Historic New England

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194184

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.07

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194185

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.08

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194186

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.09

Women's City Club, 39-40 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., unidentified room, mid-1960s

This interior view of a large unidentified room in the Women's City Club of Boston at 39 to 40 Beacon Street extends from one end of the room down its length to the other. Wing chairs and other furniture are arranged along the sides of the room and set in front of the fireplace. Three chandeliers ad...

Date: 1963-1967

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 194187

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.27-A.10

Album 44: Snapshot Album, Appleton

This album consists of over one hundred images of various subjects, including the Pan-American Exposition of 1901; family sports and pets; logging scenes in 1898; a fishing trip and camping in Nova Scotis. It was presented by William Sumner Appleton in 1938.

Date: 1898-1901

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194195

Ref. Code: PC009.044

Daybook of accounts of Thomas Normans, Boston, Mass., 1740-1750

Payment mainly for fabrics and foods. Other items include train oil, furs, silver, gold dust, one anchor, beeswax, dye, truckage, and wharfage. One list is comprised of names of personnel, with individual trades, on Good Ship Samaritan sailing for Carolina March 25, 1742. Index on pg. 175. The follo...

Date: 1740-1750

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194196

Ref. Code: MS002.091

Album 45: Homes and architectural details from George E. Noyes Negative Collection

This album consists of over one hundred images of good quality by George Noyes, Photographer of Newburyport, MA, c. 1930s. The images include: details of 18th c. buildings in north Shore communities, Concord and Woburn, MA, as well as Kennebunk, Thomaston, Rockland and Saco, Maine; and Portsmouth, ...

Date: ca. 1930

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194200

Ref. Code: PC009.045

Ledger of James Clark, Worcester, Mass., 1824-1836

Charges listed are for furniture made, finished, and/or repaired. Some listing of livestock, foods. Payments are in cash and bartered goods or services - mostly hauling. Loose paper has the name "J.R. Tomblen."

Date: 1824-1836

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194199

Ref. Code: MS002.092

Stock account book, Boston, Mass.,1855-1889

Separates accounts in real estate, railroads, shipping, manufacturing, and other investments. Accounts receivable and liabilities give names (companies, corporations, ships, banks, etc).

Date: 1855-1889

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194202

Ref. Code: MS002.093

Account book of John T. Heard and Seth Caldwell, Jr. (attorneys), Boston, 1865-1869

Records various estates in the form of inventories including property (personal and real) and investments. Charity donations, taxes paid, and charges for legal services also itemized. Two wills and a legal instrument appointing executors Heard and Caldwell are copied in the front. One listed piece o...

Date: 1865-1869

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194204

Ref. Code: MS002.094

Account book of Mary A.N. Swaim, John T. Heard, and Seth Caldwell, Jr., Boston, Mass., Nov. 1865- Dec. 1869

Listing of property, holdings, and investments with value.

Date: 1865-1869

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194208

Ref. Code: MS002.095

Album 46-B: Photographs by William Sumner Appleton

Album 46-B is the second of two albums of mainly 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 prints taken by William Sumner Appleton, founder of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now Historic New England). It includes seven loose photographs of exteriors of various homes, as well as eighty nine snapsh...

Date: 1917-1918

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194206

Ref. Code: PC009.046B

Account book of Swaim, Mary, Aurora, Joesph, Boston, Mass., 1869-1875

Lists holdings. Contains bank accounts and guardian accounts relative to the estate of Mary Swaim.

Date: 1869-1875

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194210

Ref. Code: MS002.096

Pemaquid Tree, Pemaquid Harbor, Maine, 1972

A snow-covered Pemaquid tree is photographed against a cloudy winter sky.

Date: 1972

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194217

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.042

Album 47: Estate of Miss Mabel Cummings

This album consists of over one hundred 3" x 4" cyanotype (blueprint) annotated photographs belonging to Alma Cummings and exposed circa 1891-1896. It includes images of Londonderry, Amherst and Mt Vernon, NH; Beckett, MA, the Berkshires, Lenox, Dighton, and Rutland MA. Subject topics include hist...

Date: 1891-1896

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194214

Ref. Code: PC009.047

Account book of E.D. Swaim, guardian Aurora D. Swaim, Boston, 1869-1874

An accounting of income and expenditures of a trust fund. Toward the end, investments and savings bank deposits are recorded.

Date: 1869-1874

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194211

Ref. Code: MS002.097

Daybook and account book of Whitney, Montague, Mass., 1856-1875

The first 206 pages itemize sales in groceries, hardware, books, etc. After page 207, items are predominantly farm labor, hauling, and jobs for the town including inspection of lumber. Includes some brick contracts.

Date: 1856-1875

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194213

Ref. Code: MS002.098

Daybook of William Thayer, Williamsburg, Mass., 1845-1847

Records daily purchases at a general store carrying such variety as groceries, cast iron, violin strings, and fabrics. Creditors bring quantities of mutton and wood, "button eyes" from local button factory, and provide considerable day labor. Includes 3 pressed tree leaves.

Date: 1845-1847

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194216

Ref. Code: MS002.099

Halloween, Stowe, Vermont, 1951

A young boy dressed as a hobo exits a car holding a paper bag, likely full of candy.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194237

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.043

Account book of Bunker Hill Clothes Warehouse, John F. Folls, Charlestown, Mass., 1847

One customer per page giving buyers' names (all male) and pieces of clothing purchased. Also in plastic bag: one leather cover, front panel only, with "Henry White 1784" imprinted and M.A.L. Appleton penciled with signature.

Date: 1847

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194219

Ref. Code: MS002.100

Architecture, Landscape and Historic Sites of Massachusetts

Album of 3 x 4" prints, circa 1906-1910 documenting architecture, landscape and historic sites in Boston and Andover, Massachusetts. Contains approximately 100 views. Photographers not known. Some Boston views taken during a patriotic celebration. Massachusetts: Andover--seminary; Boston--Bun...

Date: 1906-1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194222

Ref. Code: PC009.048-1

Ledger of Jeremiah Pearson, 1685-1741

Besides the grinding of corn, rye and wheat into meal and flour, there is a quantity of business in fulling and weaving. Also see 9 pages from end for note regarding hauling masts for six weeks with many other entries specifying logging, drawing, and hauling of masts.

Date: 1685-1741

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194100

Ref. Code: MS002.053.02

Winter, Stowe, Vermont, 1963

Ice and snow accumulate on a window and shutter in Stowe, Vermont.

Date: 1963

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194111

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.038

Album 18-5: Boston Transit Authority: Washington Street

This album includes approximately twenty-seven 5 x 7 inch views of Washington Street, surveyed block by block in 1904. It documents the street from buildings numbered 572 to 754, plus other unnumbered buildings. Some of the photographs in this album have been removed and placed in the appropriate Wa...

Date: 1904

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194101

Ref. Code: PC009.018-5

Album 18-6: Boston Transit Authority: Subway Entrances

This album includes approximately fourteen 5 x 7 inch photographs of subway entrances, including Boylston Street seen from the burial ground on Boston Common; Tremont Street; Central Square in Cambridge; the Revere House, Bowdoin Square (hotel); Dover Street; and two unidentified subway entrances, ...

Date: ca. 1914

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194103

Ref. Code: PC009.018-6

Account book of City Mills, 1830-1832

Records amounts of meal ground for customers, most of whom have accumulated debts under $200 over a period of three to six months.

Date: 1830-1832

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194102

Ref. Code: MS002.054

Account book of Josiah Allen, Boston, Mass., 1780-1828

First quarter of book itemizes sale of leather, hair, and bark. More than half is devoted to payment for labor - mainly in painting and carpentry including work on long wharf. Allen family genealogy notes appear in last portion.

Date: 1780-1828

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194104

Ref. Code: MS002.056

Album 18-7: Boston Transit Authority: Construction

137 5x7 views, including construction of subway near School Street; tunnel at Scollay Square; Boylston Street Station exit; tunnel near Hollis Street; construction work on Section 11, with many buildings indicated, some in snow; Court Street, including both construction and street views, with detail...

Date: 1897-1898

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194105

Ref. Code: PC009.018-7

Album 19: Views of Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire

This album includes seventeen 4 x 5 inch photographs of buildings and scenery in Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, taken in 1903. The album includes images of an inn, a tavern, a church, and the green. This album is a travel memento. It is inscribed, but the inscriptions are difficult to read.

Date: 1903

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194106

Ref. Code: PC009.019

Account book of Nathaniel Hesseltine, Weston, Vermont, 1829-1838

Itemizes a variety of small articles sold. Lists towns in Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. Gives some schedule of travels with uneven faithfulness. Many personal comments suggesting village life. ("A fuss took place" etc.). 1829 road petition regarding towns of Weston, Andover, and Walpole,...

Date: 1829-1838

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194107

Ref. Code: MS002.057

Invoice book of William Jackson and Co., Boston, Mass., 1856-1861

Accounts of shipments of candles and soap, naming customer and container ship; wharfage and insurance charges and destination (mostly US ports) are given. Last third of book is confined to soap factory expenses and itemizing of orders for soap, some exported and some apparently distributed locally.

Date: 1856-1861

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194108

Ref. Code: MS002.058

Ledger, Boston, Mass., 1816-1840

Lists essential materials, with cost, in candle-making, some imported. Includes orders shipped to customers running into 4 figures.

Date: 1816-1840

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194109

Ref. Code: MS002.059

Album 21: Historic Doorways and Buildings

The images of Boston and the surrounding area are bound with material relating to Charleston, South Carolina, and other southern areas. The album includes several hundred 3 x 4 inch photographs varying from detailed views of doorways to general elevations. The Boston images include several details o...

Date: ca. 1928

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194112

Ref. Code: PC009.021

Ledger of Mather Withington, 1792-1831

A partially indexed itemization of professional services (appraising, measuring, protracting, writing warrants, and making appearances in court) with reimbursement by selectmen. An equal amount of space is taken up with household and personal expenditures and labor including farm chores, masonry, a...

Date: 1792-1831

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194113

Ref. Code: MS002.060

Evening Snowfall, Stowe, Vermont, 1971

Snow and ice cover trees in Stowe, Vermont.

Date: 1971

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194115

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.039

Album 22: Boston Buildings and Streets, Part 1

The photographs in Album 22 appear to have been produced in the 1890s or early 1900s as copies of earlier prints originally produced from the 1850s to the 1880s. The originals have not been located, making these albums a significant resource for views by Boston photographers of churches, streets, a...

Date: 1850-1880

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194116

Ref. Code: PC009.022

Account book of Nathan Weston Jr., Maine, 1853-1856

Records fees for legal services under clients' names, occasionally with hometown. Attorney Weston appears to have been in the employ of Penobscot County while carrying on his private practice in east and central Maine, with at least one client in Boston and one railroad company.

Date: 1853-1856

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194114

Ref. Code: MS002.061

Account book, May 1831-July 1832

Records shipments of indigo, most totaling in four figures. Notes quantities, consignments, and names of vessels.

Date: 1831-1832

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194117

Ref. Code: MS002.062

Dump fire, Stowe, Vermont, 1971

The burning at the local dump was a volatile public issue in Stowe. Reed spent many hours documenting the deleterious effects of the smoke on the small town. In this view, he included a series of fence posts evocative of grave markers in a not-so-subtle allusion to the potential impact of pollution....

Date: 1971

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194123

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.040

Album 23: Boston Buildings and Streets, Part 2

The photographs in Album 23 are duplicates of the photographs in Album 22. They appear to have been produced in the 1890s or early 1900s as copies of earlier prints originally produced from the 1850s to the 1880s. The originals have not been located, making these albums a significant resource for ...

Date: 1850-1880

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194118

Ref. Code: PC009.023

Account book of M.L. Williams, Boston, Mass., 1889-1890

Records terms of leases and payments for office quarters, giving names of tenant firms and some addresses.

Date: 1889-1890

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194119

Ref. Code: MS002.063

Account book, New York, 1861-1879

A young man's records of various employment: farm chores, carriage-building, etc. Purchases of food, books, and clothing are interspersed among farm business, shoe repair, etc. Weather reports and declaration of worth at interest (at age 21) and several New York addresses appear.

Date: 1861-1879

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194120

Ref. Code: MS002.064

Account book, Boston, Mass., New Jersey, Delaware, ca. 1881

Minimal alphabetical index to accounts suggests investments in utilities, railroads, and real estate (Boston vicinity and Delaware), with 4 banks named and items entitled "Estate of Joseph Noble", the latter a possible clue to writer (i.e. executor). See book #94 for other material (will) of J. Nob...

Date: ca. 1881

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194121

Ref. Code: MS002.065

Wastebook of Samuel Winn Jr., Medford, Mass., 1771-1800

Scratchings include some weather observations, some payments for deeded land, expenditures for clothing. There are lists giving value of beef quarters and of hides. Notes suggest tanyard and slaughter house. One page of musical notation and several more of ballad limericks.

Date: 1771-1800

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194122

Ref. Code: MS002.066

Album 24: The Vale, Waltham, Mass.

This photograph album is embossed with "Waltham, The Vale" on the cover. Inside the front cover is inscribed, "Annie L. Sears & Mary P. Sears from Frank." The album includes twenty-eight 7 x 4.25 inch photographs taken circa the 1890s which emphasize the landscape of the Vale, especially trees. It a...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194124

Ref. Code: PC009.024

Account book of Rebecca E. Shattuck, Boston, Mass., 1845-1857

The expenses of a woman including clothing, furniture and notions. Book sellers' plate. 3 loose slips.

Date: 1845-1857

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194125

Ref. Code: MS002.067

Album 25: Historic buildings in New England

Approximately fifty 4x6 photographs by Wilfred French, all annotated. An index accompanies the album. Photographs date from the 1880s to the early 1890s and include buildings in Concord, Boston, Lexington, Dedham, Dorchester, Duxbury, Salem, Cambridge, Medford, Saugus, Danvers, Winchester, Andover, ...

Date: 1880-1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194127

Ref. Code: PC009.025

Account book of Martha Ingalls, Swampscott, Mass., 1864

Records purchases of household furniture. The loose papers concern settlement of estate of Martha Ingalls.

Date: 1864

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194126

Ref. Code: MS002.068

Crushed cars, Morrisville, Vermont, 1971

Like many of Reed's photographs, this one finds abstract beauty without sacrificing an interest in environmental issues. The image can be read as an intriguing pattern of lights and darks, or, equally, as a warning about the onslaught of trash blotting out the landscape. These concerns, one aestheti...

Date: 1971

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194130

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.041

Daybook of Otis E. Weld, Boston, Mass., 1895-1897

Financial entries covering a range of items from flowers and small purchases at department stores to stocks and bonds, loans, and house repairs.

Date: 1895-1897

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194128

Ref. Code: MS002.069

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