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Advertisement, the new Marmon Brougham, Marmon Motor Car Co., Indianapolis, Indiana

The business sells several de luxe models of this vehicle.

Advertisement, Pierce-Arrow dual-valve six, Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company, Buffalo, New York

A woman steps into a chauffeur driven Pierce-Arrow in the illustration. Text at the bottom of the image reads "Open cars $5250, closed cars $7000 at Buffalo, government tax additional." The ad was published in Life magazine on February 25, 1926.

Advertisement, Chevrolet, building a better way to see the U.S.A., General Motors Corporation, Chevrolet Motor Division, Detroit, Michigan

A family poses with their 1972 Chevelle Malibu Sport Coupe in front of the Portland Head Lighhouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The ad was published in Popular Mechanics, January 1972.

Advertisement, things a man can trust, New York Life Insurance Company, 51 Madison Avenue, New York, New York

The lighthouse stands on a rock surrounded by waves. The ad was published in 1941 in the Saturday Evening Post.

Homeless salvaging their belongings, Falmouth, Cape Cod, Mass., International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Passage cut thru highway gives suggestion of lumbercamp scene, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Nothing was left but wreckage at Misquamicut, Rhode Island, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Exclusive Bailey's Beach entirely wiped out at Newport, Rhode Island, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

This roof was blown off at Boston, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Unitarian Church in ruins at Worcester, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Cottage blown into canal under Sagamore Bridge, Cape Cod, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Fallen trees and flood at Concord, New Hampshire, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

An individual paddles a boat with Stearns Grocery Co. in the background. Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of liv...

Portrait of unidentified man standing at hand pump, Spencer-Peirce-Little House, Newbury, Mass.

An unidentified man stands next to the hand pump behind the Spencer-Peirce-Little House in Newbury, Massachusetts.

Longfellow House, home of "The clock on the stairs," Pittsfield, Mass.

The house was actually owned by Thomas Gold and subsequently by Nathan Appleton, Longfellow's father-in-law. It was also known as Elm Knoll and inspired Longfellow's poem "The old clock on the stairs."

Bathing beach and hotels looking east from pier, Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Text on the verso reads "Published by Jack Sudenfield, Old Orchard Beach, Maine."

Exterior view of stables building, Brookline Country Club, Brookline, Mass.

Two large trees stand near the property.

Assembly room of Business Women's Club, State House Park, Boston, Mass.

Furniture and a fireplace can be seen in the room at 144 Bowdoin Street.

Ticket, July 4, 1776, great national anniversary, this admits to the 50th national festival at Faneuil Hall this day July 4, 1826

The ticket for the 50th anniversary celebration states dinner will be held at 3:00 p.m.

Ticket for West End Street Railway Co., Boston, Mass.

The Boston subway system opened on September 1, 1897. Text on the ticket reads "Good only on car taken in subway this day, void if carried from subway without using." The ticket is from a page in William Sumner Appleton's scrapbook.

Trade card, Taylor, Thomas & Co., importers and jobbers of dry goods, Nos. 71 and 73 Franklin Street, corner Devonshire, Boston, Mass.

Text on the item verso reads "Have resumed business at 503 Washington St. Relic. This card was in our vault and passed through the Great Fire of November, 1872."

Allston Railroad Station, Allston, Mass.

The H.H. Richardson designed Allston Depot can be seen in the image.

Railway station and Odd Fellows Hall, Allston, Mass.

The H.H. Richardson designed Allston Depot is in the foreground with several horse-drawn vehicles around it. The Allston Hall building houses the Odd Fellows, the Taft & Waite real estate business and the Allston News Company. Text at the top of the building reads "Allston Hall Block, 1889-1890." ...

Birthplace of John Adams, second President of the United States, built about 1663, Quincy, Mass.

A wooden rail fence is in front of the property.

Ranges Light, Georges Island, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass.

The lighthouse and other buildings can be seen in the image.

Ranges Light, Georges Island, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass.

The moon shines over the lighthouse and other buildings on Georges Island. The verso has a small newspaper clipping about the Boston port affixed to it.

Bookplate printed for the Massachusetts Historical Society on the fund given by William Bradford Homer Dowse, designed by Sidney Lawton Smith

Pedestrians walk up and down the Boston Common path in front of the Massachusetts State House. Text over the beehive illustration at the top reads "Sic vos non vobis."

Bookplate for Catherine Pollock Loveland, engraved by J.W. Jameson

The statue is "The Puritan," Deacon Samuel Chapin done by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The name "J.W. Jameson" is handwritten at the bottom of the bookplate. A hand-drawn small flag is on the lower right side.

Regulations for the library of the Middlesex Mechanic Association, undated

The text outlines the rules for members around book borrowing.

Bookplate for Anna Ray Chatman, her book, engraved by F.G. Hall

Anna Ray Chatman was the niece of the engraver Frederick Garrison Hall.

Bookplate for the City of Boston, Boston, Mass.

The City of Boston seal is above the text which describes the textbook use policy in the Boston Public Schools.

Addition to Stable for Henry C. Bowen Esq. Woodstock, Conn.

Includes: Framing Plan of Rear, Addition to Stable for Henry C. Bowen Esq. Woodstock, Conn. Framing Plan of Side, Addition to Stable for Henry C. Bowen Esq. Woodstock, Conn. Framing Plan of Front, Addition to Stable for Henry C. Bowen Esq. Woodstock, Conn. Framing Plan of Both Floors, Additio...

Hood Farm, Derry, New Hampshire

The barn and house are behind a stone fence and a stand of trees.

Hoods Farm, Derry, New Hampshire

Dairy cattle graze in a pasture on the Hood Farm.

Dairy barn, Derry, New Hampshire

The upper right corner has a seal with a cow in the middle with text that reads "H.P. Hood & Sons, Milk." Text below the seal reads "Established 1846."

Hood Farm, Derry, New Hampshire

The barn and house can be seen in the image.

Hood Boarding House, Derry Village, New Hampshire

1 postcard : black-and-white print

A.S. Frier, crockery, tin ware, & wooden ware, 83 & 85 Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass.

The proprietor is surrounded by goods from his store in the image.

Label, John Doggett, gilder, looking-glass and picture framer, Roxbury Street, Roxbury, Mass.

The label is affixed to a wood item.

3rd of July centennial celebration of Washington's taking command of the American army, Fort Washington, Cambridgeport, Mass.

A small group of unidentifed people sit on the grass in Fort Washington for the centennial celebration.

Hamilton statue, Boston, Mass.

Two women and two men stand in front of the Alexander Hamilton statue on the Commonwealth Avenue mall.

Your new home: a selected collection of plans for small houses from four to eight rooms, for which complete working drawings may be secured at a nominal cost, Dierks Lumber & Coal Co., Kansas City, Mo., undated

The plan book promotes the use of Dierks lumber flooring. Includes pricing information, floor plans, and photographic prints of their products.

Blue book of small homes, Nationwide House Plan Service, Providence, R.I., 1937

Plan book of small home designs. The dealer will also help customers finance their homes. Includes photographic prints and floor plans of designs. Text on the item verso reads, "New ideas by small home architects." Grossman's, a retailer of building materials, promotes its building supplies in the p...

Plans for concrete farm buildings, Portland Cement Association, Chicago, Ill., undated

Photographic prints, floor plans, and descriptions are provided for various types of farm buildings. Customers can get the plans through Gladwin & Lane in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Low budget homes, 4th ed., L. F. Garlinghouse Company, 115 Eighth Avenue, Topeka, Kan., undated

Descriptions, dimensions, photographic prints, floor plans, and pricing information are provided for the houses.

Examples of small home architecture from our home building service, Sage-Fifield Lumber Co., Delavan, Wis., undated

Photographic prints, floor plans, and descriptions are provided for customers.

Grossman's showcase of homes, L. Grossman Sons, Inc., Union Street, Braintree, Mass., undated

The plan book has a company story, construction methods, financing, and material specifications. Include floor plans, illustrations, and descriptions of designs. The contact address for a salesman in Salem, New Hampshire, is stamped on one of the pages.

Garlinghouse homes in brick: modern homes designed to meet requirements of modern families, L. F. Garlinghouse, Inc., 820 Quincy Street, Topeka, Kan., undated

Plan book includes photographic prints, floor plans, dimensions, and pricing information on designs. Text on the cover reads, "Also 32 new ranch homes of frame, brick & stone in full color."

Grossman's quality low cost homes, L. Grossman Sons, Inc., 130 Granite Street, Quincy, Mass., undated

The plan book has a month-by-month break down of costs. Details the benefits of buying a house via L. Grossman Sons, Inc. Text on the front cover reads, "No down payment!" Manufactured by L. Grossman Sons, Inc. and designed by the Contis Studios.

The book of 100 homes: containing the designs and floor plans of one hundred homes, bungalows, cottages and two story homes, book G, Brown-Blodgett Company, University and Wheeler Avenues, St. Paul, Minn., 1940

The plan book has a table detailing the cost of a 20-year mortgage under the Federal Housing Administration. Includes photographic prints for various structures, as well as some floor plans, dimensions, and descriptions.

Homes of beauty and convenience: carefully selected designs whose beauty and liveableness mark them as among the best work of nationally known architects. Illustrated by exterior and interior views, floor plans and details, Building Age and the Builders' Journal, 239 West 39th Street, New York, N.Y., 1924

Detailed descriptions cover existing private homes in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.