Historic New England

Trade card for Magee Standard Stoves, Ranges and Furnaces, J.W. Jordan, 609 Main Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

The trade cards states that are "over 200,000 in use" and availabe from J.W. Jordan in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242115

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.004

Crocker's Reversable Self-Packing and Self-Cleansing Filter, Crocker Filter Co., 174 High Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Autumn leaves illustrate this trade card for Crocker Filters located on High Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242116

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.005

Trade card for Monitor Oil Stove, J.L. Greenleaf & Co., 43 & 45 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso states that Greenleaf deals in all types of chandeliers, lamps, lanterns, burners, chimnies and oils.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242117

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.006

Trade card for Garland Oil Stove, Barstow Stove Co., 56 Union Street, Boston, Mass. and sold by F.B. Stevens, 75 Market Street, Lynn, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the cooking and baking features of the Garlard Stove. The Barstow Stove Company is also located in Providence, Rhode Island and New York, New York.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242118

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.007

Trade card for L.D. Hervey & Co., furnaces, ranges, stoves and kitchen goods, 393 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., 1880

The image on the card verso is labeled "American Puzzle Cards, copyright 1880." Below the male figure entering a wood is the caption "Where is my charmer?"

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242119

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.008

Trade card for The Hub Round Art Stove, manufactured by the Smith & Anthony Stove Company, Boston, Mass. and sold by C.M Hildreth & Son, Lebanon, N.H., undated

The decorative stoves are intended for parlors, offices, stores and halls. Smith & Anthony is located at 52 & 54 Union Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242120

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.009

Trade card for Glenwood Ranges & Heaters, sold by Geo. F. Wood & Co., Winchendon, Mass., undated

The card verso has an image of the Glenwood Range.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242121

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.010

Trade card for L.D. Hervey & Co., furnaces, ranges, stoves and kitchen goods, 393 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., 1880

The card verso has "American Puzzle Cards" at the top. The image is captioned "Fair Spirits and Foul" with "Copyright 1880" in the lower left corner.

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242122

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.011

Trade card for The Magee Standard Ranges, Furnaces and Stoves, location unknown, 1877

The lower left-hand corner of the card has "Copyrighted 1877 by J.H. Bufford's Sons, Boston."

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242123

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.012

Trade card for The Magee Standard Ranges, Furnaces and Stoves, location unknown, 1877

The lower left-hand corner of the card has "Copyrighted 1877 by J.R. Bufford's Sons, Boston."

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242124

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.013

Trade card for The Magee Standard Ranges, Furnaces and Stoves, location unknown, 1877

The lower left-hand corner of the card has "Copyrighted 1877 by J.R. Bufford's Sons, Boston."

Date: 1877

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242125

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.014

Trade card for J.S. Bailey Furnaces, Stoves and Ranges, 97 Main St., Middletown, Conn., undated

Bailey compares its Model Range to The Garland Parlor Stove. The illustration has "Bufford, Boston" on the lower right side.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242126

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.015

Trade card for Bay State Ranges, Furnaces & Stoves, manufactured by the Barstow Stove Co., 56 Union Street, Boston, Mass. and sold by S.A. Peck, Ludlow, Vt., 1887

The card verso reads "Barstow's Art, Royal and Crown Bay State Ranges." Barstow products were "awarded highest prize at the Mechanics Fair in Boston, 1887." Barstow is also located in Providence, Rhode Island and New York, New York.

Date: 1887

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242127

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.016

Trade card for Bay State Ranges, Furnaces & Stoves, manufactured by the Barstow Stove Co., 56 Union Street, Boston, Mass. and sold by S.A. Peck, Ludlow, Vt., 1887

The card verso reads "Barstow's Art, Royal and Crown Bay State Ranges." Barstow products were "awarded highest prize at the Mechanics Fair in Boston, 1887." Barstow is also located in Providence, Rhode Island and New York, New York.

Date: 1887

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242128

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.017

Trade card for J.S. Bailey Furnaces, Stoves and Ranges, 97 Main St., Middletown, Conn., undated

This trade card contains harmful imagery and language employing racist stereotypes. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England doe...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242129

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.018

Trade card for C. Hale, dealer in house furnishing goods, 198 Main Street, Middletown, Conn., undated

Hale sells the Gold Coin Parlor Stove and the Crawford Range along with crockery, glass, wood and tinware. The illustration has "Bufford, Boston" on the lower right side.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242130

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.019

Trade card for Mayflower Stove, manufactured by Weir Stove Co., Taunton, Mass. and sold by Stephen C. Lowe, 585 Purchase St., New Bedford, Mass., undated

The card verso has Mayflower or Glenwood Square Parlor Stove.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242131

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.020

Our Glenwood Parlor Stove, L.E. Smith., Rockport, Mass., undated

This illustrated pamphlet describes the features of the Glenwood Parlor Stove designed and made by the Weir Stove Company in Taunton, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242132

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.021

Circular for The Magee Grand, Magee Furnace Co., 32-38 Union Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The circular describes the features of The Magee Grand which won the highest prize at the World's Fair in Chicago.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242133

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.022

Advertisement for John M. Dearborn, stoves and funnels, Harvard Place, entrance from School Street or Washington Street, Boston, Mass., September 27, 1823

This advertisement for "Stoves and Funnel to be Let and for Sale" describes the terms for John M. Dearborn, located opposite the Old South.

Date: 1823-09-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242134

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.01.001

Advertisement for wire fire fenders, 13 Dock Square, Boston, Mass., November 3, 1828

The business at Dock Square has 150 english wire fire fenders of various types for sale and also performs repairs.

Date: 1828-11-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242140

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.01.002

Advertisement for Stimpson's Radiating and Hot-Air Range and L. Stetson Bates Stoves, Boston, Mass., October 29, 1846

This is a column of advertisements from the Boston Courier, October 29, 1846. H. & F. Stimpson's business is located at the corner of Congress and Water Streets. The Bates Stove Depot is located at 42 and 44 Congress Street. The advertisements on the image verso are for tables, machinery, rooms to l...

Date: 1846-10-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242141

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.01.003

Advertisement for the Plate Type Foundry, stoves, Boston, Mass., November 12, 1823

An advertisement for "Stoves to be Let" is in a business on Harvard Place, opposite the Old South Church. The business will set-up stoves and repair them.

Date: 1823-11-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242142

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.01.004

Trade card for the Keystone Wringer, manufactured by F.F. Adams & Co., Erie, Pa. and sold by the Keystone Installment Co., Albany, N.Y., undated

Below the image, on the border, is printed "Cosack & Clark, Buffalo, N.Y." The card verso describes the terms for the Keystone Installment Company and the other household products they sell.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242143

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.04.02.001

Circular for Palliser's useful details, Palliser, Palliser & Co., Bridgeport, Conn., ca. 1881

The circular describes a publication of forty plates of construction working drawings for use by individuals in the building trades.

Date: ca. 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242144

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.01.001

Billhead for H.B. Porter, architect and builder, Norwich Town, Ct., dated February 16, 1888

Porter, established in 1868, deals in lumber, mouldings, ornametal sawed work, doors, windows and blinds.

Date: 1888-11-16

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242145

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.01.002

Trade card for S.L. Shotter & Co., naval stores, No. 19 India Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business carries rosin, spirits, turpentine, pitch and pine tar. Shotter has branches in Wilmington, North Carolina and Savannah, Georgia.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242638

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.010

Trade card for Hardy & Company, doors, sashes, blinds, 181 & 183 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., undated

William Hardy is a wholesale and retail dealer in doors, windows, fence pales, stair balusters, framing pins and blind fastenings. The card verso provides measurements and weights for windows and sashes.The business is near the Boston and Maine Railroad Station and Haymarket Square.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242639

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.011

Trade card for Augustus Hardy, doors, windows, blinds, 3 & 4 Charlestown Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso lists window sizes and weights.The card includes a phrase "Don't mistake the name." Augustus Hardy is opposite the Boston and Maine Railroad Depot.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242640

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.012

Trade card for Boston Papier Mache Company, 313 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The company manufactures modern and antique ornaments, cornices and patent ventilating centre pieces for ceilings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242642

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.013

Trade card for J. & J.W. Bartlett, windows and doors, No. 85 Warden's Block, Front Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

The card lists sizes for windows and doors.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242643

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.014

Trade card for H.W. Johns Manufacturing Company, paints, colors, Chicago, Illinois, July 1893

The trade card is for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, July 1893. The front of the card is a color chart. The card verso lists the building locations of Johns Company exhibits in the fair. The company deals in roofing and building materials, steam packings, asbestos and fire-proof cements and co...

Date: 1893-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242646

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.015

Trade card for Chas. P. Harris & Co., waterproof building paper, Rutland, Vermont, undated

The card states that Irving's Water Proof Building Paper has won three Centennial Awards. The card is a paper sample of No. 4.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242647

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.016

Trade card for Shope Brick Co., face brick, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, undated

The card reads "Fly to Shope Brick Co.for beautiful face brick, made in Milwaukee." The lower left corner of the card has printed F.E. Jens Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242649

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.017

Trade card for C.A. & G.S. Loud, wooden faucets, Winchendon, Mass., undated

Loud manufactures wooden and cork-lined faucets.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242650

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.018

Trade card for New England Felt Roofing Co., felt roofing materials, No.22 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The company manufactures Bee-Hive Brand and Warren's Roofing products. The card verso shows the Bee-Hive trade mark and states it was established in 1852 and incorporated in 1865.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242652

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.019

Trade card for A.M. Dodge & Co., wholesale lumber dealers, 4 Liberty Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The offices, docks, mills and storage yards are in Tonawanda, New York with another office in New York City. The New England office is in Boston, Massachusetts. The card verso is stamped "Ship by the Boston & Maine Rail Road via Lawrence, Massachusetts."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242653

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.020

Trade card for Peck Bros. & Co., fine brass goods for water, gas and steam, 65 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Peck manufactures sanitary plumbing appliances.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242656

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.021

Trade card for Timmins & Manning, steam, gas fitting & plumbing, 26 Oliver Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Steam and hot water heating is a specialty for the business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242658

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.022

Trade card for Berkshire Roofing, shingles, 35 Springside Avenue, Pittsfield, Mass., undated

The card verso is an advertisement for Bird Double-Twin Shingles available through Berkshire Roofing. The advertisement appears to have been glued to a clipped paper image of Palace Hill in Quebec.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242661

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.03.023