Historic New England

Billhead for G.B. Houghton & Co., wholesale fruit distributors, 59 Clinton Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 4, 1906

The Vermont customer bought bananas, cabbages and oranges.

Date: 1906-09-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249556

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.033

Billhead for The Saint Johnsbury Grocery Co., wholesale grocers, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, dated April 6, 1921

Oats, health flour and macaroni are listed on the billhead.

Date: 1921-04-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249557

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.034

Billhead for The Saint Johnsbury Grocery Co., wholesale grocers, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, dated April 2, 1921

The customer purchased Keystone Cigars and Magic Leaf.

Date: 1921-04-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249558

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.035

Billhead for The Saint Johnsbury Grocery Co., wholesale grocers, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, dated June 4, 1921

Items such as minute tapioca, lemon extract, Old Dutch Cleanser and Quaker Macaroni were purchased by the customer.

Date: 1921-06-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249559

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.036

Billhead for The Saint Johnsbury Grocery Co., wholesale, Saint Johnsbury, Vermont, dated November 26, 1921

The customer purchased mince meat, oyster shells, black pepper, Neptune Tobacco and other items.

Date: 1921-11-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249560

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.037

Photographs of the Estate of Thomas J. Homer

This series of photographs features the Estate of Thomas J. Homer in Roxbury, Massachusetts. There are three separate photographs and one duplicate of each. The photographs show the exterior of the house and the grounds of the estate, and several family members. The photographs were taken by A....

Date: 1881

Collection: Abigail B. Homer family papers

GUSN: 249672

Ref. Code: MS035.03

Ledger of Sylvester Cram, Boston, Mass., Feb. 7-Nov. 14 1850

Ledger for Sylvester Cram, toolmaker and machinist, at No. 17, Harvard Place, Boston, Mass. This ledger was kept from February 7 through November 14, 1850. It details the people or companies for whom Cram created or worked on tools and machines. Items from Cram's workshop include presses, dies, p...

Date: 1850

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 249679

Ref. Code: MS002.138

William A. Tucker [Rear View], Manchester, Mass., undated

Exterior of the William A. Tucker house, seen from the back.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 249727

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0060.002

Billheads for the Charles Lawrence Company, importers and jobbers in fruits and fancy groceries, 111 to 115 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., dated May-June, 1915

The Lawrence Company was established in 1857 and incorporated in 1903.

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249728

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.038

Billhead for Haskell & Adams, grocers, receivers & jobbers of flour, 74-112 Commerce and 103-105 South Market Street, Boston, Mass., dated July 2, 1892

Haskell & Adams is in the Tabernacle Building at Commerce and South Market Streets in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1892-07-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249729

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.039

Billhead for the Manchester Beef Co., commission merchants in Swift's Western Dressed Beef, mutton lamb, veal tongues, tripe, Franklin & Cedar Streets, Manchester, New Hampshire, dated October 10, 1894

The billhead states that poultry is a specialty. The slaughter house is in South Manchester.

Date: 1894-10-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249730

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.040

Billhead for the H.W. Clark Biscuit Company, manufacturers of fancy and plain biscuits and crackers, North Adams, Mass., dated November 6, 1909

The Company's specialties are "Equal Lunch and Crimp Butter."

Date: 1909-11-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249731

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.041

Billhead for R.L. Rose Company, importers and grocers, 66, 68, & 70 Weybosset Street, Providence, Rhode Island, dated April 22, 1899

The billhead shows the Company trade mark and a product display.

Date: 1899-04-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249732

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.042

Billhead for Aldrich-Eldredge Co., wholesale grocers and coffee roasters, Block Corner, Dorrance, Pine & Orange Streets, Providence, Rhode Island, dated November 8, 1907

The business premises are shown in the image. The Company makes North Star Java.

Date: 1907-11-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249733

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.043

Billhead for P.C. Page, butter, cheese, lard, and eggs, Stall No. 24, Suffolk Market, Boston, Mass., dated January 10, 1879

Page deals in "all kinds of country produce sold on Commission."

Date: 1879-01-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249734

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.04.01.044

Trade card for Morrison & Drew, flour, coal, lime & cement, Old Yellow Store, Skowhegan, Maine, undated

The business deals in wagon and cart spokes, paints and carriage and building materials.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249735

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.001

Trade card for Fowler, Rogers & Co., anthracite or bituminous coal, hard and soft wood, bark, No. 62 Sea Street, opposite East Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The fuel items are available by the cargo load or at retail and at the lowest prices. In the illustration a man and his horse-drawn cart dump a load of coal at a residence.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249736

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.002

Trade card for W.A. Peirce, Bernice Coal, Lexington, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the features of Bernice Coal and provides directions for use.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249737

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.003

Billhead for Henry Emerson, wood, Dorchester, Mass., dated September 23, 1839

One cord of wood was purchased from Henry Emerson for $7.50.

Date: 1839-09-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249738

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.004

Postcard for Curran & Burton, Mason Building, 70 Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., dated January 31, 1895

On the postcard verso a customer asks for a coal price quote.

Date: 1895-01-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249739

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.005

Billhead for Chas. Frazer, dealer in coal, hay, straw and oats, Yard on Main Street, foot of Church, Clinton, Mass., dated December 15, 1889

Frazier also deals in lime, hair and cement.

Date: 1889-12-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249740

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.006

Geo. N. Holmes & Co., Franklin, Lackawanna, White Ash, Lehigh, Cumberland and Nut Coals, junction Montello and School Streets, Brockton, Mass., dated July 29, 1884

The Holmes business is located at the junction of Montello and School Streets in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1884-07-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249741

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.007

Billhead for J.W. Parmenter & Co., hard and soft coal, wood, laths, lime, brick, hair, cement, Waltham, Mass., dated January 17, 1862

A team of horses pulls a coal cart in the image.

Date: 1862-01-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249742

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.008

Billhead for C.W. Hartshorne, English, anthracite and Smiths' Coal, Wood, Bark, etc., 18 Mt. Washington Avenue, Boston, Mass., January 10, 1876

A worker stands next to a coal pile with a waiting cart in the background.

Date: 1876-01-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249743

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.009

Billhead for Farwell Bros., coal, wood, sand, lime, cement, granite, 303 Dorchester Street, South Boston, Mass., dated November 9, 1883

Farwell Brothers is located on Dorchester Street in South Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1883-11-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249744

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.010

Billhead for William H. Prentice & Son, Dr., English, anthracite, and Smiths' Coal, Wood, Bark, etc., 326 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 29, 1869

A horse-drawn coal cart stands with two workers in the image.

Date: 1869-09-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249745

Ref. Code: EP001.01.047.01.01.011

Advertisement for Haley Morse & Co., furniture, 411 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1873

Haley Morse carries parlor, chamber, dining room and library furniture as well as draperies and interior decorations. The old stock was destroyed in a May 1873 fire.

Date: 1873

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249898

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.006

Postcard for Livermore & Martin, home furnishers, 61 Dwight Street, Holyoke, Mass., dated September 6, 1899

The business will have furniture for sale to students at the Hotel Woodbridge in South Hadley, Massachusetts during the week of September 11-16, 1899.

Date: 1899-09-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249900

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.007

Home harmony, A. McArthur Co., furniture, rugs and draperies, 111-117 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1912

Date: 1912

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249901

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.008

Postcard for C.B. Moller Inc., furniture, Massachusetts Avenue, Lafayette Square, Cambridge, Mass., September 1911

Customers are urged to purchase fall and winter furnishings in September 1911.

Date: 1911-09

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249902

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.009

Postcard for C.B. Moller Inc., furniture, Massachusetts Avenue, Lafayette Square, Cambridge, Mass., October 1911

Moller's card entices customers to buy ranges and heating stoves in October 1911.

Date: 1911-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249903

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.010

Postcard for A.A. Soule, complete house furnisher, 185 Water Street, August 1912

The card verso describes the chamber suite shown in the image with an August 1912 calendar.

Date: 1912-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249906

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.011

Price list and envelope for Paine's Furniture Manufactory, Nos. 48 Canal & 141 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

The Manufactory is convenient to the Boston depots and wharves. An image of the first floor salon is on the price list verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249909

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.012

Label for James G. Blake's Fashionable Upholstery, Looking-Glass & Furniture Establishment, Cornhill & Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Blake is located on Cornhill and Washington Streets in Boston, Massaschusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249910

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.013

Household furniture at auction on Tuesday, April 28, 1885, at 2 o'clock p.m., at 38 North Avenue, O. Cambridge, by S.F. Rugg, auctioneer, Harvard Square, Cambridge and No. 11 Court Street, Boston, Mass., April 28, 1885

The auction is near Jarvis Field and offers carpets, chamber sets, a dining table and chairs among other items.

Date: 1885-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249912

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.014

Shackford Patent Bedstead, 1476 Washington Street, corner of Concord, location unknown, undated

Open and closed illustrations of the Shackford Patent Bedstead are shown in the circular.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249914

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.015

Billhead for F.A. Walker & Co., dealers in house furnishing goods, 83 & 85 Cornhill, 6 & 8 Brattle Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 24, 1863

Walker carries refrigerators, water coolers, fire sets, bird cages, cutlery and toilet ware along with other home goods.

Date: 1863-06-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249930

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.001

Billhead for F.A. Walker & Co., dealers in house furnishing goods, 83 & 85 Cornhill, 6 & 8 Brattle Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 1, 1864

Walker carries Britannia and plated ware, Japanned tin ware, wood and willow ware along with other household items.

Date: 1864-12-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249931

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.002

Billhead for Howard, Clark & Co., cabinet furniture, sofas, bedsteads, 407 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., dated July 29, 1884

The Company is a manufacturer and dealer in feathers, mattresses, coffins, caskets, robes and all kinds of furniture made to order.

Date: 1884-07-29

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249934

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.003

Billhead for Howard, Clark & Co., cabinet furniture, sofas, bedsteads, feathers, mattresses, 85 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., dated April 11, 1887

The business manufactures and deals in all types of furniture.

Date: 1887-04-11

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249935

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.004

Receipt for James B. Hudson, furniture leasing, Boston, Mass., dated October 7, 1874

The receipt is in the amount of $10.70 for furniture leasing. The verso describes the conditions of the lease.

Date: 1874-10-07

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249937

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.005

Receipt for the Atherton Furniture Co., furniture leasing, Brockton, Mass., dated September 21, 1908

The receipt is for goods hired from the Atherton Furniture Company. Atherton is an agent for the Glenwood Range in the image.

Date: 1908-09-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249938

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.006

Billhead for G.A. Sammet, curled hair, mattresses, beds, Excelsior, 130 Blackstone, corner Hanover Street, Boston, Mass., dated October, 14, 1872

The business premises are shown in the image.

Date: 1872-10-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249940

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.007

Billhead for Goldthwait Bros., fine parlor furniture, 569 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated February 13, 1883

Goldthwait also manufactures draperies, window shades and upholstery goods.

Date: 1883-02-13

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249943

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.008

Billhead for Henry F. Parker, dealer in furniture, feathers, mattresses, looking-glasses, carpetings, Nos. 4 & 6 Union Street, Boston, Mass., dated September, 14, 1853

The billhead is for the sale of a dressing bureau, mirror and mats.

Date: 1853-09-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249944

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.009

Billhead for Howard, Clark & Co., parlor, chamber & dining room furniture, 85 Main Street, Brockton, Mass., dated May 28, 1892

Undertakers can purchase furniture from Howard, Clark & Company.

Date: 1892-05-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249945

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.010

Billhead for William H. Tobey, dealer in furniture of every description, Howard Block, Brockton, Mass., dated February 24, 1886

The business is located in the Odd Fellows Hall building in Brockton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1886-02-24

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249947

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.011

Billhead for A.H. Allen, parlor, drawing room, cabinet furniture, feathers & carpeting, No. 5 Union Street, corner of North, Boston, Mass., dated June 19, 1862

Allen is a dealer in upholstery goods, looking-glasses and plates.

Date: 1862-06-19

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249948

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.012

Billhead for Jonathan Pierce, agent, furniture and feather ware-house, No. 51 Cornhill Street, late Market Street, Boston, Mass., dated August 15, 1846

The dealer "keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of rich and low priced furniture and feathers."

Date: 1846-08-15

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249949

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.013

Billhead for Daniels, Kendall & Co., cottage chamber furniture, and refrigerators, Suffolk Market Building, entrance No. 25 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 6, 1866

The business handles wardrobes, bureaus, bedsteads, wash benches and Cram's Patent Clothes Dryers.

Date: 1866-12-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249951

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.02.014

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