Historic New England

Boston Streets and Real Estate

Photographs of Boston streets, primarily around Washington Street, taken in preparation for construction of the Orange Line in Charlestown and Boston. Several hundred fantastic quality cyanotypes. Cyanotypes, 11x15" 1899-1900

Date: 1899-1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193773

Ref. Code: PC009.207

Cartes-de-visite album, Newburyport

Album of cartes de visite portraits of Newburyport, Massachusetts citizens 5 ½ " x 6" Title inside: Album for Photographs (Bradley, Dayton & Co.) Contents: Included are portraits of: Paul Lunt, Nathan Lunt, Sybil Lunt, Mary Emma Trowbridge, Charlie Lesli Currier, Aunt Treestum Rogers, Moris B...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193774

Ref. Code: PC009.208

Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Ma

This 6 x 6 inch spiral-bound photograph album of Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, contains 19 black-and-white prints taken circa 1930s, including interior views.

Date: ca. 1930

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193775

Ref. Code: PC009.209

Colonial Exteriors and Interiors from Salem and Vicinity

One of six albums documenting colonial exteriors, interiors, doorways, cottages and colonial details dated 1916-early 1920's. Albums are from architect Bruce Elwell most likely during his years at Grandgent & Elwell, based on photograph dates and imprints on the back of various photos. 57 8"x10...

Date: 1916-1924

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193776

Ref. Code: PC009.210A

Colonial Photographs, Bruce Elwell, Houses I

Titled "Colonial Photographs, Bruce Elwell, House I" 86 small 2 1/2"x 4" black & white photographs of house exteriors dating from 1916 to 1927. Book is dated 1927. Locations noted on photos include Salem, MA and vicinity as well as other Massachusetts locale, coastal Maine and Middletown, CT.

Date: 1916-1927

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193777

Ref. Code: PC009.210B

Colonial Photographs, Bruce Elwell, Houses II

One of six albums documenting colonial exteriors, interiors, doorways, cottages and colonial details dated 1916-early 1920's. Albums are from architect Bruce Elwell most likely during his years at Grandgent & Elwell, based on photograph dates and imprints on the back of various photos. Titled "C...

Date: 1916-1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193778

Ref. Code: PC009.210C

Colonial Photographs, Bruce Elwell, Doorways II

One of six albums documenting colonial doorways dated 1916-early 1920's. Albums are from architect Bruce Elwell most likely during his years at Grandgent & Elwell, based on photograph dates and imprints on the back of various photos. Titled "Colonial Photographs, Bruce Elwell, Doorways II" 97 s...

Date: 1916-1927

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193779

Ref. Code: PC009.210D

Colonial Photographs, Bruce Elwell, Doorways I

One of six albums documenting colonial exteriors, interiors, doorways, cottages and colonial details dated 1916-early 1920's. Albums are from architect Bruce Elwell most likely during his years at Grandgent & Elwell, based on photograph dates and imprints on the back of various photos. Titled " ...

Date: 1916-1927

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193780

Ref. Code: PC009.210E

Colonial Photographs, Bruce Elwell, Cottages and Colonial Details

A collection of six albums documenting colonial exteriors, interiors, doorways, cottages and colonial details dated 1916-early 1920's. Albums are from architect Bruce Elwell most likely during his years at Grandgent & Elwell, based on photograph dates and imprints on the back of various photos. ...

Date: 1916-1927

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193781

Ref. Code: PC009.210F

Burnett Family Homes

Large blue bound album of 140 black-and-white photographs. On front page is written Francis S. Burnett, Madeira, January 10, 1897. Titles on photographs refer to the Burnett family. References throughout the album indicate these photos are homes and places related to the Burnett family. Photographs ...

Date: 1897

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193783

Ref. Code: PC009.214

Early 20th century Family Album

Black bound volume of 226 black and white gelatin-silver snapshots and studio portraits dating from the early 20th century. A few photographs are detached from the page, a few are missing, and one photograph has been cut down. The album lacks annotations, with no captions identifying people or place...

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193785

Ref. Code: PC009.216

Northern New England

This album contains 121 black-and-white photographs, mostly 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch, mounted with double-sided tape, and dating from the early 20th century. There are no annotations or accompanying captions. These views, mostly rural landscapes, appear to have been taken in northern New England, poss...

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193786

Ref. Code: PC009.217

Early Automobiles

This album contains 24 early 20th century black and white images, of various sizes, depicting early automobiles, many of which include family members and pets. There are no captions or annotations. Several scenes depict automobiles in front of a brick garage and others en route on a country road. On...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193787

Ref. Code: PC009.218

Family Album early 1920s

The album contains 159 black-and-white photographs of various sizes, hinge mounted, many mounted three or four together, a few bent and creased, a few loose. Individual photographs are dated between 1913 to 1925. Earlier photos depict family groups; photos from the middle years appear to represe...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193788

Ref. Code: PC009.219

L. D. [Louisa Dresel] America 1908

This album is bound with a hard cover and stamped " L.D. America 1908." The title page is inscribed " Louisa Dresel, October 1907 to March 1911". Photograph dates in the album actually begin with 1908 to 1911. Contains black and white photographs taken by Louisa Loring Dresel ( 1864-1958) of her ...

Date: 1908-1911

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193790

Ref. Code: PC009.221

Late 19th Century Portrait Album

This album, which is in delicate condition, is bound in faded red plush with a metal clasp on the side. The interior contains a series of unidentified portraits of family members, mostly in excellent condition, although a few are somewhat faded. Formats include 20 cabinet cards, 5 tintypes, 3 cartes...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193792

Ref. Code: PC009.223

Memorial Work designed by A. F. Willard and erected to his wife & family, 1912

This album contains sixteen black-and-white photographs mounted in a small paperbound book whose outside cover is worded, "From North Stratford New Hampshire 1912." The first page is inscribed in ink with the following: "Memorial Work designed by A.F. Willard and erected to his wife & family, 1912."...

Date: 1912

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193793

Ref. Code: PC009.224

Bronze Tablets for Massachusetts Bridges, Highways and Public Works Projects

Album of 30 black-and-white photographs of bronze tablets marking bridges, highways, and public works projects constructed under William P. Callahan, Commissioner of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Tablets are dated 1935-1954. Each tablet notes the name of the governor, commissioner and...

Date: ca. 1954

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193798

Ref. Code: PC009.229

Brown Family Album

This photograph album, with dimensions 10 1/2 x 13 x 1 3/4 inches, contains fifty gelatin silver prints taken in the 1890s related to the Brown family, thirty-nine of which are identified and commented upon by the son or daughter of Bessie Belle (Woodard) Brown and Louis H. Brown on a separate typew...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193799

Ref. Code: PC009.230

Copley-Plaza Hotel, Boston, Mass.

This large loose-leaf album, titled "The Copley-Plaza Boston, Arthur L. Race, Managing Director", prepared as a marketing tool circa 1912 for The Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Volume contains: an introductory list of historic attractions for guests; a colored sketch of one of the mai...

Date: ca. 1912

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193800

Ref. Code: PC009.231

Woodworking shop, Salisbury, Mass

This album, with dimensions of 11 1/2 x 15 5/16 x 7/8 inches, has an embossed brown cover and contains a collection of black and white photographs depicting the activities and projects of a woodworking shop in Salisbury, Massachusetts. All of the images are in good condition. The photos mostly appea...

Date: 1938

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193801

Ref. Code: PC009.232

Construction of Bridgeport Connecticut Home

This leather-bound album contains thirty-seven black and white 3 x 4 1/2 inch photographs accompanied by descriptive captions printed in pink ink. The first sixteen images portray the construction of a residence in Bridgeport, Connecticut, begun in August, 1927. A note on the inside cover suggests t...

Date: 1927-1932

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193803

Ref. Code: PC009.234

Photographs by Charles Austin Wood

This leather album contains twenty-two albument prints of portraits and buildings, all taken by Charles Austin Wood in 1896. An inscription in the front of the album reads, "Mrs. Mary Miranda (Corbett) Johnson with compliments of C. A. & M. M. Wood. Photographic Views taken by Chas. A. Wood in the 7...

Date: 1896

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193806

Ref. Code: PC009.237

"French Plates, Worcester and Whitinsville, Massachusetts"

This small album is hand labeled "French Plates, Worcester and Whitinsville, Massachusetts, Arranged by K.M.F., 1898." It contains nine cyanotypes mounted on paper. The sheets of paper are bound together with a blue ribbon. The images show interiors and exteriors of houses in Worcester and Whitinsvi...

Date: 1898

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193807

Ref. Code: PC009.238

Wery last obserwations of Weller, Senior to Boz, on his departure from London

Cover features a head-and-shoulders portrait of Charles Dickens.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193830

Ref. Code: MS007.01.46.05

Snapshots of family and friends in Massachusetts and New York

This leather-bound album holds 202 black-and-white snapshots from 1919-1933. Included are a number of shots of groups of girls taken throughout many years camping, playing, and traveling together. Also families and shots of individuals on Cape Cod, in Dorchester, Northfield, Massachusetts, and locat...

Date: 1919-1933

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193808

Ref. Code: PC009.239

Frank Cousins Art Co. sample book

This album is a salesman's order book for the Frank Cousins Art Co. of Salem, Massachusetts. It contains 128 black and white 7.5 x 9.5 inch photographs of Colonial architectural details, including building exteriors, doorways, railings, interior views, wallpapers, stairs, windows, fireplaces, brass ...

Date: 1890-1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193810

Ref. Code: PC009.241

Mansard style house

This portfolio consists of twenty-one black and white photographs which document an unidentified Mansard style house, probably located in Worcester, Mass. at the turn of the nineteenth century. The photographs were taken by C. L. Blair, 44 Front Street, Worcester, Mass. The collection includes exter...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193811

Ref. Code: PC009.242

H. L. Wilkinson House

A house portrait album owned by the Wilkinson family of Franklin, Mass. This bound album contains thirteen black and white photographs (7.5 x 9.5) illustrating a house and its rooms at the turn of the nineteenth century. Each photo is a detailed study of the furnishings and decor. Rooms include livi...

Date: 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193812

Ref. Code: PC009.243

Birch Knoll, Franklin, Massachusetts

This album is embossed with "Birch Knoll, Franklin, Massachusetts" on the cover. The album contains seventeen black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of a home owned by Anna Wilkinson Rathbun taken around 1900. The photographs in this album are all stamped by the photographer R. J. ...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193813

Ref. Code: PC009.244

Artwork of Providence, RI

Portfolio of B&W gravure plates of Providence, RI published in nine parts by the W. J. Parish Publishing Co in 1896. Parts 1 & 9 are missing. 42 plates with 62 images. Each part is stamped on the front right lower corner "Gift of Franklin Reed, 1984." Plates of Providence, showing landscapes, do...

Date: 1896

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193814

Ref. Code: PC009.245

Historical Views of New England

Album of small original photographs c 1910-1920. Album, together with Album # 247, is green morocco and green cloth, ribbed 6 panel spines. From the private library of Edward Osbourne Bassett. Most photos mounted in albums with a few loose between the pages. They have been removed to a separate f...

Date: 1910-1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193815

Ref. Code: PC009.246

Historical Views of New England

Album of small original photographs c 1910-1920. Album, together with Album # 246 is green morocco and green cloth, ribbed 6 panel spines. From the private library of Edward Osbourne Bassett. Most photos mounted in albums with a few loose between the pages. They have been removed to a separate fo...

Date: 1910-1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193816

Ref. Code: PC009.247

Pierce-Perry-Farmer House, High Street, Newburyport, Mass.

This is an album bound in leather which includes forty-eight very detailed black and white photographs of the Pierce-Perry-Farmer house in Newburyport, Mass. It includes both exterior and interior views. The exterior views show the Federalist mansion and gardens. The interior views highlight sitting...

Date: ca. 1939

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193817

Ref. Code: PC009.248

New England Family Album

Photo album with red snake/alligator print front and back cover containing approximately 30 leaves with 281 snapshots. Photographs are mostly 3 x4 black and white images with some larger photographs ( 3 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches). The first few pages are loose and missing some the photographs. Album app...

Date: 1948-1949

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193818

Ref. Code: PC009.249

Account book 127, 1840-1845

Account book listing charges made by customers between 1840 and 1845 and recorded by an unknown purveyor of goods and services. Entries are listed by customer, then chronologically by purchase. Customers include: Moses Davis; John Dinsmore, Jr.; Simeon Kimbal; William McDaniel; Jeremiah Hall & C...

Date: 1840-1845

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193819

Ref. Code: MS002.127

Account book 128, Vermont, 1873-1873

This account book for a northern Vermont manufacturer kept track of orders between 1872 and 1873. Customers ordered a variety of building parts such as blinds, windows, moldings, rails, and doors; precise measurements for many of these construction components are given, as are requested delivery dat...

Date: 1872-1873

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193821

Ref. Code: MS002.128

Plan book of William G. Shillaber, Mass., 1866-1924

Plan book of William G. Shillaber's properties in Boston, Newton, Cambridge, Peabody, and Brighton. Plan book with photographs and surveys of properties as well as account sheets, deeds, and newspaper articles about real estate, land values, taxes, building methods, and Boston neighborhoods. Accoun...

Date: 1866-1924

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193822

Ref. Code: MS002.129

Account book of H.K. Keith and Co., June 30-October 25, 1856

Account book of H. K. Keith & Co., with recorded sales from June 30 to October 25, 1856. Entries list daily retail sales, primarily for food items, clothing, dyes, soap, tea, and textiles. Also included are dyes, varnishes, spirits, and oils. Majority of sales appear to take place on Saturdays. ...

Date: 1856

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193823

Ref. Code: MS002.130

Stock book of Henry K. Keith and Co., Feb. 1, 1860

"Stock Book" of Henry K. Keith & Co., February 1, 1860 detailing inventory of clothing, dry goods, writing supplies, pens, ink, and household items (including lamps, bottles, bowls, and polish). Other entries of interest include snuff boxes, reticules, hymnals, whips, ferrules, and curry combs. Quan...

Date: 1860-02-01

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193824

Ref. Code: MS002.131

Account book of Nahum Keene, Duxbury, Mass., Mar. 24, 1852

Account book of Nahum Keene of Duxbury, Massachusetts, March 24, 1852, detailing inventory of clothing and textile goods, including dyes and accessories, such as veils, ribbons, gloves, and shawls. Other utilitarian items include: serving pieces; bed pans; scythes; and spices and various condiments ...

Date: 1852-03-24

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193825

Ref. Code: MS002.132

Stock book of L.F. Brett, Duxbury, Mass., Feb. 1, 1843

Stock book of L. F. Brett of Duxbury, Massachusetts, dated February 1, 1843. Listed are a variety of clothing items and accessories, such as scarves, handkerchiefs, and hosiery. Other entries refer to children's clothing, sewing supplies and notions, foundations, and textiles. Household items listed...

Date: 1843-02-01

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193826

Ref. Code: MS002.133

Account book of James Short, Newbury, Mass., 1742-1801

This family account book was kept by James Short of Newbury, Massachusetts, between 1742 and 1801. Other family members mentioned include Nicolas Short and John Short. Monies exchanged were in pounds Sterling. Goods and services exchanged included a wide variety of agrarian activities and basic need...

Date: 1742-1801

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193827

Ref. Code: MS002.134

Account book of Andrew Ayers, Northfield, Mass., 1818-1852

Account book of Andrew Ayers of Northfield, Massachusetts, kept 1818-1852, in which he records on an almost daily basis receipts for goods and services rendered. Goods sold include: bushels of corn, oats and potatoes; barrels of cider; pounds of beef; pecks of onions and pork; "soap greece;" and loa...

Date: 1818-1852

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193828

Ref. Code: MS002.135

The whalemen's quick step

Cover depicts a military encampment on Boston Common with the Massachusetts State House in the background. Soldiers perform drills. Visible in the background is the Hancock Mansion.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193834

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.09

Gov. Morton's grand march

Cover features a head-and-shoulders portrait of Governor Morton seated in three-quarter profile.

Date: 1843

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193836

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.055

Dennis' quick step

Cover depicts two soldiers in uniform. Their hats bear the insignia "MR." The city of Boston can be seen in the distance, as well as a military encampment.

Date: 1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193844

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.056

Album 30A: Windsor Houses, Volume 1

This album includes fifty-three black and white photographs of historic homes. The images are arranged by owner's last name. Included in this volume are names beginning with A through H. See volume B for I through Z. Both albums were created by Daniel Broderick of Windsor, Connecticut, in 1933. All ...

Date: 1933

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193839

Ref. Code: PC009.030A

Album 30B: Windsor Houses, Volume 2

This album includes forty-eight black and white photographs of historic homes. The images are arranged by owner's last name. Included in this volume are names beginning with I through Z. See album 30A for A through H. Both albums were created by Daniel Broderick of Windsor, Connecticut, in 1933. All...

Date: 1933

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193840

Ref. Code: PC009.030B

Dreams of the past

Cover depicts a view of Saint Augustine's church and cemetery, South Boston. A man sits alone beneath a tree.

Date: 1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193849

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.057

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