Historic New England

Perth Amboy passing through canal

A black and white view of the Lehigh Valley tug "Perth Amboy" and a tow passing through the Cape Cod Canal in June, 1915.

Date: 1915-06

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289005

Ref. Code: MS028.04.008.001

Rose Standish on Opening Day

A black and white view of the Rose Standish passing through the Cape Cod Canal on Opening Day, July 29, 1914.

Date: 1914-07-29

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289007

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.001

215,994: Ships' Hulls

This folder, within the papers of Richard Holbrook Tucker (1816-1895), include the patents for Captain Tucker's experimental water craft.

Date: 1879

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289008

Ref. Code: MS033.002.007.005

227,323: Pneumatic Canal Boats

This folder, within the papers of Richard Holbrook Tucker (1816-1895), includes a patent for one of Captain Tucker's experimental water craft.

Date: 1880

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289009

Ref. Code: MS033.002.007.006

227,324: Fire Escape

This folder, within the papers of Richard Holbrook Tucker (1816-1895), contains a patent for one of Captain Tucker's experimental water craft.

Date: 1880

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289010

Ref. Code: MS033.002.007.007

394,416: Hull of Vessels

This folder, within the papers of Richard Holbrook Tucker (1816-1895), includes a patent from one of Captain Tucker's experimental water craft.

Date: 1888

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289011

Ref. Code: MS033.002.007.008

Unidentified documents with wax seals, undated [2 items]

This folder, within the papers of Richard Holbrook Tucker (1816-1895), contains invoices, correspondence, and notes related to Capt. Tucker's shipbuilding experiments; copies of articles about the Surf Boat from Scientific American, 1879; Assignment of Letters Patent for Improvements on the construc...

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289012

Ref. Code: MS033.002.007.009

Correspondence re: St. Joseph's

This folder, within the papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1922), includes letters written while a student at St. Joseph's Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Date: 1852-1856

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289023

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.001

Phillips family papers. Stephen "Stevie" Phillips (1907-1971) papers

The Stephen "Stevie" Phillips (1907-1971) papers (MS044) reflect the life and activities of Stephen "Stevie" Phillips (1907-1971) of Salem, Massachusetts. The papers cover Phillips' childhood during World War I (1914-1918); his life as a young man studying abroad in Germany as Adolf Hitler (1889-19...

Date: 1769-1979, undated, predominant 1913-1971

Collection: Phillips family papers. Stephen "Stevie" Phillips (1907-1971) papers

GUSN: 289020

Ref. Code: MS044

Phillips family papers. Stephen Henry Phillips (1823-1897) papers

The Stephen Henry Phillips (1823-1897) papers (MS045) reflect the personal, social and professional life of Stephen Henry Phillips of Salem, Massachusetts. Included in the collection are papers relating to his organizational affiliations; finances; investments; professional work as a lawyer, legal ...

Date: 1828-1897, undated

Collection: Phillips family papers. Stephen Henry Phillips (1823-1897) papers

GUSN: 289021

Ref. Code: MS045

Correspondence re: St. Joseph's, friends

This folder, within the papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1822), includes letters associated with Mollie Tucker's friends from St. Joseph's Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289024

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.002

Correspondence received: Mary Rundlett

This folder, within the papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker, includes letters from her sister-in-law, Mary Tucker Rundlett (1824-1905).

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289026

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.003

Correspondence received: friends

This folder, within the papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker, include letters from miscellaneous friends.

Date: 1850

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289027

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.004

"Welcome to Bourne, the Gateway to Cape Cod" (2)

A blue booklet with a cover that reads "Points of Interest, Traffic Regulations, Official Information, Compliments of the Bourne Business Men, Compiled by the Bourne Committee on Public Safety" and includes a line drawing of a boat passing under the Bourne Bridge on the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289030

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.001

"Tourist Guide to Boston Harbor"

A brown booklet. The cover reads: "Tourist Guide to Boston Harbor, Hull, Nantasket, Along the South Shore to Plymouth, Cape Cod Canal, and Provincetown, with maps & illustrations, price 10 cents." The booklet includes many images of the locations covered.

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289033

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.002

"Cape Cod Canal Region"

A booklet featuring a color photograph of the railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal on the cover. The booklet serves as a tourist guide to the Cape Cod Canal region.

Date: 2011-2012

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289034

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.008

"Cape Cod Canal, Gateway to America's Intra-coastal Waterway"

A yellow booklet published by the Army Corps of Engineers featuring an aerial view of the Cape Cod Canal on the front cover. The booklet provides history about the Canal, and it discusses the maintenance of the Canal, traffic of watercraft on the Canal, the bridges over the Canal, and other topics a...

Date: 1961

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289035

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.003

"Train Yourself to Relax"

A timetable booklet for the New Haven Railroad. The booklet includes timetables and route maps.

Date: 1966-04-24

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289036

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.006

"Sketches from the Town of Bourne"

A tan booklet featuring an image of a dredge on the Cape Cod Canal. The image is captioned: "Cape Cod Canal at Sagamore." The booklet features pictures from Bourne.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289037

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.007

"Seeing Boston, the Gray Line"

A color booklet published by Gray Line Tours. The booklet includes the various Boston-area tours offered by Gray Line, including schedules and routes. One such tour is "Tour No. 5: Historic Plymouth and Cape Cod Canal."

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289038

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.009

"Cape Cod Canal Activity Book"

An activity book for children, featuring an illustration of the railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal with a smiling sun on light blue construction paper. The book contains pages of coloring activities as well as other simple activities, all related to the Cape Cod Canal. This copy is blank and un...

Date: 1977-1987

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289039

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.010

Correspondence received: friends

This folder, within the papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1922), include correspondence received from friends in the 1880s and 1890s.

Date: 1880-1899

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289047

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.005

Correspondence: other correspondence

This folder, within the papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1922), includes letters written to MollieTucker as well as letters addressed to her and her husband Richard Holbrook Tucker (1816-1895).

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289049

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.006

Correspondence: other correspondence

1 folder (19 items)

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289051

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.007

Correspondence sent: children

This folder, within the papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1895), includes letters written to her children. The majority were written to her eldest daughter Mary Mellus (Mame) Tucker Clayton (1858-1899), with a small number adressed to her sons Richard Hawley Tucker, III (1859-...

Date: 1880-1886

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289052

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.008

Correspondence sent: children

This folder, located within the papers of Mary Geraldine (Mollie) Armstrong Tucker (1841-1922), includes letters written to her children in 1887.

Date: 1887

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 289076

Ref. Code: MS033.003.001.009

"Cape Cod Canal, Gateway to America's Intra-coastal Waterway"

A white and pink booklet published by the Army Corps of Engineers featuring an aerial view of the Cape Cod Canal on the front cover. The booklet provides history about the Canal, and it discusses the maintenance of the Canal, traffic of watercraft on the Canal, the bridges over the Canal, and other ...

Date: 1964

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289053

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.004

"Cape Cod Canal, Gateway to America's Intra-coastal Waterway"

A white and blue booklet published by the Army Corps of Engineers featuring an aerial view of the Cape Cod Canal on the front cover. The booklet provides history about the Canal, and it discusses the maintenance of the Canal, traffic of watercraft on the Canal, the bridges over the Canal, and other ...

Date: 1966-1967

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289054

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.005

"Cape Cod Canal Activity Book"

An activity book for children, featuring an illustration of the railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal with a smiling sun on light blue construction paper. The book contains pages of coloring activities as well as other simple activities, all related to the Cape Cod Canal. This copy has been colore...

Date: 1977-1987

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289063

Ref. Code: MS028.01.001.011

"Bridges of the Cape Cod Canal"

A pamphlet published by the Army Corps of Engineers about the bridges over the Cape Cod Canal, featuring an image of the railroad bridge on the front page.

Date: 1961

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289064

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.001

Eastern Steamship Lines timetables

A pamphlet of timetables for the Eastern Steampship Lines services from Boston to New York, Bangor, Portland, and Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada). The cover features an illustration of a large ship in the water with a much smaller boat nearby.

Date: 1929-04-10

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289065

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.002

Long Island Sound Lines timetable

A pamphlet of timetables for the New England Steamship Company's Long Island Sound lines, featuring Boston to New York routes including the Fall River line, Providence line, New Bedford line, New London line.

Date: 1918-05-06

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289067

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.003

Eastern Steamship Lines, Old Dominion Line timetables

A timetable pamphlet for the Eastern Steamship Lines "Old Dominion Line," with routes between New York and Boston, Yarmouth (Nova Scotia), Portland, Richmond, and Norfolk.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289068

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.004

New England Steamship Company timetables

A timetable pamphlet for New Engalnd Steamship Company's Fall River, Providence, and New Bedford lines running to Boston, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket.

Date: 1936-08-10

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289069

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.005

"Buzzards Bay Railroad Bridge"

A pamphlet published by the Army Corps of Engineers about the Buzzards Bay railroad bridge across the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1956-08

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289070

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.006

New Haven Railroad timetables

A pamphlet of timetables for the New Haven Railroad Company, featuring routes between New York and Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, including railroad, bus, and steamer schedules.

Date: 1943-08-22

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289071

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.007

Eastern Steamship Lines timetables

A pamphlet of timetables for the Eastern Steamship Lines from Boston to New York and Yarmouth and between New York and Norfolk. This brochure advertises "all expense vacation tours."

Date: 1941-09-15

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289072

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.008

Eastern Steamship Lines timetables (2 copies)

Two copies of a timetable pamphlet for the Eastern Steamship Lines timetables for routes between New York and Boston, Yarmouth (Nova Scotia), Portland, Richmond, and Norfolk.

Date: 1939-04-30

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289078

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.009

Eastern Steamship Lines timetables

A timetable pamphlet for the Eastern Steamship Lines timetables. The cover lists service via the Cape Cod Canal to Boston, New York, St. John, Yarmouth, Prince Edward Island, Norfolk, and Washington, D.C.

Date: 1926-07-01

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289080

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.010

Hy-line Cruises brochure

A pamphlet for the Cape Cod Canal Cruises run by Hy-line Cruises from 1996. The cover features a photograph of a ship named Viking passing under the railroad bridge.

Date: 1996

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289094

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.011

"Sagamore Beach, an ideal summer resort for family life"

A pamphlet advertising Sagamore Beach as a vacation destination for families. It includes descriptions of activities and sites to visit in and around Sagamore Beach as well as photographs from the area.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289105

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.012

"Fish Facts"

A pamphlet published by the Capt. Harris Fish Market in Buzzards Bay about selecting, cutting, and preparing fish. It includes recipes.

Date: 1967

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289106

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.013

"The Cape Cod Resort Directory"

A directory of resorts in the Cape Cod area. The pamphlets features a map of the Cape and the quote, "A land where the blue begins, and the frets of life cease" by Arthur Wilson Tarbell in "Cape Cod Ahoy!"

Date: 1973

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289107

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.014

"Souvenir of Quaint Cape Cod, land of pilgrim fame and seafaring memories"

A brochure of Cape Cod. The cover features a small map of the Cape, an inset image of a house with a white picket fence with flowers growing on it, and an inset of two images of water scenes along the canal, one showing a windmill and the other showing a ship near the Bourne Bridge. The pamphlet con...

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289108

Ref. Code: MS028.01.002.015

Cape Cod Canal Cruises brochure

A brochure for Cape Cod Canal Cruises, including schedules, route maps, and a history of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1980

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289113

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.001

Centralized Ship Traffic Control System pamphlet

A pamphlet about the centralized ship traffic control system at the Cape Cod Canal, based in Buzzards Bay.

Date: 1972-09-13

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289114

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.002

Cape Cod Canal Summer Program Schedule, Army Corps of Engineers

A brochure advertising summer programs for children hosted by the Army Corps of Engineers at the Cape Cod Canal. The brochure includes descriptions and schedules for the various programs.

Date: 2011

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289115

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.003

Martin Travel Bureau cruise brochure

A brochure marketing "all expense cruise tours to New England, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick." The cover features an illustration of two men, one in a sailor's uniform, looking across a narrow body of water toward a lighthouse. A large cruise ship is shown in the background beyond the lighthouse.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289116

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.004

"Guided Walks and Campfire Programs, June-Labor Day"

A brochure advertising guided walking trous and campfire programs hosted by the Army Corps of Engineers. The cover features an illustration of a tour guide with a bicycle gesturing toward somethign of interest while talking to three tourists. In the background is a bird in a tree.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289117

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.005

Wilson Line of Mass., Inc. cruise brochure

A brochure advertising "moonlight Plymouth Cape Cod Canal cruises on the newest Wilson Line flagship motorship Boston Belle."

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 289118

Ref. Code: MS028.01.003.006

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