Historic New England

Song of the Greek Amazon

Cover depicts a Greek man standing on a rampart next to a cannon. He is holding a knife and sword. Two men restraining a horse are behind him.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191381

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.07

Temporary

Series

Collection: Norton family photographic collection

GUSN: 191385

Ref. Code: PC035.TMP

Trade advertisement for the Colonial Furniture Co. featuring a rocking chair, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 1899

This advertisement was printed in the April, 1899 issue of The Ladies' Home Journal. The ad features a colonial style rocking chair as an example of the Colonial Furniture Company's wide ranging catalog. The chair cost $5.75 and was made from golden oak.

Date: 1899

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191392

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.001

Temporary

Series

Collection: Norman Morrison Isham photographic collection

GUSN: 191397

Ref. Code: PC032.TMP

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan, compiled by her into four albums, documenting, among many other subjects, the grounds at Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine which she purchased on the advice of Sarah Orne Jewett. Some photographs can be reproduced from her original negatives which were found ...

Date: 1904-1905

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191401

Ref. Code: PC009.135D

Hamilton and Jewett Houses, photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan, compiled by her into four albums, documenting, among many other subjects, the grounds at Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine which she purchased on the advice of Sarah Orne Jewett. Some photographs can be reproduced from her original negatives which were found ...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191404

Ref. Code: PC009.135C

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan, compiled by her into four albums, documenting, among many other subjects, the grounds at Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine which she purchased on the advice of Sarah Orne Jewett. Some photographs can be reproduced from her original negatives which were found ...

Date: 1902-1905

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191405

Ref. Code: PC009.135B

Hamilton and Jewett Houses, photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan, compiled by her into four albums, documenting, among many other subjects, the grounds at Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine which she purchased on the advice of Sarah Orne Jewett. Some photographs can be reproduced from her original negatives which were found ...

Date: 1890-1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191406

Ref. Code: PC009.135A

Trade advertisement for the John Alden silver pattern, sold at Stowell's, Boston, Mass., 1923

Advertisement for the "John Alden" silver pattern sold exclusively at Stowell's in Boston. The ad features an example of the pattern on a fork and spoon over a depiction of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins sitting near a fireplace. Behind their rocking chairs is a spinning wheel. The advertisement ...

Date: 1923

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191415

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.002

Grand Harmonicon, musical glasses

Cover depicts a Grand Harmonicon, with lid open to reveal "musical glasses."

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191411

Ref. Code: MS007.01.16.01

Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! : the prisoner's hope

Cover depicts scenes from the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Date: 1864

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191418

Ref. Code: MS007.01.17.01

Just before the battle, Mother

Cover depicts scenes from the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Date: 1864

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191423

Ref. Code: MS007.01.17.03

Listen to the mocking bird

Cover depicts a mocking bird on a tree branch.

Date: 1856

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191430

Ref. Code: MS007.01.17.04

Three fishers went sailing

Cover depicts a sailboat.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191433

Ref. Code: MS007.01.17.05

Scenes of happiness

Cover depicts men and women cutting and pitching hay in a field. A windmill is in the background. A gentleman (presumably the landowner) assists a woman riding sidesaddle on a horse in the foreground.

Date: 1859

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191436

Ref. Code: MS007.01.17.06

Home, sweet home

Cover depicts a woman seated under a tree. A thatched cottage is in the background.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191440

Ref. Code: MS007.01.17.07

Would I were with thee

Cover depicts a man seated near a river, a mandolin at his side.

Date: 1850

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191445

Ref. Code: MS007.01.17.08

Little Nell

Cover depicts Nell on on her deathbed on one side, and her grandfather kneeling over a grave on the other.

Date: 1863

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191450

Ref. Code: MS007.01.17.09

Trade card for The American Shoe Tip Company (A.S.T. Co.), shoe tips, Boston, Mass., undated

The card reads: "Moral - Children should never venture into a shoe unless protected by a Tip. Safe with the A.S.T. Co. beautiful black Tip."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191459

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.04.042

He left my snow clad hills

Cover depicts the head and shoulders of opera singer Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind (1820-1887) in three-quarter profile.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191465

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.01

Trade advertisement for Simmons Beds, Mattresses and Springs, 1923

This trade advertisement features a view of a bedroom adorned with Winsor style furniture and beds. The copy alerts the reader to the simple and comfortable furniture produced by Simmons. The "period designs and modern interpretations of historic styles" are ready to fit your style, whatever it migh...

Date: 1923

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 191467

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.003

The blind boy

Cover depicts a seated boy surrounded by other boys and a woman. One boy is playing a mandolin.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191470

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.02

"The Sorrowing Jew", sheet music, undated.

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. The cover of this sheet music d...

Date: undated

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191474

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.03

Man the life boat

Cover depicts men rowing a life boat away from a sinking ship during a stom at sea. Lightning in the sky illuminates the scene.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191478

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.04

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191476

Ref. Code: EP001.08.TMP

The Irish mother's lament

Cover depicts a woman in mourning dress seated at her kitchen table. A storm is raging outside.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191481

Ref. Code: MS007.01.18.05

Trade card for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, ca. 1885

This trade card contains harmful imagery and employs racist stereotypes. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter...

Date: ca. 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190969

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.002

Trade card for the Acme Tea Company, as sold by J. Buckley, Lowell, Mass., 1884

This trade card for Acme Tea Company contains harmful imagery and employs racist stereotypes. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New En...

Date: 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190974

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.02.01.003

Trade card for Terry & Cook, agents, children's, boys' & youths' stylish New York clothing, 9 West Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is illustrated with an image of the "Purian" sailboat which won the Queen's Cup at the 1885 International Regatta. The boat is underway on rough seas.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190971

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.02.01.014

Trade cards for Ayer's cathartic pills, 1883

This trade card contains harmful imagery including racist stereotypes. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter ...

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190980

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.001

Billhead for Harvey C. Smith, wholesale fish dealer, 33 Main Street, Gloucester, Mass., dated April 8, 1902

The business sold $17.65 goods worth to Mr. W.H. Osgood of Claremont, New Hampshire on April 8, 1902. The billhead is illustrated with fancy script and a large mackerel.

Date: 1902-04-08

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190978

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.038

Sea foods with the tang of the sea, how to prepare and serve them, Frank E. Davis Co., Central Wharf, Gloucester, Mass., undated

The Company produced salted, smoked and canned fish. On the cover a fisherman in rough seas is hauling large cod into the bottom of his small boat.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190984

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.02.007

Stereograph of agricultural workers standing in a field, Winchendon, Mass., ca. 1877

Agricultural workers stand in a field, including one man in a hay-filled cart driven by oxen, in Winchendon, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1877

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190982

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.3700.002

Unloading Gorton's codfish, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Full color postcard featuring fishermen unloading codfish onto the Gloucester docks. The fish are gutted and piled on the dock while the men work on unloading more.

Date: 1906

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190986

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.032

Trolley trips, Bay State Street Railroad Company, 309 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1912

The brochure describes the trolley lines run by the Company to vacation spots throughout New England. The cover illustration shows the outline of pine trees against a full moon with a trolley car below.

Date: 1912

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190988

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.02.025

Love is lightest

Cover depicts Justice holding a scale, with Cupid on one side of the scale and a butterfly on the other. The butterfly weighs more than Cupid.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191027

Ref. Code: MS007.01.13.01

I have flown from the cup of the blue hare-bell: the fairy's song

Cover depicts a fairy hovering over a child sleeping near a river.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191038

Ref. Code: MS007.01.13.02

Awake! Awake, mine love!

Cover depicts a man calling up to a woman outside on a balcony. He holds a guitar. A man with two horses waits in the distance.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191046

Ref. Code: MS007.01.13.03

Aerial view map showing territory covered by the lines of the Bay State Street Railway Co. and their connections, issued by the Passenger Department, Bay State Street Railway Co., 309 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1912

The map has red illustrations indicating the size of cities and towns on the routes.

Date: 1912

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191054

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.02.024

Full-length portrait of Captain Nathaniel L. Stebbins, in his captain's uniform

Full-length portrait of Captain N.L Stebbins in his captain's uniform. He wears a double-breasted jacket and a cap with a ship's wheel emblem on the front. He also holds a pair of binoculars.

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 191087

Ref. Code: PC004.01.S.2500.01

Partial list of our 8/10 photographs of ships, etc., N.L. Stebbins, Inc, 184 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The list includes the name, type of ship by rig, the view and the direction of the wind.

Collection: Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection

GUSN: 191089

Ref. Code: PC047.04.002

Business card for N.L. Stebbins, Inc., commercial photographer, marine photos, 184 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The lower left corner has a telephone number.

Collection: Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection

GUSN: 191098

Ref. Code: PC047.04.001

Exterior view of old Custom House, Boston, Mass., undated

Image of the Boston Custom House before the addition in 1915 of the tower. The exterior image includes the brick square infront of the building and the building's dome is prominent.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191102

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.3200.001

Two Curtis boys sailing model yachts, Manchester, Mass., undated

Two boys play with model yachts on a river in Manchester, Massachusetts. They appear to be launching a ship.

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 191106

Ref. Code: PC023.TMP.017

View of Plum Island trolley line with cottages and boardwalk, Plum Island, Mass., undated

A long view of trolley tracks surrounded by cottages, a boardwalk and sea grass in the and. A trolley car approaches the boardwalk where a couple waits.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191107

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2030.0220.002

Newburyport and Plum Island trolley in front of Plum Island Hotel, Newburyport, Mass., undated

Image features a trolley car filled with women in front of the Plum Island Hotel. Two male conductors flank the car.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191109

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2030.0220.003

Stereograph of the Stocker-Wheelwright House, Newburyport, Mass., undated

Exterior view of the Stocker-Wheelwright House on the corner of High Street and Willis Lane in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The three-story home has wood siding and a porch along the front side where three women are sitting.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191132

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1270.0180.001

Fish market

A painted sign depicting an interior view of a fish market hangs above the entrance to a fish market in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Various kinds of fish and a mackerel shark are on display as well as clams in baskets.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191137

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1270.0240.001

Launch of the schooner Edith H. Symington, Newburyport, Mass., 1900

The schooner Edith H. Symington was launched at the George E. Currier Shipyard in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1900. The ship is filled with spectators and more watch from below. The shipyard is filled with logs which are being used as benches.

Date: 1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191143

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2030.0110.001

Clam diggers and their shanties, "Joppa", Newburyport, Mass.

Black and white postcard depicts a row of cottages or "shanties" near the shore. Men and boys, identified as "clam diggers," sit on benches outside the shanties. The road going through the community includes trolley tracks and clam baskets can be seen in front of several of the shanties.

Date: 1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191155

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.033

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