Historic New England

Trade card for the Universal Steam Laundry, corner Pearl and Congress Streets, Portland, Maine, 1892

The inside of the card is a moveable image of a female bicyclist who has fallen off her bike and her legs fly up revealing her white undergarments.The lower right corner of the image reads "Patented by Albert Opert, November 15, 1892."

Date: 1892

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256367

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.009

Trade card for C. Gilbert's Linen Starch, Buffalo, New York, undated

A young girl holds a box of C. Gilbert's Linen Starch in the image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256368

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.02.010

Business card for Jerome H. Fiske, attorney and counsellor at law, No. 194 Essex Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Jerome Fiske practices law in Salem, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256369

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.001

Business card for Henry A. Clapp, attorney and counsellor at law, No. 39 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Henry Clapp practices law on Court Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256370

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.002

Business card for Hiram Wellington, attorney and counsellor at law, office No. 10 Court Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Wellington is a solicitor in chancery and proctor in admiralty. He is a commissioenr for Maine and Vermont.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256371

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.003

Business card for James H. Wilder, attorney at law, No. 9 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Wilder practices law on State Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256373

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.004

Business card for MacLeod, Calver, Copleland & Dike, counsellors at law, 350 Tremont Building, Boston, Mass., 1927

The law firm specializes in patents, trade-marks and copyrights. The handwritten text on the card verso reads "Bus. card of 1927."

Date: 1927

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256374

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.005

Business card for Macullar, Parker & Company, 400 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The partners are listed on the bottom of the card.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256375

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.006

Estate of Daniel Edson, Sr. to Tisdale Hearlow, location unknown, dated June 1882-November 1883

A seal, with the lion and the unicorn, is stamped in the upper left corner of the billhead.

Date: 1882-1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256422

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.007

Massachusetts quitclaim deed, Thomas Groom & Co., 82 State Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The item is a blank Massachusetts quitclaim deed form.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256428

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.01.008

Business card for Charles Steere, attorney and counsellor at law and notary public, No. 33 School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Steere's law practice is located on School Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256433

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.02.001

Letterhead for Hyde, Dickinson & Howe, counsellors at law, 14 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The partners names are listed on the lower left corner of the letterhead.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256434

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.02.002

Letterhead for Selwyn Z. Bowman, counsellor at law, 54 Devonshire Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

Bowman's office is the third door from State Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256435

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.02.003

Letterhead for Hyde, Dickinson & Howe, counsellors at law, 14 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The partners names are listed on the lower left corner of the letterhead.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256436

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.02.004

Letterhead for Hyde, Dickinson & Howe, counsellors at law, 14 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The partners names are listed on the lower left corner of the letterhead.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256437

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.02.005

Letterhead for Hyde, Dickinson & Howe, counsellors at law, 14 Pemberton Square, Boston, Mass., 1800s

The partners names are listed on the lower left corner of the letterhead.

Date: 1800s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256438

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.02.006

Agency for procuring United States, Canadian and European patents, Henry W. Williams, attorney and counsellor at law, 294 Washington Street, 10 Milk Street and 7 Spring Lane, Boston, Mass., 1903

Williams is a solicitor of American and foreign patents with offices in the Old South Building in Boston, Massachusetts. The pamphlet describes the patent process.

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256447

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.02.007

Letterhead for Haskins & Stoddard, law office, No. 3 Crosby Block, Brattleboro, Vermont, dated January 23, 1893

The letter describes a property dispute related to a New York client of the firm.

Date: 1893-01-23

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 256449

Ref. Code: EP001.01.070.01.02.008