Historic New England

Bigelow's quick step

Cover depicts a militiaman holding the flag of the New England Guards.

Date: 1839

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193664

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.027

Cover shows the military encampment at Barnstable, Massachusetts, September 1839. Ships can be seen in the background while men and women talk in the foreground. Some militiamen can be seen carrying instruments.

Date: 1839

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193668

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.028

The Cracovienne

Cover image is a portrait of Fanny Elssler in costume.

Date: ca. 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193673

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.09

Curtis's quick step

Cover depicts the Rangers encampment at New Bedford, August 5th, 1840.

Date: 1840

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193676

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.030

The fairy grotto and fantoccini waltz

Cover depicts a fairy grotto. Fairies drift down a river on boats that are leaves. "Respecfully dedicated to H. Hannington, Esq."

Date: 1840

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193679

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.031

Freemens' quick step

Cover shows the procession around the uncompleted Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown, Massachusetts. "As performed on the 'Glorious 10th of September,' composed and dedicated to the Delegates of the Bunker-Hill Whig Convention of 1840."

Date: 1840

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193682

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.032

Highland quick step

The cover shows a guardsman in Scottish uniform/dress. Two vignettes of Scottish scenes frame the guardsman.

Date: 1840

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193684

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.033

Military movements. No. 1, The Zampa quick step

Cover depicts the Indian Muster at Malden, Massachusetts, October 11, 1839. Cavalry units and foot soldiers meet in a field.

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193687

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.03

The national Whig song

Cover depicts head-and shoulders portrait of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), Whig candidate for president-

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193689

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.10

The old arm chair : a ballad

The cover depicts a woman standing behind an empty arm chair next to a fireplace. An open book lies on the chair and a piano is behind her.

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193693

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.11

The old farm gate : a ballad

Cover depicts children playing by a gate surrounded by trees. One girl is on a horse. A dog plays nearby. "Composed and respectfully dedicated to Mrs. J.L. Tucker."

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193696

Ref. Code: MS007.01.46.02

Round Hill quick step

Cover depicts the encampment of the New England Guards, Round Hill, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1840.

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193697

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.02

The tear of gratitude : a waltz

Cover depicts an island in the middle of a river. A man and canoe can be seen on the banks of the river.

Date: 1840

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193698

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.040

The Tippecanoe, or, Log cabin quick step

Cover depicts a man in a top hat approaching a log cabin. He is carrying a sign that reads "Harrison for President." "Composed and respectfully dedicated to Gen. William Henry Harrison, (Hero of Tippecanoe and Farmer of North Bend)."

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193699

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.04

Whig gathering : song and chorus

Cover depicts a political parade outside Faneuil Hall and the Old Feather Store, Boston.

Date: 1840

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193701

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.042

The down east quick step

Cover shows a military encampment on the coast of Maine. "Composed and dedicated to his friend Jno. Neal, Esq. of Portland Me."

Date: 1841

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193706

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.05

Downes' quick step

Cover depicts a soldier, holding a bayonet, standing at attention in front of a stone wall, possibly a wall of a fort. Ships can be seen on the ocean in the background.

Date: 1841

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193711

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.044

I'll think of thee love! A ballad

Cover depicts a woman outside on a balcony, watching a man row a boat, with a guitar by her side.

Date: 1841

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193717

Ref. Code: MS007.01.45.03

I'm afloat! I'm afloat! A song

Cover depicts sailboats on the ocean.

Date: 1841

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193721

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.046

Lawrence quadrilles : selections from popular quick steps

Cover depicts the interior of Faneuil Hall with the dance in progress.

Date: 1841

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193726

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.047

Malibran waltz

Cover features a seated portrait of Malibran.

Date: 1841

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193731

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.06

O, would that she were here : a ballad

Cover depicts a large valley with a river running through it. A man with a dog sits above the view. A house can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1841

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193734

Ref. Code: MS007.01.46.03

Beverly Light Infantry quick step

Cover depicts a military encampment. Soldiers stand in an informal group.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193737

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.07

May queen waltz

Cover depicts the crowning of the "May queen" while a group dances around the Maypole.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193739

Ref. Code: MS007.01.46.04

Trull's quick step

Cover features a portrait of Lieutenant Trull in uniform.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193742

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.08

Album 46-A: Photographs by William Sumner Appleton

Album 46-A is one of two albums of mainly 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 prints taken by William Sumner Appleton, founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now Historic New England). This album bears the penciled inscription: "volume 3, end 1907; winter 07-08, spring 1908" and includes...

Date: 1907-1911

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193744

Ref. Code: PC009.046A

New England Churches

Album compiled by Waldo Sprague (some original work; some photographs collected by him), containing snapshots of New England churches. Extensive coverage of all New England states. Localities are specified for each church. While coverage of the region's early architectural traditions is extensi...

Date: 1930-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193745

Ref. Code: PC009.050-1

New England Churches

Album compiled by Waldo Sprague (some original work; some photographs collected by him), containing snapshots of New England churches. Extensive coverage of all New England states. Localities are specified for each church. While coverage of the region's early architectural traditions is extensi...

Date: 1930-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193746

Ref. Code: PC009.050-2

New England Churches

Album compiled by Waldo Sprague (some original work; some photographs collected by him), containing snapshots of New England churches. Extensive coverage of all New England states. Localities are specified for each church. contains 19 snapshots While coverage of the region's early architectural ...

Date: 1930-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193747

Ref. Code: PC009.050-3

New England Architecture by Waldo Sprague

Four albums compiled by Waldo Sprague (some original work; some photographs collected by him), containing approximately 484 views of predominately second period architecture in this region (album 4). While localities are specified within each album, considerably more information about individual st...

Date: 1930-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193748

Ref. Code: PC009.050-4

Photographs by Mary Devens

A bound album of approximately fifty albumen prints, most 5 x 7 inches, exposed by Mary Devens in 1884. Some photographs are loose. Devens was a member of Alfred Stieglitz's Photo-Secession.The majority of these images are dated and identified. Of particular interest are the interior views of: 344 B...

Date: 1884

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193749

Ref. Code: PC009.051

Washington, DC. by Henry G. Peabody

Bound album of approximately 100 platinum-toned prints, exposed by Henry Peabody, circa 1900. All are views taken in Washington, D.C. and vicinity, including a panorama of the east front of the U. S. Capitol; other government building, with some architectural details; significant paintings in the Wa...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193751

Ref. Code: PC009.053

Domestic structures and early buildings in Rhode Island

Paperbound volume of black and white photographs, exposed in the 1920s, and presumably taken by Alfred Shurrocks, an architectural historian. These photographs in many instances duplicate material already in the geographic files, but no attempt has been made to estimate the precise amount of duplica...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193754

Ref. Code: PC009.057A

Domestic structures and early buildings in Connecticut

One paperbound volume of black and white photographs, exposed in the 1920s, and presumably taken by Alfred Shurrocks, an architectural historian. These photographs in many instances duplicate material already in the geographic files, but no attempt has been made to estimate the precise amount of dup...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193755

Ref. Code: PC009.057B

Domestic structures and early buildings in Massachusetts

One paperbound volume of black and white photographs, exposed in the 1920s, and presumably taken by Alfred Shurrocks, an architectural historian. These photographs in many instances duplicate material already in the geographic files, but no attempt has been made to estimate the precise amount of dup...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193756

Ref. Code: PC009.057C

Domestic Structures and early buildings in New Hampshire and Maine

One paperbound volume of black and white photographs, exposed in the 1920s, and presumably taken by Alfred Shurrocks, an architectural historian. These photographs in many instances duplicate material already in the geographic files, but no attempt has been made to estimate the precise amount of dup...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193757

Ref. Code: PC009.057D

Images of Beverly, Massachusetts, 1910-1925

Beverly, Mass. Album of approximately 19 mounted 3 x 5" photos, postcards and newsclippings (illustrated) of buildings and streets. Undated, though probably 1910-1925.

Date: 1910-1925

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193758

Ref. Code: PC009.060

Scrapbook of Boston

Removed to Scrapbooks, 1995. Scrapbook of Boston subjects, including: Chelsea, Benjamin Franklin, and old and new Boston.

Date: 1906-1926

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193759

Ref. Code: PC009.111

Album of Miss Grace Taylor

Photograph album of Miss Grace Taylor. Covers Cambridge and Boston p. 2 Fireman (?) in snow p. 4 Soldiers Monument, Cambridge Common p. 5 Cambridge Station, Porter Square (Neg. #51616-A) p. 9 John Harvard statue p. 10 Memorial Hall, Cambridge p. 11 Memorial Hall, Cambridge p. 1...

Date: ca. 1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193760

Ref. Code: PC009.162

New England Postcard albums

Two postcard albums of approximately 800 scenic and architectural views throughout New England, 1910-1915. Compiled by D. M. Wheeler. Volume A has scenic and architectural views of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Postcards are black and white with some colored. Mou...

Date: 1910-1915

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193761

Ref. Code: PC009.141

Views of the home of William Solomon, Roxbury, Mass.

Bound album of albumen prints of a residence photographed by A. H. Folsom (photographer, 48 Alleghany St., Roxbury, Mass.). An image in the album showing a headstone suggests the subject of the album may have been the residence of William Solomon of 3 Autumn St., Roxbury, Mass. Solomon died in 1888,...

Date: ca. 1888

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193762

Ref. Code: PC009.168

Photographs of the Vale

Bound album (front board detached), stamped "Photographs--Herbert Lyman." Approximately 30 leaves, with (in general) 4 3 x 4 albumen prints affixed to each page. Date appears to be prior to major alterations to the Vale, completed (approx) in 1884. Annotations, in ink, have been supplied at a much...

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193763

Ref. Code: PC009.169

Summer Cottage of William G. Preston

Album of photographs of the summer cottage of the Boston architect William G. Preston.This album includes exterior and interior views of the summer cottage, and exterior views taken on day trips in the area. Includes many views of leisure time on the porch. Also includes one photograph of the "part...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193764

Ref. Code: PC009.195

Boston Residences of Henry and Susan Bigelow

Album of photographs of two Boston residences where Henry F. and Susan T. Bigelow lived. The photographs were taken circa 1915-1916 by Thomas Ellison of Detroit, Michigan. The first residence is 142 Chestnut Street, Boston. There are two exterior photographs and 27 interiors, including the court...

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193765

Ref. Code: PC009.196

Springfield, Massachusetts

An album of photographs from Springfield, Massachusetts, circa 1896-1906. The majority of these photographs were taken on one block in Springfield: Summer St., Federal St., Worthington St., and Kibbe St. These photographs include interior and exterior views of residences. There are also several phot...

Date: 1896-1906

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193766

Ref. Code: PC009.197

The Catholic Churches of Boston and Vicinity

The Catholic Churches of Boston and Vicinity and St. John's Seminary, Brighton, Mass.: A folio of photo-gravures with notes and historical information. 39 churches are included with photogravure and details on size, clergy, style and size of parish. Locations are Boston, South Boston, East Boston,...

Date: 1892

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193767

Ref. Code: PC009.198

Towns and Scenery in New Hampshire and Vermont

Bound album of 94 amateur photographs of early 1900's(?). 48 leaves. Photographs of towns and scenery in N.H. and Vermont. A few are identified on the back. Includes houses, towns, scenery, businesses, people, pets, animals (wild and farm), mills, scenes of logging, hunting, leisure activities, a...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193768

Ref. Code: PC009.202

Aiken(?) family album

7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch album contains 5 1/4 x 3 inch and smaller photographs, circa 1915-1919. Allerton (Hull), MA, Brookline, MA, Cambridge, MA (St. James Church, Cambridge Episcopal Theological School), and Plymouth, MA. This family album (Aiken family?) contains many photographs at the beach, wi...

Date: 1915-1919

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193769

Ref. Code: PC009.203

Maine family album

This album consists of 2.25 by 3.25 inch photographs dated from 1909 to 1922. Many of the photographs are labeled with locations throughout Maine, including Cape Elizabeth, Cape Porpoise, Dry Mills, East Boothbay, New Gloucester, Peaks Island, Portland, Sebago Lake. Other locations include Fall Rive...

Date: 1909-1922

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193770

Ref. Code: PC009.204

Little's Point, Swampscott, Massachusetts

22" x 17 ½" album contains large (16" x12 3/4") photographs, dated 1886. This album is inscribed "To Grace A. Oliver with affectionate remembrance, from James L[owell] Little, 1886". The photographs are of Little's Point, Swampscott, MA. There are photographs of houses, outbuildings, and landsc...

Date: 1886

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193771

Ref. Code: PC009.205

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