Historic New England

Forbes Lithograph-Manufacturing Co., Franklin and Devonshire Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

The businesses in the building in this image are Bradstreet's National Revere Bank and E. Allen & Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265914

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.020

Cover for Rand, Avery & Co., printers, 117 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The front cover of a catalog for the Rand, Avery Company has classical illustrations. The verso has a Greek urn with the figure of Poseidon and four horses.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265915

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.021

Cover for Rand, Avery & Co., printers, 117 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The back cover of a catalog for the Rand, Avery Company has classical illustrations with the text "Printers." The verso has a Greek urn with the figure of Poseidon and four horses.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265916

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.022

Sample page for Trophies sonnets by José-María de Heredia, Boston, Small, Maynard & Company, 1900

The item was printed on English hand-made paper at the University Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts for Small, Maynard & Company of Boston. Frank Sewall translated the text from the French. Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue designed the ornamental borders and intials.

Date: 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265920

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.023

Billhead for Chas. J. Batcheller, Dr., plain & ornamental printer, Thayer's Block, Main Street, East Douglas, Mass., dated April 17, 1883

The business premises are shown on the billhead image.

Date: 1883-04-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265921

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.024

Billhead for the Forbes Company, Albertype Printers and Photo-Lithographers, 181 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 31, 1882

Forbes is located on Devonshire Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1882-07-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265922

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.025

Handbill for Cha's E. Clement, book and job printer, 4 Fletcher Street, Nashua, New Hampshire, undated

The handbill was done in 21 colors printed on a Gordon Press. The printer solicits business on the item verso. The business has an automatic job press, the only one in Nashua, which can turn out 100,000 pieces of work on a daily basis.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265923

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.026

Trade card for Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Co., lithographers, Block & Albertype Printers, 21 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, undated

Forbes does commercial work and label work including dry goods tickets, bands and tags. The card verso describes the Albertype process and reproductions done for commercial and private publications. Forbes has offices in Boston and New York.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265924

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.027

Handbill for Clark W. Bryan & Co., publishers, printers and binders, Nos. 39, 41 and 43 Lyman Street, Springfield, Mass., undated

The Company publishes "Good Housekeeping," "The Paper World" and "Library Bulletin."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265925

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.028

Rand, Avery Company, Boston, Mass., New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, undated

An owl holds a quill in its beak in the logo illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265926

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.029

Handbill for Blair & Hallett, printers, 197 Devonshire Street, corner Franklin, Boston, Mass., September 1889

The businesses shown in the image are Blair & Hallett Printers and Bradstreet's National Revere Bank. There are sample 1889 calendars on the item verso.

Date: 1889-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265927

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.030

Sample sheet for the Georgics of Virgil, translated from the Latin into English by J.W. Mackail, Fellow of Balliol College Oxford, The Riverside Press, 1904

The Riverside Press is printed below the design.

Date: 1904

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265976

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.031

Forbes Processes, The Forbes Lithograph Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass., undated

Forbes solicits business from potential customers by showing Cuban cigar facsimiles printed for the S.S. Pierce Company, the largest importer in New England of Havana cigars.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265977

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.032

Sheet for the Monotype System of Non-Distribution, location unknown, undated

The item verso text reads "Non-Distribution is the heart of the Monotype System of composing room operation."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265978

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.033

Superlative selection of American nineteenth-century historical and advertising broadsides, Wm. Frost Mobley, Mountain Road, Wilbraham, Mass., 1980

The text on the item verso reads "This offprint keepsake is the cover of the first catalogue designed exclusively for paper ephemera. It was printed to commemorate the 'Year of Ephemera' and the Ephemera Society's dedication to the universal appeal of ephemera."

Date: 1980

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265979

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.034

Handbills for fine visiting, wedding and business cards, J. Mayer & Co., general lithographers, No. 4 State Street, Boston, Mass., February 1876

The business claims to be the best establishment for this type of printing in Europe and America.

Date: 1876-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265982

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.03.035

Trade card for the Boston Engraving and Printing Co., No. 37 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card reads "Illustrations of all kinds by the process of photo-engraving, fine card and mercantile printing."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265984

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.003

Price list for Henry F. Griffin, card engraver and stationer, Temple Place, Boston, Mass., undated

Griffin performs engraving on copper, steel, stone, wood and brass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265985

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.004

Greeting card for the McKenzie Engraving Co., 178 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Text on the card reads "We make a specialty of steel engraved Christmas Cards for business houses."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265986

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.005

Advertisement for L.A. Elliot & Co., publishers of prints, wholesale and retail dealers in American and foreign engravings, 322 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Elliot also exhibits and sells paintings by modern artists. The business is located opposite Adams House on Washington Street.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265989

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.006

Billhead for C. & G.H. Drew, wholesale and retail dealers in chromos, engravings, lithographs, landscapes and picture-frames, 22 Tremont Street, Boston Museum Building, Boston, Mass., dated May 13, 1872

Drew carries foreign and American stereoscopic views. He will photograph residences for customers.

Date: 1872-05-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265990

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.007

Price list for Scherer's Modernistic Keystone, 373 Washington Street, Room 87, Boston, Mass., undated

The styles available are shown on the front of the card with the corresponding prices for gold, silver and flatware listed on the item verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265991

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.02.001

Engraving of a cockatoo sitting on a tree branch, location unknown, undated

A white cockatoo sits on a branch in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265992

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.03.001

Sample card for John A. Lowell & Co., Boston, Mass., 1879

A seascape and a landscape are shown on the card.

Date: 1879

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265993

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.03.002

Sample card for John A. Lowell & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

A woman wearing a hat is the center image framed by a flower border.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265995

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.03.003

Sample card for Robinson Eng. Co., Boston, Mass., 1882

A bird sits on a small rowboat with lily pads in the water.

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265996

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.03.004

Sample card for 5 Washington Street, Malden, Mass., undated

A horse-drawn verhicle stands in front of a house on Washington Street in Malden, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265998

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.03.005

Letterhead for The Goodwin Bros. Pottery Co., manufacturers of artistic pottery and lamps, 55 Park Place, New York, New York, 1890s

Pottery with flowers and a design on the outside is shown in the illustration.

Date: 1890s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265728

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.02.004

Letterhead for The Goodwin Bros. Pottery Co., manufacturers of artistic pottery and lamps, 55 Park Place, New York, New York, 1890s

Pottery with flowers and a design on the outside is shown in the illustration.

Date: 1890s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265729

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.02.005

Letterhead for The Goodwin Bros. Pottery Co., manufacturers of artistic pottery and lamps, 55 Park Place, New York, New York, 1890s

Pottery with flowers and a design on the outside is shown in the illustration.

Date: 1890s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265730

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.02.006

Letterhead for The Goodwin Bros. Pottery Co., manufacturers of artistic pottery and lamps, 55 Park Place, New York, New York, 1890s

Pottery with flowers and a design on the outside is shown in the illustration.

Date: 1890s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265731

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.02.007

Letterhead for The Goodwin Bros. Pottery Co., manufacturers of artistic pottery, Elmwood, Hartford County, Connecticut, dated March 11, 1898

A piece with a scalloped rim decorates the letterhead.

Date: 1898-03-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265732

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.02.008

Letterhead for The Goodwin Bros. Pottery Co., manufacturers of artistic pottery, Elmwood, Hartford County, Connecticut, dated December 25, 1897

A piece with a scalloped rim decorates the letterhead.

Date: 1897-12-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265734

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.02.009

Letterhead for Goodwin Brothers, manufacturers of artistic pottery and lamps, Elmwood, Hartford County, Connecticut, dated June 19, 1890

Large flowers decorate the piece shown at the top of the letterhead. The salesroom is located at 24 Park Place, New York, New York.

Date: 1890-06-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265735

Ref. Code: EP001.01.093.01.02.010

Trade card for Curtis & Mitchell, self-inking presses, 15 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card advertises Caxton and Columbian self-inking presses. One side of the card is a satirical greenback to illustrate the currency controversy. The verso has a cat illustration with the caption "Wild Cat Money."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265738

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.001

Trade card for Mudge & Corliss, book & fancy job printers, No. 21 School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The names Alfred Mudge and Horatio A. Corliss are printed on the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265739

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.002

Trade card for Gorham & Co., printing presses, 299 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1876

The business is exhibiting various types of presses in Machinery Hall at the United States Centennial Exposition.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265740

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.003

Calendar, Nathan Sawyer & Son, printers, No. 70 State Street, Boston, Mass., 1889

The item is a calendar for 1889 advertising the Sawyer printing business.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265741

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.004

Trade card for Gorham & Standish, fair., J.B. Keen, printer, location unknown, October 13, 1875

J.B. Keen is the printer cited on the lower right corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265742

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.005

Trade card for Wright & Potter Printing Co., 32 Derne Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The logo in the center of the card has the caption "This imprint on your work means care and quality."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265743

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.006

Trade card for Rockwell & Churchill, printers, 39 Arch Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is located on Arch Street between Milk and Franklin Streets in Boston, Massaschusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265744

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.007

Trade card for W.H. Bradford, printing, 478 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Bradford is an agent for John Crompton & Company, box manufacturers in Philadelphia. Druggists' printing is a specialty for the business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265745

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.008

Trade card for H.A. Manley & Co., dealers in all kinds of printing materials, 235 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business pays cash and does exchanges for printing presses, paper cutters and engines. Manley was established in 1879.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265746

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.009

Sample card for Haddock's Cards, location unknown, undated

The upper left corner of the card reads "Haddock's Cards. No. 109. 6 Designs." The first verse of the 23rd Psalm is printed at the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265747

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.010

Trade card for Salem Press, every description of printing and binding, corner of Liberty & Derby Streets, Salem, Mass., undated

The card type is gold letters with a red background.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265748

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.011

Massachusetts - Haverhill

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 183982

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1290

Trade card for The Salem Press, printing and binding, F.W. Putnam & Co., corner of Liberty & Derby Streets, Salem, Mass., undated

The name "F.W. Putnam & Co." is printed in the lower right corner of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265749

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.012

Trade card for J.M. Hewes & Co., printers and publishers, 81 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., undated

Hewes performs all kinds of book, job and fancy printing. The business is the successor to John Putnam and is located over the New England Sabbath School Union Depository.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 265751

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.013