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Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of two architectural drawings of house for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1644-B) including two plans. Drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house that is a variation of the design of commiss...

James L. Whelan house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of seventeen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. James L. Whelan in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1645) including seven elevations, six plans, one rendering, and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard W...

G. Carleton Snowe house, Auburn, Maine

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Mr. G. Carleton Snowe in Auburn, Maine (commission #1647) including three elevations and three plans. Drawings are signed by Richard Wills; one drawing is dated. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a saltbox garage ...

John T. Kenney house, Colebrook, Conn.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kenney in Colebrook, Connecticut (commission #1650) including three elevations, four plans, one cross section, one rendering, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Ken Duprey, or Warren J. Rhote...

Gertrude Jekyll, an illustrated life of Gertrude Jekyll 1843-1932, Betty Massingham, Princes Risborough, Aylesbury, Shire Publications Ltd., Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

The life of British garden designer Gertrude Jekyll is described including her friendship with architect Edwin Lutyens.

John T. Kenney house, Colebrook, Conn.

Set ofsix architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. and Mrs. John T. Kenney in Colebrook, Connecticut (commission #1650-A) including two elevations, one plan, and three details. Drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or John F. Howard. Alterations include a one-story s...

Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. (builder) house, Barnstable, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of two house models for builder Fields Point Manufacturing Corp. in Barnstable, Massachusetts (commission #1651) including five elevations and four plans. Drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or Robert E. Minot. Drawings depict two one-story Cape Cod-styl...

Robert L. French house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. French in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1652) including four elevations, three plans, five framing plans, one plot plan, one topographic map, and nine details. Some drawings are signed by Richard Wills; three dra...

John Evans house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John Evans in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1653) including eight elevations, four plans, one plot plan, and two details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wills; two drawings are dated. Drawings depict...

Robert Woods Bliss 1875-1962, Milton V. Anastos, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

A recounting of the life of American diplomat, collector and philanthropist Robert Woods Bliss who co-founded the Dumbarton Oaks research center in Washington, D.C. The property has extensive gardens planned by Woods' wife Mildred Bliss and landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand. The frontispiece photo...

Albert P. Everts house, Newton, Mass.

Set of thirty architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Everts in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1656) including two elevations, three plans, one cross section, three framing plans, and twenty-one details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Leon Keach or Richard Wills. Dra...

Out-door surroundings, how to beautify them, a booklet of landscape gardening, Swain Nelson & Sons Co., Marquette Building, Chicago, Illinois

Guidelines are provided for planning and laying out gardens, walks and drives. A list of private and public projects done by the business is listed on the last page. The nurseries are located at Glenview, Illinois. The photographs in the booklet are courtesy of "Country life in America."

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Howard E. Keyes house, South Hadley, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Keyes in South Hadley, Massachusetts (commission #1658) including two plans and one rendering. Rendering is signed by Royal Barry Wills; no drawings are dated. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house. House has a liv...

Lee F. Burke house, Princeton, Mass.

Set of twenty-four architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Burke in Princeton, Massachusetts (commission #1659) including five elevations, five plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, John F. Howard, or Warren ...

Naumkeag Garden, Mabel Choate, Stockbridge, Mass.

The author describes the development of the garden over time at her father's summer estate in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Choate, a noted horticulturist and preservationist, worked with landscape architect Fletcher Steele to build on the garden layout originally created by Nathaniel Barrett. The des...

Woodbury Brackett house, Concord, N.H.

Set of twenty-seven architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Woodbury Brackett in Concord, New Hampshire (commission #1660) including four elevations, two plans, one plot plan, one rendering, five sketches, one topographic map, and thirteen details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Roya...

Lawson Hill Jr. house, Weston, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Hill Jr. in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #1661) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and five details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Ken Duprey or Robert E. Minot. Drawings de...

Clifford A. Smith house, Lafayette, Ind.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Smith in Lafayette, Indiana (commission #1663) including five elevations, three plans, five plot plans, five sketches, one rendering, and three details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. B...

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Animals

This subseries contains glass plate, nitrate, and nitrate or acetate negatives of animals in Massachusetts, Vermont, and other New England areas. The negatives feature a wide variety of animals, from elephants in a zoo to domesticated dogs and cats, among many others. Negatives 36 - 52, 63, 69, 71 ...

Badger

1 glass plate negative

Bears

3 glass plate negatives

Bobcats

1 acetate negative

Buffalo

1 glass plate negative

Canoe Club Marine Drum Corps, Holyoke, Mass.

A group photograph of the Holyoke, Massachusetts Canoe Club Marine Drum Corps, dated 1896.

Cats

20 glass plate, acetate, and nitrate negatives

Cows

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Deer

1 glass plate negative

Dogs

30 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Elephants

2 glass plate negatives

Elk

1 glass plate negative

Fox

1 acetate or nitrate negative

Philips Andover Academy Faculty, 1898

1 mounted photograph

Goats

1 acetate or nitrate negative

Goose

6 acetate or nitrate and nitrate negatives

Mildred Stone house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Miss Mildred Stone in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1411) including three elevations, four plans, one plot plan, six framing plans, one cross section, and seven details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, Warren J. ...

When winter comes, a little letter on home decoration for the winter months, Little Tree Farms American Forestry Company, 419-C Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.

Suggestions are provided for decorating house properties with evergreens using window boxes, pots and tubs. Commercial properties are also solicited. There is a small phtograph of the Copley Plaza Hotel with evergreens from the business. Part of the sheet is detached.

John D. Langmuir house, Concord, N.H.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John D. Langmuir in Concord, New Hampshire (commission #1412) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, one rendering, and eight details. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows ...

William E. Dorman house, Boxford, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dorman in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1413) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and fourteen details. Drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two...

China Clipper

2 glass plate negatives

Dirigibles

11 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

East Boston Airport

11 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Beautifying the home grounds, by L.C. Corbett, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Advice is given for laying out yard and property areas in order to plant shrubs, trees and vines.

French Flyers

3 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

General

20 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Headlines

2 glass plate negatives

John Hartley house, Warwick, R.I.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John Hartley in Warwick, Rhode Island (commission #1422) including three elevations and three plans. Drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage wing, two front d...

Old Orchard Beach

10 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Zepplin

6 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

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Aviation Disasters

This subseries contains images of airplane and aviation disasters and crashes. The glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives highlight crashes in the Samosa Islands, the Charles River and other areas of Massachusetts, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also included are images of the Hindenburg disas...

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Jean Corrente house, Warwick, R.I.

One architectural drawing for alterations to existing house for Mrs. Jean Corrente in Warwick, Rhode Island (commission #1422-A) showing an elevation and a plan. Drawing is signed and dated by Steven J. Hackbarth. Alterations include an extension of the dining room.