry Wills in 1961 for Maurice T. Freeman.

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330744

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.FreemanM

Robert Potter house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings for a garden house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Potter in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #2790) including one elevation and one detail. Drawings are dated but not signed. Commissions #1627-A and #1627-B are for alterations to main house. Drawings depict a garde...

Date: 2000

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330746

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.2790

I. Alan Balfour (developer) house, Cape Cottage, Maine

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for developer I. Alan Balfour in Cape Cottage, Maine (commission #1628) including four elevations and three plans. All drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two-story saltbox Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a clap...

Date: 1956, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330747

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1628

J. S. Myers house, Weston, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Myers in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #1629) including three elevations, two plans, and two details. All drawings are signed by Richard Wills; no drawings are dated. Alterations include an addition to...

Date: 1956, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330749

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1629

George W. Benedict Jr. house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of thirty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. George W. Benedict Jr. in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1632) including seven elevations, four plans, two plot plans, one rendering, and seventeen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; most d...

Date: 1956-1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330751

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1632

Busch Gardens, Pasadena, California

Beer magnate Adolphus Busch created extensive botanical gardens which served as a backdrop for fairy tale figures to amuse his grandchildren. The gardens were open to the public and constituted an early southern California themepark. Robert Gordon Fraser was the landscape architect and designer.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330757

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.095

Shootin' Gallery, Savin Rock, New Haven, Connecticut

A watercolor painting of the shooting gallery at Savin Rock Amusement Park in New Haven, Connecticut. The park was built in the 1870s and was quite popular until the 1950s. The park closed in 1966.

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331272

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.New Haven.773

Beauty out of doors, Herrick Seed Company, Rochester, New York

Herrick offers its services to create inviting gardens on home and city properties.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331275

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.119

Vigoro beauty plan number 3, designed by C.D. Wagstaff & Co., Swift & Co., Chicago, Illinois

Text on the item reads "Based on lot measurement of 80 by 175 feet but adaptable to any large sized lot." There is a planting plan key, a climate zone map and details of some of the smaller areas.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331278

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.120

Savin Rock Amusement Park, New Haven, Connecticut

A watercolor painting of Savin Rock Amusement Park in New Haven, Connecticut. The park was built in the 1870s and was quite popular until the 1950s. The park closed in 1966.

Date: undated

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331276

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.New Haven.774

Allan Barker house, Nashua, N.H.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Allan Barker in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1683) including four elevations, three plans, and two renderings. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story house. First floor o...

Date: 1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331279

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1683

Winthrop W. Chamberlain, Boxford, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Winthrop W. Chamberlain in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1684) including three elevations, five plans, fifteen details, and one rendering. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills, Merton S. Barrows, and John F. Howard; no dr...

Date: 1957-1958, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331281

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1684

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