Historic New England

West End Church block print from Pencil Points

This block print shows a central view of West End Church. It is from a special issue of Pencil Points, published for the A.I.A. Convention in Boston. In the foreground is a street scene, including pedestrians, a car and a fruit and vegetable peddlar.

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

GUSN: 198297

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1450.001

Boston Theatre, Mid Summer Night's Dream

Consists of a full page depiction of the stage and settings for the play. Settings are highly decorative and classical.

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 198298

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.010

A view of Old West Church : a branch of the Boston Public Library

This engraving depicts the front view of the Old West Church on Cambridge Street in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. At this time, the West Church was functioning as the West End Library branch of the Boston Public Library.

Date: 1913

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

GUSN: 198312

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1450.002

Charles St. Meeting House

This engraving depicts a side architectural view of the Charles St. Meeting House, built in 1807, and its steeple. The foreground depicts a street view with automobiles.

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

GUSN: 198315

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.001

Third Baptist Meeting House in Charles Street

This engraving depicts a view showing the church and steeple with the Cambridge Bridge in the background.

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198317

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.003

Stable, Charles Street, Boston

This heliotype features a a front exterior view, with floor plans of the stable in the upper left corner. Horse-drawn carriages and horses enter and leave the stable, while a West End Metropolitan trolley drives by.

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

GUSN: 198318

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.002

View of Mr. G.F. Thayer's Private School, Chauncy Place--Boston

This lithograph depicts an architectural view of Chauncy Hall, including the side yard.

Date: 1832

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

GUSN: 198321

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.002

Rowe Street Baptist Church, Boston

This engraving depicts shows an image of the Rowe Street Baptist Church (now Chauncy Place). There is an inset portrait of Rev. Baron Stow. Included with this is the article written for Gleason's Pictorial, entitled "Boston Pulpit--No. 3 / Rowe Street Baptist Church--Rev. Baron Stow, D.D., Pastor ...

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198322

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.003

The First Church, Chauncy Place, Boston

This engraving depicts a landscape view of the church and steeple. There is an inset portrait of Rev. Rufus Ellis from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes. Included is the article for Gleason's Pictorial entitled "Boston Pulpit--No. 7 / Chauncy Place Church--Rev. Rufus Ellis, Pastor / by Rev. Lut...

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198323

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.004

Exchange Coffee House

This engraving depicts the Exchange Coffee House with the street and a coach in front. The Exchange was designed by architect Asher Benjamin. It was a hotel and coffee house at the turn of the 19th century and was the largest building in Boston at the time.

Date: ca. 1830

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

GUSN: 198325

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1650.001

Coliseum, Boston

The item verso provides dimension information for the building: length, 550 feet, width, 350 feet, seating capacity, 50,000 and area of building, 4 1/2 acres. The World Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival was held in Boston in 1872 to commemorate the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The Bo...

Date: 1872

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

GUSN: 198329

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1700.001

View from Copley Square

This engraving depicts a front architectural view of the Boston Public Library. In the foregound, one can see the fountain and street, in addition to a side view of New Old South Church.

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

GUSN: 198332

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1700.002

Ladies' Drawing-Room, Vestibule, Grand Staircase, and Stage and Auditorium of the Boston Theatre

The engraving depicts two pages of newspaper showing several interior scenes of the theatre including stage, staircase, vestibule, and drawing room.

Date: 1855-11-10

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

GUSN: 198339

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.008

Boston Common

These two engravings depicts the same detailed view of the Common. In the foreground is a field and figures, with an elm tree in the center. The capitol and a church can be seen in the background. One of the engravings was copied and engraved for the Ladies Wreath by M. Osborne.

Date: 1845

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

GUSN: 198336

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.001

Great Elm, Boston Common

This item depicts a full detailed view of the famed Great Elm on Boston Common. The tree stood for centuries and was a well known location for both civic corporal punishment and later, recreation in the 1800s. The Great Elm was destroyed in a storm in 1876. The dome of the State House can be seen ab...

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

GUSN: 198337

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.008

Brewer Fountain, near Park Street Mall, in the Common, Boston, Mass.

The engraving depicts a large detailed view of the large statuesque Brewer Fountain on Boston Common, "Presented to the City of Boston by Gardner Brewer, Esq." Figures can be seen strolling and playing. This engraving was drawn from a photograph by Allen, which was reproduced in Frank Leslie's Illus...

Date: 1869

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

GUSN: 198340

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.009

Scene from the opera of William Tell

This engraving shows a scene from William Tell, as performed at the Boston Theatre.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198341

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.005

Smoker's Circle, on Boston Commmon

This print is a view of a large group of gentlemen lounging about on the Common and smoking.

Date: 1852

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

GUSN: 198344

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.003

Scene from Knowle's play of The Wife

Shows a scene from "The Wife," featuring the parts of Fernando, St. Pierre, Antonio, Marianna and Leonardo. The play was at the Boston Theatre.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198343

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.002

Boys coasting on Boston Common

Singly and in pairs, boys slide down a hill on Boston Common on sleds, some of which are named, such as Minnehaha and Old Ironsides. Others drag their sleds to the top of the rise. Women and men watch from either side of the slope. The Massachusetts State House can be discerned through the leafless ...

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 198346

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.005

Macbeth, at the Boston Theatre

This is a view of a scene of Macbeth at the Boston Theatre from Ballou's Pictorial.

Date: 1855-12

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

GUSN: 198347

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.004