Historic New England

Album 46-B: Photographs by William Sumner Appleton

Album 46-B is the second of two albums of mainly 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 prints taken by William Sumner Appleton, founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now Historic New England). It includes seven loose photographs of exteriors of various homes, as well as eighty nine snapsh...

Date: 1917-1918

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194206

Ref. Code: PC009.046B

Account book of Swaim, Mary, Aurora, Joesph, Boston, Mass., 1869-1875

Lists holdings. Contains bank accounts and guardian accounts relative to the estate of Mary Swaim.

Date: 1869-1875

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194210

Ref. Code: MS002.096

Pemaquid Tree, Pemaquid Harbor, Maine, 1972

A snow-covered Pemaquid tree is photographed against a cloudy winter sky.

Date: 1972

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194217

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.042

Album 47: Estate of Miss Mabel Cummings

This album consists of over one hundred 3" x 4" cyanotype (blueprint) annotated photographs belonging to Alma Cummings and exposed circa 1891-1896. It includes images of Londonderry, Amherst and Mt Vernon, NH; Beckett, MA, the Berkshires, Lenox, Dighton, and Rutland MA. Subject topics include hist...

Date: 1891-1896

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194214

Ref. Code: PC009.047

Account book of E.D. Swaim, guardian Aurora D. Swaim, Boston, 1869-1874

An accounting of income and expenditures of a trust fund. Toward the end, investments and savings bank deposits are recorded.

Date: 1869-1874

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194211

Ref. Code: MS002.097

Daybook and account book of Whitney, Montague, Mass., 1856-1875

The first 206 pages itemize sales in groceries, hardware, books, etc. After page 207, items are predominantly farm labor, hauling, and jobs for the town including inspection of lumber. Includes some brick contracts.

Date: 1856-1875

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194213

Ref. Code: MS002.098

Daybook of William Thayer, Williamsburg, Mass., 1845-1847

Records daily purchases at a general store carrying such variety as groceries, cast iron, violin strings, and fabrics. Creditors bring quantities of mutton and wood, "button eyes" from local button factory, and provide considerable day labor. Includes 3 pressed tree leaves.

Date: 1845-1847

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194216

Ref. Code: MS002.099

Halloween, Stowe, Vermont, 1951

A young boy dressed as a hobo exits a car holding a paper bag, likely full of candy.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194237

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.043

Account book of Bunker Hill Clothes Warehouse, John F. Folls, Charlestown, Mass., 1847

One customer per page giving buyers' names (all male) and pieces of clothing purchased. Also in plastic bag: one leather cover, front panel only, with "Henry White 1784" imprinted and M.A.L. Appleton penciled with signature.

Date: 1847

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194219

Ref. Code: MS002.100

Architecture, Landscape and Historic Sites of Massachusetts

Album of 3 x 4" prints, circa 1906-1910 documenting architecture, landscape and historic sites in Boston and Andover, Massachusetts. Contains approximately 100 views. Photographers not known. Some Boston views taken during a patriotic celebration. Massachusetts: Andover--seminary; Boston--Bun...

Date: 1906-1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194222

Ref. Code: PC009.048-1

Account book of an employer at a northeast Masssachusetts weaving shop, 1814-1815

Most pages are headed by a female's name, with dates for commencing and finishing particular pieces of weaving. Assignment (type and amount of fabric) appears under each employee's name, with "warp" and "woof" indicating various colors and quantity in yards and weight. Amounts paid range from $8 to ...

Date: 1814-1815

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194224

Ref. Code: MS002.101

Architecture, Landscape and Historic Sites of Plymouth, Massachusetts and vicinity

Album of 3 x 4" prints, circa 1906-1910 documenting architecture, landscape and historic sites in Plymouth, Massachusetts and its vicinity. Contains approximately 100 views. Photographers not known.

Date: 1906-1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194223

Ref. Code: PC009.048-2

Architecture, Landscape and Historic Sites of Marblehead, Lexington, Concord, and Danvers Massachusetts

Album of 3 x 4" prints, circa 1906-1910 documenting architecture, landscapes, landmarks, and historic sites in Marblehead, Lexington, Concord, and Danvers Massachusetts. Contains approximately 100 views. Photographers not known.

Date: 1906-1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194225

Ref. Code: PC009.048-3

Account book of A.W. Longfellow, Jr., South Coastal Maine, 1831-1845

The accounts of a law firm managing estates and charging clients for legal services. Clients are in Boston, with some in southern Maine coastal cities. Names of 2 students entering the office to study law entered on the fly leaf.

Date: 1831-1845

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194227

Ref. Code: MS002.102

Architecture, Landscape and Historic Sites of Vermont and Maine

Album of 3 x 4" prints, circa 1906-1910 documenting architecture, landscapes and historic sites in Vermont and Maine. Contains approximately 109 views. Photographers not known.

Date: 1906-1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194226

Ref. Code: PC009.048-4

Architecture, Landscape and Historic Sites of Maine

Album of 3 x 4" prints, circa 1906-1910 documenting architecture, landscape and historic sites in Maine, including Portland, Longfellow's birthplace, Monument Square, First Parish Church, Observatory, and river views. Contains approximately 73 views.

Date: 1906-1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194229

Ref. Code: PC009.048-5

Architecture, Landscape and Historic Sites of New Hampshire

Album of 3 x 4" prints, circa 1906-1910 documenting architecture, landscape and historic sites in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Contains approximately 127 views. Photographers not known.

Date: 1906-1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194230

Ref. Code: PC009.048-6

Architecture, Landscape and Historic Sites of Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland 1890s.

Album of 3 x 4" prints, circa 1890's documenting architecture, landscape and historic sites in Massachusets such as Deerfield and Northfield, West Point and New York City, New York, and Annapolis, Maryland. Contains approximately 78 views. Photographers not known.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194231

Ref. Code: PC009.048-7

Residence of Mrs. William Otis Kimball, Rowley, Mass

Rowley, Mass. -- 20 2 x 3" handcolored photographic prints of the restored residence of Mrs. William Otis Kimball (originally belonging to the Reynor and Hazen families). Exterior and interior views, typed summary of deeds and references to publications featuring this house, pasted on front. Photogr...

Date: 1906-1913

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194235

Ref. Code: PC009.049A

Order book of Lowell Railroad Elevator and Warehouse, Lowell, Mass., 1870-1873

Itemizes grain orders, giving quantities, kind of grain, and principals involved in the ordering and delivering. No financial information. 1870's clippings from Harper's have been pasted on about 20 pages.

Date: 1870-1873

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194238

Ref. Code: MS002.103

New England Trips

Album titled "New England Trips--1930", consisting of 18 pages of 2 x 3" photographs, illustrating scenery in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Maine. Little architectural material. Photographer and donor unknown. Some pages marked "taken by V.T." Includes a photo of The Acadia - a New England line ...

Date: ca. 1930

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194240

Ref. Code: PC009.049B

Boy with attitude, Barton, Vermont, 1952

This young man takes a quick break from enjoying a traditional New England treat--maple syrup poured over snow--to address the photographer with self-possession seemingly beyond his years.

Date: 1952

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194243

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.044

Account book of H.H. Crocker and Co., Boston, Mass., 1893-1896

"Accounts Current F" Imported orders of hemp and related materials - flax, salt petre, manila, etc. to be distributed to rope works and cordage companies. All aspects of shipping included - marine insurance, cartage, cables, duties, etc, with quantities and value of the cargo given.

Date: 1893-1896

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194242

Ref. Code: MS002.104

Album of Marion Bartlett

8 loose pages from photo album complied by same person as 49B (Marian Bartlett?) Considerably more architectural coverage, including Rhode Island--Bristol: Parker Borden House, Deacon Bosworth House; Salem, MA: Pioneer Village, "Cape Cod Houses" taken in 1933 by Marion Bartlett; Palmer, MA; Kingsto...

Date: 1924-1934

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194244

Ref. Code: PC009.049C

Account book of W.H. Crocker and Co., Boston, Mass., 1893

"Waste N Book" Business item peripheral to the importing of hemp. 1 loose letter from the executor of an estate.

Date: 1893

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194246

Ref. Code: MS002.105

Saturday afternoon, Stowe, Vermont, 1952

Two young girls peer around the corner of a store. A bicycle leans against the storefront window.

Date: 1952

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194249

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.045

Account book, Boston, Mass., 1733-1749

A comprehensive record concerning all aspects of shipping. Expenses related to equipping of ships (for a figure of 7316.19.5 pounds) are specified in yards of duck, barrels of tar, and skilled workmanship. Routine settlements with debtors range from 10 pounds to 1799 pounds paid for a wide variety o...

Date: 1733-1749

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194251

Ref. Code: MS002.106

Restoration of Moffatt-Ladd House, Portsmouth, NH

Portsmouth, NH. Restoration of the kitchen and basement kitchen of the Moffatt-Ladd House, Market St., August 1962-September 1963.This album consists of snapshots documenting restoration: profiles of architectural features, floor plans. This last category includes drawings of fireplaces, mantels a...

Date: 1962-1963

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194252

Ref. Code: PC009.059

Fourth of July, North Danville, Vermont, 1952

A young boy stands outdoors holding an American flag that looks as though it might be too heavy for him. Behind him stand two younger boys dressed in military costumes. A large group of children and adults stand farther in the background. Many are holding flags or wearing patriotic hats.

Date: 1952

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194253

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.046

Account book, Boston, Mass., Jan. 1802-Apr. 1804

Concerns ships and their cargo, labor in fitting out ships, and cost of repairs. Specifies aspects of ship construction including "carving a dragon's knee." Other business is related to debentures, banking transactions, and insurance - fire and marine. Among the hundreds of clipped articles, poems, ...

Date: 1802-1804

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194254

Ref. Code: MS002.107

Boy with potato sack, East Whately, Mass., 1954

A young man carries two half-filled potato sacks down a country road. Two cars approach from behind him.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194306

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.047

Account book, Boston, Mass., Apr. 1809-June 1812

Continues shipping accounts of account books 106 and 107, but is almost completely usurped by pasted "Evening Transcript" clippings covering news of the Civil War. There are also printed poems, a recipe for graham bread and some knitting instructions in longhand.

Date: 1809-1812

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194255

Ref. Code: MS002.108

Account books of Herbert Browne, Boston, Mass.

Account book of Herbert Browne, architect and designer, partner in the firm of Little and Browne, Boston, Massachusetts. Four typescript notebooks, all alphabetically arranged by client names, itemizing cumulative expenditures for residential and institutional construction and renovation; furnishin...

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194257

Ref. Code: MS002.109

Tavern of the Old Stage Coach Road, Middleton, NH

Middleton, New Hampshire. "Tavern of the Old Stage Coach Road" Manuscript history compiled by Albert C. MacLellan, Boston, Mass. Illustrated with first- and second-story floor plans, hand-drawn maps, snapshots of the interior and exterior, pen and ink drawings.

Date: ca. 1929

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194256

Ref. Code: PC009.062

Account book of Chickering Piano Company, 1847-1860s

Several detached leaves from an account book belonging to the Chickering Piano Company, listing the purchases of Chickering pianos between 1847-1860s. Includes serial number of piano and its selling price. Keeper of record not specified.

Date: 1847-1860

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194259

Ref. Code: MS002.110

Dover, NH 1893

Dover, New Hampshire. Album of 24 mounted albumen prints, the majority 5 x 7", prepared as "a part of the contribution by Dover Schools to the New Hampshire educational exhibit at the World's Fair, Chicago, 1893." Students from the class of 1893 (?) were responsible for the preparation of photogra...

Date: 1893

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194263

Ref. Code: PC009.064

Account book of Samuel Armstrong, Boston, Mass., 1805-1814

Chiefly itemized accounts of the estates of seven family members. Contains funeral expenses, house furnishings and utensils, real estate, and personal debts. Also contains the signed receipts of the recipients (children and grandchildren) of estate monies. Later memoranda made in 1858 by the record ...

Date: 1805-1814

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194262

Ref. Code: MS002.111

Memoranda and account book of James Robinson, laborer, Boston, Mass., 1846-1849

Personal account of an Irishman living in Boston. Includes letters home to Ireland expressing "the conditions of a working man in America." Memoranda mentions work on farms, Boston wharfs, and at a water-works. Accounts note hours and wages for unspecified type of labor. Monthly accounts for living ...

Date: 1846-1849

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194265

Ref. Code: MS002.112

A comparison between Lancaster Massachusetts and Peterborough New Hampshire churches of Charles Bulfinch

"A Comparison between the Lancaster, Mass. and Peterborough, NH churches (of) Charles Bulfinch Architect" Compiled by Dexter Dawes, undated. 37 4" x 5" prints of architectural features relating to these Bulfinch churches.

Date: 1956

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194264

Ref. Code: PC009.065

Memos of old Buildings circa 1929

One photograph album. Part of a larger group of 8 albums of illustrated clippings and memorabilia associated with early homes in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Accompanied by 4 notebooks of manuscript entries providing names and dates of several hundred houses. Not all entries relate to correspo...

Date: ca. 1929

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194267

Ref. Code: PC009.066

Daybook of Daniel Clarke Sanders, Medfield, Mass., 1812-1850

Records purchases of all types, including food, furnishings, construction, and services. Includes information about deaths, sewing bees, etc.

Date: 1812-1850

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194268

Ref. Code: MS002.113

Account book of Jeremiah Beal, Bridgewater, Mass., 1790-1822

Types of activities recorded: carpentry; coffin making; building; furniture making; cartage; loans of animals for agricultural services; cartages; butchering; and other provisioning Note: This is a very detailed, long account book, listing debtors and creditors.

Date: 1790-1822

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194272

Ref. Code: MS002.114

Artwork of Boston, part 1

"Art Work: Boston, published in twelve parts. The W. H. Parish Publishing Company, 1891". Photomechanicals with text on history of Boston. Index to 12 parts in box. Fort Independence, Trinity Church, Somerset Club/Algonquin Club, Museum of Fine Arts, view from bridge (Public Garden), Charles ...

Date: 1891

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194277

Ref. Code: PC009.094-1

Account book, Grafton, Mass., 1843-1844

Blacksmith's accounts, itemizing services, prices, and clients' names. Includes index to names. Besides horse-shoeing, there is mention of wagon irons, hinges, and repairs.

Date: 1843-1844

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194278

Ref. Code: MS002.115

Artwork of Boston, part 2

"Art Work: Boston, published in twelve parts. The W. H. Parish Publishing Company, 1891". Photomechanicals with text on the history of Boston General view of Public Garden from Boylston St., City Hall, New England Conservatory of Music, view of Newbury St. from Dartmouth St., Mt. Auburn Cemetary...

Date: 1891

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194280

Ref. Code: PC009.094-2

Account book of John Hall, Quincy, Mass., 1842-1855

"John Hall's Book." Book I is from 1842-1847. Book II is from 1848-[1855]. Keeper of accounts was a wagon and sleigh painter. There is some mention of colors; repairs to wagons and carts. Includes index to clients.

Date: 1842-1855

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194279

Ref. Code: MS002.116

Artwork of Boston, part 3

"Art Work: Boston, published in twelve parts. The W. H. Parish Publishing Company, 1891". Photomechanicals with text on history of Boston Public Garden (bridge and pond), Scollay Square, Chapel in Mt. Auburn, Vendome Hotel, Bunker Hill Monument, Harvard Medical College/Boston Art Club.

Date: 1891

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194282

Ref. Code: PC009.094-3

Artwork of Boston, part 4

"Art Work: Boston, published in twelve parts. The W. H. Parish Publishing Company, 1891". Photomechanicals with text on history of Boston City Hospital; Harvard Law School and Harvard Gym; Natural History Museum and MIT; Old State House; Parade Ground, Boston Common.

Date: 1891

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194283

Ref. Code: PC009.094-4

Album of invoices submitted to Mr. and Mrs. Roswell B. Burchard, 1899

Album of invoices submitted to Mr. and Mrs. Roswell B. Burchard in 1899, with addresses at Little Compton, RI and 45 Bay State Road, Boston. Of particular interest are bills rendered for landscaping their Little Compton residence and varied accounts for decorative items used at 45 Bay State Road. So...

Date: 1899

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194286

Ref. Code: MS002.117

Brown Family Album

This photograph album, with dimensions 10 1/2 x 13 x 1 3/4 inches, contains fifty gelatin silver prints taken in the 1890s related to the Brown family, thirty-nine of which are identified and commented upon by the son or daughter of Bessie Belle (Woodard) Brown and Louis H. Brown on a separate typew...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193799

Ref. Code: PC009.230

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