1804

George W. Robinson, Coat and Waistcoat Buttons

1812

George W. Robinson, Moulds for Casting Metal Buttons

1818
US Patent No. 2979X

Patent Stock Lock

1825
US Patent No. 4196X

Securing Lightning Rods to Houses

c. 1820s
US Patent No. 4196X

Brown & Robinson Lightning Rod Insulator

c. 1830

Whale Oil Lamp

1831
US Patent No. 6,817

S. Richards, Glass Knobs

c. 1830s
US Patent No. 65

US 65 Patent Knobs

c. 1836
US Patent No. 98

US 98 Patent Knobs with Sulfide

1836
US Patent No. 65

Ferrule Knob for Doors and Furniture

1836
US Patent No. 98

Door, Commode, &c. Knob

1837
US Patent No. 434

US 434 Patent Model

1837

U.S. Custom House, Boston, Massachusetts

Traverse Section of Winning Design

c. 1840
US Patent No. 434

Black Glass Cabinet Knob

c. 1840s
US Patent No. 2,452

Spring-Fastener for Window-Sashes

c. 1840s

No. 2 Bronze Mortise Lock

c. 1840s

American House, Boston.

42 Hanover St. by Lewis Rice

1840
US Patent No. 1,626

Spring-Bolt for Door and Other Locks

1840
US Patent No. 1784

Glass Knob for Doors, etc.

1840

New Custom House in Boston

c. 1841
US Patent No. 1,995

Enoch Robinson and William Hall’s Improved Lock

1841
US Patent No. 2,248

Window-Fastening

1841

MCMA Silver Medallion, Awarded to Enoch Robinson in 1841

1841
US Patent No. 2,452

Spring-Fastener for Window Sashes

c. 1840s
US Patent No. 2,452

Spring-Fastener for Window-Sashes

1842
US Patent No. 2,473

Windlass or Drum for Raising Weights

1842
US Patent No. 2797

George W. Robinson’s and Ezra B. Robinson’s Improved Steering Apparatus

1843
US Patent No. 2,904

Enoch Robinson’s Improvements in the Manufacture of Door Knobs

1846

Adams Boston Directory P.7 Robinson, G. W. Co AD Steering Apparatus II

1846

State House, Boston 1846

1849
US Patent No. 4,553

Pressing Glass

1851

New England Glass Company’s Works, East Cambridge, Mass.

c. 1853
US Patent No. 434

Silvered Glass Door Knob

With Blind Mount

1856

The Hermitage, Jackson’s tomb, and Andrew J. Donelson’s residence 12 miles from Nashville, Tennessee. Taken at the spot, March 29th, 1856.

1858

National Theatre: Formerly the Warren Theatre

c. 1860
US Patent No. 2,248

Bronze Sash Fastener

c. 1860s

Bronze Mortise Front Door Lock

c. 1860s

Bronze Mortise Latch

c. 1860s

William E. Robinson

c. 1860s

Design for Certificate for the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association

1864

E. Robinson & Co. Invoice, 1864

c. 1865

Old City Hall, Boston

South and West Fronts

1865

Ammi B. Young Journal Entry

1865

Announcement of Dissolution of E. Robinson & Co. Partnership

1867

Official bird’s-eye view of Exposition Universelle of 1867

c. 1870

Chateau-sur-Mer, Residence for George P. and Edith K. Wetmore, 474 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island

c. 1870s

Preble House

c. 1870

Split Hub Dead Latch

1872

Boston, after the fire, November 9th & 10th, 1872

1874

Somerville Horse Railroad Company Stock Certificate

1875
US Patent No. 161,705

Latches for Doors, &c.

c. 1870s
US Patent No. 161,705

Bronze Mortise Bit Key Door Lock

1881

MCMA Exhibition Ticket, 1881

1881

MCMA Silver Medallion, 1881

1881

Diploma Awarded at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Exhibition of 1881

c. 1883
US Patent No. 278,704

William F. Hall Patent Knob

1887

Arthur Astor Carey House

Original Trim and Roof Line of Rear [Elevation]

1887

Arthur Astor Carey House

Stairwell and Fireplace

1888

Catalogue and Price List

Polished Brass Furniture Trimmings

1888

Enoch Robinson

Lock, Knob, and House Trimming Manufactory

1889

Artistic Hardware

c. 1890s

The Old State House, Boston

c. 1890s

Perkins Institute for the Blind, South Boston, Mass.

c. 1890

Blue Glass Door Knob

c. 1890

Bronze Mortise Sash Fast

1891

Glass Knobs

Wm. Hall & Co., Boston, Mass.

1897

E. Robinson & Co. Store, 39–41 Cornhill

1897

E. Robinson & Co. Envelope

1897

E. Robinson & Co. Store, 39–41 Cornhill

1897

E. Robinson & Co. Store, 39–41 Cornhill

c. 1900

Custom House, Boston, Mass.

c. 1900

The Longfellow House, Cambridge

c. 1900

Enoch Robinson’s Roundhouse

c. 1900

Enoch Robinson’s Roundhouse

c. 1900

The Old South Church, Boston

c. 1900

French Window Weather-Strip and Bolt

c. 1900

Enoch Robinson Letterhead, with Drawer Pull Design

c. 1900

Colonial Door Trimmings

c. 1900

Trinity Church, Boston

c. 1900

E. Robinson & Co. Invoice, 1900

1903

The “Round” House

Boston Sunday Globe, 1903

c. 1905

Perkins School for the Blind: Broadway, South Boston. Built 1837.

1905

Brass Door Knockers

1905

Bldgs. E. Side Wash. St.

1905

Adams Sq. / Bldgs. E. Side Wash. St. Court St. to #176

1905

Sidewalk 168–170 Wash. St., Sec. 8

1905

Sidewalk 174-176 Washington St., Sec. 8

1905

Buildings at 1-5 Dock Square

1905

Buildings at 5-9 Dock Square

1906

Adams House and Keith’s Theatre, Boston, Mass.

c. 1906

Street, Ames Building, Young’s Hotel, Boston, Mass.

1906

Glass Knobs

Catalogue No. 2

1907

Outside Door Trimmings

Catalogue No. 3

1907

Supplement No. 2 - Hinge Plates

c. 1910s

Wm. Hall Co. factory in Wollaston (Quincy), Mass.

c. 1910s

Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Mass.

1911

Catalogue No. 4 - Glass Knobs

1912

Catalogue No. 5 - Outside Door Trimmings

1916

Catalogue No. 6 - Glass Knobs

1916

William Hall Company

c. 1916-1918

John Tein Co., 31 ¹⁄₂ Faneuil Hall Square

c. 1920s

Harmon Hinge No. 806

1922

Ostrander & Eshleman Advertisement, Architectural League of New York

1922

Ostrander & Eshleman Advertisement, Architectural League of New York

1924

Colonial Forge and Foundry

1925

The New England Glass Co.

Early American Glass, Chapter XXXIV

c. 1925

Elmer Pratt

1928

Glass Knobs

1883–1928

1931

S.M. Howes Co. advertisement, American Home Magazine

1932

Architectural Graphic Standards

1932

3rd Revised Schedule of Hardware for Capitol Building, Williamsburg, Virginia, Prepared by W. C. Vaughan Co., Jan. 29, 1932

1934

The Hermitage

1934

The Hermitage

North (Rear) Elevation

1935

Design for Lever by W. Stafford Vaughan

1936

Wye House

Southeast View

1938

WCV Drawing No. 305

1938

WCV Drawing No. 180 A

1938

WCV Drawing No. 217

1938

Pull Handle ‘B’

1939

Shutter Knob and Thumb Turns

c. 1939

Notes for Gov. Gore House Door Schedule

1939

WCV Drawing No. 388

1939

Special 2" Lucite Knobs

1939

Modern Lever Handles

c. 1940s

Wrought Iron Hardware

c. 1940s

Colonial Hardware

1940

John Whipple House, 53 South Main Street, Ipswich, Essex County, MA

1940

Lucite Door Pull

1940

Gardner-White-Pingree Place

Exterior, Front of House, Looking North

1940

Gardner-White-Pingree Place

Exterior, Iron Fence & Gate, Looking Northwest

1940

First Parish Meetinghouse

Exterior, General View of Front, Looking Southeast

1940

First Parish Meetinghouse

Exterior, Looking Northwest

1940

Publicity Photograph for the Exhibition “Plastics, 1940”

1941

Colonel William Prescott House

Exterior, Front, Looking Northwest

1941

Colonel William Prescott House

Exterior, Side & Front, Looking West

1942

President Franklin D. Roosevelt learns about the latest huge naval torpedo.

c. 1944

Military Ammunition Chart No. 2

1945

Share Agreement between Walter C. Vaughan and Elmer Pratt

c. 1947

Vaughan FT 671 Cabinet Knobs, Installed in the Glass House

1948

The W.C. Vaughan Company

1 Haymarket Square, Boston, Mass.

1948

W.C. Vaughan Co.

3–7 Havervill, Boston, Mass.

1948

Frame for Garden Mirror

1949

House in the Museum Garden

1949

Contemporary Hardware

c. 1950s

1179 Ebony and Lucite Knobs

c. 1950s

Catalog No. 26: Vaughan Hardware

c. 1950s

Johannes Potente

1950

Six Moon Hill

Architectural Forum

1951

Wolfson House · Living Room

c. 1950s

Catalog 34R: Vaughan Clearview

c. 1950s

Catalog 45: Emergency Exit Lock

1956

Gagarin House I · South Elevation

1958

Fernandez-Llambias House

View from Northeast

1958

Fernandez-Llambias House

View from Northwest

c. 1960

Vaughan Hardware

1961

Boston City Hall

Interior, Second Floor, Doors to Mayor’s Office

1961

Boston City Hall

Interior, Second Floor, Doors to Mayor’s Office

c. 1962

Modern Knob Display VR 662

1963

Henry W. Longfellow Place

Exterior View of House, Looking North

1963

Henry W. Longfellow Place

South (Front) Elevation

1963

Henry W. Longfellow Place

Lock Assembly Inside Front Door

1965

Captain Robert Bennett Forbes House

Front Elevation

1965

Captain Robert Bennett Forbes House

Oblique View of Front Elevation

1966

Smoke Screen Doors Hinged to Pocket

1966

Bare By Design

1967

Guyot-Horsford House

General Exterior View, Looking Northeast

1967

Guyot-Horsford House

Entrance Hall and Stairs, Looking Northwest

1967

Guyot-Horsford House

DrawingRoom, Looking Southwest

1967

Welch-Ross House

General Exterior View, North and West Elevations

1967

Welch-Ross House

Entrance Hall and Stairs

1967

Welch-Ross House

Library

1967

Welch-Ross House

Studio, Second Floor

1967

Welch-Ross House

Bathroom, Second Floor

1967

Arthur Astor Carey House

General Exterior View, Looking East

1967

Arthur Astor Carey House

Exterior, Entrance Bay, Looking Southeast

1967

Arthur Astor Carey House

Stairhall, Looking Southwest

1967

Arthur Astor Carey House

Right Front Second-Floor Bedroom, Looking Northwest

1968

Harrison Gray Otis House (Second)

South Facade, Facing Mt. Vernon Street

1968

Harrison Gray Otis House (Second)

South Facade, Detail of First Floor Windows

1968

Harrison Gray Otis House (Second)

Dining Room, Doors in East Wall

1969

Chateau-sur-Mer

View From the West

1969

Chateau-sur-Mer

View From the Northwest

1969

Isaac Bell House

View from Southeast

c. 1970

Boston City Hall

South Front (Main Elevation)

c. 1970s

Catalog No. 72: Classic Sample Collections

c. 1970

Catalog No. 64R

1970

Vaughan Clearview · Price Sheet

1970

Vaughan Hardware · List Price Book No. 1

1970

Emergency Exit Lock #1636 Price Sheet #1

1970

W.C. Vaughan Co. Catalogue Cover Letter

1971

Edith Farnsworth House

General View from the Southwest, Showing South Elevation

1971

Edith Farnsworth House

General View from the Southeast, Showing South Elevation

1971

Edith Farnsworth House

South Elevation

1972

The Hermitage

Entrance Hall, Looking North

c. 1970s

Vaughan Hardware

1978

Nathaniel Russell House

Southeast Elevation

c. 1980s

Eisenhower Farm One, House, Emmitsburg Road

Perspective View of the Main House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1988

Gropius House

1993

AIA Award for the Neurosciences Institute at the Scripps Research Institute

1997

Das Virtuelle Haus, Reception

1997

Das Virtuelle Haus

1998

Central Synagogue: Door Knob, Rose, & Key Escutcheon

2000

FSB USA Manual 2000

2000

FSB Sweets Brochure, 2000

2000

FSB USA advertisement for Architectural Record

2001

Tweed Courthouse: Door Knob and Rose

2002

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Estate

Perspective View of the South Facade of the Mansion and the South Lawn, from the Southeast

2002

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Estate

Perspective View of the South Facade of the Mansion and the South Lawn, from the Southwest

2003

FSB USA advertisement in Arquine

2003

FSB USA Manual 2003

c. 2005

FSB Lockset Configurator

2006

General View of Pope-Riddle House Complex and Landscape from East/Northeast

2006

Perspective View of Pope-Riddle House from South/Southwest

2006

West Elevation of Pope-Riddle House

2007

FSB Sweets Brochure, 2007

2007

FSB USA advertisement

2008

Product Overview

2008

FSB USA advertisement in The Architect’s Newspaper

2009

Materialistic Disenchantment Poster

FSB at ICFF

2012

Fluted Design Series

2012

Fluted Design Manual

2012

Arthur Ross Award for Artisanship

2016

Turning Marble into Gold

2018

Transitional Moments

2019

Manufacturing Modernism / Transitional Moments

2020

Red Hook Works, March 28, 2020

2025

A Piece of History

Harrison Gray Otis House (First)

Front Elevation

Harrison Gray Otis House (First)

Front Entrance with Palladian Window, Fanlight on Upper Stories

Harrison Gray Otis House (First)

Detail, Front Entrance with Sidelights, Fanlight Semi-Elliptical Corinthian Portico

The Original Name in Locksmith Supplies

Trade cards for Tiffany & Co.

“Corcoran” Door Knocker

RL 664 Knob

RL 663 Knob

OV 662 Knob

633M & 683 Bail Pull

VF 662 Knob

VR 662 Knob

DO 663 Knob

“Yellin” Square Rose

DO 663 Knob

“Yellin” Knob

687 Rose

Tweed Courthouse Hinge Large

Tweed Courthouse Hinge Small

OG Knob/Round Pull

No. 334 Bronze Mortise Sliding Door Lock Active Strike

Bronze Mortise Cabinet Dead Lock

No. 333 Bronze Mortise Sliding Door Lock

Bronze Surface-Mounted Screen Door Locking Latch

No. 21F Bronze Mortise Bolt

Bronze Mortise Bolt

No. 20F Bronze Mortise Communicating Mortise Bolt

Bronze Mortise Cabinet Latch

Large Bronze Bit Key

Bronze Mortise Rabbeted Door Lock

No. 26 Silver-Plated Bronze Mortise Dead Lock

Bronze Mortise Ticket Booth Door Latch

Bronze Mortise Keyed Dead Latch

No. 1902 Bronze Mortise Store Door Latch

Bronze Mortise Store Door Latch

Bronze Half Mortise Elevator Sliding Door Latch

Bronze Mortise Edge Pull Set (Male/Female)

Bronze Padlock (1)

Bronze Double Mortise Flush Extension Bolt