Historic New England

Boys celebrating the Fourth of July

A crowd of boys celebrate the Fourth of July holiday by waving flags, igniting sparklers and firecrackers, and blowing on horns as fireworks light up the sky.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194820

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.006

Daniel Webster House, Somerset St., Boston, Mass.

From the Bostonian Society catalog record: Street-level view northeast of (left to right) 37-39 Somerset Street, located between Allston Street to the south-southeast and Howard Street to the north-northwest. The front façades of the dwellings face west-southwest. 35 Somerset Street lines the right ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194822

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7320.002

First Baptist Church, Somerset St., Boston, Mass., 1854-1877

A view up Somerset Street on Beacon Hill in Boston shows the front façades of town houses, a street light, and two wagons. At the top of the street, the steeple and part of the front façade of the First Baptist Church at 12 Somerset Street can be seen.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194823

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.047

Looking up Somerset St. towards Hampton Place Church

A view up Somerset Street on Beacon Hill in Boston shows the front façades of town houses and the steeple and part of the façade of the First Baptist Church at 12 Somerset Street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194824

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.048

Automobile parked in front of Codman House carriage house, Lincoln, Mass.

The chauffeur sits in this automobile parked in front of the Codman carriage house in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194825

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.006

Codman House carriage house partial interior view, Lincoln, Mass.

This interior view of a part of the first floor of the Codman House carriage house in Lincoln, Massachusetts shows stored farm and household equipment including a refrigerator and a lawn mower.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194826

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.005

Informal portrait of Fritchaff Nelson, Lyman gardener, Waltham, Mass.

An informal portrait of Fritchaff Nelson, Lyman gardener, in front of the Lyman Estate Greenhouses. He holds bunches of grapes in his hands.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194827

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.011

Stereo view, "Across the Vale from front of Lyman House toward Lyman St. Bridge," Waltham, Mass.

A stereo view, "Across the Vale from front of Lyman House toward Lyman St. Bridge," in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194828

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.012

Repairs to shed which houses carriage given by Mr. Storer, Lyman Estate, Waltham, Mass.

This photograph documents repairs to the carriage barn which houses a horse-drawn carriage given by Mr. Storer, Lyman Estate, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1969

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194829

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.013

Repairs to shed which houses carriage given by Mr. Storer, Lyman Estate, Waltham, Mass.

This photograph documents repairs to the carriage barn which houses a horse-drawn carriage given by Mr. Storer, Lyman Estate, Waltham, Massachusetts. Two men attempt to move a carriage during repair work.

Date: ca. 1969

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194830

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.014

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Henry Davis Sleeper

Head and shoulders portrait of Henry Davis Sleeper.

Date: ca. 1918

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194831

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.01.001

Exterior view of Merwin House, Stockbridge, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194832

Ref. Code: PC006.MER.01.001

Trade card for Novelty Plaster Works, Lowell, Mass., depicting boys sledding

This trade card for the Novelty Plaster Works in Lowell, Massachusetts, a manufacturer of patent medicines, depicts a boy dressed in hat, gloves, fur-cuffed jacket, short pants, and striped socks, sledding down a hill.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 194835

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.01.01.002

Three boys on a toboggan

Three boys in hats, gloves, and jackets, stand on a toboggan as they prepare to descend a hill.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194836

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.009

People playing croquet in front of the Mountain House, Mt. Wachusett, Mass.

People play croquet on the lawn in front of the Mountain House on Mount Wachusett in Princeton, Massachusetts. Guests are seated and stand on the verandah and look out from upper story windows. Several buggies are parked in the driveway in front of the hotel.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194837

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1470.0010.001

Full-length group portrait of tennis players, standing, facing front, in the front yard of William Bickerton, florist, 27 Gardner Street, Salem, Mass., undated

Six men holding tennis racquets stand and sit on the lawn behind a metal fence next to a bay window of a house on Gardner Street in Salem, Massachusetts. Down a path next to the house there is a building that could be the florist shop of William Bickerton. From "Horticulture", vol. XXIII, no. 1, sup...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194838

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.2200.001

Boy campers on water slide

Boys and girls descend a water slide, swim, splash, and generally enjoy themselves. The girls wear bathing caps and bathing suits with knee-length skirts, and the boys wear tank suits.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194840

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1300.0200.001

Archery practice, Denmark, Maine, ca. 1920

A group of girl campers practice their archery skills.

Date: ca. 1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194841

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1300.0300.003

Women playing golf

A group of four women golfers holding putters stand on the green of the fifth hole of a golf course. One woman putts while the others watch. The boy caddy holds a golf bag and the golf hole pin.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194842

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.010

Valentine's Day card, depicting a scene of a front hall and open door of a house, ca. 1923

This Valentine's Day card, published by Rust Craft Publishers of Boston, has the inscription "a valentine for mother" on its cover.

Date: ca. 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 194845

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.001

Interior view of the corn crib with garlic, Casey Farm, Saunderstown, R.I.

An interior view of a corn crib filled with baskets of garlic on Casey Farm in Saunderstown, Rhode Island.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194847

Ref. Code: PC006.CAS.02.CAS00027

Haying on Lyman Estate grounds, Waltham, Mass.

Workers pile hay into a cart in a field on the Lyman Estate grounds, Waltham, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194848

Ref. Code: PC006.LYM.01.015

Interior view of Sarah Orne Jewett's bedroom, Jewett House, South Berwick, Me.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194849

Ref. Code: PC006.SOJ.01.001

Interior view of Jewett House guest bedroom, South Berwick, Me.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194850

Ref. Code: PC006.SOJ.01.002

Exterior view of Jewett House from dirt path, South Berwick, Me.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194851

Ref. Code: PC006.SOJ.01.003

Cattle on street in front of Jewett House, South Berwick, Me.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194852

Ref. Code: PC006.SOJ.01.004

"Katy at Berwick" with cat Togo, South Berwick, Me.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194853

Ref. Code: PC006.SOJ.01.005

Mary Jewett (front left), Sarah Orne Jewett (rear left), and Mrs. George Tyson seated in a horse-drawn carriage, South Berwick, Me.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194854

Ref. Code: PC006.SOJ.01.006

Full-length portrait of Edna Dean Proctor, governess, standing, facing front, location unknown

Edna Dean Proctor, a governess, stands with her hands clasped in this image.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 194855

Ref. Code: MS006.03.04.02.005

Exterior view of the Otis House with ladders under windows, Boston, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194856

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.001

Exterior view of the Otis House during removal, as seen looking up Cambridge St., Boston, Mass., June, 1925

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Date: 1925

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194857

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.002

Exterior view of the Otis House during removal, as seen from the other side of Cambridge St., near Joy St., Boston, Mass.

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Date: 1925

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194858

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.003

Interior view of the Otis House, dining room, Boston, Mass., 1960

The dining room furnishings are seen in this image taken in 1960.

Date: 1960

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194862

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.004

First floor kitchen, Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Conn.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194864

Ref. Code: PC006.ROS.01.001

Exterior view of the Crocker Tavern, Barnstable, Mass.

This view from across Olde Kings Highway shows the Crocker Tavern in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The front façade is seen as is the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities sign in front of the building, which indicates that the Tavern is closed.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194866

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0200.0050.001

View of the Old South Meeting House from Province Court, Boston, Mass., 1922

A pile of bricks and sections of framing remain of the demolished Province House. The spire of the Old South Meeting House on Washington Street in Boston rises above the buildings in the background. On a building next to the demolition site, there are signs for: "Robert R. McNutt Co., building, wrec...

Date: 1922

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194867

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8840.001

Exterior view of the House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Mass.

This view from across Turner Street shows the front façade of the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts. Two of the seven gables are pictured as are the picket fence and the sign above the shop door.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194868

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2570.2860.001

Ice cream cart and employees of Charles H. Wachter, Confectioners, standing in front of the Wachter store at 187 West Broadway, South Boston, Mass.

Four female employees and one male employee of Charles H. Wachter's confectionery and ice cream business pose in their aprons in front of his parlor and store at 187 West Broadway, in South Boston. Charles Wachter is the man with the shorter and lighter hair standing closest to the door of the store...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194869

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2730.0310.001

Portrait of Joseph Everett Chandler in profile

Alfred Wayland Cutting took this portrait of the architect Joseph Everett Chandler, shown in profile, facing right with a full beard.

Collection: Sears and Cutting family papers

GUSN: 194870

Ref. Code: MS026.TMP.001

Interior view of Golden Step Room dining table with model ship over fireplace, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194871

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.02.001

Frame in the north wall of the second story chamber, Browne House, Watertown, Mass., undated

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194873

Ref. Code: PC006.BRO.01.001

Interior view of fireplace, Browne House, Watertown, Mass., undated

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194874

Ref. Code: PC006.BRO.01.002

Interior view of northeast corner of chamber, Browne House, Watertown, Mass., undated

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194875

Ref. Code: PC006.BRO.01.003

Exterior view of Browne House before restoration, Watertown, Mass., undated

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194876

Ref. Code: PC006.BRO.01.004

South front of Browne House as is appeared during renovation, Watertown, Mass., undated

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194877

Ref. Code: PC006.BRO.01.005

Exterior view of Gropius House from across grounds, Lincoln, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194881

Ref. Code: PC006.GRO.01.001

Landscape view of Gropius House grounds and garden, Lincoln, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194882

Ref. Code: PC006.GRO.01.002

D.R.T. Section 2. Track work on Dorchester Ave. from Charles (southerly)

Workers prepare to lay down railroad tracks on Dorchester Avenue in downtown Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts. A worker stands on the sidewalk in front of Hood's.

Date: 1927-06-13

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 194944

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.004