Historic New England

"Lambert, holding four persons at arm's length", Boston Museum, Market Square, Boston, Mass., circa 1809

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Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250864

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.01.001

Business card for Gary Kissal, curator, Marblehead Dory & Schooner Museum, 5 Bessom Street, #101, Marblehead, Mass., undated

The card has a zip code and telephone number.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250865

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.01.002

Ticket for Austin & Stone's Museum, Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The ticket verso reads "Not good until countersigned by the proprietors."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250866

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.02.001

Ticket for the Boston Art Club Exhibition, 64 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The bottom of the ticket reads "The Gallery will close at 6 p.m. on Saturdays."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250867

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.02.002

Brochure for The Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Mass., 1940s

The brochure describes the history of the Association with a membership application form on the verso.

Date: 1940s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250868

Ref. Code: EP001.01.051.01.02.003

Trade card for The Camden Whist Marker, Charles Goodall and Son, Camden Works, London, United Kingdom, undated

Goodall sells the Royal Game of Bezique in addition to the whist marker.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250869

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.01.001

Trade card for Dove e il gatto? [Where is the cat?], location unknown, undated

The image is a picture puzzle with a hidden cat.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250870

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.01.002

B.Y.M.C. Union athletic sports at Ridge Hill Farms, Wellesley, Mass., October 23, 1875

The order of athletic events is listed on the program. Transportation is provided by train from the Boston & Albany Depot. The bottom line reads "Tickets can only be obtained at the Librarian's desk."

Date: 1875-10-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250896

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.01.003

Billhead for the Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co., Iver Johnson Building, 155 Washington Street, corner Cornhill, Adams Square, Boston, Mass., dated July 28, 1919

The Iver Johnson business premises are shown in the billhead image.

Date: 1919-07-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250897

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.01.004

Advertisement for The two popular in-door games, D.B. Brooks & Brothers, manufacturers of lawn and floor croquet games, 55 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., November, 1860

The games described are Humphrey's Parlor Cue Alley and Brooks Carom Croquet Board. The advertisement is from "Hours at home," volume 4, number 1, November 1860.

Date: 1860-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250898

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.01.005

Card for The Correct Progressive Euchre Score System, W.F. Buckley, location unknown, 1886

The verso has a table for recording games and points won and lost.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250899

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.02.001

Marker for Bézique and Rubicon Bézique, C. Goodall & Son Ltd., London, United Kingdom, undated

The item verso lists scores for Rubicon Bezique.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250900

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.02.002

Golf card for the Pleasant View Golf Club, Bradford, New Hampshire, undated

Customers' vacation needs can be handled by Barton's in Manchester, New Hampshire. The card verso lists the local rules for the Pleasant View Golf Club.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250901

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.02.003

Croquet rules & regulations with instructions, American edition, manufactured by Roy Brothers, East Barnet, Vermont, undated

A glossary of technical terms is included along with rules and regulations.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250902

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.02.004

Trade card for George G. Collinge & Co., horticultural supplies, 177 State Street, Boston, Mass., 1920-1940

The lower left portion of the card reads "Represented by." The date span "ca. 1920-1940" is handwritten on the card verso.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250903

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.001

Trade card for Anthony P. Farrell, gardener, 206 South Street, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1920-1940

The name "Anthony P. Farrell" has been replaced with "Will P. Farrell" on the card. The card verso has "ca. 1920-1940" handwritten on it.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250907

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.002

Map of the town of Brookline, Mass., 1855

Map of Brookline, from the Charles River to West Roxbury and Newton, along with text with population numbers and public street lengths.

Date: 1855

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 250905

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.012b

Map of the town of Groton, Mass., undated

Map with information and text about the town of Groton, Mass.

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 250906

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.013

Business card for Mr. Rudolph H. Folgmann, Apothecaries Hall Company, agricultural chemists, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1920-1940

The card opens to show the Company buildings with a list of products. The card verso lists Liberty Brand Fertilizers. The date span "ca. 1920-1940" is handwritten on the verso. Apothecaries Hall was established in 1849.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250908

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.003

Map of the town of Needham, Norfolk County, Mass., 1856

Map of Needham: Grantville, Needham Center and Needham Plains, Needham Upper and Lower falls, with names of the towns around, including Newton, Dover, Weston, Natick, and West Roxbury.

Date: 1856

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 250909

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.014

Business card for Joseph F. Lucas, Apothecaries Hall Company, agricultural chemists, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1920-1940

The business manufactures, disinfectants, fertilizer, fungicides, grass seeds, insecticides, weed killers and many other products. The date span "ca. 1920-1940" is handwritten on the verso.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250912

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.004

Map of the town of Winthrop, Mass., 1922

Map of Winthrop with the Boston Revere Beach and Lynn Rail Road, streets, and notification of notable buildings.

Date: 1922

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 250911

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.015

Trade card for the Garden in the Woods, wild flowers and wild gardens, South Sudbury, Mass., 1920-1940

Owners Will C. Curtis and Ormond Hamilton offer clients a complete horticultural service. The date span "ca. 1920-1940" is handwritten on the verso.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250914

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.005

Topographical map of property of St. Paul's School, Concord, NH, 1909

Map and list of buildings at St. Paul's School. There is also a key map.

Date: 1909-07-08

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 250913

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.016

Trade card for Roland A. Scollins, arboretum tree surgeons, 15 Fairview Street, Roslindale, Mass., 1920-1940

Scollins does landscaping and has loam, gravel and manure for sale. The date span "ca. 1920-1940" is handwritten on the verso.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250917

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.006

White Mountain National Forest, NH and Maine, 1924

Maps showing the land acquired and National Forest boundaries, roads, and Rangers Stations in the White Mountain National Forest. There is also a picture of the Dolly Copp Camp.

Date: 1924-03

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 250920

Ref. Code: AR001.PLOT.017

Trade card for Middlemas Brothers, retail market gardeners, 49 Warren Street, Brighton and Red Wing Farm, South Natick, Mass., 1920-1940

The name "George Middlemas" is handwritten in the upper right corner. The date span "ca. 1920-1940" is handwritten on the verso.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250921

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.007

Youth's companion announcement, Boston, Mass., 1891

There is a page for each day of the week with two calendar months for 1891 printed on it. The verso for each page lists contributors or stories for the upcoming monthes. The page for Saturday is missing.

Date: 1891

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265336

Ref. Code: EP001.01.088.02.01.010

Announcement of The youth's companion, Perry Mason & Co., publishers, Boston, Mass., 1881

The prospectus describes the stories, articles, poems and games that will be published in the 1881 volume. The item lists seven reasons for subscribing to the weekly paper.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265338

Ref. Code: EP001.01.088.02.01.011

Advertisement for stereoscopes, Wm. E. Abbott & Co., 262 Washington Street, corner of Avon Place, Boston, Mass., 1858

The types of stereoscopic images are described in the advertisement. The item is from "Ballou's Pictorial," 1858, p. 237.

Date: 1858

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265339

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.003

Instructions for working the Stanley Dry Plate, Western Office, 84 Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois, undated

The business factories are located in Newton, Massachusetts and Montréal, Canada.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265340

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.004

Hints on composition, American Photographic Publishing Company, 361 Broadway, New York City, New York, undated

The Company publishes photographic handbooks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265341

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.005

Velox book, the working of a simple paper told in simple terms, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, December 1914

The book is a guide to printing photographs on Velox paper. The item verso reads "The Fritz & Hawley Company, 816 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut."

Date: 1914-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265342

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.006

Envelope for The Shorey Studio and Tea Room, Randolph, New Hampshire, undated

The Studio gives special attention to developing, printing and englarging. Tourist items such as postcards and souvenirs are available.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265343

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.007

Property of The U.S. Instantaneous Photographic Company, 113 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Four photographs display a Patent Brass Pedestal with the "Seven Mile Funeral Cortege of Genl. Grant" album resting on it.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265344

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.008

Price list, developing, printing on Velox and enlarging, Eastman Kodak Stores, Inc., Robey-French Company, 38 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The store carries albums, frames and offers suggestions on taking photographs.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265345

Ref. Code: EP001.01.090.01.01.009

Cambridgeport Photograph and Tintype Gallery, Charles H. Danforth, corner of Main and Magazine Streets, Cambridgeport, Mass., undated

Danforth will copy pictures into every style and finish them in ink or colors. The item was printed by the Propeller Press, 21 Cornhill, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265444

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.001

Business cards for Paul E. LaValley, Clarke & Marks Co., photographs, 113A, Roxbury, Mass., undated

The Company does general business photography and photographic engraving.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265445

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.002

Trade card for Batchelder's Photo Shoppe, commercial photographers, 29 Spring Street, Lynn, Mass., undated

Batchelder does architective and progress work, interiors, machinery photos for catalogs, family groups and animals.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.003

Discount coupons for the Chickering Photo. Co., 43 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The discount coupons entitle the customer to one dozen $8.00 cabinet photographs and one $10.00 16 x 20 finished crayon for $5.00.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265447

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.004

Trade card for Joseph L. Bates, manufacturer of stereoscopes, 13 1-2 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Bates is a dealer in photographs, stereoscopic views, cards and cabinets of celebrities.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265448

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.005

Trade card for Wm.T. Clark, view photographer, 352 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Clark will photograph architectural and interior views, groups, paintings and old documents.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265449

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.006

Ticket for L.W. Cook, photographic rooms, 535 Washington street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1885

The ticket and $.75 can be exchanged for 12 card photographs. The Cook Photographic Rooms are next door to the Boston Theatre and directly opposite R.H. White & Company.

Date: ca. 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265460

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.007

Leaflet for Bachrach, photographs of distinction, location unknown, undated

The handwritten text on the verso reads "My grandmother Edith Snelling wife of Bernard Whitman Lawrence (Storke)." Bachrach's ability to reproduce old prints, daguerreotypes and Kodak pictures is described on the leaflet. The item is folded inside a transparent envelope printed with the text "The Pu...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265463

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.008

List of stereoscopic views, photographed and published by Kilburn Brothers, Littleton, New Hampshire, undated

The images are for sale by Joseph L. Bates, 129 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts. The back cover has an image of The Holmes Stereoscope, with the inventions and improvements added by Mr. Bates.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265467

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.009

Advertisement for Davis & Co., photograph artists, corner Winter and Washington Streets, entrance No. 2 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., 1863

The building in the image shows Orlando Tompkins, apothecary on the ground floor, Henry Guild, manufacturing jeweller on the second floor and Davis on the third floor. The advertisement is from "Alm," 1863.

Date: 1863

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265468

Ref. Code: EP001.01.089.01.01.010