Historic New England

Portrait of old time R.R. officer, seated, facing left, location unknown, ca. 1900

An unidentified railroad officer sits at a desk in this image.

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 253604

Ref. Code: PC015.01.890.04

Interior view of City Ticket Office, Main Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

Stacks of schedules and documents can be seen in this image of the Worcester Ticket Office.

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 253605

Ref. Code: PC015.01.720.02

Exterior view of Bug Light, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., undated

Exterior view of Bug Light, Boston Harbor. A man can be seen standing in the doorway, and laundry hangs on line below.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253609

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0230.001

Exterior view of Graves Light, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., undated

Graves Light is seen with the footbridge to the oil house.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253610

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0230.002

View of U.S.S. Olympia and S.S. Ivernia, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., undated

Admiral Dewey's cruiser Olympia is seen next to the Cunard line's Ivernia in Boston Harbor.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253614

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0230.003

View of Deer Island and Long Island, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., undated

Sailboats are in the foreground of this image which shows Long Island on the right and Deer Island on the left.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253616

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0230.004

Interior view of Appleton House, front parlor, 39 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., 1885-1886

The image verso reads "In 1912 owned by Arthur T. Lyman. Supposed to have been built about 1818."

Date: 1885-1886

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253622

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0970.001

Interior view of the Harrison Gray Otis House, dining room, Boston, Mass., May 6, 1926

The caption reads "Ceramics collections in the old Dining Room."

Date: 1926-05-06

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 253628

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.015

Views of the Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick, Maine, Kingsbury Studio, Summer 1931

1 Main Hallway, second floor, looking back 2 First floor SW, parlor 3 Front hall looking back, back door open 4 First Floor, NW, dining room 5 First floor, SW, parlor 6 Front hall looking back, back door closed 7 Front Hall with front door open 8 Kitchen 9 Second floor ell, Mary Galvin's ...

Date: 1931

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 253630

Ref. Code: PC006.SOJ.01.010

Rear of Durkee Tavern, Lowell, Mass., August 1922

The item verso reads "Sketch of Durkee Tavern from newspaper cut, showing house before present changes were made. These changes were probably made by two Greek owners from whom the city bought the house." The recto sketch is dated August 18, 1922 and the verso sketch is dated August 24, 1922.

Date: 1922-08

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

GUSN: 253631

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.5700.001

Ledyard Bridge, Hanover, New Hampshire, ca. 1935

The landscape around the covered bridge is shown in this sketch.

Date: ca. 1935

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

GUSN: 253632

Ref. Code: GC002.01.NH.0100.001

Portrait of Mr. James H. Hustis, seated, facing front, Boston, Mass., 1900s

Hustis is a vice-president for the New York Central Rail Road.

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 253654

Ref. Code: PC015.01.890.05

View of East Boston from U.S.S. Ranger, Boston, Mass., undated

Crew men work on the U.S.S. Ranger off of East Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 253655

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.014

Pic-nic fan, location unknown, 1840-1850

The tree image has a head portrait captioned "Pierpont" on the left side and a scene of children at play on the right side. The fan verso is headed "Hurra! for bright water. Hurra!" A large fountain is shown with a ball labeled "Temperance."

Date: 1840-1850

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 253657

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP.064

Box for women's shoes, Levy & Katzman, New York, New York, undated

A woman dressed in white stands in front of an easel in the box cover image. One side of the box is labeled "Fine slippers, New York." The box contains one pair of light colored women's shoes with some staining. The box has images of multi-colored flowers and shoes on all sides. There is a border pa...

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253658

Ref. Code: EP002.02.060

Box for beaver fur stole, John R. Terry, importer, manufacturer, and dealer in hats, caps and furs, 409 Broadway and 19 Union Square, New York, New York, undated

The cover label has an image of the business premises in New York. Terry provides men's, children's and ladies hats. The brown box contains a beaver fur stole.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253659

Ref. Code: EP002.02.061

Exterior view of the Appleton-Everett House, Pleasant Street, Dorchester, Mass., undated

1 photographic print : black-and-white, mounted ; 10 x 13 inches

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253666

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.516

Henry Dexter, sculptor

Born in 1806 in Nelson, New York, as a child Henry Dexter wanted to be an artist. While apprenticed to a blacksmith, he took his first painting lessons. After moving to Boston in 1836, Dexter opened a portrait studio, and within several years, he was painting the likenesses of well-known people. He ...

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253674

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.001

General Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), twelfth President of the United States. Taylor is shown in his general's uniform. Framed for exhibition. Enlarged and laterally reversed copy of sixth-plate belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift of Herbert Foster Otis . Copy Neg # 7393-B. Sobieszek and Appel...

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253675

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.002

Muster on the Common

View of military muster on Boston Common. Framed for exhibition. Gift of Herbert Foster Otis. Sobieszek and Appel # 81.

Date: 1844-1861

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253676

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.003

Cassius Marcellus Clay

Abolitionist and diplomat Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903). Possibly a copy of a plate in the possession of the MFA, Boston. Sobieszek and Appel #2. Neg # 10980-B. Gift of Herbert Foster Otis.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253677

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.004

Charles Goodyear

Charles Goodyear (1800-1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber is shown in the image. Framed for exhibition. Sobieszek and Appel # 5.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253678

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.005

Portrait of Lemuel Shaw, seated on a chair, facing right, location unknown, ca. 1866

Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is shown in the image. Sobieszek and Appel # 11.

Date: ca. 1866

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253679

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.006

Mrs. G. (?) W. Pratt

Portrait of a Mrs. G.W. Pratt (1817-1887) a popular actress who settled in Boston, in fancy dress, lace hair ornament and holding a wild rose. Previously misidentified as Mrs. James R. Vincent, an actress in Boston. Similar to a daguerreotype held by the MFA. Gift of Mrs. Charles Harrington.

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253680

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.007

James Perkins House

house of James Perkins, built around 1792; framed in velvet

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253681

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.008

James Perkins House

house of James Perkins, built around 1792; framed inn velvet

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253682

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.009

Jared Sparks

Mature man with unkempt hair and black cravat, white shirt, dark coat. Daguerreotype by Josiah Johnson Hawes, 1879.

Date: ca.1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253683

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.010

Cornelia Walter (Mrs. Wm. B. Richards)

Elegant portrait of Mrs. Richards (Cornelia Walter) with chignon, off the shoulder décolleté dress and long earrings.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253684

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.011

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Franklin Pierce, facing left, location unknown, ca. 1860

Franklin Pierce, the U.S. President from 1853-1857, poses for this formal portrait.

Date: ca. 1860

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253685

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.012

Infant in upholstered chair

beautiful portrait of infant seated on an elaborate upholstered chair; hand of nearby adult is visible at right

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253686

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.013

Unidentified elderly man

Damaged portrait of a seated elderly man with side table. This plate does not have the markings of Southworth and Hawes.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253687

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.014

Unidentified elderly man

Badly-deteriorated portrait of an elderly man. It does not appear to be Southworth and Hawes because it does not have the same crimping marks as other S & H plates.

Date: 1850s

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253688

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.015

Daniel Webster

Vignette portrait of abolitionist Daniel Webster (1782-1852) who posed at least 3 times for prominent daguerreotypists Albert Southworth and Josiah Hawes. Given by George Eastman House to replace missing plate of R.W. Emerson (1979). Sobieszek and Appel # 19 & 20.

Date: ca. 1840

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253689

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.016

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Horace Mann, facing left, location unknown, ca. 1853

American educator Horace Mann is seen in this portrait on the eve of assuming the presidency of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Sobieszek and Appel #7.

Date: ca. 1853

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253690

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.017

Unidentified man with curly hair

Man in 50s with curly hair and dark coat. A comment on the verso notes that "A line down the right edge indicates that this may be a copy daguerreotype."

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253691

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.018

Portrait of Commodore Charles Morris, seated on a chair, facing right, looking front, location unknown, ca. 1850

Commodore Morris served on the U.S.S. Constitution during the War of 1812 and later was a Naval Commissioner.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253692

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.019

Funerary monument by Margaret Foley, Magoun Row, Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.

An image of a funerary monument by Margaret Foley, Magoun plot, Fir Avenue, Mount Auburn Cemetery, showing a stone monument which depicts a drapery-clad woman kneeling with her arm around girl, both with solemn expressions. Sobieszek and Appel #103. The Mount Auburn Cemetery straddles the town line ...

Date: 1846-1861

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253693

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.020

Unidentified man in overcoat

Man (50s) with dark cravat and overcoat.

Date: ca.1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253694

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.021

Unidentified man in military uniform

Man (50s) with military uniform.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253695

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.022

Sculpture of General Joseph Warren, by Henry Dexter

Statue depicting General Joseph Warren (1741-1775) by Henry Dexter erecter at Bunker Hill Monument to commemorate Dr. Warren's role as a volunteer in the the battle. (Sobieszek and Appel #104)

Date: ca. 1857

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253696

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.023

Engraving after Domenichino's "Diana and Her Nymph"

Photographic copy of an engraving, possibly depicting Diana and her companions after the hunt. In the foreground female archers at contest, in the distance are female wrestlers, female hunters with their prey, etc. The original painting is in Galleria Borghese, Rome.

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253697

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.024

Engraving after Raphael's Sistine Madonna (with Saints Sixtus and Barbara)

Photographic copy of an engraving depicting a Madonna and child with attendants, after Raphael. The original painting is in the Gemaldegalerie, Dresden.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253698

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.025

Engraving of the Blind General Belisarius Begging for Alms

Photographic copy of an engraving depicting the blind general Belisarius begging for alms. Sobieszek and Appel #12.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253699

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.026

Engraving after Raphael's Transfiguration

Photographic copy of an engraving engraving depicting the ascension of Christ. The original painting is in the Pinacoteca Apostolica in the Vatican.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253700

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.027

Engraving of Justice and Parnassus

Photographic copy of an engraving. The upper segment of the engraving depicts Justice, the lower Parnasus. The original work (1509-10) is in the Stanza della Segnatura, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican.

Date: ca.1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253701

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.028

Engraving of Charles Sumner

Deteriorated photographic copy of an engraving of statesman and abolitionist Charles Sumner (1811-1874) . Misidentified as D.1.026 in old database.

Date: ca. 1853

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253702

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.029

Franklin Haven

Photographic copy of portrait depicting Franklin Haven (1804-93) by T.P. Healey, now in Merchant's Bank. See also D.2.002.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253703

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.001

Painting of Franklin Haven

photographic copy of painting depicting Franklin Haven (1804-1893); See also D.2.001

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253704

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.002

Drawing of woman

A photographic copy of a drawing depicting a woman.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253706

Ref. Code: PC005.D02.003

Apthorp House and Wadsworth House, Cambridge, Mass., undated

This photo-engraved sheet includes drawings of the mantel and dining room end of the Apthorp House ("Bishop's Palace"), and the entrance, porch, and doorway of the Wadsworth House, both in Cambridge, Mass.

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 253288

Ref. Code: AR003.001.059

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