Historic New England

Nurses Dorothy Ruggles (left) and Gertrude Harmon (right) standing in front of the Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195076

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.008

Brochure cover for White Mountain Refrigerators

A trade card for White Mountain Refrigerators, made by the Maine Manufacturing Co., and sold by Austin S. Cook & Co. at 67-69 Main Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The name, Ketterlinus, a printing company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appears in the lower left corner. The card is comprised of s...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195077

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.01.02.001

Trade card for the Fort Wayne improved Western Washer

This trade card promotes the improved Fort Wayne Western Washer, made by the Horton Manufacturing Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The name, Calvert Lith. Co., a printing company in Detroit, Michigan, appears in the lower left corner. A woman in an apron demonstrates the washing machine for another woman...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195078

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.04.001

Trade card for the White Mountain Triple Motion Ice Cream Freezer, Nashua, New Hampshire, undated

The freezer is printed on one side with a cutaway section to reveal the inner parts of the machine. On the other side is a scene of a woman serving ice cream on a porch or balcony overlooking the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. On the right half of the latter side of the card, the name, A...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195079

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.02.01.014

Woman sweeping a porch properly

A woman sweeps a porch with a broom. She wears a short-sleeved dress. Vines overflow from the side of the house over the porch railing.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195081

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3850.0100.001

Woman cleaning a floor

A woman in an apron and cap appears to be cleaning the hardwood floor of a room with a broom or brush. A rug has been moved out of the way for the purpose. The room is decorated with very elaborate patterns on the molding beneath the ceiling and wainscoting.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195082

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3850.0100.002

Reward of merit "for regular and punctual attendance, correct deportment and diligent attention to studies"

A reward of merit to demonstrate a teacher's approval of a student's "regular and punctual attendance, correct deportment and diligent attention to studies." In the center of the card is an image of boy and his dog. He appears to have been playing soldier as he is holding a rifle, and there is a hel...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195087

Ref. Code: EP001.04.TMP.001

Reward of merit

This reward of merit presents the second stanza of the unattributed poem, "What the Clock Says": "If your lesson you would get, do it now, and do not fret: that alone is hearty fun which comes after duty done." The poem is printed in a central panel, surrounded by a floral border.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195088

Ref. Code: EP001.04.TMP.002

School room with teacher and pupils

Schoolroom at Canterbury Shaker Village. On the right side of the picture is the teacher, who is seated behind a cloth covered desk. She is looking at a book, from the stack of books on the left of the desk. Left of her desk and in the forefront of the picture is a table on which stands a globe. To ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195089

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.019

Remains of the Beebe House (center, next to the State House)

A portion of the Beebe-Brewer houses remains standing in front of the Massachusetts State House. The mansions, built by two Boston merchants, James Madison Beebe and Gardner Brewer, on the grounds of the John Hancock House after that landmark was destroyed, were demolished to make room for the lawn ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195090

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.052

Remains of the Beebe House, center, next to the State House, Boston, Mass., March 1917

A view up Beacon Street past the Beebe-Brewer houses to the State House. The mansions, built by two Boston merchants, James Madison Beebe and Gardner Brewer, on the grounds of the John Hancock House after that landmark was destroyed, were demolished to make room for the lawn of the new West Wing of ...

Date: 1917-03

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195091

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.053

Exterior view of the Old West Church, Boston

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195092

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1950.001

Doorway, 13 West Street, Boston, Mass., undated

An exterior view of the doorway to the C.W. Thompson & Co. music publishing business at 13 West Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Charles W. Thompson and Jonas Michael Miles formed and operated the Miles & Thompson firm to publish, import and deal in American and international sheet music at 13 West ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195093

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.9140.001

Old West St. looking towards Bedford St.

A view of West Street in Boston, Massachusetts towards the intersection with Bedford Street. Town houses line both sides of the cobblestone street. A brick wall crowned with an iron fence encloses what appears to be a garden. The first house past the brick wall presents an oriel window and iron balc...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195094

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.9130.001

Lamb Tavern

A photomechanical print of an engraving of Lamb Tavern, also known as the White Lamb, which was located on the west side of Washington Street, between West Street and Boylston Street, in Boston, Massachusetts. Two men converse in the doorway underneath the tavern sign while pedestrians pass by and a...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195095

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8930.001

Britton House, Dorchester, Mass., undated

The right side of a stereograph of an exterior view of the Britton House in Dorchester, Massachusetts from the end of the driveway that leads to the front porch. A woman and man stand on the front porch, three boys sit on the railing of the balcony above it, and a girl sits in a carriage in the driv...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195099

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0460.0010.001

Annie Fields and Sarah Orne Jewett, 148 Charles St., Boston

In the library at 148 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts, the author Sarah Orne Jewett sits near the windows and the writer Annie Fields reads next to the fireplace. Fields, wife of publisher James T. Fields, led a literary salon in this house. They shared this home starting in the early 1880s. M...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195101

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.047

Whitfield House, from the northwest

A side exterior view from the northwest of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. Two gable dormers wit...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195106

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.001

Whitfield House

A side exterior view of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, before the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. The house and chimneys are plasterd ove...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195107

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.002

Whitfield House, from the north

A side exterior view from the north of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, before the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. The house and chimneys a...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195108

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.003

Main room of the Whitfield House, first floor, restored, looking north

An interior view looking north of the main room on the first floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195109

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.004

Main room of the Whitfield House, first floor, looking south

An interior view looking south of the main room on the first floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195110

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.005

North front chamber, second floor, Whitfield House, looking south

An interior view looking south of the north front chamber on the second floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the ston...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195111

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.006

North front chamber, second floor, Whitfield House, looking north

An interior view looking north of the north front chamber on the second floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the ston...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195112

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.007

North wall, second floor, Whitfield House

An view of the north wall on the second floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, possibly during the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. The w...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195113

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.008

Whitfield House, restored, from the south

A rear exterior view from the northwest of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. Gable dormers with di...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195114

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.009

Whitfield House, restored, from the northwest

A side exterior view from the northwest of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. A chimney extends al...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195115

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.010

West front of the Whitfield House, restored

A front exterior view from the west of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. Two gable dormers with di...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195116

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.011

Exterior view of the Gropius House, Lincoln, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195117

Ref. Code: PC006.GRO.01.005

Detail of Gropius House window, Lincoln, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195118

Ref. Code: PC006.GRO.01.006

Kitchen sink, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195120

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.02.002

Mary Wonson's bedroom, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195121

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.02.003

The glass room, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195122

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.02.004

Southeast chamber, Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Mass., ca. 1940

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Date: 1935-1945

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195123

Ref. Code: PC006.COG.01.001

Nina Fletcher Little and Bertram K. Little working on "American Decorative Wall painting" book in the back parlor of Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195124

Ref. Code: PC006.COG.01.002

Female domestic worker cutting bread

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Collection: Laura Maria Barr photographic collection

GUSN: 195126

Ref. Code: PC014.TMP.002

Meigs Elevated Railroad

Photo is a side view of the Meigs Elevated Railroad. Men stand outside of the train cars.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195131

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.011

Meigs Elevated Railroad from car platform

A view of the Meigs Elevated Railroad from the car platform. The tracks can be seen continuing into the distance.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195132

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.012

Meigs Elevated Railroad car interior

An interior view of a Meigs Elevated Railroad car. Seats and windows line the sides of the car, with one row of seats running down the middle.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195133

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.013

Meigs Elevated Railroad train

An exterior view of the engine and two railroad cars of the Meigs Elevated Railroad train. Three men stand at the head of the train.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195134

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.014

Meigs Elevated train after fire damage

This photo shows the extensive fire damage to a Meigs Elevated train car. Men are seen inside the damaged car, possibly investigating the incident.

Date: 1887-02

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195135

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.015

"Type 2's," Meridian St. looking north, East Boston, Mass.

Two 'Type 2' train cars run on tracks down the middle of Meridian St. in East Boston, Massachusetts. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are also depicted.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195136

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.016

"Type 2's," Lexington St. looking east, East Boston, Mass.

A type 2 train car travels up Lexington St. in a residential neighborhood in East Boston, Massachusetts. Trees and homes line the street.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195137

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.017

"Type 2's," Central Square looking north, East Boston, Mass.

One 'Type 2' train approaches the camera from the distance as another departs. Pedestrians walk through Central Square, East Boston, Mass.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195138

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.018

Number 3 Blue Line train at Airport Station portal

A Number 3 Blue Line train enters a tunnel at Airport Station. A large sign above a nearby building reads "General Electric Bulbs."

Date: 1968-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195139

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.019

Aquarium Station with trains number 1 and number 3

Two trains meet at Aquarium Station. Passengers wait on the platforms.

Date: 1969-07-07

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195140

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.020

Aquarium Station with trains number 1 and number 3

Taken outside a subway train at Aquarium Station, this photo shows seated passengers waiting for their train to leave.

Date: 1969-07-07

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195141

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.021

Orient Heights, East Boston, Mass.

A view down the tracks in Orient Heights, East Boston, Massachusetts. Two train cars can be seen in the distance. Buildings can be seen on either side of the tracks.

Date: 1950-06-22

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195142

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.022

Civil defense

This image shows the loading of Civil Defense boxes of emergency hospital supplies. The label of the box on the man's shoulder indicates that it contains cotton balls.

Date: 1965-05-12

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195143

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.023

Exterior view of the Otis House during removal, as seen from the other side of Cambridge St., near Joy St., Boston, Mass.

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Date: 1925

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194858

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.003

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