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Amy Robsart to the Earl of Leicester

Cover depicts Amy Robsart and Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

Oh swift we go, a sleighing song

Cover depicts two men watching a large sleigh with many passengers pass them. Snow covers the landscape and four horses pull the carriage.

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Massachusetts Towns and Landscapes

46 black and white photographs probably from the end of the 19th century. Locations include Gloucester, Sudbury, Andover (Abbot House), Saugus, Newburyport, Franklin Park, Northboro (including the Eames' house and Eames' house boarders), the Neponset River in Mattapan, the Charles River, Norumbega ...

Woodman! Spare that tree!

Cover depicts a gentleman talking to a farmer holding an axe underneath a large tree. The farmer's house and water well are visible.

Kind, kind and gentle is she

Cover depicts a woman standing in front of a garden gate.

Old Tippecanoe : a patriotic Whig song

Cover depicts William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) at various stages in his military and political career.

The lament of the Irish emigrant

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

The golden dream

Cover depicts a man and a woman talking beneath an arbor.

Song of the Greek Amazon

Cover depicts a Greek man standing on a rampart next to a cannon. He is holding a knife and sword. Two men restraining a horse are behind him.

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Trade advertisement for the Colonial Furniture Co. featuring a rocking chair, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 1899

This advertisement was printed in the April, 1899 issue of The Ladies' Home Journal. The ad features a colonial style rocking chair as an example of the Colonial Furniture Company's wide ranging catalog. The chair cost $5.75 and was made from golden oak.

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Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan, compiled by her into four albums, documenting, among many other subjects, the grounds at Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine which she purchased on the advice of Sarah Orne Jewett. Some photographs can be reproduced from her original negatives which were found ...

Hamilton and Jewett Houses, photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan, compiled by her into four albums, documenting, among many other subjects, the grounds at Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine which she purchased on the advice of Sarah Orne Jewett. Some photographs can be reproduced from her original negatives which were found ...

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan, compiled by her into four albums, documenting, among many other subjects, the grounds at Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine which she purchased on the advice of Sarah Orne Jewett. Some photographs can be reproduced from her original negatives which were found ...

Hamilton and Jewett Houses, photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan

Photographs by Elise Tyson Vaughan, compiled by her into four albums, documenting, among many other subjects, the grounds at Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine which she purchased on the advice of Sarah Orne Jewett. Some photographs can be reproduced from her original negatives which were found ...

Trade advertisement for the John Alden silver pattern, sold at Stowell's, Boston, Mass., 1923

Advertisement for the "John Alden" silver pattern sold exclusively at Stowell's in Boston. The ad features an example of the pattern on a fork and spoon over a depiction of John Alden and Priscilla Mullins sitting near a fireplace. Behind their rocking chairs is a spinning wheel. The advertisement ...

Grand Harmonicon, musical glasses

Cover depicts a Grand Harmonicon, with lid open to reveal "musical glasses." Published in Baltimore, MD.

Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! : the prisoner's hope

Cover depicts scenes from the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Just before the battle, Mother

Cover depicts scenes from the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Listen to the mocking bird

Cover depicts a mocking bird on a tree branch.

Three fishers went sailing

Cover depicts a sailboat.

Scenes of happiness

Cover depicts men and women cutting and pitching hay in a field. A windmill is in the background. A gentleman (presumably the landowner) assists a woman riding sidesaddle on a horse in the foreground.

Home, sweet home

Cover depicts a woman seated under a tree. A thatched cottage is in the background.

Would I were with thee

Cover depicts a man seated near a river, a mandolin at his side.

Little Nell

Cover depicts Nell on on her deathbed on one side, and her grandfather kneeling over a grave on the other.

Trade card for The American Shoe Tip Company (A.S.T. Co.), shoe tips, Boston, Mass., undated

The card reads: "Moral - Children should never venture into a shoe unless protected by a Tip. Safe with the A.S.T. Co. beautiful black Tip."

He left my snow clad hills

Cover depicts the head and shoulders of opera singer Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind (1820-1887) in three-quarter profile. Music of Jenny Lind series.

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Trade advertisement for Simmons Beds, Mattresses and Springs, 1923

This trade advertisement features a view of a bedroom adorned with Winsor style furniture and beds. The copy alerts the reader to the simple and comfortable furniture produced by Simmons. The "period designs and modern interpretations of historic styles" are ready to fit your style, whatever it migh...

The blind boy

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

"The Sorrowing Jew", sheet music, undated.

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 and / or historical text. The cover of this sheet music d...

Man the life boat

Cover depicts men rowing a life boat away from a sinking ship during a stom at sea. Lightning in the sky illuminates the scene.

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The Irish mother's lament

Cover depicts a woman in mourning dress seated at her kitchen table. A storm is raging outside. Second edition.

Round hill quick step

Cover depicts the encampment of the New England Guards, Round Hill, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1840.

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Advertisement for weather-proof coats, Plymouth Manufacturing Company, Boston, Mass., 1946

This advertisement was originally printed in The Boston Herald on August 25, 1946. It features a man wearing a Plymouth of Boston "Weather-Ready" trench coat outside the Massachusetts State House. The copy describes the coat as the "result of over 35 years of tailoring, the finest in rainwear."

Cover of The Puritan magazine, New York, New York, July 1898

Cover of the July 1898 issue of The Puritan magazine. It is illustrated with an image of a young woman in "Puritan" dress sitting and spinning flax on a wheel. Nearby is an intricately carved chest with a large book on top. Subscriptions to the magazine were one dollar for a year or 10 cents an issu...

Letterhead for F.A. Foster and Company, Puritan Drapery Fabrics, 322-330 Summer Street, Boston, Mass., 1928

It is illustrated with their trademark Puritan woman. The Company has offices in New York and Chicago.

Sample card for Bay State Liquid Paint, manufactured by Wadsworth Howland & Co, Boston, Mass., undated

The sample card is illustrated with a caricature of a pilgrim man standing on the state of Massachusetts with a paint brush and bucket at the ready. The item lists the Company's locations and includes a place for a color swatch.

Advertisement for dresses, manufactured by Puritan Dress Company, New York, New York, 1949

Full-color advertisement for the Puritan Dress Company's line of Parisian inspired dresses. The advertisement was originally printed in the October, 1949 issue of "Good Housekeeping." The ad features two women in ready to wear dresses chatting. Puritan Dress Company listed the dresses around $18.00 ...

Advertisement for sewing machines, manufactured by the Priscilla Company, Boston, Mass., 1928

The Priscilla Company originally placed this full-page, full-color advertisement in the Modern Priscilla issue from January 1928. The ad is specifically for the Electric Priscilla sewing machine which had a 10 day trial period and retailed for $54.00. The machine came with its own table, and a lifet...

Advertisement for Jolly Time Popcorn, unknown manufacturer, 1943

A Thanksgiving Pilgrim themed advertisement for the Jolly Time brand of popcorn. It was originally printed in the November 1943 issue of "Good Housekeeping." It is advertised as "Not Rationed."

Trade card for Alden Fruit Vinegar, location unknown, undated

The image caption reads "Priscilla." She carries a book and wears a short cloak, long skirt and double cap.

Advertisement for the Plymouth Rock Pant Company, 18 Summer Street near Washington, Boston, Mass., undated

The Plymouth Rock Pant Company advertised for their "famous custom-made" $3 pants with an illustration of a man examining a new pair of pants and a long piece of copy describing the company's reputation. The famous pants were custom made for customers after they sent in measurements according to a s...

Construction work in front of a building, Lindall Place, Boston, Mass., Nov. 11, 1911

Construction work is in progress in front of a Lindall Place building as part of the subway construction of the Beacon Hill Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts.