Historic New England

Daybook of Mill Merino, possibly Providence, R.I., 1826-1829

Itemizes purchases of varied stock (foods, household items, fabrics, tools etc.) by "Mill Merino," and the retail sales to customers (between 5 and 20 per day). Yardgoods are prominent. 6 pages reused for published recipes. The loose page and inside covers have some lists, remedies, and recipes. A n...

Date: 1826-1829

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194142

Ref. Code: MS002.076

Album 32: Medford, Massachusetts

This album consists of approximately fifty photographs of historic buildings, public buildings, churches, and streets in Medford, Massachusetts. The images are extremely useful for documentation, and they are of good quality. The photographs were exposed in 1903, and some are copies of 1890s photogr...

Date: 1903

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194141

Ref. Code: PC009.032

Album 33: 330 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

This album documents a residence, possibly belonging to James Eaton, at 330 Beacon Street in Boston, Mass., on the corner of Beacon and Fairfield Streets. The album includes interior and exterior views (see pages 17, 19, 21, 23, 27, 31, and 35 for wallpaper). The album appears to be the work of a pr...

Date: ca. 1875

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194143

Ref. Code: PC009.033

Album 34: Family snapshots

This album of candid photographs of individuals, posed portraits, interior and exterior architectural views, and landscape views was compiled by Caroline Smith. It includes images of Shaw Farm in York, Maine; a residence on Aspinwall Avenue in Brookline, Mass.; a residence on St. Paul Street in Broo...

Date: 1903-1914

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194144

Ref. Code: PC009.034

Account book, Haverhill, Mass., 1857-1858

Itemizes daily transactions at a retail grocery store, most under $5 with 10 to 30 customers per day. Fresh produce in season. Staples and dairy products all year. Half reused for clippings, poetry and religious articles.

Date: 1857-1858

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194145

Ref. Code: MS002.077

Ledger of Nichols and Whitney, Boston, Mass., 1835-1840

Lists charges for services connected with wharfage - cooperage, trunkage, freight, advertising, insurance, etc. with tonnage or quantities. Most accounts under $10,000.

Date: 1835-1840

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194146

Ref. Code: MS002.078

Account book of Third Parish, Lynn, Mass., 1738-1829

The minutes and actions voted on at proprietors' meetings of a New England parish.

Date: 1738-1829

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194147

Ref. Code: MS002.079

Album 35: Vacation images in New England

This family snapshot album includes scenic views of Rye Beach in New Hampshire, the Old Mill in Saugus, Mass., and the Garrison House in York, Maine. The album also includes images of Cape Neddick, Hampton Beach, and various locaions in the White Mountains.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194148

Ref. Code: PC009.035

Account book of John Mico, Boston, Mass., 1703-1705

Two large-size pages containing an inventory of debts and/or settlements, the largest being £652. Front page has notes on British system of inheritance. There is an unrelated journal entry in French. Page 4 starts "Current accounts" of men in Bristol, Barbados, London, and Boston.

Date: 1703-1705

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194149

Ref. Code: MS002.080

Album 36: Dublin, New Hampshire

This album includes approximately fifty-five prints depicting family gatherings, scenic views, and some interior views. The images were collected by George Lyman Paine circa 1896.

Date: ca. 1896

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194150

Ref. Code: PC009.036

Album 37: King Homestead, 899 Plainfield Street, Providence, Rhode Island

This small album documents the King Homestead at 899 Plainfield Street, Providence, Rhode Island. It includes nineteen snapshots taken in 1951. The images illustrate the second and third homes of the King family including some interior details. A note on the cover reads, "The original log cabin was ...

Date: 1951

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194151

Ref. Code: PC009.037

Daybook of Daniel Vose, probably Milton, Mass., 1789-1801

Book no. 6 to Ledger no. 5 itemizes purchases, primarily of groceries. Reams of paper are frequently among merchandise sold. Toward the latter section, considerable lumber, meal, and carting job entries. Rental of "sawmill house" and "carting from wharf to mill" help to identify the industrial aspec...

Date: 1789-1801

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194153

Ref. Code: MS002.081

Album 38: Massachusetts Volunteer Militia

This album consists of eighteen 5 x 7 inch prints, each annotated, which depict military reviews and maneuvers in Framingham and Boston, Massachusetts, in 1899.

Date: ca. 1899

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194152

Ref. Code: PC009.038

Account book of Farrandville Foundry, 1836-1840

Combines the records of a machine shop, foundry, forge, mine, canal hauling operation, and tenements for employees' homes. Lists include tenants by name and inventory of property - i.e. buildings, workshops, equipment, boarding houses, furnishings, and the chemicals, tools, and hardware contained in...

Date: 1836-1840

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194154

Ref. Code: MS002.082

Album 40: "Selections from an Architect's Portfolio" by John Spofford

This album includes photomechanical prints of elevations, perspective drawings, and photographs of civic and residential buildings by the architectural firm of John Spofford and Charles Brigham. It was produced in 1894. The album documents the Methodist Church in Everett, Mass.; the State House in A...

Date: 1894

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194156

Ref. Code: PC009.040

Daybooks of David Robbins, Milton, Mass., 1833-1836

2 daybooks

Date: 1833-1836

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194155

Ref. Code: MS002.083

Daybook, Milton, Mass., 1833-1836

Small purchases of groceries are entered with occasional gloves, shingles etc. An average of 10 customers per day.

Date: 1833-1836

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194157

Ref. Code: MS002.083.01

Daybook of David Robbins, Milton, Mass., 1836

Records sales of groceries to an average of 10 customers per day, buying 1 to 3 items each. Also includes 1 payment of rent.

Date: 1836

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194158

Ref. Code: MS002.083.02

Ledger of Daniel Vose, Boston, Mass., 1785-1797

Itemizes customers' total debts, many under £10 per season. Settlement is often made in kind - "Settled in leather and taxes." Some shipping with Capt. Oakes (for Baltimore, Maryland). Additional pages 118-128, cover 1791-1797. Includes note of "J B" page 96 and see #81.

Date: 1785-1797

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194161

Ref. Code: MS002.084

Album 41A: Cambridge Photographic Club -1885

This album includes thirty-one views of 22 Garden Street in Cambridge, Mass.; Watertown, Mass. above the fish dam; Craigie Street in Cambridge, Mass.; "Winchester's" in Cambridge, Mass.; Cambridge as seen from Brighton, Mass.; Stonybrook; West Concord, Mass.; interior of the study at 140 Brattle St...

Date: 1885

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194160

Ref. Code: PC009.041A

Album 41B: Cambridge Photographic Club - 1886-1887

This album includes twenty-three portraits and landscapes, including Riedesel Avenue and Brewster Street in Cambridge, Mass.; Newton Lower Falls; and the dam at Watertown, Mass.

Date: 1886-87

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194162

Ref. Code: PC009.041B

Account book of Charles Weston, Salem, Mass., 1881-1889

Starts with lists constituting "inventory given probate court", of debts owed, schedule of assets, and unidentified accounts. There is a reproduced letter regarding a legal dispute over a right of way. 2 pages (loose) list machinists' tools. The loose notes include inventories, expenses, and tax ass...

Date: 1881-1889

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194163

Ref. Code: MS002.085

Album 41C: Cambridge Photographic Club - 1889

This album includes twenty-two portraits and landscapes, including the Methodist Church in Weston, Mass., Garfield's Carriage Shop on Waltham Road, Weston, Mass. and Memorial Hall at Harvard University taken from Cooldige Farm.

Date: 1889

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194164

Ref. Code: PC009.041C

Daybook of John Tomblin, West Brookfield, Mass., 1848-1858

Itemizes pieces of furniture, coffins, and amounts of lumber sold to individual customers. Some similar items listed by creditors' names. Also includes some tools, occasional repair jobs on buildings, and groceries.

Date: 1848-1858

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194166

Ref. Code: MS002.086

Album 41D: Cambridge Photographic Club - 1893

This album consists of eighteen scenic views of Sudbury, Mass, Lake Waban, Wellesley, Mass. and Cambridge, Mass.

Date: 1893

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194165

Ref. Code: PC009.041D

Album 41E: Cambridge Photographic Club - 1894

This album includes eighteen scenic views showing an outing of the Camera Club to Newton Lower Falls, Mass. It also includes some interesting portraits of individuals and family groups showing photography equipment set up for the purpose. The inside front cover is a list of people who are presumed...

Date: 1894

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194167

Ref. Code: PC009.041E

Account book, Boston, Mass., 1865-1869

Financial records of an attorney managing the estate of a Mr. Swaim, constituting much of the real estate in East Boston.

Date: 1865-1869

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194168

Ref. Code: MS002.087

Album 41F: Cambridge Photographic Club - 1895

This album includes thirty-five portraits and scenic views, including Hawthorne Street in Cambridge, Mass., a Casino boat house and gas works.

Date: 1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194169

Ref. Code: PC009.041F

Account book, Gloucester, Mass., 1881-1889

A record of investment, much of which is in real estate.

Date: 1881-1889

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194170

Ref. Code: MS002.088

Album 42: Family photograph album by Francis C. Manning

This album includes photographs of homes, recreational activities, churches, and summer cottages. The album was created presumably by Francis Cogswell Manning of Boston. The photographs were taken between 1882 and 1885, and are annotated with information about exposure times and the type of camera u...

Date: 1882-1885

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194172

Ref. Code: PC009.042

Account book of the U.S. Quartermaster's Department, Boston and Charlestown, Mass., 1825-1829

Lists supplies including clothing, bedding, and some food for the U.S. Navy in quantity and sent by cask, box and loose. Some have a cost figure, but most are without.

Date: 1825-1829

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194171

Ref. Code: MS002.089

Account book of Mrs. Elisha Penniman, Boston, Mass., 1864-1877

The income and expense of the estate of Mrs. Elisha Penniman as administered by Moses B. Williams, Attorney. Moses B. Williams is noted as the executor.

Date: 1864-1877

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194173

Ref. Code: MS002.090

Album 43: Payson Residence, Belmont, Mass

This album includes approximately fifty images of the Payson Residence, Belmont, Massachusetts (formerly the Cushing Estate). They accompany a typed reminiscence of "Belmont in 1880" by Eleanor Payson Parker (Mrs. Philip Parker, d. circa 1931) recalling the house, grounds, furnishings, and social ...

Date: 1875-1885

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194174

Ref. Code: PC009.043

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room with chandeliers and mirrors, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and are set in front of the fireplace. Three chairs ado...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194177

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.01

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room with portrait painting over fireplace, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194179

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.02

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room with wing chairs and shield-back chairs, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194180

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.03

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194181

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.04

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194182

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.05

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194183

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.06

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194184

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.07

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194185

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.08

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194186

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.09

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194187

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.10

Album 44: Snapshot Album, Appleton

This album consists of over one hundred images of various subjects, including the Pan-American Exposition of 1901; family sports and pets; logging scenes in 1898; a fishing trip and camping in Nova Scotis. It was presented by William Sumner Appleton in 1938.

Date: 1898-1901

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194195

Ref. Code: PC009.044

Daybook of accounts of Thomas Normans, Boston, Mass., 1740-1750

Payment mainly for fabrics and foods. Other items include train oil, furs, silver, gold dust, one anchor, beeswax, dye, truckage, and wharfage. One list is comprised of names of personnel, with individual trades, on Good Ship Samaritan sailing for Carolina March 25, 1742. Index on pg. 175. The follo...

Date: 1740-1750

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194196

Ref. Code: MS002.091

Album 45: Homes and architectural details from George E. Noyes Negative Collection

This album consists of over one hundred images of good quality by George Noyes, Photographer of Newburyport, MA, c. 1930s. The images include: details of 18th c. buildings in north Shore communities, Concord and Woburn, MA, as well as Kennebunk, Thomaston, Rockland and Saco, Maine; and Portsmouth, ...

Date: ca. 1930

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194200

Ref. Code: PC009.045

Ledger of James Clark, Worcester, Mass., 1824-1836

Charges listed are for furniture made, finished, and/or repaired. Some listing of livestock, foods. Payments are in cash and bartered goods or services - mostly hauling. Loose paper has the name "J.R. Tomblen."

Date: 1824-1836

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194199

Ref. Code: MS002.092

Stock account book, Boston, Mass.,1855-1889

Separates accounts in real estate, railroads, shipping, manufacturing, and other investments. Accounts receivable and liabilities give names (companies, corporations, ships, banks, etc).

Date: 1855-1889

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194202

Ref. Code: MS002.093

Account book of John T. Heard and Seth Caldwell, Jr. (attorneys), Boston, 1865-1869

Records various estates in the form of inventories including property (personal and real) and investments. Charity donations, taxes paid, and charges for legal services also itemized. Two wills and a legal instrument appointing executors Heard and Caldwell are copied in the front. One listed piece o...

Date: 1865-1869

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194204

Ref. Code: MS002.094

Artwork of Boston, part 5

"Art Work: Boston, published in twelve parts. The W. H. Parish Publishing Company, 1891". Photomechanicals with text on history of Boston. Harvard Bridge, YMCA building, Army and Navy Monument/Charlestown Ether Monument (Public Garden), Quincy Market, Providence division of Old Colony Station (...

Date: 1891

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194285

Ref. Code: PC009.094-5

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