Historic New England

Lower Harbor, Manchester by the Sea, Mass., undated

A bird's eye view of the Lower Harbor in Manchester, Massachusetts. Boston Post Card Company, collection made 1905-1912.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 249796

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0180.003

William A. Tucker Garage and Stable [combination], Manchester, Mass., undated

Exterior view of a combination garage and stable owned by William A. Tucker in Manchester, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 249797

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0060.003

Ernest Longfellow House, Coolidge Point, Manchester, Mass., undated

Exterior view of the Ernest Longfellow House, Coolidge Point, Manchester, Massachusetts. Architects Rotch and Tilden.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 249811

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0080.001

Directions for the Puritan Oil Heater, The Cleveland Foundry Co., Cleveland, Ohio

The item is a directions label for Puritan Oil Heater model numbers 149, 154, 155, 158 and 159.

Date: 1894-1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249801

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.007

Trade card for the Jarvis Patent Gas Consuming Furnace for setting steam boilers, Jarvis Furnace Co., location unknown, undated

A.F. Upton is the general agent for the Jarvis Furnace and the Mahony Patent Corrugated Grate Bar described on the card verso. Upton is located at No. 48 Congress Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249803

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.008

Billhead for the New Haven Steam Heating Co., Patent Automatic Solo-Pressure Steam Heating Apparatus, 68 Court Street, New Haven, Connecticut, dated December 22, 1885

The Company manufactures and installs the furnace.

Date: 1885-12-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249804

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.009

Advertisement for Clement & Brown Mfg. Co., manufacturers of Decrow Hot Air Furnaces, 101 and 103 Broad Street, Bangor, Maine, 1865

The Company manufactures Nelson's Patent Crated Cans, tin ware, cream cans and tanks in addition to the furnaces.

Date: 1865

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249808

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.010

Billhead for John Ballou, hot-air furnaces, 112 Portland Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 1, 1881

Ballou deals in stoves, grates, ranges, chimney-tops and manufactures sheet-iron, copper and tin ware. John Ballou is the successor to Walter Bryent.

Date: 1881-11-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249809

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.011

Billhead for the Magee Furnace Co., furnaces, ranges, parlor, office & cooking stoves, 32 to 38 Union and 19 & 21 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass., dated April 28, 1881

The foundry for the business is located in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Date: 1881-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249810

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.012

Billhead for F.M.R. Loud & Co., Dr., plumbers and house heaters, South Weymouth, Mass., dated September 2, 1904

Loud sells and repairs bicycles in addition to heaters, paints and furnaces. The business is an agent for Magee and Glenwood Ranges and Furnaces.

Date: 1904-09-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249812

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.013

Billhead for Levi Chubbuck, brick and portable hot-air furnaces, No. 10 Bedford Street, formerly Nos. 336 & 338 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 4, 1869

Chubbuck sells cooking ranges, grates and is an agent for the "Brilliant" Base-Burning Stoves. He is the successor to the late Leopold Herman.

Date: 1869-12-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249813

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.014

Letterhead for F.E. Vail & Co., proprietors and manufacturers of Vail's Gas Saver, 176 & 178 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., dated March 5, 1879

The invention is designed to regulate gas pressure and reduce heating bills.

Date: 1879-03-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249814

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.015

Advertisement for Chilson's New Cone Furnace, Chilson, Gould & Co., 99 and 101 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., December, 1856

The innovations of Gardner Chilson's Cone Furnace are described. The advertisement is on the verso of the front cover of "The Knickerbocker or New York monthly magazine," December 1856.

Date: 1856-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249815

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.01.016

Trade card for Simons Burner and Petroleum Corp., furnaces, 65 Walnut Street, Springfield, Mass., undated

The card verso reads "Norge Heat, consultants for every type of heating and process control."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249816

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.001

Trade card for The Front Rank Furnace, 715 North Main Street, location unknown, undated

The advantages of The Front Rank Furnace are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249817

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.002

Every requirement is met by the Splendid Novelty Portable Furnace, Abram Cox Stove Co., Philadelphia and New York, undated

The features of the Splendid Novelty Furnace are described. It is available at the Boston Furnace Company located at 79 & 81 Blackstone Street in Boston, Massaschusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249818

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.003

Billhead for The Waverly Heating Supply Co., stove, range, furnace, boiler repairs, 52-54 Union Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 18, 1923

The billhead has images of the Union Street building and the Pipe and Elbow Factory.

Date: 1923-12-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249819

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.004

Exterior view of the William B. Walker House, Highwood, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Manchester, Mass., undated

The Walker residence can be seen with awnings and climbing vines.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 249828

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0060.004

Eleazer Arnold House, shortly after acquisition, Lincoln, Rhode Island, October 18, 1919

A view of the Arnold House from the Great Road, taken just shortly after aquisition by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Due to foliage, only one side of the house is visible with any clarity.

Date: 1919

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 249830

Ref. Code: PC006.ARN.01.014

Trade card for the Dedham Sales Co., oil burners, 20 Eastern Avenue, Dedham, Mass., 1962

The business stresses the importance of the installation process and lists satisfied customers.

Date: 1962

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249836

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.005

Billhead for the John Slater Co., practical plumbers and sheet metal workers, 520 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass., dated October 2, 1920

Slater deals in stoves, ranges, furnaces and kitchen furnishing goods. The Company is an agent for the Crawford Ranges and Furnaces.

Date: 1920-10-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249837

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.006

Billhead for H.G. Burrell, plumbing, tin roofing, Porter Street, Stoughton, Mass., dated December 31, 1898

Burrell deals in household ranges, novelty furnaces, high grade tinware, builders' hardware and tools.

Date: 1898-12-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249838

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.007

T.S. Clogston's Patent Cast Iron Sectional Steam Boiler and Radiator, T.S. Clogston & Co., 80 & 82 Sudbury Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The boiler and radiator were patented on June 18, 1867.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249839

Ref. Code: EP001.01.049.01.02.008

Advertisement for Samuel Perkins, painted ornamented carpets, Kilby Street, Boston, Mass., 27 July, 1821

The advertisement is from the "New England Palladium & Commercial Advertiser," 27 July, 1821.

Date: 1821-07-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249840

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.004

Envelope for C.J. Fay, felt carpeting & plastering, Camden, New Jersey, undated

Fay will install felt for rooms from his business in Camden, New Jersey.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249841

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.005

Billhead for Fowle & Company, foreign and American carpet warehouse, No. 164 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated September 3, 1867

Fowle is the successor to Parker Fowle & Sons.

Date: 1867-09-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 249842

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.01.01.01.006

William Howard, violinist, 15 Haviland Street, Boston, Mass., undated

William Howard was the conductor and soloist of the Boston Municipal Orchestra and the leader of The Howard String Quartette and The Howard Trio.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260010

Ref. Code: EP001.01.081.01.02.011

Trade card for the Temple of Music, Thos. Flaherty & Co., 280 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1872

Bloomfield & Otis Pianos and Weber Piano-Fortes are carried by the Flaherty Company on Washington Street. The card image shows the Boston Coliseum, site of the 1872 World's Peace Jubilee and International Musical Festival. It was held in Boston in 1872 to commemorate the end of the Franco-Prussian W...

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260123

Ref. Code: EP001.01.081.01.02.012

Song written for the occasion by John H. Jewett, Highland Military Academy, Worcester, Mass., undated

The card has a song written for an unidentified occasion at the Highland Military Academy. The Academy seal is shown with several measures for "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot." The image on the verso shows the cadets standing at attention on the parade ground.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260127

Ref. Code: EP001.01.081.01.02.013

Libretto of Nanon, a comic opera in 3 acts, by F. Zell & Richard Genée, The Standard Libretto Co., 210 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1886

The last six pages have advertisements for Boston merchants.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260138

Ref. Code: EP001.01.081.01.02.014

Norma, composed by Bellini, written by Felice Romani, Oliver Ditson & Co., 277 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1859

The text is in the English and Italian languages. The back cover has an image of the Ditson store on Washington Street.

Date: 1859

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260143

Ref. Code: EP001.01.081.01.02.015

Our nation's struggle, a patriotic allegory, by W.A. Springer, illustrated by Fred A. Springer, Boston and Chicago, White, Smith & Co., 1885

The allegory has tableaux and camp scenes based on the American Civil War.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260146

Ref. Code: EP001.01.081.01.02.016

Trade card for singing dolls, O.H. Leach & Co., dealers in musical instruments, 578 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A little girl and her cat look at a blackboard with alphabet letters.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260147

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.01.01.001

Trade card for C.G. Conn, band instruments, Elkhart, Indiana and Worcester, Mass., undated

Famous musicians who recommend the instruments are shown in portraits in the card image. The text on the card verso describes the manufacture of the Conn instruments.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260149

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.01.01.002

Progress view, Cambridge Bridge

A view of workers laying the tracks on the Longfellow Bridge, looking toward the West End and Beacon Hill. Horse carts carry loads to and from Boston across the bridge. The workers, with their full wheelbarrows and shovels, can be seen in the foreground. Massachusetts General Hospital is in the u...

Date: 1911-11-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 260148

Ref. Code: PC017.02.027.001

Manufactory of Manning's Patent Melodeons, E.T. Nichols, 118 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Nichols undertakes repairing and tuning of pianos, organs and melodeons.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260150

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.01.01.003

Billhead for John C. Haynes & Co., Dr., musical instruments, strings, sheet music, 453 to 463 Washington Street and 33 Court Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 3, 1896

Haynes carries musical merchandise of every description in his store on Washington Street.

Date: 1896-12-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260151

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.01.01.004

Announcement for Steinert Hall, M. Steinert & Sons, Boylston & Tremont Streets, Boston, Mass., January 1887

The features of Steinert Hall, opening in February 1887, are described on the item verso. The sign at the top of the building reads "Steinway & Sons Pianos."

Date: 1887-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260153

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.01.01.005

Turning sunlight into music, by C.W. Whittemore, Boston, Mass., April 14, 1924

The writer describes the Hallet & Davis Piano Company factory in Dorchester, Massachusetts. The article is from "Current Affairs in New England," April 14, 1924.

Date: 1924-04-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260159

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.01.01.006

Trade card for William H. Ivers, Jr., piano-forte tuner, Boston and Dedham, Mass., undated

Customer orders for piano tuning can be left at music stores in Boston, the Boston or New England Conservatory of Music or sent to Dedham, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260163

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.001

Trade card for Danforth Lyon, dealer in piano-fortes, No. 11 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The business is located under Westminster Hall in Providence, Rhode Island.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260165

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.002

Trade card for W.M. Furbush & Son, dealers in pianos and organs, Farrington Block, Portland, Maine, undated

The card is decorated with yellow and blue flowers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260166

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.003

Trade card for W.M. Furbush & Son, dealers in pianos and organs, Farrington Block, Portland, Maine, undated

The card is decorated with red and white flowers.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260167

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.004

Trade card for E.A. Sawtelle, tuning and repairing, at Oliver Ditson's, 451 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso has a list of the repair jobs performed by Sawtelle.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260169

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.005

Trade card for The J.E. Lothrop Piano Co., Lothrop Building, Franklin Square, Dover, New Hampshire, undated

The card verso lists the home appliances carried by the business. Customers can trade in old appliances for new ones.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260171

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.006

Trade card for W.J. Lefavour, dealer in pianos and organs, Beverly, Mass., undated

The dealer carries all types of musical merchandise such as sheet music, music books and strings.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260172

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.007

Trade card for G.A. Miller & Co., manufacturers of new and improved piano fortes, 702 & 706 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business warehouse and manufactory are located on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260173

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.008

Trade card for The S.L. House Co., pianos, Chicago, Illinois, undated

The text stamped on the card verso reads "House & Davis Piano Co. successors to M.E. Oertel, 133 Main St., Oshkosh, Wis."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260174

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.009

Trade card for the Beatty Organ, Daniel F. Beatty, Washington, New Jersey, undated

The features of the Beatty Organ are described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 260175

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.010

Bridge 36, Natick, Mass., September 7, 1907

Workers build wooden forms prior to pouring a concrete archway while building bridge number 36 along the railroad right-of-way in Natick. A well-dressed man in a suit and hat surveys the site while standing amidst machinery, wheelbarrows, and other construction tools and materials.

Date: 1907-09-07

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 260177

Ref. Code: PC015.01.440.01

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