Historic New England

Four exterior views of the Old Witch / Corwin House, North and Essex Sts., Salem

This is a composite of four exterior views of the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, at 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The first image is a reproduction of an 1819 Samuel Bartoll...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195050

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1520.001

Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House / Roger Williams House, North and Essex Sts., Salem

This exterior view shows the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, and the single-story apothecary George P. Farrington added to the house around 1856 on 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195051

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1520.002

Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House / Roger Williams House , North and Essex Sts., Salem

This exterior view shows the Jonathan Corwin House, also known as the Witch House, and the single-story apothecary George P. Farrington added to the house around 1856 on 310 1/2 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts from the North Street side. Jonathan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during t...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195052

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1500.001

Exterior view of the Old Witch / Corwin House / Roger Williams House , North and Essex Sts., Salem

This is a reproduction of an 1819 Samuel Bartoll painting of the Jonathan Corwin House on 310 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Joanthan Corwin served as a magistrate and judge during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. The original painting is in the Peabody Essex Museum.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195053

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.1520.003

Exterior view of Baptist church on Brighton Ave., Allston, Mass.

A trolley car passes by the Brighton Avenue Baptist Church (1857-1931) on Brighton Avenue in the Union Square neighborhood of Allston. The signs on the car read: "Corner Coolidge [word illegible] Brookline Village"; "Oak Square [word illegible] Huntington Avenue"; "Pops concert"; and car number 3215...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195054

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0430.0070.001

View of Hull Street and the Old North Church, Boston, Mass., undated

This view from Hull Street to the intersection with Salem Street shows the entrance to Old North Church, also known as Christ Church, in the North End of Boston. There are vines on the lower portions of the front façade.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195056

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7010.001

Boston Elevated Railway construction, Dudley and Washington Sts., Roxbury, Mass.

A street-level view of the Boston Elevated Railway construction at the intersection of Dudley and Washington Sts., Roxbury, Massachusetts. A few pedestrians can be seen beneath the elevated structure.

Date: 1900-03-08

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195057

Ref. Code: PC017.02.081-1.001

For Forrest Hills foundation #774, concrete piers, Stony Brook #6218

Photo is a below-ground view of the foundation of the Forest Hills station in Jamaica Plains, Boston, Massachusetts. The Stony Brook runs through a tunnel that is illuminated by natural light from above.

Date: 1908-05-13

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195058

Ref. Code: PC017.02.082-6.001

Front parlor facing west, Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Conn.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195071

Ref. Code: PC006.ROS.01.002

Interior view of the front parlor facing north, Bowen House, Woodstock, Conn.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195072

Ref. Code: PC006.ROS.01.003

Front parlor mantel (facing west), Bowen House, Woodstock, Conn.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195073

Ref. Code: PC006.ROS.01.004

Nurses Dorothy Ruggles (left) and Gertrude Harmon (right) standing in front of the Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195075

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.007

Nurses Dorothy Ruggles (left) and Gertrude Harmon (right) standing in front of the Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195076

Ref. Code: PC006.QUI.01.008

Brochure cover for White Mountain Refrigerators

A trade card for White Mountain Refrigerators, made by the Maine Manufacturing Co., and sold by Austin S. Cook & Co. at 67-69 Main Street in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The name, Ketterlinus, a printing company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appears in the lower left corner. The card is comprised of s...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195077

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.01.02.001

Trade card for the Fort Wayne improved Western Washer

This trade card promotes the improved Fort Wayne Western Washer, made by the Horton Manufacturing Co. of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The name, Calvert Lith. Co., a printing company in Detroit, Michigan, appears in the lower left corner. A woman in an apron demonstrates the washing machine for another woman...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195078

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.04.001

Trade card for the White Mountain Triple Motion Ice Cream Freezer, Nashua, New Hampshire, undated

The freezer is printed on one side with a cutaway section to reveal the inner parts of the machine. On the other side is a scene of a woman serving ice cream on a porch or balcony overlooking the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. On the right half of the latter side of the card, the name, A...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195079

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.02.01.014

Woman sweeping a porch properly

A woman sweeps a porch with a broom. She wears a short-sleeved dress. Vines overflow from the side of the house over the porch railing.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195081

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3850.0100.001

Woman cleaning a floor

A woman in an apron and cap appears to be cleaning the hardwood floor of a room with a broom or brush. A rug has been moved out of the way for the purpose. The room is decorated with very elaborate patterns on the molding beneath the ceiling and wainscoting.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195082

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3850.0100.002

Reward of merit "for regular and punctual attendance, correct deportment and diligent attention to studies"

A reward of merit to demonstrate a teacher's approval of a student's "regular and punctual attendance, correct deportment and diligent attention to studies." In the center of the card is an image of boy and his dog. He appears to have been playing soldier as he is holding a rifle, and there is a hel...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195087

Ref. Code: EP001.04.TMP.001

Reward of merit

This reward of merit presents the second stanza of the unattributed poem, "What the Clock Says": "If your lesson you would get, do it now, and do not fret: that alone is hearty fun which comes after duty done." The poem is printed in a central panel, surrounded by a floral border.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195088

Ref. Code: EP001.04.TMP.002

School room with teacher and pupils

Schoolroom at Canterbury Shaker Village. On the right side of the picture is the teacher, who is seated behind a cloth covered desk. She is looking at a book, from the stack of books on the left of the desk. Left of her desk and in the forefront of the picture is a table on which stands a globe. To ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195089

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.019

Remains of the Beebe House (center, next to the State House)

A portion of the Beebe-Brewer houses remains standing in front of the Massachusetts State House. The mansions, built by two Boston merchants, James Madison Beebe and Gardner Brewer, on the grounds of the John Hancock House after that landmark was destroyed, were demolished to make room for the lawn ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195090

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.052

Remains of the Beebe House, center, next to the State House, Boston, Mass., March 1917

A view up Beacon Street past the Beebe-Brewer houses to the State House. The mansions, built by two Boston merchants, James Madison Beebe and Gardner Brewer, on the grounds of the John Hancock House after that landmark was destroyed, were demolished to make room for the lawn of the new West Wing of ...

Date: 1917-03

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195091

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.053

Exterior view of the Old West Church, Boston

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195092

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1950.001

Doorway, 13 West Street, Boston, Mass., undated

An exterior view of the doorway to the C.W. Thompson & Co. music publishing business at 13 West Street in Boston, Massachusetts. Charles W. Thompson and Jonas Michael Miles formed and operated the Miles & Thompson firm to publish, import and deal in American and international sheet music at 13 West ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195093

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.9140.001

Old West St. looking towards Bedford St.

A view of West Street in Boston, Massachusetts towards the intersection with Bedford Street. Town houses line both sides of the cobblestone street. A brick wall crowned with an iron fence encloses what appears to be a garden. The first house past the brick wall presents an oriel window and iron balc...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195094

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.9130.001

Lamb Tavern

A photomechanical print of an engraving of Lamb Tavern, also known as the White Lamb, which was located on the west side of Washington Street, between West Street and Boylston Street, in Boston, Massachusetts. Two men converse in the doorway underneath the tavern sign while pedestrians pass by and a...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195095

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8930.001

Britton House, Dorchester, Mass., undated

The right side of a stereograph of an exterior view of the Britton House in Dorchester, Massachusetts from the end of the driveway that leads to the front porch. A woman and man stand on the front porch, three boys sit on the railing of the balcony above it, and a girl sits in a carriage in the driv...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195099

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0460.0010.001

Annie Fields and Sarah Orne Jewett, 148 Charles St., Boston

In the library at 148 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts, the author Sarah Orne Jewett sits near the windows and the writer Annie Fields reads next to the fireplace. Fields, wife of publisher James T. Fields, led a literary salon in this house. They shared this home starting in the early 1880s. M...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195101

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.047

Whitfield House, from the northwest

A side exterior view from the northwest of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. Two gable dormers wit...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195106

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.001

Whitfield House

A side exterior view of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, before the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. The house and chimneys are plasterd ove...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195107

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.002

Whitfield House, from the north

A side exterior view from the north of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, before the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. The house and chimneys a...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195108

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.003

Main room of the Whitfield House, first floor, restored, looking north

An interior view looking north of the main room on the first floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195109

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.004

Main room of the Whitfield House, first floor, looking south

An interior view looking south of the main room on the first floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195110

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.005

North front chamber, second floor, Whitfield House, looking south

An interior view looking south of the north front chamber on the second floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the ston...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195111

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.006

North front chamber, second floor, Whitfield House, looking north

An interior view looking north of the north front chamber on the second floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the ston...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195112

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.007

North wall, second floor, Whitfield House

An view of the north wall on the second floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, possibly during the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. The w...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195113

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.008

Whitfield House, restored, from the south

A rear exterior view from the northwest of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. Gable dormers with di...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195114

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.009

Whitfield House, restored, from the northwest

A side exterior view from the northwest of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. A chimney extends al...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195115

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.010

West front of the Whitfield House, restored

A front exterior view from the west of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639. Two gable dormers with di...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195116

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.011