Historic New England

The colonial craftsman.

x, 214 p. illus. 20 cm.

Date: [c1961]

Creators: Bridenbaugh, Carl.

GUSN: 149267

Call Number: Stacks HD2346.U5 B7 1961 (and 1 more)

Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain; in the war of the great rebellion 1861-62; a revision and enlargement (from the latest and most authentic sources) of papers numbered I., II. and III. entitled, "A history of the Second Massachusetts regiment", and the "Second Massachusetts regiment and Stonewall Jackson", by George H. Gordon ...

x p., 1 ¾., 376 p. front., pl., fold. maps. 21 cm.

Date: 1883.

Creators: Gordon, George Henry, 1825?-1886.

GUSN: 149268

Call Number: Stacks E513.5 2d

Curious old gravestones in and about Boston, selected by Walter Rowlands, photographed by Howland Shaw Chandler.

4 p. ¾., 50 pl. 31 cm.

Date: 1924.

Creators: Rowlands, Walter, 1855- Chandler, Howland Shaw.

GUSN: 149269

Call Number: Stacks F73.61.A5 R6

The lightships of Cape Cod / Frederic L. Thompson.

112 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1983.

Creators: Thompson, Frederic L.

GUSN: 149270

Call Number: Stacks VK1024.M35 T46 1983

The world of the small commercial fishermen : their lives and their boats / Michael Meltzer.

88, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1980.

Creators: Meltzer, Michael.

GUSN: 149271

Call Number: Stacks SH221.M44 1980

A testimonial to Charles J. Paine and Edward Burgess from the city of Boston : for their successful defence of the America's Cup.

159 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: 1887.

Creators: Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.

GUSN: 149272

Call Number: Stacks GV829.T47 1887

Picture history of New England passenger vessels / by W. Bartlett Cram.

x, 414 p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1980.

Creators: Cram, W. Bartlett.

GUSN: 149273

Call Number: Stacks VM381.C7

Maritime New York in nineteenth-century photographs / Harry Johnson & Frederick S. Lightfoot.

xiv, 160 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1980.

Creators: Johnson, Harry. Lightfoot, Frederick S.

GUSN: 149274

Call Number: Stacks HE554.N7 J64 1980

The illustrated history of the Centennial exhibition held in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of American independence : with a full description of the great buildings and all the objects of interest exhibited in them : embracing also a concise history of the origin and success of the exhibition and biographies of the leading members of the Centennial Commission : to which is added a complete description of the city of Philadelphia / by James D. McCabe ; introd. by John Francis Marion.

302 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.

Date: [1975] c1876.

Creators: McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883.

GUSN: 149275

Call Number: Stacks T825.B1 M12 1975

Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine work, and engineering.

2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 1865-1867.

Creators: D. Appleton and Company.

GUSN: 149276

Call Number: Stacks T9.A65 1865 v.2

A brief outline of the business of William Whitman & co. ...

95 p. front., illus. (incl. charts) plates, double diagrs. 23 cm.

Date: c1910]

Creators: William Whitman & Company.

GUSN: 149277

Call Number: Stacks TS1425.W5

The uses of compressed air : with illustrations / by Addison C. Rand.

134, iv p. : ill. ; 14 x 18 cm.

Date: 1895.

Creators: Rand, Addison C.

GUSN: 149278

Call Number: Stacks TJ1005.R1

Retail and romance / by Julia Houston Railey.

32 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1926.

Creators: Railey, Julia Houston.

GUSN: 149279

Call Number: Stacks HF5465.U6 J6

The book of commerce by sea and land, exhibiting its connection with agriculture, the arts, and manufactures. To which are added a history of commerce, and a chronological table. Illustrated by a map and numerous engravings.

6, [9]-185 p. front., illus., fold. map. 20 cm.

Date: 1845 [c1836]

GUSN: 149280

Call Number: Stacks HF353.B66 1836 c.2

The Annual of scientific discovery: or, Year-book of facts in science and art. (Annual)

v. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1850-

Creators: Wells, David Ames, 1828-1898. Bliss, George, 1830-1897. Kneeland, Samuel, 1821-1888. Trowbridge, John, 1843-1923. Nichols, Wm. Ripley (William Ripley), 1847-1886.

GUSN: 149281

Call Number: Stacks Q9.A38 1850 (and 7 more)

America's arts and skills, by the editors of Life. With an introd. by Charles F. Montgomery.

172 p. illus. (part col.) 36 cm.

Date: 1957.

GUSN: 149282

Call Number: Ovr. NK805.L44

Hill's manual of social and business forms; a guide to correct writing.

533 p. illus.

Date: 1884.

Creators: Hill, Thomas Edie, 1832-1915.

GUSN: 149283

Call Number: Stacks AG105.H6 1884

Miss Beecher's domestic receipt book : designed as a supplement to her Treatise on domestic economy.

xiii, 306, 24, [8] p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1848.

Creators: Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878. Beecher, Catharine Esther, 1800-1878. Treatise on domestic economy.

GUSN: 149284

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX715.B414 1848

City festivals.

x, 164 p. plates. 23 cm.

Date: 1893, [c1892]

Creators: Carleton, Will, 1845-1912.

GUSN: 149285

Call Number: Stacks PS1257.C45 1893

The house servant's directory / by Robert Roberts ; Forword to facsimile edition by Charles A. Hammond.

xiv, 180 p. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1977 [c1827].

Creators: Roberts, Robert. Hammond, Charles A.

GUSN: 149286

Call Number: 85M Stacks TX331.R64 1977 (and 1 more)

The house; its plan, decoration and care, by Isabel Bevier.

3 p. l., 164 p. (i. e. 180) p. illus. plates, plans. 20 cm.

Date: 1907.

Creators: Bevier, Isabel, 1860-1942. American School of Home Economics.

GUSN: 149287

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7120.B6 1907

Manual of the arts, for young people : or, A present for all seasons.

[6], [9]-450, [1] p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 17 cm.

Date: 1857.

Creators: Bowen, Abel, 1790-1850, illus. Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, illus.

GUSN: 149288

Call Number: Stacks BJ1852.M35

Drapery cutting and making; a practical handbook for drapery workers, upholsterers and interior decorators. New and revised edition, containing over five hundred diagrams and illustrations, especially drawn by and under the direction of the author. By John W. Stephenson ...

1 p., ¾., 206 p. incl. illus., forms, diagrs., fold. pl. 31 cm.

Date: c1926.

Creators: Stephenson, John W. (John Wesley), b. 1876.

GUSN: 149289

Call Number: 85M Stacks TT390.S83 1926

Whatnot : a compendium of Victorian crafts & other matters, being a compilation of authentic home & hand crafts popular in the era of Her Most Excellent Majesty, Victoria, by the Grace of God Queen / assembled from the original 19th century ed. of Cassell's household guide, London, and enl. and expounded by the present authors, Marjorie Henderson and Elizabeth Wilkinson.

223 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: c1977.

Creators: Henderson, Marjorie. Wilkinson, Elizabeth, 1926-

GUSN: 149290

Call Number: 85M Stacks TT57.W45 1977

The life and works of John Singleton Copley : founded on the work of Augustus Thorndike Perkins / by Frank W. Bayley ...

285 p. : front. (port.) ; 25 cm.

Date: 1915.

Creators: Bayley, Frank William, 1863-1932. Perkins, Augustus Thorndike, 1827-1891.

GUSN: 149291

Call Number: Stacks ND237.C7 B3 (and 1 more)

John Trumbull : the hand and spirit of a painter / Helen A. Cooper ; with essays by Patricia Mullan Burnham ... [et al.].

xv, 292 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: c1982.

Creators: Cooper, Helen A. Yale University. Art Gallery.

GUSN: 149292

Call Number: Stacks ND237.T8 A4 1982

The philosophy of an organ builder.

81 p. front., illus., plates. 28 cm.

Date: [c1923]

Creators: Estey Organ Company.

GUSN: 149293

Call Number: Stacks ML561.E79

The notebook of John Smibert. With essays by Sir David Evans, John Kerslake, and Andrew Oliver, and with Notes relating to Smibert's American portraits by Andrew Oliver.

vi, 131 p. facsims., maps (on lining papers) 26 cm.

Date: 1969.

Creators: Smibert, John, 1688-1751. Evans, David Lewis, Sir, 1893- Kerslake, John F. Oliver, Andrew, 1906- Massachusetts Historical Society. Great Britain. Public Record Office.

GUSN: 149294

Call Number: Stacks ND237.S59 A52

American children, photographs from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art / Susan Kismaric.

77 p. : chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: c1980.

Creators: Kismaric, Susan. Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 149295

Call Number: Stacks HQ781.5.M84 1980

P. H. Emerson : the fight for photography as a fine art / by Nancy Newhall.

266 p. : ill. ; 24 x 27 cm.

Date: c1975.

Creators: Newhall, Nancy Wynne.

GUSN: 149296

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR140.E43 N48 1975

Facing the light : historic American portrait daguerreotypes : an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, September 22, 1978-January 15, 1979 / by Harold Francis Pfister ; foreword by Marvin Sadik ; curatorial pref. by William F. Stapp.

378 p. : ports. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Pfister, Harold Francis. National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

GUSN: 149297

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR680.P47

A certain slant of light : the first hundred years of New England photography / William F. Robinson.

243 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1980.

Creators: Robinson, William F., 1946- New York Graphic Society.

GUSN: 149298

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR23.15.R62 1980

Photography & society / by Gisáele Freund.

231 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: 1980.

Creators: Freund, Gisáele.

GUSN: 149299

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR147.F6513 1980

Photo-secession : Stieglitz and the fine-art movement in photography / Robert Doty ; with a foreword by Beaumont Newhall.

139 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1978.

Creators: Doty, Robert M. George Eastman House.

GUSN: 149300

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR650.G36 1978

Images and enterprises : technology and the American photographic industry, 1839 to 1925 / Reese V. Jenkins.

xviii, 371, [1] p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 26 cm.

Date: [1976]

Creators: Jenkins, Reese.

GUSN: 149301

Call Number: Stacks HD9999.P53U5

Studying visual communication / Sol Worth ; edited, with an introduction by Larry Gross.

xii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1981.

Creators: Worth, Sol. Gross, Larry P., 1942-

GUSN: 149302

Call Number: Stacks P93.5.W6 1981

Photography, essays & images : illustrated readings in the history of photography / edited by Beaumont Newhall.

327 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1980.

Creators: Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-

GUSN: 149303

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR185.P487

Letters & lettering; a treatise with 200 examples.

214 p. illus. 22 cm.

Date: 1921.

Creators: Brown, Frank Chouteau, 1876-

GUSN: 149304

Call Number: Stacks NK3600.B8

America on stone : the other printmakers to the American people ... Harry T. Peters.

415 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: 1976, c1931.

Creators: Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881-1948.

GUSN: 149305

Call Number: Stacks NE2303.7.P47 1976

California on stone / Harry T. Peters.

227 p., [104] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: 1976, c1935.

Creators: Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881-1948.

GUSN: 149306

Call Number: Stacks NE2310.C2 P4 1976

Currier & Ives, printmakers to the American people / Harry T. Peters.

2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: 1976, c1929-1931.

Creators: Peters, Harry Twyford, 1881-1948.

GUSN: 149307

Call Number: Stacks NE2312.C8 P47 1976 v.1 (and 1 more)

Picture postcards in the United States, 1893-1918 / George and Dorothy Miller.

viii, 280 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. some col. ; 28 cm.

Date: c1976.

Creators: Miller, George, 1943- Miller, Dorothy joint author.

GUSN: 149308

Call Number: 85M Stacks NC1872.M54 1976

The history and development of advertising. With more than three hundred and fifty illustrations.

ix, 642 p. illus., facsims., ports. 26 cm.

Date: 1929.

Creators: Presbrey, Frank, 1855-1936.

GUSN: 149309

Call Number: Stacks HF5811.P7

Augustus Saint-Gaudens, by C. Lewis Hind.

xlvii p., 1 ¾. front., 51 pl. (incl. ports.) 30 cm.

Date: 1908.

Creators: Hind, Charles Lewis, 1862-1927.

GUSN: 149310

Call Number: Stacks NB237.S2 H6

Lines of different character : American art from 1727 to 1947 : [exhibition], Hirschl & Adler Galleries, November 13, 1982 -January 8, 1983.

106 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c1982.

Creators: Hirschl & Adler Galleries.

GUSN: 149311

Call Number: Stacks N6505.L535 1989

A checklist of American paintings at Yale University / compiled by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Galina Gorokhoff.

xxii, 213 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Stebbins, Theodore E. Gorokhoff, Galina. Yale University. Yale University. Art Gallery.

GUSN: 149312

Call Number: Stacks ND205.Y28 1982

"A man of genius" : the art of Washington Allston (1779-1843) / by William H. Gerdts & Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr.

255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: c1979.

Creators: Gerdts, William H. Allston, Washington, 1779-1843. Stebbins, Theodore E. joint author. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

GUSN: 149313

Call Number: 85M Stacks ND237.A4 A4 1979

Reconstruction of the Cunard Line pier, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 28297-A

The image depicts the reconstruction of the Cunard Line pier in East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. Visible are numerous wooden pilings emerging from the water, with construction equipment and materials present in the background.

Date: 1908-11-20

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

GUSN: 396196

Ref. Code: PC015.002.230.28297-A

Reconstruction of Cunard Line pier, fireproofing of steelwork, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 28307-A

The image depicts the interior reconstruction of the Cunard Line pier in East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It shows the steel framework of the structure being fireproofed, with steel columns and trusses visible. Various construction materials and debris are scattered on the ground.

Date: 1909-05-10

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

GUSN: 396197

Ref. Code: PC015.002.230.28307-A

After the fall of the grain elevator chimney, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 28319-A

The image shows a group of people standing amidst debris after the fall of a grain elevator chimney in East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. There are industrial machines and equipment present, including a large pulley system and what appears to be a steam engine. The ground is littered with rubble an...

Date: 1908-10-24

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

GUSN: 396198

Ref. Code: PC015.002.270.28319-A

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