Historic New England

Roy Messer's Dog

Photograph showing a dog sitting on the porch of a house. A man identified as Roy Messer stands on the porch looking at the dog. A woman stands just inside the house, behind the screen door.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319536

Ref. Code: PC067.02.053

Willie Messer + Mowing Machine

Photograph of Willie Messer on a "mowing machine" in a field.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319537

Ref. Code: PC067.02.054

Alleen Messer

Photograph of Aileen Messer sitting on a hammock in front of the Messer House.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319538

Ref. Code: PC067.02.055

Nina Messer

Photograph of Nina Messer sitting on a hammock in front of the Messer House. Same location as plate 55.

Date: 1898

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319539

Ref. Code: PC067.02.056

The Tired Wheelers

Photograph of three men, identified as Gene, Fred D. OWS, on bicycles.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319540

Ref. Code: PC067.02.057

Piazza Loafers

Photograph of four men sitting on a covered porch. The men are identified as Dr. EDS, FEW, Dr. Fred D + OWS.

Date: 1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319541

Ref. Code: PC067.02.058

Mr. + Mrs. Sherwood

Photograph of a couple, identified as Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood, seated on a bench near a barn.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319542

Ref. Code: PC067.02.059

Sherwood + Wife. Dr. Gene, Fred D in Background

Photograph of Mrs. and Mr. Sherwood sitting on the same porch as plate #67. Two men, identified as Gene and Fred D are visible in the background.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319543

Ref. Code: PC067.02.060

Charles Bertram Epps

Standing portrait ofCharles Bertram Epps, standing next to a house.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319544

Ref. Code: PC067.02.061

Mr. Epps' Shadow- "The Shades of Night are Falling Fast"

Portrait of Mr. Epps seated in a field. A cart carrying lumber is visible on the right side of the image and mountains are visible in the background.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319545

Ref. Code: PC067.02.062

The Elms

Photograph of a house surrounded by trees.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319546

Ref. Code: PC067.02.063

The Elms

Photograph of a house surrounded by trees.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319547

Ref. Code: PC067.02.064

Photograph of men and horses in a field. One horse is tied to a cart with a large load of hay. The other horse is tied to a piece of farm equipment. One of the men stands on top of the load of hay, one man rides on the other piece of equipment and two more men stand in the field. All of the men look...

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319548

Ref. Code: PC067.02.065

Crotched MT

Photograph of Crotched Mountain with a field and a structure in the foreground.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319549

Ref. Code: PC067.02.066

Log Trough- Bennington Road

Photograph of two people in a horse drawn buggy on a dirt road.

Date: 07-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319550

Ref. Code: PC067.02.067

Grandpa + Grandma Carle

Photograph of two elderly people, identified as Grandpa and Grandma Carle sitting on a porch.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319551

Ref. Code: PC067.02.068

Carle House

Photograph of the Carle house behind a row of trees with people standing in front of the trees.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319552

Ref. Code: PC067.02.069

Hen Island + Bit of Lake Champlain- Copy 1

Photograph of Hen Island and Lake Champlain. The photograph was taken from the shore and the edge of the lake is visible plus islands in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319553

Ref. Code: PC067.02.070

Hen Island + Bit of Lake Champlain- Copy 2

Photograph of Hen Island and Lake Champlain. The photograph was taken from the shore and the edge of the lake is visible plus islands in the background.

Date: 09-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319554

Ref. Code: PC067.02.071

"The Center" Schoolmarm

Portrait of the Schoolmarm of "The Center". She is standing in a field and a road is visible in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319555

Ref. Code: PC067.02.072

Grandpa Kingsley + EKS

Portrait of a man and woman identified as Grandpa Kingsley and EKS. They are standing in a field and cows are visible in the background.

Date: 1899-09-02

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319556

Ref. Code: PC067.02.073

Christie House

Image of a house identified as "Christie House". Four people stand in front of the house. There are no longer any farm animals or bicycles in front of the house as in Plate #4.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319558

Ref. Code: PC067.02.074

Rabbits

Photograph of a small herd of rabbits. Some are gathered on a chair in the forground of the image and others are huddled in the doorway of a barn that makes up the background of the image.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319559

Ref. Code: PC067.02.075

Robert and the Rabbits

A small herd of rabbits sits on a boy's lap. A man crouches near the boy and a third figure is casting their shadow into the image. More rabbits hop around the boys feet and in the doorway of the barn.

Date: 1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319560

Ref. Code: PC067.076

Chestnut Party - S.S. Class

Three people pose for a photograph at the bottom of a set of stairs. The people are identified as Miss Todd, Mary Smith, and OWS.

Date: 10-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319561

Ref. Code: PC067.02.077

Chestnut Party

Three people pose for a photograph at the bottom of a set of stairs.

Date: 10-1899

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319563

Ref. Code: PC067.02.078

Trade card, Rookwood Pottery of Cincinnati, salesroom, 1 West Street, Boston, Mass.

The shop carries fine decorated ware for holiday and wedding gifts. A fox walks on a tightrope in one of the drawings. In the other drawing a bird hovers above the smoke coming from a kiln. An 1885 calendar is on the item verso. The business was founded by Ohio philanthropist Maria Longworth Storer.

Date: 1885

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319786

Ref. Code: EP003.002.005

Trade card, save the table cloth by using the patent table tray for children, for sale by Warren & Wood, importers of crockery, 287 & 289 Westminster Street, Hoppin Homestead Building, Providence, Rhode Island

A little girl has knocked over her cup in the illustration. When you fold down the flap she is using the table tray.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319793

Ref. Code: EP003.002.006

Trade card, Constans Gersbach, dealer in stoves, tin, hollow and wooden ware, etc., 17 Central Avenue, Albany, New York

In the card image two soldiers and a sailor fire on a ship. The image caption reads "Armored main top of a modern man of war."

Date: 1889

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319808

Ref. Code: EP003.002.007

Trade card, Lord & Field, wholesale and retail dealers in German and French fancy goods, No. 3 Union House, Main Street, Springfield, Mass.

Text on the card verso reads "Zephyr worsteds and all materials for embroidery, hosiery, gloves, threads, needles, pins, tapes, purse twist, steel beads and trimmings together with a large assortment of fancy goods." Union House was a hotel built in 1846 according to the Springfield Daily Republica...

Date: ca. 1851

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319809

Ref. Code: EP003.002.008

Help for the man who wants to build, a group of selected plans for smaller homes, vol. 3, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The catalog has floor plans, descriptions, advice and detailed costs for building seventy-five small homes. Text in the publication reads "Edited by Maurice I. Flagg and Robert Taylor Jones for The Architects' Small House Service Bureau of The United States, Inc."

Date: 1921-1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 319888

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.125

Label, from Fifield & Baldwin, wholesale dealers in wooden ware, agricultural tools, No. 37 Canal Street, Providence, Rhode Island

The business also carries brooms, brushes, baskets, mats, stone ware, matches, chairs and furniture. Fifield is the successor to Greenwood & Company.

Date: ca. 1859

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319891

Ref. Code: EP003.002.009

Trade card, Rogers & Co., importers and manufacturers' agents, No. 62 Canal & 155 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass.

The store interior can be seen in an illustration on the card verso. The captions reads "The largest establishment of the kind in the east." Items carried are crockery, china, glass, silver ware, cutlery, lamps, yellow and rock ware, chandeliers and chimneys.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319892

Ref. Code: EP003.002.010

Trade card, Red Pig Household Knives, The Robeson Cutlery Co., Rochester, New York

The caption text reads "Red Pig Household Knives are ground by the cold process not effecting the temper." The knife in the illustration is the "No. 2. Rip Snorter." Robeson manufactures "Shuredge" quality cutlery. The card verso has a piece so the card can stand on a flat surface. A.L. Sherk, Chamb...

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319895

Ref. Code: EP003.002.011

Trade card, Louis E. Hommel, manufacturer of silver leaf, corner of Bay & Pennsylvania Avenues, P.O. Box 265, East New York, Long Island

Workers make silver leaf in the card image.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319902

Ref. Code: EP003.002.012

Guest book

Includes notes and photographs from 1902 through 1905. Of interest is a photograph documenting a family reunion on May 19, 1905. This image includes William Sumner Appleton, Eleanor and Robert Standen, Edith Standen, Marjorie Appleton, Dorothy and George Weld, Edric Weld, and Gladys and Dunlap Penha...

Date: 1902-1905

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318637

Ref. Code: MS005.02.007b

Holbrook Hall, Newton, Mass.

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Weld-Appleton family papers

GUSN: 318638

Ref. Code: MS005.03.035a

Authentic reproductions of cabinet hardware, A.A. Lyman, 34 Portland Street, Boston, Mass.

The business has "reproductions of brass and wrought iron" hardware pieces. Clock glass reproductions are included. Lyman is the successor to A.L. Firmin. There is a separate price list titled "Authentic reproductions of antique hardware and wrought iron."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318639

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.016

Ball brasses, William Ball, Sr., Hope Manor, West Chester, Pennsylvania

Background on the history of Ball Brasses is provided in the catalog. The name signed at the end of the introductory material is "Wm. Ball, Sr." A 1936 price list is at the back of the item. Two loose price lists are attached to sheets with product images. The sheets have "William Ball and Sons, Wes...

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318641

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.017

Fine quality reproductions by Ball and Ball, catalog no. 72, Whitford-Exton, Pennsylvania

There are images and descriptions of cabinet hardware, door hinges, latches, locks, door knockers and lighting fixtures. Both catalogs have loose order blank envelopes and 1976 price lists.

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318642

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.018

Cabinet, house & shutter hinges, catalog no. 77, Ball and Ball, Exton, Pennsylvania

1 trade catalog : illustrations ; 10 1/4 x 8 inches

Date: 1977

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318644

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.001.019

Classic provincial dresser, Grand Rapids Chair Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan

A seven drawer dresser is shown with measurements. The item verso has a nine drawer dresser with measurements.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318646

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.103

Chairs, Furniture Specialties Corp., 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

Chair samples with sizes and fabric specifications are available for customers. Text at the bottom of each sheet reads "Every piece custom made to your specifications."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318648

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.104

Trade card for Furniture Specialties Corp., chair, 318 East 61st Street, New York, New York

The "Buffington" chair is on the front of the card with the dimensions and fabric requirements on the verso. The business manufactures furniture pieces according to customer specifications.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 318649

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.03.01.022

Album: Window shades, doors, furniture, carpets

Window treatments, door hardware, furniture and carpets are described for customers. The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318650

Ref. Code: EP003.004

Album: Grocers, Druggists, Kitchenware, Jewelry, Rewards of Merit, American Puzzle Cards

The merchants represented in the album include Bugbee & Brownell, Keystone, Haas and Enterprise Manufacturing. There are 23 presidential portrait cards for advertising various businesses. There are 6 American Puzzle cards.The businesses are New England based and from across the United States.

Date: 1840-1895

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318651

Ref. Code: EP003.005

Trade card, Marshall Field & Co., retail dry goods, carpets, upholstery, etc., State Street, Washington Street & Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

Pedestrians, streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles can be seen around the Marshall Field department store.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318654

Ref. Code: EP003.004.001

Trade card, Broadhead Worsted Mills, Jamestown, New York

In the cover illustration a woman in a riding habit removes a letter from a tree outside the Broadhead Worsted Mills. Broadhead manufactures fabrics and dresses and describes their product inside the card. Text on the verso reads "Latest novelties, newest shades and colorings" for the J.S. Butler dr...

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318658

Ref. Code: EP003.004.002

Trade card, Detroit Heating & Lighting Co., 88 Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois

The advantages of the Bolton Hot Water Heater and Combination Gas Machine are described on the verso. A cut away illustration depicts the Bolton Hot Water Heater installed in a multi-level town house. The business has offices in Boston at 42 Pearl Street and St. Louis at 508 N. 4th Street.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318660

Ref. Code: EP003.004.003

Billhead, John Gibbes, plumber, glazier & painter, Towcester, England

Text on the item reads "Engine pumps, water closets, beer machines &c. fixed & repaired in the best manner & on the shortest nortice. Oils & water colours prepared for painting." The illustration on the left side of the item has the caption "Paper Hanger."

Date: ca. 1840

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318661

Ref. Code: EP003.004.004

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