Historic New England

Account book 128, Vermont, 1873-1873

This account book for a northern Vermont manufacturer kept track of orders between 1872 and 1873. Customers ordered a variety of building parts such as blinds, windows, moldings, rails, and doors; precise measurements for many of these construction components are given, as are requested delivery dat...

Date: 1872-1873

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193821

Ref. Code: MS002.128

Plan book of William G. Shillaber, Mass., 1866-1924

Plan book of William G. Shillaber's properties in Boston, Newton, Cambridge, Peabody, and Brighton. Plan book with photographs and surveys of properties as well as account sheets, deeds, and newspaper articles about real estate, land values, taxes, building methods, and Boston neighborhoods. Accoun...

Date: 1866-1924

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193822

Ref. Code: MS002.129

Account book of H.K. Keith and Co., June 30-October 25, 1856

Account book of H. K. Keith & Co., with recorded sales from June 30 to October 25, 1856. Entries list daily retail sales, primarily for food items, clothing, dyes, soap, tea, and textiles. Also included are dyes, varnishes, spirits, and oils. Majority of sales appear to take place on Saturdays. ...

Date: 1856

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193823

Ref. Code: MS002.130

Stock book of Henry K. Keith and Co., Feb. 1, 1860

"Stock Book" of Henry K. Keith & Co., February 1, 1860 detailing inventory of clothing, dry goods, writing supplies, pens, ink, and household items (including lamps, bottles, bowls, and polish). Other entries of interest include snuff boxes, reticules, hymnals, whips, ferrules, and curry combs. Quan...

Date: 1860-02-01

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193824

Ref. Code: MS002.131

Account book of Nahum Keene, Duxbury, Mass., Mar. 24, 1852

Account book of Nahum Keene of Duxbury, Massachusetts, March 24, 1852, detailing inventory of clothing and textile goods, including dyes and accessories, such as veils, ribbons, gloves, and shawls. Other utilitarian items include: serving pieces; bed pans; scythes; and spices and various condiments ...

Date: 1852-03-24

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193825

Ref. Code: MS002.132

Stock book of L.F. Brett, Duxbury, Mass., Feb. 1, 1843

Stock book of L. F. Brett of Duxbury, Massachusetts, dated February 1, 1843. Listed are a variety of clothing items and accessories, such as scarves, handkerchiefs, and hosiery. Other entries refer to children's clothing, sewing supplies and notions, foundations, and textiles. Household items listed...

Date: 1843-02-01

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193826

Ref. Code: MS002.133

Account book of James Short, Newbury, Mass., 1742-1801

This family account book was kept by James Short of Newbury, Massachusetts, between 1742 and 1801. Other family members mentioned include Nicolas Short and John Short. Monies exchanged were in pounds Sterling. Goods and services exchanged included a wide variety of agrarian activities and basic need...

Date: 1742-1801

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193827

Ref. Code: MS002.134

Account book of Andrew Ayers, Northfield, Mass., 1818-1852

Account book of Andrew Ayers of Northfield, Massachusetts, kept 1818-1852, in which he records on an almost daily basis receipts for goods and services rendered. Goods sold include: bushels of corn, oats and potatoes; barrels of cider; pounds of beef; pecks of onions and pork; "soap greece;" and loa...

Date: 1818-1852

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 193828

Ref. Code: MS002.135

The whalemen's quick step

Cover depicts a military encampment on Boston Common with the Massachusetts State House in the background. Soldiers perform drills. Visible in the background is the Hancock Mansion.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193834

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.09

Gov. Morton's grand march

Cover features a head-and-shoulders portrait of Governor Morton seated in three-quarter profile.

Date: 1843

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193836

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.055

Dennis' quick step

Cover depicts two soldiers in uniform. Their hats bear the insignia "MR." The city of Boston can be seen in the distance, as well as a military encampment.

Date: 1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193844

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.056

Album 30A: Windsor Houses, Volume 1

This album includes fifty-three black and white photographs of historic homes. The images are arranged by owner's last name. Included in this volume are names beginning with A through H. See volume B for I through Z. Both albums were created by Daniel Broderick of Windsor, Connecticut, in 1933. All ...

Date: 1933

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193839

Ref. Code: PC009.030A

Album 30B: Windsor Houses, Volume 2

This album includes forty-eight black and white photographs of historic homes. The images are arranged by owner's last name. Included in this volume are names beginning with I through Z. See album 30A for A through H. Both albums were created by Daniel Broderick of Windsor, Connecticut, in 1933. All...

Date: 1933

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 193840

Ref. Code: PC009.030B

Dreams of the past

Cover depicts a view of Saint Augustine's church and cemetery, South Boston. A man sits alone beneath a tree.

Date: 1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193849

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.057

Violet quadrilles

Cover depicts a formal dance at Papanti's dance studio. Four couples are dancing while the remainder of the guests sit around the dance floor. Musicians can be seen performing in a balcony.

Date: ca. 1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193855

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.058

Wrecker's daughter quick step

The cover depicts the personification of Hope, holding a memorial portrait of Grace Darling and her father who rescued nine survivors from the wreck of the ship, Forfarshire, off the Farne Islands, 1831.

Date: 1844

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193862

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.059

The mariner's orphan girl

Cover depicts a bereaved family by the seashore. A young girl and a young boy cling to their mother's dress. The mother's eyes are downcast.

Date: ca. 1845

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193867

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.060

The razor strop man, or, A few more left : a comic song

The cover depicts an urban street vendor surrounded by a group of customers.

Date: 1845

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193870

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.061

Favorite melodies from the grand Chinese spectacle of Aladdin, or, The wonderful lamp, as produced at the Boston Museum. No. 6, Aladdin quick step

Cover features a view of the Boston Museum building on Tremont St., Boston.

Date: 1847

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193875

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.062

He doeth all things well, or, My sister : a ballad

A woman sits alone beneath a tree. Sixteenth edition.

Date: 1847

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193879

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.063

Sea king's bride

The cover depicts opera singer Johanna Maria "Jenny" Lind (1820-1887) waving.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193886

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.064

The Massapoag march

Cover features a view of the Massapoag House hotel.

Date: 1848

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193891

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.065

The death of St. Clare, little Eva's father, from Uncle Tom's Cabin

This sheet music contains harmful imagery and employs racist stereotypes. 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 alte...

Date: 1852

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193893

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.066

"Sachem's daughter"

This sheet music contains harmful imagery and language and employing racist stereotypes. 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 Englan...

Date: 1850

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193896

Ref. Code: EP001.10.TMP.067

"The Harrison Song", sheet music, undated

This sheet music contains harmful imagery and language. 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 a...

Date: 1840, undated

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193898

Ref. Code: MS007.01.15.12

The lament of the Irish emigrant

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

Date: 1840

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193899

Ref. Code: MS007.01.45.04

The blind boy, Twelfth edition

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

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193915

Ref. Code: MS007.01.46.06

Gordon's quick step

Cover depicts Captain Gordon in uniform and holding a sword. A military encampment is in the background.

Date: 1842

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193916

Ref. Code: MS007.01.47.11

The alpine hunters

Cover depicts two men and two women in traditional Tyrol (Alps) costume. One woman is holding a guitar.

Date: 1841

Collection: Barrett family papers

GUSN: 193923

Ref. Code: MS007.01.45.01

Stereograph of a group of people in front of a dwelling, location unknown, ca. 1870

A group of men and women pose in front of a house. People in the foreground are seated while people in the background are standing.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 193926

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.3600.001

Farm hands on a hay wagon, Oak Hill, Aldie, Va., 1905-1915

Three farm hands work at Oak Hill, President James Monroe's residence, in Aldie, Virginia. They drive and sit on a wagon loaded with hay.

Date: 1905-1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 193930

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.0150.0200.003

Portrait of John F. Kennedy, full face, seated at his desk, 1957

Seated half portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy. Seated at his desk, he turns to face the camera, a contemplative look on his face.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193932

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.003

Portrait of John F. Kennedy, three-quarter profile, holding eyeglasses, 1957

Formal half portrait of Senator John F. Kennedy. He is looking to the right of the camera and holds his glasses in his right hand.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193933

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.004

Rosenberg vigil II, Boston, 1953

In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19,...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193936

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.007

Rosenberg vigil I, Boston, 1953

In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19,...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193937

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.016

Rosenberg vigil III, Boston, 1953

In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19,...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193943

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.017

Philip Little House, 10 Chestnut Street, Salem, Mass., parlor no. 2

This interior photograph of the Philip Little House at 10 Chestnut Street in Salem, Massachusetts shows a room that may be a parlor. The room contains an upright piano with sheet music on its stand, a fireplace with an overmantel mirror, and various pieces of furniture, including a rocking chair.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 193944

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Salem.154.01

Rosenberg vigil IV, Boston, 1953

In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19,...

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193952

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.018

Philip Little House, 10 Chestnut Street, Salem, Mass., parlor no. 2, version 2

This interior photograph of the Philip Little House at 10 Chestnut Street in Salem, Massachusetts shows a room that may be a parlor. The room contains an upright piano with sheet music on its stand, a fireplace with an overmantel mirror, and various pieces of furniture, including a rocking chair.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 193950

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Salem.154.02

Edmund S. Muskie, Rumford, Maine, 1954

Edmund S. Muskie started politics with a successful 1946 run for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, where he served three consecutive terms. Here, Reed shows Muskie in his hometown on the day of the 1954 Maine gubernatorial election. Reed's pictures cover the story from the tension while ...

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193956

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.019

Edmund S. Muskie, with daughter, Rumford, Maine, 1954

Edmund S. Muskie started politics with a successful 1946 run for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, where he served three consecutive terms. Here, Reed shows Muskie in his hometown on the day of the 1954 Maine gubernatorial election. Reed's pictures cover the story from the tension while ...

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193961

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.020

Girl with wreath, Webster, N.H., 1955

This Life photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world based on nostalgia for pre-modern America. Reed t...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193963

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.021

Advertisement for Grand Colonial silver pattern, manufactured by Wallace Silversmith, Wallingford, Conn., 1943

Originally printed in the November, 1943 issue of "Good Housekeeping," this advertisement shows the Grand Colonial silver pattern. The copy speaks about the "Colonial" times where the designers drew inspiration.

Date: 1943-11-01

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 193966

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.013

Evening chores, Webster, N.H., 1955

This Life photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world based on nostalgia for pre-modern America. Reed t...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193965

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.022

Outdoor concert, Bolton, Vermont, 1972

A group of people dance and twirl at an outdoor concert. The man closest to the camera is shirtless, and dances with a cigarette in his mouth. Most dancers are barefoot. Two children can be seen in the crowd.

Date: 1972

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193967

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.005

Boston's finest, 1957

Two smiling police officers flank Senator John F. Kennedy as he walks down a Boston street at night.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 193968

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.006

Advertisement for Plymouth Rock Gelatine, Plymouth Rock Gelatine Company, 68 Western Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

The advertising flyer for Plymouth Rock Gelatine depicts "The courtship of Miles Standish" with an image of Priscilla and Miles eating a pudding made with gelatine. The product was patented on March 5, 1889.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 193969

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.03.035

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

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