Historic New England

Gloucester and Rockport

3 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330877

Ref. Code: PC053.01.06.005

Provincetown

5 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1929

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330879

Ref. Code: PC053.01.06.006

Leon R. Bouchard (developer) house, Swampscott, Mass.

Set of five architectural drawings of house for developer Leon R. Bouchard in Swampscott, Massachusetts (commission #1373) including two elevations, two plans, and one detail. Some drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter; one drawing is dated. Design is an alternate scheme to that shown in commissi...

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330881

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1373-A

Astronomy

This subseries contains images of laboratories, observatories, and astronomers in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330882

Ref. Code: PC053.01.07

Wamesit Laboratory, Lowell, Massachusetts

4 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330883

Ref. Code: PC053.01.07.001

Seagrave Observatory, North Scituate, Rhode Island

6 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330884

Ref. Code: PC053.01.07.002

Autombiles

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of cars in Boston, at racing events, and in parades. Makers of the automobiles include the Hudson Motor Co. and Rolls Royce.

Date: 1926-1934, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330886

Ref. Code: PC053.01.08

Herbert N. French house, Newton, Mass.

Set of twenty-five architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert N. French in Newton, Massachusetts (commission #1375) including five elevations, three plans, three framing plans, one plot plan, one rendering, and twelve details. Some drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Richard Wi...

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330885

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1375

Automobiles - General

11 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1926-1934

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330887

Ref. Code: PC053.01.08.001

Old Styles, Racers

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1934, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330888

Ref. Code: PC053.01.08.002

Aviation

This subseries includes glass plate and film negatives of diverse aviation scenes. The photographs depict hot air balloons, airplanes, pilots, and airports. The subseries highlights images of Amelia Earhart, and her reception at the Boston airport on July 9, 1928. Also included are photographs of...

Date: 1927-1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330890

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09

Amelia Earhart

41 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1928, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330891

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.001

Sargent, Sam

3 glass plate negatives

Date: 1936

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330892

Ref. Code: PC053.01.06.004

Chester Williams house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Chester Williams in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1380) including four elevations, two plans, two cross sections, and six details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-sty...

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330893

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1380

Don Richardson house, Cohasset, Mass.

Set of nine architectural drawings for alterations to existing house for Mr. Don Richardson in Cohasset, Massachusetts (commission #1380-A) including five elevations and four plans. Five drawings are dated; no drawings are signed. Alterations include an addition with a new garage, garden room, an...

Date: 1979

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330897

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1380-A

Kent Smith house, Nashua, N.H.

Set of twenty-one architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Kent Smith in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1388) including five elevations, five plans, and eleven details. Some drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, Warren J. Rhoter, or Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two-s...

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330898

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1388

J. P. Marquand house, Newburyport, Mass.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Mr. J. P. Marquand in Newburyport, Massachusetts (commission #1402) including four elevations and two plans. Drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a one-story Cape Cod-style house with a clapboard and flush board exterior. ...

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330900

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1402

Home beautifying suggestions, including lists and sizes of ornamental plants and information for their use, Barry Nursery Company, Rochester, New York

Creating landscaping on small or modest lots in country, city and suburban settings is described. Trees, shrubs and perennials are described in detail.

Date: 1917

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330905

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.103

Improved Paper Machinery Co. plant, Nashua, N.H.

Set of six architectural drawings for alterations to a plant building for Improved Paper Machinery Co. in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1409) including three elevations, two details, and one rendering. Drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills or Warren J. Rohter; one drawing is dated. Altera...

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330902

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1409

Improved Paper Machinery Co. plant, Nashua, N.H.

Set of ten architectural drawings for alterations to a plant building for Improved Paper Machinery Co. in Nashua, New Hampshire (commission #1410) including five elevations, three plans, and two cross sections. Drawings are signed by Warren J. Rhoter. Two sets of drawings, labeled "Scheme 4" and ...

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330904

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1410

Mildred Stone house, Winchester, Mass.

Set of twenty-two architectural drawings of house for Miss Mildred Stone in Winchester, Massachusetts (commission #1411) including three elevations, four plans, one plot plan, six framing plans, one cross section, and seven details. Most drawings are signed and dated by Merton S. Barrows, Warren J. ...

Date: 1952-1953

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330906

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1411

When winter comes, a little letter on home decoration for the winter months, Little Tree Farms American Forestry Company, 419-C Boylston Street, Boston, Mass.

Suggestions are provided for decorating house properties with evergreens using window boxes, pots and tubs. Commercial properties are also solicited. There is a small phtograph of the Copley Plaza Hotel with evergreens from the business. Part of the sheet is detached.

Date: 1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330914

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.104

John D. Langmuir house, Concord, N.H.

Set of eighteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John D. Langmuir in Concord, New Hampshire (commission #1412) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, one rendering, and eight details. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry Wills, Merton S. Barrows ...

Date: 1952

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330908

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1412

William E. Dorman house, Boxford, Mass.

Set of twenty-three architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Dorman in Boxford, Massachusetts (commission #1413) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, one cross section, and fourteen details. Drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two...

Date: 1952-1953

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330911

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1413

China Clipper

2 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330913

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.002

Dirigibles

11 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330915

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.003

East Boston Airport

11 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1934, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330916

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.004

Beautifying the home grounds, by L.C. Corbett, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C.

Advice is given for laying out yard and property areas in order to plant shrubs, trees and vines.

Date: 1904

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330918

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.105

French Flyers

3 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330917

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.005

General

20 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1934-1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330919

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.006

Headlines

2 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330920

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.007

John Hartley house, Warwick, R.I.

Set of six architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. John Hartley in Warwick, Rhode Island (commission #1422) including three elevations and three plans. Drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Drawings depict a two-story Cape Cod-style house with a saltbox garage wing, two front d...

Date: 1953

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330921

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1422

Old Orchard Beach

10 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1927-1929

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330922

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.008

Zepplin

6 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1929, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330923

Ref. Code: PC053.01.09.009

Aviation Disasters

This subseries contains images of airplane and aviation disasters and crashes. The glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives highlight crashes in the Samosa Islands, the Charles River and other areas of Massachusetts, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Also included are images of the Hindenburg disas...

Date: 1933-1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330926

Ref. Code: PC053.01.10

Jean Corrente house, Warwick, R.I.

One architectural drawing for alterations to existing house for Mrs. Jean Corrente in Warwick, Rhode Island (commission #1422-A) showing an elevation and a plan. Drawing is signed and dated by Steven J. Hackbarth. Alterations include an extension of the dining room.

Date: 1989

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330925

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1422-A

Better home grounds, Albert D. Nutting, Roger Clapp, University of Maine, College of Agriculture, Extension Service, Orono, Maine

Suggestions are provided for creating landscaping with lawns, trees and shrubs around farm, rural and town residences.

Date: 1947

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 330935

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.106

General

9 glass plate and acetate negatives

Date: 1933-1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330928

Ref. Code: PC053.01.10.001

Hindenburg

15 glass plate and acetate negatives

Date: 1936-1937

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330929

Ref. Code: PC053.01.10.002

Bands

This subseries includes three glass plate negatives of several different bands, highlighting instruments such as the trumpet, trombone, and drums.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330934

Ref. Code: PC053.01.11

Daniel C. Loizeaux house, Greenwich, Conn.

Set of fourteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Loizeaux in Greenwich, Connecticut (commission #1432) including three elevations, three plans, two cross sections, one topographic map, two plot plans, one rendering, and two details. Most drawings are signed by Royal Barry W...

Date: 1953

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330931

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1432

Bathing and Beaches

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of various beaches and beach scenes throughout New England. Featured beaches include Newport Beach and Charleston, Rhode Island, and Singing Beach in Massachusetts. The negatives depict people wading, swimming, and picnicking on a...

Date: 1936-1937, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330937

Ref. Code: PC053.01.12

Billboards

This subseries includes two glass plate negatives of advertisements and the installation of advertisements on billboards.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330938

Ref. Code: PC053.01.13

Birds

This subseries includes several glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives depicting birds and bird nests in the Boston Public Garden, Gull Island, and other locations in New England. Featured species include seagulls, swans, and night herons, among others.

Date: 1936-1941, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 330940

Ref. Code: PC053.01.14

Daniel C. Loizeaux house, Greenwich, Conn.

Set of fifteen architectural drawings of house for Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Loizeaux in Greenwich, Connecticut (commission #1432-A) including four elevations, three plans, one plot plan, and seven details. Drawings are signed and dated by Richard Wills. Commission is an alternate design to that presen...

Date: 1953

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 330939

Ref. Code: AR029.04.04.1432-A