Historic New England

Exterior view of the Larkin and Boardman Houses, Middle Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 1924

The Larkin and Boardman Houses are seen from across the street.

Date: 1924-09

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253543

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0240.001

Exterior view of the Larkin and Boardman Houses, Middle Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 1924

A pedestrian walks down the sidewalk in front of the Larkin and Boardman Houses.

Date: 1924-09

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253545

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0240.002

Exterior view of house, corner of Court and Atkinson Streets, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1906-1915

A boy stands to the right in this view of the house, built about 1815, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Date: 1906-1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253547

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0020.009

Exterior view of Deacon Penhallon House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, undated

The image verso reads "Deacon Penhallon House, next to Canoe Bridge, Portsmouth. Here Gen. John Sullivan pleaded his first court case when a chore boy for Mathew Livermore about 1760. From that time on under the watchful care of Mr. L. until his education was completed."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253549

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0020.010

Exterior view of the Waterhouse-Ham House, Freeman's Point, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, undated

The image verso reads "Waterhouse-Ham House built 1700 on land owned by William Ham at Freeman's Point now Atlantic Heights. It contains part of the original house."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253550

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0020.011

Exterior view of Levi Woodbury Mansion, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, undated

The Hadley's Brook Mill Dam is in the image foreground.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253552

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.1600.001

View of the river front and the Memorial Bridge, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 1936

The Portsmouth riverfront and the Memorial Bridge are seen in this image.

Date: 1936-08

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253553

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0020.012

View of the Piscataqua River and Portsmouth, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1912

The image verso reads "The arrow on the left points out over the land, 20 acres, was granted to Thomas Dustin (?). The 2d arrow points to "Crooked Lane," the Piscataqua River at Portsmouth. The 3d arrow points to the city of Portsmouth, N.H."

Date: 1912

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253554

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0020.013

View of the Portsmouth waterfront, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, undated

The image verso reads "Portsmouth waterfront showing old ferry landing, now gone, the site of the Spring Market. Grenville Norcross Collection."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253586

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0020.014

Liberty Pole Shield, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, undated

The text on the shield reads "Erected July 4, 1824 in Commemoration of July 4, 1776, that Declared Our Emancipation from Tyranny and Gave Us the Privileges of Freemen."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253587

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0020.015

New Hampshire - Portsmouth - Governor John Wentworth House - Photos

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253588

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.1530

Exterior view of the Governor John Wentworth House, 346 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1915

The home of the last royal governor of New Hampshire, John Wentworth, is seen in this photograph. The image verso reads "Governor Wentworth's Mansion next to Governor Langdon's Mansion." A figure on a bicycle can be seen to the far right.

Date: 1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253590

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.1530.001

New Hampshire - Wolfeboro - General - Photos

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253591

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.2680.0010

Exterior view of the Governor John Wentworth House, 346 Pleasant Street, Portsmouth, N.H., undated

The image verso has various handwritten notes as to the identity of the house such as "Capt. Thompson House, Pleasant St., Woodbury-Langdon House." An individual has handwritten the following statement "I would say this is some other house." It appears to be the John Wentworth House, on Pleasant Str...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253592

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.1530.002

New Hampshire - Portsmouth - Rundlet-May House - Photos

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253593

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.1270

Exterior view of the Dr. May House, Middle Street, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 28, 1924

The window details are seen in this photograph of the May House exterior.

Date: 1924-09-28

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253594

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.1270.001

Market Square and Water Street, Newburyport, Mass., undated

Carts and pedestrians are seen in this image of Market Square in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253595

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2030.0100.002

Exterior view of houses, 54-55 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., 1890s

The image verso reads "This is probably a later print (ca. 1890s) from a photograph by Josiah Hawes taken in the mid [?] 1860s. See Homer, Rachel. The legacy of Josiah Hawes."

Date: 1890s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253597

Ref. Code: PC001.02.04.TMP.016

Portrait of Mr. Ferry, seated, facing left, location unknown, 1900s

The image verso reads "Mr. Ferry, probably Chief Clerk."

Date: 1900s

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

GUSN: 253598

Ref. Code: PC015.01.890.01

Portrait of unidentified man, seated, facing front, location unknown, undated

An unidentified man sits at a desk holding papers and documents.

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

GUSN: 253599

Ref. Code: PC015.01.890.02

Portrait of Mr. A.H. Smith, seated, facing front, location unknown, June 25, 1909

The image verso reads "Mr. A.H. Smith, Gen. Mang., N.Y.C.R.R., later Pres., killed in fall from horse in Central Park 1924."

Date: 1909-06-25

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

GUSN: 253603

Ref. Code: PC015.01.890.03

Portrait of old time R.R. officer, seated, facing left, location unknown, ca. 1900

An unidentified railroad officer sits at a desk in this image.

Date: ca. 1900

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

GUSN: 253604

Ref. Code: PC015.01.890.04

Interior view of City Ticket Office, Main Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

Stacks of schedules and documents can be seen in this image of the Worcester Ticket Office.

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

GUSN: 253605

Ref. Code: PC015.01.720.02

Exterior view of Bug Light, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., undated

Exterior view of Bug Light, Boston Harbor. A man can be seen standing in the doorway, and laundry hangs on line below.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253609

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0230.001

Exterior view of Graves Light, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., undated

Graves Light is seen with the footbridge to the oil house.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253610

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0230.002

View of U.S.S. Olympia and S.S. Ivernia, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., undated

Admiral Dewey's cruiser Olympia is seen next to the Cunard line's Ivernia in Boston Harbor.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253614

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0230.003

View of Deer Island and Long Island, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass., undated

Sailboats are in the foreground of this image which shows Long Island on the right and Deer Island on the left.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253616

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0230.004

Interior view of Appleton House, front parlor, 39 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., 1885-1886

The image verso reads "In 1912 owned by Arthur T. Lyman. Supposed to have been built about 1818."

Date: 1885-1886

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253622

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0970.001

Interior view of the Harrison Gray Otis House, dining room, Boston, Mass., May 6, 1926

The caption reads "Ceramics collections in the old Dining Room."

Date: 1926-05-06

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 253628

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.015

Views of the Sarah Orne Jewett House, South Berwick, Maine, Kingsbury Studio, Summer 1931

1 Main Hallway, second floor, looking back 2 First floor SW, parlor 3 Front hall looking back, back door open 4 First Floor, NW, dining room 5 First floor, SW, parlor 6 Front hall looking back, back door closed 7 Front Hall with front door open 8 Kitchen 9 Second floor ell, Mary Galvin's ...

Date: 1931

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 253630

Ref. Code: PC006.SOJ.01.010

Rear of Durkee Tavern, Lowell, Mass., August 1922

The item verso reads "Sketch of Durkee Tavern from newspaper cut, showing house before present changes were made. These changes were probably made by two Greek owners from whom the city bought the house." The recto sketch is dated August 18, 1922 and the verso sketch is dated August 24, 1922.

Date: 1922-08

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 253631

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.5700.001

Ledyard Bridge, Hanover, New Hampshire, ca. 1935

The landscape around the covered bridge is shown in this sketch.

Date: ca. 1935

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 253632

Ref. Code: GC002.01.NH.0100.001

Portrait of Mr. James H. Hustis, seated, facing front, Boston, Mass., 1900s

Hustis is a vice-president for the New York Central Rail Road.

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

GUSN: 253654

Ref. Code: PC015.01.890.05

View of East Boston from U.S.S. Ranger, Boston, Mass., undated

Crew men work on the U.S.S. Ranger off of East Boston, Massachusetts.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 253655

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.014

Pic-nic fan, location unknown, 1840-1850

The tree image has a head portrait captioned "Pierpont" on the left side and a scene of children at play on the right side. The fan verso is headed "Hurra! for bright water. Hurra!" A large fountain is shown with a ball labeled "Temperance."

Date: 1840-1850

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 253657

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP.064

Box for women's shoes, Levy & Katzman, New York, New York, undated

A woman dressed in white stands in front of an easel in the box cover image. One side of the box is labeled "Fine slippers, New York." The box contains one pair of light colored women's shoes with some staining. The box has images of multi-colored flowers and shoes on all sides. There is a border pa...

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253658

Ref. Code: EP002.02.060

Box for beaver fur stole, John R. Terry, importer, manufacturer, and dealer in hats, caps and furs, 409 Broadway and 19 Union Square, New York, New York, undated

The cover label has an image of the business premises in New York. Terry provides men's, children's and ladies hats. The brown box contains a beaver fur stole.

Collection: Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

GUSN: 253659

Ref. Code: EP002.02.061

Exterior view of the Appleton-Everett House, Pleasant Street, Dorchester, Mass., undated

1 photographic print : black-and-white, mounted ; 10 x 13 inches

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 253666

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.516

Henry Dexter, sculptor

Born in 1806 in Nelson, New York, as a child Henry Dexter wanted to be an artist. While apprenticed to a blacksmith, he took his first painting lessons. After moving to Boston in 1836, Dexter opened a portrait studio, and within several years, he was painting the likenesses of well-known people. He ...

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253674

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.001

General Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), twelfth President of the United States. Taylor is shown in his general's uniform. Framed for exhibition. Enlarged and laterally reversed copy of sixth-plate belonging to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Gift of Herbert Foster Otis . Copy Neg # 7393-B. Sobieszek and Appel...

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253675

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.002

Muster on the Common

View of military muster on Boston Common. Framed for exhibition. Gift of Herbert Foster Otis. Sobieszek and Appel # 81.

Date: 1844-1861

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253676

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.003

Cassius Marcellus Clay

Abolitionist and diplomat Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903). Possibly a copy of a plate in the possession of the MFA, Boston. Sobieszek and Appel #2. Neg # 10980-B. Gift of Herbert Foster Otis.

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253677

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.004

Charles Goodyear

Charles Goodyear (1800-1860), inventor of vulcanized rubber is shown in the image. Framed for exhibition. Sobieszek and Appel # 5.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253678

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.005

Portrait of Lemuel Shaw, seated on a chair, facing right, location unknown, ca. 1866

Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is shown in the image. Sobieszek and Appel # 11.

Date: ca. 1866

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253679

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.006

Mrs. G. (?) W. Pratt

Portrait of a Mrs. G.W. Pratt (1817-1887) a popular actress who settled in Boston, in fancy dress, lace hair ornament and holding a wild rose. Previously misidentified as Mrs. James R. Vincent, an actress in Boston. Similar to a daguerreotype held by the MFA. Gift of Mrs. Charles Harrington.

Date: ca. 1854

Collection: Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

GUSN: 253680

Ref. Code: PC005.D01.007