Historic New England

Interior of operating hall, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., undated

Interior view of an operating hall at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Men and women sit in the stands listening to a lecture. A female secretary takes notes on a desk near the empty operating table.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187914

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5570.001

Bathing beach, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

Outdoor scene of men, women and children on a beach in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. Most wear bathing costumes and take part in recreational activities.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187919

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3070.0010.003

Brown's Sawmill

The photograph depicts the interior of Brown's Sawmill in Bow, New Hampsire. Two men pose for the camera. One is seated and the other is standing holding a piece of timber.

Date: 1899

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187921

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5200.0100.001

Young man with musical instruments on table

The image features a young man sitting at a carved table with instruments, including clarinets and a violin. The room is well-appointed with photographs hanging on the walls, a large mirror, a full bookcase, and a rocking chair. The wallpaper has a distinct leaf pattern.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187923

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5300.0100.001

Group of people with musical instruments on table

The photograph features three men and a women in a well appointed room with a table displaying musical instruments. The music stand holds a Carl Baermann booklet.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187926

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5300.0100.002

Marine View, Oak Bluffs

The stereograph features a marine view from Oak Bluffs of Martha's Vineyard. Men, women and children are walking along the cliffs and shore, and large ships with multiple masts can be seen on the water.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187930

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1380.0100.001

Old fish cart

This carte-de visite-depicts a group of children playing in an old wooden fish cart. The cart is located among the sand grass near a cluster of shingled cottages both on the shore and on the ledge above.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187932

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0080.001

View of Broadway Street, Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass., undated

View of Broadway Street, facing north in Siasconset. The street is unpaved, with picket fences around many of the homes. Three homes have figureheads on their roofs or in the front yard.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187933

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0080.002

White Island Light, Isle of Shoals, N.H., undated

The photograph features the White Island Light and a complex of buildings surrounding the lighthouse. There is a small sailboat being pulled out of the water and a black dog plays in the shallows. A large home with three chimneys and an elaborate brim overlooks the rest of the complex.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187934

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0820.0020.001

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 187937

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP

From immigrant ship to citizenship, bulletin 1921-1922, North Bennet Street Industrial School, Boston, Mass.

This pamphlet describes the work of the North Bennet Street Industrial School in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts. The School provided assistance to new immigrants including vocational training and summer camps. The pamphlet includes six black and white prints.

Date: 1921-1922

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 187941

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP.001

Temporary

Sub-sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187950

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP

Colonial, Watch Hill, R.I.

A postcard of the Colonial, a hotel in Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Many people sit on the wrap-around porch.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187951

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.003

Temporary

Series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 187962

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP

Bird's eye view of Boston Harbor and South Shore to Provincetown showing steamboat routes

Large color map of the steamboat routes between Boston Harbor, the South Shore and Provincetown. The map is attached to an enclosure and folded inside. An index to the map is printed on the inside of the enclosure and includes such sites as the City of Boston Quarantine Station, Fort Revere and the ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 187969

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP.011

Dry dock, Portsmouth Navy Yard

This colored postcard depicts a dry dock in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. There are three ships being worked on by men standing on scaffolding and planks connected to the dry dock walls. The ship in the foreground is the tug, Uncas. Above the dock is a row of brick buildings.

Album 39: Class album, Yale University, 1873

This album includes 150 cabinet photographs of students and faculty at Yale University. It also includes 20 albumen prints of college buildings, grounds, and some interiors evidently from the same period - circa 1873. Class album belonged to Frank Dewey Allen. The photographer is possibly William ...

Date: 1873

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 188015

Ref. Code: PC009.039

Family Travels and Activities, 1890s

An album of approximately 100 photographs, seemingly documenting family travels and activities in the 1890s [included is one dated photograph of the Cambridge Commandery, 1892]. It includes several photographs purchased from or distributed by, the following photographers: Maude and Company, Los Ang...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 188016

Ref. Code: PC009.158

Photograph album 71A

This album contains tintype gem portraits. These are mostly of children and are largely unidentified (two are tentatively identified as Owen Frederick Olmsted and John Charles Olmsted). The album has a printed label inside its front cover which says "O.F. Olmsted."

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 188017

Ref. Code: PC009.071A

Advertisement for John R. Neal & Co., fresh and frozen fish, 21, 22 & 23 T Wharf, Boston, Mass., 1901

The advertisement has information on the Company's products and awards along with an image of their ships and curing house. Text in the ad reads "curers and packers of Neal's brand Finnan Haddie." The ad was printed on page 583 of "The Fishing Gazette," vol. XVIII, no. 37 in 1901.

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 188051

Ref. Code: SC002.01.1890.02

Senator John F. Kennedy, Foster Furcolo Parade, East Boston, 1956

In East Boston, Massachusetts, Senator John F. Kennedy rides in an open motorcade with John Foster Furcolo, who was the Democratic candidiate for governor of Massachusetts. Furcolo won the election and served from 1957 to 1961.

Date: 1956

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 188062

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.010

Temporary

Series

Collection: Jewett family papers

GUSN: 188072

Ref. Code: MS014.TMP

Pedro Tovookan Parris (1833-1860) papers

This collection contains correspondence; financial records; legal records; photographic materials; printed matter; and original art related to the life of Pedro Tovookan Parris. Materials in the collection are dated from 1845-1972 with the bulk of materials dated between 1845 and 1856. The series is...

Date: 1845-1972, predominant 1845-1856

Collection: Pedro Tovookan Parris (1833-1860) papers

GUSN: 188080

Ref. Code: MS034

Photographic material, circa 1885, undated

Series includes photograph material including a studio portrait of Pedro Tovookan Parris; an enlarged photograph of a drawing of a young girl in a garden completed by Pedro Tovookan Parris; and four photographs of the watercolor landscape completed by Pedro Tovookan Parris.

Date: circa 1885, undated

Collection: Pedro Tovookan Parris (1833-1860) papers

GUSN: 188081

Ref. Code: MS034.004

T Wharf and Fish District, Boston, Mass.

This color postcard depicts Boston's T Wharf and the Fish District along the harbor. Brick storehouses line an elevated railway and roads. Workers load and unload carts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188106

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.001

Mascot of the Flagship Connecticut

One color stereograph featuring a sailor peeling potatoes and feeding the scraps to the ship's mascot, a goat. The sailor sits with legs spread over three metal pans containing whole potatoes, peeled potatoes and potato peelings.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188107

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.001

Liberty party

The color sterograph features a boat filled with sailors going on shore leave. The two dozen or so men are leaning toward the camera and are relaxed and smiling.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188109

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.002

One of the close shaves of a sailor's life

The stereoscope shows an image of five sailors sitting and watching a fellow sailor receive a shave with a straight razor. They are in various states of undress with socks and pants thrown over a metal rail. The sailor who is shaving his peer has many tattoos.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188111

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.003

View from the bridge of the Battleship Minnesota

The stereo view features a sailor using a spy-glass on the bridge of the Battleship Minnesota. He is kneeling and steadies the glass on a wooden railing. The Battleship Kentucky and the Battleship Connecticut can be seen beyond the deck.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188114

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.004

Ship's tailor

The stereograph features a sailor at a sewing machine meding a white uniform, while another sailor looks on. The tailor is surrounded by boxes of notions and smokes a corncob pipe.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188115

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.005

Vermont - Rutland - Googan-Loveland Hse. - Photo Unmounted

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187635

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.1210.0030

Vermont - S

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187636

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.1220

Vermont - S - Shaftsbury, Shelburne, Sunderland, VT - Photomechancials

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 187637

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.1220.0010

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