Historic New England

340 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston

"340 Commonwealth' A leather bound album of 18 black and white photographs of the townhouse at 340 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Photographs show townhouse exterior and interior shots of front hallway with lovely circular staircase, parlors, dining room, bedrooms. Photos show fami...

Date: ca. 1925

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194714

Ref. Code: PC009.212

Postcards of New England

Postcard album containing views of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Scandinavia, undated. The following towns are represented: Boston, Cambridge, Charlestown, Cohasset, Dudley, Fall River, Fitchburg, Hopedale, Martha's Vineyard, Milford, Nantucket, Newtown, North Adams, Provinceto...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194713

Ref. Code: PC009.191

Historic wallpapers album

This album consists of photographs of historic wallpapers, and it was compiled and annotated by Howard Livingstone Shurtleff of Boston, Mass. Many of the wallpapers documented are mural style, and some are in the style of Rufus Porter. Some of the photographs have been attached to eachother, creatin...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194718

Ref. Code: PC009.192

Massachusetts Towns and Landscapes

Album of photographs of Massachusets towns and landscapes. 103 black and white photographs. Locations include Newton, Gloucester, Charles River at West Roxbury, Dedham and Needham, Malden, Stoneham, Fells, Melrose, Boston Harbor, Milton Lower Falls, Blue Hill, Neponset, Neponset River, Dorcheste...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194715

Ref. Code: PC009.200

Clibourne Tower. Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Dorr, Framingham, MA

Bound album marked "Clibourne Tower. Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I. Dorr, Framingham, MA" Contains 16 black and white photographs: The Tower, driveway, residence, boxer and kittens, sun room interior, garden, greenhouse, lake looking South, panoramic view Eustis Estate, Lake looking West, cows in...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194719

Ref. Code: PC009.201

Family and Friends in Salisbury, Massachusetts

Album of photographs of family and friends in Salisbury, MA probably compiled by H.G. Little, 1917-1938. Since the bulk of the photographs date from the World War I era, the home front is well represented through the Salisbury Coast Guard and "Salisbury's Welcome Home, October 12, 1919." A photo...

Date: 1917-1938

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194722

Ref. Code: PC009.193

Mother Scott's Farm

Album of photographs from a farm called "Mother Scotts" at an unidentified location near a lake, woods, and "Gulf Road," probably late nineteenth century. Family is shown posing in sunbonnets, haying, waiting for the mail man (who is also shown), hiking toward the "Lookout," relaxing on the porch an...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194723

Ref. Code: PC009.194

Exterior view of Riegel Point just after completion, Fairfield, Conn., undated

Extierior view of the mansion at Riegel Point just after completion (1920s). The lawn and house are both expansive. Designed by New York architect Henry C. Pelton, the mansion has 28 rooms and includes a bathing pavilion.

Collection: Riegel-Emory family papers

GUSN: 194726

Ref. Code: MS024.TMP.005

The old nurse's visit

This trade card contains harmful imagery and employs racist stereotypes. 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: 1873-01-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 194745

Ref. Code: SC002.01.1873.01.001

Trade card advertising Madame Walsh, fashionable millinery & dressmaking, No. 1 Bowdoin Square Block, Boston, Mass., undated

In the illustration one woman shows a hat to a woman with two girls. Text on the card reads "Parisian style, American taste, Exquisite contour."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 194751

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.06.01.026

"Morning start in the cotton fields"

Stereograph depicts men and women picking cotton in fields.

Date: 1867-1877

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194749

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.2700.001

Temporary

Series

Collection: Sears and Cutting families papers

GUSN: 194755

Ref. Code: MS026.TMP

Woman with parasol and puppy, Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, N.H.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194757

Ref. Code: PC006.RUN.01.004

Canine cemetery on grounds with view of house, Rundlet-May House, Portsmouth, N.H., undated

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194758

Ref. Code: PC006.RUN.01.003

Stone steps on Lyman Estate grounds

Stone steps wind through the grounds of the Lyman Estate.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194759

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.001

Stone wall and picket fence on Lyman Estate grounds

A roof and chimney can barely be seen behind a stone wall and picket fence on the Lyman Estate grounds.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194760

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.002

Two men working on a hay wagon, Lyman Estate Grounds

Two men work on a hay wagon on the Lyman Estate Grounds. A young girl and woman stand behind the wagon.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194761

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.003

Hay mounds on Lyman Estate grounds

Mounds of hay are scattered throughout a field on the Lyman Estate grounds.

Date: 1942-10-11

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194762

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.004

Watercolor painting by Alvan Fisher of the Lyman Estate.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194763

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.062

Painted Sketch of Lyman Estate.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194764

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.063

Landscape view of Lyman Estate porch, lawn, and greenhouses

The Lyman Estate porch, lawn, and greenhouses are seen in this photo.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194765

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.005

Interior view of 1800 Lyman Estate greenhouse

Brick walls create a walkway down the center of the 1800 Lyman Estate greenhouse.

Date: 1979-03

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194766

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.006

View of the Lyman Estate garden

The Lyman Estate gardens, bordered by a brick wall, are seem in this photo.

Date: 1959-06-05

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194767

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.007

Exterior view of summer house, Lyman Estate

An exterior view of the summer house, Lyman Estate. Tall brick walls surround the house. Stairs lead up to a porch with a door.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194768

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.008

Aerial view of the Lyman Estate

An aerial view shows the extent of the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194769

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.009

Exterior view of the Lyman Estate, winter

An exterior view of the Lyman Estate Main House in winter, with snow covering the ground.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194770

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.010

Glimpse of Silver Lake from the Cottage House, Wilmington, Mass.

A group of young women and girls prepare to get into rowboats at the pier of the Cottage House on the shores of Silver Lake in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194773

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3440.0010.001

Fishing, Kendall's Pond Bridge, Windham, N.H.

A young woman and a boy fish from the Kendall Pond Bridge in Windham, New Hampshire, she with a fishing pole and he with a line. A man squats on a stone in the pond just below them.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194774

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1790.0010.004

On Hampton Beach, N.H.

People sit and stand on the sand in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194775

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0680.0060.002

Croquet at Rotch Cottage, New Bedford, Mass.

A group of young women and men play croquet on the front lawn of the Rotch Cottage in New Bedford, Massachusetts, with a view of the verandah and gabled central pavilion and doorway.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194776

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.041

Interior view of Hamilton House, southwest chamber, South Berwick, Maine, undated

A chaise lounge is seen in one alcove in a bedroom in Hamilton House.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194777

Ref. Code: PC006.HAM.01.002

Dorothy Codman standing in Codman Garden, Lincoln, Mass., undated

A young Dorothy Codman stands in a garden at the Codman House, Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194783

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.002

Oblique exterior view of the Codman House, Lincoln, Mass., ca. 1899-1900

This exterior view of the Codman House, Lincoln, Massachusetts, was taken circa 1899-1900.

Date: 1894-1905

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194785

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.003

Exterior view of the Codman House, Lincoln, Mass., as seen from entrance path, undated

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194786

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.004

Curtis family on tennis court, Manchester, Mass.

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Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 194787

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.019

Game of ice polo

1 photograph

Date: 1894-1895

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 194788

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.020

Harvard College, Class of 1859

A six-man rowing team of the Harvard College Class of 1859 speed along the Charles River past a group of spectators on the riverbank.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194790

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.042

Group portrait of the Hopkinson School football team, Boston, Mass., undated

This studio group portrait depicts eleven members of the Hopkinson School football team of Boston wearing uniforms set against a backdrop of a rural scene. Some players standing and several are seated, and the player in the center of the group rests his foot on a football.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194792

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.318

Group of women tennis players

A group of young women sit on the stairs leading to the front entranceway of a building that could be a school. Many of them hold tennis racquets. A plaque set into the pediment above the entrance porch is carved with the year 1883.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194793

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.001

Children playing tennis

Young girls play a game of doubles on a fenced clay tennis court surrounded by gardens or woods.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194794

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.002

Mixed game of tennis

A boy and a girl play a game of tennis doubles with a woman and young man on a fenced grass court on the grounds of a country estate or mansion, which can be seen in the background. Two young women and a dog watch the game at courtside. Five tents are set up next to the court.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194795

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.003

Girl on a bicycle

A young girl, wearing a cap, waistshirt, and striped or plaid skirt, leans on a bicycle on the sidewalk of a street with several large homes in the background.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194797

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.8850.0300.001

Women campers diving at the lake

Young women wearing bathing caps and bathing suits with knee-length skirts dive into a lake from a platform and from a diving board on the platform. A canoe with several young women is next to the platform. There are mountains and woods beyond the body of water.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194798

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1300.0300.002

Harvard College Crew Team

This group studio portrait of six members of the Harvard College crew team wearing uniforms is set against a backdrop of curtains. Two are seated and four are standing, two of whom hold oars. In the center of the group there is a table with a stack of trophy cups.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194800

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0670.001

Croquet players

A group of five women and men, several of whom appear to be couples, stand in the backyard of a home playing croquet. Two dogs sit on the lawn.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194801

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.004

Game of croquet, New Bedford, Mass.

Three women and one man play croquet. There are two houses in the background. One woman is in the position of striking the ball with the mallet.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194802

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.017

Tennis players, Braggville, Mass.

Three women and two men stand on a grass tennis court next to the net holding tennis racquets. One man is about to hit a ball over the net.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194803

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.046

Harvard College Football Team

Thirteen members of the Harvard College football team in uniform pose for a group portrait with a undecorated backdrop. They are arranged in three rows of players, one each sitting on the floor, sitting in chairs, and standing. Two of the seated players hold footballs.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194804

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0670.002

Children tobogganing

Three children are seated on a toboggan preparing to descend a slope in a wooded area.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194805

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.005

Exterior view of Old Ship Church, Hingham, Mass.

A stereograph of the exterior of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. The view is from across the street up a rise to the side of the church. A cupola with a spire and weathervane crown the hip roof. A picket fence ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195204

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0790.0010.008

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