Historic New England

Scrapbook, 1935-1936

Scrapbook containing materials dated 1935 to 1936.The materials include clippings from a variety of newspapers and journals which relate to an impostor posing as Royal Barry Wills after he stole a gold medal awarded to Wills in 1934 for a national design competition. The thief, Daniel W. Kingsbury, ...

Date: 1935-1936

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324333

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.039

Scrapbook, 1935-1936

Untitled scrapbook containing materials dated 1935 to 1936.The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, particularly the "Home Building Plans" column in the Boston Evening Transcript, which feature houses designed by Royal Barry Wills. Also present are a number of loose cl...

Date: 1935-1936

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324334

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.040

Scrapbook, 1954-1957

Untitled scrapbook containing materials dated 1954 to 1957.The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings including: columns in the Boston Sunday Herald featuring houses designed by Royal Barry Wills, information on a line of prefabricated homes designed by Wills, and reviews...

Date: 1954-1957

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324335

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.045

Scrapbook, 1957-1962

Scrapbook titled "Publicity from December 1957 to February 1962." The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are magazine and newspaper clippings including: articles on homes designed by Royal Barry Wills and Royal Barry Wills Associates; information on a line of prefabricated homes designed by ...

Date: 1957-1962

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324336

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.046

Scrapbook, 1962-1964

Untitled scrapbook containing materials, primarily dated 1962 to 1964.The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are magazine and newspaper clippings featuring houses designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates with a particular emphasis on housing developments in Boxford, Massachusetts and New Sea...

Date: 1962-1964

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324337

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.047

Scrapbook, 1963-1967

Untitled scrapbook containing materials dated 1963 to 1967. The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are magazine and newspaper clippings focusing on a house designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates for the 1964-1965 World's Fair in New York and a senior living community designed by the firm a...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324338

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.048

Scrapbook, 1956-1968

Untitled scrapbook containing materials dated 1965 to 1968. The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are magazine and newspaper clippings featuring photos and building plans designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates, including residential developments in New Seabury and Boxford, Mass. and a pro...

Date: 1956-1968

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324339

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.049

Scrapbook, 1965-1969

Untitled scrapbook containing materials dated 1965 to 1969. The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings from the "You and Your Architect" column series in the Sunday Herald Traveler newspaper. The column featured drawings and floorplans of houses designed by a variety of a...

Date: 1965-1969

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324340

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.050

Scrapbook, 1970-1972

Untitled scrapbook containing materials dated 1970 to 1972. The majority of the materials in the scrapbook are newspaper clippings from the "You and Your Architect" column series in the Sunday Herald Traveler newspaper. The column featured drawings and floorplans of houses designed by a variety of a...

Date: 1970-1972

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 324341

Ref. Code: AR029.03.02.051

Collision at Buzzards Bay, Norwegian Tanker and Oiler

A photograph of a collision of a Norwegian tanker and oiler at Buzzards Bay.

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324343

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.030

Crane digging trench at Toll Road

A photograph of a crane digging a trench at what is believed to be a Toll Road. Note, photograph is damaged.

Date: 1955, undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324344

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.031

Photograph of the Cape Cod Canal

A photograph of the Cape Cod Canal with drawbridge in the background. Note, photograph is damaged.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324345

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.032

New York Bound Steam Locamotive on tracks

Steam Locamotive on railroad tracks. Caption on back reads, "New York Bound - Steam at approx. 60 M.P.H."

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324346

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.033

Women standing at the entrance of the Edaville Station (1 of 2)

A photograph of four women standing at the entrance of the Edaville Station in 1949.

Date: 1949

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324347

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.034

Women standing at the entrance of the Edaville Station (2 of 2)

An alternate view of four women standing at the entrance of the Edaville Station in 1949.

Date: 1949

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324348

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.035

Drawbridge Crossing Cape Cod Canal

Photograph taken on July 29, 1928 of a drawbridge crossing the Cape Cod Canal in Bourne, Massachusetts.

Date: 1928

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324349

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.036

Bournehurst on the Canal photograph

A photograph taken of a young women in front of a car at the Bournehurst on the Canal building on July 29, 1928.

Date: 1928

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324350

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.037

Crane at Cape Cod Canal

A black-and-white snapshot of a crane moving soil in the Cape Cod canal construction.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324351

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.038

Dump truck and crane at Cape Cod Canal construction

Snapshot of dump truck and crane at Cape Cod Canal construction.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324352

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.039

Train moving past a signal tower along railway at Cape Cod Canal

A photograpgh of a New Haven Railrod 4-6-4 streamlined Shore Line type steam locomotive moving past a signal tower along the railway at Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324353

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.040

Ship 227 moving through Cape Cod Canal

A photograph of ship 227 moving through the Cape Cod Canal

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324354

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.041

Dredge at Cape Cod Canal

The caption on the back of this photograph reads Governor Warfield new dredge at work on Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324355

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.042

Crane at work on Cape Cod Canal

A damaged, undated photograph of a crane at work on the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324356

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.043

Bourne High School

The Bourne High School before the fire that destroyed most of it. The shell was remodelled and a large wing and auditorium added. These little elms seen lining the approach are now massive trees towering above the school and in Summer completely hiding the building. Taken about 1920.

Date: 1920

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324357

Ref. Code: MS028.04.026.015

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Mrs. August Belmont attend a luncheon

Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Mrs. August Belmont attend a luncheon and meeting of the Women's Division of the Emergency Unemployment Relief Committee at the Waldof-Astoria Hotel in New York, October 29, 1931.

Date: 1931

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324358

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.044

Aerial of Cape Cod Canal

A aerial view of the Cape Cod Canal. Caption on the back of it reads: Selected by the American Institute of Steel Construction as the "most beautiful" bridge.

Date: 1935

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324359

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.045

The SS New York in the Cape Cod Canal

The SS New York, of the Eastern Steamships Corporation, in the Cape Cod Canal in 1928.

Date: 1928

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324360

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.046

U.S. Coast Guard light ship Relief approaches the Cape Cod Canal

The U.S. Coast Guard light ship Relief approaches the Cape Cod Canal in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Date: 1961

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324361

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.047

Cape Cod Canal, looking east to the Sagamore Bridge

An undated photograph of the Cape Cod Canal, looking east to the Sagamore Bridge.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324362

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.048

Yawl Myth II enters Cape Cod Canal with Governor Roosevelt onboard

The Yawl Myth II enters the Cape Cod Canal heading toward the Sagamore Bridge with Governor Roosevelt onboard.

Date: 1932

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324363

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.049

Burrowes weatherstrips, E.T Burrowes Co., Portland, Maine

The features and advantages of the metal weatherstrips are described for customers. Text on the item reads "This 1926 circular gives you the how." The year 1926 is handwritten on the item.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324366

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.015.004

Trade card, Alex. R. Esty, architect, 2 Change Avenue, Boston, Mass.

The card is affixed inside a book cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324367

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.02.006

Business card, lose wait with Uno's advanced seating, Pizzeria Uno, Chicago bar & grill, 280 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass.

Customers are urged to call when leaving home to place their name on the waiting list thus insuring less of a wait when they arrive.

Date: 1997

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324368

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.01.021

Catalogue of the Perry Pictures, 1923 edition, Perry Pictures Company, Malden, Mass.

"The Perry Pictures are halftone reproductions from photographs or steel engravings." Customers can select from portraits, historical and religious subjects and animals. There is a loose leaflet "Feeding her birds," copyrighted 1925, with information on Perry Pictures on the item verso. The front co...

Date: 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324370

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.019

Brochure for Bay State Liquid Paint, made by Wadsworth, Howland & Co, Inc., Boston, Mass., undated

The brochure has color samples and directions for applying the paint to exterior and interior house surfaces. The item is illustrated with a caricature of a pilgrim man standing on the state of Massachusetts with a paint brush and bucket at the ready.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324371

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.100

Suggestions for practical and artistic home decoration, Rogers Paints & Varnishes, Detroit White Lead Works, Detroit, Michigan

Suggestions for using Rogers products in exterior and interior work are provided for customers with color samples. Three loose leaflets for other products are included in the item. The paint can be purchased at Dorman Oil & Supply Company in Keene, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324372

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.104

Doctor's Office, undated

An unidentified photograph of a doctor's office from circa 1890.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 324374

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3600.0300.002

Country collection, Deck House, Inc., 930 Main Street, Acton, Mass.

Four models are described with dimensions and floor plans.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326417

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.159

Country house plans, fall 2000, Better Homes and Gardens

Articles on rural building sites, kitchens and communicating with your builder are included along with the house plans. Text on the front cover reads, "Better Homes and Gardens special interest publications."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326418

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.160

Weathervanes, by Kenneth Lynch, Kenneth Lynch & Sons, Inc., Wilton, Connecticut, published by Canterbury Publishing Co., Canterbury, Connecticut

Weathervane history, styles and materials are presented for customers. The restoration of the Old North Church weathervane following the 1954 hurricane is described. There are several pages devoted to cupolas, finials, miniature windmills and remote reading instruments. There is a separate brochure ...

Date: 1971

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326419

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.001.018

Ironware International, catalog, 710 Fessey Park Road, Nashville, Tennessee

The chandeliers and sconces are hand forged in Normandy, France. The products are available from Sintra House, One Design Place, Suite 426, Boston, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326440

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.006.008

Residences at the Ritz-Carlton Towers, sales center, 172 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

The folder contains the following items: 1)A prospectus which describes the condominiums to be built at the Ritz-Carlton Towers. 2)A brochure titled "The city known for making history is doing it again, announcing Boston's second Ritz-Carlton Hotel." 3)Two Loews Theatres Boston Common grand opening ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326446

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.161

Ceramic tile by the world famous designer Valentino, imported exclusively by Tile International, 319 Waverly Oaks Road, Waltham, Mass.

Customers are invited to the showroom to see the Valentino collection for bathrooms or kitchens.

Date: ca. 1981

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326452

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.021

William A. Dole Jr. house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for William A. Dole Jr. in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #100) including seven elevations, eight plans, one plot plan, and six details. Drawings are in pencil on trace and are undated. One is signed "R B Wills." Drawings depict a two-story, t...

Date: ca. 1925, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 326455

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.100

Tile Fashions, Inc., 525 Providence Hwy., Norwood, Mass.

The business features terracotta, Mexican wall and floor tiles, and marble and decorative Italian ceramic tiles. The stores also carry imported pedestal sinks and Italian crystal bath cabinets and fixtures.

Date: 1982

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326458

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.022

Hartco solid oak parquet floor covering, do it yourself Hartco Wood Foam-Tile with Par-K-Stik, Tibbals Flooring Company, Oneida, Tennessee

Step-by-step instructions for applying the wood foam-tiles is provided in the brochure.

Date: 1980

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326460

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.023

Catalog number 141, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Merchandise carried by the Philadelphia Sears store is described in the catalog. The front cover has an image of the store.

Date: 1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 326466

Ref. Code: EP001.12.010.001.036

H. C. Crandall house, Malden, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for H. C. Crandall in Malden, Massachusetts (commission #106) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. Drawings are in pencil on trace; no drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story, three-bay Dutch Colonial-style house wi...

Date: ca. 1925, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 326468

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.106

Wilhelmina T. Harding house, Newton, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for Mrs. Wilhelmina T. Harding in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #114) including four elevations, four plans, three framing plans, and one detail. Drawings are in pencil on trace; no drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story, thre...

Date: ca. 1925, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 326470

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.114

Henry Cragin Walker house, Duxbury, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Henry Cragin Walker in Duxbury, Massachusetts (commission #142) including four elevations, two plans, one plot plan, and five details. Plot plan and detail drawings are in pencil on trace; elevations and plans are in ink on coated cloth. No drawings ...

Date: ca. 1925, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 326472

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.142

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