Historic New England

Exterior view of house at 5 Melville Ave., Dorchester, Mass.

This exterior view shows the front façade of a large house at 5 Melville Avenue in Dorchester. A cupola with a spire on top sits on the roof and projects over the eaves with a railing.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194927

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0060.002

Exterior view of an unidentified house, Bullard St. and Bowdoin Ave., Dorchester, Mass., undated

This exterior view shows a side façade of the house at the corner of Bullard Street and Bowdoin Avenue in the Mount Bowdoin neighborhood of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. Architect Arthur H. Vinal designed this residence, which may have been built in the 1880s.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194928

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0060.003

Exterior view of Baker Memorial Church, Dorchester, Mass.

An exterior view shows the Baker Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church in the Uphams Corner neighborhood of Dorchester, Massachusetts from across the intersection of Columbia Road and Cushing Avenue. The church was dedicated on June 14, 1891. The congregation left the premises around the 1940s. Sarah ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194929

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0100.001

Group portrait of children standing in Gibson Playground, Dorchester, Mass.

A group of children stand in front of the Christopher Gibson Playground in Fields Corner, Dorchester. A baby carriage stands near the group. Children play on the swing sets in the background. This park is now known as the Doherty/Gibson Playground. Christopher Gibson was one of the original settlers...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194930

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0010.001

Full-length group portrait of children standing in Gibson Playground, Dorchester, Mass., undated

Children of various ages pose next to a tree in the Gibson Playground in Dorchester, Massachusetts. A baby carriage stands in the foreground and in the background children can be seen playing.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194931

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0100.002

View of commercial buildings at the corner of Adams St. and Dorchester Ave., Dorchester, Mass.

Road work is underway at the intersection of Adams Street and Dorchester Avenue in front of various commercial buildings in Fields Corner, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. According to the 1908 "Boston City Directory", Fred William Connolly owned a drugstore at 1436 Dorchester Avenue, and Robert H...

Date: 1880-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194932

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0090.003

Transfer Station, Fields Corner, Dorchester, Mass.

A trolley car, with an "Elevated" sign in front and sign on the side that partially reads "Hill," departs from the Fields Corner Transfer Station in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. Another trolley car approaches the station from Park Street. The businesses on Park Street include the real estate a...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194933

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0090.004

Exterior view of Bombardieri's Bakery, 1580 Dorchester Ave., corner Gibson St., Dorchester, Mass.

This exterior view shows Bombardieri's Superette-Bakery in Fields Corner, Boston, Massachusetts from across Dorchester Avenue. The storefront is covered with many large signs announcing the store's baked and deli foods and catering services. A number of cars are in the parking lot.

Collection: Robert Bayard Severy photographic collection

GUSN: 194934

Ref. Code: PC045.TMP.002

View of Park St., Dorchester, Mass.

Trolleybuses and cars drive along Dorchester Avenue toward the intersection with Park Street in Fields Corner in Dorcheser, Boston, Massachusetts. A bus station is located to the left side of the street. In the distance, the Dorchester Theater can be seen at the section of the two streets.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194935

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0090.005

Exterior view of Pilgrim Congregational Church, Dorchester, Mass.

The front façade of the Pilgrim Congregational Church at 540 Columbia Road in Uphams Corner, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts is seen from across the street. Ivy-like vines cover most of the façade.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194936

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0040.001

Horses and carriages in front of Columbia Road Stables, 525-527 Columbia Rd. at Hancock St., Dorchester, Mass.

Three broughams and one landau stand in front of the Columbia Road Stables at 525-527 Columbia Road in Uphams Corner, Dorchester. Coach drivers wearing livery and top hats sit atop their carriages. Large signs advertise the stables and its "horse clipping by electric power" services.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194937

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0040.002

Set of architectural drawings of the Thomas Wigglesworth House, Manchester, Mass., Feb. 1889

1 set of 14 architectural drawings

Date: 1889

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 194938

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0600.001

East view of Faneuil Hall Market, Boston

An engraving depicts the east view of Faneuil Hall Market, also known as Quincy's Market, in Boston. Designed by Alexander Parris, the granite central market is flanked by warehouses built with the same material.

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

GUSN: 194939

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1950.001

New Jail and Keeper's House, at South Boston, Mass.

Gridley James Fox Bryant designed a new Suffolk County jail and jail keeper's house to be built in South Boston, Massachusetts. The three-story Federal-style building in front of the jail was to be the warden's house. The Boston Common Council rejected the design for the house and accepted the desig...

Date: 1845

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

GUSN: 194940

Ref. Code: GC002.02.036

D.R.T. Section 3, pipe trench at Waldeck St. and Park St.

A group of workers dig a trench for pipes at the intersection of Waldeck Street and Park Street in a residential area of Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts in connection with the Dorchest Rapid Transit line. Sawhorses are set around the site, and a truck is parked in the middle of the street. A perso...

Date: 1926-09-27

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 194943

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.003

D.R.T. Section 2. Track work on Dorchester Ave. from Charles (southerly)

Workers prepare to lay down railroad tracks on Dorchester Avenue in downtown Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. A worker stands on the sidewalk in front of Hood's.

Date: 1927-06-13

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 194944

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.004

D.R.T. Section 2. Southerly view of Foster Terrace from new D.R.T. line

Photo shows a southerly view of Foster Terrace from the new Dorchester Rapid Transit line.

Date: 1927-04-21

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 194945

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.005

D.R.T. Section 2. Northerly view from 1509 Dorchester Ave.

Photo shows a northerly view from 1509 Dorchester Ave. Railroad tracks run down the center of the road as pedestrians walk on the sidewalk.

Date: 1926-03-12

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 194946

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.006

MBTA construction, Fields Corner, Dorchester, Mass.

A bird's eye view of a busy construction crew in Fields Corner, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Date: 1947-1949

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 194947

Ref. Code: PC017.02.002b.001

Fields Corner Station, Dorchester, Mass.

An exterior view of the Fields Corner Station, Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Date: 1947-01-23

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 194948

Ref. Code: PC017.02.002a.001

Dining room, Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194965

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.001

Parlor at left of entrance, Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194966

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.002

Dining room, Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194967

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.003

Drawing room, Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194968

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.004

Parlor at left of entrance, Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194969

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.005

Hall, Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194970

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.006

View of Boston Public Garden and lagoon on a foggy morning

Fog rises over the lagoon and footbridge in the Boston Public Garden. The plan for the Public Garden by George F. Meacham included a pond. The four-acre lagoon was completed in 1861. Architect William Gibbons Preston designed the suspension footbridge, which was finished in 1867. The steeple of the ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194972

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6690.001

Scene from the centennial celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill

This stereograph of members in uniform of the Fifth Maryland Regiment Drum Corps at the Centennial of the Battle of Bunker Hill is part of Thomas Lewis's Centennial Views series. According to "The Boston Globe", after taking part in ceremonies at the Bunker Hill Monument, the Grand Army presented a ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194974

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0280.001

Deer Park near corner of Boylston and Tremont Sts., Boston Common

A group of four deer rest in the shade on the grass in the Deer Park, which was located on the Boylston Street Mall of Boston Common between the Burial Ground and Tremont Street from 1863 to 1882. A young visitor looks through the tall fence at the animals.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194975

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0280.002

People waiting to see the Prince of Wales during his visit to Boston, Boylston Street Mall, Boston Common, Oct. 1860

On the Boylston Street Mall of Boston Common, a crowd of onlookers wait to catch a glimpse of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, on a state visit. He stayed at the Revere House hotel on Bowdoin Square and took part in a military review on Thursday, October 18, 1860 on Boston Common.

Date: 1860

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194976

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0280.003

Goat train, Boston Common, with Soldiers and Sailors Monument

A crowd of people watch as the goat train passes along a path below the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument on Flagstaff Hill on Boston Common. Six rams pull the little wagon on which riders could travel aound the Common.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194977

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0370.001

Old Elm, Boston Common, after fall during storm and being sawed into lengths

The Old Elm, also known as the Great Elm, stood at the foot of Flagstaff Hill on Boston Common, was considered a landmark of the city and was called the oldest known tree in New England. The tree succumbed to the gales of a storm and toppled onto the ground on February 15, 1876. Parts of the tree we...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194978

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0330.001

Postcard of young shoe shiners, Boston Common, Boston, Mass., undated

A group of shoeshine boys await customers in front of the William Blackstone Memorial Tablet on the Park Street Mall of Boston Common. Parts of the front and side façades of the Park Street Church are visible in the background. Cars drive down Park Street toward the intersection with Tremont Street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194979

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.049

Memorial plaque for Gilbert Stuart, Boston Common. Installed 1897 by the Paint and Clay Club

This close-up view shows the memorial plaque honoring the painter Gilbert Stuart, which sculptor Hugh Cairns created and the Paint and Clay Club of Boston installed on the fence enclosing the Central Burying Ground, or Old South Burying Ground, where Stuart is buried, on the Boylston Street side of ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194980

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2630.001

Tablet by John F. Paramino in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, Lafayette Mall (formerly Tremont St. Mall), Boston Common

This close-up view shows the Marquis de Lafayette Memorial, created by sculptor John Francis Paramino and dedicated by the City of Boston on September 6, 1924, on the Tremont Street Mall of Boston Common. The monument commemorates the 100th anniversary of Lafayette's march to Bunker Hill on the 50th...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194981

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2630.002

Trees on the west side of Tremont St. Mall looking northwest, Boston Common, Boston, Mass., August 3, 1914

Several men sit on benches on a pathway near the Park Street Mall of Boston Common. Four of the men wear boaters, and two read newspapers. Pedestrians walk along Tremont Street past the R.H. Stearns department store and St. Paul's Church, and riders exit from the Boylston Street subway station.

Date: 1914-08-03

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194982

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2580.001

Living tableau of the American Flag with forty-five stars, Boston Common, Aug. 16, 1904

Over two thousand girls and boys from Boston, Massachusetts form a "living flag" on grandstands, 120 by 60 feet, at the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic on the Tremont Street Mall of Boston Common opposite Temple Place on August 16, 1904. The school children are dressed in red, ...

Date: 1904-08-16

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194983

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2580.002

Muster on Boston Common

A military unit wearing bearskins and bandoliers and bearing rifles with fixed bayonets stand assembled at the foot of a hill (perhaps Flagstaff Hill) on Boston Common. A military band, some members of whom hold brass instruments such as trombones and trumpets, are gathered behind the soldiers. At t...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194984

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2590.001

Ruins of ancient trees on Boston Common after the Great New England Hurricane

The Great New England Hurricane on September 21, 1938 destroyed many trees on Boston Common. Branches and trunks lie strewn across the ground. The dome of the Massachusetts State House is seen above the devastation.

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194985

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.050

Monument commemorating the 1860s football games of the Oneida Football Club, Boston Common, erected in 1925

A close-up view shows the monument to the Oneida Football Club of Boston near the Spruce Street gate to Boston Common. The Oneidas were the first organized football club in the United States and played on the Common from 1862 to 1865. The surviving seven members of the team dedicated the monument on...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194987

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2630.003

Boston Common during a snow storm

A blanket of snow covers Boston Common and weighs down the branches of the trees. A crew of workers shovel out the pathways. In the middle distance is the Brewer Fountain, which was donated by merchant Gardner Brewer to the city in 1868 and is a copy of a fountain which he saw at the 1855 Paris Worl...

Date: 1900-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194988

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2580.003

Photomechanical illustration of the interior of the Old Ship Meeting House, Hingham, facing pulpit

This interior view displays the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. Elements of the hip roof structure are visible, such as the curved struts, king post, rafters, and purlins. The ground floor is comprised of box pews ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194989

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1320.0150.001

Photograph of a woodcut depicting the exterior of the Old Ship Meeting House, Hingham, about 1850.

A woodcut exterior view of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. A cupola with a spire and weathervane crown the hip roof.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194990

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1320.0150.002

Underside of roof of Old Ship Meeting House, Hingham.

An interior view of the underside of the roof of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. The elements of the hip roof structure are visible, such as the curved struts, king post, rafters, and purlins. A set of stairs l...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194991

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1320.0150.003

Interior of Meeting House, Hingham ("Old Ship Meeting House").

An interior view of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. Pews fan outward from the pulpit, which has staircases on either side of it, a sounding-board above it, and two Palladian windows behind it. Pews occupy the g...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194992

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1320.0150.004

Interior of Old Ship Church, Hingham, before restoration and with 18th century pulpit.

An interior view of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. Pews fan outward from the pulpit, which has staircases on either side of it, a sounding-board above it, and drapes and curtains covering the two windows behin...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194993

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1320.0150.005

The "Old Church," Hingham

This stereograph shows the exterior of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, Massachusetts, the only surviving 17th century meeting house in the United States. The view is along the driveway up a rise to the side of the church. A cupola with a spire and weathervane crown the hip roof. A group of pe...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194994

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0790.0010.005

Hon. Matthew Bridge's wedding gift to his son, Nathan, 1814

Matthew Bridge, a member of the Massachusetts state legislature and senate, gave this two-story Georgian-style house on Green Street in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts to his son Nathan, a prominent businessman, on the occasion of his marriage to Elizabeth Bartlett in 1814.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194995

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0560.0010.001

Exterior view of the Tufts House, corner of Prospect and Chelsea Sts., Charlestown

This exterior view from the intersection of Prospect Street and Chelsea Streets shows the Nathan Tufts house, its terraced lawns, and stables in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts. A widows' walk surmounts the roof of the two-story house. Just past the stable of the house on Prospect Street is the F...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194996

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0560.0020.001

Harvard College Crew Team

This group studio portrait of six members of the Harvard College crew team wearing uniforms is set against a backdrop of curtains. Two are seated and four are standing, two of whom hold oars. In the center of the group there is a table with a stack of trophy cups.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194800

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0670.001

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