Historic New England

Exterior view of Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of Trinity Church, facing Boylston Street, is seen in the image. Streetcar tracks can be seen in the road.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273694

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2930.001

Stereograph of Old City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of Boston's Old City Hall is seen with the statue of Benjamin Franklin on the left side.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273699

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.1230.001

Stereograph of the Museum of Fine Arts, Copley Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The Museum of Fine Arts, facing into Copley Square, can be seen in this image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273702

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0682.002

Stereograph of Old City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text on the right margin reads "Allen..photographer, No. 6 Temple Place, Boston."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273706

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.1230.002

Exterior view of Old City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of Old City Hall is seen with the Benjamin Franklin statue on the left and the Josiah Quincy statue on the right.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273707

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7190.001

Stereograph of Old City Hall, School Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The facade of Boston's Old City Hall is seen in this image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273709

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.1230.003

Stereograph of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, France, undated

The card verso reads "The Holmes Stereoscope, with the inventions and improvements added by Joseph L. Bates, 129 Washington Street, Boston."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273712

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.FR.0010.0010.001

Old South Church, Washington Street, Moulton Photograph Company, 50 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Streetcars meet at the intersection of Washington and Milk Streets next to the Old South Church. The image is part of a series called "Boston views," done by the Moulton Photograph Company in Boston.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273714

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8810.002

Exterior view of the James Russell Lowell House, "Elmwood," Cambridge, Mass., undated

Flowering shrubs and trees surround the Lowell House in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273715

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0950.002

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273763

Ref. Code: EP001.13.01

New England Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273764

Ref. Code: EP001.13.02

The Pepper Co.

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273765

Ref. Code: EP001.13.03

Mortensen and Holdensen

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273766

Ref. Code: EP001.13.04

S. B. Goddard & Son Co.

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273767

Ref. Code: EP001.13.05

The Travelers

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273768

Ref. Code: EP001.13.06

Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273769

Ref. Code: EP001.13.07

Miscellaneous

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273770

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08

Travelers calendar, The Travelers, Hartford, Connecticut, 1936

The calendar has 12 Currier & Ives lithographs: 1) The road-winter (1853) 2) Canadian voyageurs 3) Gold mining in California (1871) 4) Brook trout fishing (1862) 5) The Rocky Mountains (1866) 6) The American national game of baseball 7) Clipper ship "Nightingale" (1854) 8) The "Lighning Express" tra...

Date: 1936

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273777

Ref. Code: EP001.13.06.002

Travelers calendar of John Rogers groups, The Travelers, Hartford, Connecticut, 1939

The calendar has images of John Rogers groups to illustrate each month: 1)Weighing the baby (1876) 2) The school examination (1867) 3) The referee (1880) 4) Neighboring pews (1884) 5) School days (1877) 6) Coming to the parson (1870) 7) Checkers up at the farm (1875) 7) We boys (1872) 8) The favored...

Date: 1939

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273782

Ref. Code: EP001.13.06.003

Envelope for the Calendar of early American prints, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1937

The envelope has a central illustration showing an early printer performing his work while two men look at a finished print. On each side of this illustration are panels with six illustrations each that evoke scenes from the prints used in the calendar.

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273789

Ref. Code: EP001.13.07.001

Massachusetts - Boston

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 273785

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250

Blueprint of Block Plan of Rebuilt Hancock House and State House Front

A blueprint titled "A Blockplan of the Hancock House rebuilt and the State House Front dedicated to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities." It is dated 1916, and it shows the footprint of the Massachusetts State House bordered by Beacon, Joy, Mount Vernon, and Bowdoin Streets.

Date: 1916

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 273788

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.001

Calendar of early American prints, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1937

The calendar has the following prints: 1) Boston Harbor, 1840 2) Sleighing in New York (1855) 3) White's Great Cattle Show and Procession (1821) 4) Kansas City, 1855 5) Across the continent 6) Cincinnati, 1855 7) Independence Hall Philadelphia 8) A steamboat race on the Mississippi 9) Old Fort Dearb...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273791

Ref. Code: EP001.13.07.002

Howe residence, Manchester Cove, Magnolia, Manchester, Mass.

An exterior view of the Howe House in Manchester Cove, Manchester, Massachusetts, designed by Edmund March Wheelwright.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 273790

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0190.002

Moses Kimball scrapbook

Scrapbook contains an extensive collection of newspaper clippings about Moses Kimball dating from 1852 to 1869, taken from such publications as The Boston Journal, The Evening Transcript, the Hingham Journal, Boston Times, and The Republican (Springfield). All clippings refer to Moses Kimball (1809-...

Date: 1852-1869

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 273806

Ref. Code: MS004.001

Calendar, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, New York, 1891

Five children and their dog pull a log across a winter landscape.

Date: 1891

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273808

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.001

Colonial landmarks of the old Bay State, calendar 1896, Souvenir Publising Co., Lynn, Mass., 1896

The calendar is based on "Colonial landmarks of the old Bay State," by E.F. Bacheller and C.A. Lawrence (1896). The images of historic buildings are a combination of photographs and illustrations. The months represented are February, April, May, July, September and November.

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273817

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.002

Julia Lyman, Lydia Storer, Hilda Arnoldson, and Jimmy

A black and white photograph of (from left) Julia Lyman, Lydia Storer, and Hilda Arnoldson standing on an outdoor deck or porch with a dog named Jimmy.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273812

Ref. Code: PC009.181.051

Aunt Ella Cabot and Cousin Mary L[?]

A black and white photograph of (from left) Ella Cabot and Mary L[?] standing outside on a roadway in Waltham, Mass.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273814

Ref. Code: PC009.181.058

Colonial landmarks of the old Bay State, calendar 1897, Souvenir Publising Co., Lynn, Mass., 1897

The calendar is based on "Colonial landmarks of the old Bay State," by E.F. Bacheller and C.A. Lawrence (1896). The images of historic buildings are a combination of photographs and illustrations. The months represented are February, April, May, June, September, October, November and December.

Date: 1897

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273818

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.003

Thwing scrapbook

This collection contains harmful imagry including racist and stereotypical depictions of people. 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...

Date: 1862-1933

Collection: Scrapbooks collection

GUSN: 273819

Ref. Code: MS004.002

Julia Lyman and the turtles

A black and white photograph of Julia Lyman kneeling on an outdoor porch apparently lining up three turtles in a row while a fourth is much closer to the camera.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273820

Ref. Code: PC009.181.063

Pa and Arthur Lyman, Jr.

A black and white photograph of "Pa" (probably father of Margaret Lyman) and Arthur Lyman, Jr. holding tennis rackets and standing with their backs to the camera on a tennis court.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273821

Ref. Code: PC009.181.064

Our Scotch rose bush

A black and white photograph of a Scotch rose bush at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273822

Ref. Code: PC009.181.070

Lydia Storer and Katherine Wells

A black and white photograph of (from left) Lydia Storer and Katherine Wells. Lydia is standing astride a bicycle while Katherine stands next to her. The photograph was taken at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273824

Ref. Code: PC009.181.073

"Whitey on our front steps"

A black and white photograph of a rabbit, named Whitey, on a leash sitting on the steps to an outdoor deck or porch. Visible in the background is an outdoor chair.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273825

Ref. Code: PC009.181.075

Pompey, Lid, and Judy

A black and white photograph of "Lid" (probably Lydia Storer) standing next to the head of a pony named Pompey who is being ridden by a girl named Judy.

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273826

Ref. Code: PC009.181.085

Untitled: two girls near a woodpile, presumably on the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of two girls near a woodpile, presumably on the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass. One girl is seated in a small compartment attached to the woodpile while the other girl stands in front of the woodpile.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273827

Ref. Code: PC009.181.097

Untitled: two girls near a woodpile, presumably on the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of two girls playing near a woodpile.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273828

Ref. Code: PC009.181.098

Untitled: a group of children with a dog, presumably at the Lyman Estate in Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of a group of children seated in a semi-circle with a small dog in the middle.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 273829

Ref. Code: PC009.181.107

Stencil calendar for 1904, by Edward Penfield, published by Alfred Bartlett, Boston, Mass., 1903

Artist Edward Penfield designed this 1904 wall calendar published by Alfred Bartlett of Boston, Massachusetts. The cover features a stenciled black rooster with a bright red coxcomb and wattle pecking at feed on the ground. Each page is illustrated with an image of animal, including a cat, dog, cow,...

Date: 1903

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273849

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.004

Calendar, Mortensen and Holdensen, mural decorators and painters, 154 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., 1905

A detailed painting with Viking ships in the center decorates the calendar. The calendar has the months May-December 1905.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273853

Ref. Code: EP001.13.04.001

Calendar, The Pepper Co., manufacturing confectioners, Peabody, Mass., 1906

The calendar has an image of Hiawatha paddling in a canoe with a caption from the the Longfellow poem.

Date: 1906

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273856

Ref. Code: EP001.13.03.001

Calendar, The Pepper Co., Inc., confectionery, Peabody, Mass., 1909

The image caption reads "Mrs. Spencer, who did make ye first Gibralters, 1822, passing ye Old Witch House, Salem, Mass." The calendar has the months July-December 1909.

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273857

Ref. Code: EP001.13.03.002

Calendar, P. Holdensen, mural-decorator, 154 Boylston St. Boston, Mass., 1910

Grape vines and a male face sculpture decorate the calendar.

Date: 1910

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273863

Ref. Code: EP001.13.04.002

Pilgrim calendar, published by A.S. Burbank, Plymouth, Mass., 1914

Plymouth history and buildings are shown in removable postcards for each month.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273865

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.005

Calendar, S.B. Goddard & Son Co., insurance, 15 Pleasant Street, Woburn, Mass., 1935

The image caption reads "A view of Woburn, Mass. in 1820 from Academy Hill." The calendar has the months September-December.

Date: 1935

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273866

Ref. Code: EP001.13.05.001

Calendar, S.B. Goddard & Son Co., insurance, 15 Pleasant Street, Woburn, Mass., 1940

The image shows Ichabod Parker's Tavern, later known as the Mishawum House, at the corner of Mishawum Road and Main Street in Woburn, Massachusetts. A trade card attached to the calendar has a Christmas design and reads "Compliments of S.B. Goddard & Son Co., Savings Bank Building, Woburn, Massachus...

Date: 1940

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273868

Ref. Code: EP001.13.05.002

Envelope for the Travelers calendar, The Travelers, Hartford, Connecticut, 1936

The caption reads "The Travelers 1936 calendar reproduced from Currier and Ives prints for." The illustrations reflect the print subjects in the calendar.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 273873

Ref. Code: EP001.13.06.001

Nimbus

Nimbus was a centerboard sloop designed by J. B. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Mfg. Co. in 1869 as building no. #186805es. Rebuilt by Lawley 1885. LOA 36.9ft. LWL 33.3ft. Beam 12.9ft.

Date: 1885-07-04

Collection: Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection

GUSN: 276806

Ref. Code: PC047.02.0260.00546

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