Historic New England

Boy in horse cart in front of shingled homes, Sciasconsett, Nantucket, Mass., 1882

This carte-de-visite features a young man, barefoot, sitting casually in a horse cart. Two others lean against a shingled house. The unpaved road is lined by houses and the sea is visible in the background.

Date: 1880-1882

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188168

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0080.003

Shipyard view of the J.R. Teel, Newburyport, Mass., undated

This is an image of the "J.R. Teel" at the shipyard near completion. There is a row of flags strung between the bow and masts and many men in suits are walking the deck. Below the ship, laborers (both men and women) are working.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 188171

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.003

Launching a "Six Master," Bath, Me.

This full color postcard illustrates the launching of a six masted schooner. In the harbor a tug boat assists the launch. Each mast is topped with a flag, and the launch is watched by many on shore. The hull of a second ship is being built in the same shipyard.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188173

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.007

Marblehead, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, July, 1874

A 21 page article on the history of Marblehead, Massachusetts by John W. Chadwick.

Date: 1874-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188180

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP.002

Sitting, stitching in a mournful muse

An engraved illustration of a young woman seated at a window. She is working on shoes and looking out the window toward a lighthouse.

Date: 1874-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188181

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP.002.001

Trade card for S.Y. Tank Co., direct importers of all kinds of Chinese and Japanese fancy goods, 18 and 20 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

Two Japanese women are dressed in kimonos, standing near a lake, in the card image. The store specialized in imports from Japan and China.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188184

Ref. Code: EP001.01.041.01.03.018

Postcard for Rich's Grill, game and seafood for connoisseurs, 153 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1907-1908

The restaurant, established October 14, 1875,, claims to be "Boston's only grill room." The bottom of the postcard lists the game that was served in the 1907-1908 season.

Date: 1907-1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188191

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.02.047

Exterior view of Dr. Bigelow's home with windmill, Tuckernuck Island, Mass., undated

The image features Dr. William S. Bigelow's farm including the house, out buildings and a windmill. The whole compound is situated in a large field.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188196

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0470.001

Captain Thomas Sandsbury near the shore with his boat, Tuckernuck Island, Mass., undated

Captain Sandsbury looks out to sea while leaning on a small boat. His small sailboat appears just off shore.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188197

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0460.001

Wrecked Bark Frances

The stereograph depicts the "Frances", after her wreck, half sunk. A crowd of tourists are visiting the wreck as it sits right at the shoreline.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188200

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.4750.002

Nantasket house at night, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts

Full color postcard of the hotel, Nantasket House, at night. The hotel is encircled by a wrap-around porch, has many windows and a peaked roof. A motorcar is driving past the front of the hotel.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188208

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.008

Studio portrait of Robert Daily, choir man at J.R.'s, seated in three-quarter profile, ca. 1855

Studio portrait of Robert Daily, choir man at J. R.'s, seated in three-quarter profile.

Date: ca.1855

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 188276

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.001

Studio portrait of Sara Baro Colcher with drapery and balustrade, ca.1864

Studio portrait of Sara Baro Colcher with drapery and balustrade.

Date: ca.1864

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 188278

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.002

Subjects

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188003

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02

Studio portrait of Johnny Williams, ca. 1870

Full-length studio portrait of Johnny Williams.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 189448

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.003

Boy marching with a broom under his arm, ca. 1865

This carte-de-visite 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 ...

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 189450

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.004

Full-length studio portrait of an enslaved child, "Dan", ca. 1860

This photograph contains harmful language regarding an enslaved child written on the verso. 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...

Date: ca. 1860, undated

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 189454

Ref. Code: PC004.01.G.0500.01

Trade card for B.B. Roberts' Lodging House, Lawrence, Mass., 1880-1890

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: 1880-1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189457

Ref. Code: EP001.01.062.04.01.006

Trade card for Willard & Lane's Improved Eagle stove polish, ca. 1880

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. 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189469

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.002

Trade card for Spicers & Peckham's new Model Grand Portable Range, Spicers & Peckham, Providence, Rhode Island, 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: 189491

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.003

Lantern slide depicting pilot schooner Varuna with tugboat and sloop, Boston Harbor, Mass., undated

This lantern slide shows the pilot schooner "Varuna" being towed out of Boston Harbor by a tugboat. The schooner is holds at least eight men and its sail is printed with the number six (6). There is a sloop passing nearby.

Collection: Lantern slides collection

GUSN: 189507

Ref. Code: PC007.TMP.002

Chequesset Inn porch scene, Wellfleet, Mass., 1913

This photograph depicts the porch of the Chequesset Inn in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Men, women and children sit in oversized rocking chairs chatting, reading or watching the scenery.

Date: 1913

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189508

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3200.0020.001

Coal wharves, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1907

An image of the coal wharves in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Steam boats and large sailing ships share the docks, factories line the shore and a ferry slips through the harbor.

Date: 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189512

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1380.0080.001

Marine railway with small schooner and boys, location unknown, undated

This lantern slide features a small schooner being hauled into a marine railway. Laborers work on the ship from scaffolding. Two boys prepare to swim in the railway channel.

Collection: Lantern slides collection

GUSN: 189515

Ref. Code: PC007.TMP.003

Trade card for the D.D. Kelly Marine Railway, Sumner Street, East Boston, Mass., undated

An image of a large sailing ship appears above a description of the type of work the company performs.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189520

Ref. Code: EP001.01.122.01.02.007

Five masted schooner "Paul Palmer," Portsmouth, N.H.

This full color postcard features the five masted schooner "Paul Palmer" docked at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Factories and cranes line the wharf.

Date: 1908

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189530

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.009

Ferry boat between Portsmouth, N.H. and Kittery, Me.

This full color postcard features a steam powered ferry boat with "A.S.L. Kittery" painted on its side. The shore is lined with factories, homes and a large church.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189533

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.010

Chequesset Inn, Wellfleet, Mass.

Full color postcard depicting the Chequesset Inn. The image is taken from the beach, looking out toward the pier on which the hotel is built. There are many small vessels sailing close to shore.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189536

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.011

New Ocean House, Swampscott, Mass.

This full color postcard depicts the luxurious New Ocean House hotel and its gardens in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The hotel gardens are built up all the way to the ocean's edge. At the time the image was captured, the tide was low, exposing sea grasses and sand.

Date: 1908

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189540

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.012

Temporary

Sub-sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189722

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP

Cunard R.M.S. "Ivernia & Saxonia"

Full color postcard featuring the RMS "Ivernia & Saxonia," a tugboat and a small sloop on a choppy green sea. The steamer has a row of emergency life boats, a red smoke stack and four masts. Beyond the ship is another ocean liner and a city skyline.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189724

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.001

Foot pass for the East Boston Ferry, East Boston, Mass., undated

The pass for the East Boston Ferry shows the Boston city seal and hatchets on the verso.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189740

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.033

Ticket for the East Boston Ferry, Boston, Mass., 1844

A three month pass for the East Boston Ferry is issued to a Miss Witherlee for September to December 1844.

Date: 1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189742

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.032

Cliffs, south side, Gay Head, Mass.

A full color postcard featuring the southern side of the Gay Head cliffs. The sea is calm below the steep cliffs that are topped with an American flag and two buildings. Original in Postcards - Gay Head Cliffs - Martha's Vineyard

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189750

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.013

Steamer Gay Head of the Martha Vineyard's & Nantucket Steamboat Co.

This full color postcard depicts the steamer "Gay Head" approaching a dock filled with men and women. Many of the women hold parasols.

Date: 1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189761

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.014

Two children standing near 19-25 Hubert Street, Roxbury, Mass., June 1, 1923

This Boston Building Department documentation photograph shows two children standing in an alley behind tenement houses near 19-25 Hubert Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Date: 1923-06-01

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189782

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0200.001

Hotel Nantasket, with ice 25 feet high in front, Feb. 14, 1898

An exterior view of the Hotel Nantasket nearly blocked out by sea ice. The postcard face is inscribed with "How would you like to be there? - N.F.W." The verso is postmarked 1905.

Date: 1898

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189769

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.015

Wreck of the Juniata at Cohasset, Mass. in the great storm of Nov. 27, 1897

This full color postcard depicts the wreck of the Juniata surrounded by ice after a large storm. The ship is leaning to its starboard, or right, side.

Date: 1897

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189774

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.016

Landscape with bay, homes and trees, Castine, Maine, undated

Landscape view of Castine Harbor, Maine, "looking north from Cape Rosier." The scene depicts many homes and several islands in the bay.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189784

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0290.0010.001

View from the stern of the coal barge General McClellan, East Boston, Mass., undated

The photograph depicts the coal barge General McClellan being unloaded at a Boston coal pocket. Men stand on the dock. The ship's stern is decorated with an eagle and the crest of the United States.

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

GUSN: 189786

Ref. Code: PC015.01.250.01

Two children sitting in an alley, Hayden Terrace, Roxbury, Mass., 1957

Two children sit in an alley, Hayden Terrace, near 2491 Washington Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A woman stands in an open second-story window.

Date: 1957

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189788

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.001

"A typical Cape Cod scene"

A group of people, mostly children, watch an organ grinder and his monkey in front of the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Date: 1904-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189789

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0050.001

Noddle Island Ferry, East Boston, Mass., 1911

This cyanotype depicts the ferry "Noddle Island" loaded with cars, carriages and pedestrians. The ship's bridge is decorated with a large eagle and the captain can be seen inside. On the shore a building painted with an advertisement for a fish freezer, stands out from other factories.

Date: 1911

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 189793

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.004

Wreck of the City of Columbus whale boat, Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1880s

The wreck "City of Columbus" left a whale boat sitting on a rocky beach below the Gay Head cliffs on Martha's Vineyard. Five men stand in and around the broken hull and direct themselves toward the camera.

Date: 1880s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189795

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0070.001

Cedars of West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1891

This landscape shows two gnarled cedar trees near a cliff. Two women sit under parasols on a bench, while a third sits alone closer to the cliff edge. The trees are situated in low brush and grasses. Someone one has created a bench between two trunks of one of the cedars.

Date: 1891

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189797

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0150.004

Exterior view of Gay Head Lighthouse with tourists and an ox-cart, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1887

A group of tourists stand in front of the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The lighthouse tower is topped with a sperm whale weathervane, and the keeper can be seen on the tower balcony.

Date: 1887

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189804

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0080.001

Landscape of Gay Head Cliffs looking north, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1894

Picture including the Gay Head cliffs, landscape and beach. Tourists can be seen on the beach and the grounds of the lighthouse.

Date: 1894

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189805

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0080.002

Lightship Handkerchief at sea, location unknown, undated

Image of the lightship Handkerchief, No. 4 possibly in Nantucket Sound. Lightships were used in addition to lighthouses to guide ships through shipping paths that could be treacherous. The ship has an emergency life boat, crewmen on deck and an American flag flying from the sail.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 189810

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.005

Schooner Elvira Ball of Mystic, Conn,

The schooner Elvira Ball of Mystic, Connecticut is a five masted ship. The full color postcard shows her in full sail.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189816

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.017

View of harbor from elevator, Bridgeport, Conn., 1905

Full color postcard depicting Bridgeport Harbor. There are fishing steamers, barges, yachts and the "Waterbury" paddle wheel docked along the many piers and wharves. The top of the postcard is inscribed with a partially illegible note.

Date: 1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189821

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.018

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