Historic New England

Insist on Foss, Foss' Pure Extract Orange, Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, Maine, dated June 9, 1911

The card verso has a recipe for orange cake using the product.

Date: 1911-06-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246985

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.025

Trade card for George V. Hecker & Co., Croton Flour Mills, 199, 201 & 203 Cherry Street, New York, New York and 1142 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876

Hecker's flour products, described on the card verso, received the highest awards at the World's Fairs in London and New York

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246986

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.026

Trade card for Chocolat Menier, Paris, Noisiel, London, American Branch Menier, 86, 88, West Broadway, New York, New York, undated

The card verso has a recipe for hot chocolate. The business was established in 1825.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246987

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.027

Trade card for Bensdorp's Royal Dutch Cocoa, Amsterdam, Holland, undated

The image shows Michel Eugène Chevreul the French chemist and is part of a celebrated men card set issued by Bensdorp.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246989

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.028

Trade card for Walter Baker & Co's. chocolate, broma and cocoa preparations, Dorchester, Mass., undated

The card verso has a scientific analysis statement for the Breakfast Cocoa performed by James F. Babcock dated January 20, 1892 in Boston. The bottom of the image reads "La Belle Chocolatière from the original painting by Leotard now in the Dresden Gallery."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246990

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.029

Trade card for B.T. Babbitt's Best Baking Powder, New York, New York, undated

The card verso describes Babbitt's Best Baking Powder. In the image the pony stands on a box for Babbitt's Soap Powder.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246991

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.030

Brochure for Frostlene, pastry frosting, Frostlene Manfg. Co., 53-55 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The superiority, economy and uses of Frostlene is described inside the brochure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246992

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.031

Ticket for Foss' Pure Flavoring Extracts, Schlotterbeck & Foss Company, Portland, Maine, undated

Customers who send in six tickets are entitled to a sachet carton. Customers who send in eight tickets can receive a Lamson nature print shown on the ticket verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246993

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.032

Trade card for Washburn, Crosby Co., flour mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota, undated

The windmill opens to show an image of the flour mills with a train crossing a bridge in the background. The flour is described on the card verso as having a large percentage of gluten and a small proportion of starch.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246994

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.033

Trade card for Professor Horsford's Self-Rising Bread Preparation, Rumford Chemical Works, Providence, Rhode Island, 1884

The baking powder is recommended by doctors and chemists as having health benefits. Special directions are included at the bottom of the card verso. "The Horsford Almanac and Cook Book" is available from the Rumford Chemical Works.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 246995

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.03.034

Bag for Royal Blend High Grade Coffee, Dwinell-Wright Co., 311-319 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. and 57 Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois, undated

The office, factory and warehouse is located on Summer Street. The Western Department is located in Chicago, Illinois.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247000

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.004

Billhead for M. Engelhardt & Co., Rhine & Moselle wines, champagne, California wines and fine liquors, 30 Avery Street, Boston, Mass., dated May 8, 1882

Engelhardt is the sole agent for Tivoli Beer from the Lion Brewing Company in Detroit, Michigan.

Date: 1882-05-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247002

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.005

James W. Tufts, patentee and manufacturer of the Arctic Soda-Water Apparatus, 33 to 51 Bowker Street, 49 & 51 Chardon Street, 96, 98 & 100 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 26, 1894

Tufts makes improved bottling machinery, generators, fountains, revolving tumbler washers and other products.

Date: 1894-04-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247003

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.008

Wholesale price list for W.Cade & Co.'s imported champagne cider, Harris Brothers, sole agents, 36 Exchange Building, 26 Congress Square and 20 Devonshire Street, Boston, mass., undated

Prices are given for wholesale and retail pint and quart bottles.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247004

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.006

Billhead for A.F. Ross & Co., teas, coffees, spices, 37, 39 & 41 Water Street, Newburyport, Mass., dated November 25, 1893

An image of Hope Mills is shown which also produces cream tartar, tobacco, mustard, soda, saleratus, starch and other items.

Date: 1893-11-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247006

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.007

Letterhead for Howard W. Spurr Coffee Co., importers and roasters, 23 & 25 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Boys and girls are told how they can receive Goss' "Life of Paul Revere" by sending in the trademarks cut from Revere Coffee bags. Spurr is the owner of the Revere Coffee Mills and creator of Spurr's Revere Standard Java and Mocha Coffee.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247007

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.009

New England Coffee and Spice Factory, J.W. Carter & Brother, Nos. 17 & 19 Water Street, Boston, Mass., November 12, 1846

The business announces improvements to its coffee roaster and grinder which will produce better and cheaper results for customers.

Date: 1846-11-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247008

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.010

Trade card for Arm & Hammer Package Soda, Church & Co., New York, New York, undated

The advantages of purchasing package soda over bulk soda is described on the card verso. The new series "Beautiful Birds" is a set of sixty cards in each large package of Arm & Hammer Soda and Saleratus.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247009

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.001

Trade card for Arm & Hammer Package Soda, Church & Co., Route 4, Wall Street Station, New York, New York, 1908

The card verso describes the "New Series of Birds" available from Church & Company. The advantages of this brand of package soda are further described to the customer with a description of the snow goose's dwindling numbers.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247010

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.002

Trade card for banana flavoring extract, Clifford Perfumer, 10 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The flavoring extract is pure and reliable for ices, puddings and other foods. The stamped text across the card reads "Cosmetique, 23 School St., Boston."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247011

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.003

Label for the Rock Maple Brand, 100% pure Vermont maple sap syrup, New England Maple Syrup Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The label is for a quart of the maple syrup.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247012

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.004

Label for Pure Concentrated Extract of Vanilla for flavoring, ices, jellies, custards, location unknown, undated

A flowering vanilla plant is shown in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247013

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.005

Trade card for Sterling Baking Powder, Sterling Manufacturing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, undated

A decorated urn promotes Sterling Baking Powder.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247014

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.006

Plymouth Rock plain gelatine recipes, Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co., Boston, Mass., 1889

The pamphlet, from a gelatine box, contains twenty-four recipes for making jelly, cream and pudding desserts.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247015

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.007

Plymouth Rock coffee flavor gelatine dessert recipes, Plymouth Rock Gelatine Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The Company's gelatine products can be used for desserts, salads and puddings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247016

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.008

Trade card for Lion Coffee and Havemeyers & Elder Fine Granulated Sugar, Toledo, Ohio; Brooklyn, New York, undated

The caption below the image urges the public to start the day with a cup of Lion Coffee. The card verso advertises "Havemeyers. & Elders" sugar.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247017

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.009

Label for Concentrated Extract of Vanilla for flavoring ice cream, pastry, jellies, custards, location unknown, undated

Vanilla plants are framed within the label.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 247018

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.04.010

Epicure junior, S.S. Pierce Co., Boston, Mass., April, 1941

The brochure lists and describes Easter gifts and other Epicure food products. The S.S. Pierce building in Copley Square can be seen in the upper left corner.

Date: 1941-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248583

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.04.022

Announcement for Thomas H. Dyer & Co., provision dealers, Joyce's Block, Harvard Square, Brookline, Mass., May 15, 1882

Dyer announces the opening of his new store in Joyce's Block in Harvard Square, Brookline, Massachusetts. The card verso has an image of two cows in a field.

Date: 1882-05-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248584

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.04.023

Trade card for Samuel S. Pierce, grocer, Tremont and Court Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

The Samuel S. Pierce building is shown in the image at the intersection of Tremont and Court Streets.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248586

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.04.024

Announcement for William F. McDewell, fine groceries, Raymond & Fox, 179 Tremont Street, Knickerbocker Building, near Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., October 30, 1884

The inside of the card announces that William F. McDewell, formerly of McDewell & Adams, has now entered into business with Raymond & Fox and will open a stock of fine groceries on November 1, 1884.

Date: 1884-10-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248589

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.04.025

Triscuit the electric baked biscuit, The Natural Food Co., Niagra Falls, New York, 1903

The front of the card reads "Used as bread, toast, crackers or wafers. Baked by electricity by The Natural Food Co." The card verso has recipes using Triscuit crackers. "SM 9-03" is handwritten on the bottom of the verso.

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248608

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.04.026

Catalogue of pickles, mustard, rich sauces, hermetically sealed soups, meats, fish, &c., William Underwood & Co., 67 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., December 1, 1858

The condiments, canned goods and other products are listed along with prices.

Date: 1858-12-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248609

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.04.027

Full-length portrait of Lesley Dillingham Bangs, seated on a studio prop, facing front, holding a riding crop and her dog's leash, Boston, Mass., 1889

Lesley Dillingham Bangs is dressed in a riding habit for her studio portrait with her dog sitting at her feet. The portrait was taken at H.F. Holland's Studio at 10 Temple Place in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1889

Collection: Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

GUSN: 248612

Ref. Code: PC058.01.001

Three-quarter portrait of Lesley Dillingham Bangs, standing, facing front, Arlington, Mass., undated

In this studio portrait Lesley Dillingham Bangs is now Mrs. Walter Jackson Brown. The photograph was taken by Litchfield in Arlington, Massachusetts.

Collection: Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

GUSN: 248613

Ref. Code: PC058.01.002

Three-quarter portrait of Lesley Dillingham Bangs, standing, facing right, holding a riding crop and her dog's paw, Winchester, Mass., ca. 1894

The image verso is captioned "Lesley Dillingham Bangs (Mary Lesley Bangs) 1894?"

Date: ca. 1894

Collection: Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

GUSN: 248615

Ref. Code: PC058.01.003

Lesley Dillingham Bangs Brown in front of the Elisha Dillingham Bangs House, Central Green, Winchester, Mass., undated

Lesley Dillingham Bangs Brown is the driver of this buggy standing in front of the Elisha Dillingham Bangs House.

Collection: Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

GUSN: 248617

Ref. Code: PC058.01.004

Lesley Dillingham Bangs at the Weir Reservoir, Middlesex Fells, Mass., undated

Lesley Dillingham Bangs and an unidentified woman holding a parasol sit in a buggy next to the Middlesex Fells Reservoir.

Collection: Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

GUSN: 248618

Ref. Code: PC058.01.005

Full-length double portrait of Rhoda and Alice Skillings, facing front, Arlington, Mass., dated December 27, 1897

The following information is handwritten on the item verso. The daughters of James and Lucy Skillings raised at 38 Rangeley Road, Winchester, Massachusetts and buried in Wildwood Cemetery. This photograph was taken when they were bridesmaids for their cousin Lesley Dillingham Bangs when she married ...

Date: 1897-12-27

Collection: Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

GUSN: 248620

Ref. Code: PC058.01.006

Rhoda and Alice Skillings playing tag on the porch of the Elisha Dillingham Bangs House, Central Green, Winchester, Mass., 1889

The two Skillings sisters play with two other girls, Marion and Isabell, in their winter coats and caps on the house porch. The surname of Marion and Isabell is unknown.

Date: 1889

Collection: Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

GUSN: 248623

Ref. Code: PC058.01.007

Georgiana Skillings Bangs in the fern rockery at Central Street, corner Rangeley, Winchester, Mass., undated

Georgiana Skillings Bangs, the mother of Lesley Dillingham Bangs, stands in the rock garden at the Bangs House, Winchester, Massachusetts.

Collection: Lesley Dillingham Bangs Photograph Collection

GUSN: 248628

Ref. Code: PC058.01.008

Billhead for H.R.W. Este, Dr., cream, skim milk, butter, Marlboro, Mass., dated August 1, 1893

The item is payment for fifteen pounds of butter.

Date: 1893-08-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248643

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.001

Billhead for E. Crosby & Company, flour, feed and grain commission, Brattleboro, Vermont, dated June 16, 1893

The text on the barrel reads "Crocker's 196 Best Roller Process Minneapolis, Minnesota."

Date: 1893-06-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248644

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.002

Billhead for Blodgett & Dewitt, groceries, fruit, tobacco and cigars, Brattleboro, Vermont, dated October 3, 1894

The business is a wholesale dealer in groceries, fruit, tobacco and cigars.

Date: 1894-10-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248645

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.003

Billhead for E. Bowley & Co., dealers in W.I. goods & groceries, No. 25 Merrimack Street, Haverhill, Mass., dated February 9, 1856

Bowley deals in West Indian goods and groceries at his premises on Merrimack Street in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Date: 1856-02-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248646

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.004

Billhead for Edward Emerson, dealer in butter, cheese and lard, No. 47 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., dated January 15, 1841

Emerson deals in dairy products at his business in Faneuil Hall Market.

Date: 1841-01-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248647

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.005

Billhead for Edward Emerson & Co., dealer in butter, cheese and lard, No. 47 Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., dated August 7, 1841

Emerson deals in dairy products at his business in Faneuil Hall Market.

Date: 1841-08-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248648

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.006

Billhead for J. Hosmer Jr., butter, cheese, lard and eggs, Stall No. 5, New Faneuil Hall Market, Boston, Mass., dated November 17, 1869

The billhead has an image of the Faneuil Hall building.

Date: 1869-11-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248650

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.007

Billhead for Whitcomb & Atherton, millers, Ludlow, Vermont, dated July 29, 1871

The millers are also wholesale and retail dealers in flour, grain, feed, pork, fish, wool, butter and Ashton Salt and Cheese.

Date: 1871-07-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248652

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.008

Billhead for Luey & Abercrombie, wholesale grocers, Greenfield, Mass., dated December 24, 1919

The right side of the billhead reads "United States Wheat Director."

Date: 1919-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 248653

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.05.009

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