Historic New England

Harvard University

This shows multiple small black and white drawings of Harvard buildings and landmarks. The artist's inscription in the lower right corner is to "Mass. Hist. Soc. - Mar. 23, 1904."

Date: 1895

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

GUSN: 198912

Ref. Code: GC002.02.027

Reprint from the Boston Evening Transcript, Wednesday June 18, 1919

A reprint of an article from the Boston Evening Transcript: "Harvard '69 Comes Back for its Semi-Centennial Sixty-Three Strong." A piece of memorabilia with interesting photos of African American soldiers. Article written by Nelson C. Metcalf.

Date: 1919

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

GUSN: 198915

Ref. Code: GC002.02.138

Advertisement for steel aermotors and towers

A sales poster for "Anything you want to know about windmills - It's here. Even Architectural styles to enhance your property. Nifty!"

Date: 1895-1900

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

GUSN: 198916

Ref. Code: GC002.02.139

United States Naval Radio School, Harvard University

This lithograph shows impressionistic, black and white views of the buildings at the United States Naval Radio School at Harvard University from 1917-1919.

Date: 1917-1919

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

GUSN: 198917

Ref. Code: GC002.02.028

General

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Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 198920

Ref. Code: GC001.USCT.General

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Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 198922

Ref. Code: GC001.USMA.General

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Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 198923

Ref. Code: GC001.USNH.General

The Unitarian Church, Fall River, Mass.

Black a white lithograph with a view of the church in good detail.

Date: ca. 1830

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

GUSN: 198931

Ref. Code: GC002.02.029

Birthplace of Harriet Newell, Haverhill, Mass.

Sepia-toned lithograph of the birthplace of Harriet Newell in Haverhill, Mass. It is copyrighted and published by A.B. Jaques in 1853 in the District Court of Massachusetts.

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198932

Ref. Code: GC002.02.030

[Whittier House, Haverhill, Mass.]

This print, copied from an oil painting, is a black and white romantic view of the Whittier House with a boy fishing. On the reverse it is inscribed "Prang?" by W. Sumner Appleton.

Date: 1870s

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

GUSN: 198937

Ref. Code: GC002.02.031

Invest in the Victory Liberty Loan

A print with the words "They kept the sea lanes open" and a scene with a German U-boat blocked by American ships.

Date: ca. 1915

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

GUSN: 198934

Ref. Code: GC002.02.125b

Third Liberty Loan Honor Roll

Advertisement to help Wayland [Mass.] earn the right to fly the Third Liberty Loan honor flag, awarded by the U.S. Treasury Department. The portion of the poster with the list of those who are already helping the war effort by purchasing Third Liberty Loan bonds is missing.

Date: ca. 1915

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

GUSN: 198935

Ref. Code: GC002.02.125c

The New Sagamore House, Nantasket Beach, Hull, Mass.

This color print shows the Nantasket Beach and the buildings along it. It also shows the ferry landing and train station. The print includes a corner inset of the new Sagamore House.

Date: 1895

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

GUSN: 198938

Ref. Code: GC002.02.032

Ipswich, Mass.

This blue-toned print depicts a birds-eye view of the town of Ipswich and buildings, offering a good overview of the town. The streets are labelled. Some buildings are identified in the legend in the corner.

Date: 1893

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

GUSN: 198941

Ref. Code: GC002.02.033

Lands End, Rockport, Mass.

This blue-tinted lithograph has a large section showing Turks Head Inn and land divided into house lots. There are also four small views in the bottom corners: up close of the Inn, Thatchers Island, Bathing Pavilion, and the steamer Penobscot.

Date: ca. 1895

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

GUSN: 198943

Ref. Code: GC002.02.034

"Camp Sargent," Encampment of the Boston Light Infantry at Springfield, Mass., July 1840

This lithograph depicts a detailed view of the encampment, showing soldiers at attention, tents, and people watching.

Date: 1840-07

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

GUSN: 198944

Ref. Code: GC002.02.035

Birthplace of Harriet Newell, Haverhill, Mass.

A charming, if amateurish rendering of a colonial home circa 1800.

Date: 1880s

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

GUSN: 198945

Ref. Code: GC002.02.140

View of Putnam, Conn.

This lithograph presents a panoramic view of Putnam, showing the street layouts and buildings. A wide variety of buildings are shown, including churches, mills, houses, etc.

Date: 1877

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

GUSN: 198947

Ref. Code: GC002.02.037

[Sailboats at anchor]

Depiction of what looks to be fishing boats at anchor in a small harbor. Includes small dorries anchored in the foreground. Artist signed in pencil and in the plate on the lower right.

Date: ca. 1915

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

GUSN: 198946

Ref. Code: GC002.02.141

Bishops of the M.E. Church

A cluster of small portraits of the Bishops of the M.E. Church. The Holy Bible and the Cross and Crown flank the top portrait.

Date: 1872

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

GUSN: 198949

Ref. Code: GC002.02.142

Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn.

This sepia-toned lithograph presents a detailed view of the Congregational Church in Stratford, Conn.

Date: 1860s

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

GUSN: 198948

Ref. Code: GC002.02.038

Mount Washington

A landscape print of Mt. Washington with some buildings in the middleground.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198950

Ref. Code: GC002.02.039

Henry Ward Beecher, pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Fine portrait with a narrative border by W. Momberger describing important events in Beecher's life.

Date: 1870

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

GUSN: 198951

Ref. Code: GC002.02.143

White Mountain Station House

This photomechanical print is a reproduction of a lithograph dated circa 1860. It shows good detail of the Station House, as well as a train and stagecoach.

Date: 1950s

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

GUSN: 198955

Ref. Code: GC002.02.040

Cottonus Matherus [Cotton Mather]

A formal portrait of Mather done by the British born Pelham, John Singleton Copley's step-father.

Date: ca. 1727

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

GUSN: 198953

Ref. Code: GC002.02.144

Rev. F.W.P. Greenwood

A formal portrait of the Reverend Greenwood .

Date: 1844

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

GUSN: 198954

Ref. Code: GC002.02.145

Advance of civilization

A magazine reproduction.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198956

Ref. Code: GC002.02.146

Newport, N.H., 1857

This lithograph shows two people on a hill overlooking Newport, New Hampshire. It shows a panoramic and scenic townscape, with the locations of churches and buildings represented.

Date: 1857

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

GUSN: 198958

Ref. Code: GC002.02.041

A. Burlingame

Portrait of a main. His name below is mostly illegible, other than A. Burlingame.

Date: 1860s

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

GUSN: 198957

Ref. Code: GC002.02.147

Manchester Locomotive Works

This is a very detailed color lithograph showing the factory of Manchester Locomotive Works, "manufacturers of locomotives, stationary steam engines and tools." The bottom half of the print shows a Pioneer locomotive.

Date: ca. 1855

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

GUSN: 198959

Ref. Code: GC002.02.042

American Harvesting

This is a black and white etching, with impressionistic detail. There are tiny figures working in the field with the haywagon.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198960

Ref. Code: GC002.02.043

Street in New Bedford, Mass.

This print is a photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, and depicts a black and white view of a street scene in New Bedford, including people, children, a carriage and a hay wagon.

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

GUSN: 198962

Ref. Code: GC002.02.044

Brattleboro, Vt.

This black, white, and ochre-toned lithograph shows a panoramic view of Brattleboro, Vermont. The major buildings are numbered on the print and are listed in the margin.

Date: 1886

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

GUSN: 198964

Ref. Code: GC002.02.045

Gamaliel Bailey

Portrait of Gamaliel Bailey, editor of the abolitionist paper the "National Era."

Date: 1855-1859

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

GUSN: 198965

Ref. Code: GC002.02.148

A River Pier

This etching is an impressionistic view of a house along the Kennebec River. It is black and white on cloth, and from a collection published by Dodd, Mead.

Date: 1887

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

GUSN: 198969

Ref. Code: GC002.02.046

[Benjamin] Franklin

1 lithograph

Date: 1859

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

GUSN: 198971

Ref. Code: GC002.02.149

Hallet, Davis, and Co., Pianoforte Manufacturers, Boston, Mass.

This is a two-tone woodcut of the Hallet, Davis, and Co. building in Boston's South End, showing a very detailed street scene with carriages, and factory wagons carrying piano boxes. The print advertises that Hallet, David & Co. is the sole agency for Rugg's Music Store in Lowell, Mass.

Date: ca. 1870

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

GUSN: 198970

Ref. Code: GC002.02.047

Birds-eye view, Centennial Buildings

This lithographs presents a detailed view of the Centennial Buildings and grounds at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Below the plate, the building dimensions are given.

Date: 1875

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

GUSN: 198972

Ref. Code: GC002.02.048

[President Garfield and his family]

Family portrait of President James A. Garfield, his wife Lucretia Garfield, their five children, and possibly President Garfield's mother.

Date: ca. 1881

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

GUSN: 198973

Ref. Code: GC002.02.150

Machinery Hall, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876

This is a detailed view of the Machinery Hall done in two tones. The view also shows people on the fairgrounds and a statue near the hall.

Date: 1874

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

GUSN: 198975

Ref. Code: GC002.02.049

George Peabody

Portrait of the philanthropist and founder of the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, George Peabody. Peabody was born in South Danvers, now Peabody, Mass.

Date: 1885-1890

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

GUSN: 198974

Ref. Code: GC002.02.151

Governor of the State of Massachusetts, William Eustis Russell

Formal posthumous portrait of William Eustis Russell, Massachusetts governor from 1891-1894.

Date: ca. 1900

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

GUSN: 198978

Ref. Code: GC002.02.152

Art Gallery, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876

This two-toned lithograph shows the Art Gallery at the Centennial International Exhibition, with carriages and people in front.

Date: 1874

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

GUSN: 198979

Ref. Code: GC002.02.050

John P. Kennedy

Portrait of John Pendleton Kennedy, novelist and Whig politician.

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

GUSN: 198981

Ref. Code: GC002.02.153

Horticultural Hall, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876

This lithograph is very good for detail of Horticultural Hall, and also shows people walking in the exhibition grounds.

Date: 1874

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

GUSN: 198983

Ref. Code: GC002.02.051

Franklin Pierce

A formal portrait of Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate from New Hampshire.

Date: 1860s

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

GUSN: 198982

Ref. Code: GC002.02.154

Agricultural Hall, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876

This lithograph presents a detailed view of the Agricultural Hall, as well as showing people, carriages, etc.

Date: 1874

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

GUSN: 198984

Ref. Code: GC002.02.052

Caspar Spurzheim, M.D.

This lithograph contains harmful imagery and language regarding the offensive pseudoscience of phrenology. 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. H...

Date: 1832

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

GUSN: 198985

Ref. Code: GC002.02.155

Grand Reception of the Nobilities of the Nation, at the White House, 1865

This black and white lithograph depicts Abraham Lincoln and other Washington notables at a formal event in the White House. Below the title of the piece it says, "Dedicated to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln." The design of the print shows good architectural detail of the interior of the White House.

Date: 1865

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

GUSN: 198986

Ref. Code: GC002.02.053

Capen House

"This was built by a descendant of Bernard Capen, who came to this country 1633, and settled in Dorchester. He was a very old man when he came to this country, as he died five years afterward, aged seventy-six. His gravestone is supposed to have been the oldest in New England. "This house is on...

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

GUSN: 198779

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.017

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