Historic New England

Letterhead for Union Box and Lumber Company, lumber boxes and box shooks, 98-104 Washington Street, Auburn, Maine, dated September 18, 1913

The letterhead has an image of the company factory in Auburn, Maine.

Date: 1913-09-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242541

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.010

Letterhead for William H. Champlin, box shook and locked corner boxes, Rochester, New Hampshire, dated February 11, 1921

Champlin has mutliple plants in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. He deals in dressed lumber, sawdust and kindling wood.

Date: 1921-02-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242542

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.011

Tag for Carl Burwick & Co., bags, Worcester, Mass., undated

The tag reads "The Bag House of the Eastern Farmer" below the name Carl Burwick & Company. The tag verso has lines for the number of bundles in the shipment and the number and kind of bags. It also states to keep clean and dry.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242543

Ref. Code: EP001.01.012.01.02.012

Advertisement for Literary & Scientific Class-Book & Leavitt's Easy Lessons, location unknown, undated

An advertisement for an establishment selling specific text books.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242561

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.01.01.001

Wide awake advertiser, Boston, Mass., 1878

An advertisement in Wide awake magazine for Bodley Books by H.E. Scudder and Bracket and Lester Saws made by the Millers Falls Company. The verso describes stories in 1878 issues of Wide awake.

Date: 1878

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242562

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.01.02.001

Trade card for the Pictorial Book Bindery, Gleason's Publishing Hall, No.1 Montgomery Place, Boston, Mass., 1854

This bookbinder performs edge gilding and marbling and does work for the trade or on single volumes. The bottom of the card has William Ulman, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1854

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242563

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.001

Trade card for Horace A. Brooks, book binder, 224 Essex St. Salem, Mass., undated

The bottom of the card has J.G. Fuller, Agent. This business does magazines, newspapers and periodicals of every description.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242564

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.002

S.T. Blanchard book binder, over the bookstore, Main Street, Watertown, Mass., undated

In addition to books and periodicals this bookbinder will create portfolios and scrapbooks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242565

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.003

Spear & Stearns blank book manufacturers, book-binders and wholesale stationers, No.6 Central Row, Hartford, Conn., undated

Spear & Stearns deals in all kinds of paper. The notebook is filled in and appears to be a type of ledger. The front cover has an illustrration of the Roman goddess Minerva.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.02.01.004

Billhead for E.P. Dutton & Co., publishers, booksellers and importers, 135 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 24, 1867

Dutton specializes in supplying public and private libraries. The address is the "Old Corner Bookstore" shown in the image.

Date: 1867-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.002

Billhead for Carter, Hendee & Co., publishers, booksellers and stationers, at Faust's statue 131 Washington St., Boston, Mass., dated May 30, 1833

The business is located on Washington Street at Faust's statue.

Date: 1833-05-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242568

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.003

Billhead for Estes & Lauriat, publishers, booksellers, and importers, 301 to 305 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 24, 1881

The business, opposite the "Old South," deals in old and new books and the purchase of whole libraries.

Date: 1881-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242569

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.004

Billhead for Ticknor & Fields, publishers, booksellers, importers and stationers, 135 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 1, 1861

The billhead gives the terms on which payment is expected.

Date: 1861-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242570

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.005

Billhead for D. Lothrop and Company, publishers, importers and booksellers, 30 & 32 Franklin St., Boson, Mass., dated December 24, 1883

The publisher's terms are described on the billhead.

Date: 1883-12-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242571

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.01.006

Orange Judd Company's list of rural books, 245 Broadway, New York, New York, ca. 1865

The leaflet lists titles by categories such as "Farm and Garden," Poultry," and "Horses." The books are for sale by Lockwood, Brooks & Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242572

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.001

Historic Plymouth, an illustrated guide, A.S. Burbank, publisher, Plymouth, Mass., undated

A.S. Burbank owns the Pilgrim Book Store in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The leaflet is a list of postcards but also includes books and other items sold in the shop.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242573

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.002

Trade card for Weeks, Jordan & Co., booksellers & publishers and Russell, Shattuck & Co., 121 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1837

Russell, Shattuck deals in books, stationery, periodicals, maps and engravings. The two businesses are successors to S. Colman. The verso describes a prospectus available in August.

Date: 1837

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242574

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.003

Christmas greetings from Beacon Hill, Ye Olde Grey House, bookshop, 58-60 Anderson Street, Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass, December 1924

A trade card in the form of a greeting card listing the special teas, lunches and dinners to be held in Ye Olde Grey House Bookshop. The business is also a lending library. The verso provides a history of the property.

Date: 1924-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242575

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.004

Historic Plymouth catalogue of photographs, souvenirs, guides and illustrated books, A.S. Burbank, Pilgrim Bookstore, Plymouth, Mass., undated

The catalog has images of souvenirs and silverware sold by the ship.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242576

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.005

Lee and Shepard's illustrated catalogue, location unknown, undated

Four pages from another publication describing the books and souvenirs available from Lee and Shepard.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242577

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.006

Receipt for book at W.D Ticknor's

A handwritten receipt listing various items sold at [what appears to be] W. D. Ticknor's, Palm Leaf Mattress, Bunker Hill Monument, Horticultural Exhibition. "W. D. Ticknor's" is probably a reference to the Old Corner Book Store opened in 1832 by William Davis Ticknor, John Allen, and, later, James ...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242578

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.007

Second catalogue, Moses King, publisher and bookseller, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The annotated catalog lists available titles with an introduction and an image of Thomas Wentworth Higginson on the front.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242579

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.02.008

Matchbook for The Potter Press, Boston, Waltham, Mass., undated

The matchbook reads "Merry Christmas, Happy New Year." Potter Press deals in sales books and business forms. Lion Match, New York is on the curved end of the matchbook.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.001

Trade card for James Campbell, antiquarian bookstore, Nos. 62 & 64 Cornhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The dealer supplies town and social libraries, textbooks and purchases entire libraries.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242582

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.002

Trade card for S.C. Northrop, Beehive, corner Main & Cannon Streets, Bridgeport Connecticut, undated

Northrop handles books, stationery, chromos, vases, toilet sets, toys and other items described on the card verso. The front image is captioned "Josephine Mansfield." Mansfield was at the center of the notorious murder of James Fisk, a wealthy financier.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242583

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.003

Trade card for Tompkins & Company, publishers and booksellers trade card, 25 Cornhill, Boston, Mass., undated

Three individuals are listed on the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242584

Ref. Code: EP001.01.013.03.03.004

Letterhead for The Peck Co., colonial roofings, builders' supplies, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, dated February 22, 1915

The Peck Company deals in Beaver Board, paints, oils and varnishes in addition to roofing and builders' supplies.

Date: 1915-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242853

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.05.018

Billhead for M.J. Caldbeck, Son & Co., builders' supplies of all kinds, St.Johnsbury, Vermont, dated October 7, 1914

Caldbeck deals in a variety of hardware items including Wall Stucco Plaster for Vermont and New Hampshire.

Date: 1914-10-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242854

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.05.019

Billhead for Elmer A. Eddy, Dr., hard and soft wood lumber, West Wardsboro, Vermont, dated December 6, 1897

The items listed on the billhead are hay and potatoes.

Date: 1897-12-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242855

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.05.020

Letterhead for G. W. Billings, slate & wood mantel works, Troy, New Hampshire, dated September 9, 1889

1 letterhead ; 8 x 10 1/2 inches

Date: 1889-09-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242856

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.05.021

Advertisement for Hanley Company Inc., Hanley flame-tone hand fettled tile, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 260 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.; 565 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, undated

Hanley is described as the largest manufacturer and distributor of face brick in the East.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242857

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.05.022

Advertisement for Hanley Company Inc., Hanley flatter glazed brick, Bradford, Pennsylvania, Boston, Mass.; 565 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, undated,

The image is for the use of glazed brick in operating rooms.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242858

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.05.023

Billhead for Andrew F. Leatherbee, eastern and western lumber, 376 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 1, 1885

Lumber for walls, fences and flooring is carried. On the billhead "Boston" has been crossed out and replaced with "Brockton."

Date: 1885-08-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242859

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.01.001

Billhead for J.B. Rhines & Co., lumber, Weymouth, Mass., dated 1903

Rhines is a dealer in spruce, cypress, whitewood and soft pine.

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242860

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.01.002

Billhead for W.F. Sanborn & Co., lumber, Commercial Street, Weymouth, Mass., dated August 30, 1904

This lumber dealer also handles doors, blinds, shingles and drain pipes.

Date: 1904-08-30

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242861

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.01.003

Billhead for A.T. Stearns Lumber Company, lumber of all kinds, Neponset, Mass., dated September 23, 1897

The company specializes in gulf cypress, Florida ash and Georgia yellow pine. The main office, mills and wharves are in Neponset, Massachusetts. Other offices and warehouses are listed for 166 Devonshire Street and 104 Friend Street in Boston.

Date: 1897-09-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242862

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.01.004

Billhead for John Gates, finishing and framing lumber, Union Street, Worcester, Mass., dated November 29, 1860

This business, opposite Merrifield's buildings, offers shingles, clapboards and laths in hard pine, black walnut, white-wool and cherry.

Date: 1860-11-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242863

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.01.005

Letterhead for J.W. Jones Lumber Co., hardwood lumber, Appleton, Wisconsin, dated February 18, 1903

This lumber company has a representative in the Exhchange Building in Boston, Massaschusetts.

Date: 1903-02-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242864

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.01.006

Trade card for Spurr's papered veneers and marqueteries, 522 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass., and 209 Canal Street, New York, undated

The trade card, in the shape of a hand mirror, is printed on white maple wood.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242865

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.02.001

Charles W. Spurr's veneers, hangings & marqueteries, 522 Harrison Avenue and 3 Randolph Street, Boston, Mass. and 209 Canal Street, New York, undated

The trade card is printed on white maple wood. The middle of the card reads "Spurrs Patented Combined Wood and Paper."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242866

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.02.002

Billhead for C. H. Hamm, hard and soft wood lumber, 242 Albany Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The counting-room is located on Albany Street. The business wharves are on Albany and Lehigh, opposite Genesee, Oswego and Oneida Streets.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242867

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.02.02.003

Trade card for T. R. Davis, marble worker, Middle Street, Exeter, New Hampshire, undated

This marble worker deals in foregin and domestic marble and slate stone. He builds monuments on commission.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242868

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.03.01.001

Trade card for The New England Granite Works, 650 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut and 1283 Broadway, New York, New York, undated

The card verso lists several exhibits of the company's work. The quarries are in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242869

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.03.01.002

Trade card for W.J. Knowlton, minerologist and naturalist, No.168 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso states the shop carries minerals for educational and ornamental purposes and supplies for mineralogists, taxidermists and naturalists.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242870

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.03.01.003

Trade card for Henry Murray, monumental work in marble and granite, 41 Haverhill Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Operating from Boston, this dealer creates monuments in granite and marble.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242871

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.03.01.004

Advertisement for architects, Boston, Mass., 1854

The firms advertised are Hammatt Billings on Washington Street, Billings & Sleeper on Court Street and the Penrhyn Marble Company on Tremont and Howard Streets.

Date: 1854

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 242872

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.03.01.005