Historic New England

Arnold's Camp- Figures Large

Photograph of a group of people gathered on the rocks in front of their two tents. They are seated among the rocks and are all smiling at the camera.

Date: 08-1905

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

GUSN: 319966

Ref. Code: PC067.02.144

Arnold's Camp- Figures Large

Photograph of a group of people gathered on the rocks in front of their two tents. They are seated among the rocks and are all smiling at the camera.

Date: 08-1905

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

GUSN: 319967

Ref. Code: PC067.02.145

Arnold's Camp- Figures Large

Photograph of a group of people gathered on the rocks in front of their two tents. They are seated among the rocks and are all smiling at the camera.

Date: 08-1905

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

GUSN: 319968

Ref. Code: PC067.02.146

Arnold's Camp- Figures Large

Photograph of a group of people gathered on the rocks in front of their two tents. They are seated among the rocks and are all smiling at the camera.

Date: 08-1905

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

GUSN: 319969

Ref. Code: PC067.02.147

JKS in prmbltr DMS TOWS

Photograph of TOWS, DMS and JKS. JKS sits in a perambulator, DMS and TOWS stand behind the perambulator.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 319970

Ref. Code: PC067.02.148

JKS's ghost

Photograph of JKS in which they are blurry and ghost like.

Date: 12-1905

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

GUSN: 319971

Ref. Code: PC067.02.149

D.M.S and J.K.S by wood pile

Photograph of DMS and JKS seated by a wood pile. JKS looks toward the camera while DMS looks at JKS.

Date: 1906

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

GUSN: 319972

Ref. Code: PC067.02.150

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house. The car belongs to GMT, two of the people are identified as OWS + AHS.

Date: 1906

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

GUSN: 319973

Ref. Code: PC067.02.151

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house. The car belongs to GMT, two of the people are identified as EKS, JKS, DMS, AHS

Date: 1906

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

GUSN: 319974

Ref. Code: PC067.02.152

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house. The car belongs to GMT, two of the people are identified as Mr. T, Mrs. T, OWS, JKS, DMS, AHS.

Date: 1906

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

GUSN: 319975

Ref. Code: PC067.02.153

Automobile Party

Group portrait of men, women and children seated in an automobile next to a house.

Date: 1906-07-01

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

GUSN: 319976

Ref. Code: PC067.02.154

House on 155 Shaw Ave

Photograph of a house in Edgewood, RI. Several people gather on the front steps. The house has a lawn and trees suround it.

Date: 06-1907

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

GUSN: 319977

Ref. Code: PC067.155

House on 155 Shaw Ave

Photograph of a house in Edgewood, RI. Several people gather on the front steps. The house has a lawn and trees suround it.

Date: 06-1907

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

GUSN: 319978

Ref. Code: PC067.02.156

Portrait, family around the Christmas tree, location unknown, undated

There are two older children in front, a toddler in a high chair in front of the mother and the father behind the little girl.

Date: 1907-12-25

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

GUSN: 319979

Ref. Code: PC067.02.157

Trade card, Kimball Bros. & Co., dealers in general merchandise, Sanford, Maine

Text on the card verso reads "Dealers in everything! Goods sold at bottom prices. Please call and see. No trouble to show goods." The image caption reads "Corner Store, Sanford, Me." A billiard hall is above the store.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320042

Ref. Code: EP003.002.014

Trade card, Currier & Hodskins, dealers in dry good and carpets, corner Main and Court Streets, Springfield, Mass.

Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians can be seen in the illustration on the card verso. The business is located in Hampden House at the intersection of Main and Court Streets.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320044

Ref. Code: EP003.002.015

Trade card, J.R. Libby, wholesale and retail dealer in dry good and carpets, Savings Bank Building, Biddeford, Maine

At street level the storefront for Libby can be seen with a doorway for "YMCA" to the right.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320045

Ref. Code: EP003.002.016

Trade card, American Twin Freezer, North Bros. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A young girl reads a book of fairy tales while operating the ice cream freezer. The description on the verso states the crank is swung back and forth to operate the freezer. A partition placed in the freezer allows two flavors or ice cream and sherbert to be done at the same time.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320046

Ref. Code: EP003.001.012

Trade card, the Gem Freezer, American Machine Co., manufacturers of hardware specialties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The product is described on the card verso with prices for various sizes. Every freezer includes a copy of Mrs. S.T. Rorer's new book "Dainty Dishes" which has directions for making 120 different ice creams, water ices, sherbets, frozen fruits and puddings. The item is carried by Jordan Marsh & Comp...

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320047

Ref. Code: EP003.001.013

Index of The Hartford Rubber Works Co. and John W. Gray & Co., 272 Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut

The brochure lists many products including lawn and fire hoses, piston packings, faucet washers, bicycle tires, printers' blankets, fruit jar rings, cement, weather strips, galvanized oil cans, hard rubber syringes, ice bags, waterproofs and footballs. The item verso has an illustration of a woman u...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320050

Ref. Code: EP003.001.014

Trade card, Newhall's Magic Saleratus, manufactured by H.B. Newhall, 76 Broad Street, Boston, Mass.

This trade card contains racist and stereotypical imagery. 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 does not alter or edit object...

Date: 1880s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320081

Ref. Code: EP003.001.015

Trade card, Keystone Wringers for sale here, manufactured by F.F. Adams & Company, Erie, Pennsylvania

Several wood and iron frame wringers are displayed in the image. The factory in Erie can be seen with trains in the foreground. A New York port is in the upper left side of the image with a ship delivering the wringers to Europe. A Philadelphia port is in the upper right side of the image with a shi...

Date: 1870s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320082

Ref. Code: EP003.001.016

Trade card, Goodrich & Mallary, manufacturers & venders of Stanley's Patent Air-Tight Parlor Stoves, Nos. 15 & 16 Gerrish Block, Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass.

The business carries cooking ranges and stoves, hoisting machines, copy'g presses and hollow wares. They are agents for M.H. Collins' Patent Stationary Ventilators and Tinman's Tools.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320121

Ref. Code: EP003.003.011

Trade card, Spicers & Peckham, stove founders, Providence, Rhode Island

A newsboy hawks handbills advertising the ranges and parlor stoves. A kitchen range is on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320122

Ref. Code: EP003.003.012

Trade card, Golden Star Oil Stoves, Myers, Osborn & Company, Cleveland, Ohio

The stove is a substitute for cook stoves and ranges and is adapted for summer use. It can be used all year for cooking, baking, broiling, ironing and all laundry purposes. The illustration on the verso shows the stove in an open position.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320131

Ref. Code: EP003.003.013

Notebook

A bound notebook in which someone has recorded 308 negatives. The first few pages have listed the "Names of Wholesalers" in various cities around New England. Then the negatives are listed, organized by date and location. After that the notebook is blank.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 320125

Ref. Code: PC067.03.158

Negative Sleeves

141 paper negative sleeves. The sleeves have space and lines on the front to write in information on the negative such as date, title, exposure and developer. These sleeves usually include a date, title and negative number but rarely more information than that.

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 320132

Ref. Code: PC067.03.159

Trade card, Early Breakfast Stoves, Redway & Burton, Cincinnati, Ohio

A mother rouses a family that would rather remain in bed in the cartoon puzzle illustration. The lower portion of the card has the caption "And the same effect is always produced by using the Early Breakfast Stove." Text on the card verso describes the stoves and states they are "fully guaranteed a...

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320143

Ref. Code: EP003.003.014

Trade card, buy Royal Falmouth Ranges, made by Auburn Stove Foundry Co., Auburn, Maine

Four children play with a toy in a Christmas setting in the card image. The card verso has images of the parlor stove and a kitchen stove.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320147

Ref. Code: EP003.003.015

Negative Boxes

5 boxes of "Cramer Crown Plates". Many of the negatives were stored in these boxes. On the side of the box someone has written the location and year in which the negatives were taken. On the front of the box someone has written that same information plus a list of the titles of the plates contained...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 320148

Ref. Code: PC067.03.160

Circular, National Vapor Stoves, National Vapor Stove and Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio

The item verso has illustrations of the 1873 and 1890 gasoline cook stoves. The safety of the gasoline stove is described in the text.

Date: 1890

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320229

Ref. Code: EP003.003.016

Trade card, Dix & Freeman, wholesale dealers in West India goods, No. 3 Long Wharf, Boston, Mass.

The proprietors are Thomas R. Dix and Geo. A. Freeman.

Date: 1840s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320230

Ref. Code: EP003.005.010

Trade card, Tute, Fay & Morey, dealers in teas and tobacco, No. 16 Southn Market Street, and 16 Chatham Street, Boston, Mass.

The proprietors are Rensalear Tute, Philemon Morey and Charles F. Fay.

Date: 1860s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320231

Ref. Code: EP003.005.011

Trade card; Morse, Denny & Co., commission wool merchants, 130 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.

The partners are Sterne Morse, Clarence H. Denny and Joseph G. Shed.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320232

Ref. Code: EP003.005.012

Trade card, Elliott & Ahlberg, stevedores, Baltimore, Maryland

The card verso has "Rates of Pilotage for Chesapeake Bay."

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 320233

Ref. Code: EP003.005.013

EKS + Pearl Dixon

Two women, identified as EKS and Pearl Dixon, stand and pose for a photograph. Pearl Dixon holds a book labled "The Church Choir".

Date: 11-1899

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

GUSN: 319896

Ref. Code: PC067.02.079

ESK + Warren Brayton

A man and a woman, identified as EKS and Warren Brayton stand shoulder to shoulder and clasp hands.

Date: 11-1899

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

GUSN: 319897

Ref. Code: PC067.02.080

EKS + M.Mott

A man and a woman, identified as EKS and M. Mott sit in a buggy. M. Mott holds the reins on a horse that is not visible in the photograph. Both people are smiling at someone or something just behind the camera.

Date: 11-1899

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

GUSN: 319898

Ref. Code: PC067.02.081

ESK and M.Mott

The same scene as plate #49 but a darker negative. A man and a woman, identified as EKS and M. Mott sit in a buggy. M. Mott holds the reins on a horse that is not visible in the photograph. EKS and M. Mott look at each other.

Date: 11-1899

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

GUSN: 319899

Ref. Code: PC067.02.082

Pearl and Cat

A woman identified as Pearl Dixon sits on the steps of a building with a cat in her lap. She is looking at the camera while the cat is looking over its right shoulder.

Date: 11-1899

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

GUSN: 319900

Ref. Code: PC067.02.083

Slone Ruin

Photograph of a ruined house in which the end and side walls are visible and still standing but the roof and the other walls are no longer standing. The house stands in dirt lot.

Date: 11-1899

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

GUSN: 319901

Ref. Code: PC067.02.084

Dr. Stevens + Newport

Photograph of Dr. Stevens standing with a horse named Newport. The pair is standing in front of a fence. Two copies of the same negative.

Date: 1900

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

GUSN: 319903

Ref. Code: PC067.02.085

Trade card, J.S. Buckingham, wood and ivory turner, Plymouth, Mass.

The artist is the manufacturer of models of Governor Carver's and Elder Brewster's chairs. He also makes mallets, police clubs, baseball bats, trapeze bars, drum sticks, rulers, dice boxes and wooden eggs. Plymouth Rock and the National Monument to the Forefathers are featured in the illustration.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 319904

Ref. Code: EP003.002.013

Dr. Stevens + Newport; FES + Dandy

Two men, identified as Dr. Stevens and FES, hold the reins of two horses, identified as Newport and Dandy.

Date: 1900

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

GUSN: 319906

Ref. Code: PC067.02.086

Dr. Stevens + Newport; FES + Dandy

Same as plate #86, with figures is slightly different poses.

Date: 1900

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

GUSN: 319907

Ref. Code: PC067.02.087

Francestown Stage

Photograph of the Francestown Stagecoach. The coach is pulled by two horses and full of people.

Date: 07-1900

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

GUSN: 319908

Ref. Code: PC067.02.088

"At Lunch" MES + OWS

Photograph of MES and OWS eating lunch while sitting on a rock. They are surrounded by a lunch basket, OWS's suit jacket and a jug labled Granite State Coffee.

Date: 1900

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

GUSN: 319909

Ref. Code: PC067.02.089

MES + EKS

Photograph of MES and EKS. MES is seated on a large rock formation and EKS stands below her. Both women are smiling at the camera. The remains of the lunch seen in plate #89 can be seen at the top of the boulder.

Date: 1900

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

GUSN: 319910

Ref. Code: PC067.02.090