Historic New England

Cyclo-Core Carbide-Tipped Rotary Bits go through for you, drilling 1/4" to 6" diameter holes in vitreous tile and hard concrete, New England Carbide Tool Company, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

The drill bit is described in detail. There is a price list inside the brochure.

Date: 1954

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327281

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.027

1/8" to 1 1/2" diameter rotary drilling in soft or medium masonry use Cyclo-Twist Carbide-Tipped Bits, New England Carbide Tool Company, Inc., Cambridge, Mass.

The drill bit is described in detail. There is a price list inside the brochure.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327283

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.028

Expansion bolts, screw anchors, masonry drills, the inseparables, catalog 49, manufactured by the Rawlplug Company, Inc., 271 Church Street, New York, New York

The advantages, descriptions and dimensions for various tools are provided for customers. The products are available from E.H. Barbour Company, 251 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Mass.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327285

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.029

Book of Brosco woodwork designs, the permanent furniture of your home, Brockway-Smith-Haigh-Lovell Company, Boston, Mass.

The catalog has their complete line of millwork, Andersen wood window units and Morgan doors and built-ins.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327286

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.020

Design for better living, appliances, The Coleman Company, Inc., Wichita, Kansas

The catalog has stoves, radiant heaters, camp stoves, trailer ranges, lamps and lanterns. The products are available from J.E. Ward, 361 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

Date: 1949

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327289

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.007.042

Oriental reproductions by Karastan, Karastan Rug Mills, 295 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York

Select rugs are described for customers and there is a list of distributors. The business also has offices in Chicago and San Francisco.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327292

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.001.023

Nu-Wood Tile, more quietness more beauty for your ceilings! Wood Conversion Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota

The acoustical and plain surface wood tile for walls and ceilings is described in the brochure. The product is available from Lexington Lumber Corporation, 57 Bedford Street, Lexington, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327341

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.012

Decorating ideas for today's living with Armstrong Linoleum, Armstrong Cork Company, Lancaster Pennsylvania

Armstrong Linoleum is used to transform living room, dining room, kitchen and bedroom areas. There are four loose items: 1)A small sheet addressed to the customer requesting the booklet. 2)Decorator's Data Sheet. 3)Living-Dining Porch floor plan. 4)Modern fashion in floors sheet.

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327342

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.025

Flexrock building maintenance materials, Flexrock Company, Filbert & Cuthbert, west of 36th, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The company manufactures products for industrial building flooring and maintenance. A business card is stapled to the front cover for a sales person located at 751 Little Bldg., Boston, Mass.

Date: 1955

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327343

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.005.026

Facts about insulation for your home, Wood Conversion Company, First National Bank Bldg., St. Paul, Minnesota

The advantages of using "Balsam-Wool" and "Nu-Wood" in your home is described.

Date: 1953

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327350

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.013

Gold Bond Fireproof Rock Wool Insulation, National Gypsum Company, Buffalo, New York

Specifications and application directions are provided for the insulation. A price list is included for the different types of insulation. Text on the cover reads "A.I.A. File 37-B." The products are carried by Lexington Lumber Corporation, 57 Bedford Street, Lexington, Mass.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327351

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.014

Comfort that pays for itself, published by Johns-Manville Corp., 22 East Fortieth Street, New York, New York

Photographs, diagrams and text describe the advantages of installing intallation in your home. Text on the back cover reads "Have Johns-Manville Blown Rock Wool installed by Johns-Manville Sales Corp., 238 Main Street, Cambridge, Mass." There is a loose business card for a sales representative locat...

Date: 1946

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327358

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.008.015

Stanley Power Tools, Stanley catalog 562, division of the Stanley Works, New Britain, Connecticut

Descriptions, diagrams and features are provided for customers using the catalog. There is a loose price list no. 62 in the catalog.

Date: 1962

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327359

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.030

Anniversary Trip - New England

Small bound photographic album with 95 black and white photographs (5 1/2 x 3 1/4") , Album is inscribed inside front cover " Anniversary Trip Sept 21, 1918-22" Album opens with picture of older couple, possibly the anniversary couple, unidentified. Contents include pictures throughout New England...

Date: 1915-1922

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 327361

Ref. Code: PC009.290

Back Bay since 2500 B.C., New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass.

Four short pieces describe the early history of Back Bay: 1)"The Boylston Street Fishweir," by Frederick Johnson. 2)"The Filling-in of Back Bay," by Walter Muir Whitehill. 3)"The Boston Society of Natural History," by Walter Muir Whitehill. 4)The dioramas of Sarah Annette Rockwell is described. A ma...

Date: 1961

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327364

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.01.026

Postcard, the Dorr Mill Store, Guild, N.H., Route 103, near Newport, published by Whitney Studio, Newport, New Hampshire

The interior of the Dorr Mill Store can be seen with rugs, pillows and other craft items.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 327391

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1750.0040.001

Postcard, Iron Kettle Motel, Shaftsbury, Vermont, photography by Frank L. Forward, published by Forward's Color Productions, Inc., Manchester, Vermont

The postcard verso describes the motel's amenities. There is a pot of beans with the date "1796" on the postcard verso. The motel property is seen in the photograph with the Green Mountains in the background.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 327392

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USVT.1420.0020.001

Postcard, Café Marliave, over ye olde Province steps, 10 Bosworth Street, Boston, Mass., color photo, Rick Ashton, published by Bromley & Company, Inc. Boston, Mass.

The Café Marliave, established in 1875, is seen above the Province steps which led, in the past, to the Province House, the seat of the royal governors of Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 327395

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.6560.001

Edwin J. Lewis, Jr. Architectural Drawings Collection

This collection consists of an album compiled by Edwin J. Lewis, Jr. (architect), who worked at 9 Park St in Boston. The album contains elevations, perspective views, and plans rendered in ink and watercolor, and a few photographs and photomechanicals of residences, stables, and garages. The followi...

Date: undated

Collection: Edwin J. Lewis, Jr. Architectural Drawings Collection

GUSN: 327400

Ref. Code: AR031

Trade card, Service Electric Mfg. Co., 60 Prospect Street, Waltham, Mass.

The item introduces customers to sales personnel for help in selecting lighting fixtures. The card verso has a small map with the location of the business.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327418

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.027

Billhead A15719, Kaufman's Industrial Hardware, 770 Main Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The business carries mill and janitor supplies, power tools, brushes and ladders.

Date: 1951-02-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327431

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.043

Billhead A24752, Kaufman's Industrial Hardware, 770 Main Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The business carries mill and janitor supplies, power tools, brushes and ladders.

Date: 1951-04-18

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327432

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.044

Billhead A24782, Kaufman's Industrial Hardware, 770 Main Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The business carries mill and janitor supplies, power tools, brushes and ladders.

Date: 1951-04-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327434

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.045

Billhead C16054, Kaufman Company, Inc., tools, shop equipment, industrial supplies, 190 Munroe Street at Sixth Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The business specializes in industrial equipment, tools and supplies.

Date: 1965-07-06

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327436

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.046

Billhead 1867-25, April 20, EMF Electric Supply Co. & Camera Exchange, 110-120 Brookline Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The company carries electrical appliances, radios, industrial supplies, mechanics' tools, cameras and photographic supplies and lighting fixtures. The billhead verso has an image of the business premises. The billhead is in the amount of $2.97.

Date: 1950-12-14

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327449

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.047

Billhead 1827-36, January 25, EMF Electric Supply Co. & Camera Exchange, 110-120 Brookline Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The company carries electrical appliances, radios, industrial supplies, mechanics' tools, cameras and photographic supplies and lighting fixtures. The billhead verso has an image of the business premises. The billhead is in the amount of $23.83

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327454

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.048

Billhead 1819-1, January 30, EMF Electric Supply Co. & Camera Exchange, 110-120 Brookline Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The company carries electrical appliances, radios, industrial supplies, mechanics' tools, cameras and photographic supplies and lighting fixtures. The billhead verso has an image of the business premises. The billhead is in the amount of $3.60

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327468

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.049

Billhead 1780-12, December 14, EMF Electric Supply Co. & Camera Exchange, 110-120 Brookline Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The company carries electrical appliances, radios, industrial supplies, mechanics' tools, cameras and photographic supplies and lighting fixtures. The billhead verso has an image of the business premises. The billhead is in the amount of $23.49,

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327469

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.050

Billhead 1830-18, January 30, EMF Electric Supply Co. & Camera Exchange, 110-120 Brookline Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The company carries electrical appliances, radios, industrial supplies, mechanics' tools, cameras and photographic supplies and lighting fixtures. The billhead verso has an image of the business premises. The billhead is in the amount of $15.34,

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327470

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.051

Billhead 16634, June 10, 1953, EMF Electric Supply Co. & Camera Exchange, 110-120 Brookline Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The company carries electrical appliances, radios, industrial supplies, mechanics' tools, cameras, photographic supplies, lighting fixtures, televisions and record players. The billhead verso has an image of the business premises. The billhead is in the amount of $1.81

Date: 1953-06-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 327471

Ref. Code: EP001.01.060.01.01.052

C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

This collection consists of approved patents for C.G. Sargent's sons, patent files by the company's competitors, correspondence and papers related to patents and copyright, as well as architectural and technical drawings and photos, corporate documents, and ephemera including engravings, company and...

Date: 1848-1984, predominant 1854-1911

Collection: C. G. Sargent's Sons collection

GUSN: 327472

Ref. Code: CC016

Marlow & McKiel (builders) house, unidentified location

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for builders Marlow & McKiel (commission #362) including six elevations, three plans, and three details. No drawings are signed; one is dated. Location is unknown. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a slate roof and a clapbo...

Date: 1933

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

GUSN: 327482

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.362

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #363) including three elevations, three plans, and one topographical map. Topographical map was made by John F. Rand, Civil Engineer (Melrose, Massachusetts). No other drawings are dated ...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327484

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.363

Sidney M. Kensinger house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of house for Sidney M. Kensinger in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #364) including four elevations, three plans, three heating plans, and two details. Heating plans are signed "N H & J" and dated; no other drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a tw...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327486

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.364

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #366) including four elevations, three plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with a slate roof and a brick and r...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327488

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.366

W. N. Hardy house, Newton, Mass.

Set of thirteen architectural drawings of house for W. N. Hardy in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #368) including four elevations, three plans, three framing plans, and three details. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a front gable, ...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327491

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.368

Lawrence Scovelle house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for Lawrence Scovelle in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #369) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison-style house with an asphalt shingle saltbox roof and a clapb...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327492

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.369

Bengt Eriksson house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Bengt Eriksson in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #370) including four elevations, three plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a wood shingle roof and a brick and c...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327495

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.370

John H. Bryer house, Newton, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for John H. Bryer in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #371) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and one detail. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a slate roof and a brick a...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327496

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.371

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #372) including three elevations, three plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with one front dormer and one fro...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327499

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.372

William A. Flood farmhouse, Phillipston, Mass.

Set of twelve architectural drawings of addition to farmhouse for William Flood in Phillipston, Massachusetts (commission #373) including three elevations, three plans, one rendering, and five details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story addition to an existing farmhouse ...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327500

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.373

Inman house, unidentified location

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for a client named Inman through the developers Haynes & Hernandez at an unidentified location (commission #375) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colo...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327503

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.375

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #376) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with two front dormers, a slate roo...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327504

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.376

Edmund C. McLaughlin (builder) house, Melrose, Mass.

Set of eight architectural drawings of house for builder Edmund C. McLaughlin in Melrose, Massachusetts (commission #377) including four elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with an asphalt shingle hip r...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327507

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.377

Maurice A. Dunlavy (builder) house, Brookline, Mass.

Set of ten architectural drawings of house for builder Maurice A. Dunlavy in Brookline, Massachusetts (commission #377-2) including four elevations, three plans, two framing plans, and one detail. No drawings are signed or dated. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with two front dor...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327508

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.377-2

Chester S. Patten (builder) house, unidentified location

Set of eleven architectural drawings of house for builder Chester S. Patten at an unidentified location (commission #378) including five elevations, three plans, and three details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with one front dormer and a s...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327509

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.378

Alfred H. Dean house, Weston, Mass.

Set of seven architectural drawings of house for Alfred H. Dean in Weston, Massachusetts (commission #380) including three elevations, three plans, and one detail. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Colonial Revival-style house with a shingle roof and a clapboard exterio...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327512

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.380

Richard H. Grogan house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Richard H. Grogan in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #381) including four elevations, three plans, and eight details. One drawing is dated and signed "R B W." Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with a sla...

Date: 1933

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

GUSN: 327514

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.381

Richard H. Grogan house, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Set of three architectural drawings for alterations to house for Richard H. Grogan in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts (commission #381-A) including two elevationsand one plan. Two drawings are dated; all are signed as being drawn by Robert E. Minot. Altrations include changing a proch to a study a...

Date: 1958

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

GUSN: 327515

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.381-A

Percy R. Winters house, unidentified location

Set of nine architectural drawings of house for Percy R. Winters at an unidentified location (commission #382) including four elevations, three plans, and two details. No drawings are dated or signed. Drawings depict a two-story Garrison Colonial Revival-style house with one front dormer, asphalt...

Date: 1933, undated

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

GUSN: 327542

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.382

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