Historic New England

Letterhead for Williston Seminary Class of 1868, Easthampton, Mass., 1868

A letterhead for the Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts which has a phrase in Greek below the year.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243257

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.006

Certificate for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, Missionary House, Boston, Mass., 1857

1 certificate ; 3 1/2 x 6 inches

Date: 1857

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243258

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.007

Receipt for pew tax, Church in Brattle Square, Dr., Cambridge, Mass., September 30, 1839

The receipt is for the quarterly tax on pew no. 117.

Date: 1839-09-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243259

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.008

Thirty-third anniversary of the Perkins Street Baptist Sabbath School, East Somerville, Mass., May 21, 1876

The order of exercises for the anniversary is listed. The history of the school is described on the inside of the program.

Date: 1876-05-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243260

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.009

Universalist Meeting House, Provincetown, Mass., undated

The brochure describes the meeting house architecture and the background of the Universalist Church of America.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243261

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.010

Second Church in Boston, Women's Alliance, anniversary ribbon, Boston, Mass., 1899

The ribbon is for the 250th (1649-1899) anniversary of the Second Church in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243262

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.011

Year book and directory of the First Baptist Church, corner Main and Central Streets, Claremont, New Hampshire, ca. 1889

A description of the Church's history, officers and members with advertisements from local businesses.

Date: ca. 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243263

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.012

Circular for the South Westport Christian Church, 494 Hix Bridge Road, South Westport, Mass., undated

The circular is for the Family Bible Hour held at 3:00 p.m each Sunday.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243291

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.013

Churches of Greater Portland, Portland Maine, undated

This is the Summer Directory of Greater Portland Churches, Ministers, and Hours of Worship prepared by The Greater Portland Council of Church Women with the Council of Churches cooperating.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243292

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.014

Billhead for Mt. Auburn Cemetary, Boston, Mass., dated March 2, 1889

The office of the Mt. Auburn Cemetery Treasurer is located in Pemberton Square in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1889-03-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243293

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.015

Membership certificate for the Advanced Little Light Bearers, New England Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 21 Lagrange Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

The verso is a certificate with lines for offerings, signatures and dates.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243294

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.016

Epsom Baptist Church, Epsom, New Hampshire, July 4, 1954

The bulletin contains the order of service, events for the week and announcements.

Date: 1954-07-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243295

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.017

Enrollment card for Little Light Bearers, Free Baptist Woman's Missionary Society, 45 Andover Street, Peabody, Mass., undated

The card verso reads "Cradle Roll Department Enrollment Card" with lines for the church, dates and signatures.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243296

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.018

Order of Service at the Consecration of the Reverend F.D. Huntington, D.D., Bishop Elect of the Diocese of Central New York, Emmanuel Church of Boston, Boston, Mass., Thursday, April 8, 1869

1 church bulletin : color illustration ; 9 x 7 1/2 inches

Date: 1869-04-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243297

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.019

Church of the Unity, corner Central and Summer Streets, Winchendon, Mass., undated

The item reads "Public services every Sunday, at 10:45 a.m.from September 1 to July 15."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243298

Ref. Code: EP001.01.020.01.02.020

Trade card for E.C. Hazard & Co., Genuine Mineral Silicon for polishing silver ware, E.D. Nickerson, No.5 North Market Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The horseshoe is captioned "Good Luck." The verso states the silicon product can be used for polishing gold, silver, plated, brass, copper, tin and glass-ware. E.D. Nickerson is the wholesale agent for New England.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243301

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.002

Trade card for The Improved Union Carpet Sweeper, Union Carpet Sweeper Company, Providence, Rhode Island, ca.1877

The image is the "Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe" surrounded by all her children. The carpet sweeper was patented August 14, 1877.

Date: ca.1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243302

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.003

Trade card for Excelsior Metal Polish, for sale by grocers and harware dealers generally, location unkown, 1881

The bottom of the card reads "Copyright by A.B. Seeley 1881." Each card has "Use Excelsior Metal Polish" with a unique caption for each image. The verso describes the various household items which will benefit from the polish.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243303

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.004

Trade card for Geo. H. Mason & Co., steel-edge dust-pans, 152 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Mason is a wholesale dealer in tin ware.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243304

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.005

Directions for using a carpet sweeper, location unknown, undated

This tag, for an unidentified carpet sweeper, has directions for its use.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243305

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.006

Receipt for cleaning tenements, E. Kirmes, Boston, Mass., dated July 1881

An itemized, handwritten receipt (brush, soap, soda) for cleaning tenements in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1881-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243306

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.007

Receipt for tenement cleaning, E. Kirmes, Boston, Mass., dated 6 October, 1881

A handwritten receipt in the amount of $3.00 for tenement cleaning.

Date: 1881-10-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243307

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.008

Frank's Waterproof Beeswax Polishing Blacking, Henry Morton, 246 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Henry Morton, a shoe and boot dealer, describes the product as a polish and leather preserver.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243308

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.009

Circular for Nicholson=Thackray Co., annual fall kitchen ware sale, Rhode Island, September 1929

Nicholson Thackray, the only Rhode Island owned chain grocery store, has a list of household cleaning supplies available for sale. The verso has Sally Sawyer recipes.

Date: 1929-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243309

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.010

Business card for the Spector Wiper Supply Co., wiping cloths, 95 Bridge Street, Lowell, Mass., undated

Spector has cotton and wool waste wiping cloths.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243344

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.001

Trade card for Excelsior Metal Polish, Walpole Emery Mills, 114 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The polish is carried by grocers and hardware dealers. Holway Wright & Miner is the manufacturer's agent with offices on State Street in Boston, Massachusetts and in New York, New York. The caption for the image is "How earnestly precious."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243345

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.002

Trade card for the Sandberg Cleaning and Supply Company Inc., 34 Pleasant Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

The company performs cleaning of every description and deals in wholesale and retail cleaning supplies. The Main Street address has been crossed off and replaced with the Pleasant Street address in Worcester.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243346

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.003

Advertisement for Quality Brooms, location unkown, undated

The eagle in the image holds a banner in its mouth printed with "Quality Brooms." The bottom of the ad reads "Printed in U.S.A."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243347

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.004

Cleaning - Household soaps and polishes - Folder 1

File

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243348

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03

Trade card for Bush & Co's Improved Borax Soap, Bush & Co's Borax Soap Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The card describes the soap properties and urges the public to ask their grocer for it. The card verso has children gathering flowers in a field.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243349

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.001

Higgins' German Laundry Soap, New York, New York, undated

Two boys run into trouble while trying to get apples. The text on the inside is in German.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243350

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.002

Trade card for Lavine Soap, Hartford Chemical Works, 30 Union Place, Hartford, Connecticut, undated

This trade card contains harmful imagery and language employing racist stereotypes. 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 doe...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243351

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.003

Trade card for Pearline Soap, James Pyle, New York, undated

The card verso describes the virtues of Pearline Soap and warns the buyer against imitations.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243352

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.004

Trade cards for Higgins' German Laundry, Chas. S. Higgins, 94 Wall Street, New York, New York, 1880

The image is a scene from Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore." The verse below the image begins "Kind Captain..." The card verso has the popular and electoral Presidential election results from 1824-1880 with an admonition to buy the Soap. The second card describes the product. The third card ver...

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243357

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.005

Trade cards for Higgins' German Laundry, Chas. S. Higgins, 94 Wall Street, New York, New York, 1880

The image is from Gilbert & Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore." The verse below the image begins "Whose praise Great Britain..." The card verso has the popular and electoral Presidential election results from 1824-1880 with an admonition to buy the Soap. The second card verso reads "For laundry and family...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 243359

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.03.006

Harko Special, S.H. Harrison Co., 822-824 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

The circular contains fabric swatches for Harko Suits carried by S.H. Harrison in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244528

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.02.001

Macullar, Williams & Parker, fine clothing and mens furnishing goods, 194 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A lithograph print of Macullar, Williams & Parker who are wholesale and retail dealers in fine clothing and men's furnishing goods. The business is also an importer and jobber of fine woolens and tailors trimmings. The image shows the sales floor with pattern books laid out on the tables.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244529

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.02.002

Macullar, Williams & Parker, fine clothing and mens furnishing goods, 194 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The image shows the Wholesale Sales Room, Cutting Room and Examining & Packing Room on the business premises.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244530

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.02.003

Macullar, Williams & Parker, fine clothing and mens furnishing goods, 194 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Ready Made Clothing Department Manufacturing Rooms and Custom Department Sales Room and Manufacturing Room are seen in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244531

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.02.004

Billhead for Henry J. Weil & Co., manufacturers of the Senate Shirt, No. 68 Summer and No. 40 Otis Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1800

The billhead is for Henry J. Weil & Company located on Summer and Otis Streets in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1800

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244532

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.03.001

Billhead for F. & S. Manufacturing Co., White River Junction, Vermont, dated April 28, 1911

The billhead is for a sale of day collars.

Date: 1911-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244533

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.03.002

Haskell & Jones., mens fine clothing, 470 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, dated April 1, 1886

Haskell & Jones are a manufacturer and jobber. The building in the image has the year "1881" on it.

Date: 1886-04-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244543

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.03.003

Billhead for Walker Stetson Company, manufacturers, importers, jobbers, Essex & Lincoln Streets, Boston, Mass., dated September 20, 1901

Shirts, robes and waists are the items listed on the billhead.

Date: 1901-09-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244544

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.03.004

Trade card for Nathaniel Evans, Jr., ready-made clothing and David S. Carr, tailor, 4 Stickney Block, Concord, New Hampshire, undated

Evans has broadcloths, cassimeres, doeskins, vestings, India rubber clothing and gentlemen's furnishing goods. The business is directly opposite the State House.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 244545

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.04.001