Historic New England

The Constitution, by-laws, and house rules of the Union Club of Boston Incorporated : with a list of officers and members / Union Club of Boston.

79 p. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1899.

Creators: Union Club of Boston.

GUSN: 154399

Call Number: Stacks F73.25 U55

Twenty-sixth report to the legislature of Massachusetts relating to the registry and return of births, marriages, and deaths, in the Commonwealth, for the year ending December 31, 1886 / prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Commonwealth ; with editorial remarks by Samuel W. Abbott.

xii, 208p. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Derby, George, 1819-1874. Massachusetts. Secretary of the Commonwealth.

GUSN: 154400

Call Number: Stacks HA435.M37 1887

Catalogue of the public library of the town of South Abington, Mass.

36,12,15,14 p. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1879.

Creators: South Abington Public Library (Mass.)

GUSN: 154401

Call Number: Stacks F74.A1 S68

The Massachusetts register, 1867 : containing a record of state and county officers and a directory of merchants, manufacturers, etc., arranged alphabetically by busines.

800 p. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1867.

GUSN: 154402

Call Number: Ref. JK3130.M41 1867

The gospel of preservation in Virginia and New England : historic preservation and the regeneration of traditionalism / James Michael Lindgren.

viii,[444] leaves ; 29 cm.

Date: 1984.

Creators: Lindgren, James Michael, 1950-

GUSN: 154403

Call Number: Ref. F228.L56 1984 c.1 (and 1 more)

Annual report of the City Engineer ... (Annual)

v. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1867-

Creators: Boston (Mass.). Engineering Dept.

GUSN: 154404

Call Number: 85M Ref. TD25.B7 A3 1902 (and 1 more)

Catalogue and price list : J. Russell & Co.

v. : ill.

Creators: J. Russell & Co.

GUSN: 154405

Call Number: Stacks TS405.J78 1911

King's hand-book of Boston.

383 p. : ill., map, plates ; 21 cm.

Date: 1889.

Creators: King, Moses, 1853-1909.

GUSN: 154406

Call Number: Ref. F73.5.K56 1889

Catalogue : Lansing Wheelbarrow Company.

v. : ill.

Creators: Lansing Wheelbarrow Company.

GUSN: 154407

Call Number: 85M Stacks TS405 L36 No.6 1897

Hamblin & Russell Mfg. Co. : manufacturers of hardware specialties and standard wire goods.

v. : ill.

Creators: Hamblin & Russell Mfg. Co.

GUSN: 154408

Call Number: Stacks TS405 M36 1914-15

Automobile supplies and shop equipment : Albany Hardware and Iron Company.

v. : ill.

Creators: Albany Hardware and Iron Company.

GUSN: 154410

Call Number: Stacks TL240.A43 A-7

Walworth Manufacturing Co. manufacturers of brass and iron goods and tools and dealers in wrought-iron pipe and supplies for steam, water and gas work.

v. : ill.

Creators: Walworth Manufacturing Co.

GUSN: 154411

Call Number: 85M Stacks TS205.W35 1902-3

Twentieth triennial exhibition : Mechanics' Building, Huntington Avenue, Boston : October 10 to December 3, 1898.

87 p. : ill.

Date: 1898.

Creators: Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.

GUSN: 154412

Call Number: Stacks TJ6.A1 M37 1898

The first to make boiler plates in America : Lukens Iron and Steel Company.

216 p. : ill.

Date: 1898]

Creators: Lukens Steel Company.

GUSN: 154413

Call Number: Stacks TJ288.L95 1898

Every man his own mechanic : a complete guide for amateurs in every description of constructive and decorative work.

vii, 311 p. : ill.

Date: 1900.

GUSN: 154414

Call Number: Stacks TH5604.E94 1900

How to paint : a complete compendium of the art, designed for the use of the tradesman, mechanic, merchant, and farmer, and to guide the professional painter ... / by F.B. Gardner.

126 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.

Date: 1875.

Creators: Gardner, F. B. (Franklin B.)

GUSN: 154415

Call Number: 85M Stacks TT305.G22 1875

Resident and business directory of Weymouth, Massachusetts 1907 : containing a complete resident, street and business directory, town officers, schools, societies, churches, post offices, map, etc., etc.

210 p. ; cm.

Date: 1907.

GUSN: 154416

Call Number: Stacks F74.W69 R3 1907

The legends of Hannah Screecham / by Matthew J. Mitchell ; introduction by Joseph P. Pellegrino.

62 p. ; cm.

Creators: Mitchell, Matthew J.

GUSN: 154417

Call Number: Stacks PN683 M58

Leaves from my book of life / by Guido R. Perera.

156 p. : ill. : 26 cm.

Date: Privately Printed, 1977.

Creators: Perera, Guido Rinaldo, 1902-

GUSN: 154418

Call Number: Stacks KA29.P45 A3 v.3 1977

Manners and social usages / by Mrs. John Sherwood

487 p. : ill. 18 cm., Etiquette manuals are an important sources of information on ballrooms and social dance during the nineteenth-century. Sherwood's book is an exceptional source for etiquette as it was practiced in the late 1880s. Additionally, of the book's fifty-nine chapters, two are devoted ...

Date: [18--?]

Creators: Sherwood, M. E. W. (Mary Elizabeth Wilson), 1826-1903.

GUSN: 154419

Call Number: Stacks BJ1852.S54

Overweight : its cause and correction / by Burke Shanahan.

147 p. : charts ; cm.

Date: 1928.

Creators: Shanahan, Burke.

GUSN: 154420

Call Number: Stacks RC628 S53 1928

Boston : a topographical history / Walter Muir Whitehall.

xl, 244 p. : ill., maps. ; 25 cm.

Date: 1963.

Creators: Whitehill, Walter Muir, 1905-

GUSN: 154421

Call Number: Stacks F73.3.W57 1963

Architektur : wege zu einer optischen kultur / Walter Gropius.

No description

Date: 1955.

Creators: Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969.

GUSN: 154422

Call Number: Stacks NA680.G73 1955

Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott : past to present / Julia Heskel.

145 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1999.

Creators: Heskel, Julia.

GUSN: 154423

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA737.S47 H47 1999

Boston Theatre District : a walking tour.

27 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill., facsim., map ; 22 cm.

Date: c1993.

Creators: Boston Preservation Alliance.

GUSN: 154424

Call Number: Stacks PN2277.B6 B68 1996

Ornament -- Schnitzwerke des XV. - XVII. Jahrhunderts / ausgewèahlt und herausgegeben von Adalbert Roeper ; unter mitwirkung und mit einem vorvort von Hans Bèosch ; Photographie und Lichdruck von Jos. Albert.

50 tafeln ; cm.

Date: [1897]

GUSN: 154425

Call Number: Ovr. NK9700 O76 1897

Vente no. XXVIII: Montres=Pocket-watches.

1 v. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1981?]

Creators: Galerie d'Horlogerie Ancienne.

GUSN: 154426

Call Number: Coll. NK7481.5.F8 G35 1981

Vente no. XXVI : Livres anciens d'horlogerie et horloges=Horological books and clocks : Vente no. XXVII, Montres-bracelets=Wrist-watches.

1 v. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1981?]

Creators: Galerie d'Horlogerie Ancienne.

GUSN: 154427

Call Number: Coll. NK7481.5.F8 G351 1981

Annals of the town of Dorchester / by James Blake ; 1750.

95 p.

Date: 1846.

Creators: Blake, James, 1688-1750 Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society (Dorchester, Mass.)

GUSN: 154428

Call Number: Stacks F74.D5 D5

[Elementorum architecturae, pars prima de architectura civili].

40 p. : ill.

Date: 1---?]

GUSN: 154429

Call Number: Rare NA2500.E44

Crystallophone

Lidded trapezoidal case of pine, the inside of the lid and inner case edges decorated with faux-wood graining. Case interior painted green. Fifteen thin rectangular glass plates, held in place and suspended on faded red ribbon with domed iron tacks at each end. Compass of two diatonic octaves of C t...

Date: 19th century

Maker: Probin, Walter (Maker)

Material: glass (material), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2262

Accession Number: 1991.271

Candle Mold

Rectangular wooden frame (pine or oak) with slab ends, having arched cut-outs at base, and containing 24 pewter candle molds.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: Webb, W. (Maker)

Material: casting (process), pewter (tin alloy), wood (plant material), tin alloy

GUSN: 2263

Accession Number: 1991.272

Carved Box Lid

Rectangular; chip-carved in two horizontal panels: the top carved with six exotic-looking primitive structures and trees; the lower half carved with five sailing vessels at sea, a band with carved inscription divides the panels; unpainted.

Date: 1763

Maker: Emery, Noah (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), incising, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2264

Accession Number: 1991.273

Painting

Reverse painting on glass, rectangular format, with figures before two landscapes; scene of infant princes surrounded by natives, elephant, etc.; in gilded, molded, small scoop frame.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), oil paint (paint), reverse painting on glass (image-making)

GUSN: 2265

Accession Number: 1991.274.1

Painting

Reverse painting on glass, rectangular format; figures before a landscape, infant princes handing a scroll to Lord Cornwallis; in gilded, molded small scoop frame.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), oil paint (paint), reverse painting on glass (image-making)

GUSN: 2266

Accession Number: 1991.274.2

Miniature Blanket Chest

Six-board chest with overhanging wire-hinged lid; boot-jack feet; fitted with covered till; painted red and decorated with black and yellow striping; the cover decorated with polychrome urn and foliate swag; chest decorated with yellow crows' feet motif at corners, and polychrome foliate swag at fro...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2267

Accession Number: 1991.275

Sewing Box

Rectangular form with hinged lid, case with one long drawer fitted with four compartments; painted yellow and decorated with freehand border of rose vines, enclosing red, blue, bold shaped reserves containing decals at top and sides, decal of Indian on lid, decal of East view of Faneuil Hall Market,...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2268

Accession Number: 1991.276

Box

Rectangular form with flat hinged top, painted yellow, decorated with black banding and stencilled with swag and tassels, bunches of flowers, and reverse "S" motifs in red and green.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood), stenciling

GUSN: 2269

Accession Number: 1991.277

Triple Box with Lid

A: Lid B: Top box C: Center box D: Base box Three rectangular boxes joined together in tiers, with sliding cover, each carved from solid wood, chip-carved, painted solid green and decorated in two other colors. (See accession file for more detailed description.)

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2270

Accession Number: 1991.278A-D

Warming Pan

Flattened iron handle with rat tail loop terminus with decorative ball at stem; round pan held by iron ring has hinged brass cover pierced and punched with circle, flower petal and scroll devices enclosing a punchwork geometric flowerhead.

Date: 1720-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), copper (metal), iron (metal), punchwork, wrought

GUSN: 2271

Accession Number: 1991.279

Painted Panel

Architectual Elevation.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2272

Accession Number: 1991.280

Electrified Redware Jug Lamp

Redware, of globular shape with chunky strasp handle starting from narrow neck; covered overall with an olive green and brown-spotted glaze; three incised bands near top. (Currently wired as an electric lamp, with small off-white shade).

Date: 1800-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: incising, glazing (coating), lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 2273

Accession Number: 1991.281

Herring Gull Decoy

Figure of herring gull carved in the full round, painted in natural colors, black, gray, yellow bill, on a driftwood base. A stick-up decoy (A); stand (B)

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: Possibly Wallace, George E., d. 1916 (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2274

Accession Number: 1991.282AB

Herring Gull Decoy Head

Head of decoy carved in the full round, painted white with a yellow bill and black eye; holes at front and back where head was nailed to body.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: Probably Weeks, William Jones, 1821-1897 (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 2275

Accession Number: 1991.283

Herring Gull Decoy Head

Head of herring gull carved in the full round, painted white with gray feathering, gray bill and painted brown and black eye; holes for nails back and front of neck to affix to body.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: Probably Weeks, William Jones, 1821-1897 (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2276

Accession Number: 1991.284

Miniature Gull Decoy

Miniature sea gull carved in the full round, the wing carved in relief, painted white, gray, black and yellow.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2277

Accession Number: 1991.285

Emu Egg

Brown, speckled egg (not decorated).

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2278

Accession Number: 1991.286

Ostrich Egg

Large, naturally pitted, cream-colored egg with metal hanger wrought in metal, with pansy at small end and calla lily on circular circular disk on large end, tied together with heavy wire fashioned into loop for hanging (not decorated).

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2279

Accession Number: 1991.287

Ostrich Egg

Large, naturally brown-speckled egg; one large and one small hole (not decorated).

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2280

Accession Number: 1991.288

Ostrich Egg

Large, cream-colored, naturally pitted egg (not decorated).

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2281

Accession Number: 1991.289

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