Historic New England

Wreck of the Juniata at Cohasset, Mass. in the great storm of Nov. 27, 1897

This full color postcard depicts the wreck of the Juniata surrounded by ice after a large storm. The ship is leaning to its starboard, or right, side.

Date: 1897

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189774

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.016

Landscape with bay, homes and trees, Castine, Maine, undated

Landscape view of Castine Harbor, Maine, "looking north from Cape Rosier." The scene depicts many homes and several islands in the bay.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189784

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0290.0010.001

View from the stern of the coal barge General McClellan, East Boston, Mass., undated

The photograph depicts the coal barge General McClellan being unloaded at a Boston coal pocket. Men stand on the dock. The ship's stern is decorated with an eagle and the crest of the United States.

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

GUSN: 189786

Ref. Code: PC015.01.250.01

Two children sitting in an alley, Hayden Terrace, Roxbury, Mass., 1957

Two children sit in an alley, Hayden Terrace, near 2491 Washington Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A woman stands in an open second-story window.

Date: 1957

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189788

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.001

"A typical Cape Cod scene"

A group of people, mostly children, watch an organ grinder and his monkey in front of the Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Date: 1904-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189789

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0050.001

Noddle Island Ferry, East Boston, Mass., 1911

This cyanotype depicts the ferry "Noddle Island" loaded with cars, carriages and pedestrians. The ship's bridge is decorated with a large eagle and the captain can be seen inside. On the shore a building painted with an advertisement for a fish freezer, stands out from other factories.

Date: 1911

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 189793

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.004

Wreck of the City of Columbus whale boat, Gay Head, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1880s

The wreck "City of Columbus" left a whale boat sitting on a rocky beach below the Gay Head cliffs on Martha's Vineyard. Five men stand in and around the broken hull and direct themselves toward the camera.

Date: 1880s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189795

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0070.001

Cedars of West Chop, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1891

This landscape shows two gnarled cedar trees near a cliff. Two women sit under parasols on a bench, while a third sits alone closer to the cliff edge. The trees are situated in low brush and grasses. Someone one has created a bench between two trunks of one of the cedars.

Date: 1891

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189797

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0150.004

Exterior view of Gay Head Lighthouse with tourists and an ox-cart, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1887

A group of tourists stand in front of the Gay Head Lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The lighthouse tower is topped with a sperm whale weathervane, and the keeper can be seen on the tower balcony.

Date: 1887

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189804

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0080.001

Landscape of Gay Head Cliffs looking north, Martha's Vineyard, Mass., 1894

Picture including the Gay Head cliffs, landscape and beach. Tourists can be seen on the beach and the grounds of the lighthouse.

Date: 1894

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189805

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1740.0080.002

Lightship Handkerchief at sea, location unknown, undated

Image of the lightship Handkerchief, No. 4 possibly in Nantucket Sound. Lightships were used in addition to lighthouses to guide ships through shipping paths that could be treacherous. The ship has an emergency life boat, crewmen on deck and an American flag flying from the sail.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 189810

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.005

Schooner Elvira Ball of Mystic, Conn,

The schooner Elvira Ball of Mystic, Connecticut is a five masted ship. The full color postcard shows her in full sail.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189816

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.017

View of harbor from elevator, Bridgeport, Conn., 1905

Full color postcard depicting Bridgeport Harbor. There are fishing steamers, barges, yachts and the "Waterbury" paddle wheel docked along the many piers and wharves. The top of the postcard is inscribed with a partially illegible note.

Date: 1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189821

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.018

Pass for Casco Bay Steamboat Co., Portland, Maine, 1902

The pass is issued to Mr. George S. Hobbs, an auditor for the Maine Central Rail Road. The pass is decorated with scenes from around the bay including steamboats and mountains.

Date: 1902

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189825

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.035

Pass for the Casco Bay Steamboat Co., Portland, Maine, 1899

The pass is issued to Mr. George S. Hobbs, an auditor for the Maine Central Railroad. The pass is decorated with scenes of the bay, including steamboats and mountains, and is printed in green ink.

Date: 1899

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189826

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.034

Pass for the Portland Steamship Company, Portland, Maine, 1901

The pass is issued to Mr. George S. Hobbs, an auditor for the Maine Central Rail Road. The pass is decorated with an image of the steamship "Bay State."

Date: 1901

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189828

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.036

Steamer "City of Bangor" at Hampden Narrows, Penobscot River, Bangor, Maine, undated

A full color postcard featuring the landscape of Hampden Narrows on the Penobscot River. The steamer "City of Bangor" comes down the river while the sun sets behind.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189831

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.019

Stereograph of a man photographing a group of people on a beach, Provincetown, Massachusetts, undated

A man photographs a group of people on the beach, perhaps at Provincetown, Massachusetts. As his left arm is upraised, he may be about to take the photograph. A boat is being rowed near the shore. A ship is further out at sea.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189834

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.013

Breeches buoy in action, location unknown, undated

This full color postcard depicts the rescue device "breeches buoy" in action. A breeches buoy would be deployed from one ship to another or from shore to rescue persons trapped in wrecks. In addition to the rescue device there are two carriages depicted in the sand.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189836

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.002

Studio portrait of Johnny Williams, ca. 1865

Full-length studio portrait of Johnny Williams, wearing a suit and top hat and holding a cane.

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 189861

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.005

Stereograph of three people seated at a garden table, in front of a tent, ca. 1878

Two women and one man sit at a garden table in front of a tent.

Date: ca. 1878

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189864

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.1150.001

Stereograph of two women and a man in front of a tent, ca. 1878

Two women, one of whom is seated, the other holds a violin, and a man pose in front of a tent.

Date: ca. 1878

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189868

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.1150.002

"On the beach, the kids' ball game"

Men, women, and children sit on a Plum Island, Massachusetts beach. Children play baseball in the background.

Date: 1904-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189873

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2030.0220.001

Stereograph of a group of people at a campground tabernacle meeting, Oak Bluffs, Mass., ca. 1869

A group of men and women attend a campground tabernacle meeting in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1869

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189874

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1380.0040.001

Stereograph of a group of people in front of a commercial building, Oak Bluffs, Mass., ca. 1870

A group of people stand in front of two stores in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189876

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1380.0010.001

Stereograph of guardsmen at the funeral of the Hon. Charles Sumner, Doric Hall, Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass., Mar. 12, 1874

Guardsmen stand in formation at the funeral of Senator Charles Sumner in Doric Hall of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1874-03-12

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189879

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0170.0686.001

Stereograph, "Interior View of Dining Room, Pittsfield, Mass."

A man is photographed next to a side table with a tea service in the dining room of a house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1875

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189880

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1440.0010.001

Stereograph of a group of people in front of an Aetna Mineral Springs building entrance, in Saratoga, New York, ca. 1885

A group of men, women, and children stand in front of an Aetna Mineral Springs building entrance in Saratoga, New York.

Date: ca. 1885

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189885

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USRI.0140.0010.001

Agricultural workers picking cranberries, Cape Cod, Mass., 1905-1915

Agricultural workers pick cranberries in a bog on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Date: 1905-1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189888

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0520.0020.004

Man driving a horse and carriage on Highland Drive, Oak Bluffs, Mass., 1904-1910

A man drives a horse and carriage on Highland Drive along Oak Bluffs Harbor, Massachusetts.

Date: 1904-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189890

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2200.0040.002

Group of people looking at a peddler's goods, possibly Somerville, Mass., 1895-1905

A group of men, women, and children look at the various goods in a street peddler's wagon, possibly in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Date: 1895-1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189923

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5550.0500.001

"View on Clinton Av."

A group men and women pose in front of a cottage on Clinton Avenue in Oaks Bluff, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1879

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189935

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1380.0040.003

"Dining hall and waiters, Glen House, N.H."

Wait staff photographed in the Glen House hotel dining hall in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Date: ca. 1864

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189938

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USNH.0430.0010.001

Carriage driver parked in front of the Mudge House, Swampscott, Mass., 1880-1890

A carriage driver sits in a parked carriage in front of the Mudge House in Swampscott, Massachusetts.

Date: 1880-1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189944

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.020

Trade card advertising Ayer's Hair Vigor with shipwreck and mermaids, Lowell, Mass., undated

The trade card advertises a hair tonic designed to "restore gray hair to its natural vitality and color." Depicted on the card is a shipwreck from which a group of five mermaids have rescued boxes of Ayer's Hair Vigor. The mermaids sit on a tropical shore brushing their hair with the tonic. The wrec...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190008

Ref. Code: EP001.01.028.01.01.007

Str. Uncatena, Oak Bluffs, Mass.

Postcard depicts a view from the front of the steamer Uncatena. Passengers fill the viewing deck and the ship displays a large American flag.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190011

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.021

Souvenir folder of images in postcard form, Oak Bluffs, Mass., undated

The image is of the front of enclosure of several images of Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. It depicts the boat landing with cars, a steamer, and many travellers watching the landing. Arround the colored photograph is a drawn depiction of typical ocean scenery: a girl in a bathing costume, the shore, and...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190013

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.022

Card with girls in bright bathing costumes on the shore, location unknown, undated

The postcard depicts two young women in brightly colored, sleeveless, bathing costumes at the shore. One woman is lounging in the surf and the other looks through a spyglass toward a sailboat in the waves. The beach is littered with shells and sea gulls fly over the water. On the postcard's verso is...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190015

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP.017

Wright & Ditson, spring and summer 1928, athletic and sporting goods, 344 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

The catalog describes athletic clothing and equipment. The baseballs are on page 43, the baseball bats are on page 53 and The catchers' masks are on page 59.

Date: 1928

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190024

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.001.034

Matchbook cover advertising for Dutchland Farms Ice Cream , Brockton, Mass., undated

Dutchland Farms restaurants are located in Thompsonville, Connecticut and West Springfield, Massachusetts. The cover is decorated with a stylized windmill, Dutch maid and a road side restaurant.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190044

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.04.045

Ball game, Falmouth Heights, Massachusetts

Full color postcard features a baseball diamond during a game. The many spectators observe with a row of automobiles behind them. The far sides of the field are lined with homes.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190047

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.023

Old wind mill, Falmouth, Massachusetts

Full color postcard features the old windmill in Falmouth, Massachusetts. The windmill blades are destroyed and ivy has grown over the fence and stone wall.

Date: 1911

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190049

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.024

Provincetown Harbor from Town Hill, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Full color postcard showing the Provincetown Harbor and a neighborhood from Town Hill. In the harbor are many sailboats in full sail. The homes are simple three-story affairs with backyard lawns and gardens.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190078

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.025

Fishermen on the docks with nets, Provincetown, Mass., undated

Full color postcard of fishermen on the docks of Provincetown Harbor. They are standing and seated with coiled nets and barrels surrounding them.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190080

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.026

Trade card for Henry Mayo & Co., minced codfish, Boston, Mass., undated

The full color trade card advertises minced codfish, canned by Henry Mayo & Co. of Boston, Massachusetts. A caricature of a cook wearing a red and white striped toque is hauling a cod fish on his back. The fish is as long as he is tall. The card also includes the following ditty: "Of all the odd fis...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 190082

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.02.01.037

Woman preparing food in the Ipswich Mills Tea House kitchen, Ipswich, Mass., 1923

A woman prepares food in the kitchen of the Ipswich Mills Tea House in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Date: 1923

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190770

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1460.0170.002

Panoramic view of homes, harbor and ocean, Brant Rock, Mass., undated

A full color tri-fold postcard featuring a panoramic view of Brant Rock, Massachusetts. This seaside town is spread out across a point with water on both sides.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 190086

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.027