Historic New England

Programs

This series includes broadsides for productions at Boston theaters from the 1830s to approximately the 1860s, as well as concert programs, lecture announcements, and other miscellaneous materials related to performances.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181216

Ref. Code: EP001.09

Sheet music

Historic New England's collection of sheet music includes illustrations from the following categories or themes: social life, patriotic symbols, courtship and love, sports, games, and amusements, politics, pastoral scenes, family life, entertainers, military, social issues, urban scenes, beauty and ...

Date: 1829-1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181218

Ref. Code: EP001.10

Tickets and cards of admission

Tickets and cards of admission generally include the word "admit" followed by the number who may be admitted or a space for name(s) to be written in. Such ticks are associated with a range of events, such as ceremonial occasions, special events, concerts, or other instances where restriction on the ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181219

Ref. Code: EP001.11

Product catalogues

As the industrial age generated an ever-expanding array of consumer goods, trade catalogues presented merchandise alluringly to potential customers. In the United States, catalogues were a practical solution to the problem of geographical distance between buyer and seller.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 181220

Ref. Code: EP001.12

Photographs

Subseries H, Photographs, 1911 (#23.294-23.298) contains twenty-six Newburyport High School class pictures from 1911 and sketches that were found with this collection of photographs.

Date: 1911

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 181295

Ref. Code: MS016.24.08

Barrett family papers

This collection includes the family papers associated with the Barrett House of New Ipswich, New Hampshire. The materials date from 1774 to 1966 with the bulk of the material from the 1800s. The materials document the Ames, Barr, and Barrett families as well as other relatives of the families. The c...

Date: 1774-1966, predominant 1800-1899

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 181311

Ref. Code: MS007

General photographic collection

The majority of the prints in the Oversize photographs series of the General Photographic Collection are nineteenth-century views of Boston buildings and streets, including works by Southworth and Hawes, James Wallace Black, John Adams Whipple, and A. H. Folsom, dating from the the 1860s to the mid-...

Date: 1860-2010, predominant 1860-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181405

Ref. Code: PC001

Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s

The Standard-size series of the General Photographic Collection is the largest and most complex component of the photographic collections, containing an estimated 100,000 items, dating from the 1860s to the present. The geographic coverage and subject range of these images are very wide. The work of...

Date: 1860-2009, predominant 1860-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181406

Ref. Code: PC001.02

Geographic locations

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181407

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01

Connecticut

Sub-sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181408

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT

Connecticut - General

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181409

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0010

Connecticut - General and Unidentified - Photomechanical

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181410

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0010.0010

Connecticut - A

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181411

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0020

Connecticut - A. - Photomechanicals

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181412

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0020.0010

Connecticut - Andover

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181413

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0030

Connecticut - Andover

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181414

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0030.0010

Connecticut - Ansonia

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181415

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0040

Connecticut - Ansonia - Ancient

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181416

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0040.0010

Connecticut - Ashford

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181417

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0050

Connecticut - Ashford

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181418

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0050.0010

Connecticut - Attawaugan

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181419

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0060

Connecticut - Attawaugan

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181420

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0060.0010

Connecticut - Avon

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181421

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0070

Connecticut - Avon - Mounted

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 181422

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0070.0010

Lasting machine shaping shoes in a Massachusetts shoe factory

"This is a shoemaker creating shoes on a lasting machine in a shoe factory in Lynn, Massachusetts. The "upper" of the shoe is placed over the wooden last. The machine is clamped on this "upper" and draws the fore part of the shoe into shape. Thus, in a few seconds, is performed the most difficult ta...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180188

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.4000.001

Stereograph of a man making shoes, location unknown, undated

A man sits in a shoe shop making shoes while his dog sits next to him on a chair. There are several boots and shoes on the floor and shoes forms hanging from nails in the ceiling above him.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180209

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.4000.002

Spars of Oregon fir finished by hand, ship-yard Rockland, Me.

A worker hand finishes a spar made from Oregon fir in a shipyard in Rockland, Maine.

Date: ca. 1885

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180253

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USME.0750.0010.001

George H. Donnell, York, Maine, early 1880s

George H. Donnell was a "shore" fisherman and lobsterman, in York River, Maine. He wears stiff cowhide boots, which were standard for rural workingmen. He holds a catch of fish, which may be pollock.

Date: ca. 1883

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180282

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.TMP.002

Clamming, York River, Maine, ca. 1890

Two men clam at the York River in Maine.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180286

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1920.0090.002

Set of architectural drawings of unidentified townhouses and store, designed by Charles Roath, location unknown, 1846

1 set of 2 architectural drawings : black ink and watercolor on wove paper ; 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches

Date: 1846

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180288

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.001

Lobster factory, circa 1870

This is a stereograph of a group of men standing outside a lobster factory or cannery in Mount Desert, Maine. There are two men dressed in suits overseeing the lobstermen as they prepare a pile of lobsters on the ground. One of the men holds onto a large scale which may be used to weigh the shellf...

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180297

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.3750.001

Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

The Luther Briggs, Jr. Architectural Collection consists of designs for over 50 projects. Dating from the late 1840s to the 1850s, most of the plans are for modest dwellings in Boston, Roxbury, and Dorchester. The drawings also include a smaller number of business blocks, monuments, and public build...

Collection: Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 180323

Ref. Code: AR002

Bark Nellie Moody, unloading salt, ca. 1890

This is the Little Bark Nellie Moody ship docked in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The seamen of the ship are working on various tasks and the seamen on the dock are loading and unloading different products such as salt.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180328

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1080.0050.001

Figurehead on display in a garden, Marblehead, Mass.

A black and white photograph taken by Mary H. Northend circa 1920, showing a wooden figurehead in the garden of John Peabody's summer home on Peaches Point in Marblehead, Mass. The figurehead is of a woman, and it is surrounded by lush vegetation. Visible behind it are a trellis and bench.

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180340

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.0650.1700.001

U.S.S. Ship Wabash, U.S. Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, circa.1890's

This is the U.S.S. Wabash with sailors eating on a mess cloth on the deck of the ship. They have place settings in front of them and they are dressed in uniform.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180350

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0560.0270.001

Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

The architectural drawings in this collection are those which do not bear the HABS imprint and include materials arranged according to the following themes: historic buildings, stage sets, private commissions, furniture, and miscellaneous. Materials on historic buildings include details, floor plans...

Date: 1898-1942

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 180356

Ref. Code: AR003

Front elevation and front wall sections of unidentified townhouses and store, designed by Charles Roath, location unknown, 1846

1 exterior elevation and 2 section drawings on 1 sheet : black ink and watercolor on wove paper ; 19 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches

Date: 1846-10-21

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180396

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.001.001

Gathering kelp, Long Sands, York, Maine, ca. 1882

This is a farmer loading his cart with kelp using a pitchfork on the shore of the ocean in York, Maine. The farmer owns a team of oxen that are pulling the cart.

Date: ca. 1882

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180398

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.TMP.001

Whales Beach, Swampscott, Mass., ca. 1890

This is a man on a sailboat in the ocean off the Massachusetts shore. There are several other small vessels anchored in the water behind him.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 180408

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.008

Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

This is a major repository for material generated by the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) in the 1930s. The collection includes approximately 125 complete sets of full-scale measured drawings of historic buildings throughout New England, both blueprints and some originals by Frank Chouteau ...

Date: 1930-1939

Collection: Historic American Buildings Survey architectural collection

GUSN: 180411

Ref. Code: AR018

Will Sheppard with a boat, Swampscott, Mass., February 12, 1900

A man possibly named Will Sheppard is standing next to a boat and boat trailer pulled by a horse in Swampscott, Massachusetts. The man is on a beach and in the background is a row of houses on a street.

Date: 1900-02-12

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180417

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.002

Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

The partnership of Arthur Little and Herbert W. C. Browne from the early 1890s until the 1920s attracted a circle of affluent clients in Boston, Brookline, the North Shore of Massachusetts, and in locales outside of New England, such as Washington, D.C. They designed typically elegant, neo-classica...

Date: 1890-1929

Collection: Arthur Little and Herbert W.C. Browne architectural collection

GUSN: 180438

Ref. Code: AR004

U.S.S. Wabash, Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., ca. 1890

This is the USS Wabash docked at a port in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Across from the ship there are factories lining the shore.

Date: ca.1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180433

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0560.0280.001

Fishermen hauling in blackfish, location unknown, ca. 1900

Fishermen haul several blackfish, also known as pilot whales, onto the shore.

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180489

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.2750.0100.001

Windmill, owned by Silas Swift

This is a windmill in Falmouth, Massachusetts with a group of people standing beneath it. There is a man fixing the blades, a group of people in a wagon and two men sitting with a dog. There is also a man and a woman standing behind a girl who is sitting in front of an easel sketching the windmill...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 180518

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0980.0100.001

General architectural and cartographic collection

Architectural drawings constitute one of the largest categories of holdings in the Library and Archives. The drawings are of two distinct types: 1. those by architects and architectural scholars of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who measured and drew elevations, floor plans and de...

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180540

Ref. Code: AR001

Set of floor plans of an unidentified Italianate villa, designed by Gervase Wheeler, location unknown, ca. 1848-1849

1 set of 4 floor plans

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180723

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.013

Ground plan of an unidentified Italianate villa, designed by Gervase Wheeler, location unknown, ca. 1848-1849

1 ground plan : black ink, watercolor, and graphite emendations on wove paper ; 19 x 27 3/16 inches

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180724

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.013.001

East elevation of an unidentified Italianate villa, designed by Gervase Wheeler, location unknown, ca. 1848-1849

Architect Gervase Wheeler designed this unidentified Italianate villa. The ink, pencil, and wash on heavy paper sketch presents the east elevation of the house.

Date: ca. 1848

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180725

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.014.001

South elevation of the Oakes Ames House, North Easton, Mass., ca. 1850

1 exterior elevation : brown ink, black ink, and/or watercolor washes, and graphite underwriting on wove paper ; 13 1/4 x 19 inches

Date: ca. 1850

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180726

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0900.001

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