Historic New England

Handkerchief

Set of eight handkerchiefs, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225329

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square with floral embroidery and scalloped edges. "APP" monogram in bottom right corner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225330

Accession Number: 2006.44.3451.1

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square with floral embroidery and scalloped edges. "APP" monogram in bottom right corner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225331

Accession Number: 2006.44.3451.2

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225332

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453.1

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225333

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453.2

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225334

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453.3

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225335

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453.4

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225336

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453.5

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225337

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453.6

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225338

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453.7

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, square white cotton, "APP" monogram in bottom right corner. Simple 1/4" hemmed border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225339

Accession Number: 2006.44.3453.8

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, white cotton with pink band border. "P" embroiedered in pink thread in bottom right corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225340

Accession Number: 2006.44.3454

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, white cotton, floral embroidery around edges, basket of flowers and ribbon embroidered in each corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225343

Accession Number: 2006.44.3455

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, plain white cotton with scalloped edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225344

Accession Number: 2006.44.3456

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, white cotton with simple 1" hemmed border. "P" monogram in bottom right corner. "M.D. Phillips" handwritten in center.

Maker: Phillips, Margaret Duncan (Owner)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225347

Accession Number: 2006.44.3457

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, white cotton with simple 3/16" hemmed border. "P" embroidered inside a floral medallion in bottom right corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225352

Accession Number: 2006.44.3458

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, green and white cotton. "Anna" embroidered in yellow in bottom right corner. Darker yellow flowers embroidered in center.

Maker: Phillips, Anna Pingree Wheatland, 1870-1938 (Owner)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225353

Accession Number: 2006.44.3459

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, sheer white cotton with simple 3/16" hemmed border. "MDP" monogram embroidered inside floral wreath on bottom right corner.

Maker: Phillips, Margaret Duncan (Owner)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225354

Accession Number: 2006.44.3460

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, white cotton with 3/4" decorative lace border.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 225355

Accession Number: 2006.44.3461

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, white cotton with "P" embroidered in a circle in bottom right corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225356

Accession Number: 2006.44.3462

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, sheer white cotton, simple 3/16" hemmed border. Gothic style "P" embroidered in bottom right corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225357

Accession Number: 2006.44.3463

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, white cotton with simple 1/8" hemmed border. Plain "P" embroidered in bottom right corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225358

Accession Number: 2006.44.3464

Handkerchief

Handkerchief, white lace, triangular shape.

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 225359

Accession Number: 2006.44.3465

Handkerchiefs

Set of three handkerchiefs, white cotton edged with triangular shaped lace. "P" monogram in bottom right corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 225360

Accession Number: 2006.44.3466

Box of "Sure-Jell Fruit Pectin"

Fruit Pectin, Sure-Jell, 3 oz, General Foods Corporation, Le Roy, NY, In original box, 1930-1960.

Date: 20th century

Maker: General Foods Corp.

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 273984

Accession Number: 2013.27.26

Tin of Sweeco, " A Sweet Milk Cocoa"

Cocoa powder, Sweeco, "A Sweet Milk Cocoa It's Cooked Instant", 8 oz, Durkee-Mower, Inc., Lynn, MA, In original tin. Made by the makwers of Marshmellow Fluff.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Durkee-Mower, Inc.

Material: tin alloy, paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 273985

Accession Number: 2013.27.27

Gravy Sauce

La Choy Brown Gravy Sauce Bead Molasses Type in original glass jar, 5 oz. Made by La Choy Food Products in Archbold, OH.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: LaChoy Food Products, Inc.

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), printing (process)

GUSN: 273986

Accession Number: 2013.27.28

Jar of Olive Oil

Elena Brand Pure Italian Olive Oil in original glass jar, 1 ½ oz. This oil is used for all medical purposes. Label is red, black, and white and includes an image of an angel.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), tin alloy, printing (process)

GUSN: 273987

Accession Number: 2013.27.29

Jar of Mineral Oil

Eatons American Mineral Oil Heavy, glass jar with original label. Used as an internal lubricant for use in the treatment of constipation and intestinal ailments.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), printing (process)

GUSN: 273988

Accession Number: 2013.27.30

Janie Spot Cleaner

Janie Spot Cleaner by R.S. Cowen of New York, New York. Product is in original container.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: R.S. Cowen Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 273989

Accession Number: 2013.27.31

Box of Dry Shampoo

Minipoo brand ten minute dry shampoo in a 5 oz, container in original box with brush and directions.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, plastic (organic material), nylon

GUSN: 273990

Accession Number: 2013.27.32

Vicks VA-TRO-NOL

Vick's brand cold medicine in a blue glass jar inside the original mint-colored box.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), cardboard

GUSN: 273991

Accession Number: 2013.27.33

Tube of Actephedrin

Actephedrin tube in original box by Ayerst, McKenna, and Harrison. Made in Montreal, Canada. Reduces congestion in the treatment of head colds, Hay fever, and Catarrh.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: Ayerst, McKenna, and Harrison, Ltd.

Material: tubes (object forms), printing (process), cardboard

GUSN: 273992

Accession Number: 2013.27.34

Tube of unguentine in original box. "The First Thought in Burns" by the Norwich Company, Norwich, New York. An antiseptic soothing ointment for burns, sunburn, cuts, and skin irritations. Printed in U.S.A.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 273993

Accession Number: 2013.27.35

Box of Cold Tablets

Bromo Quinine Cold Tablets, The Grove Laboratories, Inc. St. Louis, MO. Tablets are laxative analgesic antipyretic and tablets are in original box.

Date: 1935-1952

Maker: The Grove Laboratories, Inc.

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process)

GUSN: 273994

Accession Number: 2013.27.36

Jar of Vaseline\n

Vaseline Petroleum Jelly, 1 ¾ oz, in glass jar. Made by Chesebrough MFG Company in New York. In original glass jar.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: Chesebrough Manufacturing Company

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), tin alloy, printing (process)

GUSN: 273995

Accession Number: 2013.27.37

Container of Boric Acid

Rexall Boric Acid, 8 oz. By the Rexall Drug Company, USA. In original container with blue label and packaging.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: Rexall Drug Company

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, printing (process)

GUSN: 273996

Accession Number: 2013.27.38

Sewing Basket

Round woven sweet grass basket and cover, with a pink woven design throughout the basket. Basket includes handles. Contains sewing notions, thread spools, tin container, a small box, and projects.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: sweetgrass (material), weaving

GUSN: 273997

Accession Number: 2013.27.39AB

Sewing Basket

Round sweet grass and ash flat basket. Contains sewing related items, needle cases, wooden spools, corticelli silk, ivory knitting needles. Basket does not have a cover, opening is smaller than base.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: sweetgrass (material), ash (wood), weaving

GUSN: 273998

Accession Number: 2013.27.40

Sewing basket\n

Round woven basket with cover. Contains crochet and lace projects, a Pattern from the Royal Society of Embroidery and Crochet, Belt buckle with a Jordan Marsh tag, and a umbrella shaped ivory needle case.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood by composition or origin, weaving

GUSN: 273999

Accession Number: 2013.27.41

Sewing Basket

Woven basket with cover. Cover has attached purple silk tassels and a bangle [may have been the handle at one point]. Contains a Queen embroidery hoop.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, weaving

GUSN: 274000

Accession Number: 2013.27.42

Mug

Earthenware mug (mochaware). Shaped base with loop handle and leaf terminals. Horizontal twig pattern in black, light blue, and tan on beige ground, with light blue and black bands above and below. Reeded band at rim, overpainted with light green.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 274082

Accession Number: 1970.398

Mug

Earthenware mug. Slightly barrel shaped with ear-shaped handle. Body covered with vertical sponged bands, alternating blue and orange. Brown line around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 274084

Accession Number: 1970.411

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Modernistic or early Art Deco style large-scale floral pattern. Highly stylized floral sprigs made with geometric shapes and color blocking. Roller-printed in two reds, mustard yellow, pink, two blues, two grays, green, and black. Background patterns consist of right ang...

Date: 1915-1923

Maker: United Wallpaper Crafters of N. Am. (Typesetter)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283300

Accession Number: 2001.281.228AB

Wallpaper

Two fragments of unused wallpaper. Novelty paper with pattern of animals, birds and trees. Roller-printed in salmon, aqua, olive green, black, gray and blue on a cream ground with ungrounded pindots. Dorothy Waterhouse notes that the paper was "designed by Mr. Baer in France."

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283303

Accession Number: 2001.281.229AB

Wallpaper

Two unused wallpaper fragments with Anglo-Japanese style pattern of framed vignettes in varying sizes, shapes and subject matter on an abstract "crackle" patterned background. Vignettes include chickens in a farmyard, a child and dog, a garden fountain, a tapestry with an image of a peasant woman ca...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283304

Accession Number: 2001.281.230AB

Wallpaper

Fragments of ceiling paper. Abstract pattern of overlapping, wavy cirlces and dots. Roller-printed in cream on a light copper liquid mica ground. American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association logo printed in selvedge. Fragment "A" is lined with unprinted paper. Fragment "B" is lined with a foli...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283305

Accession Number: 2001.281.231AB

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Gilt-Figured paper with pattern of repeating floral sprigs in embossed gold roller-printed on light gray ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283306

Accession Number: 2001.281.232

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Gilt-Figured Striped pattern. Roller-printed vines of leaves and small flowers climb a sold stripe at repeating intervals. Between stripes are floral and foliate gilt figures. Embossed gold leaf on light gray ground.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283307

Accession Number: 2001.281.233

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper. Boat of men is pulled ashore by a single figure. Scene is framed by leaning trees, arched bridge and city in background. Block-printed in three browns, two greens, orange, blue, aqua and lavender. Irisé ground in blues and pink within scenery vignettes, other areas a...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 283308

Accession Number: 2001.281.234

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