Historic New England

The death of St. Clare, little Eva's father, from Uncle Tom's Cabin

This sheet music contains harmful imagery and employs racist stereotypes. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alte...

Date: 1852

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193893

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.066

"Sachem's daughter"

This sheet music contains harmful imagery and language and employing racist stereotypes. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New Englan...

Date: 1850

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193896

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.067

"The Harrison Song", sheet music, undated

This sheet music contains harmful imagery and language. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects a...

Date: 1840, undated

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193898

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.12

The lament of the Irish emigrant

The cover depicts a man, presumably an Irish immigrant, leaning against a fence.

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193899

Ref. Code: MS007.01.45.04

The blind boy, Twelfth edition

Cover depicts a seated boy surrounded by other boys and a woman. One boy is playing a mandolin.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193915

Ref. Code: MS007.01.46.06

Gordon's quick step

Cover depicts Captain Gordon in uniform and holding a sword. A military encampment is in the background.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193916

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.11

The alpine hunters

Cover depicts two men and two women in traditional Tyrol (Alps) costume. One woman is holding a guitar.

Date: 1841

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193923

Ref. Code: MS007.01.45.01

Stereograph of a group of people in front of a dwelling, location unknown, ca. 1870

A group of men and women pose in front of a house. People in the foreground are seated while people in the background are standing.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 193926

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.3600.001

Farm hands on a hay wagon, Oak Hill, Aldie, Va., 1905-1915

Three farm hands work at Oak Hill, President James Monroe's residence, in Aldie, Virginia. They drive and sit on a wagon loaded with hay.

Date: 1905-1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 193930

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.0150.0200.003

Portrait of John F. Kennedy, full face, seated at his desk, 1957

Seated half portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy. Seated at his desk, he turns to face the camera, a contemplative look on his face.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193932

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.003

Portrait of John F. Kennedy, three-quarter profile, holding eyeglasses, 1957

Formal half portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy. He is looking to the right of the camera and holds his glasses in his right hand.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193933

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.004

Rosenberg vigil II, Boston, 1953

In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19,...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193936

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.007

Rosenberg vigil I, Boston, 1953

In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19,...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193937

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.016

Rosenberg vigil III, Boston, 1953

In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19,...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193943

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.017

Philip Little House, 10 Chestnut Street, Salem, Mass., parlor no. 2

This interior photograph of the Philip Little House at 10 Chestnut Street in Salem, Massachusetts shows a room that may be a parlor. The room contains an upright piano with sheet music on its stand, a fireplace with an overmantel mirror, and various pieces of furniture, including a rocking chair.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 193944

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Salem.154.01

Rosenberg vigil IV, Boston, 1953

In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19,...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193952

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.018

Philip Little House, 10 Chestnut Street, Salem, Mass., parlor no. 2, version 2

This interior photograph of the Philip Little House at 10 Chestnut Street in Salem, Massachusetts shows a room that may be a parlor. The room contains an upright piano with sheet music on its stand, a fireplace with an overmantel mirror, and various pieces of furniture, including a rocking chair.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 193950

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Salem.154.02

Edmund S. Muskie, Rumford, Maine, 1954

Edmund S. Muskie started politics with a successful 1946 run for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, where he served three consecutive terms. Here, Reed shows Muskie in his hometown on the day of the 1954 Maine gubernatorial election. Reed's pictures cover the story from the tension while ...

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193956

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.019

Edmund S. Muskie, with daughter, Rumford, Maine, 1954

Edmund S. Muskie started politics with a successful 1946 run for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, where he served three consecutive terms. Here, Reed shows Muskie in his hometown on the day of the 1954 Maine gubernatorial election. Reed's pictures cover the story from the tension while ...

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193961

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.020

Girl with wreath, Webster, N.H., 1955

This Life photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world based on nostalgia for pre-modern America. Reed t...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193963

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.021

Advertisement for Grand Colonial silver pattern, manufactured by Wallace Silversmith, Wallingford, Conn., 1943

Originally printed in the November, 1943 issue of "Good Housekeeping," this advertisement shows the Grand Colonial silver pattern. The copy speaks about the "Colonial" times where the designers drew inspiration.

Date: 1943-11-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 193966

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.013

Twenty below zero, Waterbury, Vermont, 1951

A car, house, and buggy sit in the icy snow in Waterbury, Vermont.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194405

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.061

Men at cattle auction, Morrisville, Vermont, 1953

In this study of a group of farmers watching a cattle auction, Reed was clearly interested in the character revealed by their weathered faces. The image was published in the National Humane Review as part of a story documenting inhumane treatment of animals during auctions.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194408

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.062

Dowser, Plainfield, Vermont, 1953

A weathered man in overalls, possibly a farmer, holds a v-shaped stick in search of natural elements.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194410

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.063

Advertisement for tinned beef, canned by Colonial Provision Company, Boston, Mass., 1948

The advertisement for canned beef with gravy was originally printed in The Epicure's October 1948 issue. The Colonial Provision Company used an image of a chef wearing a large toque on both the cans and in their advertisements. The recipe is branded as "Traditionally New England!"

Date: 1948

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 194412

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.015

Aroostook County potato picking, Maine, 1954

A young girl wearing a kerchief kneels in a field as she picks potatoes and places them in a large basket. Other pickers and barrels can be seen across the field.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194413

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.064

Tug of war, Caledonia County, Vermont, 1958

A crowd cheers on an enormous outdoor game of tug-of-war.

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194414

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.065

Waiting, Enosburg Falls, Vermont, 1958

Two elderly women wearing dresses sit on the steps outside of a large building, possibly a church.

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194415

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.066

Northern Vermont family, 1960

When Reed stopped to take a picture of this family in their yard, they asked for a minute to tidy up. The mother did not feel that she had enough presentable clothes for all of her children, and made some of them stay indoors--they can just be seen looking out the window.

Date: 1960

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194416

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.067

Springtime, Stowe, Vermont, 1971

A tractor plows a large field on a beautiful spring day in Vermont. A farmhouse can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1971

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194417

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.068

Audrey, Stowe, Vermont, 1949

This portrait is the earliest photograph in the exhibition. Although the sitter was never pleased with it, thinking it made her look too stern, for Reed it held all the promise of the medium he was just starting to understand. He knew the sitter, but still found that the photograph offered discoveri...

Date: 1949

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194418

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.069

Self-portrait, Boston, 1953

Verner Reed held his camera up to a mirror to take this self-portrait.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194419

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.070

Robert Frost, Boston, 1954

The poet Robert Frost (1874-1963) was long associated with the New England states of Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire. He became one of the best-known poets in the country. Reed took this picture of Frost autographing a book for Life while covering the Boston Arts Festival.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194423

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.071

Al Duca, Boston, 1954

Artist Al Duca is exhaling cigarette smoke in this informal portrait. The knick-knacks on the window ledge behind him are illuminated by exterior light, which is the only light source in the picture.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194424

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.072

T.S. Eliot, Cambridge, Mass., 1955

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948, earned both of his degrees from Harvard University, where he also went on to become the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry. Here he is shown surrounded by his students at Harvard in a photograph that Reed made while on as...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194427

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.073

Senator George Aiken, Putney, Vermont, 1956

George Aiken (1892-1984) was a U.S. senator for 34 years (1941-1975). Even so, he was fondly called Governor Aiken throughout his years in Washington, a carryover from his term as the Governor of Vermont (1937-1941). Aiken was a dedicated environmentalist. In 1984, Vermont designated a 5,000-acre pa...

Date: 1956

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194429

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.074

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Newport, R.I., 1958

The Eisenhower years coincided with Reed's career with Life. Reed was often called upon to cover presidential visits in case something newsworthy occurred. He recalls the particular agony of this assignment in Newport: "The only reason I was there was because it was Life's policy to have a photograp...

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194432

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.075

Turkeys, Boston, 1952

Two baby carriages stand outside a Boston grocery store. A large sign stating the price of turkeys hangs immediately above the carriages.

Date: 1952

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194433

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.076

DAR, Newbury, Vermont, 1953

Three women hold cups and saucers in a residence in Newbury, Vermont.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194434

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.077

New shoes, Newbury, Vermont, 1953

Two older women stand beneath a clothesline on a sunny day in Vermont. One of the women shows off her new shoes to her friend.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194435

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.078

Puddle jumper, Boston, 1953

A man in a coat and hat stretches his legs wide to navigate over a puddle. The winter streets of Boston are covered in snow, ice, and water.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194437

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.079

Boston Arts Festival, 1954

The Boston Arts Festival was both a celebration of local artists and a protest. There was a growing feeling among artists living and working in the Boston area that they were being overlooked by the area museums, which were more concerned with international trends than with the diverse and vibrant c...

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194439

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.080

Easter parade, Boston, 1954

Four women stand with their backs to the camera, watching the Easter parade. Dressed in their Easter finery, including hats, they stand arm to arm. A large dog stands between two of the women, looking as though he is also watching the parade.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194441

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.081

After the flood, Ansonia, Conn., 1955

While covering a flood in rural Connecticut, Reed entered this house, where he found a woman resting from the exertion of cleaning up. Her posture and facial expressions carry the weight of the story.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194442

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.082

Trade card for Centennial Safety Oil, Maverick Oil Company, 61 1/2 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is illustrated with two images: one is dated 1776 with a man struggling to read a paper by the light of a fire, the second is dated 1880 and features a family sitting around a table, lit by oil lamp, reading, doing handiwork, and playing with ease. The product won the Highest Premium at the...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 194446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.016

Taffy pull, Peabody, Mass., 1955

Children smile with delight as they pull taffy in Peabody, Massachusetts.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194444

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.083

Brunswick Hotel, Boston, 1957

Long a Boston landmark, the Brunswick Hotel was torn down to make room for a modern office building. The people gathered here had decided to enjoy one last afternoon in the hotel's tea room. Rubble can be seen outside of an open door, but it doesn't phase the guests enjoying their tea.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194447

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.084

Teenie weenie, Boston, 1957

This photograph was taken on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the "Atlantic Monthly" magazine. A woman gestures to a bartender as to how much alcohol she would like--a teenie weenie amount.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194449

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.085

Country wedding, South Woodbury, Vermont, 1957

Like many of Reed's photographs, this one derived from a commission but interested him for the revealing light it cast on the newlyweds--who probably would not have selected it for their wedding album.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194450

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.086

Procession to the altar

Verner Reed shot the images for the "Life" magazine photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," which described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world b...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194452

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.087

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