Historic New England

Garden furniture executed by The Erkins Studios, 227 Lexington Avenue at 34th Street, New York City, New York, ca. 1920

Supplementary product leaflet features selected printed photographs of various garden ornaments and furniture, such as water features, bird baths, benches, and planters. Product number, dimensions, water projection (if applicable), and price are listed with each product.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358437

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.058

Saturn Press, since 1986, fine letterpress greeting cards & papers, 463 Atlantic Road, Post Office 368, Swan's Island, Maine, 2018

Product catalogue for greeting cards and other letterpress products to purchase. Of note are cards for the holidays, bookplates, cards featuring non-western designs, and an ordering sheet detailing how to request products and a guide on how to identify pricing.

Date: 2018

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358438

Ref. Code: EP001.12.005.001.052

Trade Card for C. E. Young, house painter, grainer and paper hanger, corner Pond and Kent Sts., Haverhill, Mass., undated

Trade card for C. E Young, a house painter, grainer, and paper hanger operating out of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Note at the bottom of the card notes to 'Order slate at Moody's, Under Music Hall.' Side verso has instances of adding numbers together.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358445

Ref. Code: EP001.01.085.01.02.012

Trade card for Pickens & Washburn plaining and moulding mill, corner of Causeway and Merrimac Streets, Boston, Mass., circa 1870

Trade card detailing the services of the Pickens & Washburn Plaining and Moulding Mill. The company specialized in manufacturing mouldings for builders and frame makers. Card also describes the company as the sole agents for the Austin Boynton, and Bro. Roped Moulding. Side verso has a printed image...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.078.01.01.008

Trade card for Three Taylors, dealers in clothing, 49 Merrimack, Corner of Fleet Street, Haverhill, Mass., 1869

Trade card for Levi, Oliver, and Martin Taylor's business in dealing clothing, furnishing goods, hats, caps, trunks, traveling bags, and other accessories. Side verso has the 1869 schedule for the Boston and Maine Railroad, mainly detailing routes to and from Haverhill.

Date: 1869

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358447

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.01.010

Advertisement for J.T. Cram's assortment of ribbons and clothing accessories, 117 Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass., undated

Advertisement for J.T. Cram's assortment of ribbons, bonnet silks, poplins & velvets, fancy goods, laces, gloves, and other accessories. Of note are the multiple unique typefaces used throughout the advertisement, specifically how there are 17 varieties along with the difference is spacing. At the b...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358448

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.09.02.021

How to decorate halls, booths, and automobiles, no. 526, Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, Mass., 1927

Product catalog contains information about decorating for different occasions with Dennison crepe paper products. The book is separated into 5 chapters: 1. Hall Decorations, 2. Decorations for Bazaars, 3. Decorated Automobiles, 4. Baby and Doll Carriages Decorated, 5. General Instructions for Handli...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358449

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.001.040

Helpful hints for homemakers, Morton Salt Company, Chicago, Illinois, ca.1954

Product catalog distributed by the Morton Salt Company detailing methods in which to use their product in the home. Examples include how to use their salt to make cleaning dishes easier, basic tips on how to improve meals, and also how to use their salt for cleaning the house. Catalog includes a pic...

Date: 1954

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358458

Ref. Code: EP001.12.008.001.043

Billhead for the Eastern Talking Machine Company, 177 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1910

Billhead from the Eastern Talking Machine Company for 3 Victor Records sold to H. Taylor on April 26, 1910. The billhead has lithographs of the Victor Talking Machine logo (a dog looking into a phonograph) and the Edison Phonograph logo (depicting a child 'looking for the band' inside the phonograph...

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358465

Ref. Code: EP001.01.081.01.01.015

Fireplace equipment, The S.M. Howes Company, 40-46 Union Street, Boston, Mass., 1926

Product catalog for Fireplace Equipment from the S.M. Howes Company. Examples of products include andirons, firesets [sic] and brushes, folding screens, and spark guards. Each product is associated with an image (items with gold or novelty items are associated with color images), product number, and...

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358485

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.004.020

Fireplace equipment #301011 by Howes Boston, S.M. Howes Company, Boston, Mass., 1930

Product catalog for Fireplace Equipment from the S.M. Howes Company. The majority of the products are placed into Fireplace Groups, in which fireplace accessories (andirons, screens, tools) are grouped together due to similar design choices or material type. The back of the catalog goes into more de...

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358486

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.004.021

Heating supplies and furnishings, The S. M. Howes Company, 42 Union Street, Boston, Mass., circa 1926

Product catalog from the S. M. Howes Company focusing on heating supplies and other furnishings. Products listed include tools for the fireplace, oil stoves and water heaters, furnaces, and extra parts for the larger products. Each product comes with dimensions, prices, and images. Of note are the i...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358489

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.004.022

Peters & Jones, wholesale dealers in children's carriages, Wooden & Willow Ware, Nos. 5 & 6 Holmes' Block, Boston, Mass., 1883

Product catalog for Children's Carriages and Wooden and Willow Ware from Peters & Jones. Each page contains an image of a particular type of children's carriage along with a descriptive title and product number. Any page with multiple product numbers include descriptions of variations, often referri...

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358493

Ref. Code: EP001.12.004.003.002

Hill's patent inside sliding blinds and screens, improved venetian blinds, Venetian Blind Co., Burlington, Vt., 1890

Product catalog for window blinds from the Venetian Blind Company. The catalog goes into detail about how each class of window blinds are constructed by providing sectional views as well as previews of how the blinds should look when installed. The images are well detailed, providing previews of the...

Date: 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358495

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.003.037

Postcard for Wigwarm Portable Houses, E. F. Hodgson, Dover, Mass., 1907

Postcard displaying a photograph of a reproduction of Wigwarm Portable Houses at the Boston Sportsmen's Show in 1907. The caption reads, "Mr. Denan Thompson's Camp (Josh. Whitcomb of "Old Homestead") Swanzey Lake, West Swanzey, N.H. Reproduced at Boston Sportsmen's show, 1907." On the left of the ph...

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358496

Ref. Code: EP001.01.008.01.01.005

Noonan's furniture catalog, T. Noonan & Sons Company, 38 Portland St., Boston, Mass., 1921

Product catalog for T. Noonan & Sons consisting primarily of furniture fitted for a barbershop or salon. Products include barbershop chairs, wash basins, revolving poles, sterilizers, and mirror cases. Each product is accompanied with either a photograph or hand-drawn image, a short description list...

Date: 1921

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358497

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.127

Trade card for E. B. Chase & Company, corner of Union and Fifth Streets, New Bedford, Mass, circa 1900

Trade card for E. B. Chase Company as agents for the Estey Piano Company. The card has information about the E. B. Chase Company, lising the address in New Bedford, MA and advertising themselves as agents for the New Home Sewing Machine, Estey Pianos and Organs (along with other piano manufacturers)...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358499

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.02.031

Trade card for New Broom Soap, printed by Clay & Richmond, Buffalo, New York, 1885

Trade card for New Broom Soap featuring a stock image printed by Clay and Richmond, a lithographing company based in Buffalo, New York. The image is a chromolithograph of a person depicted as a Morning glory flower, with a ruffled collar and red boot.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358500

Ref. Code: EP001.01.028.03.04.018

Art in bronze: ecclesiastical ed., T. F. McGann & Sons Company, 114 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., circa 1920

Product catalog for bronze and brass, specifically themed towards religious artifacts for churches and cathedrals. Products are accompanied with photographs or lithographs of the product either in the environment or isolated, dimensions, and the product number. Mentioned in the catalog are products ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358502

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.001.008

Hodgson houses, E. F. Hodgson Co., Boston, Mass., 1930

Product catalog for houses constructed by Hodgson. Products are accompanied by the product number and name or the floor plan, interior and exterior photographs of the constructed houses, detailed floor plans, and itemized price lists for furniture and different architectural elements. Some products ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358503

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.260

Art in bronze, booklet F, T. F. McGann & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., circa 1950

Product catalogue containing bronze art and sculptures from T. F. McGann & Sons Company. The majority of the products in this catalog are busts and relief panels and product details include specific attributes (i.e. design choices, product number, brief testimonials). All images are photographs fo t...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358504

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.017

Garden diary of Eliza Haliburton Bridgham Appleton, East Providence, Rhode Island, 1907-1950, bulk 1907-1920

One 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inch lined diary with approximately 118 pages used and approximately 40 items interleaved throughout including notes related to plants, expenses, and upkeep, sketches of garden beds, garden-related correspondence, and receipts. The diary documents plans for a garden, types of plant...

Date: 1907-1950, predominant 1907-1920

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 358507

Ref. Code: MS029.002.018

Salisbury Beach photograph album, Salisbury, Mass., 19th and 20th century

Binder containing photographic prints in various sizes, a small number of news clippings, and other printed ephemera. The majority of the binder is photographic in nature. Materials are from the 19th and 20th centuries. Various unidentified locations and individuals are pictured throughout. The coll...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 358511

Ref. Code: PC009.305

Art in bronze, T. F. McGann & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., circa 1950

Product catalogue containing bronze art and sculptures from T. F. McGann & Sons Company. The majority of the products in this catalog are bronze tablets, panels, and reliefs with product descriptions including dimensions, product number, and styling choices.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358512

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.018

Art in bronze, T. F. McGann & Sons Co., Boston, Mass., circa 1950

Product catalogue containing bronze art and sculptures from T. F. McGann & Sons Company. The majority of the products in this catalog are bronze tablets and panels, with product descriptions including dimensions, product number, and styling choices.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358513

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.007.019

Border's customer rewards card, Borders Group, 2007

Membership rewards card for the Borders and Waldenbooks chain of bookstores. The front of the card has "BORDERS [sic] rewards" printed in white in front of a red background. Side verso has the logos for Borders and Waldenbooks printed in the corner, a barcode with the rewards card number, contact in...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358514

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.04.008

Trade Card for Gail Borden Eagle Brand condensed milk, 79 Murray Street, New York City, New York, 1887

Trade card for Gail Borden Eagle Brand Condensed Milk. One side depicts a chromolith print of four babies sitting at a table with a can of the product. Side verso has the logo of the company, a testimonial written by the company, and directions for using the product in the form of recipes for differ...

Date: 1887

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358517

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.06.038

Baker Lumber Company plan book of modern American homes, book no. 5, Baker Lumber Company, 84 Foster St., Worcester, Mass., circa 1940

Plan book for house plans from the Baker Lumber Company. Each housing plan comes with a photo of the completed house, the overall dimensions (including the ceiling height), a brief testimonial from the company about the design. There is also a brief two-page spread from the company advocating for ho...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358518

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.261

Wedding Text for Society and Commercial Printing, American Type Founders Company, undated

Advertising booklet showcasing the American Type Founders Company's 'Wedding Text." The text has all been printed on embossed paper much of the text samples are accompanied with printed images. As the booklet unfolds, the consumer is given examples of sizing options and prices, as well as the pro...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358520

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.02.021

Trade card for Sea View Filling Station, Broadway at North Main Street, Rockland, Maine, circa 1920

Trade card for a filling station located along Route One in Rockland, Maine. The front of the card has a printed image of the filling station as seen from a street corner. There is a car parked on the left side of the station. The card also advertises the 'largest outside road map in New England' ho...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358521

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.02.032

Postcard from Oxford-Print to William Sumner Appleton, Boston, Mass., 1927

Postcard from Oxford-Print addressed to William Sumner Appleton. Front of the postcard has a lithograph image of the printer's building located in Brighton, a message to re-send the postcard back to the company with corrected address information, and a decorative border around the text and image. Si...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358522

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.02.022

Trade card for Wm. K. Potter Tortoise Shell jewelry, 218 Westminster Street, Providence, R.I., circa 1870

Trade card for William K. Potter Tortoise Shell Jewelry manufacturers. Front cover has a lithograph print of a pond, with a watermill, church spire, and mountains seen in the background. Inside of the card lists the name of the company on the bottom half. The top half lists repair services for jet c...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358523

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.029

Trade card for the Boston Type Foundry, John K. Rogers & Co., Spring Lane, Brookline, circa 1858

Trade card for the Boston Type Foundry distributed by John K. Rogers & Company. The card lists the Spring Lane address, the date the company was established, and the names associated with the owning firm: John K. Rogers, D. Watson, Jr., and E. Pelouze. Note the different typefaces for the Boston Typ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358526

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.02.023

Trade Card for William H. Smith, card printer, 32 School Street, Boston, Mass., circa 1870

Trade card for Card Printer William H. Smith. The services listed on the card include marriage, invitation, visiting, and business cards using plate or letter-press techniques. The address lists it as opposite the New City Hall, Note the decorative font type and border, as well as a small print feat...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358528

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.02.024

The garden studio book of garden accessories, L. Haberstroh & Son, 647 Boylston St., Boston, Mass., circa 1910

Product catalog for garden ornaments from L. Haberstroh & Son. The preliminary sixteen pages contains a short essay detailing the merits of each kind of garden ornament sold by the company. Each insert contains a photograph of the product, the name, the product number, the price, and the dimensions....

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 358530

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.003.059

Three photographs of the North Bennet Street Industrial School, Boston, Mass., circa 1900

Three mounted albumen prints depicting the interior of the North Bennet Street Industrial School, known today as the North Bennet Street School, in Boston, Massachusetts. The photographs measure 11 x 14 inches and are dated circa 1900. The first photograph depicts the ceramics studio. Three male stu...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357989

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5960.001

Boston Art Club scrapbook, Boston, Mass.

A scrapbook containing materials related to the operations of the Boston Art Club from 1912-1914. Contains 98 pages, all of which are used, and measures 12 x 10 inches. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from publications such as the Boston Globe and Christian Science Monitor, copies of the Club...

Date: 1912-1914

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 357990

Ref. Code: MS004.058

Camping - Encampments

1 folder

Date: 1937

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 357995

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1300.0600

Everett

File

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 358071

Ref. Code: GC001.USMA.Everett

Design portfolio of L.E.R. Bumpus, Everett, Mass., 1926, 1950

Design portfolio of L.E.R. Bumpus, a student at the Vesper George School of Art. The portfolio measures 13 1/4 x 20 3/4 inches and contains design drawings of fireplace mantles, graded assignments, preliminary sketches and other assorted pieces of art, and printed ephemera such as a booklet on Leona...

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 358072

Ref. Code: GC001.USMA.Everett.784

Sketch of staircase in Mr. Wade's house, Boston, Mass., circa 1880

Mounted sketch of a staircase in Mr. Wade's house completed in ink. Sketch depicts the front door, the entrance hall, and the staircase. The identity of Mr. Wade is unclear, as is the location of the house where the staircase would be located. The sketch was completed by Bradlee, Winslow & Wetherell...

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 358087

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.015

Massachusetts - Auburndale

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 358088

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0155

Sketch of annex of Woodland Park Hotel, Auburndale, Mass., 1888 September 30

Unmounted pencil sketch of the annex of the Woodland Park Hotel in Auburndale, Massachusetts. The sketch shows the architectural features of the exterior of the hotel, such as the gable roofs and cross gables, the chimneys, and the timber-framed gable roof. The sketch was completed by architect and ...

Date: 1888

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 358089

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0155.001

Sketch of unidentified house and land, Brookline, Mass., 1887

Unmounted pencil sketch of an unidentified house and surrounding land in Brookline, Massachusetts. The sketch shows the architectural features of the house such as its timber framing, turret, and gable roofing. In the foreground, trees and fields of flowers are drawn in front of a stone wall. A man ...

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 358090

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0300.005

Design drawing of an unidentified house, 1932

Design drawing in pencil and gouache of an unidentified house in Massachusetts. The drawing shows the exterior of a house and its Tudor Revival features, such as gable roofs and cross gables, arches, a stucco exterior, and a steeply pitched roof. The drawing was completed by architects Walter Pell P...

Date: 1932

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 358091

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0380.002

Architectural drawings of an unidentified Victorian building, Boston, Mass., circa 1850

This collection contains one portfolio containing nine graphite architectural drawings, two of which are loose and seven of which are bound, and one framed ink front elevation of an unidentified Victorian building in Boston, Massachusetts. The seven bound drawings in portfolio show floor plans for t...

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 358093

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.016

Notes on Historic Homes in New Hampshire, undated

Handwritten notes of Ralph May on the historic homes of New Hampshire

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 358096

Ref. Code: MS025.13.002

Divorce Papers, August 15, 1935

Divorce papers for Ralph May August 15, 1935

Date: 1935

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 358097

Ref. Code: MS025.13.003

Receipt book of Ralph May's mother, undated

One handwritten receipt book compiled by Ralph May's mother.

Date: undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 358098

Ref. Code: MS025.13.004

Photographs (framed and unframed), 1916-1921, undated

black and white prints, negatives, glass plate negatives, and two framed images

Date: 1916-1921, undated

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 358099

Ref. Code: MS025.13.005

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