Historic New England

Boston vendor, 1955

A boy investigates goods on a street vendor's table. Other shoppers browse food items.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194388

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.055

North End, Boston, 1955

A female vendor stands outside her shop in the North End of Boston.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194389

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.056

Reed remembers well the afternoon he made this photograph. Every time he had the shot just right, the boy on the left would jump into the picture. Reed's frustration over this intrusion kept him from printing the image for many years. Yet, now we find that the boy adds a spark of interest. Reed is n...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194391

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.058

Boston Globe, Boston, 1956

For eighty-seven years, the Boston Globe headquarters was located on "Newspaper Row," a section of Washington Street in downtown Boston, before moving to Dorchester in 1958. Until then, for many Bostonians, part of any day included catching the latest news before it was printed. Here we can see the ...

Date: 1956

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194393

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.059

Poker player, Morrisville, Vermont, 1950

Townsmen sit around a card table playing poker. An onlooker smokes a cigarette.

Date: 1950

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194394

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.060

Twenty below zero, Waterbury, Vermont, 1951

A car, house, and buggy sit in the icy snow in Waterbury, Vermont.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194405

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.061

Men at cattle auction, Morrisville, Vermont, 1953

In this study of a group of farmers watching a cattle auction, Reed was clearly interested in the character revealed by their weathered faces. The image was published in the National Humane Review as part of a story documenting inhumane treatment of animals during auctions.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194408

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.062

Dowser, Plainfield, Vermont, 1953

A weathered man in overalls, possibly a farmer, holds a v-shaped stick in search of natural elements.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194410

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.063

Advertisement for tinned beef, canned by Colonial Provision Company, Boston, Mass., 1948

The advertisement for canned beef with gravy was originally printed in The Epicure's October 1948 issue. The Colonial Provision Company used an image of a chef wearing a large toque on both the cans and in their advertisements. The recipe is branded as "Traditionally New England!"

Date: 1948

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 194412

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.015

Aroostook County potato picking, Maine, 1954

A young girl wearing a kerchief kneels in a field as she picks potatoes and places them in a large basket. Other pickers and barrels can be seen across the field.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194413

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.064

Tug of war, Caledonia County, Vermont, 1958

A crowd cheers on an enormous outdoor game of tug-of-war.

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194414

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.065

Waiting, Enosburg Falls, Vermont, 1958

Two elderly women wearing dresses sit on the steps outside of a large building, possibly a church.

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194415

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.066

Northern Vermont family, 1960

When Reed stopped to take a picture of this family in their yard, they asked for a minute to tidy up. The mother did not feel that she had enough presentable clothes for all of her children, and made some of them stay indoors--they can just be seen looking out the window.

Date: 1960

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194416

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.067

Springtime, Stowe, Vermont, 1971

A tractor plows a large field on a beautiful spring day in Vermont. A farmhouse can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1971

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194417

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.068

Audrey, Stowe, Vermont, 1949

This portrait is the earliest photograph in the exhibition. Although the sitter was never pleased with it, thinking it made her look too stern, for Reed it held all the promise of the medium he was just starting to understand. He knew the sitter, but still found that the photograph offered discoveri...

Date: 1949

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194418

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.069

Self-portrait, Boston, 1953

Verner Reed held his camera up to a mirror to take this self-portrait.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194419

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.070

Robert Frost, Boston, 1954

The poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) was long associated with the New England states of Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. He became one of the best-known poets in the country. Reed took this picture of Frost autographing a book for Life while covering the Boston Arts Festival.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194423

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.071

Al Duca, Boston, 1954

Artist Al Duca is exhaling cigarette smoke in this informal portrait. The knick-knacks on the window ledge behind him are illuminated by exterior light, which is the only light source in the picture.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194424

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.072

T.S. Eliot, Cambridge, Mass., 1955

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, earned both of his degrees from Harvard University, where he also went on to become the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry. Here he is shown surrounded by his students at Harvard in a photograph that Reed made while on as...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194427

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.073

Senator George Aiken, Putney, Vermont, 1956

George Aiken (1892-1984) was a U.S. senator for 34 years (1941-1975). Even so, he was fondly called Governor Aiken throughout his years in Washington, a carryover from his term as the Governor of Vermont (1937-1941). Aiken was a dedicated environmentalist. In 1984, Vermont designated a 5,000-acre pa...

Date: 1956

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194429

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.074

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Newport, R.I., 1958

The Eisenhower years coincided with Reed's career with Life. Reed was often called upon to cover presidential visits in case something newsworthy occurred. He recalls the particular agony of this assignment in Newport: "The only reason I was there was because it was Life's policy to have a photograp...

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194432

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.075

Turkeys, Boston, 1952

Two baby carriages stand outside a Boston grocery store. A large sign stating the price of turkeys hangs immediately above the carriages.

Date: 1952

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194433

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.076

DAR, Newbury, Vermont, 1953

Three women hold cups and saucers in a residence in Newbury, Vermont.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194434

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.077

New shoes, Newbury, Vermont, 1953

Two older women stand beneath a clothesline on a sunny day in Vermont. One of the women shows off her new shoes to her friend.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194435

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.078

Puddle jumper, Boston, 1953

A man in a coat and hat stretches his legs wide to navigate over a puddle. The winter streets of Boston are covered in snow, ice, and water.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194437

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.079

Boston Arts Festival, 1954

The Boston Arts Festival was both a celebration of local artists and a protest. There was a growing feeling among artists living and working in the Boston area that they were being overlooked by the area museums, which were more concerned with international trends than with the diverse and vibrant c...

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194439

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.080

Easter parade, Boston, 1954

Four women stand with their backs to the camera, watching the Easter parade. Dressed in their Easter finery, including hats, they stand arm to arm. A large dog stands between two of the women, looking as though he is also watching the parade.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194441

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.081

After the flood, Ansonia, Conn., 1955

While covering a flood in rural Connecticut, Reed entered this house, where he found a woman resting from the exertion of cleaning up. Her posture and facial expressions carry the weight of the story.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194442

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.082

Trade card for Centennial Safety Oil, Maverick Oil Company, 61 1/2 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is illustrated with two images: one is dated 1776 with a man struggling to read a paper by the light of a fire, the second is dated 1880 and features a family sitting around a table, lit by oil lamp, reading, doing handiwork, and playing with ease. The product won the Highest Premium at the...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 194446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.016

Taffy pull, Peabody, Mass., 1955

Children smile with delight as they pull taffy in Peabody, Massachusetts.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194444

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.083

Brunswick Hotel, Boston, 1957

Long a Boston landmark, the Brunswick Hotel was torn down to make room for a modern office building. The people gathered here had decided to enjoy one last afternoon in the hotel's tea room. Rubble can be seen outside of an open door, but it doesn't phase the guests enjoying their tea.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194447

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.084

Teenie weenie, Boston, 1957

This photograph was taken on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the "Atlantic Monthly" magazine. A woman gestures to a bartender as to how much alcohol she would like--a teenie weenie amount.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194449

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.085

Country wedding, South Woodbury, Vermont, 1957

Like many of Reed's photographs, this one derived from a commission but interested him for the revealing light it cast on the newlyweds--who probably would not have selected it for their wedding album.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194450

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.086

Procession to the altar

Verner Reed shot the images for the "Life" magazine photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," which described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world b...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194452

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.087

In the yard, Webster, N.H., 1955

Verner Reed shot the images for the "Life" magazine photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," which described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world b...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194487

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.088

Hurricane, Fire and Flood, New London, Conn., September, 1938

Removed to scrapbooks, 1995. "Pictorial Souvenir Edition of New London's Greatest Disaster," Wednesday September 21, 1938: hurricane, flood, fire. 63 pages of pictures from "The New London Connecticut Day" October 1938.

Date: 1938

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194465

Ref. Code: PC009.105

"Old Boston " photographs from Boston Budget and Beacon

Removed to Photo files, Boston: General- "Boston Budget," November 1988. "Old Boston" - Photographs from Supplement Boston Budget and Beacon. Photomechanical reproductions of photographs taken between 1855-1899, published in 1900-1905.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194468

Ref. Code: PC009.110

Account book of Silas Casey, merchant and farmer, East Greenwich, R.I.

This account book contains harmful language including racist terminology. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter...

Date: 1798-1813

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 194469

Ref. Code: MS008.02.02.04.001

Boston Edison Company

Photographs removed to photo file, rest removed to scrapbook, 1995. "Boston Edison Company." A scrapbook and album compiled by Irvin Morton documenting his fifty years with the Boston Edison Company. Period covered is from 1905-1955. Includes photographs, memorabilia and clippings. See also under ge...

Date: 1905-1955

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194475

Ref. Code: PC009.123

Indian Hill, Newbury Massachusetts

A photograph album of Indian Hill in West Newbury, Massachusetts that contains 24 8x10 prints by Mary Northend, Salem photographer, circa 1910. The majority are interior views and may duplicate material in the geographic files.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194477

Ref. Code: PC009.124

Scrapbook of Wood Engravings

Removed to scrapbooks, 1995. Scrapbook of wood engravings clipped from Leslie's and Harper's weeklies (1860s-70s) covering such miscellaneous subjects as sailing, genre, travel, and portraiture. Front cover is lined with (East) Indian watercolor, evidently nineteenth century.

Date: 1860-1870

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194480

Ref. Code: PC009.125

Strangers Guide

Removed to trade catalogues, 1995. "Strangers Guide." A bound volume of advertising matter, including some topographical views relating to Boston businesses and manufacturers. Intended for use in the ladies parlour of the Evans House. Includes map of Boston business district. Probably 1880s.

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194483

Ref. Code: PC009.126

Scrapbook of news clippings

Removed to scrapbooks, 1995. Scrapbook of news clippings relating to architectural subjects pertaining to Boston, with some coverage of Andover, Amesbury, Bedford, and Marblehead, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Illustrations date to circa 1900-1910. Possibly compiled by C. Park Press...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194485

Ref. Code: PC009.127

The procession leaves the house, Webster, N.H., 1955

Verner Reed shot the images for the "Life" magazine photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," which described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world b...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194495

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.089

Aerial views of New England harbors and coastal communities

Includes approximately 100 8 x 10 aerial photographs taken in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and New York coastal communities. Also included are photographs of the S.S. Bear (Byrd Expedition, Newfoundland), as it departed from Boston. Other localities represented are Rockport, Annisquam, Glouces...

Date: 1930-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194490

Ref. Code: PC009.128A

Ledger of commission sales of James Rundlet, shipping merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1794-1806

Retail and wholesale accounts for drygoods. Commission received and damaged merchandise listed. Goods include paper hangings, clover seed, oil cloth, and tea. Postage and freight costs listed.

Date: 1794-1806

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194493

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-2

Account book of James Rundlet, Portsmouth, N.H., 1794-1841

Summary of holdings and income by year. Writer's assets and debits listed by type only (goods on hand, cash on hand, bank shares in businesses and real estate ventures). One or two pages per year. Includes slip of paper indicating amount of profits made in the years 1794-1839. Clearly written accoun...

Date: 1794-1841

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194496

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-3

Views of Boston Airport and airplanes

Photographs depict aircraft at Boston Airport during the 1930s-40s. Donor provided annotations to many of these. Also memorabilia and pamphlets on aerial photography, New England airlines and air meets. Includes airline schedules. Airlines shown here include Nantucket Vineyard Airways, Shobe Airline...

Date: 1930-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194497

Ref. Code: PC009.128B

Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Hyannis Port, Mass., 1955

This informal portrait of Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was taken in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. She looks directly at the camera, while he looks intently at his wife.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194512

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.008

House and Family Album

34 pages of gaslight prints, 3-4 prints per page, documenting interiors, pasttimes, pets, and family members. Locality not identified. Views include parade, attic storage, decorations. Pictorial quality is very good; print quality is variable. Dates to circa 1900. A avaluable study album for int...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194596

Ref. Code: PC009.147

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