Historic New England

Aerial view of Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Mass., undated

Aerial view of the amusement park, Paragon Park, at Nantasket Beach. The park was created as part of "New England World's Fair." The Park is lit by 100,000 electric lights, covers 20 acres and includes exhibition halls, a roller coaster, other rides, and beach access. Numerous flags fly over the gro...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191159

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.034

Shooting the chutes at Wonderland, Revere Beach, Mass.

Full color postcard depicting the boat chute ride at Wonderland amusement park, Revere Beach, Massachusetts. Gondola style boats filled with tourists shoot down a water filled slide under a bridge filled with spectators and into a canal lined with more spectators. In the background more rides and pa...

Date: 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191164

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.035

Nantasket Beach and Plymouth, Nantasket Beach Steamboat Co., Boston, Mass., 1916

The Company ran boats between Boston and the South Shore of Massachusetts, including Nantasket Beach and Plymouth. The cover depicts the steamer "Rose Standish" flying many flags, pushing through the water.

Date: 1916

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191169

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.039

Souvenir program from Wonderland featuring Pawnee Bill, Revere Beach, Mass., 1908

The cover of the 1908 Wonderland Souvenir Program depicts Pawnee Bill (Major Gordon W. Lillie) as an advertisement for his Great Wild West show. The program had a cover price of five cents.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191173

Ref. Code: EP001.09.TMP.004

Panoramic view of beach and boardwalk, Salisbury Beach, Mass., undated

Large panorama postcard featuring the board walk and amusement park at Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts. Visitors walk the boardwalk and the beach. There are numerous amusement rides and a row of diners near a parking lot.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191179

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.036

Three men haying on a marsh, Hampton, N.H., undated

Image features three men with pitchforks harvesting hay on a salt marsh. Two of the men are working on a hay stack and the third watches.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191181

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0680.0030.001

Hay stacks on marshes, Plum Island, Newburyport, Mass., undated

Full color postcard featuring hay stacks propped up on wooden piles on the marshes of Plum Island.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191183

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.037

Men and boys digging clams, Provincetown, Mass., undated

The full-color postcard shows men and boys digging for clams. There is a large pile of clams and full baskets as well. Behind the workers is a marsh and the waterline.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191185

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.038

Men having clam bake on beach, location unknown, undated

A large group of men sit on the beach tending a pit where the clam bake is being prepared. Small boats have been pulled up on the sand. The beach lines a cove.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191186

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.2875.001

Fisherman in rough weather gear, location unknown, undated

The full color post card features a close-up of a Cape Ann fisherman dressed in yellow rough weather gear rowing a boat. His beard is white and he smokes a pipe.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191187

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.039

Temporary

Series

Collection: Arland A. Dirlam architectural collection

GUSN: 191192

Ref. Code: AR006.TMP

Yachting Trips and Motor Trips in Maine

One album of 80 black & white photographs with a few postcards. Title reads "Yachting and Motor Trips Maine and Mountains July 17th to Aug 31st 1913." Presumably a family album of summer yachting trips in Maine and motor trips to other places. Detailed pictures of boating parties on yachts, fishi...

Date: 1913

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191207

Ref. Code: PC009.265

Album 6: Historic Homes of Eastern New England by Wilfred French

This album includes thirty-six 6 x 8 inch photographs of historic buildings in Dedham, Quincy, Cohasset, Hingham, Pembroke, Duxbury, Kingston, Woburn, Everett, Saugus, Sudbury, Concord, and Lexington, Massachusetts taken by Wilfred French circa 1890. There is emphasis on First Period buildings. The ...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 191208

Ref. Code: PC009.006

Oh! Why hast thou taught me to love thee?

Cover depicts a man and woman in a wooded area. The man appears to be wooing the woman.

Date: 1829

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191221

Ref. Code: MS007.01.13.04

Isle of beauty fare thee well!

Cover depicts a man and a woman in a small sailboat looking across the water at an island with a Greco-Roman-styled building on it.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191227

Ref. Code: MS007.01.13.05

The corsair's bride

Cover depicts a woman seated on a rocky beach, a lyre propped against the rock behind her. Ships with tattered sails, one of them probably a pirate ship, are in the background.

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191232

Ref. Code: MS007.01.13.06

New York, O what a charming city!

Cover depicts New York City, as seen from across the water.

Date: 1831

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191234

Ref. Code: MS007.01.13.07

The beauties of Scottish and Irish melody: no. 1

Cover depicts a woman playing the piano forte.

Date: 1831

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191237

Ref. Code: MS007.01.13.08

I would I were a fairy, or, bright thoughts for dark hours

Cover depicts a fairy asleep in a grotto.

Date: 1841

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 191244

Ref. Code: MS007.01.14.01

Fishing and clamming equipment against delapidated wall, Biddeford Pool, Maine, 1883

Large photograph printed on a thin tissue paper. The image features an assortment of nets, buckets, anchors, oars, sails and a hull all piled in front of a delapidated building. It appears that there is a fish market on the right side of the image.

Date: 1883

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191262

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.040

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191260

Ref. Code: EP001.02.TMP

Coal wharves, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Full color postcard depicting the coal wharves at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Steam boats and large sailing ships share the docks. Factories line the shore and a ferry slips through the harbor.

Date: 1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191264

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.040

Boulevard by moonlight showing Dragon Gorge scenic route, Revere Beach, Massachusetts

Full color postcard depicts a brightly lit boulevard at Revere Beach, Massachusetts, with a full moon above. Lights are strung along the buildings and over the street itself.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191269

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.041

Cape Ann Fisherman and dory

Full color postcard depicting a fisherman in rough weather gear rowing a small boat. The bay is calm, with other boats anchored nearby and houses lining the shore.

Date: 1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191270

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.042

Salt haying, Polpis, Nantucket

In Polpis on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, a farmer collects cut hay in an ox cart in a salt marsh.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 191271

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.043

Schooner Augustus Hunt covered in ice, unloading at the Boston Gas Company's North End Works, 1880s.

The docked schooner Augustus Hunt is covered in thick ice and hoarfrost.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 191274

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.009

Wreck of the William F. Marshall near shore, Nantucket, Mass., March 9, 1877

A black and white stereo view depicting the wrecked Wm. F. Marshall on the south side of Nantucket Island. The ship was built in Saint Johns, New Brunswick. A rescue operation is in full force with a "breeches buoy" attached to the ship and manned on shore by life-savers.

Date: 1877-03-09

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190811

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.4750.001

Bathing scene looking south at Ocean Park Beach, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts

Bathing scene at Ocean Park Beach featuring a bathouse and the stairs down to the water. The bath house stretches into the distance and bathers take steps down to the ocean and avoid the beach altogether. Men, women and children play in the calm ocean.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190815

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2200.0040.003

Beach scene with boys in swimming costumes, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., undated

This stereo view depicts visitors on a Martha's Vineyard beach and boys in swimming costumes sit in the surf. Men and women in everyday clothing stand on the beach. One of the women wears a hat with a full netted veil. The men wear three-piece suits with the exception of a soldier.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190818

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1090.0010.001

Clinton Av., from Spinney's Camp Ground

This stereo view features cottages near a campground. On a porch, women and a girl sit socializing under a large tree.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190824

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1380.0040.002

Two children in front of a building, Smith Court, Boston, Mass., ca. 1925

Two children stand in front of a building on Smith Court in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1925

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190821

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7300.001

Food service workers standing in front of a car of the Boston and Albany Railroad, Milford, Mass., ca. 1910

A group of food service workers stand in front of a car of the Boston and Albany Railroad in Milford, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1910

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

GUSN: 190825

Ref. Code: PC015.01.420.01

Exterior view of the African Meeting House with a woman standing on the sidewalk, Boston, Mass., ca. 1885

A woman stands in front of the African Meeting House on Smith Court in Boston, Massachusetts. The Meeting House was built in 1806 and is the oldest African meeting house in the United States. The building was built with funds raised by local Black and white community members, but it was constructed ...

Date: ca. 1885

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190828

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.003

Head-and-shoulders illustration of a woman from the American Agriculturist, 1887.

This trade card contains harmful language and imagery employing 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 doe...

Date: 1887-12-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 190834

Ref. Code: SC002.01.1887.12.001

Illustration titled, "A Shepard Dog's Joke" from the American Agriculturalist, 1890

This illustration contains harmful language, 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 do...

Date: 1890-02-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 190835

Ref. Code: SC002.01.1890.02.001

"Hazel's Easter Eggs," the American Argiculturalist, 1889

This article, from the American Agriculturist, contains harmful imagery and language employing 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...

Date: 1889-04-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 190837

Ref. Code: SC002.01.1889.04.001

Composite illustration entitled, "Southern Scenes and Incidents" from the American Agriculturalist, 1882.

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: 1882-12-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 190839

Ref. Code: SC002.01.1882.12.001

Boston and Albany Railroad workers on Richardson Street, Newton, Mass., ca. 1904

A crew of Boston and Albany Railroad employees work on Richardson Street in Newton, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1904

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

GUSN: 190841

Ref. Code: PC015.01.510.01

Construction work in front of a building, Lindall Place, Boston, Mass., Nov. 11, 1911

Construction work is in progress in front of a Lindall Place building as part of the subway construction of the Beacon Hill Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1911-11-11

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 190845

Ref. Code: PC017.02.021.004

Group of men in or next to wagons in front of the Charles Street Meeting House, Boston, Mass., 1890

Men stand next to, or sit in horse-drawn carriages in front of the Charles Street Meeting House in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190847

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.004

Group portrait of a family and two women domestics in front of a dwelling, Chocorua, N.H., 1890

A family and two women pose for a portrait in front of a dwelling in Chocorua, New Hampshire.

Date: 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190849

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0240.0010.001

Exterior view of the Dewey Homestead, Kenilworth Street, Roxbury, Mass., undated

In this exterior view of the Dewey Homestead on Kenilworth Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts, a horse-drawn carriage stands in the driveway.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190857

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.005

Two men using wooden crates as rafts during a flood, Roxbury, Mass., 1886

Two men use wooden crates as rafts on Whittier Street, Roxbury, Massachusetts during the flood of 1886.

Date: 1886

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190884

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0150.001

Exterior view of a Tremont Street subway entrance, Boston, Mass., ca. 1954

Pedestrians walk on Tremont Street near a subway entrance in front of St. Paul's Church in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1954

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 190888

Ref. Code: PC017.02.023.001

Arrival of the Band, Oak Bluffs, Mass., 1905-1910

A marching band parades down a street in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.

Date: 1905-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190889

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2200.0040.004

Exterior view of a rural home, Shrewsbury, Mass., 1885-1895

A man and a boy stand in front of a rural house in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

Date: 1885-1895

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190890

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0060.001

Boston and Albany Railroad workers, Summer's Block, Newton, Mass., ca. 1904

A crew of Boston and Albany Railroad employees work near Summer's Block in Newton, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1904

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

GUSN: 190891

Ref. Code: PC015.01.510.02

Man standing on the tracks at Newton Station of the Boston and Albany Railroad, Newton, Mass., Sept. 9, 1896

A man stands next to the tracks at the Newton station of the Boston & Albany Railroad in Newton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1896-09-09

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

GUSN: 190892

Ref. Code: PC015.01.520.01

Track removal work on Huntington Avenue, Boston, Mass., Oct. 13, 1939

This image shows the progress of track removal on Huntington Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. A truck and workers stand in the middle of the road. A woman stands in the street to the left of the detour sign. Part of the Strand Theatre can be seen on the left side of the image.

Date: 1939-10-13

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 190893

Ref. Code: PC017.02.020.001

Group of people in a cart, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., ca. 1895

A group of women, children, and men sit in, or stand near an a cart on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1895

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190894

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0070.002

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