Historic New England

Mystic Seaport, Connecticut

This seaside village was identified as Mystic Seaport. The view is from the harbor toward the docks and village, with the ship "Charles W. Morgan" slightly left of center.

Date: ca. 1993

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198817

Ref. Code: GC002.01.CT.0200.001

Grosser Ball zu Ehren des Prinzen von Wales in der Academy of Music zu Boston, 12. November, 1860

A detailed engraving of a gala event in the theatre. Shows decorations, flags from several countries, floral arrangements, orchestras, dancing, men and women in formal attire and above, the words "Welcome Prince."

Date: 1860-11-12

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198818

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3750.009

Central part of Dorchester and Milton Village

A detail of the village community and streets with a bridge crossing a river in the center. There are people walking and talking. Across the bottom, someone has handwritten "1839" and "EAH."

Date: 1839

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198822

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.001

Old South Church, Dorchester, 1848

A detailed picture of the front and side of the church, with men, women, and children on the front lawn. This is actually a picture of the Second Church of Dorchester, mis-named "Old South Church."

Date: 1848

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198823

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.008

Pierce Mansion

"This house, which stands on Oak Avenue, in what was formerly the town of Dorchester, now a part of Boston, was built by Robert Pierce, in the year 1640, ten years after he arrived from England in the ship Mary and John. It was occupied by him until his death, 1664, and since that time until the pr...

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198824

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.003

The Gardner House

This is a very old house on Pleasant Street, in Dorchester, built in all probability at least 200 years ago, but by whom cannot be ascertained. Ebenezer Niles lived here in the early part of the century. He was a merchant on Central Wharf, Boston, of the firm of Newell & Niles; but whether an ance...

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198826

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.005

Second Church, 1805, Codman Square, Dorchester

A detail of the front and side of the church, which dominates the vicinity of Codman Square. It is the oldest Congregational meeting house in Boston. In 1806, James Bowdoin presented a fine clock for the interior and the bell in the steeple, which was cast by Paul Revere.

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198827

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.006

Savin Hill, Dorchester, Mass.

A depiction of Savin Hill and what appears to be Dorchester Bay.

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198828

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.002

"Codman Mansion," Dorchester, Mass.

A detail of the front and side of the mansion, with women playing croquet on the front lawn.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198829

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.004

Savin Hill railroad bridge, Dorchester

A detailed scene representing evening twilight on the bridge and motionless bay. There is a railroad passing over the bridge, with a hill rising behind and two men fishing from a boat in the front. The railroad line is the Old Colony Railroad. Given February 13, 1922.

Date: 1855

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198830

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.007

Roxbury, Massachusetts, as seen from Tremont Road

A detailed depiction of a view of Roxbury before its incoporation with Boston. The scene includes many buildings, horses, people and an attempt to depict the Roxbury stagecoach. From the article: "The view which we present [...] of Roxbury, Mass., is taken from Tremont Road, and is a very fine an...

Date: 1853-12-10

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198834

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.008

Birthplace of General Warren

A detailed print of the front and side of the house, surrounded by fence and fruit trees. This house is now demolished and has been replaced by an American Gothic cottage by the Warren family on Warren Street at John Warren Square in Roxbury.

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198836

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.006

The house in Roxbury, Mass. (as it now stands, August 1840) in which General Joseph Warren was born in the year 1741

A picture of the house from the front and side, surrounded by fruit trees. Warren was one of the most ardent, active and illustrious patriots of the Revolution. He was elected President of the Provincial Congress in April 1775 and appointed Major General a few days prior to the Battle of Bunker Hi...

Date: 1840

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198837

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.007

View of Boston from Roxbury

A detailed view of Boston's skyline from Roxbury. There is land, homes and a cow in the foreground. On the verso, there is a handwritten note that this is possibly as seen from the meeting house on Eliot Square or from Highland Park hill.

Date: ca. 1828

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198838

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.003

Norfolk House, Roxbury, Mass.

"This well-known house, located in one of the pleasantest parts of Roxbury, is now owned and kept by Mr. Horace King, so noted as the successful proprietor for many years of the Roxbury omnibus line, by which he amassed a fortune. The Norfolk House was built, if we remember rightly, some twenty-fiv...

Date: 1855

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198839

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.002

Belvidere Hall, Summer Residence of F. Gleason

A detailed engraving that shows the summer home of the publisher and proprietor of the Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Frederick Gleason. The house sits on a hill and the estate consists of about three acres of land. There are fountain ornaments in the front lawn and an extensive aviar...

Date: ca. 1851

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198840

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.005

View of the Gen. Warren House, Roxbury

Shows an exterior view of General Warren's birthplace in Roxbury, Mass. A coach passes in front.

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198841

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.010

The Consumptives' Home at Grove Hall, Boston Highlands (one of the many charities founded by the late Dr. Cullis)

A sheet from The Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times with an article called "A wondrous work of faith." The sheet has an engraving of the Consumptives' Home and an inset portrait of the late Charles Cullis, M.D.

Date: 1892-07-27

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198842

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.004

Suburban residences

Two pages of suburban residences cut out and pasted to a board. Includes: Mr. Pope's Residence, Highlands, Roxbury; Br. Blake's Italian Cottage, Highlands, Roxbury; Henry Burroughs's Gothic Cottage, Highlands; The General Warren House, Roxbury; I. Babbitt's Gothic Cottage, Roxbury; Wm. R. Carnes's...

Date: 1856

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198843

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.009

Baptist Home of Rhode Island, Newport, R.I., 1953-1980

A close view of the principle facade of the William Watts Sherman House. The work was done by M. Vogel.

Date: 1993

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198844

Ref. Code: GC002.01.RI.0200.001

A Calendar of Game Birds for 1909

"Twelve drawings from Nature and in Color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes." Each study is accompanied with a sheet describing the habits and description of the bird (grouse, duck, plovers, etc.).

Date: 1909

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198846

Ref. Code: GC002.02.117

Boston and its environs = und seine Umbegungen = et ses environs, Fr. Goth, 1850-1859

In the central scene Boston can be seen from Donald McKay's shipyard in East Boston surrounded by 12 small views of various historic sites: Bunker Hill Monument, Boston & Maine Depot, Revere House, Hancock House, Boston Common, City Hall, Custom House, Old State House, Tremont Row, Park Street Churc...

Date: 1850-1859

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198848

Ref. Code: GC002.02.001

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Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198847

Ref. Code: GC002.02

Furniture and interior designs by Benjamin Woodward

Consists of furniture and interior fashions (windows, chairs, etc.) from French design books (Le Garde-Meuble, D. Guilmard & Celestin Allard) and original drawings by Benjamin Woodward, upholsterer, Goods & Fine Furniture. Includes examples of Woodward's own sketches adapted from French designs. F...

Date: 1850s

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198850

Ref. Code: GC002.02.116

Commemoration of the tercentenary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1930, drawing by Mildred Mowll, Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, Mass., 1930

Views of historic Boston sites are identified in the item: Faneuil Hall, Bunker Hill Monument, King's Chapel, Longfellow Bridge, Brimstone Corner, Old State House, Quincy Market & Custom House, Public Gardens, Paul Revere House, Wharf of the Boston Tea Party, Old South Meetinghouse, New State House ...

Date: 1930

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198853

Ref. Code: GC002.02.002

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Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198851

Ref. Code: GC002.03

View of grounds and structures of the United States Agricultural Society at its third exhibition in Boston, 1855

A sepia toned lithograph showing people and the exhibition grounds at the third exhibition of the United States Agricultural Societ in 1855. There is a tent in the middle of the print, with people, horses and carriages all around.

Date: 1855

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198855

Ref. Code: GC002.02.003

The Child: A Calendar--1903

"Published for Jessie Wilcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green by Charles W. Beck, Jr.--Philadelphia." This calendar was done by two of the premier women illustrators, who were students and close friends of Howard Pyle. There are three designs by each and are fine examples of thier styles. Design...

Date: 1903

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198856

Ref. Code: GC002.02.119

Exterior view of Coliseum for the Grand National Peace Jubilee, Boston, Mass., June 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1869

The National Peace Jubilee was a music festival held June 15-19, 1869 in Boston to commemorate the end of the Civil War. The Boston Coliseum, which housed the event, was designed by William Preston and intended to be a temporary structure. The event was organized by composer and bandmaster Patrick G...

Date: 1869

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198858

Ref. Code: GC002.02.004

Latin & English High School Buildings, Boston, Mass.

This rheotype shows an explicit view of the two schools with people walking around in front of them. George A. Clough, city architect, designed the buildings.

Date: 1878

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198859

Ref. Code: GC002.02.006a

New Boston and Charles River Basin

This colored lithograph shows a prospective view of the Charles River Basin. The top half is a map of the Basin area and park system. A legend is included at the bottom which describes a plan for developing the river frontage. Engraved for Charles Davenport - first Projector of Embankment.

Date: ca. 1885

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198860

Ref. Code: GC002.02.007a

View of the proposed block on the site of the dock between Long and Central Wharves, in Boston

This shows a detailed view of a granite warehouse building with delivery wagons and a rare view of the side of the Customs House.

Date: ca. 1857

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198861

Ref. Code: GC002.02.008b

Sewall, Day & Co.'s Cordage Manufactory, Boston

This lithograph shows an explicit representation of the factory and offices of Sewall, Day & Co. with wagons carrying cordage.

Date: ca. 1862

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198862

Ref. Code: GC002.02.009a

A prospective view of part of the Commons

This print was taken from a watercolor owned by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1902. It shows the Common, a detailed view of the Hancock House, Beacon Hill, the beacon, and the 29th Regiment and field pieces. Black ink on white paper, no. 32 of an edition of 75 - plate destroyed.

Date: 1902

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198863

Ref. Code: GC002.02.010

Advertisement for Cast steel saws manufactured by Welch & Griffiths

This handbill for Welch & Griffiths circular saws shows an engraving of the factory at the top with description and warranty below. There is an elaborate border around the whole handbill.

Date: 1842-1852

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198864

Ref. Code: GC002.02.011

City Hall, Boston, Mass.

This slightly sepia-toned lithograph shows very good architectural detail of City Hall with an impressionistic view of landscaping and Niles building next to City Hall in shadows. There are groupings of people in front and the legend gives the dates of building construction and names of the buildin...

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198865

Ref. Code: GC002.02.012

Chauncy Hall School & First Congregational Church

This sepia-toned lithograph shows good architectural detail on both Chauncy Hall and the church with a grouping of young boys, carriages and men riding.

Date: 1857

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198866

Ref. Code: GC002.02.013

Old State House as it is, as it was, Boston, Mass., 1876

The structure is shown from the east side, State Street, in 1876 with many alterations and additions. The building as it was in 1748 is the smaller image. The Massachusetts state seal and the Boston seal are included. If the imageis enlarged it is possible to see the many businesses using it in this...

Date: 1876

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198867

Ref. Code: GC002.02.014

The Village elms Sunday morning in New England

A scene of late 19th century American village life, with stately elms, horses and buggies and old homes. The village church can also be seen in the background, with people in their "Sunday best." Given by Jane N. Grew, August 13. 1920.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198869

Ref. Code: GC002.02.120

Exterior view of Coliseum for the Grand National Peace Jubilee

The Peace Jubilee was held in Boston, MA from June 15-19, 1869. This sepia-toned lithograph with a grey sky shows a fairly realistic representation of buildings but not much detail. The foreground shows people and carriages. Two contracting company names are printed on the front. The materials c...

Date: 1869

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198868

Ref. Code: GC002.02.005

[Landscape of farm buildings and pond]

A Rembrandt-esque landscape, depicting a woodland scene with a farm and a bridge crossing over a pond. Signed in print on the lower left side.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198870

Ref. Code: GC002.02.121

From shore to shore

An allegory of life from childhoold to old age, represented by a group of people apparently out for a day of boating. A poem explains the symbolic journey.

Date: 1857-1907

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198871

Ref. Code: GC002.02.122

John Pounds

A commemorative piece honoring a cobbler who taught poor children for free. A charming awkward composition of John Pound in his shop, teaching children as he repairs a shoe.Given by Jane N. Grew, August 13, 1920.

Date: 1840-1862

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198872

Ref. Code: GC002.02.123

Jenny Lind

A portrait of the young Jenny Lind.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198873

Ref. Code: GC002.02.124

To make the world a decent place to live in--Third Liberty Loan

"Do your part--buy U.S. Government bonds." This advertisement for Third Liberty Loan depicts a dramatic scene of soldiers charging with an American flag in the background.

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198874

Ref. Code: GC002.02.125a

Farm to win "over there"

An advertisement from the U.S. Department of Labor to join the U.S. boys' working reserve. The poster calls the reserve the "Army behind the Army" and encourages recruits to sign up at the nearest high school or in Room 160 at the State House in Boston.

Date: ca. 1917

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198875

Ref. Code: GC002.02.125d

Washington Allston

Probably a posthumous print by John Sartain, a well-known miniaturist, portrait painter and engraver. Created from Chester Harding's portrait of the artist, and the original portrait was probably done from life.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198876

Ref. Code: GC002.02.126a

Fight or buy bonds

A Third Liberty Loan advertisement with a Howard Christy Chandler illustration with "Miss Liberty" imitating "French Miss Liberty."

Date: 1917

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198877

Ref. Code: GC002.02.126b

My daddy bought me a government bond of the Third Liberty Loan

A vintage bond promotion of the Third Liberty Loan featuring a little girl smiling and clutching her very own bond. She asks the viewer, "Did yours?"

Date: 1915-1917

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 198879

Ref. Code: GC002.02.126c

Sleigh "Nightingale," Boston, Mass., undated

Beacon Hill is the backdrop for the "Nightingale" sleigh with a team of eight horses on Arlington Street. The George Washington statue can be seen at the entrance to the Public Garden. The State House is on the right side of the image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196520

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.131

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