Historic New England

Woman in water, Newport, R.I.

With three simple elements, the body, the water, and the sky, this image exemplifies a tendency towards simplicity characteristic of Reeds creative photography of the mid-1950s.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194078

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.034

Bonfire barrels, Deerfield, Mass., 1955

In New England, many small towns celebrated the Fourth of July with bonfires. Here Reed captures the monumentality of the tower of barrels before they were burned.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194079

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.035

Texas tower, off Cape Cod, Mass., 1955

This rig was an artificial island that served as offshore housing for an early warning radar station for the Continental Air Defense Command. Built in Quincy, it was stationed about 100 miles east of Cape Cod. The five man-made islands in this system, covering 1,000 miles of the eastern seaboard, we...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194081

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.036

Ledger of Ordway and Williams, Deerfield, N.H., 1807-1808

Merchandise is predominantly fabric and liquors. Other articles range from thimbles to a saddle, with occasional dyes, pieces of clothing, tableware, and food supplies. The credit side of the ledger is an example of barter with goods interspersed with services. Not indexed.

Date: 1807-1808

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194082

Ref. Code: MS002.046

Account books of James Whittemore and Tufts and Whittemore, Weymouth, Mass., 1818-1833

4 account books

Date: 1818-1833

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194083

Ref. Code: MS002.047

Account daybook of James Whittemore, Weymouth, Mass., 1818-1826

Food, fabrics, lumber, and clothing are listed with prices. Individuals' names appear when accounts are settled.

Date: 1818-1826

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194084

Ref. Code: MS002.047.01

Account daybook of James Whittemore and Tufts and Whittemore, Weymouth, Mass., 1826-1833

Food, fabrics, lumber and clothing are listed with prices. Individuals' names appear when accounts are settled.

Date: 1826-1833

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194085

Ref. Code: MS002.047.02

Account book of James Whittemore and Tufts and Whittemore, Weymouth, Mass., 1819

Rentals are itemized for use of horse or of horse and chaise or sleigh. Destinations are in eastern Massachusetts. Clients named only occasionally. Rental of a barn and sale of manure are recorded on last few pages. Back cover appears to be made of printing shop waste - an uncentered page of etc...

Date: 1819

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194086

Ref. Code: MS002.047.03

Album 18-1: Boston Transit Authority : "Photographs of section 2. Beacon Hill Tunnel"

This album includes approximately ninety 5 x 7 inch prints of Tremont Street, especially between Winter and Temple Streets; Boston Common; the construction offices; tunneling operations; and Park Street station underground, including a view of the Cambridge interchange. The images of architectural s...

Date: 1910-1911

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194088

Ref. Code: PC009.018-1

Stock book of James Whittemore and Tufts and Whittemore, Weymouth, Mass., 1823

Inventory of yardgoods, notions, clothing items, hardware (including brass knobs), fish hooks, tools, and books. Outstanding in its variety and listing of small, personal items (shaving brushes, dressing combs, fans etc.). Listing of names having "account in ledge" and of holders of outstanding note...

Date: 1823

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194087

Ref. Code: MS002.047.04

Daybook of James Tirrell, 1825-1833

Items charged include pieces of clothing, foods (with herbs noted), notions, some carpenter's supplies, yardgoods, hides, etc. Also many carting jobs. Charges often offset by labor in making shoes or boots. Newspaper clippings superimposed on pages are mid-nineteenth century. Poetry and editorial...

Date: 1825-1833

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194089

Ref. Code: MS002.048

Daybook of Charles Glines and Co., Canterbury, N.H., Feb. 1883-1884

Transactions are purchases and sales of a variety of foods and household needs.

Date: 1883-1884

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194090

Ref. Code: MS002.049

Horses, Vermont-Quebec border, 1958

Two horses stand nose-to-tail, side-by-side in a field.

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194098

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.037

Album 18-2: Boston Transit Authority: Boston Common and Public Garden

This album consists of approximately ninety 5 x 7 inch and 8 x 10 inch prints of Boston Common; fences and gates of the Boston Public Garden; fences of the Common along Boylston Street; the Park Square entrance to Common, as standing and in course of removal; birds-eye views of the Public Garden; wo...

Date: 1895

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194092

Ref. Code: PC009.018-2

Daybook of Lewis and Richardson, Boston and Roxbury, Mass., 1811-1815

Listed with cost are foods, hardware, building materials, paper, shoes, leather etc. Several schooners listed on "Adventures to Pleasant River" page.

Date: 1811-1815

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194091

Ref. Code: MS002.050

Daybook of Josiah Sartell, Sartell and Childs, and Sartell and Kendall, Townsend, Mass., 1808-1829

Charges are listed for lumber and sawing, and for labor, in-house construction, and farming chores. Also for hooping barells. Services and purchases from creditors, displaying a barter economy, document details of lifestyle. Arithmetic instruction fills pages 1-97.

Date: 1808-1829

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194093

Ref. Code: MS002.051

Album 18-3: Boston Transit Authority: Tunnel Construction

This album dates from Mar. 22, 1900, to June 28, 1902, and it includes approximately one hundred twenty-five 5 x 7 inch and 8 x 10 inch photographs of tunnel construction; Shawmut Avenue near Pleasant Street, with machinery; construction workers; shafts; Commercial Street; Atlantic Avenue, including...

Date: 1900-1902

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194096

Ref. Code: PC009.018-3

Account book of Nathaniel Brackett, 1817-1822

Livestock dealer Skins, hides, and cattle bought and sold are listed by number or weight with monetary value and customer's name. There is no other type of entry and no suggestion of the tanning process.

Date: 1817-1822

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194094

Ref. Code: MS002.052

Ledgers of Jeremiah and John Pearson, 1673-1741

2 ledgers

Date: 1673-1741

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194095

Ref. Code: MS002.053

Ledger of Jeremiah Pearson, 1673-1689

Listed transactions including those primarily regarding making of meal and fulling of cloth, with weaving and spinning also noted. Some odd jobs and personal business indexed to some extent, including farm chores and construction of a workhouse and prison in 1743 at Salisbury.

Date: 1673-1689

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194097

Ref. Code: MS002.053.01

Album 18-4: Boston Transit Authority: Traffic Congestion

This album is inscribed "Photographs made in connection with investigation of congestion of traffic, etc." It includes approximately forty-five 3 x 5 inch views of Central Wharf; South Market Street; Blackstone Street; North Market Street; Dock Square; Exchange Street; Faneuil Hall Square; Union Str...

Date: 1907

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194099

Ref. Code: PC009.018-4

Carte-de-Visite album

Carte-de-visite (1860s) album in good condition (5x6 inches). Original ownership unknown. The sequence appears to be in original order with an unusual portrait of a disabled man at the end. Locality appears to be Manchester, New Hampshire.

Date: 1860

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194611

Ref. Code: PC009.153

Edith Erley, Christmas 1905

Postcard album, inscribed "Edith Erley, Christmas, 1905" with decorative cover, dimensions 8x14 1/2. Included are views of the following: Maine: Waterville, Old Orchard, Poland Springs, Portland, Rockland, Lewiston, York, Kennebunk, Wells Beach New Hampshire: Manchester, Somersworth, Portsmouth ...

Date: 1905

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194618

Ref. Code: PC009.154

Cashbook for Jonathan Sayward Barrell, merchant, York, Maine, 1820-1823

A combination of accounts: expenses incurred on trips from Maine to Boston, and business transactions and accounts relating to shipping. Includes extensive figures for cords of wood.

Date: 1820-1823

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194614

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.SY-I-12c

Cashbook of Jonathan Sayward Barrell, merchant, York, Maine, 1818-1820

A brief monthly listing of cash received, merchandise and names of customers are not mentioned. Possibly a partial account as monthly amounts received are very small.

Date: 1818-1820

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194615

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.SY-I-14a

New England Postcard Album

Postcard album compiled by unknown, possibly Bannister, Readsboro, Vermont circa 1906. Useful for coverage of western Massachusetts (Northampton and vicinity), and Readsboro, Vermont.

Date: ca. 1906

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194619

Ref. Code: PC009.155

Cashbook

Cashbook for the "Upper Store," including brief monthly listings of cash received. Merchandise and names of customers are not listed. Includes occasional mention of names and foodstuffs.

Date: 1817-1818

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 194620

Ref. Code: MS031.01.06.02.01

Postcard Album

Postcard album, compiler unknown. Includes series of views of Eagle Lake and Eagle Lake Camps, Maine. Good coverage of Rochester, Vermont and Fort Kent, Maine. Also Sherbourne, VT, Peterborough, NH and Orange, MA

Date: ca.1937

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194622

Ref. Code: PC009.156

Cashbook

Brief monthly accounts noting cash sales from general merchandise. Few specifics are given. Includes mention of expenses on a trip to Boston and a list of articles on board the ship "Fair Play."

Date: 1818

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 194623

Ref. Code: MS031.01.06.02.02

Notes payable

Monthly accounting for notes, with individuals named. Many transactions with the New Hampshire Union Bank.

Date: 1809-1811

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 194634

Ref. Code: MS031.01.06.04.01

Account book

Includes itemized expenses incurred while boarding away from home. Contains an inventory of clothing and bedding taken on board the U.S. Frigate Congress and expenses incurred in the West Indies. Extensive listing of board lengths and prices.

Date: 1799-1805

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 194636

Ref. Code: MS031.01.12.01.01

Account book

Scattered accounts of ships' cargo. Includes bricks, foodstuffs, fish, and lumber. Small accounts. Costs not always given. Ships mentioned: "Success."

Date: 1822

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 194639

Ref. Code: MS031.01.12.01.02

Residence on Mystic Lake, Arlington, Mass.

This album, presumably by an amateur photographer, documents the interior (hall, parlor, dining room, library, sitting room) of a middle class residence. See pages 6, 13, 15, 16, 20, 34, and 37 for wallpaper. The residence is probably located on Mystic Lake in Arlington, Mass., according to Richard ...

Date: 1880-1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194652

Ref. Code: PC009.159

Account book

Detailed household account. Merchandise is itemized and is very specific. For example: errand boy, charity donations, cost for a piece of fruit. Also includes a separate spinning and yarn account.

Date: 1835-1851

Collection: Sayward family papers

GUSN: 194651

Ref. Code: MS031.01.16.02.01

Massachusetts Residences and Clubs

Bound album 10x14 consisting of 5x6 photographs (some smaller) by an amateur photographer documenting a variety of interiors and exteriors of residences as well as clubs in the following localities: Newburyport, Sherborn, East Wakefield, Portsmouth and Newbury. There are several scenes of family ac...

Date: 1900-1915

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194660

Ref. Code: PC009.161

Pinesbank, Jamaica Plain, 1891

"Pinesbank," "Jamaica Plain, 1891" A titled album of 14 plates, consisting of 3 photos per plate in circular Kodak format. Images document family life of Mr. and Mrs. Peder Olson and their children who leased "Pinbank" in 1891. Of special interest because the daguerreotype collection of SPNEA's...

Date: 1891

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194661

Ref. Code: PC009.163

Kingston, Massachusetts Residence

This consists of 26 leaves, on which are mounted 4x7 photographs, average to good quality, documenting the residence, guests, residents, interiors and surroundings of a (summer?) house in Kingston, Massachusetts, 1898-1899, apparently belonging the to the Barker family. Other residences in the town...

Date: 1898-1899

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194663

Ref. Code: PC009.164

Chelsea, Massachusetts

Series of 21 mounted photographs of Chelsea, MA [O.F. Baxter?. 1868?]. Attribution and date are based on the similarity between photograph 9 of the series and a stereoscopic view of the 4th of July celebration, Chelsea, 1868 published by O.F. Baxter, Chelsea, MA (first series) in our collection....

Date: 1868

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194671

Ref. Code: PC009.180

Beauport

This consist of approximately 50 leaves, mounted on each side (rather casually) with a variety of black and white (few early color prints, 1950s) photographs depicting social occasions at Beauport, in Eastern Point, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Dates span the 1940s and early 1950s. People are lavish...

Date: 1940-1950

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194667

Ref. Code: PC009.165A

Beauport

Beauport, "Gloucester, August 1940" 19 photographs mounted on black paper by an unidentified photographer, 1940. Spiral binding. The album contains chiefly interior views of rooms corwded with furnishings and various collections (16), but also depicts men looking out toward a ship as they lunch...

Date: 1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194668

Ref. Code: PC009.165B

Beauport

Red leather photograph album (21 1/4x14") with gold embossed lettering and case of Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Found on site and removed in 1991. Compiled circa 1936 by Mrs. Charles E. F. McCann. Captions to the photographs and articles were provided by the compi...

Date: 1936

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194669

Ref. Code: PC009.165C

Landscape paintings by Philip Little

"Book of photos of paintings by Mr. Philip Little, artist." 13 landscapes (depicted in black and white) dating principally from 1908-09. Titles are supplied. Evidently the personal copy of Philip Little, since his initials are on the cover of this otherwise unpossessing paper album.

Date: 1908-1909

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194670

Ref. Code: PC009.167

Lyman Family snapshots

A photograph album which is inscribed inside the front cover, "Margaret Lyman from Mamma, December 30, 1909." Some of the photographs at the beginning of the album are dated 1909, but many are dated 1910 or are undated. The handwriting of the captions remains the same throughout, so presumably the c...

Date: 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194678

Ref. Code: PC009.181

Royall House, Medford, MA

An album depicting the rooms of the Royall House, Medford, Massachusetts as restored by Joseph Chandler. There are 14 leaves, some of which have photographs on both sides. Photographs by Howard Shurtleff, brother of Arthur Shurcliff (the landscape architect), who, in turn, was the father of the dono...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194672

Ref. Code: PC009.166

Postcards of Bangor, Maine

A postcard album of particular interest because it is devoted entirely to Bangor, Maine with the exception of a few views relating to Moosehead Lake. May have been compiled by Edwin B. Sears, from whose estate it was obtained in 1987-88.

Date: 1900-1945

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194675

Ref. Code: PC009.170A

Postcard Album of Edwin Sears

Postcards compiled by Edwin B. Sears of Weston and Camden, Maine. The first dozen or so pages have some excellent views of Boston sites, streets, etc. by the Detroit Publishing Company. These are possibly based on the work of photographer Henry Peabody (whose original photographs of Boston sites, ...

Date: 1900-1946

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194677

Ref. Code: PC009.170B

Photographs of New England by Edwin B. Sears

A bound but untitled photograph album compiled and evidently photographed by Edwin B. Sears of Weston, Massachusetts from whose estate this was acquired. It is decoratively annotated in his hand, and includes snapshots of buildings in Salem, Lancaster, Nantucket, Provincetown and Weston/Wayland. T...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194680

Ref. Code: PC009.171

Old Houses and Towns

Removed to scrapbooks. Scrapbook titled "Old Houses and Towns" by author Annie Haven Thwing. The scrapbook contains photomechanicals chiefly of colonial residences and meetinghouses throughout New England, but also of English vernacular houses, New England landscapes, birds eye views of major Americ...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194681

Ref. Code: PC009.182

The C. S. Fiske Family and Petersham, Mass

An album of family photographs dating from 1883 to 1925 with annotations of Petersham, Mass and the C. S. Fiske Famly. Great album for family life and costume in the late 1880s. Many architectural and scenic views, children, pastimes, interiors, sports, horse drawn carriages, family groups, childr...

Date: 1883-1925

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194682

Ref. Code: PC009.172

Carte de Visite Album of Hattie [L] Hutchinson Paine

"Hattie (L?)eema Hutchinson Paine, Boston" - inscribed on flyleaf. Undated. Carte de visite album with badly frayed (boards) and split spine. Includes paper prints and tintypes of family members, printed scraps, and an unidentified lock of hair. Additionally, there are identified photographs of ...

Date: 1881-1888

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194683

Ref. Code: PC009.173

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