Historic New England

Salt haying, Polpis, Nantucket

In Polpis on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, a farmer collects cut hay in an ox cart in a salt marsh.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191271

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.043

Schooner Augustus Hunt covered in ice, unloading at the Boston Gas Company's North End Works, 1880s.

The docked schooner Augustus Hunt is covered in thick ice and hoarfrost.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 191274

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.009

Amusement park and bandstand, Salisbury Beach, Mass., 1910

View of the Salisbury Beach amusement park from the parking lot. A ferris wheel and roller coaster can be seen among other rides. The arcade has many customers and an old Coca-Cola advertisement is on one wall.

Date: 1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191275

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2580.0010.001

Merrill's Wharf, New Bedford, Mass., undated

The image of Merrill's Wharf in New Bedford, Massachusetts features a large sailing ship and nearby buildings. A large bulding bearing the sign "Sail Loft" is on the right. The wharf has an air of decline with logs strewn about and grass growing between pieces of pavement.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191278

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2010.0090.001

Casks of whale oil, awaiting a market, New Bedford, Mass.

Featured in the postcard are rows of casks filled with whale oil. Many are leaking and/or marked with the letters NS. The dock on which they are laid is also home to a very large sailing ship.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191279

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.044

New Bedford, Mass., speeders, Holmes Mill

Interior view of a factory with speeder machines. The machines line the floor, with mechanisms from floor to ceiling. No factory workers are shown. Spools of yarn or thread are piled on top of some of the machines.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191282

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.045

Label for Cocheco, Cocheco Mills, Dover, New Hampshire, undated

Below the image the text reads "Lawrence & Co., Boston."The label features a pair of women dressed in Greco-Roman style seated in front of smokestacks and a large cog. One woman has painted a design and the other is holding a bolt of fabric with the same design patterned on it.

Date: ca. 1866

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191285

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.02.025

Temporary

Sub-sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191287

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.TMP

Sperm whaling, "the capture," New Bedford, Mass.

Full-color postcard depicting the hunting of a sperm whale. Six men man a whale boat that has launched from a nearby ship. The small boat is in danger of capsizing in the rough water created by the struggling whale.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191290

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.005

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191291

Ref. Code: EP001.04.TMP

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191292

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 191300

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP

Temporary

Series

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191303

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP

Album 17: Views of Boston and Vicinity by Henry Peabody

This album consists of approximately one hundred 8 x 10 inch prints (including some platinum-toned) taken by Henry Peabody circa 1903 to 1904, apparently for the Detroit Publishing Company. An index accompanies this volume which includes several outstanding panoramas of Boston Harbor from various di...

Date: ca. 1903

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191305

Ref. Code: PC009.017

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191306

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP

Temporary

Sub-sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191307

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP

Temporary

Subgroup

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 191308

Ref. Code: MS006.TMP

Amy Robsart to the Earl of Leicester

Cover depicts Amy Robsart and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191315

Ref. Code: MS007.01.14.02

Oh swift we go, a sleighing song

Cover depicts two men watching a large sleigh with many passengers pass them. Snow covers the landscape and four horses pull the carriage.

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191327

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.01

Temporary

Series

Collection: Robert Bayard Severy photographic collection

GUSN: 191316

Ref. Code: PC045.TMP

Massachusetts Towns and Landscapes

46 black and white photographs probably from the end of the 19th century. Locations include Gloucester, Sudbury, Andover (Abbot House), Saugus, Newburyport, Franklin Park, Northboro (including the Eames' house and Eames' house boarders), the Neponset River in Mattapan, the Charles River, Norumbega ...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191323

Ref. Code: PC009.199

Woodman! Spare that tree!

Cover depicts a gentleman talking to a farmer holding an axe underneath a large tree. The farmer's house and water well are visible.

Date: 1837

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191335

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.02

Kind, kind and gentle is she

Cover depicts a woman standing in front of a garden gate.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191353

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.03

Old Tippecanoe : a patriotic Whig song

Cover depicts William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) at various stages in his military and political career.

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191359

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.04

The lament of the Irish emigrant

Cover depicts a man, presumably an Irish immigrant, leaning against a fence.

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191364

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.05

The golden dream

Cover depicts a man and a woman talking beneath an arbor.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191372

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.06

Song of the Greek Amazon

Cover depicts a Greek man standing on a rampart next to a cannon. He is holding a knife and sword. Two men restraining a horse are behind him.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191381

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.07

Temporary

Series

Collection: Norton family photographic collection

GUSN: 191385

Ref. Code: PC035.TMP

Spectators at a band concert at Ocean Park, Oaks Bluff, Mass., 1904-1914

A crowd of people attend a band concert at Ocean Park, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.

Date: 1904-1914

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190901

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2200.0010.004

Portrait of a young man in a uniform, ca. 1888

A young man in uniform stands outdoors with buildings and a horse-drawn carriage in the distance behind him.

Date: ca. 1888

Collection: Laura Maria Barr photographic collection

GUSN: 190902

Ref. Code: PC014.TMP.001

Children standing in the street near 123-125-127 Cabot Street, Roxbury, Mass., Mar. 18, 1926

Boston Building Department documentation photograph depicts a group of children standing in the street near 123-125-127 Cabot Street in Roxbury Massachusetts.

Date: 1926-03-18

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190903

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0170.001

Bird's-eye view of baseball game looking north, Falmouth Heights, Mass., undated

Image features men and women watching a Cottage Club baseball game while sitting on a hill. The spectators backs are to the camera; other spectators lean against automobiles. The Falmouth Heights team is down two runs to the visitors.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190904

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0070.003

Two men stand on the front steps of 240 West Canton Street, Boston, Mass., June 8, 1933

This Boston Building Department documentation photograph depicts two men standing on the front steps of 240 West Canton Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1933-06-08

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190910

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.9160.001

Waterfront and baseball field with spectators, Falmouth Heights, Mass., undated

View of the waterfront in Falmouth Heights, Massachusetts. A road filled with cars, buggies and cyclists separates the beach and the Cottage Club baseball fields. Many spectators are walking to the baseball fields or leaning on parked automobiles. On the waterside a row of tennis courts have been se...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190911

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0070.004

Fish drying in a backyard factory, Provincetown, Mass., undated

Stereograph features an exterior view of a home and its backyard. The yard is filled with screened tables on which fish is dried. Men and boys work with the drying fish and women and girls in hoopskirts are observing from the small porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190913

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1480.0010.001

Beach with cottages and a large rowboat off shore, Brant Rock, Mass., undated

Snowy view of the beach at Brant Rock, Massachusetts. Cottages line the shore, many with patches of snow on the roof. Just off shore is a row boat with five people who may be lifesavers. The shoreline is littered with rocks, snow and clumps of seaweed.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190914

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1730.0040.002

Fire at coal pocket with the schooner Jane Palmer, East Boston, Mass., Aug. 26, 1907

Image taken from an off-shore location, depicting a fire in an East Boston coal pocket. The five-masted schooner Jane Palmer also caught fire. Two steamships can also be seen, while smoke obscures the wharves and coastline.

Date: 1907-08-26

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 190917

Ref. Code: PC015.01.280.01

Trade card for Henry W. Peabody & Co., Australian Line, 114 State Street, Boston, Mass., May 26, 1884

The card features the crests of both the United States and Australia. The company uses the barques "Ida" and "S.R. Bearse" for its cargo shipments.

Date: 1884-05-26

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190920

Ref. Code: EP001.01.103.01.01.015

Program for a dory regatta, Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 27, 1859

Letter press for a dory regatta off Swampscott in August of 1859. The program features an illustration of a dory and lists the prize money for the three races.

Date: 1859-08-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190921

Ref. Code: EP001.01.052.01.01.006

Billhead for E. Gerry Emmons, manufacturer of sail and row boats, 3 New Ocean Street, Swampscott, Mass., dated July 20, 1894

A paid bill for a sailing dory and accessories built for Bertie Strard by "E. Gerry Emmons, manufacturer of sail and row boats, dories, skiffs ets." The bill totals $193.06. The billhead features an illustration of a small sailboat and a row boat on a still waterway.

Date: 1894-07-20

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190925

Ref. Code: EP001.01.122.01.02.006

Bicycle paraders standing in formation for the Boston Bicycle Parade, Boston, Mass., 1896

Bicycle paraders stand in formation for the Boston Bicycle Parade, Boston, Massachusetts in 1896. A pennant on the boy's bicycle reads: "Bicycle Instruction Daily." Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and bia...

Date: 1896

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190928

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.039

Fisherman's Beach with boats and horse buggy, Swampscott, Mass., undated

Full color postcard depicting Swampscott's Fisherman's Beach. The beach is covered with boat hulls pulled up on to the sand near the row of beach-front homes. A horse drawn carriage is on a boat-ramp and picnickers sit at tables on grass above the beach.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190932

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.029

Trade card for R.T. Dodge & Co., manufacturers and dealers in oars, sweeps and sculls, No. 176 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass., undated

A small letterpress trade card advertising the work of R.T. Dodge & Company. The company also made custom spruce oars.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190934

Ref. Code: EP001.01.122.01.02.005

"Drink to me only with thine eyes"

This painting contains 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 or edit objects and /...

Collection: Jewett family papers

GUSN: 190936

Ref. Code: MS014.TMP.002

Studio portrait of an unidentified woman holding an infant on her lap, ca. 1865

In this studio portrait, an unidentified woman holds an infant on her lap. 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 alte...

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190937

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.TMP.001

Advertisement for Riggins soap, 1880-1890

This trade card contains harmful imagery and language including 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 doe...

Date: 1880-1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190939

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.01.011

Illustrated catalogue of boat-builders' hardware, yacht, boat and canoe fittings, A.J. Wilkinson & Co., 180 to 188 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The catalog describes tools and materials for building various types of boats.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190943

Ref. Code: EP001.12.014.003.025

Trade card for Glenwood & Elmwood Ranges and Parlor Stoves, made by Weir Stove Co., Taunton, Mass., 1880-1890

This trade card for ovens sold at Griswold, Richmond & Glock in Meriden, Connecticut contains racist, harmful imagery and language. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time i...

Date: 1880-1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190944

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.001

Trade card for Excelsior metal polish, as advertised by the manufacturer's agents Holway, Wright and Miner, 1880-1890

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: 1880-1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190949

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.02.04.030

Hull Harbor, Mass.

Full color postcard of sail boats in Hull Harbor. Hull Village is visible on the hill behind the harbor. The sail boats are underway and at anchor.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190957

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.030

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