Historic New England

Unknown unmounted - Champery (Alps), Moscow, Paris, Athens, Mt. Desert, ME, Rome, unidentified portraits 1880s

photographs

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 259210

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.02.071a

Unknown loose photographs to be filed and/or refiled

photographs

Collection: Codman family papers

GUSN: 259211

Ref. Code: MS001.PC.02.X

Burnett's Floral Hand Book, Joseph Burnett & Co., Boston, Mass., 1879

The flower dictionary is interspersed with descriptions of Burnett products such as Burnett's Cocoaine and Burnett's Standard Flavoring Extracts. There is a calendar for 1879 on page 2. Chas. P. Alden, 270 Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts is advertised on the back cover.

Date: 1879

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259219

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.001

"Ladies' note-book and calendar with select receipts and household information", World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, New York, 1881

Dr. Pierce's Family Medicines are advertised with recipes, testimonials and memoranda pages. Remedies for women's diseases are also described. The "World's Dispensary and Invalids' Hotel", founded by Dr. R.V. Pierce, is described in the item.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259220

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.002

"Ladies' note-book and calendar", World's Dispensary Medical Association, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, New York, 1899

Remedies for female diseases are described with testimonials and memoranda pages. The "Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute" is located at 663 Main Street in Buffalo, New York.

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259221

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.003

Pierce's memorandum and account book designed for farmers, mechanics and all people, World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, New York and London, England, 1881

Medical conditions and their remedies are described with memoranda pages.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259222

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.004

Trade card for Sulphur Bitters, A.P. Ordway & Co., Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso promotes "Disease, its causes and home cure," by Dr. Kaufmann. The image caption reads "Mrs. President Cleveland."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259224

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.005

Handy cash book, Wells & Richardson Co., Burlington, Vermont, 1894

Portraits of individuals who have given testimonials for Paine's Celery Compound are interspersed with the account pages. An 1895 calendar is on the back cover. The product is sold at Chandler & Osgood, grocers, Chandler's Block, Lower Village, Claremont, New Hampshire.

Date: 1894

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259225

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.006

Advertising card for Celery Bromide, laxative, Boston, Mass., undated

The product cures headaches. The verso has a stamp with an agent's name and an adress on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259229

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.007

Advertisements for Dr. R. Hall's Jaundice Bitters and Strengthening & Rhumatic Plaster, Dr. Hall, Birchdale, Concord, New Hampshire, undated

Directions are provided for the use of both products.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259232

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.008

Handbill for Victor Liniment, for man or beast, J.R. Colton & Co., East Northfield, Mass., undated

The Liniment can be used for rheumatism, cramps, corns, sprains, bruises and cuts. The product is described and lists testimonials inside the handbill.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259233

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.009

Instruments to assist the hearing, Codman & Shurtleff, 13 and 15 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Handbill describing instruments to assist people with hearing loss.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259234

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.010

Household almanac, Henry, Johnson & Lord, Burlington, Vermont and Montréal, Québec, 1886

Products such as Dr. Baxter's Mandrake Bitters, N.H. Downs' Vegetable Balsamic Elixir and Henry & Johnson's Arnica & Oil Liniment are described within the almanac. The items are sold by John S. Tufts, druggists, Plymouth, New Hampshire.

Date: 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259245

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.011

Favorite old songs, Henry, Johnson & Lord, Burlington, Vermont, undated

Popular songs alternate with descriptions of Baxter's Mandrake Bitters, Downs' Elixir and Almond Snuff.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259246

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.012

Calendar for Dr. Grosvenor's Bell-Cap-Sic Plaster, J.M. Grosvenor & Co., 148 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., 1903

The verso states the product will "cure rheumatic pains, coughs, colds, kidney pains, backache, pleurisy, lumbago and all lameness."

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259247

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.013

Three household favorites, published by Dr. I.S. Johnson & Co., 22 Custom House Street, Boston, Mass., 1889

The business manufactures Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, Parsons' Purgative Pills and Sheridan's Condition Powder.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259248

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.06.014

Trade card for Hicks & Badger, manufacturers of all kinds of copper work, Nos. 49 & 51 Pitts Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The business is located on Pitts Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259249

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.001

Trade card for McLagan, Stevens & Bradley, iron founders and machinists, corner Howard Street & Whitney Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut, undated

The business manufactures iron columns, store fronts, tire benders, tuyer irons and baker's oven mouths.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259250

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.002

Trade card for Prince & Clark, tin plate and sheet iron workers, Cambridge Street, East Cambridge, Mass., undated

The business has a new tin and stove store in East Cambridge opposite Hastings & Dana's.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259251

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.003

Trade card for Wiley Brothers & Co., manufacturers and wholesale dealers in tin, Britannia, brass and glass-ware, Saxton's River, Vermont, undated

Wiley deals in in stoves, dry goods, Yankee notions and pedler's barter.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259252

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.004

Trade card for Springfield Gas Machine, Boston office, 117 & 119 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso has an illustration of the gas generator and air pump.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259253

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.005

Trade card for Wood, Bicknall & Potter Co., aluminum novelties, 359 to 369 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The business makes napkin rings, tooth pick holders, belt fasteners and other items. The text on the image reads "W.L. & Co. Rings Good as Gold."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259254

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.006

Trade card for F.S. Dawes, leather, cloth and paper cutting dies, Hudson, Mass., undated

The card verso has a price list for different types of work. The business is located near F. Brigham & Company's Shoe Factory in Hudson, Massachusetts. A work sample is attached to the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259265

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.007

Trade card for The Tubular Rivet Company, manufacturers of patent rivets, 161 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The rivets are for boots, shoes, brogans and shawl straps.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259266

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.008

Trade card for Geo. Dunbar & Co., dealers in supplies for railroads, mills and manufactories, No. 134 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Rubber goods for mechanical purposes such as belting and steam packing are listed on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259267

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.009

Trade card for the Boston Nickel Plating Co., 13 & 15 Bowker Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The top of the card reads "Exclusive Licensees for Boston."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 259268

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.010

Trade card for The Wheelock Piano, manufactory, 149th Street near 3d Avenue, New York, New York, undated

Wheelock has warerooms at 23 & 25 E. 14th Street, New York and 237 State Street, Chicago. The card verso is stamped with the following text "Herbert L. Eddy, dealer in pianos & organs, 283 Westminster Street, Providence, R.I." A young girl in a yellow apron does needlework in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264578

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.037

Trade card for The Wheelock Piano, manufactory, 149th Street near 3d Avenue, New York, New York, undated

Wheelock has warerooms at 23 & 25 E. 14th Street, New York and 237 State Street, Chicago. The card verso is stamped with the following text "Herbert L. Eddy, dealer in pianos & organs, 283 Westminster Street, Providence, R.I." A young girl in a red hat does needlework in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264579

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.038

Advertisement for Model Melodeons, Mason & Hamlin, Cambridge Street corner of Charles, Boston, Mass., March 17, 1855

The advertisement is from "Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion," March 17, 1855.

Date: 1855-03-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264580

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.039

Billhead for Nath'l Cummings, William Bourne, piano forte manufacturer, 484 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated April 28, 1869

The top of the billhead shows the business premises on Washington Street.

Date: 1869-04-28

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.040

Billhead for Hook & Hastings Co., Dr., church organs, Kendal Green, Mass., dated November 14, 1919

The business was established in 1827 and has offices in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.

Date: 1919-11-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264582

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.041

Billhead for Hook & Hastings Co., Dr., church organs, Kendal Green, Mass., dated August 21, 1920

The business was established in 1827 and has offices in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago.

Date: 1920-08-21

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264583

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.042

Advertisement for Chickering & Sons, manufacturers of grand, square and upright piano-fortes, 48 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. and 11 East Fourteenth Street, New York, New York, 1872

The advertisement is on one side of what appears to be a program cover for a performance of "La Morte Civile," written by Paolo Giacometti and performed by Signor Salvini.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264586

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.043

Advertisement for Boardman, Gray & Co., Dolce Campana Piano-Forte manufacturers, Albany, New York, April 1857

The Boardman, Gray factory is shown in the image. The item verso has an advertisement for George A. Prince & Company's improved melodeons. Prince is located in Buffalo or at 87 Fulton Street, New York. The advertisements are from the "Knickerbocker Magazine," April 1857.

Date: 1857-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264587

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.044

Advertisement for Hallet, Davis & Co., manufacturers of grand, parlor grand and square piano-fortes, ware-rooms, 409 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., May 1857

The Company's pianos have a patent suspension bridge. The advertisement is from the "Knickerbocker Magazine," May 1857.

Date: 1857-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264588

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.045

Advertisement for Estey's Vox-Humana Organs, G.G. Saxe & Co., warerooms, 417 Broome Street, New York, New York, March 1867

The organs are built with the Vox-Humana Stops. The advertisement is from "Hours at Home," March 1867.

Date: 1867-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264589

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.046

Advertisement for Bradbury's New Scale Pianos, William B. Bradbury, 425 & 427 Broome Street, New York, New York, June 1866

Testimonials and endorsements for the Bradbury Pianos are listed in the item. The advertisement is from "Hours at Home," June 1866.

Date: 1866-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264590

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.047

Advertisements for pianos and organs, New York, New York, January 1867

The individuals ads are for S.D. & H.W. Smith's American Organs, The Boardman, Gray & Company Piano-Fortes and on the verso Estey's Vox-Humana Organs. These notices are from "Hours at Home," January 1867.

Date: 1867-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264591

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.048

Advertisement for The Rogers Piano Company, manufacturers of the celebrated patent Cabinet Piano-Forte, Marble Block, 18 Eliot Street, Boston, Mass., August 1872

Rogers pianos may be purchased on installments. The advertisement is from the August 1872 issue of "American Homes Illustrated."

Date: 1872-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264594

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.049

Advertisement for Hallet, Davis & Co., manufacturers of grand, parlor grand and square pianos, warerooms, 272 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., October 1869

The new Orchestral Grand Piano is described in the item. The advertisement is from the "Atlantic Monthly Advertiser," October 1869.

Date: 1869-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264598

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.050

Billhead for Henry F. Miller, piano-forte manufacturer, 611 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated November 3, 1881

The business premises are shown in the billhead illustration.

Date: 1881-11-03

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264599

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.051

Advertisement for J.M. Bruce, piano-forte and organ warerooms, No. 15 Main Street, Ayer, Mass., October 22, 1874

Bruce carries music merchandise such as sheet music, books, strings and stools. There is an advertisement below the Bruce one for E.H. Hayward who carries organs and pianos. Hayward is located in the Post Office Block, Ayer Junction, Massachusetts. The ads are from the "Ayer Public Spirit," October ...

Date: 1874-10-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264600

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.052

Billhead for Henry F. Miller, piano-forte manufacturer, 611 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 14, 1882

The business premises are shown in the billhead illustration.

Date: 1882-06-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264601

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.053

Advertisement for Oliver Ditson & Co., American and foreign music, 449 & 451 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1884

The business premises on Washington Street are shown in the image. A horse-drawn street car has "Norfolk House" printed on the side of it. The ad verso describes the "Norway Music Album."

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264602

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.054

Advertisement for The Organita, Mass. Organ Co., 57 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1872

The Organita barrel organ is described in the advertisement. The handwritten text at the bottom of the page reads "Scribner's Magazine," probably 1872.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264603

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.055

Advertisement for Briggs Pianos, No. 5 Appleton Street, opp. 440 Tremont, Boston, Mass., 1885

The advertisement is from the libretto for "Stradella," Neuendorff edition, Boston, Schmidt & Co., copyright 1885. Advertisements for other piano dealers are on the item verso.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264604

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.056

Advertisement for The Mechanical Piano-ette, The Massachusetts Organ Co., 57 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., April 1881

The Mechanical Piano-ette is described in the ad text. The advertisement is from "Scribner's Magazine," April 1881.

Date: 1881-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264615

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.057

Advertisement for Mason & Hamlin, pianos, 492 & 494 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1909-1914

The ad is on the back cover of a Boston Opera House, Boston Opera Company libretto for "Germania," published by Fred Rullman, Inc., 111 Broadway, New York City. The item is only the front and back covers.

Date: 1909-1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264623

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.058

Advertisement for Weber grand, upright and square piano-fortes, warerooms, Fifth Avenue, corenr 16th Street, New York, New York, 1876

The ad has testimonials from concert pianists of the day. The bottom of the item has handwritten text which reads "from the back of an opera book dated 1876."

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264629

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.059

Advertisement for The Chickering Piano, Chickering & Sons, 152 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. and 130 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 1885

The advertisement is from the back cover of a libretto for "Stradella," Neuendorff edition, Boston, Schmidt & Co., copyright 1885. The item consists of only the front and back covers.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 264630

Ref. Code: EP001.01.082.02.01.060

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