Description: OFFERING an HISTORICAL MAGAZINE "OLD TIME NEW ENGLAND", THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY FOR PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES (SPNEA) VOL. XLI No. 4 (Serial No. 144) (Spring 1951) SPNEA is now known as HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND (I like the old name better...) "A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ANCIENT BUILDINGS, HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, DOMESTIC ARTS, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, AND MINOR ANTIQUITIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND PEOPLE"SEE VIEWS ABOVE SIZE 9 1/2" HIGH 31 PAGES ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT COVER IS A LIST OF TRUSTEES and DIRECTORS OF SPNEA TITLE PAGE APPLICTION FOR MEMBERSHIP ($100. Life, $6 Active, $3 Associate) (you didn't have to be "sponsored" any longer!) TABLE OF CONTENTS IN FRONT EDITOR'S EDGEWISE WORD (Editor's Comments) (Editor {Felicia Doughty Kingsbury} leaving as Editor "Hail and Farewell!) FRONTISPIECE SHOWS "Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine" From a black and white water color by Charles H. Woodbury, dated 1890 LEAD STORY "VILLAGE ENTERPRISE" by G. G. Wolkins (3 illustrations) (re: The Billings Factories in West Roxbury) "AN OLD-TIME ASSEMBLY" (a Dance) by Lea S. Luquer (no illustrations) "TOWN PLANNING METHODS APPLIED TO PRESERVATION" by Felicia Doughty Kingsbury (no illustrations) "ATLANTIS" {supposedly from Cape Cod MA to Point Judith RI} The End of an Era, eight articles by Llewellyn Howland originally published in the Standard-Times, New Bedford, Massachusetts (1 illustration) "KIM'S STORE" Reminiscences of Sarah Endicott Ober of her father's (Andrew Kimball Ober) store in Beverly, Mass. Edited by Augustus Peabody Loring, Jr. (no illustrations) AND "THE CHIMNEY CORNER, OR FIRESIDE COMPANION" (little stories from around New England) (chapter heading illustration) 8 PAGES OF HOMES OWNED BY SPNEA AROUND NEW ENGLAND ALONG WITH PHOTOS OF EACH AT THE BACK: 3 pages of Ads INCLUDING a full page ad for Shreve Crump & Low offering an "American highboy of small size. Maple frame with walnut front. Circa 1730. 631/2 inches high, 39 1/2 inches wide, 21 inches deep. Veneers of 3 lower drawers restored with pieces of contemporary date, $1,250." LASTLY, A 2 PAGE INDEX TO VOLUME XLI INSIDE BACK COVER IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ALL 1900 "OTNE" ARTICLES HAVE BEEN COMPILED IN A CATALOGUE BY MISS ELIZABETH V. MORRISON, CROSS INDEXED BY SUBJECT AND AUTHOR (available for use by members at the headquarters)BACK COVER IS BLANK EXCEPT FOR THE PRINTER'S NOTATION "The Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine" Published by the Society at the Harrison Gray Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, Massachusetts FINE VINTAGE CONDITION FAINT SPOTS ON THE COVER CONTENTS CLEAN AND TIGHTLOTS OF GREAT STUFF HERE - I JUST LOVE HISTORY!!BID NOW! BUYER PREPAYS PLUS SHIPPING AUCTIONS MUST BE PAID WITHIN 7 DAYS OF AUCTION END BY PAY PAL FOREIGN SHIPPING ARRANGED MASSACHUSETTS CUSTOMERS ADD 6.25% SALES TAX WE'LL SHIP ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE SHIPPING!
Price: 15 USD
Location: Hanover, Massachusetts
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Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Time Period Manufactured: 1940-59
