Historic New England

Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, NH. Doorway

Rundlett Doorway, Dr. May's House Middle St., Portsmouth, N. H.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 355307

Ref. Code: PC006.RUN.01.083

Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, NH. The Rundlett Door

1 picture postcard

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 355308

Ref. Code: PC006.RUN.01.084

Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, NH. Exterior doorway drawing

Written on back, "Ralph May's Christmas card Dec. 1932. Shows the approach to his old home in Portsmouth." Kept with other small property photographs.

Date: December 1932

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 355309

Ref. Code: PC006.RUN.01.085

Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, NH. Exterior

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 355310

Ref. Code: PC006.RUN.01.086

Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, NH. Exterior

Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, N.H. Erected by James Rundlet 1806

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 355311

Ref. Code: PC006.RUN.01.087

Building corner of Joy Place and Joy Street, Boston, Mass.

A structure with double doors can be seen in the image.

Date: 1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355313

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5060.002

Lindall Place, construction site, Boston, Mass.

Laborers work in Lindall Place during the construction of the Beacon Hill Tunnel.

Date: 1911-11-13

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 355318

Ref. Code: PC017.02.021.005

Lindall Place, construction site seen from Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass.

The F.M. Kimball, provisions store is on the right at 308 Cambridge Street.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 355320

Ref. Code: PC017.02.021.006

Singer Manufacturing Company's sewing machines, unrivaled for the range and excellence of their work and extent of their sales, attachments for all kinds of work, 34 Union Square, New York; Lawrence office, No. 244 Essex Street, Lawrence, Mass.

Text on the card reads "Machine twist, needles, linen thread, cotton, oil."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355412

Ref. Code: EP001.01.102.03.03.029

Luke Baker, imports and sells, wholesale and retail, all kinds of English and India goods, No. 14 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.

Garlands strung between two pillars decorate the advertisement.

Date: 1798

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 355413

Ref. Code: EP001.01.016.05.01.014

Exterior view of City Hall, City Hall Plaza, Bicentennial celebration, Boston, Mass.

A large crowd has gathered for a Boston 200 bicentennial event on City Hall Plaza. In the upper right portion of the image, part of Faneuil Hall Marketplace can be seen. In the lower right, part of the Government Center Station can be seen.

Date: 1976

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355414

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.4220.001

Aerial view of City Hall, City Hall Plaza, Bicentennial celebration, Boston, Mass.

The image encompasses the Bicentennial celebration on City Hall Plaza, the expressway, the harbor, and East Boston.

Date: 1976

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355415

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.4220.002

West side of Atlantic Avenue, north corner of High and Broad Streets, Boston, Mass.

The Norris & Goodspeed Golden Rule Dining Rooms for ladies & gentlemen can be seen at street level. Signs on the second floor are for W.A. Whitney & Son, house, store and office painters at 132 Broad Street. George B. Dodge & Company, printers, is in a building to the right. The Egyptian Chemical Co...

Date: 1900-11-07

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 355416

Ref. Code: PC009.207.015

East side of Atlantic Avenue, north of Clinton Street, Boston, Mass.

Men work in the street on a busy commercial stretch of Atlantic Avenue. The C.W. Badger Oyster Company can be seen at 122 Atlantic Avenue. A horse-drawn cart that reads "Pork, Lard, & Hams at Wholesale" is standing in front of it. Another photographer can be seen to the right. The George T. Ainslie ...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 355417

Ref. Code: PC009.207.016

East side of Commercial Street, south corner of Eastern Avenue, Boston, Mass.

The Atlantic Storage Warehouse building is at 32 and 34 Eastern Avenue. There are signs for John Morrell & Company New England Branch hams and bacon and H.J. Heinz Co. Boston Branch. At street level Daniel Doherty & Company, liquors, and the Ferry Cigar Store are next to each other. A Milwaukee Beer...

Date: 1900-11-28

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 355418

Ref. Code: PC009.207.017

Diamond homes, The Diamond Match Company, Biddeford, Maine, undated

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans of New England house designs for potential customers.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355419

Ref. Code: EP005.063

Old colonial houses: a collection of fine 17th & 18th century authentic colonial homes faithfully reproduced on the exterior to the exact sizes and proportions of the originals with up-dated interiors for to-days living requirements, by E. Pollitt, Easton, Conn., undated

Portfolio of thirty-two house designs by architect Evan Pollitt. The plans are reproductions of 17th, 18th, and 19th century structures. The purchased sets include working illustrations, floor plans, elevations, and descriptions for contractor construction.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355421

Ref. Code: EP005.064

Premier small homes, Lumber Centre, Inc., 390 Albany Street, Springfield, Mass., undated

A variety of small house designs are presented for customers with illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355423

Ref. Code: EP005.065

Concrete houses, Portland Cement Association, Chicago, Ill., undated

The catalog has plans designed by different architects which include illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for customers. Concrete block garages are described on page 34.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355424

Ref. Code: EP005.066

Summer in the home of your dreams, Pope & Cottle Co., Revere Beach Parkway, Revere, Mass., undated

The business offers prefabricated houses that include plumbing, have Celotex insulation, and are completely furnished. Catalog includes floor plans and photographic prints of houses sold by the company.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355425

Ref. Code: EP005.067

Plan book of model homes, Nationwide House Plan Service, Providence, R.I., 1949

Customers who purchase the working plans will also receive a wood model of the house. Includes floor plans, illustrations, and dimensions for house designs.

Date: 1949

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355426

Ref. Code: EP005.068

Low-cost cottage construction in America: a study based on the housing collection in the Harvard Social Museum, no. 7, by Winthrop A. Hamlin, Harvard University, Department of Social Ethics, Cambridge, Mass., 1917

The survey examines building materials used in house construction such as brick, concrete, hollow tile, and stucco with photographic prints of examples from around the country. Harvard University. Department of Social Ethics. Publications ; no. 7.

Date: 1917

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355429

Ref. Code: EP005.069

The house that Silas built, by George Ethelbert Walsh, David C. Cook Publishing Company, Elgin, Ill., 1922

The plot is about the building of a house.

Date: 1922

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355430

Ref. Code: EP005.070

Waiting for playmates, location unkown, undated

The stereograph is a studio posed portrait of a girl standing with her back to the camera appearing to look out a window. The "window" has a backdrop painted to look like a tree. A doll sits on the window sill next to her. A child sized chair is in the lower right side of the image. Lace curtains ar...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355432

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.1650.001

No. 1 American homes issued by the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn., Western and Southern Department, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1889, Press of Cohen & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1889

Catalog contains photographic prints of houses and mansions owned by prominent individuals, insured by the Phoenix Insurance Co. of Hartford Connecticut. The last page has a history of the business. Published by the Press of Cohen & Co.

Date: 1889

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355434

Ref. Code: EP005.071

Olde fashioned hints to home-makers: little helps that have stood the test of time, Chapple Publishing Co., Ltd., Boston, Mass., undated

The item provides advice to homemakers in dealing with everyday issues.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355436

Ref. Code: EP005.072

Home Planners' homes of natural stone, by Richard B. Pollman, Home Planners, Inc., 16310 Grand River, Detroit, Mich., 1953

Plan book includes floor plans, illustrations, and descriptions for stone house designs. The Convenient Living house designs are supplemented with sections on patios and barbecues, landscaping, floors, fireplaces, and bars. There are sections on stone color samples and where to buy stone.

Date: 1953

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355438

Ref. Code: EP005.073

Town and country homes to fit your budget, rev. ed., by Rudolph A. Matern, Allied House Plans, Inc., 90-04 161st Street, Jamaica, N.Y., 1953

Magazine containing floor plans, descriptions, and illustrations for designs. Text on the front cover reads, "Designs by the country's foremost home architects. Also information on financing, planning, the types of construction and desirable features for your home."

Date: 1953

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355748

Ref. Code: EP005.148

The most popular homes in America, American Builder, Chicago, Ill., undated

The magazine issues photographic prints, illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans for designs. Front and back cover illustrations are signed "QUIG."

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355773

Ref. Code: EP005.149

New look in homes for 1950 as presented by Aladdin designers in the new Aladdin catalog for 1950, Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1950

The details and process that go into making Aladdin houses are described. A mother and daughter enjoy the outdoors in front of their Aladdin home on the front cover. The cover caption reads, "Just like the picture in our Aladdin catalog." Order form is included.

Date: 1950

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355782

Ref. Code: EP005.150

Aladdin homes, catalog no. 46, Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1934

Plan book containing house designs with accompanying illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans.

Date: 1934

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355783

Ref. Code: EP005.151

Aladdin homes built in a day, 4th ed., catalog no. 31, Aladdin Company, Bay City, Mich., 1919

The house designs have accompanying illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans. A few of the pages fold-out. There is a letterhead and a postcard included. The front cover has Aladdin's lamp and below it the text "Mrs. W. Fuller."

Date: 1919

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355784

Ref. Code: EP005.152

Weldless wire chains of quality, catalog C30, The Chain Products Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1919

Chain link types are listed with prices. Pages in the item are overlaid with clippings showing different types of houses. The head-and-shoulders portraits of two unidentified men are on the last page of the item.

Date: 1919

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355823

Ref. Code: EP005.153

Calendar, Hume-Newhall Company of Augusta, Augusta, Maine, 1922

The calendar is for April 1922. The business states it can supply plans for the house shown. An illustration for each house is featured with accompanying floor plans on the verso. Text on the item reads, "Put your name on the key to happiness."

Date: 1922

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355826

Ref. Code: EP005.154

Exterior view, Hancock House, Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

The front facade of Hancock House can be seen from Beacon Street. Two women stand on the balcony above the porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 355827

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0870.002

33 new house designs (including 24 prize winners) submitted in a national architectural competition for all gas-homes, Time, Inc., Rockefeller Center, New York, N.Y., 1938

Plan book containing house designs with accompanying illustrations, cross sections, and floor plans for homes operating using gas. A critique and list of appliances and heating systems is with each design.

Date: 1938

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355829

Ref. Code: EP005.155

Prize plans of the A.G.A. competition with data on gas service and equipment in the home, American Gas Association, Architects' and Builders' Service Committee, New York, N.Y., 1926

The plan book contains data on gas service and appliances to assist architects and builders in house construction with accompanying photographic prints. It also has the winning floor plans of the Prize Competition for Small Houses held in 1926 by the American Gas Association. Text on the back cover...

Date: 1926

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355831

Ref. Code: EP005.156

The low cost house, Architectural Forum, April 1939, vol. 70, no. 4, Time, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1939

Issue of Architectural Forum magazine discussing topics related to low cost homes, such as plans and designs, construction, labor, land, and financing are described.

Date: 1939

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355833

Ref. Code: EP005.157

Suggested small homes of colonial design, Architects' Co-operative Plan Service, Inc., Providence, R.I., undated

Plan book containing house designs with accompanying illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans. Text on the front cover reads, "This portfolio has been especially prepared for your consideration by Architects' Co-operative Plan Service, Inc., 241 Weybosset Street, Providence, Rhode Island in conj...

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355834

Ref. Code: EP005.158

[Portfolio], Architects' Co-operative Plan Service, Inc., Providence, R.I., 1939-1940

Three sheets from a portfolio containing three house designs with accompanying illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans. The three sheets are: The Hartford, volume I, design 12, the Meriden, volume I, design 17, and a color advertisement for the Nashua.

Date: 1939-1940

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355835

Ref. Code: EP005.159

Wood Enterprises, Osterville, Mass.

Four black and white and color images of a house for Wood Enterprises in Osterville, Mass. (commissions 2660 and 2664) dated 1987 -1988.

Date: 1987-1988

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

GUSN: 355837

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.WoodEnterprises

Paul Woods house, Chatham, Mass.

Nine black and white and color images of a house for Mr. Paul Woods in Chatham, Mass. (commissions 2678 and 2678-) 1989.

Date: 1989

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

GUSN: 355839

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.WoodsP

C. Patten (builder) homes 1-7

Fourteen images of seven homes designed by Royal Barry Wills Associates and built by C. Patten in Melrose, Mass. Some images taken by photographer Arthur C. Haskell. No images are dated. C. Patten built several homes in Melrose, Mass. Please see commissions 346, 363, 366, 372, 376, 378, 384, 385,...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 355852

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.PattenC

J. Wills house, Wellesley, Mass.

Four black and white and color images for a house for Mr. J. Wills in Wellesley, Mass. (unknown commission) undated. Photographs taken by Alex Beaty.

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

GUSN: 355870

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.WillsJ

1953 building supply catalogue, L. C. Andrew, South Windham, Maine, 1953

Catalog contains illustrations of items, such as poultry houses, for sale by L. C. Andrew. Building materials described include finish lumber, paint, windows, shingles, flooring, masonry hardware, and kitchen cabinets. The catalog has an order form.

Date: 1953

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355871

Ref. Code: EP005.160

1944 building supply catalogue, L. C. Andrew, South Windham, Maine, 1944

Catalog contains illustrations of items, such as poultry houses, for sale by L. C. Andrew. The letter inside the front cover describes war time conditions. Customers are not restricted on the amount of material they can purchase for home repairs. Farmers are urged to cut their timber now. The busine...

Date: 1944

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355872

Ref. Code: EP005.161

1948 building supply catalogue, L. C. Andrew, South Windham, Maine, 1948

The catalog has illustrations and floor plans for houses, cottages, and farm buildings. Building materials described include finish lumber, paint, windows, shingles, flooring, and masonry hardware. Text at the top of the cover reads "L.C. Andrew's 1948 building values." The catalog has an order form...

Date: 1948

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355873

Ref. Code: EP005.162

Homes under $8500, Architectural Plan Service, Inc., Jamaica, N.Y., 1952

The 18 designs have extensive descriptions, illustrations, and floor plans for houses designed by architect Samuel Paul. The plan book covers site and builder considerations, cost saving materials and methods, and how to obtain the blueprints. The lower left corner of the front cover has text which ...

Date: 1952

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355876

Ref. Code: EP005.163

Small homes of character: fifty small home designs selected to meet the requirements of the home builder of average means, Architectural House Planning Service Co., Philadelphia, Pa., undated

The plan book contains illustrations, descriptions, and floor plans.

Date: undated

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355878

Ref. Code: EP005.164

Distinctive houses of Indiana limestone: showing some of the finest homes in America built of the aristocrat of building materials, vol. 1, series B, Indiana Limestone Company, Bedford, Ind., 1927

Booklet discussing the incorporation of limestone into mansions around the country. Includes photographic prints of example residences utilizing limestone. Text inside the front cover reads, "Build the nation securely with Indiana limestone the nation's building stone." A plate, on the last unnumber...

Date: 1927

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 355510

Ref. Code: EP005.099

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