Historic New England

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

Set of architectural drawings of an unidentified house, designed by Alexander R. Esty, location unknown, ca. 1855

1 set of 23 architectural drawings

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180758

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.015

Front elevation of an unidentified house, designed by Alexander R. Esty, location unknown, ca. 1855

1 exterior elevation : black ink, and/or watercolor washes, and graphite underwriting and emendations on wove paper ; 23 7/16 x 17 13/16 inches

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 180761

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.015.001

Set of architectural drawings of the Ephraim Merriam House, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass., 1856-1857

1 set of 8 architectural drawings

Date: 1856-1857

Collection: Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 180770

Ref. Code: AR002.TMP.001

Landscaping plan of the Ephraim Merriam House, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass., Oct. 1856

1 landscaping plan : black and brown ink, watercolor, and graphite underdrawing and notations on wove paper ; 19 1/2 x 13 inches

Date: 1856

Collection: Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 180771

Ref. Code: AR002.TMP.001.001

Set of elevations of stores and tenements for Matthew Bartlett, Broad and Belmont Streets, Boston, Mass., 1856

1 set of 6 elevations

Date: 1856

Collection: Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 180773

Ref. Code: AR002.TMP.002

Front elevation of stores and tenements for Matthew Bartlett, Broad and Belmont Streets, Boston, Mass., 1856

1 exterior elevation : black and red ink, watercolor, and graphite on wove paper ; 19 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches

Date: 1856

Collection: Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 180775

Ref. Code: AR002.TMP.002.001

First floor plan of stores and tenements for Matthew Bartlett, Broad and Belmont Streets, Boston, Mass., 1856

1 floor plan : black ink, watercolor, graphite, and graphite underdrawing on wove paper ; 12 13/16 x 19 inches

Date: 1856

Collection: Luther Briggs, Jr. architectural collection

GUSN: 180776

Ref. Code: AR002.TMP.003.001

Miscellaneous

Subseries C. Miscellaneous, undated, contains craft paper and the back page of a Bible study book, undated schoolwork, and the "Rhyme of the Tory Tollevers" with hand-decorated cover. The subseries is arranged roughly by document type.

Date: undated

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180857

Ref. Code: MS016.22.03

Printed material

Subseries D. Printed material, 1909, undated, contains booklets of Apostolic Church history (1st, 3rd, 4th quarters 1909) and the Gospel History of Christ (3rd quarter); miscellaneous church bulletins, postcards, newspaper clippings, and programs (1909); sheets of music and hymns; and postcards of s...

Date: 1909, undated

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180868

Ref. Code: MS016.22.04

Correspondence

Subseries A, Correspondence, 1939-1969 (#14.233) contains letters sent and received regarding the Reading Club between 1939 and the 1960s. The subseries is arranged chronologically.

Date: 1939-1969

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180870

Ref. Code: MS016.23.01

Financial records

Subseries B, Financial, 1921-1976 (#14.234-17.256) contains household account books kept between October 1921 and August 1962; an account book and membership list for the Newburyport Choral Society (1923-1924); bills and receipts for building, property, and household repairs (1958-1965); cancelled c...

Date: 1921-1976

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180876

Ref. Code: MS016.23.02

Correspondence

Subseries A, Correspondence, 1900-1985, undated (#18.257-19.266) contains includes a letter for Amelia on genealogy (1910); cards received, blank cards, envelopes (undated); cards received (1982); birthday and Easter cards received in 1983; letters and cards received (1983-1985, undated), postcards ...

Date: 1900-1985

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180881

Ref. Code: MS016.24.01

Financial records

Subseries B, Financial, 1969-1983 (#20.267-20.275) contains account books (1969-1980, 1983); bank statements and a health insurance certificate (1980-82); check stubs (1977-1982); Little family farm appraisal (1972); and miscellaneous undated bills. The subseries is arranged by document type and chr...

Date: 1969-1983

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180884

Ref. Code: MS016.24.02

Genealogy

Subseries C, Genealogy, undated (#20.276) contains an undated Grafton Chart index with notes.

Date: undated

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180886

Ref. Code: MS016.24.03

Inventories

Subseries D, Inventories, undated (#21.277-21.279) contains a loose-leaf binder with an inventory of furniture and book of quotations (undated); an inventory of linens, silver, and furniture, which also includes an inventory of Ebenezer Little's parlor furniture (undated); and an inventory of the fa...

Date: undated

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180888

Ref. Code: MS016.24.04

Legal papers

Subseries E, Legal, 1933-1970, undated (#21.280-21.282) contains a birth certificate (1933), information about wetlands designation (1970), the wills of Eliza A. Little, Margaret Little, and Agnes Little, and letters from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, now Historic New ...

Date: 1933-1970

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180893

Ref. Code: MS016.24.05

Literary papers

Subseries F, Literary, 1964, undated (#21.283-21.285) contains undated address books, an undated notebook with lists of books read and movies and plays seen, and a travel diary and letters sent from traveling (1964). The subseries is arranged alphabetically.

Date: 1964, undated

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180894

Ref. Code: MS016.24.06

Miscellaneous

Subseries G, Miscellaneous, 1900-1983, undated (#22.286-22.293, 22.313) contains undated loose leaf notes; telephone numbers and a calendar (1983); an undated story titled "Spires and Towers of Newburyport"; tributes to Eleanor Little Baker and Eliza Little (1917, undated); graduate pamphlets, calli...

Date: 1900-1983, undated

Collection: Little family papers

GUSN: 180903

Ref. Code: MS016.24.07

Edwin Whitefield graphic collection, 1860s-1880s

In the 1860s, after nearly thirty years of traveling throughout Canada and the United States for the purpose of sketching architectural structures and landscapes, artist Edwin Whitefield settled in Massachusetts. From there he commenced the huge undertaking of visually recording hundreds of historic...

Date: 1860-1889

Collection: Edwin Whitefield graphic collection, 1860s-1880s

GUSN: 180980

Ref. Code: GC004

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

The Prints and Engravings Collection consists of approximately 2,500 engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, and wood engravings, dating from the 1830s until the 1920s. The collection contains rare examples of the work of J. H. Bufford, Hammatt Billings, and other Boston printmakers. These materials a...

Date: 1830-1929

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

GUSN: 180981

Ref. Code: GC002

View books graphic collection, 1880s-1920s

View books were a popular medium for promoting the assets of New England cites and towns, particularly those wishing to attract tourism, or to draw attention to their up-to-date manufacturing, educational, and commercial activities. Those in Historic New England's collections are in two formats: bou...

Date: 1880-1929

Collection: View books graphic collection, 1880s-1920s

GUSN: 180982

Ref. Code: GC003

Massachusetts maps collection, 1800s-1900s

The Maps and Atlases Collection is composed of over 500 maps of New England localities and 50 bound atlases. The majority relate to Boston and vicinity. The maps provide especially good coverage for the 19th century, some of which are occasionally illustrated with vignettes of architectural and scen...

Date: 1800-1909

Collection: Massachusetts maps collection, 1800s-1900s

GUSN: 180989

Ref. Code: AR020

George A. Clough architectural collection

The George A. Clough architectural collection represents a mix of municipal and private commissions. The majority of the commissions were for structures in Massachusetts with a few buildings designed for towns in Maine. The collection includes architectural drawings for public buildings, such as Eng...

Date: 1870-1910

Collection: George A. Clough architectural collection

GUSN: 180991

Ref. Code: AR005

Arland A. Dirlam architectural collection

Arland Augustus Dirlam was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on October 17, 1905. After completing his studies at Tufts in civil engineering in 1926, he obtained a master's degree from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design in 1929. From his office in Malden, Massachusetts, he was best know...

Collection: Arland A. Dirlam architectural collection

GUSN: 180993

Ref. Code: AR006

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