7/1927 Old Time New England SPNEA Vol XVIII #1 Log Cabins Newport RI Taunton MA

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OFFERING an HISTORICAL MAGAZINE "OLD TIME NEW ENGLAND", THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY FOR PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND ANTIQUITIES (SPNEA) FOR VOL. XVIII No. 1 (Serial No. 49) (July 1927)
SPNEA is now known as HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND
(I like the old name better...)
SEE VIEWS ABOVE
SIZE 9 1/2" HIGH
48 PAGES plus 10 pages of ads at the back
plus 5 pages of ads at the front
plus ads on the inside front and back cover
plus 4 pages of Society info at the front
plus the Contents
A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ANCIENT BUILDINGS,
HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, DOMESTIC ARTS,
MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, AND MINOR ANTIQUITIES
OF THE NEW ENGLAND PEOPLE
FORT HALIFAX, A LOG CABIN FORT IN
WINSLOW, MAINE, IS ON THE COVER
Three Dollars per Annum - Single Copy, Seventy Five Cents
Published by the Society at the
Harrison Gray Otis House,
141 Cambridge Street,
Boston, Massachusetts
Advertisement on the inside front cover for
GREGORY & BROWN CO.
IMPORTERS AND INTERIOR DECORATORS
6 HAMILTON PLACE, BOSTON
FRONTISPIECE SHOWS
THE FRONT OF A LOG DWELLING IN SIBERIA,
STANDING IN 1918
LEAD ARTICLE INSIDE
"THE ORIGIN OF LOG HOUSES IN THE UNITED STATES"
BY HENRY C. MERCER, D.Sc.
(15 illustrations including the frontispiece)
A CHAPTER END ILLUSTRATION OF
"SOUTHERN VIEW OF THE CENTRAL PART OF WATERTOWN, MASS."
(Printed from the original woodblock engraved for
Barber's Historical Collections
in 1838)
OTHER ARTICLES INCLUDE:
THE WANTON-LYMAN-HAZARD HOUSE,
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
BY MAUD LYMAN STEVENS
(5 illustrations)
A CHAPTER END ILLUSTRATION OF
"STONE MILL at NEWPORT, R.I."
(from an old wood engraving)
"TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS IN 18th CENTURY NEW ENGLAND"
(Gleanings from Boston Newspapers)
(from Assayer to Mustard Maker!)
"CONTRACT TO WORK A FARM IN TAUNTON ON SHARES IN 1840"
Communicated by Walter Kendall Watkins
"NOBLE AND GREENOUGH SCHOOL MEDALS"
Founded in Memory of the Oneida Football Club
BY MALCOLM STORER M.D.
THE BENNINGTON HALF DOLLAR
BY MALCOLM STORER, M.D.
NOTES and GLEANINGS
LOTS OF WONDERFUL OLD ADS
FINE ANTIQUE CONDITION
CONTENTS CLEAN AND TIGHT
LOTS OF GREAT STUFF HERE - I JUST LOVE HISTORY!!
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