Historic New England

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

Account book of Mary A.N. Swaim, John T. Heard, and Seth Caldwell, Jr., Boston, Mass., Nov. 1865- Dec. 1869

Listing of property, holdings, and investments with value.

Date: 1865-1869

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194208

Ref. Code: MS002.095

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

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