Historic New England

Man the life boat

Cover depicts men rowing a life boat away from a sinking ship during a stom at sea. Lightning in the sky illuminates the scene.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191478

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.04

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191476

Ref. Code: EP001.08.TMP

The Irish mother's lament

Cover depicts a woman in mourning dress seated at her kitchen table. A storm is raging outside.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191481

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.05

Round hill quick step

Cover depicts the encampment of the New England Guards, Round Hill, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1840.

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191484

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.06

Temporary

Series

Collection: Emma Lewis Coleman photographic collection, 1880s

GUSN: 191510

Ref. Code: PC021.TMP

Temporary

Series

Collection: Mary H. Northend photographic collection, 1904-1926

GUSN: 191611

Ref. Code: PC034.TMP

Temporary

Series

Collection: Riegel-Emory family papers

GUSN: 191614

Ref. Code: MS024.TMP

Temporary

Series

Collection: Eleanor Raymond photographic collection

GUSN: 191624

Ref. Code: PC043.TMP

Temporary

Series

Collection: Frederick A. Stahl architectural collection

GUSN: 191626

Ref. Code: AR017.TMP

Advertisement for weather-proof coats, Plymouth Manufacturing Company, Boston, Mass., 1946

This advertisement was originally printed in The Boston Herald on August 25, 1946. It features a man wearing a Plymouth of Boston "Weather-Ready" trench coat outside the Massachusetts State House. The copy describes the coat as the "result of over 35 years of tailoring, the finest in rainwear."

Date: 1946-08-25

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191654

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.004

Cover of The Puritan magazine, New York, New York, July 1898

Cover of the July 1898 issue of The Puritan magazine. It is illustrated with an image of a young woman in "Puritan" dress sitting and spinning flax on a wheel. Nearby is an intricately carved chest with a large book on top. Subscriptions to the magazine were one dollar for a year or 10 cents an issu...

Date: 1898-07-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191656

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.005

Letterhead for F.A. Foster and Company, Puritan Drapery Fabrics, 322-330 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1928

It is illustrated with their trademark Puritan woman. The Company has offices in New York and Chicago.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191659

Ref. Code: EP001.01.066.01.01.009

Sample card for Bay State Liquid Paint, manufactured by Wadsworth Howland & Co, Boston, Mass., undated

The sample card is illustrated with a caricature of a pilgrim man standing on the state of Massachusetts with a paint brush and bucket at the ready. The item lists the Company's locations and includes a place for a color swatch.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191661

Ref. Code: EP001.01.086.01.01.034

Advertisement for dresses, manufactured by Puritan Dress Company, New York, New York, 1949

Full-color advertisement for the Puritan Dress Company's line of Parisian inspired dresses. The advertisement was originally printed in the October, 1949 issue of "Good Housekeeping." The ad features two women in ready to wear dresses chatting. Puritan Dress Company listed the dresses around $18.00 ...

Date: 1949-10-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191663

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.006

Advertisement for sewing machines, manufactured by the Priscilla Company, Boston, Mass., 1928

The Priscilla Company originally placed this full-page, full-color advertisement in the Modern Priscilla issue from January 1928. The ad is specifically for the Electric Priscilla sewing machine which had a 10 day trial period and retailed for $54.00. The machine came with its own table, and a lifet...

Date: 1928-01-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191667

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.007

Advertisement for Jolly Time Popcorn, unknown manufacturer, 1943

A Thanksgiving Pilgrim themed advertisement for the Jolly Time brand of popcorn. It was originally printed in the November 1943 issue of "Good Housekeeping." It is advertised as "Not Rationed."

Date: 1943-11-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191669

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.008

Trade card for Alden Fruit Vinegar, location unknown, undated

The image caption reads "Priscilla." She carries a book and wears a short cloak, long skirt and double cap.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191670

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.06.01.004

Advertisement for the Plymouth Rock Pant Company, 18 Summer Street near Washington, Boston, Mass., undated

The Plymouth Rock Pant Company advertised for their "famous custom-made" $3 pants with an illustration of a man examining a new pair of pants and a long piece of copy describing the company's reputation. The famous pants were custom made for customers after they sent in measurements according to a s...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191687

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.01.051

Advertising booklet for Plymouth Rock Gelatine Company, Boston, Mass., undated

Plymouth Rock Gelatine Company produced this pamphlet of "dainties and household helps" to promote their gelatine products. The cover of the pamphlet features a tray of strawberry sherbets and a picture of a woman dressed as a Pilgrim holding a box of Plymouth Rock Gelatine.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191705

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP.003

Governor Bouck's grand quick step

Copied from a daguerreotype by Johnson & Mead, Albany, New York. Cover depicts the State and City Halls of Albany, New York, as seen from the Capitol.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191707

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.07

Advertisement for Colonial style rugs, manufactured by Eden Manufacturing Company, New York, New York, 1905

Eden Manufacturing Company originally placed this advertisement in the October, 1905 issue of Interior Decoration. The advertisement is for their Colonial Styles Pilgrim Rug and illustrated with a medalion showing a galleon style ship on rough seas.

Date: 1905-10-05

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191714

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.009

Gordon's quick step

Cover depicts Captain Gordon in uniform, holding a sword. A military encampment is in the background.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191731

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.08

Jeannette & Jeannot

Cover depicts two scenes: one in which a military conscript (Jeannot) is saying goodbye to his sweetheart (Jeannette) and one in which the conscript, now a changed man and soldier, is greeting his sweetheart upon returning from war.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191740

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.09

Trade card for the Old South Clothing House, opposite the Old South Church, 315 and 317 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card features an illustration of the Old South Meeting House, listed as the Old South Church, surrounding buildings and a trolley car.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191770

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.02.009

List to the convent bells

Cover depicts a woman seated near a window with her chin propped on her hand. Grapes and a pitcher are on a table beside her. A large floral arrangement is near the window.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191753

Ref. Code: MS007.01.19.01

Light may the boat row

Cover depicts men, women, and children standing on a promenade and watching numerous boats on the water. A military fort is nearby.

Date: 1836

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191766

Ref. Code: MS007.01.19.02

The Dutchess of Kent

Border with flower motif and urn.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191776

Ref. Code: MS007.01.19.03

I stood amid the glittering throng

Cover depicts the head and shoulders of an unidentified woman, possibly Miss Hughes.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191786

Ref. Code: MS007.01.19.04

The archer boy

Cover depicts a woman standing near a stone tower, possibly a parapet. A city and river are in the background.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191796

Ref. Code: MS007.01.20.01

When wakes the sun at early dawn

Cover adapted from an original sketch by Stewart Watson. Cover depicts Miss Watson in costume as her character "Cellio" in the opera Native Land.

Date: 1835

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191801

Ref. Code: MS007.01.21.01

The bright rosy morning

Cover depicts a lyre.

Date: 1835

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191812

Ref. Code: MS007.01.21.02

Child of the west

Cover depicts a man in traditional Scotch dress with his arms around a woman. He is gesturing away from where they are standing.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191819

Ref. Code: MS007.01.21.03

The Persian rose

Cover depicts the head and shoulders of a woman in Persian costume.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191827

Ref. Code: MS007.01.21.04

Album 2: Views of Eastern New York by Henry Peabody

This album contains one hundred three 8 x 10 inch photographs by Henry Peabody. The images are of excellent quality and were taken circa 1900 to 1901. An inventory of the images is included with the album. Images include the Hudson River from West Point, Lake George and steamboats, Lake Champlain, F...

Date: 1900-1907

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191823

Ref. Code: PC009.002

Album 3: Hand-colored views of Massachusetts and New York by Henry Peabody

These hand-colored photographs by Henry Peabody were created circa 1900 to 1906 for the Detroit Publishing Company. In addition to views of Boston landmarks and streets, there are images of Lexington, Concord, Wellesley, Sudbury, Salem, Gloucester, South Hadley, Northampton and Quincy, Massachusetts...

Date: 1900-1906

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191824

Ref. Code: PC009.003

Album 4: "New England Vol. 3," views of New England by Henry Peabody

This album includes seventy five 8 x 10 inch black and white photographs by Henry Peabody. There is an index to the images in the album, which were taken circa 1900. There is an emphasis is on historic buildings (by virtue of antiquity or association with political, literary, or other notable New En...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191825

Ref. Code: PC009.004

Album 5: Home of Harry G. Converse, Marion, Mass.

A photographic survey of "The Moorings," the residence of Harry G. Converse in Marion, Massachusetts. This album includes approximately fifty 5 x 7 inch photographs of the exterior and interior of the estate taken circa 1900. The album includes portraits of household staff, estate grounds, and stabl...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191826

Ref. Code: PC009.005

Lowell Massachusetts and other Massachusetts communities, ca 1872

Album of 144 mounted albumen prints, approximately 2 ½ x 2 ½ inches, exposed circa 1872. Album is inscribed "regards W. E. Pollock, 1872." Included are 10 pages of Lowell, Massachusetts views, of municipal, commercial and church buildings, trains, bridges, canals, and cemeteries. Also includes loca...

Date: ca. 1872

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191828

Ref. Code: PC009.061

Norris G. Osborn Prison Farm, Enfield, CT

This album contains 44 2 x 4 inch snapshots of buildings at the Norris G. Osborn Prison Farm in Enfield, Connecticut, formerly a Shaker community. Each view is carefully annotated with notes regarding construction and interior conveniences. Two letters are included from the donor at Aetna Insurance ...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191830

Ref. Code: PC009.054

Souvenir of October Days in North Adams

"Souvenir of October Days in North Adams" by Chas. W. Eddy, Ware, Mass 1892. One of a number of albums produced by Charles Eddy between the mid-1880s to the mid-1890s, the majority relating to central and western Massachusetts towns and cities. This album of nine mounted prints depicts street an...

Date: 1892

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191831

Ref. Code: PC009.058

"'I am going there', or, The death of little Eva"

Cover depicts Eva on her deathbed, her father by her side. Above her, two angels look down as if they are calling her to Heaven.

Date: 1852

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191849

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.070

Album 11: Historic Houses of Boston and Vicinity

This album of 3 x 4 inch photographs was compiled in 1905 by Sara Sprague of Everett, Massachusetts. It includes exterior views of First Period buildings in Lexington, Everett, Salem, Gloucester, Medford, Boston, Chelsea, Woburn, Marblehead, Saugus, Cambridge, Neponset, Hingham, Quincy, Dorchester, ...

Date: 1905

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191832

Ref. Code: PC009.011

Album 14: Architectual Details of Buildings in Newburyport, Mass.

"Book prepared by S. C. Reed, Artist, Newburyport. Dalton Club." This album consists of two hundred 4 x 5 inch photographs of exterior and interior details of houses in Newburyport, Newbury, East Haverhill, Byfield, Groveland, and Northampton, Massachusetts. The album includes images of doorways, wi...

Date: undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191833

Ref. Code: PC009.014

Album 15: Historic Buildings and Landmarks in New England

This album contains approximately fifty 4 x 5 inch "gaslight" prints from circa 1895-1900 taken by an amateur photographer. The images illustrate buildings, gravestones and monuments in Plymouth, Boston, Cambridge, Duxbury, Marshfield, and Stockbridge, Massachusetts; Newport, Rhode Island; Derby and...

Date: 1895-1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191834

Ref. Code: PC009.015

Album 16: New Hampshire and Western Massachusetts Views by Henry Peabody

This album contains one hundred one 8 x 10 inch prints (including some platinum toned) taken by Henry G. Peabody ca. 1890s to early 1900s, apparently for the Detroit Publishing Company, and similar to other photographic surveys in Historic New England's collection as well as at the Library of Congre...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191835

Ref. Code: PC009.016

Advertisement for Minute Tapioca, for Whitman Grocery Company, Orange, Mass., 1908

Advertisment for the Minute Tapioca brand instant tapioca originally placed in The Boston Cooking-School Magazine by the Whitman Grocery Company in the January 1908 issue. Minute Tapioca is the "tapioca with the picture of the Minute Man on the package." In addition to selling the tapioca itself Whi...

Date: 1908-01-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191863

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.010

Funeral march to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the martyr president

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln in three-quarter profile.

Date: 1865

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191862

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.001

The battle cry of freedom

Cover depicts five scenes from the American Civil War (1861-1865) and its impact on home life.

Date: 1861

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191879

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.002

Advertisement for meat grinder, manufactured by the Enterprise Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1897

Advertisement for the Enterprise Meat Chopper was originally published in the February 1897 issue of The Puritan. It is illustrated with a drawing of a Puritan woman chopping meat with a knife and an illustration of the meat chopper itself. The copy compares the work of a Puritan housewife to the wo...

Date: 1897-02-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191893

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.011

Massachusetts - Boston - Fire of 1872 - State

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 192229

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0610

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