Historic New England

Album 8: Isaac Fenno House, Roxbury, Mass.

This album documents "Buena Vista," the Isaac Fenno House in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This small album is of particular interest for its interior views, which feature statuary and paintings by well-known Boston artists of the 1870s through 1890s. The donor, Almira Fenno Gendrot, was a pupil of Willia...

Date: 1890s

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194034

Ref. Code: PC009.008

Ledger, Suffolk County, Mass., 1810-1812

Farm maintenance expenses clearly itemized

Date: 1810-1812

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194029

Ref. Code: MS002.017

Ledger of Charles Falconer, Beverly Farms, West Beach, Mass., 1853-1855

Gives specific horticultural, farm, and livestock methods and itemized costs of services. Also purchases by and for the writer.

Date: 1853-1855

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194030

Ref. Code: MS002.018

Daybook of J.W. and J.E. Fossett, East Boston, Mass. and Jaffrey, N.H., 1849-1877

Farm methods, produce and some items of clothing, financial transactions and personal errands itemized in an indiscriminate grouping, illustrating the inseparability of personal and business affairs. Includes one page of steamship bills, perhaps of a later date.

Date: 1849-1877

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194031

Ref. Code: MS002.019

Ledger of Lewis Fisher (J.P.), Franklin, Mass., 1804-1846

Lists costs for meat, produce, and timber. Some clothing and household needs included. Writer is paid for farm chores, hauling, work on a mill flume, etc. Family marriages listed near end.

Date: 1804-1846

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194032

Ref. Code: MS002.020

Account book of Charles Hesseltine, Weston, Vermont, 1844-1852

Reimbursements listed for cider and sawn boards and also for jobs requiring skill of a wheelwright and carpenter. Produce listed as barter. Includes a settlement of damages near end.

Date: 1844-1852

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194033

Ref. Code: MS002.021

Album 9: Gardner Estate, "Green Hill," Brookline, Mass.

The residence of John and Isabella Stewart Gardner in Brookline, Mass. This album includes approximately sixty to seventy photographic prints taken around 1890 to 1905, apparently by an amateur photographer. The images primarily document the exterior and landscape, but there are also interior images...

Date: 1890-1905

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194036

Ref. Code: PC009.009

Ledger of G.W. Upham, Southgate and Upham, Worcester, Mass., 1843-1865

An engineer's recording of water wheel installations and repairs with parts, gate rigging, tools, and iron stock listed with prices. Section of 49 pages summarizes major contracts (1843-1864) including purchase of rights. Includes a copy of a letter (W. Boylston) dated 1835 regarding a Leominster sa...

Date: 1843-1865

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194035

Ref. Code: MS002.022

Album 10: Yarmouth, Massachusetts

This album contains photographs of an unidentified residence in Yarmouth, Mass., including several elevations and interior views (see wallpaper on page 9). The album also includes a view of the Lower Village boat landing and several postcards of Lynn and Saugus, Massachusetts. It also includes an a...

Date: ca. 1935

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194039

Ref. Code: PC009.010

Account books of William Wyman and Thomas B., eastern Mass., Aug. 1815-1819

2 account books

Date: 1815-1819

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194037

Ref. Code: MS002.023

Ledger of William Wyman and Thomas B., Eastern Mass., Aug. 1815-Dec. 1816

Lists sales of bulk iron and steel, tools, builders' supplies including glass. Also equipment for mills and machine shops. Occasional household and clothing items interspersed.

Date: 1815-1816

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194038

Ref. Code: MS002.023.01

Account book of William Wyman and Thomas B., eastern Mass., Jan. 1817-1819

Merchandise bought and sold includes iron and steel, grindstones, supplies for construction of various sorts. Payments include costs of carting.

Date: 1817-1819

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194040

Ref. Code: MS002.023.02

Album 12: "Old Newport Houses" by Marie Josephine Gale illustrated with photographs by Elizabeth Covell

This album consists of an address given by Marie Josephine Gale to a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, titled "Old Newport Houses," accompanied by photographs illustrating the text. The DAR meeting may have been held in Newport, Rhode Island in 1920. The album includes approximate...

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194044

Ref. Code: PC009.012

Account book of John Ware, Newton Lower Falls, Mass., Mar. 1801-May 1824

Entries cover private transactions, grocery store items and products of a multi-use mill - lumber, cider, paper, and fabrics. Several works apparently operating at one site. One note refers to a water rights dispute.

Date: 1801-1824

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194041

Ref. Code: MS002.024

Ledger of John, Caleb and Nathan Mitchell, Southeast Mass., Mar. 1804-May 1827

Services charged for farm labor, rental of chaise, use of oxen, carting an others. Other items regard animal hides, materials used in tanning, charges for dressing cloth, and orders from a sawmill ("the sawmill").

Date: 1804-1827

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194042

Ref. Code: MS002.025

Daybook of Derbon Marston, North Hampton, N.H., 1820-1836

Lists charges for sawing lumber, hauling and farm chores. Includes occasional weather observations and some personal remarks.

Date: 1820-1836

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194043

Ref. Code: MS002.026

Ledger of Barnabas H. Palmer, Dover, N.H., 1825-1828

Merchandise unidentified. Most accounts are under $50 worth of accumulated purchases. Includes debtors names.

Date: 1825-1828

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194045

Ref. Code: MS002.028

Album 13: "The Uplands" - Waltham, Mass.

This album consists of thirty two 5" x 7" prints, apparently taken by an amateur photographer. The images primarily document trees and landscapes, and includes images of Newburyport and Webster, MA. One image is a distant panorama, possibly of Waltham. "Anne L. Sears and Mary P. Sears from Frank"...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194047

Ref. Code: PC009.013

Account book, 1883

Large book little used with about 130 names and most transactions under $150 designated simple "Mdse". A list of household items and groceries with prices (on front 2 pages) is in the form of an inventory.

Date: 1883

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194046

Ref. Code: MS002.029

Account book of William W. Oliver, Salem, Mass., 1800s

Shipping records and economic history of international scope include information on wool, cotton, tea, dyes etc., duties, and tariffs. Transportation information consists of lists of ships (named, with tonnage ports and dates of construction and owners' names) and rail freight rates. Quantities of c...

Date: 1800s

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194048

Ref. Code: MS002.030

Ledger of Joseph Greenleaf, Stark, Maine, 1827-1838

Daily listing of charges for making shoes and boots, with creditors' charges for labor, rental of oxen, produce and other items of barter (ie. a moose hide).

Date: 1827-1838

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194049

Ref. Code: MS002.031

Account book, Danvers, Mass., 1846-1852

Lists a wholesaler's payments to workers doing piecework in boot and shoe making, with females well represented. Some accounts list purchased supplies (307ff, 349). Almost completely reused for newspaper clippings (starting with the Civil War period) of Mary Jane Mansfield. Longhand copy of lengthy ...

Date: 1846-1852

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194050

Ref. Code: MS002.032

Account book of Joseph Carrell, Walpole, Mass., 1803-1805

Lists a shoemaker's jobs with cost to customers. Also lists services slaughtering livestock. Records sales made in a general store including foodstuffs, liquor, builder's supplies and notions.

Date: 1803-1805

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194051

Ref. Code: MS002.033

Daybook, North Providence, R.I., 1820-1828

Names written (later) on 4/18/1827 page: Alfred, George and Emily Waterman. Sales recorded include foods (exclusive of fresh produce), fabrics, hardware, and lumber, and sawing of lumber. Clippings pasted on 20 of the pages include an 1847 view of Faneuil Hall and a plan of Boston.

Date: 1820-1828

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194052

Ref. Code: MS002.034

Daybook of Caleb Warner, Ipswich, Mass., 1737-1800

Lists (not consecutively) the processes involved in the production of woolen cloth - dyeing, spinning, weaving, fulling, and tailoring - carried on at a fulling mill and clothier's shop. Specifies the charges for each type of labor. Farm chores are listed among services charged for at the mill, some...

Date: 1737-1800

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194053

Ref. Code: MS002.035

Daybook of Thomas Stearns, Waltham, Mass., 1804-1807

Lists charges for muffs, genets, and tippets made from a variety of furs, some dyed. Except for two or three of the listed individual customers, most patrons are wholesale merchants, selling and distributing.

Date: 1804-1807

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194054

Ref. Code: MS002.036

Ledger of Asa Titus, Walpole, N.H., 1817

Most pages are covered with clippings in the 1860-70 period by Almira Wier, later owner of the book. Dressing cloth and tapping boots are the only items not concealed.

Date: 1817

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194055

Ref. Code: MS002.037

Ledger of John Barlow, Boston, Mass., 1766-1792

Lists orders and prices for woven cloth with some detail regarding the weaving process. The credit side is a fine example of barter. Many farming items interspersed with genealogical notes on last page and note about one tailoring job done at customer's home.

Date: 1766-1792

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194056

Ref. Code: MS002.038

Account book Charles Hewins, Boston, Mass., 1850-1854

Account book Charles Hewins, 81 Washington Street, Joy's Building, Boston, Massachusetts. Record of wages earned by a large number of female workers with listing of customers by surname. Daily output in number of shirts, collars, bosoms and waistbands is recorded below the name of each employee. Boo...

Date: 1850-1854

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194057

Ref. Code: MS002.039

Daybooks of J.D. Bulter, Rutland, Vermont, 1805-1910

2 daybooks

Date: 1805-1910

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194058

Ref. Code: MS002.040

Daybook of J.D. Butler, Rutland, Vermont, 1805-1806

Purchases are listed for each customer. Items include foods, notions, dyes, fabrics, books, and housewares. 9 pages at end deal with marketing of cattle. Scythes sold in quantity near front of book. A few personal notes include a hat ordered and made from muskrat and raccoon skins (near end).

Date: 1805-1806

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194059

Ref. Code: MS002.040.01

Daybook of J.D. Bulter, Rutland, Vermont, 1809-1910

General store accounts with prices of items given. Last few pages contain record of cattle selling and a wholesale order of merchandise sent from Boston including a quantity of building materials.

Date: 1809-1910

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194060

Ref. Code: MS002.040.02

Daybook of Oliver Hubbard, Boston, Mass., 1798-1804

Lists charges made for specified custom tailoring work, yardage of various fabrics, and buttons used. No employees.

Date: 1798-1804

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194061

Ref. Code: MS002.041

Account book of Endicott Oliver, Boston, Mass., 1813-1829

Charges for tailoring are listed with minimal information. Occasional specificity and listings of "Stock in hand" (at mid-point in the book). Medicinal remedies for humans and cattle on last 4 pages.

Date: 1813-1829

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194062

Ref. Code: MS002.042

Daybook, Middlebury, Vermont, 1803-1805

Items listed include yardgoods, notions, household wares, food and fresh produce, books, tools, iron stock, and building materials including squares of glass. Considerable business with a paper mill and a sawmill. No index. Figures are recorded in both forms of currency (pounds and dollars).

Date: 1803-1805

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194063

Ref. Code: MS002.045

Country fair, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1955

Reed visited Vermont's Tunbridge Fair, camera in hand, on several occasions. In 1964, Vermont Life published a major photo-essay on the fair, which the editors referred to as "Vermont's own" World's Fair. The fair had a well-earned reputation for being the place where Vermonters let their hair down....

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194064

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.024

Farmer and boys, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1955

Reed visited Vermont's Tunbridge Fair, camera in hand, on several occasions. In 1964, Vermont Life published a major photo-essay on the fair, which the editors referred to as "Vermont's own" World's Fair. The fair had a well-earned reputation for being the place where Vermonters let their hair down....

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194065

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.025

Dreamland, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1963

Reed visited Vermont's Tunbridge Fair, camera in hand, on several occasions. In 1964, Vermont Life published a major photo-essay on the fair, which the editors referred to as "Vermont's own" World's Fair. The fair had a well-earned reputation for being the place where Vermonters let their hair down....

Date: 1963

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194067

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.026

Tunbridge Fair burlesque, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1963

Reed visited Vermont's Tunbridge Fair, camera in hand, on several occasions. In 1964, Vermont Life published a major photo-essay on the fair, which the editors referred to as "Vermont's own" World's Fair. The fair had a well-earned reputation for being the place where Vermonters let their hair down....

Date: 1963

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194068

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.027

Stowe VFD, Stowe, Vermont, 1951

The Volunteer Fire Department in Stowe used an old house to practice their fire-fighting skills. Reed shot with his large format camera, which allowed him to capture the great range of subtleties in the clouds of steam and smoke. The 4" by 5" negative used in this camera permits great richness of to...

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194070

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.028

Tree branches, Newport, R.I. 1951

Tree branches are outlined against the sky in this abstract photograph.

Date: 1951

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194071

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.029

Adams Wood Mill, Stowe, Vermont, 1952

Reed created this photograph on commission for the mill, probably for an advertisement. Reed was drawn to the way the operator was almost obliterated from view by the shower of wood chips.

Date: 1952

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194073

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.030

Soaped window, Boston, 1953

Reed has described his interest in the calligraphic quality of these random scratches on a soaped window. Images such as this were at the center of much of the creative photography in Boston in the 1950s. Most often referred to as "subjective" in style, it was an approach to photography that paralle...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194074

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.031

Charles River, Mass., 1953

Reed photographed industrial sites on several different occasions during his career. In each instance, he worked to make the building appear natural to its surroundings. In this approach, Reed carried on a tradition established by painters and writers living in America a century earlier. The ideal w...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194075

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.032

Charlestown, Mass., 1954

Confronted with the problem of how to cover riots in the Charlestown Prison, which were taking place out of sight behind the walls, Reed spent time shooting the environs. Unable to tell the prisoners' story, he created a composition that celebrates the urban landscape while depicting the distance be...

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194077

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.033

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

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