Historic New England

Colonial Photographs, Bruce Elwell, Cottages and Colonial Details

A collection of six albums documenting colonial exteriors, interiors, doorways, cottages and colonial details dated 1916-early 1920's. Albums are from architect Bruce Elwell most likely during his years at Grandgent & Elwell, based on photograph dates and imprints on the back of various photos. ...

Date: 1916-1927

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193781

Ref. Code: PC009.210F

Burnett Family Homes

Large blue bound album of 140 black-and-white photographs. On front page is written Francis S. Burnett, Madeira, January 10, 1897. Titles on photographs refer to the Burnett family. References throughout the album indicate these photos are homes and places related to the Burnett family. Photographs ...

Date: 1897

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193783

Ref. Code: PC009.214

Early 20th century Family Album

Black bound volume of 226 black and white gelatin-silver snapshots and studio portraits dating from the early 20th century. A few photographs are detached from the page, a few are missing, and one photograph has been cut down. The album lacks annotations, with no captions identifying people or place...

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193785

Ref. Code: PC009.216

Northern New England

This album contains 121 black-and-white photographs, mostly 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch, mounted with double-sided tape, and dating from the early 20th century. There are no annotations or accompanying captions. These views, mostly rural landscapes, appear to have been taken in northern New England, poss...

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193786

Ref. Code: PC009.217

Early Automobiles

This album contains 24 early 20th century black and white images, of various sizes, depicting early automobiles, many of which include family members and pets. There are no captions or annotations. Several scenes depict automobiles in front of a brick garage and others en route on a country road. On...

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193787

Ref. Code: PC009.218

Family Album early 1920s

The album contains 159 black-and-white photographs of various sizes, hinge mounted, many mounted three or four together, a few bent and creased, a few loose. Individual photographs are dated between 1913 to 1925. Earlier photos depict family groups; photos from the middle years appear to represe...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193788

Ref. Code: PC009.219

L. D. [Louisa Dresel] America 1908

This album is bound with a hard cover and stamped " L.D. America 1908." The title page is inscribed " Louisa Dresel, October 1907 to March 1911". Photograph dates in the album actually begin with 1908 to 1911. Contains black and white photographs taken by Louisa Loring Dresel ( 1864-1958) of her ...

Date: 1908-1911

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193790

Ref. Code: PC009.221

Late 19th Century Portrait Album

This album, which is in delicate condition, is bound in faded red plush with a metal clasp on the side. The interior contains a series of unidentified portraits of family members, mostly in excellent condition, although a few are somewhat faded. Formats include 20 cabinet cards, 5 tintypes, 3 cartes...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193792

Ref. Code: PC009.223

Memorial Work designed by A. F. Willard and erected to his wife & family, 1912

This album contains sixteen black-and-white photographs mounted in a small paperbound book whose outside cover is worded, "From North Stratford New Hampshire 1912." The first page is inscribed in ink with the following: "Memorial Work designed by A.F. Willard and erected to his wife & family, 1912."...

Date: 1912

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193793

Ref. Code: PC009.224

Bronze Tablets for Massachusetts Bridges, Highways and Public Works Projects

Album of 30 black-and-white photographs of bronze tablets marking bridges, highways, and public works projects constructed under William P. Callahan, Commissioner of Public Works, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Tablets are dated 1935-1954. Each tablet notes the name of the governor, commissioner and...

Date: ca. 1954

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193798

Ref. Code: PC009.229

Brown Family Album

This photograph album, with dimensions 10 1/2 x 13 x 1 3/4 inches, contains fifty gelatin silver prints taken in the 1890s related to the Brown family, thirty-nine of which are identified and commented upon by the son or daughter of Bessie Belle (Woodard) Brown and Louis H. Brown on a separate typew...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193799

Ref. Code: PC009.230

Copley-Plaza Hotel, Boston

This large loose-leaf album, titled "The Copley-Plaza Boston, Arthur L. Race, Managing Director", prepared as a marketing tool circa 1912 for The Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Volume contains: an introductory list of historic attractions for guests; a colored sketch of one of the mai...

Date: ca. 1912

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193800

Ref. Code: PC009.231

Woodworking shop, Salisbury, Mass

This album, with dimensions of 11 1/2 x 15 5/16 x 7/8 inches, has an embossed brown cover and contains a collection of black and white photographs depicting the activities and projects of a woodworking shop in Salisbury, Massachusetts. All of the images are in good condition. The photos mostly appea...

Date: 1938

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193801

Ref. Code: PC009.232

Construction of Bridgeport Connecticut Home

This leather-bound album contains thirty-seven black and white 3 x 4 1/2 inch photographs accompanied by descriptive captions printed in pink ink. The first sixteen images portray the construction of a residence in Bridgeport, Connecticut, begun in August, 1927. A note on the inside cover suggests t...

Date: 1927-1932

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193803

Ref. Code: PC009.234

Photographs by Charles Austin Wood

This leather album contains twenty-two albument prints of portraits and buildings, all taken by Charles Austin Wood in 1896. An inscription in the front of the album reads, "Mrs. Mary Miranda (Corbett) Johnson with compliments of C. A. & M. M. Wood. Photographic Views taken by Chas. A. Wood in the 7...

Date: 1896

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193806

Ref. Code: PC009.237

"French Plates, Worcester and Whitinsville, Massachusetts"

This small album is hand labeled "French Plates, Worcester and Whitinsville, Massachusetts, Arranged by K.M.F., 1898." It contains nine cyanotypes mounted on paper. The sheets of paper are bound together with a blue ribbon. The images show interiors and exteriors of houses in Worcester and Whitinsvi...

Date: 1898

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193807

Ref. Code: PC009.238

Wery last obserwations of Weller, Senior to Boz, on his departure from London

Cover features a head-and-shoulders portrait of Charles Dickens.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193830

Ref. Code: MS007.01.46.05

Snapshots of family and friends in Massachusetts and New York

This leather-bound album holds 202 black-and-white snapshots from 1919-1933. Included are a number of shots of groups of girls taken throughout many years camping, playing, and traveling together. Also families and shots of individuals on Cape Cod, in Dorchester, Northfield, Massachusetts, and locat...

Date: 1919-1933

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193808

Ref. Code: PC009.239

Frank Cousins Art Co. sample book

This album is a salesman's order book for the Frank Cousins Art Co. of Salem, Massachusetts. It contains 128 black and white 7.5 x 9.5 inch photographs of Colonial architectural details, including building exteriors, doorways, railings, interior views, wallpapers, stairs, windows, fireplaces, brass ...

Date: 1890-1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193810

Ref. Code: PC009.241

Mansard style house

This portfolio consists of twenty-one black and white photographs which document an unidentified Mansard style house, probably located in Worcester, Mass. at the turn of the nineteenth century. The photographs were taken by C. L. Blair, 44 Front Street, Worcester, Mass. The collection includes exter...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193811

Ref. Code: PC009.242

H. L. Wilkinson House

A house portrait album owned by the Wilkinson family of Franklin, Mass. This bound album contains thirteen black and white photographs (7.5 x 9.5) illustrating a house and its rooms at the turn of the nineteenth century. Each photo is a detailed study of the furnishings and decor. Rooms include livi...

Date: 1900

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193812

Ref. Code: PC009.243