Historic New England

Practical hints to builders and those contemplating building, 4th ed., The National Sheet Metal Roofing Co., 510 to 520 E. 20th St., New York, New York, 1890

Trade catalog published by The National Sheet Metal Roofing Co. advertising various products sold by the company, such as shingles and pipes, along with their specifications. Includes sections discussing building a home broadly, with topics such as mortar and brickwork discussed. Includes floor plan...

Date: 1890

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364183

Ref. Code: EP005.828

When you build, The Stuyvesant Building Group, 572 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y., circa 1930

Booklet published by The Stuyvesant Building Group walking readers home through the process of buying and building a "speculative" house. Includes information on financing, employing an architect, and construction. Photographs of houses and some floor plans are also included. Booklet sponsored by Am...

Date: c. 1930

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364184

Ref. Code: EP005.829

Genuine economy in home building, 2nd ed., Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, Saint Louis, Mo., 1914

Trade catalog published by the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company espousing the benefits of building houses using Hy-Tex Brick. Topics discussed include fireproofing, upkeep, cost of building, and describing the specific benefits of Hy-Tex Brick. Includes illustrations of structures, such as personal res...

Date: 1914

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364187

Ref. Code: EP005.830

Home color harmonies: nature's key to them, by R. S. Maddock, The Lowe Brothers Company, Dayton, Ohio, 1919

Trade cataloged by The Lowe Brothers Company, a paint and varnish manufacturer, advertising their products. Structured as a walk through of a house, discussing potential design choices for each room. Includes illustrations of the rooms and potential designs.

Date: 1919

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364188

Ref. Code: EP005.831

The center of your world, Curtis Service Bureau, Clinton, Ohio, circa 1920

Trade catalog published by the Curtis Service Bureau advertising the company's prefabricated homes. Provides a detailed description of each architectural style, including Colonial, English, Southern, and Western. Includes illustrations of the interiors and exteriors of the designs.

Date: c. 1920

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364189

Ref. Code: EP005.832

When you build, by A. Raymond Ellis, Woman's Home Companion, New York, N.Y., 1920

Booklet written by Alphone Raymond Ellis and published by Woman's Home Companion discussing topics related to building a home. Topics include employing an architect, selecting a site, selecting architectural style, interior design, and lighting, among others. Contains a small number of house designs...

Date: 1920

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364191

Ref. Code: EP005.833

How to build a better home, Copper and Brass Research Association, 25 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 1922

Booklet published by Copper and Brass Research Association discussing topics related to building a home. Topics include contracts, financing, roofing, plumbing, and hardware, among others. Includes illustrations and photographs of buildings and construction materials, as well as architectural detail...

Date: 1922

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364193

Ref. Code: EP005.834

How to go about building a better home: what to do and what not to do; How to plan, finance, select the building site, construct, decorate, furnish and landscape your modern home, edited by Robert H. Sexton, Own Your Home Exposition, Inc., 512 Fifth Ave., New York City, N.Y.; 111 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Ill., 1924

Booklet published by Own Your Home Exposition, Inc. containing information on home owning, including topics such as site selection, financing, construction, and decoration, among others. Also featured are house designs which were featured in the Own Your Home Expositions in New York, New York, and C...

Date: 1924

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364196

Ref. Code: EP005.835

Guide to better homes, edited under the personal supervision of Mildred Gapen Bowen, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Plate and Varnish Division, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1925

Book published by the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company's Plate and Varnish Division providing advice on how to build and maintain a better home. Topics addressed including employing an architect, selecting a lot, interior design and decoration, and furnishings, among others. Ilustrations are included ...

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364197

Ref. Code: EP005.836

A real home: suggestions to home builders, 4th ed., Copper and Brass Research Association, 25 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 1925

Booklet published by Copper and Brass Research Association discussing topics related to building a home. Topics include contracts, financing, roofing, plumbing, lighting, and heating, among others. Includes illustrations and photographs of buildings and construction materials, as well as architectur...

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364200

Ref. Code: EP005.837

Your home: how to build it...buy it...sell it!, by Andrew C. Lang, The Associated Press, 1969

Booklet written by Andrew C. Lang and published by The Associated Press. Contains the following five chapter: Making the Vital Decisions, Having a House Built, Building an Old or New House, and Selling a House. Discusses topics related to building, buying, and selling homes along with designs. Each ...

Date: 1969

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 364215

Ref. Code: EP005.838

If you were seeking a location for a home how would you decide--where to make your selection?, Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce, Whittier, Calif., undated

Pamphlet advertising Whittier, California, as an ideal location for homes to be build. Pamphlet details the cultural, educational, commercial, economic, and other features of Whittier, California. Published by the Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364320

Ref. Code: EP001.07.03.01.015

Your key to prosperity in 1942: 4000 money-makers, fast-selling, dependable goods, wholesale catalog no. 58, Spors Company, Le Center, Minnesota, 1942

Sales catalog advertising a wide variety of wholesale items, including leather bags, flashlights, and cabinets, among others. Each listing includes a brief product description, the product price, and an illustration of the product. Published by Spors Company.

Date: 1942

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364321

Ref. Code: EP001.12.010.001.040

Domestic architecture of the San Francisco Bay Region, San Francisco Museum of Art, Civic Center, San Francisco, Calif., 1949

Exhibition catalog from an exhibition hosted by the San Francisco Museum of Art, located in the Civic Center, on domestic architecture in the San Francisco Bay Region. Catalog contains articles detailing the history of architecture in the area. Photographs of houses are included to illustrate the ar...

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364322

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.273

The Florida Tropical Home at A Century of Progress 1933, Kuhne Galleries, 400 East 52nd Street, New York City, N.Y., 1933

Exhibition catalog of the Florida Tropical Home exhibition at A Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in 1933. The catalog contains photographs of the contents of the exhibition, a room decorated in a tropical Florida style. The designers of the exhibition were interior ...

Date: 1933

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364323

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.274

Dealers' advertising service: devoted to upbuilding dealers' sales, Morgan Woodwork Organization, undated

Trade catalog advising lumber and millwork dealers' on how to advertise their services and products. Different ways of advertising, described as "rungs" on a ladder, include stationary, highway signs, and window displays, among others. Published by Morgan Woodwork Organization.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364324

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.023

Everything for the garden 1945, Peter Henderson & Co., 35 Cortlandt Street, New York 7, N.Y., 1945

Trade catalog advertising vegetables, flowers, gardening implements, fertilizers and insecticides. Contains illustrations and photographs for products advertised. Published by Peter Henderson & Co.

Date: 1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364325

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.241

Horticultural exhibition and garden and flower show at A Century of Progress International Exposition, May 27th to November 1st, 1933, Horticultural Exhibitions, Inc., 1933

Souvenir program promoting the Horticultural Exhibition and Garden and Flower Show hosted at A Center of Progress International Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois, 1933. Exhibit featured variety of diorama and garden presentations in the exhibit hall and grounds on Northerly Island. Committee members a...

Date: 1933

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364326

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.242

Medart junior play apparatus, catalog J-2, Fred Medart Manufacturing Co., Potomac and De Kalb Streets, St. Louis, Miss., 1930

Trade catalog advertising play apparatus such as slides, swings, pools, and see-saws. Published by Fred Medart Manufacturing Co.

Date: 1930

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364327

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.081

Industrial housing at Hopedale, Massachusetts, Robert Allen Cook, architect, Milford, Mass., undated

Booklet featuring black-and-white photographs of houses designed by architect Robert Allen Cook in Hopeland, Massachusetts. Published by Robert Allen Cook. All photographs were reprinted from Architectural Review.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364328

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.275

A history of prefabrication, 3rd ed., by Alfred Bruce and Harold Sandbank, John B. Pierce Foundation, Housing Research Division, Raritan, N.J., 1945 September

Booklet detailing the history of prefabrication. Highlights the rise of the prefabrication movement, the evolution of prefabrication as a concept, and how different materials were utilized in prefabrication. Photographs and illustrations of prefabricated structures are included throughout the bookle...

Date: 1945

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364343

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.01.023

University Hall, built in 1770, reconstructed in 1940, Brown University, Providence, R.I., 1940

Booklet detailing the history of University Hall at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, in celebration of its fifth major reconstruction, designed by architectural firm Perry, Shaw & Hepburn. Interior and exterior photographs depict how University Hall looked throughout history and after i...

Date: 1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364344

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.276

Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, vol. IV, no. 27, Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., 1907 June

Quarterly bulletin published by the Museum of Fine Arts. Bulletin includes news related to the building of a new museum building on Huntingdon Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. The new building is described throughout the bulletin, accompanied by floor plans, illustrations, and photographs of rooms a...

Date: 1907

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364345

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.277

Bulletin of the Worcester Art Museum, vol. XXII, no. III, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Mass., 1931 October

Bulletin of the published by the Worcester Art Museum. Bulletin includes news related to the building of a new museum, specifically an addition "one and one-half times as large again as the present plant" designed by William Truman Aldrich. The new building is described throughout the bulletin, acco...

Date: 1931

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364346

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.278

Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University, vol. 1, no. 2, Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1926 June

Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University published by Yale University Press. Bulletin includes news related to students, faculty, and donations and gifts. The bulk of the bulletin discusses the annoucement that the first wing of a new Art Museum, known today as the Old Yale Art Gal...

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364347

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.279

The building of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company, Providence, R.I., undated

Booklet about the building of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company in Providence, Rhode Island. Includes illustrations of interior and exterior views of the building.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364348

Ref. Code: EP001.01.061.01.01.004

College Hall, undated

Book detailing the history of College Hall at Wellesley College. The building served as the sole housing, administrative, and educational building of the college for thirty-nine years. It was destroyed in a fire on March 17, 1914. This book commemorates the importance of College Hall to the founding...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364349

Ref. Code: EP001.01.034.01.01.025

Clarendon Court, Newport, R.I.: a house and its ghosts, by Claus von Bülow, undated

Booklet detailing the history of Clarendon Court in Newport, Rhode Island, and its previous occupants. Photographs and illustrations of the interior and exterior of the house, its previous occupants, and floor plans are included throughout the booklet. The author of the booklet is lawyer and sociali...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364350

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.280

The Choates at Naumkeag, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, by Morgan Bulkeley, The Trustees of Reservations, Milton, Mass., 1968

Booklet detailing the history of the Choate's family at their Naumkeag property in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Photographs and illustrations of the interior and exterior of the house as well as its previous occupants are included throughout the booklet. The author of the booklet is author and conser...

Date: 1968

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364352

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.281

The Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Longfellow's old home: its history and its occupants, by Nathan Goold, Averill Press, Sanford, Maine, 1927

Booklet detailing the history of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland, Maine, and its occupants. Photographs and illustrations of the interior and exterior of the house as well as its previous occupants are included throughout the booklet. The author of the booklet is author and historian Nath...

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364353

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.282

Vizcaya Villa and Gardens, Vizcayans, Miami, Fla., undated

Booklet detailing the history of Vizcaya Villa and Gardens located in Miami, Florida. Photographs of the interior and exterior of Vizcaya are included throughout the booklet, highlighting important rooms, decorations, and pieces of furniture. Booklet was published by the non-profit citizens' group V...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364354

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.283

High school building, Hopedale, Mass., Robert Allen Cook, architect, Milford, Mass., circa 1908

Booklet containing photographs and floor plans for a high school building built in Hopedale, Massachusetts, by architect Robert Allen Cook in 1908. Published by Robert Allen Cook.

Date: c. 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364355

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.284

Skinner Memorial Chapel, Holyoke, Mass., 1918

Booklet discussing the history of the Skinner Memorial Chapel in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and detailing its architectural and other features. Photographs of the interior and exterior of the chapel are included throughout the booklet.

Date: 1918

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364356

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.285

A modern house of learning dedicated to the public interests of the city of Springfield and erected in the year eighteen hundred and ninety eight, F. A. Bassette Co., Springfield, Mass., undated

Booklet discussing the history of the High School in Springfield, Massachusetts, later known as Classical High School, and detailing its architectural and other features. Photographs of the interior and exterior of the building, illustrations, and floor plans are included throughout the booklet. Pho...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 364357

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.286

"Pageant of Cape Cod" photographic collection, 1914

10 black and white photographic prints taken by photographer Fred C. Small of Buzzards Bay, Mass. They depict rehearsals for the "Pageant of Cape Cod", which was put on in celebration of the opening of the Cape Cod Canal in August 1914. The pageant was described as "a magnificent out-door presentati...

Date: 1914

Collection: "Pageant of Cape Cod" photographic collection, 1914

GUSN: 362845

Ref. Code: PC089

"Italian Fishing Boats at T-Wharf" Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Photographic print of Italian fishermen, probably Sicilian, in dories at T-Wharf in Boston taken in the early twentieth century. The men are seen working on their fishing line and netting, likely for long-line tub-trawling. In the background, people gather to purchase fresh fish.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362847

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.001

"Italian Fishermen at T-Wharf" Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Photographic print of Italian fishermen, likely Sicilian, selling their catch fresh off the boats, at T-Wharf in Boston. The man holding a fish in the foreground makes a Southern Italian hand gesture to someone outside of the frame. Taken in the early twentieth century.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362854

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.002

"Fisherman making a sale" T-Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Photographic print of Italian fishermen, likely Sicilian, selling their catch fresh off their boats, at T-Wharf in Boston. The sale is made to a woman in finer dress than the surrounding men, suggesting a class difference between the fishmonger and woman. Various men surround the sale and face towar...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362855

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.003

"Italian Fisherman" T-Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts, undated

Framed photographic print of an Italian, probably Sicilian, fisherman in a dory at T-Wharf in Boston taken in the early twentieth century. The man is seen working on his fishing line and netting, likely for long-line tub-trawling.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362858

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.004

Printed Matter, 1938-1946

A collection of product catalogues and serials containing articles written by or about Royal Barry Wills designed homes during the 1930s - 1940s. The following is a list of current holdings: Better Homes & Gardens New Ideas for Building Your Home Better Homes & Gardens book of five star home pla...

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 362866

Ref. Code: AR029.02.06

Evolution of architecture from ancient temples to modern homes, edited by George S. Clason, The Nutshell Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. 1925

Booklet detailing the evolution of architecture throughout history. Topics include architecture in Greece and Rome, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic architecture, and architecture in the England and the United States of America, among others. Example floor plans and illustrations are included throu...

Date: 1925

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362899

Ref. Code: EP005.776

Whitehead Metal Products Co., Inc : Quality Metals of Industry, Catalog No. 17A

This three ring, bound product catalogue contains nine tabbed sections of metal products sold by Whitehead Metal Products Company, Inc. in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States Tabbed sections include Sheets Rods Shapes Pipe tube valves fittings Fasteners Welding and Brazing Foun...

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362922

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.032

The Home Builder [clippings], 1909

One envelope containing seven clippings from the illustrative sales brochure "The Home Builder." Each clipping depicts a photograph or illustration of a different bungalow or cottage from southern California. Materials are dated 1909. Publisher is unknown.

Date: 1909

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362952

Ref. Code: EP005.777

The home garage of concrete masonry, Portland Cement Association, undated

Plan book promoting the benefits of concrete masonry home garages. Includes photographs, floor plans, elevations, and perspectives of different concrete masonry garages. Published by the Portland Cement Association.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362954

Ref. Code: EP005.778

Artistic Homes, vol. XXIX, no. 3, Artistic Homes, 396 W. Washington, Pasadena 3, Calif., undated

Issue of Artistic Homes discussing trends in bathroom design, remodeling of bathrooms, and the addition of new bathroom spaces in houses. Includes photographs, illustrations, and floor plans of bathrooms. Advertisements for local businesses in Santa Cruz, California, are found on the inside front an...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 362964

Ref. Code: EP005.779

Le Garde-meuble, ancien et moderne, Livraisons 155-175, c. 1864-1868

Series

Date: 1864-1868

Collection: Le Garde-meuble, ancien et modern

GUSN: 362965

Ref. Code: GC007.01

Le Garde-meuble, ancien et moderne, Livraisons 155-160, c. 1864-1865

5 plates

Date: 1864-1865

Collection: Le Garde-meuble, ancien et modern

GUSN: 362966

Ref. Code: GC007.01.01

Le Garde-meuble, ancien et moderne, Livraisons 161-163, . 1865-1866

14 plates

Date: 1865-1866

Collection: Le Garde-meuble, ancien et modern

GUSN: 362967

Ref. Code: GC007.01.02

Le Garde-meuble, ancien et moderne, Livraisons 164-166, c. 1866

13 plates

Date: 1866

Collection: Le Garde-meuble, ancien et modern

GUSN: 362968

Ref. Code: GC007.01.03

Le Garde-meuble, ancien et moderne, Livraisons 167-169, c. 1866-1867

15 plates

Date: 1866-1867

Collection: Le Garde-meuble, ancien et modern

GUSN: 362969

Ref. Code: GC007.01.04

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