Historic New England

Boiling sap, New Hampshire

Two men work at a maple sugar site in the image. "No. 53" is on the front of the item.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323470

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.3850.002

Handkerson's claim at the Gold Miner's Glen, Plymouth, Vermont

The claim is seen with a farm in the background. Online resources give the miner's name as "William Hankerson."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323477

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.3950.001

Box, joyous merry Christmas, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, Mass.

A 19th century coach travels down a street in front of the Jordan Marsh store in Boston in the repeated box illustrations. The illustration colors are red, white and green. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323492

Ref. Code: EP002.02.062

Box, joyous merry Christmas, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, Mass.

A 19th century coach travels down a street in front of the Jordan Marsh store in Boston in the repeated box illustrations. The illustration colors are red, white and green. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323493

Ref. Code: EP002.02.063

Box, Jordan Marsh the store with you in mind, Jordan Marsh, Boston, Mass.

The box cover is blue with white lettering. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323494

Ref. Code: EP002.02.064

Box, Jordan Marsh, Boston, Mass.

The box cover is dark grey with "Jordan Marsh" in black lettering inside a double square. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323495

Ref. Code: EP002.02.065

Box, Jordan Marsh, a unit of Allied Stores, Boston, Mass.

The box cover is a buff color with green lettering and a line above the Jordan Marsh name. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323496

Ref. Code: EP002.02.066

Box, Touraine, Cherry Webb & Touraine, location unknown

The box top is white with the name "Touraine" in pink lettering. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323497

Ref. Code: EP002.02.067

Box, Merry Christmas, Jordan Marsh Company, Boston, Mass.

In the repeated illustrations a couple stand by a road side and wave to a coach carrying packages and passengers. The illustrations colors are red, white, yellow and black. The box bottom is white.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323499

Ref. Code: EP002.02.068

Box, Schrafft's blue banner chocolates, W.F. Schrafft & Sons Corp., Boston, Mass.

The bottom of the box lists the pieces in this special one pound box. There is a small logo on the cover with text that urges people to purchase war bonds and stamps. The cover illustration has a portrait of an unidentified woman. "25 x 89" is stamped inside the box.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323502

Ref. Code: EP002.02.069

F. A. Thayer & Co. photograph, Center Street, Amherst, Mass.

Streetscape of Center Street, Amherst, Mass. featuring the F. A. Thayer & Co.. Photographer features people in front of store, most likely employees.

Date: ca. 1890, undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323500

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0070.0030.001

Box, Kemp's signature chocolates, E.F. Kemp, Somerville, Mass.

The bottom of the box lists the box assortment. Text on the box reads "From the famous Golden Glow Shops."

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 323503

Ref. Code: EP002.02.070

J. I. Paderewskiego Kapella, Three Rivers, Mass., 1927

J. I. Paderewskiego Kapella band is seen in front of a storefront in Three Rivers, Massachusetts, a village in Palmer, Massachusetts.

Date: 1927

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323526

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2260.0010.001

Pawtucket, Rhode Island streetscape with Troy Laundry Company horse drawn carriage, circa 1910

1 mounted photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323607

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0340.0020.001

Stereoscopic views, just published, a new series of stereoscopic views of Thomaston, Rockland, Owl's Head and vicinity by E.C. Fernald, Thomaston, Maine

Fernald has created images of residences, stores, streets, churches and other places of interest for customers. He made a summer tour of the White Mountains and these views are available as well.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323613

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.021

Dorothy Draper Hamlen family home, Brush Hill Road, Milton, MA

A large bound album displayng in detail the home of Dorothy Draper Hamlen and her family at 704 Brush Hill Road, Milton, Massachusetts. Album has over 700 black -and-white photographs and was assembled and photographed by Dorothy Draper Hamlen between 1939-1940. The photograph collection illustrat...

Date: 1939-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 323630

Ref. Code: PC009.289

Otis Air Force Base Commissioned Officers Open Mess matchbook cover

An organge, white, and blue matchnook cover with navy and white lettering from the Otis Air Force Base in Falmouth, Mass. The matchbook advertises a woman on the telephone, drink in hand, with the caption "Come Over - Party's On!"

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323631

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.025

Flamingo Cocktail Lounge matchbook cover

A pink matchbook cover with black text advertising the Flamingo Cocktail Lounge, next door to the Whitw Rabbit in Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323633

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.026

Camp Edwards 57th Signal BN matchbook cover

A white matchbook cover with orange lettering advertising Camp Edwards.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323634

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.027

Officers' Club 1114th S. C. U. matchbook cover

1 matchbook cover

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323637

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.028

Camp Edwards Mass. Service Club & Cafeteria matchbook cover

A red matchbook cover with gold lettering and scalloped detail advertising the Camp Edwards Service Club and Cafeteria

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323638

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.029

U. S. Army Camp Edwards Mass. matchbook cover

A cardboard matchbook cover with navy blue lettering and emblem advertising Camp Edwards, Mass.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323639

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.030

Camp Edwards Mass. U. S. Army 208th Coast Artillery (AA) matchbook cover

A gold matchbook with red lettering advertising the Camp Edwards 102nd Coast Artillery (AA).

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323640

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.031

Buzzards Bay Lodge matchbook cover

A blue matchbook cover with silver lettering advertising the Buzzards Bay Lodge in Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323641

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.032

Novak's Cape Cod Terrace, Buzzards Bay, matchbook cover

A red matchbook cover with black lettering and gold detail advertising Novak's Cape Cod Terrace cocktail lounge, hunt room, and dancing in Buzzards Bay, Mass.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323645

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.033

Peggy's on the Pond matchbook cover

A green matchbook cover with black lettering and illustration advertising Peggy's on the Pong at Buzzards Bay.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323646

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.034

Kowzic's Lady of the Highway Motel

One yellow matchbook cover with black lettering advertising Kowzic's Lady of the Highway Motel in Buzzards Bay, Mass. Also depicts illustration of the motel.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323657

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.035

The Ship's Crossing Restaurant matchbook cover

One navy blue matchbook cover advertising the Ship's Crossing Restaurant with gray block lettering and an illustration of a sail boat.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323658

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.036

Red Fox Restaurant Inc. matchbook cover

One white matchbook cover with black lettering advertising the Red Fox Restaurant, Inc. offering the "finest food on the Cape", located in Buzzards Bay.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323659

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.037

Sagamore Hotels matchbook cover

One black matchbook cover with silver lettering and graphics advertising Sagmore Motels. Featuring cabins, boating, bathing, and fishing.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323660

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.038

Thomas N. Motte service station matchbook cover

One white, red, yellow, and gray matchbook cover with black lettering and illustration advertising the Thomas N. Motte complete service station in Buzzards Bay.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323661

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.039

The Family Table matchbook cover

One orange matchbook cover with black lettering advertising The Family Table resturant in Wareham, Mass., specializing in seafood.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323662

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.040

Gulf Hill Farm matchbook cover

One white matchbook cover with brown lettering and illustration advertising the Gulf Hill Farm at the Bourne Bridge. The farm's specialties include seafood platters, chicken, and ice cream.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323663

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.041

The Dolphin Inn matchbook cover

One blue matchbook cover with red lettering and a a red and white dolphin advertising the The Dolphin Inn in Buzzards Bay.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323664

Ref. Code: MS028.01.012.042

Essem Packing Company Outing, Lawrence, Mass., circa 1920

A mounted black and white photograph of the Essem Packing Company of Lawrence, Massachusetts summer outing, circa 1920.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323665

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1520.0030.002

Odd Fellows' Fair, Georgetown, Mass. sterograph, 1874

A stereograph dated from 1874 showing the interior of the Odd Fellow's Fair in Georgetown, Mass.

Date: 1874

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323666

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0650.0010.001

A. Nute & Sons Factory photograph, Farmington, New Hampshire, undated

An undated photograph of the A. Nute & Sons Factory in Farmington, New Hampshire. The verso depicts block plan and map of the factory's location on Main Street and Grove Street in Farmington.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 323667

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0500.0010.001

Illustrated catalogue & price list of American, German-American, British united and other pendulum & lever clocks & novelties 1896-1897, James John Stockall & Sons, 6 & 8 Clerkenwell Road, London, England

There is a loose circular inside the item with the text "To go with Illustrated price list of clocks, February 2, 1891." The cover title reads "Illustrated catalogue and price list of American and German-American wood pendulum clocks."

Date: 1896-1897

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323668

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.005.012

Ribbon pins, wear your pride, share your kindness, Boston Strong, Boston, Mass.

There are two blue and yellow ribbons each with a gold pin attached to the card. Text on the card reads "Boston Strong, 4.15 boston day, #OneBostonDay." The TD Garden building is in the background. April 15, 2015 was the first officially designated "One Boston Day."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 323670

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.027

Eatmor Cranberries Cape Cod Cranberries label

A label advertising Eatmor brand cranberries; folded sides allows it to double as a scoop.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323682

Ref. Code: MS028.01.005.004

White House Brand, Cape Cod Cranberries: New England Cranberry Sales Co., American Cranberry Exchange, New York, Chicago, Eatmor label

Fruit crate label advertising cranberries showing the White House within a circle.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323684

Ref. Code: MS028.01.005.005

Harvard Brand, Cape Cod Cranberries: New England Cranberry Sales Co., American Cranberry Exchange, New York, Chicago, Eatmor label

Fruit crate label advertising cranberries showing the Harvard campus within a circle.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323687

Ref. Code: MS028.01.005.006

Honker Brand, Cape Cod Cranberries: New England Cranberry Sales Co., American Cranberry Exchange, New York, Chicago, Eatmor label

Fruit crate label advertising cranberries showing Canada geese within a circle.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323690

Ref. Code: MS028.01.005.007

Suitsus Brand, Cape Cod Cranberries: Colley Cranberry Co. Distributing Agents, Boston, Mass. label

Fruit crate label advertising cranberries showing two boys eatting cranberries within a circle.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 323692

Ref. Code: MS028.01.005.008

Hand fan, Alka-Seltzer, G.W. French, Elkhart, Indiana

One cartoon has a wife sending her husband off to work with an alka-seltzer in case he has a sudden cold. The cartoon on the verso has a mother and her daughter looking out at the rain saying alka-seltzer provides relief for a number of ailments. Both cartoons are signed "G.W. French."

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324312

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.016