Historic New England

Exterior view of the Boston Buildings Department building, Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor, Mass., June 1, 1922

A Boston Buildings Department facility, with a smoke stack, is seen from the south on Spectacle Island.

Date: 1922-06-01

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196201

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0260.001

Exterior view of the Boston Buildings Department building, Spectacle Island, Boston Harbor, Mass., June 1, 1922

Barges and a crane are next to the Boston Buildings Department facility on Spectacle Island.

Date: 1922-06-01

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196202

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0260.002

Stereograph of the Parker Memorial Building, Boston, Mass., undated

The Parker Memorial Building, at the corner of Berkeley and Appleton Streets, is seen in this image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196203

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0750.001

Firefighters with water pump and hose, 1900

Firefighters pose with their equipment next to a building.

Date: 1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196206

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2700.0200.002

Firefighters holding a hose attached to a street hydrant, undated

A group of firefighters hold a hose attached to a fire hydrant on a residential street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196207

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2700.0200.001

Group portrait of firefighters, South Weymouth, Mass., undated

Firefighters of Hook and Ladder No. 5, in uniform, stand in front of a firefighting vehicle.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196208

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2700.0200.003

Hand pumper and leather buckets, Collinsville, Conn., undated

The image caption reads the "first firefighting equipment of Collins Company, Collinsville, Conn., ca.1826."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196209

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2700.0200.004

Hose cart, Collinsville, Conn., undated

The caption reads "still used by Collins Company, Collinsville, Conn., ca.1854."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196210

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2700.0200.005

Pumper mounted to Packard Twin chassis, as used by Collins Company, Collinsville, Conn.

A firefighting pumper is mounted on a Packard Twin chassis truck in this image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196211

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2700.0200.007

Group studio portrait of John, Herbert, and Frank Bowen, location unknown

The two younger Bowen boys flank the older one sitting on a chair.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196212

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.02.002

Studio portrait of Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen holding Franklin Davis Bowen, location unknown

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196213

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.08.001

Full-length studio portrait of Henry Elliott Bowen, standing, facing front, holding on to a balustrade, location unknown

Bowen is dressed formally in a suit for the portrait.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196214

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.02.001

Full-length studio portrait of Grace Aspinwall Bowen, standing, facing front, holding her doll, Lena Rivers, location unknown

Both Miss Bowen and her doll wear coats and hats for the portrait.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196215

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.02.003

Three-quarter studio portrait of Henry Chandler Bowen, seated, facing front, location unknown

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196216

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.02.006

Studio portrait of Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen, seated, facing front, with flowers in one hand, location unknown

Lucy Bowen was the daughter of the abolitionist Lewis Tappan and the wife of businessman Henry Chandler Bowen, founder of "The Independent," a religion and anti-slavery journal.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196217

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.02.004

Full-length group portrait of the five Bowen brothers, facing front, location unknown

Five brothers stand in front of a structure for a group portrait.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196218

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.01.002

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Grace A. Bowen, facing slightly right, location unknown

The sitter, Grace A. Bowen, faces slightly right in this studio portrait.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196219

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.01.003

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Edward A. Bowen, facing slightly right, location unknown

Edward A. Bowen poses for this studio portrait.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196220

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.01.004

Full-length studio portrait of Alice L. Bowen, standing, facing left, location unknown

Alice Bowen appears to be wearing a costume with her hair in long braids.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196221

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.01.001

Three-quarter studio portrait of Arthur Sherburne Hardy, facing front, holding a top hat and gloves, location unknown

This studio portrait is signed "Your friend Arthur Sherburne Hardy."

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196222

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.19.001

Group portrait of the Bowen family shooting party, facing front, location unknown

A group of men and women, seated on a blanket, pose with their dogs for a group portrait.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196223

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.26.001

Three-quarter double studio portrait of Ellen Holt Bowen and Paul Holt Bowen, facing front, location unknown

Ellen Holt Bowen was the second wife of Henry Chandler Bowen. Paul Holt Bowen was their only child.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196224

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.05.001

Reproduction of full-length studio portrait of Grace Aspinwall Bowen, standing, facing front, holding her doll, Lena Rivers, Bachrach, New York, New York

Both Miss Bowen and her doll wear coats and hats for the portrait.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196225

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.20.001

Portrait of George and Mary Holt, seated in a parlor, Spuyten Duyvil, New York

George C. Holt was the brother of Ellen Holt, who became Henry Chandler Bowen's second wife. Mary Louisa Bowen Holt was the daughter of Henry Chandler Bowen and his first wife Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen. George and Mary married in 1871.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196226

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.12.001

Office workers at a paper company, Boston, Mass., November 1919

The interior of an office building, located at 246 Devonshire Street in Winthrop Square, shows workers at their desks.

Date: 1919-11

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196227

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.4150.0100.005

Three-quarter studio portrait of Calvert Vaux, facing front, location unknown, undated

Calvert Vaux rests his left arm on the back of a chair in this studio portrait.

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 196237

Ref. Code: PC004.01.V.0700.001

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Caroline Hood, facing front, location unknown, undated

Caroline Hood, wearing glasses, poses for this studio portrait. Caroline Hood was the wife of Hood Dairy Company founder Harvey Perley Hood.

Collection: H.P. Hood Company records

GUSN: 196244

Ref. Code: CC001.TMP.003

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Harvey P. Hood, facing left, location unknown, undated

Harvey Perley Hood was the found of the Hood Dairy Company in 1846.

Collection: H.P. Hood Company records

GUSN: 196245

Ref. Code: CC001.TMP.004

Girl riding a cow, location unknown, ca. 1900

A Little Family photograph of a girl riding a cow with two other girls standing next to her.

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 196246

Ref. Code: MS016.TMP.003

Girl riding a cow, location unknown, undated

A girl rides a cow in a field with a stone fence in the background.

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 196247

Ref. Code: MS016.TMP.002

Webb Mansion, Wethersfield, Conn.

Margin notations cite various owners of the Joseph Webb House in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Collection: Edwin Whitefield graphic collection, 1860s-1880s

GUSN: 196248

Ref. Code: GC004.01.03.001.001

Jewett House, South Berwick, Maine, undated

A street level sketch used as a Christmas card by Miss Jewett shows the partial façade of the house hidden by trees.

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 196249

Ref. Code: GC001.USME.South Berwick.001

Full-length portrait of Jane Stuart, standing, facing front, location unknown

Jane Stuart stands with her hands clasped in front of her for this portrait. She was a domestic worker for the Bowen family from 1850-1900.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196250

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.38.001

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Constance Holt, facing front, Fredricks, 770 Broadway, New York, New York

Constance Holt was the daughter of George C. Holt and Mary Louisa Bowen Holt. She was the last Bowen to live in Roseland Cottage.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196251

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.21.002

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Ellen Holt Bowen on her 50th birthday, facing left, Fredricks, 770 Broadway, New York, New York

Ellen Holt Bowen was the second wife of Charles Chandler Bowen, who commissioned Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut.

Date: 1884-05-12

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196252

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.05.001

Reproduction of head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Mary Bowen Holt, right profile, Bachrach, New York, New York

Mary Louisa Bowen Holt was the daughter of Henry Chandler Bowen and his first wife Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196253

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.26.002

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Paul Holt Bowen, facing left, Fredricks, 770 Broadway, New York, New York

Paul Holt Bowen was the only child of Henry Chandler Bowen and his second wife Ellen Holt Bowen.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196254

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.16.001

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of John Eliot Bowen, L. Alman, 172 5th Avenue, New York and Newport, Rhode Island

John Eliot Bowen was the son of Henry Chandler Bowen and Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen. In 1886 Bowen received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was employed as managing editor of "The Independent," the religion and anti-slavery journal founded by his father. He died of typhoid fever in 1890, two da...

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196255

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.13.001

Group portrait of the Bowen family, Woodstock, Connecticut

The family members are outdoors next to a rock wall at Roseland Park.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196256

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.26.002

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Mary Bowen Holt, right profile, holding infant Sylvia Holt, Parkinson's, 29 West 26th Street, New York, New York

Sylvia Holt was the daughter of Mary Louisa Bowen Holt and George C. Holt.

Date: 1890-06-29

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196257

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.26.003

Group portrait of the Bowen family on the porch at Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, July 4, 1891

Bowen family members sit and stand on the porch of Roseland Cottage, on July 4, 1891. Henry Chandler Bowen and his second wife Ellen Holt Bowen are standing in the middle in the top row.

Date: 1891-07-04

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196258

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.22.001

Group portrait of the Bowen family on the porch of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Conn., on July 4th, 1887

Bowen family members stand in front of Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut to celebrate July 4, 1887. Henry Chandler Bowen and Henry Elliot Bowen are identified in the image.

Date: 1887-07-04

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196259

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.20.001

Exterior view of the Rialto Theatre, Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1946

Two men stand on the sidewalk outside the Rialto Theatre in Scollay Square, Boston, Massachusetts, with signs stating that it is open all night.

Date: ca. 1946

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196261

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7220.001

Hood Milk delivery wagon, undated

A Hood Milk delivery man stands with his horse and wagon. The wagon is decorated with a cow being milked and reads "Hood's Milk Stands Every..." with the rest of the words obscured by the milkman.

Collection: H.P. Hood Company records

GUSN: 196262

Ref. Code: CC001.TMP.002