Historic New England

Interior view of Boston Museum Hall, Tremont Street

Interior view of the Boston Museum Hall as seen from the stairway, Tremont Street, with theatrical posters on display.

Date: 25 April 1903

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202342

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.074

Interior view of Boston Museum theatre, Tremont Street

Interior view of Boston Museum theatre facing stage, Tremont Street. The orchestra pit is visible.

Date: 23 April 1903

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202343

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.075

Interior view of Boston Museum theatre, Tremont Street

Interior view of Boston Museum theatre from stage, facing seating, Tremont Street, including view of balconies.

Date: 23 April 1903

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202344

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.076

Interior view of Boston Museum Hall, Tremont Street

Interior view of the Boston Museum Hall, Tremont Street, with theatrical posters on display.

Date: 23 April 1903

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202345

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.077

Exterior view of the Sears Building, 199 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1875

The Sears Building at 199 Washington Street is located opposite the Old State House. The entrance to the Great Western & Michigan Central Line Railroad ticketing office is located on the ground floor. Banks, insurance and other financial offices are located on the upper floors.

Date: ca. 1875

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202346

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.085

Exterior view of Joy's Building, 81 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

A Pennsylvania Railraod office is in the building.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202347

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.087

Team of horses pulling a Sewall & Day Cordage Company wagon

Team of horses pulling a Sewall & Day Cordage Company wagon on Parker Street. The wagon is loaded with bags of Sewall & Day merchandise. Snow is on the ground.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202348

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.132

Detail of the Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial, Boston Common, Boston, Mass., undated

Robert Gould Shaw leading the 54th Regiment is shown in the Memorial detail on Boston Common.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202349

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.128

View of the Boston Fire District

View of the Boston Fire District from Summer Street towards City Hall, Old South Church, and the Post Office.

Date: 1872

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202350

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.111

Photograph of H. H. Richardson's preliminary design drawing for Trinity Church

Photograph of one of H. H. Richardson's preliminary design drawing for Trinity Church, Copley Square, corner of Boylston and Dartmouth streets. Drawing (principally) depicts the Boylston Street facade.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202351

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.102

Photograph of H. H. Richardson's preliminary design drawing for Trinity Church

Photograph of one of H. H. Richardson's preliminary design drawing for the interior of Trinity Church, Copley Square, corner of Boylston and Dartmouth streets.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202352

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.102-5

State Street, 1801, Boston, Mass., undated

The image is an undated reproduction based on a painting by James Brown Marston, "Old State House, 1801." The text superimposed on the image reads "When Paul Revere was a district nurse, by Margaret Fitzhugh Browne." Browne was a portrait artist and the art editor for the Boston Evening Transcript. ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202353

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.101

Washington Street looking towards the Old South Meeting House after the Boston Fire, Boston, Mass., 1872

A fire engine is in front of the Old South Meeting House.The business establishments lining Washington Street can be seen. Rubble lays in the street in the foreground.

Date: 1872

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202354

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.115

Group portrait of unidentified men standing among the ruins of the Boston Fire

Group portrait of unidentified men, some in firefighters uniforms, standing on the site of ruins created by the Boston Fire. One man is gesturing towards a Consumers Protective Association milk truck.

Date: 1872

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202355

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.105

Photograph of a print depicting Beacon Hill from Dearn Street, 1812

Photograph of a print depicting Beacon Hill from Dearn (Derne) Street, 1812. Two men are conversing in the foreground. The Beacon Hill monument is in the background.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202356

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.096

Interior view of the New South Church, Church Green

Interior view of the New South Church, Church Green, Summer Street, facing the altar.

Date: ca. 1866

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202357

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.119

View from the State House cupola looking southwest

Photograph of an original photographic view from the cupola of the State House looking southwest towards Roxbury. In the lower right corner of the image, the top of the Hancock Mansion is visible.

Date: 1858

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202358

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.093-7

View of Back Bay

Aerial view of Back Bay.

Date: 1868

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202359

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.091-1

Panoramic view from Bunker Hill Monument

Panoramic view from Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, with guide to sites of interest.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202360

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.138

First Church, or, "Old Brick"

Photograph of a drawing of the exterior of First Church , also known as "Old Brick." The caption reads: "Erected in Cornhill after the fire of 1711, and taken down in 1808."

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202361

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.134

Exterior view of the Commercial Coffee House, corner of Milk & Batterymarch Streets, Boston, Mass.

Photograph of a lithograph depicting an oblique exterior view of the Commercial Coffee House, corner of Milk and Batterymarch Streets.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202362

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.135

View of the garrison at Fort Warren

View of troops stationed at Fort Warren, Boston, and ordnance. Troops are standing at attention. A small marching band is in front of the garrison.

Date: March 1864

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202363

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.133

Park Square in 1837, from a rare contemporary lithograph, published by Charles E. Goodspeed, 5A Park Street, Boston, Mass., 1902

Text on the left side below the image reads "Drawn on stone by Robert Sturn."

Date: 1902

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202364

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.136

Panoramic view of Washington Street

Photograph of a panoramic print featured in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion depicting the west side of Washington Street form Court Street to 295 Washington Street, above Winter Street.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202365

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.140

Group portrait of men and women attending a Roosevelt Club dinner at the Hotel Somerset

Group portrait of men and women attending a Roosevelt Club dinner in honor of Henry Cabot Lodge. Most are seated at Hotel Somerset dining room tables. Henry Cabot Lodge (ninth from left) is among twenty men standing at the head table. Programs for the event are on every table.

Date: 20 November 1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202366

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.297

E.H.S. class 1871-1874, Young's Hotel, Jan. 18, 1913

Group portrait of graduates of the E.H.S. class of 1871-1874, most seated, before dining in Young's Hotel.

Date: 18 January 1913

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202367

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.315

Group portrait of part of the Boston Highlands Society Sunday School

This group portrait depicts sixty-one members of the Boston Highlands Society Sunday School in Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1899

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202368

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.307-A

Group portrait of twelve members of the Society for Medical Improvement

Copy of a daguerreotype depicting a studio portrait of twelve members of the Society for Medical Improvement: Zabdiel Boylston Adams (1793-1855); Jacob Bigelow (1786-1879); Walter Channing (1786-1876); John C. Hayden; John Homans; David Osgood; John Barnard Swett Jackson (1806-1879); Charles Gideon ...

Date: 1850

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202369

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.305

Group portrait of sixteen newspaper men and reporters standing on the front steps of the Massachusetts State House

Group portrait of sixteen newspaper men and reporters standing on the front steps of the State House, including Charles E. Mann (front row, third from left), Raymond Bridgeman (front row, second from left), Arthur Bridgeman (first row, first from left), and Bill Murphy (back row, second from right).

Date: 1903

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202370

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.300

Group portrait of eleven men

Studio portrait of a group of eleven men.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202371

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.308

Group portrait of members of the Massachusetts Historical Society, ca. 1877

Group portrait of members of the Massachusetts Historical Society standing on the front steps of Society President R. C. Winthrop's house, Brookline.

Date: ca. 1877

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202372

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.299

Group portrait of members of the Friday Club

Copy of a daguerreotype depicting a studio group portrait of members of the Friday Club, most seated. From left to right: C. P. Curtis; Thomas Motley; Nathan Hale; Benjamin Robbins Curtis; George Hayward; James K. Mills; Lemuel Shaw; Francis Calley Gray; Nathan Appleton; Charles H. Warren; William S...

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202373

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.307

Group portrait taken to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Faneuil Hall Market

Group studio portrait taken of the Mayor of Boston and the four original occupants to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Faneuil Hall Market. From left to right: Nathan Robbins; Harrison Bird; Honorable Samuel C. Cobb, Mayor; F. Herman Curtis; and Ebenezer Holden.

Date: 26 August 1876

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202374

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.313

Group portrait of the Third Battalion of the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry

Composite photograph of the Third Battalion of the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry on Boston Common during its last evening parade.

Date: 18 April 1899

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202375

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.319

Group portrait of the Lowell Baseball Club of Boston, 1865

In this group studio portrait of nine members of the Lowell Baseball Club of Boston, some of the players sit and some stand. The image is set against a background with architectural elements. Several players hold bats and caps. In the middle of the group, ball is displayed in a case set on a table. ...

Date: 1865

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202376

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.316

Group portrait of the Lowell Baseball Club of Boston, 1866

Studio group portrait of the Lowell Baseball Club of Boston. A ledger is open on the desk.

Date: 1866

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202377

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.317

Group portrait of (probably) Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright's Sewing Circle

Group portrait of (probably) Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright's Sewing Circle. Three of the seated women have sewing materials on their laps.

Date: 1899

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202378

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.321

Group portrait of men attending the pre-dinner reception of the Home Market Club

Group portrait of men standing on a decorated platform during the pre-dinner reception of the Home Market Club. All are dressed in formal evening attire.

Date: 16 January 1899

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202379

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.320

Entrance to Harvard University and Harvard Yard

View of entrance and gates to Harvard Yard, Harvard University, from across the street.

Date: 1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202380

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.169

Exterior view of Bertram Hall, Radcliffe College

Oblique exterior view of Betram Hall, Radcliffe College, from Radcliffe Yard.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202381

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.172-A

Interior view of Bertram Hall, Radcliffe College

Interior view of Bertram Hall, Radcliffe College, facing central hall and staircase.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202382

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.172-B

Interior view of Bertram Hall, Radcliffe College

Interior view of Bertram Hall, Radcliffe College, facing front door from central hall. Door opens to Radcliffe Yard.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202383

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.172-C

Men and women standing in front of the Belcher-Vassal House

Informal group portrait of men and women standing in front of the Belcher-Vassal House, as seen from across property grounds.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202384

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.166

Exterior view of the Muster House, Charlestown Navy Yard

Exterior view of the octagonal Muster House in Charlestown Navy Yard.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202385

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.173

Exterior view of Charlestown High School

Oblique exterior view of the Charlestown High School building.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202386

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.173-B

Exterior view of the Warren School, Charlestown, Mass.

Oblique exterior view of the Warren School, as seen from slightly elevated perspective.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202387

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.173-C

Exterior view of the Harvard School

Oblique exterior view of the Harvard School with boys standing in the schoolyard. This building is located near the intersection of Rutherford Avenue and Devens Street in Charlestown, Mass.

Date: n.d.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202388

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.173-D

Exterior view of Thurston, Hall, & Co., manufacturers of crackers and pilot bread, 46, 48 and 50 Elm Street, Cambridgeport, Mass., ca. 1871

Employees are standing in front of the store, as well as at building windows, looking out. A man is raking the yard in front of the office. On the left side of the image a man in a top hat stands with four children. Thurston has a store at 40 Long Wharf and an order box at 10 Court Square in Boston....

Date: ca. 1871

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 202389

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.168