Historic New England

Architectural drawings of a gazebo, Cambridge, Mass.

38 Quincy St. was the Lieutenant Charles Henry Davis house, designed by architect Henry Greenough (1897-1883). Parker designed this gazebo using the posts and aprons of the house, which was intended for demolition.

Date: 1951

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 197489

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0350.002

Thanksgiving greetings

1 postcard

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197490

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.008

Trinity Church, Boston, Mass.

Depiction of Trinity Church in Copley Square, Boston. There is also a train in the street at the bottom.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197491

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.127

Turks Head Building and Westminster Street, Providence, R.I.

Exterior view of the Turks Head building as seen from the street looking up. There are people walking around on the sidewalks and a trolley in the street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197492

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.128

Bayonet exercise

World War I era soldiers practice using their bayonets in this postcard image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197493

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.010

Please!

A young girl feeds a squirrel with an onlooker in the distance.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197494

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.011

Birdseye view, State House from the Common, Boston, Mass., undated

The State House on Beacon Street is seen above the trees from the Tremont Street side of the Boston Common. The Boston Massacre Memorial is seen on the lower right side of the image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197495

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.129

Our 25 presidents, 1901

United States presidential portraits are shown on this postcard beginning with Washington and ending with the start of Theodore Roosevelt's term in 1901.

Date: 1901

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197496

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.012

Aerocar designed by J. Emery Harriman, Jr., Brookline, Mass., Jan. 11, 1911

The caption states that Harriman's aerocar was patented on October 11, 1910.

Date: 1911-01-11

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197497

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.013

Beauties, 1909

The image is a portrait of a woman holding a cat.

Date: 1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197498

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.014

Maine Central Railroad Express leaving Portland, ME

Depiction of the Maine Central train with smoke billowing from the engine.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197501

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.106

Maine Vacationland

Postcard depicting a man in a rowboat, pinecones, mountains and a stately looking building, probably to advertise the sights which can be found in the state.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197502

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.130

Exterior view of the Alexander Cochrane Residence, 257 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Mass., 4 May 1893

The facade of the Alexander Cochrane Residence, 257 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts is seen in this photograph.

Date: 1893-05-04

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197503

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2810.001

Houses for the Gardiner Building Association, Gardiner, Maine

1 perspective : graphite, ink, and watercolor with fixative on paper-faced paperboard (Bainbridge illustration board no. 80) ; 10 x 19 3/4 inches

Date: 1921

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 197506

Ref. Code: AR001.USME.0825.001

Annie, Castle Tucker, Wiscasset, Maine

Annie standing in the dining room in Castle Tucker. It comes from page thirty-two of Castle Tucker photograph album.;

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 197511

Ref. Code: MS033.TMP.040

Group portrait of the Tucker family seated indoors

A group portrait of Tucker family members seated indoors.

Date: 1895

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 197512

Ref. Code: MS033.013.004.002.002

Richard H. Tucker, III playing pool, Wiscasset, Maine, 1895

This photograph shows Richard H. Tucker, III and an unidentified woman playing pool in Wiscasset, Maine. It comes from page twenty-five of Castle Tucker photograph album.

Date: 1895

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 197513

Ref. Code: MS033.TMP.039

T-Wharf, Boston, Mass., 1914

This photograph shows workers and pedestrians on the dock at T-wharf, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1914

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197514

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7790.004

American Pageant Association logo and three monograms, May 7, 1913

The two logos are for FCB and one MAB all designed by Frank Chouteau Brown.

Date: 1913-05-07

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 197520

Ref. Code: AR003.005.029

Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., undated

In this photograph people stroll on the beach at Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197525

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0070.003

Exterior view of no. 19 Eliot Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

This photograph is an exterior view of no. 19 Eliot Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. There is a "for sale" sign on the fence next to the house.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197526

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0030.001

Exterior view of the Brewer House, Boston, Mass., undated

A view of the Gardner Brewer House, no. 29 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts taken from across the street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197527

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.050

H.C. Frick Residence, Prides, Mass.

An exterior view of the Henry Clay Frick residence, Eagle Rock, in Prides Crossing, Massachusetts showing the driveway and gate.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197530

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0290.0170.001

Exterior view of the Dreier Estate, Winchester, Mass., undated

This image shows the brick house and garden enclosure of the Dreier Estate, Winchester, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197531

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3460.0040.001

Stereograph of the Israel Thorndike House, Beverly, Mass., undated

The Israel Thorndike House in Beverly, Massachusetts is shown before the alterations. The perspective is looking north from about the corner of Thorndike Street, later the town hall. A child stands on the sidewalk.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197533

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0150.0010.001

Stereograph of the Old Feather Store, Dock Square, Boston, Mass., undated

The Old Feather Store in Dock Square is seen with pedestrians on the sidewalk and a cart on the street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197534

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0960.001

Interior view of Delgato (Golandrinas), Greece, undated

The interior of a family home is shown in the image.

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 197535

Ref. Code: GC001.GR.Unknown.001

Interior view of the Sondesky House, kitchen, location unknown, 1960s

A family sits at a kitchen table with a station wagon parked outside. The handwritten name in the lower right corner reads "Sondesky."

Date: 1960s

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 197536

Ref. Code: GC001.US.056

First floor plan with specifications and elevation room end for Holbrook Hall, Newton Center, Mass., undated

The plans were drawn by Peabody & Stearns in the 1880's. Holbrook Hall was the home of Historic New England founder William Sumner Appleton.

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 197539

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0800.001.002

Sections, longitudinal and transverse; elevation, room-end; diagram of floor, hall for Holbrook Hall, Newton Center, Mass., undated

The plans were drawn by Peabody & Stearns in the 1880's. Holbrook Hall was the home of Historic New England founder William Sumner Appleton.

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 197540

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0800.001.003

Interior view of the International Trust Company, 45 Milk St. Boston, Mass., undated

This photograph is an interior view of the International Trust Company, 45 Milk St. Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197542

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5670.002

Interior view of the International Trust Company, 45 Milk Street, Boston, Mass., undated

An interior view which shows columns and decoration in the International Trust Company, 45 Milk Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197543

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5670.003

Exterior view of the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin, 45 Milk St., Boston, Mass.,1898

This photograph is a view of the front of 45 MIlk Street, the birthplace of Benjamin Franklin.

Date: 1898

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197544

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5680.001

T-Wharf, Boston, Mass., undated

This image shows two ships docked at the T-Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197545

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7790.003

Subway entrance, Public Garden, Boston, Mass.

Trolley cars emerge and descend at the Public Garden portal completed in 1895. The trolley car on the left is travelling to Arsenal Watertown. The back of the one on the right reads Union Square, subway to Park Street. There is an African-American man in the pedestrian group on the right. The statue...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197546

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0030.001

Half-length group portrait of the Bowen Family, seated, at tea, location unknown, undated

The Bowen family is seated around a porch table having tea.

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 197548

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.02.002

Half-length group portrait of Bowen Family picnic, seated, facing front, Roseland Park, Woodstock, Conn., undated

This photograph is of the Bowen Family picnic at Roseland Park, Woodstock, Connecticut. Left to Right: Alexina Holt, George Lincoln, Leila Rotinal (?), Sylvia Holt, Dorothy Lincoln, Henry C. Holt, Franklin D. Bowen, Alice B. Richardson, Clarence W. Bowen, Constance Holt, Will Thayer.

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 197549

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.02.001

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Charles Goodyear, facing front, looking left, Boston, Mass., undated

The daguerreotype was done by Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes.

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 197550

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.031

State House and Boston Common, Boston, Mass., undated

Cattle graze on the Boston Common with the State House in the background.

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

GUSN: 197551

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.010

Cambridge Common, Cambridge, Mass., undated

Horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians go across the Cambridge Common.

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

GUSN: 197552

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4050.001

Elliot Square, Norfolk House

This photograph is a view of John Eliot Square, showing the Norfolk House Hotel, in Roxbury, Massachusetts. There is also a horse and cart in the street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197553

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0010.001

Meeting House Hill

This photograph shows an exterior view of Meeting House Hill in Dorchester, Massachsuetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197554

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0010.002

Cambridge Common, Cambridge, Mass., undated

The Cambridge Common is seen looking toward Garden Street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197555

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.053

Three-quarter double portrait of Walter and Ise Gropius, seated, location unknown, 1929

Walter and Ise Gropius are turned toward each other in this double portrait. Walter Gropius holds a cigar in his right hand.

Date: 1929

Collection: Gropius family papers

GUSN: 197556

Ref. Code: MS012.TMP.002

Sparkling kitchens for modern homemakers, new ed., National Plan Service, Inc., Elmhurst, Illinois

The seal in the illustration reads "Operation Home Improvement." The catalog was distributed by J. G. Deering & Son, Biddeford, Maine. The "U design" is on page 5 and "The individualist" is on page 7.

Date: 1954

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 197558

Ref. Code: EP001.12.012.003.025

View of Boylston Street, from the west corner of Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

Commercial buildings line Boylston Street in this image taken from the from the west corner of Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Cars and trolley tracks can be seen.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 197562

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1690.001