Historic New England

Boston College football team, running in place at the first practice, Brighton, Mass., 1925

The Boston College Eagles football players train on a football field next to Gasson Hall and Devlin Hall on the Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts campus. Arranged in rows, a coach leads them in a running in place exercise. The bell tower of Gasson Hall can be seen behind the football field.

Date: 1925

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172407

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0430.0090.001

View of the corner of Somerset Street and Howard Street, Boston, Mass., 1912

At the corner of Somerset and Howard Streets in Boston, a man is standing next to the closed Congress Lunchroom. The street sign on the side of the building indicates that this is Ward Six. In the window of the clothing store of George W. Watson, at 40 Howard Street, a sign proclaims a sale as the b...

Date: 1912

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172412

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7320.001

Mixed game of tennis, Mahlon D. Spaulding Estate, Pope's Hill, Dorchester, Mass., undated

Two women and two men play mixed doubles on a grass court on the grounds of the Mahlon D. Spaulding Estate on Pope's Hill (now Daly Street) in Dorchester, Boston, while several spectators watch their game. There is a side view of the mansion, designed by architect Luther Briggs, Jr. Mahlon D. Spauld...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172713

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.TMP.032

Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut

Series II, Papers relating to the construction of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, 1845-1969, undated (bulk: 1845-1851) (#6.25-6.27, 8.1-8.17, 12.15, OB.3.8), is divided into four categories: contracts and specifications; correspondence; financial records; and other material. The contracts...

Date: 1845-1969, undated, predominant 1845-1851

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172535

Ref. Code: MS006.02

Photographs on paper, portraits

The majority of this series is comprised of portraits of members of the Bowen, Holt, Richardson, and Tappan families, in addition to a small number of unknown or unrelated persons. Most of these photographs are undated.

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172536

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.01

Photographs on paper, groups, 1846-1965

This series includes group portraits of members of the Bowen and Holt families, as well as some unknown or unrelated persons. Most of these photographs are undated.

Date: 1846-1965

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172537

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.02

Photographs on paper, architecture, 1855

This series includes photographs of the Aspinwall House and Roseland Cottage. These photographs are undated.

Date: ca. 1855

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172538

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.03

Photographs on paper, scenery

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Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172539

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.04

Tintypes, portraits, 1850-1900

This series includes tintypes of members of the Tappan, Bowen, and Holt families. These photographs are undated.

Date: 1850-1900

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172540

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.05

Tintypes, groups, 1870-1900

This series includes tintypes of members of the Tappan, Bowen, and Holt families photographed in groups. Most of these photographs are undated.

Date: 1870-1900

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172542

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.06

Photographic material of the Bowen family of Woodstock, Connecticut

Series III, Photographic material of the Bowen family of Woodstock, Connecticut, 1860-1965, undated (bulk, 1860-1935) (#8.18-12.14, FB.2.1, MB.1.1-MB.1.2, OB.3.9), contains portraits and group photographs; black and white photographs; color photographs; cabinet photographs; carte de visite; a mount...

Date: 1860-1965, undated, predominant 1860-1935

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172584

Ref. Code: MS006.03

Miscellany, undated

This series includes Anna Mellon's recollections of the interior furnishings of the rooms at Roseland Cottage, newspaper clippings related to Roseland Cottage and its residents, photographs of paintings at Roseland Cottage and miscellaneous bills related to its construction.

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 172595

Ref. Code: MS006.03.12.07

Independence Day celebration, on the front lawn of Fort Meadow Pond Farm, Marlborough, Mass., July 4, 1888

A group of women, young children and men standing and sitting in front of a house at Fort Meadow Pond Farm in Marlborough, Massachusetts on July 4th, 1888. A banner is attached to the front of the house and the text reads "Welcome to the Birth Place of American Liberty 1775-1875".

Date: 1888-07-04

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172698

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1720.0010.001

Martha Usher Osgood papers

The majority of items in Martha Usher Osgood Papers consist of personal correspondence addressed to Mrs. Martha Hooper (Usher) Osgood from Annie Fields (Mrs. James T. Fields) between 1857 and 1900 (97 items). Many references are made to Mrs. Osgood's frequent gifts of flowers from her Maine garden, ...

Date: 1857-1900, undated

Collection: Martha Usher Osgood papers

GUSN: 172743

Ref. Code: MS030

Portrait of Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow, sitting in a chair, facing right, looking at a painting in his studio, Ernest Longfellow House, Coolidge's Point, Manchester, Mass., undated

Artist Longfellow sits in a chair with a palette looking at a large painting. Longfellow was the son of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longellow and Frances Appleton Longfellow.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 172769

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Manchester.127.10

Boss of the fish house

A man wearing a cap, sweater and jacket leans on a ramp of a fish house. There is various fishing equipment on the ground and surrounding the man including buckets and rope. This person may be S.P. Kolt Driscoll which is the name inscribed on the back of the support.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172820

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1090.0010.001

Interior view of the Ipswich Mills Tea House, Ipswich, Mass., serving room, 1923

This interior view shows the serving room of the Ipswich Mills Tea House in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Several different types of dishes including coffee mugs, pots, pans, and plates are next to a sink. A side table holds a telephone, bread box and miscellaneous items. In the middle of the room there i...

Date: 1923

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172838

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1460.0170.001

Picking cranberries, Cape Cod cranberry industry, Cape Cod, Mass.

A group of women and children pick cranberries with tools in the Cape Cod cranberry bog. There is a storage building on a rise in the background with several wooden crates stacked next to it. Several trees line the horizon of the bog. The roof of the storage building and the clothing of some of th...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172851

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0520.0020.001

Exterior view of commercial buildings, Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street, Cambridge, Mass., undated

This exterior view of a curved commercial block at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Streets is viewed from the opposite corner. There are a number of stores and businesses that occupy the building such as Tupper Photographer and J. W.Wyeth & Co. Grocers. A glassed in area on the...

Date: 1890-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172855

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0090.001

Rundlet-May family papers

The Rundlet-May family papers (MS025) reflect the life and work of the Rundlet-May family of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Within the Rundlet-May family papers, the materials of James Rundlet are the most numerous and cover, however incompletely, his activities as a textile merchant, woolen manufactur...

Date: 1710-1735, undated, predominant 1800-1990

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 172972

Ref. Code: MS025

Farm workers shearing sheep in a barn, Cape Neddick, York, Maine, undated

Three men shear sheep inside a barn. One man stands over the sheep to shave it and the other men have a sheep lying on a table shaving it. Sheep wool is in a pile on a blanket next to a hay stall.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172974

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1920.0100.001

Group of people sitting in the backyard of a house, Worcester, Mass., 1887

A group of people, three women, one man and a young girl, sit in the back yard of a house in Worcester, Massachusetts. Two of the women are sitting in chairs with aprons on and one of the women holds a bowl of fruit.

Date: 1887

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172987

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3500.0040.001

Four men playing doubles tennis in Mattapan, Dorchester, Mass., undated

A group of men playing doubles tennis while a boy in knickerbockers watches in Mattapan, Dorchester, Massachusetts. They are playing on a grass court with a tennis net that separates them.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 172989

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0390.001

Exterior view of the Boston and Providence Railroad Station, Park Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1905

This photograph contains harmful imagery of a formerly enslaved man standing at the feet of President Abraham Lincoln. 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 w...

Date: ca. 1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 173014

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6210.001

Newburyport Harbor and shipping

From label on back: "As seen from railroad bridge. Schooner Alliance in the foreground, while in the distance may be seen the sand-hills of Plum Island."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 173044

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1270.0240.002

Letters from Annie Fields

This folder contains thirteen letters from Annie Fields to Martha Osgood.

Date: 1857-1868

Collection: Martha Usher Osgood papers

GUSN: 173129

Ref. Code: MS030.001.01

Historic New England properties photographic collection

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 171259

Ref. Code: PC006

Lantern slides collection

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Collection: Lantern slides collection

GUSN: 171260

Ref. Code: PC007

Photograph albums collection

The photograph album collection is a complex mix of snapshot albums, professional work, and amateur photographs of high quality, photogravure prints bound as albums, some view books, and even albums of clippings. The collection consists of approximately 270 albums that contain an estimated 20,000 or...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 171261

Ref. Code: PC009

Douglas J. Armsden photographic collection

The Douglas J. Armsden Photographic Collection contains approximately 400 photographic negatives. His work as a photographer included hundreds of weddings and portraits, scenic photography for the Maine and New Hampshire Chambers of Commerce, early documentation of Strawberry Banke, coverage of news...

Collection: Douglas J. Armsden photographic collection

GUSN: 171262

Ref. Code: PC010

Babcock-Denham family photographic collection

The Babcock-Denham Family Photographic Collection is comprised of several thousand photographs, ranging from cartes-de-visite to snapshots, documenting the various generations of a family associated with Westborough, Massachusetts. In addition to portraits, it includes some views of streets, interio...

Collection: Babcock-Denham family photographic collection

GUSN: 171263

Ref. Code: PC011

Frank W. Bayley photographic collection

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Collection: Frank W. Bayley photographic collection

GUSN: 171264

Ref. Code: PC012

James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872

The James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872 contains 26 albumen prints that document the destruction and aftermath of this major conflagration.

Date: 1872

Collection: James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872

GUSN: 171265

Ref. Code: PC013

Laura Maria Barr photographic collection

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Collection: Laura Maria Barr photographic collection

GUSN: 171266

Ref. Code: PC014

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

The Boston & Albany Railroad Photographic Collection consists of more than 2,500 original negatives and study prints. These images constitute a record of the company's construction activities, rolling stock, stations, and specialized equipment from the late 1890s until approximately 1920. While t...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 171267

Ref. Code: PC015

Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

The Boston Building Department Photographic Collection includes over 1,000 original prints and negatives by W. W. K. Campbell. The prints document buildings that had come to the Department's attention as a result of complaints about their safety. Many items possess attached documentation regarding t...

Date: 1920-1939

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 171268

Ref. Code: PC016

Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

In transit history, Boston was the site of many "firsts": the first subway in the United States, the first underwater tunnel in North America, and the first professionally staffed agency for urban transit, the Boston Transit Commission. In the 1880s and 1890s, Boston experienced traffic congestion t...

Date: 1895-1969

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 171269

Ref. Code: PC017

Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

The collection is comprised principally of exterior views of buildings and landscapes of architectural or historic interest, rural farms and woods, as well as individual and group portraits of friends, family, school groups, workers, and animals. Most of the collection is of exterior views, and the ...

Date: 1898-1909, undated

Collection: Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

GUSN: 171270

Ref. Code: PC018

Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

ca. 500 glass-plate negatives : black-and-white

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 171271

Ref. Code: PC019

William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

The William T. Clark Photographic Collection consists of nearly 500 glass plate negatives documenting local businesses, residences, and streets in Boston and its suburbs. The collection also includes several hundred original prints. Source: Guide to the Library and Archives, 11.

Date: 1920-1939

Collection: William T. Clark photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 171272

Ref. Code: PC020

Emma Lewis Coleman photographic collection, 1880s

The Emma Lewis Coleman Photographic Collection consists of nearly 300 glass plate negatives, from which study prints have been made. Coleman's work covers many of the same subjects as the Frederick B. Quimby Photographic Collection but with the marked difference that she was concerned with achie...

Date: 1880-1889

Collection: Emma Lewis Coleman photographic collection, 1880s

GUSN: 171273

Ref. Code: PC021

Baldwin Coolidge photographic collection, c. 1878-1917

The Baldwin Coolidge Photographic Collection is comprised of over 2,000 original negatives, copy prints of the negatives, and a small number of original prints. Coolidge developed his prints on delicately toned Aristo paper. Coolidge was active as a professional photographer from the late 1870s unti...

Date: 1878-1917

Collection: Baldwin Coolidge photographic collection, c. 1878-1917

GUSN: 171274

Ref. Code: PC022

Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

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Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 171275

Ref. Code: PC023

Harold Stearns Davis photographic collection

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Collection: Harold Stearns Davis photographic collection

GUSN: 171276

Ref. Code: PC024

Wilfred A. French photographic collection, 1880s

The Wilfred A. French Photographic Collection consists of original glass plate negatives and prints. His foremost interest was historic houses, especially those of the 17th century. The geographic scope tends to be limited to buildings in cities and towns in eastern Massachusetts, including Boston, ...

Date: 1880s

Collection: Wilfred A. French photographic collection, 1880s

GUSN: 171277

Ref. Code: PC025

Henry L. Hadcock photographic collection, 1880s-1900s

The Henry L. Hadcock Photographic Collection contains approximately 400 original negatives, from which study prints have been made. Hadcock focused his interest as a photographer on the idea of the neighborhood and its homes, stores, parks, vistas, and families, viewed in association with their ...

Date: 1880-1909

Collection: Henry L. Hadcock photographic collection, 1880s-1900s

GUSN: 171278

Ref. Code: PC026

Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

There are over 3,000 original negatives in the Halliday Historic Photograph Company Photographic Collection, most with corresponding original prints. Supplementary information about the dates of individual photographs is available from a small collection of the firm's published catalogues (located i...

Date: 1890-1939

Collection: Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

GUSN: 171279

Ref. Code: PC027

Hand-colored photographs collection

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Collection: Hand-colored photographs collection

GUSN: 171280

Ref. Code: PC028

Hiram Harlow photographic collection, 1890s-1920s

The Hiram Harlow Photographic Collection consists of over 1,000 original negatives and many original prints. Coverage is primarily of local residences and farms, often viewed in association with their occupants, in Shrewsbury, Northborough, Westborough, and other nearby towns in Massachusetts. Of...

Date: 1890-1929

Collection: Hiram Harlow photographic collection, 1890s-1920s

GUSN: 171281

Ref. Code: PC029

Arthur C. Haskell photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

The Arthur C. Haskell Photographic Collection is comprised of approximately 3,000 original prints and negatives. Nearly all of the negatives have been printed. Haskell was one of the major architectural photographers in New England, making capturing the visual aspects of buildings and structures his...

Date: 1910-1939

Collection: Arthur C. Haskell photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 171282

Ref. Code: PC030

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