Historic New England

Trade card for The Sterling Company, silversmiths, 7 Eddy Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The Company has a New York office at 176 Broadway.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255590

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.002

Trade card for S. Eastman, loan office, 200 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The bottom of the card reads "Watch and jewelry repairing a specialty."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255591

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.003

Trade card for The Whatnot Shop, jewelry, 90 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Shop carries butterfly wing jewelry, handmade miniatures, carved wood and imports.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255592

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.004

Trade card for W.E. Taber & Son, jewelers, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

The illustration caption reads "Is that beautiful watch for me." The card verso watch case description has small readable sections.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255593

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.005

Trade card for St. Botolph, jeweler, 480 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Fine plated jewelry is a specialty of the business on Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255594

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.006

Trade card for Palmer, Bachelder & Co., jewelers, No. 394 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Flowers and a butterfly decorate the trade card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255595

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.007

Trade card for Currier & L'Heureux, jewelers, 2040 Washington Street, Boston Highlands, Mass., undated

Flowers and a butterfly decorate the jewelers trade card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255596

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.008

Trade card for Herbert A. Carr, fine watches, diamonds, jewelry, Pleasant Street, Claremont, New Hampshire, undated

Carr repairs fine watches in his shop in Claremont, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255597

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.009

Trade card for F.W. Griswold, watchmaker and jeweler, 493 High Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Griswold carries watches, clocks, jewelry, spectacles, musical instrument trimmings and sewing machine needles and oil.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255598

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.010

Trade card for St. Botolph, fancy goods, jewelry, 480 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A figure in Asian costume is shown in the illustration.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255599

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.011

Trade card for the Rockford Watch, Rockford, Illinois, undated

The card is in the shape of a vegetable beet. The accuracy and dependability of the Rockford Watch is described inside the trade card. The item is sold by William A. Brown, jeweler, in Hillsboro, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255712

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.012

Trade card for C.W. Haskins, jeweler, 14 Purchase Street, New Bedford, Mass., undated

The manufacture of Keystone Watch Cases is described on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255713

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.013

Trade card for A. Stowell & Co., jewelry, No. 24 Winter Street, Boston, Mass., 1884

The Company carries watches, jewelry, diamonds, silverware, fancy goods, bronzes, statuary, vases and plaques. There is an 1884 calendar on the card verso.

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255714

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.014

Trade card for A. Stowell & Co., 24 Winter St., Boston, Mass., December 1880

The card verso lists some of the holiday offerings for customers including rich gold jewelry, Vienna goods and special novelties.

Date: 1880-12

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255715

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.015

Trade cards for F.W. Griswold, watchmaker and jeweler, 493 High Street, Providence, Rhode Island, undated

Griswold carries watches, clocks, jewelry, spectacles, musical instrument trimmings and sewing machine needles and oil. Two trade cards are glued back to back. The text information is the same but each have different images, one showing a cabin in a lake setting and the other a harbor scene with sai...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255716

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.016

Trade card for The E.B. Horn Co., jewelers, 429 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The item is a ring size card and lists the months with the corresponding birthstones.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255717

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.017

Trade card for the Lancaster Watch, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1880

The card verso has an image of the working parts of a 1269 Lancaster Watch.

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255732

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.018

Billhead for S. & J. Myers, importers of diamonds & watches, French clocks, 388 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

The business functions as a jewelry jobber as well as an importer.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255733

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.019

Brochure for Patek Philippe, watches, location unknown, undated

Watch styles are shown with a price list on the item verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255734

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.020

John Gilpin's ride, with the compliments of James A. Horne, jeweler, Central Street, Dover, New Hampshire, undated

The text is "The diverting history of John Gilpin," by William Cowper with illustrations by Randolph Caldecott in this eight page printing. The inside of the front and back covers have advertisements for Horne items.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255752

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.021

Advertisement for R.H. White Co., store, 518-536 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A couple is shown in the image for the R.H. White store.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256212

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.022

Handbill for G.A. Swallow, jeweler, Brownsville, Vermont, undated

Swallow repairs watches, clocks, jewelry and is available to the residents of West Windsor, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256213

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.023

Handbill for G.A. Swallow, jeweler, Brownsville, Vermont, undated

Swallow notifies the residents of Proctorsville that he will be in their village every Tuesday to repair jewelry and clocks.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256214

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.024

Billhead for James Murphy, English goods and jewellery store, No. 50 Marlboro Street, Boston, Mass., dated December 6, 1815

Murphy's store carries teas of all kinds in addition to English goods and jewelry.

Date: 1815-12-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256215

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.02.025

Trade card for The Linen Glacé Co., sole manufacturers of the world's starch polish, office 86 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card verso describes the advantages of using the product. There is a testimonial from Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher dated January 11, 1881.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256217

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.001

Trade card for The Celluloid Starch Company, celluloid starch, New Haven, Connecticut, undated

A portion of the text on the card verso is in German.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256218

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.002

Trade card for La Confiance Fire Insurance Company, No. 2 Rue Favart, Paris, France, 1881

A statement of assets and liabilities is listed on the verso for January 1, 1881. Monrose & Mulville are the general agents in New York. W.D. Hall is the agent in Richmond, Vermont. The Company was organized in 1844.

Date: 1881

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255451

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.009

Brochure for The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, 214 & 216 Broadway, New York, New York, 1889

The brochure has a table of yearly rates and anecdotes describing accidents. The back cover has J.N. Patterson as the agent in Concord, New Hampshire.

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255452

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.010

Trade card for the Farmington Fire Insurance Agency, News Office, Farmington, New Hampshire, undated

The card lists the fire box locations in Farmington, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255453

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.011

Brochure for The Ohio Valley Life Company of Wheeling, West Virginia, Eastern Department, 54 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., 1885

Business details of the Company, which began on July 4, 1878, are outlined in the brochure. The Eastern Department is located in the Phoenix Building on Devonshire Street.

Date: 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255454

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.012

Trade cards for The Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, 1890

A licensed copy from the drawing of the Grant Memorial in Riverside Park, New York is shown on the card verso. John H. Duncan is the architect.

Date: 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255482

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.013

Trade card for the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, 1883

The inside of the card has a statement of assets for January 1, 1883. The inside illustration depicts the phoenix rising from the ashes. The card verso shows the insurance building in Hartford, Connecticut.

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255484

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.014

Trade card for the Springfield Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Springfield, Mass., undated

A Massachusetts map serves as the card illustration. The Company was incorporated in 1849. Alfred E. Watson is the agent located in White River Junction, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255485

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.015

Trade cards for The Granite State Fire Insurance Company of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, undated

The image shows the Mt. Washington summit house and train. Alfred E. Watson is the agent in Hartford, Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255486

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.016

Trade card for the Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, 1916

The left and right corners of the card read "1810" and "1916." Alfred E. Watson is the resident agent in White River Junction, Vermont.

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255487

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.03.017

Trade card for The Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, undated

The item was "Patented June 6, 1905, The Whitehead & Hoag Company, Newark, New Jersey." The verso reads "Insure in the Great Life, Accident and Liability Company."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255488

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.001

Trade card for The Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, Connecticut, undated

The card urges the public to buy an accidental insurance ticket and gives the rates. The card verso has an image of the home office building in Hartford, Connecticut.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255489

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.002

Business card for Wilbur O. Black, special agent, The Fidelity Mutual Life Insurance Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The agent is located at 916, 917, 918 Amoskeag Bank Building, Manchester, New Hampshire. The Company was founded in 1878.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255490

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.003

Business card for Gordon E. Wheeler, general agent, The Fidelity Mutual Life insurance Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, undated

The agent is located at 514-15 Amoskeag Bank Building, Manchester, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255491

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.004

Business card for Charles A. MacDonald, special representative, Mutual Benefit & Accident Association, United Benefit Life Insurance Company, Omaha, Nebraska, 1950

The Vermont-New Hampshire branch office is located at 419 Amoskeag Bank Building, Manchester, New Hampshire. A 1950 calendar is on the card verso.

Date: 1950

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255492

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.005

Needle case for The National Life and Accident Insurance Company, location unknown, undated

The item has a packet of Dix and Rands High Grade Sharps 3/9 Best Quality needles. The inside of the item reads "A stitch in time saves nine, Presented by The Shield Man, Tune in WSM at 650 KC every day and Grand Ole Opry Saturdays too!"

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255493

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.006

Trade card for The Life Insurance Company of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, undated

The image caption reads "What is the difference between a school-master and a cashier?" The Company is described on the card verso and was organized in 1871.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255494

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.007

Trade card for the John C. Paige Insurance Agency, 7 Exchange Place, Boston, Mass., undated

Paige is the agent for the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, the Imperial Fire Insurance Company of London, the Northern Assurance Company of London, the Orient Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut and the Standard Fire Insurance Company of Trenton, New Jersey.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255495

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.008

Trade card for the Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Cambridgeport, Mass., 1904

The card verso has a 1904 calendar.

Date: 1904

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255496

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.009

Notebook for The East Hartford Trust Company, East Hartford, Connecticut, 1928

The notebook contains reference information, a 1928 calendar and pages to record telephone numbers, cash memoranda and personal notes.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255497

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.010

Trade card for Fuller & Story, general insurance agents, 15 Shetucket Street and 161 Main Street, Norwich, Connecticut, 1890

The card is a customer notification that a premium is due on March 5, 1890. The card verso describes the services provided by the insurance agency including real estate, foreign exchange and passage tickets.

Date: 1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255498

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.011

Trade card for J. Palmer Story, general insurance agent, 161 Main and 15 Shetucket Street, Room No. 3, Norwich, Connecticut, 1891

The card is a customer notification that a premium is due on March 5, 1891. The card verso describes the services provided by the insurance agent including real estate, foreign exchange and passage tickets.

Date: 1891

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255499

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.012

Trade card for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., undated

A table showing the time that a life policy will continue in force after the annual cash payment of premium has ceased is on the card verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255500

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.013

Trade card for The State Mutual Life Assurance Company of Worcester, Mass., 1888

E.S. Barker is the general agent located at 48 Congress Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The card verso has a table to record the electoral votes for the 1888 presidential election.

Date: 1888

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255501

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.014

Insignia of rank officers U.S. Infantry, The Travelers Life & Accident Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut, 1888

The front and back covers show the insignia for U.S. Infantry officers. The inside of the card has an 1889 calendar.

Date: 1888

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 255502

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.04.015

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