Historic New England

View of sailboats in harbor from road [OB86]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356638

Ref. Code: PC074.02.86

Sailboats docked at pier [OB87]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356639

Ref. Code: PC074.02.87

People seated in stern of boat [OB88]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356640

Ref. Code: PC074.02.88

View of pier from road [OB89]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356641

Ref. Code: PC074.02.89

Horse-drawn wagon on Church Avenue [OB90]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356642

Ref. Code: PC074.02.90

Sailing party seated around boat wheel [OB91]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356643

Ref. Code: PC074.02.91

Man and woman outside annex of Attleboro Cottage [OB92]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356644

Ref. Code: PC074.02.92

Steamship "Sankaty" docked at pier [OB93]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356645

Ref. Code: PC074.02.93

Man and woman seated on porch [OB94]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356646

Ref. Code: PC074.02.94

Mr. Sav and three girls seated on breakwater [OB95]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356647

Ref. Code: PC074.02.95

Boats docked at pier with bicyclist in foreground [OB96]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356648

Ref. Code: PC074.02.96

Woman seated with two girls on porch [OB97]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356649

Ref. Code: PC074.02.97

Exterior of Attleboro Cottage from road [OB98]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356650

Ref. Code: PC074.02.98

View of a back alley in Oak Bluffs [OB99]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356651

Ref. Code: PC074.02.99

Shoreline of Vineyard Haven [OB100]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356652

Ref. Code: PC074.02.100

Man [possibly Nathan Wales] standing with clothesline in background [OB101]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356654

Ref. Code: PC074.02.101

Four women posed together on porch [OB103]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356657

Ref. Code: PC074.02.103

New ideas for building your home, special new and improved ed., compiled and edited by John Normile, Meredith Press, Des Moines, Iowa, 1940

There are sections devoted to gardened homes, Bildcost gardened homes, and separate articles on other considerations such as building materials, roofing, wiring, painting, insulating, and landscaping. Text on the front cover reads, "Better Homes & Gardens' book of selected home plans. 130 selected h...

Date: 1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356695

Ref. Code: EP005.286

The Book of Bildcost gardened home plans from Better Homes & Gardens, rev. ed., edited by John Normile, Meredith Publishing Co., Des Moines, Iowa, 1936

The title on the cover reads, "Better Homes & Gardens' book of Bildcost home plans for distinctive homes." Additional text on the cover reads, "Thru the exclusive Bildcost home service you can learn the exact cost to build any of these homes in your own city." Includes articles, photographs, and flo...

Date: 1936

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356696

Ref. Code: EP005.287

Photograph of a barber shop, Amesbury, Mass., circa 1890

One mounted albumen print depicting a barber shop in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Four unidentified barbers are seen standing and four unidentified customers are sitting in barber chairs.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 356700

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0060.0030.001

Man inside Whiting & Davis workshop [WD3]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356697

Ref. Code: PC074.03.03

View of Whiting & Davis factory from West Bacon Street [WD4]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356698

Ref. Code: PC074.03.04

America's Little House: an educational demonstration by the New York Committee of Better Homes in America, Inc. in cooperation with the Columbia Broadcasting System, Better Homes in America, Inc., 101 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1934

Book discussing "America's Little House," a model house built by the organizers of the Better Homes in America campaign in 1934. Constructed at the intersection of 39th Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan. Single-family Period house was constructed to promote the virtues of homeownership and home im...

Date: 1934

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 356699

Ref. Code: EP005.288

Edward Wallace Hutchinson scrapbook, circa 1881

With an embossed cover, this scrapbook contains many colorfully illustrated chromolithographic trade cards, stickers, and clippings, often decorated with images of children, animals, and flowers. The trade cards are largely from the New England area, although cards from New York, Pennsylvania, and M...

Date: undated

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 356701

Ref. Code: MS004.056

Henry "Harry" Bevis and John inside Whiting & Davis workshop [WD5]

Man in foreground identified as Henry "Harry" Bevis.

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356705

Ref. Code: PC074.03.05

View of Whiting & Davis factory from West Bacon Street [WD6]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356706

Ref. Code: PC074.03.06

View of the Plainville Stock Company and the Whiting & Davis office building from South Street [WD7]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356707

Ref. Code: PC074.03.07

View of Whiting & Davis building across Plainville Pond [WD8]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356708

Ref. Code: PC074.03.08

Offin Boardman IV collection

This small collection includes the diary of Offin Boardman IV from 1779-1780, three notes removed from the diary containing excerpts from related accounts, and two newspaper clippings from "The Continential Journal, and Weekly Advertiser" dated May 21, 1778. Folder titles were assigned by the proces...

Date: 1778-1780, undated

Collection: Offin Boardman IV collection

GUSN: 356711

Ref. Code: MS064

Dining room table setting [WD9]

Dining room may have been located in the Walter Livingston Rice Memorial Recreation Hall, which was constructed in Plainville, MA for Whiting & Davis Company employees in 1922.

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356712

Ref. Code: PC074.03.09

Man posing with machinery in Whiting & Davis factory workshop [WD10]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356713

Ref. Code: PC074.03.10

Man and woman seated in Whiting & Davis factory [WD11]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356714

Ref. Code: PC074.03.11

Man posing with machinery in Whiting & Davis factory workshop [WD12]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356715

Ref. Code: PC074.03.12

Exterior view of the Plainville Stock Company and the Whiting & Davis Company office building [WD13]

View of building from the corner of South Street and West Bacon Street in Plainville.

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356716

Ref. Code: PC074.03.13

Creek with narrow wooden bridge [WD93]

Creek is possibly part of Wetherells Pond in Plainville, MA.

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356773

Ref. Code: PC074.03.60

House at 143 West Bacon Street [WD94]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356774

Ref. Code: PC074.03.61

Plainville Cemetery gate [WD95]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356775

Ref. Code: PC074.03.62

People gathered outside the Telford Park trolley station [WD96]

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356776

Ref. Code: PC074.03.63

Plainville Town Hall [WD97]

The town hall also served as the elementary school, high school, and library during this time period.

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356777

Ref. Code: PC074.03.64

Pond in Plainville [WD98]

Photograph likely taken of Plainville Pond in Plainville, MA.

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Nathan S. Wales glass plate negative collection

GUSN: 356778

Ref. Code: PC074.03.65

Account book of Cummins Lincoln, Mass., 1818-1835

Account book containing 130 pages belonging to cabinetmaker Cummins Lincoln. Contains details about payment received from various clients, furniture makers, and retailers between May 1, 1818 and January 9, 1835.

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 356785

Ref. Code: MS002.141