Historic New England

Tent Seats for the Centennial of Bunker Hill

A plan of the tent seats for the centennial celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill, to be held on June 17, 1875.

Date: 1875-05-31

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250523

Ref. Code: GC002.02.094

American Institute of Architects, Associate, 1908

Certificate announcing the election of Edward Pearce Casey of New York, New York to Associate of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on January 14, 1908. The certificate was issued on January 18, 1908.

Date: 1908-01-18

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250576

Ref. Code: GC002.02.283a

American Institute of Architects, Fellow, 1926

Certificate announcing the election of Edward P. Casey to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on May 7, 1926.

Date: 1926-05-07

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250577

Ref. Code: GC002.02.283b

American Bible Society certificate

Certificate from the American Bible Society making Rev. Charles Mason of Salem, Mass. a Director for life.

Date: 1841-03-01

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250578

Ref. Code: GC002.02.284

American Baptist Missionary Union membership certificate, 1851

A certificate to Mr. Benjamin H. Rhoades making him a life member of the American Baptist Missionary Union on May 6, 1851. Across the bottom in small type it says, "The holder of this will receive the engraved Certificate, on application at the Missionary Rooms."

Date: 1851-05-06

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250582

Ref. Code: GC002.02.285

Honor to the Memory of Benjamin Franklin statue certificate

This is to Certify that Samuel Austin contributed Twenty-five Dollars towards the erection of a statue of Benjamin Franklin in his native city of Boston.

Date: 1854

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250583

Ref. Code: GC002.02.286

Honor to the Memory of Benjamin Franklin statue certificate

This is to Certify that Edward Austin contributed Twenty-five Dollars towards the erection of a statue of Benjamin Franklin in his native city of Boston.

Date: 1854

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250584

Ref. Code: GC002.02.287

Honor to the Memory of Benjamin Franklin statue certificate

This is to Certify that Isaac F. Dobson contributed One Dollar towards the erection of a statue of Benjamin Franklin in his native city of Boston.

Date: 1854

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250585

Ref. Code: GC002.02.288

Webster Testimonial subscription

Received of Samuel Austin the sum of Fifteen Dollars being the amount of his subscription to such a public memorial of the services of Daniel Webster as may be agreed upon by the committee appointed at a meeting of Citizens held in Faneuil Hall, 27th October 1852.

Date: 1853-01-01

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250586

Ref. Code: GC002.02.289

Topiarian Club membership

Certificate from the Topiarian Club at Harvard University granting hororary membership to Percival Gallagher on April 4, 1907.

Date: 1907-04-04

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250587

Ref. Code: GC002.02.290

American Baptist Missionary Union membership certificate, 1871

This certificate contains harmful imagery and language subjugating other cultures and religions. Historic New England acknowledges historical records may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England d...

Date: 1871-03-31

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250597

Ref. Code: GC002.02.291

American Baptist Missionary Union membership certificate, 1850

This certificate contains harmful imagery and language subjugating other cultures and religions. Historic New England acknowledges historical records may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England d...

Date: 1850-07-31

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250598

Ref. Code: GC002.02.292

American Baptist Missionary Union membership certificate, 1846

This certificate contains harmful imagery and language subjugating other cultures and religions. Historic New England acknowledges historical records may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England d...

Date: 1846-09-25

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250599

Ref. Code: GC002.02.293

American and Foreign Christian Union membership certificate

Certificate from the American and Foreign Christian Union granting Rev. Samuel B. Swaim membership due to his contribution of thirty dollars "by the Baptist Churches in Worcester, Mass." The top half of the certificate has an engraved scene of missionaries sharing the Bible with various different...

Date: 1851-02-25

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250607

Ref. Code: GC002.02.294

Bostonian Society membership certificate

A blank certificate for life membership in the Bostonian Society, incorporated on December 1, 1881. It has a map of Boston in the background and a building in each corner of the certificate: the Old and New State Houses, the Hancock House and the Province House.

Date: 1880s

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250624

Ref. Code: GC002.02.295

Billhead for Samuel Graves & Son, furniture manufacturers, 139 Blackstone Street, Boston, Mass., dated June 2, 1876

The factory is located at North Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Date: 1876-06-02

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250629

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.006

Billhead for F.E. Fuller, dealer in furniture, carpets & ranges, 58, 60 & 62 Dwight Street, Springfield, Mass., dated October 31, 1899

Fuller is an agent for the Hub Stoves and Ranges.

Date: 1899-10-31

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250630

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.007

Billheads for the Society of Decorative Art, Boston, Mass., 1870s

The blank forms are for articles purchased at the Society of of Decorative Art in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250633

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.008

Billhead for F. Mohr & Co., manufacturers of parlor & cabinet furniture, 50 Elizabeth Street, New York, New York, dated December 5, 1890

The business factory is located at 54, 56, 58 and 60 Elizabeth Street.

Date: 1890-12-05

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250634

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.009

Bostonian Society membership certificate, 1886

Certificate to Francis H. Manning for life membership to the Bostonian Society on May 11, 1886.

Date: 1886-05-11

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250639

Ref. Code: GC002.02.296

Billhead for Indestructible Bent Steel Furniture M'f'g Co., manufacturers of bent steel furniture,143-145 Elm Street, New York, New York, dated December 10, 1890

The business deals in saloon and garden furniture, bed springs, bedsteads, chairs, tables, cradles, children's and toy furniture. John Schlesinger & Sons, manufacturers of bent steel furniture, is stamped on the left side of the billhead.

Date: 1890-12-10

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250637

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.010

Billhead for John Doggett & Co., looking glass & carpet warehouse, No. 37 Tremont Row, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., dated October 17, 1837

Doggett had been located on Cornhill Street before relocating to Tremont Row.

Date: 1837-10-17

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250029

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.002

Handbill for French's Patent Pillow Sham Holder and Elevator, G.B. French, 121 Union Street, Lynn, Mass., undated

The handbill shows a day and night view of "the greatest curiosity of the age."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250030

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.003

Handbill for Cunningham's Emporium, carpets, oil cloths, furniture and bedding, B.P. Cunningham & Co., 296 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., August 25, 1871

The store will open on September 5, 1871 and goods can be purchased on instalment plans.

Date: 1871-08-25

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250031

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.004

Billhead for Frank A. Hall, brass & iron bedsteads, bedding, springs, quilts & down cushions, 118, 120 & 122 Baxter Street, New York, New York, dated September 27, 1905

The business was established in 1828.

Date: 1905-09-27

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 250032

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.04.005

Bratenahl-Baker House, Brace Cove, Eastern Point, Gloucester, Mass.

Colonial Revival kitchen installed in the Bratenahl-Baker House, Gloucester, Massachusetts. The verso includes the following note by Phil Hayden, written on July 19, 1984: "This is the Bratenahl-Baker House, Brace Cove, Eastern Point built in 1923-24 -- Paneling installed by H. D. Sleeper of Beaupor...

Date: ca. 1924

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250040

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1080.0070.001

Interior view of Indian Hill, Province House room, West Newbury, Mass., ca. 1900

View of the Colonial Living Room at Indian Hill. Note on verso: Paneling mostly from Province House. The woodwork taken from the Council Room in Province House can be seen above the mantel. Province House (Boston) was the seat of the royal governors of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250045

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3290.0100.001

Captain E. M. Major House, Drumlin Road, Newton Center, Mass., undated.

Exterior view of the Captain E. M. Major House in Newton, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250078

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2050.0260.002

Portrait of the Sparks Family, taken in the back yard of the home of Albert Sparks, State St. Bristol, Rhode Island

Four members of the Sparks family, photographed in their back yard in Bristol, Rhode Island.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 250081

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0030.0040.001

Sebastian Streeter

Portrait of the Rev. Sebastian Streeter. From print: "For a period of forty years he was the revered and beloved pastor of the First Universalist Church in Boston. His learning, his piety, and his christian demeanor, were conspicuous, and distingiushed him as a 'FATHER', in the Israel to which he...

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250087

Ref. Code: GC002.02.219

Christmas 1919, The Roosevelt Club

Portrait of President Theodore Roosevelt, with "Christmas 1919" and "The Roosevelt Club" written below.

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250091

Ref. Code: GC002.02.220

George Washington

Portrait of George Washington

Date: 1860

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250094

Ref. Code: GC002.02.221

Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U.S.A.

Portrait of Major General William Tecumseh Sherman, illustrating the "Struggle for Atlanta."

Date: 1865

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250095

Ref. Code: GC002.02.222

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams, engraved from a picture by G.P.A. Healy by J. Andrews.

Date: 1848

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250100

Ref. Code: GC002.02.223

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250105

Ref. Code: GC002.02.224

Edward Everett

Portrait of Edward Everett, governor of Massachusetts from 1836-1840.

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250106

Ref. Code: GC002.02.225

Lieut. Gen'l. Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A.

Portrait of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, with a photograph by Mathew Brady. Depicts scenes entitled "Fort Donelson," "Our Flag," and the "Siege of Vicksburg."

Date: 1865

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250108

Ref. Code: GC002.02.226

Advertisement for Geer & Turrill

An advertisement for a sale at Geer & Turrill, for "watches, jewelry, silver ware, and fancy goods..." Sale commenced on April 1: "No April Foolery in this!!"

Date: 1850

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250111

Ref. Code: GC002.02.227

Civil War recruitment poster

Broadside announcing store closing to promote the recruitment of volunteers and militia to satisfy the Massachusetts quota for the Civil War.

Date: 1862-08-23

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250114

Ref. Code: GC002.02.228

Harvard University diploma, 1816

Diploma, written in Latin, for Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University. It was granted to Jonathan Greely Stevenson on August 28, 1816.

Date: 1816-08-16

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250119

Ref. Code: GC002.02.229

Harvard University diploma, 1819

Diploma, written in Latin, for a Master of Arts from Harvard University. It was granted to J. Greely Stevenson on August 25, 1819.

Date: 1819-08-25

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250120

Ref. Code: GC002.02.230

Harvard University diploma, 1871

Diploma, written in Latin, for a Master of Arts from Harvard University. It was granted to John Pickering Lyman on June 28, 1871.

Date: 1871-06-28

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250140

Ref. Code: GC002.02.233

Harvard University diploma, 1896

Diploma, written in Latin, for a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University. It was granted to Evan Walter Dunster Merrill on June 24, 1896.

Date: 1896-06-24

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250144

Ref. Code: GC002.02.234

Boston Latin School diploma, 1891

Diploma, written in Latin, for graduation from Boston Latin School. It was granted to Evan Walter Dunster Merrill in 1891.

Date: 1891

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250152

Ref. Code: GC002.02.235

Harvard University diploma, 1857

Diploma, written in Latin, for a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University. It was granted to Ezra Dyer on July 15, 1857.

Date: 1857-07-15

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250162

Ref. Code: GC002.02.236

English High School diploma, 1874

Diploma for graduation from English High School. It was granted to Walter K. Watkins on July 2, 1874.

Date: 1874-07-02

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250163

Ref. Code: GC002.02.237

Allegheny County Medical Society certificate

Certificate granted to E. Dyer by the Allegheny County Medical Society in 1881.

Date: 1881

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250169

Ref. Code: GC002.02.238

American Baptist Home Mission Society membership certificate, 1852

This certificate shows that Samuel N. Swaim's father contributed thirty dollars for him to the American Baptist Home Mission Society for life membership.

Date: 1852-12-01

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 250179

Ref. Code: GC002.02.239