Historic New England

Tileston House, cor. Prince and Margaret Streets

"John Tileston, who lived in this house, was the most noted school-master that Boston ever had. He was born in Boston, Feb. 27, 1735. In 1762 he was appointed master of the school in Bennett Street, at a salary of $500 per annum; and here he remained until 1819, when he retired; but his salary, wh...

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

GUSN: 198733

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.014

Burning of the Garrish Market Building, Boston, from a sketch during the conflagration, by our Boston artist

Spectators watch the fire as firemen try to extinguish the blaze at the Garrish Market Building. It was located on Portland Street and burned on April 12, 1856. The image is signed by "Roberts (?), Sc."

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 198734

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2850.001

The Clough House

"This stands at the corner of Sheafe and Margaret Streets, and was built about 1722 by Benjamin Clough. It afterward came by marriage into the possession of the Waters family, and continued to be owned by them until 1859. It is the oldest house on the street. The front door used to be on the sout...

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

GUSN: 198736

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.013

Boston pulpit, no. 11, Christ Church, Boston, Rev. William T. Smithett, rector, by Rev. Luther Farnham, Gleason's pictorial drawing-room companion, Boston, Mass., July 2, 1853

An ice wagon, a hand pulled cart and pedestrians pass by the Old North Church on Salem Street. An inset portrait of Rev. William T. Smithett is in the upper right corner, engraved after a daguerreotype by Southworth and Hawes. A couple walks under the awning for the John Alden Groceries store at 164...

Date: 1853-07-02

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

GUSN: 198735

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2950.007

Christ Church, Salem Street, Boston, Mass., 1825-1828

An exterior view of Christ Church and sacristy is seen in the image. It was engraved for the "History of Boston." Henry Bowen was the printer.

Date: 1825-1828

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

GUSN: 198738

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2950.001

The Clough-Vernon House

"The old house stands on Vernon Place, off Charter Street, and was probably built by William Clough, as he was living here in 1698. It is a fine specimen of the houses built in early times. It will be noticed that the second story at the end overhangs the lower part considerably, which fact alone ...

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

GUSN: 198743

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.012

Christ Church, 1723, Boston, Mass., undated

This engraving shows Christ Church in the center background, with the street in the foreground. The artist has put in the Paul Revere memorial plaque on the church.

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

GUSN: 198741

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2950.005

Prince St.

A detail of the buildings on Prince Street, from the corner, with a few people around.

Date: 1850

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

GUSN: 198744

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.005

Sheafe St.

A detailed view of a structure on Sheafe Street showing neighboring buildings with pedestrians passing by.

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

GUSN: 198750

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.009

Christ Church, Boston, Mass., undated

This engraving is an impressionistic view of Christ Church and the surrounding neighborhood.

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

GUSN: 198749

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2950.003

Christ Church, Boston, Mass., undated

This engraving is an impressionistic view of the neighborhood surrounding Christ Church or the Old North Church, with the church's steeple in the background.

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

GUSN: 198753

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2950.004

Richmond St.

A detail of Richmond Street which contains a shoe shop and repair store. There is a boot hanging above the door. Other buildings, as well as poeple conversing on the sidewalk can also be seen.

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

GUSN: 198755

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.008

Old North Church, Boston, undated

The north side of Christ Church is seen from Unity Street. Clough House is seen on the left side of the image.

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

GUSN: 198756

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2950.006

Orange-Lincoln House

"This building stands at the corner of Salem and North Bennett Streets. It was built by Robert Orange, about 1716, and he kept it as a tavern until his death, in 1734. It, after changing hands several times, became the property of Noah Lincoln, who lived here until his death, in 1856. Since that ...

Date: ca. 1856

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

GUSN: 198758

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2950.002

Mr. Forrest, as Hamlet

Shows a close-up scene of the actors in "Hamlet" on stage performing Act 3.

Date: 1854-12-23

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

GUSN: 198296

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.007

West End Church block print from Pencil Points

This block print shows a central view of West End Church. It is from a special issue of Pencil Points, published for the A.I.A. Convention in Boston. In the foreground is a street scene, including pedestrians, a car and a fruit and vegetable peddlar.

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

GUSN: 198297

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1450.001

Boston Theatre, Mid Summer Night's Dream

Consists of a full page depiction of the stage and settings for the play. Settings are highly decorative and classical.

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 198298

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.010

A view of Old West Church : a branch of the Boston Public Library

This engraving depicts the front view of the Old West Church on Cambridge Street in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. At this time, the West Church was functioning as the West End Library branch of the Boston Public Library.

Date: 1913

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

GUSN: 198312

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1450.002

Charles St. Meeting House

This engraving depicts a side architectural view of the Charles St. Meeting House, built in 1807, and its steeple. The foreground depicts a street view with automobiles.

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

GUSN: 198315

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.001

Third Baptist Meeting House in Charles Street

This engraving depicts a view showing the church and steeple with the Cambridge Bridge in the background.

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198317

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.003

Stable, Charles Street, Boston

This heliotype features a a front exterior view, with floor plans of the stable in the upper left corner. Horse-drawn carriages and horses enter and leave the stable, while a West End Metropolitan trolley drives by.

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

GUSN: 198318

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.002

View of Mr. G.F. Thayer's Private School, Chauncy Place--Boston

This lithograph depicts an architectural view of Chauncy Hall, including the side yard.

Date: 1832

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

GUSN: 198321

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.002

Rowe Street Baptist Church, Boston

This engraving depicts shows an image of the Rowe Street Baptist Church (now Chauncy Place). There is an inset portrait of Rev. Baron Stow. Included with this is the article written for Gleason's Pictorial, entitled "Boston Pulpit--No. 3 / Rowe Street Baptist Church--Rev. Baron Stow, D.D., Pastor ...

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198322

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.003

The First Church, Chauncy Place, Boston

This engraving depicts a landscape view of the church and steeple. There is an inset portrait of Rev. Rufus Ellis from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes. Included is the article for Gleason's Pictorial entitled "Boston Pulpit--No. 7 / Chauncy Place Church--Rev. Rufus Ellis, Pastor / by Rev. Lut...

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198323

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.004

Exchange Coffee House

This engraving depicts the Exchange Coffee House with the street and a coach in front. The Exchange was designed by architect Asher Benjamin. It was a hotel and coffee house at the turn of the 19th century and was the largest building in Boston at the time.

Date: ca. 1830

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

GUSN: 198325

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1650.001

Coliseum, Boston

The item verso provides dimension information for the building: length, 550 feet, width, 350 feet, seating capacity, 50,000 and area of building, 4 1/2 acres. The World Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival was held in Boston in 1872 to commemorate the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The Bo...

Date: 1872

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

GUSN: 198329

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1700.001

View from Copley Square

This engraving depicts a front architectural view of the Boston Public Library. In the foregound, one can see the fountain and street, in addition to a side view of New Old South Church.

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

GUSN: 198332

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1700.002

Ladies' Drawing-Room, Vestibule, Grand Staircase, and Stage and Auditorium of the Boston Theatre

The engraving depicts two pages of newspaper showing several interior scenes of the theatre including stage, staircase, vestibule, and drawing room.

Date: 1855-11-10

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

GUSN: 198339

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.008

Boston Common

These two engravings depicts the same detailed view of the Common. In the foreground is a field and figures, with an elm tree in the center. The capitol and a church can be seen in the background. One of the engravings was copied and engraved for the Ladies Wreath by M. Osborne.

Date: 1845

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

GUSN: 198336

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.001

Great Elm, Boston Common

This item depicts a full detailed view of the famed Great Elm on Boston Common. The tree stood for centuries and was a well known location for both civic corporal punishment and later, recreation in the 1800s. The Great Elm was destroyed in a storm in 1876. The dome of the State House can be seen ab...

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

GUSN: 198337

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.008

Brewer Fountain, near Park Street Mall, in the Common, Boston, Mass.

The engraving depicts a large detailed view of the large statuesque Brewer Fountain on Boston Common, "Presented to the City of Boston by Gardner Brewer, Esq." Figures can be seen strolling and playing. This engraving was drawn from a photograph by Allen, which was reproduced in Frank Leslie's Illus...

Date: 1869

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

GUSN: 198340

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.009

Scene from the opera of William Tell

This engraving shows a scene from William Tell, as performed at the Boston Theatre.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198341

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.005

Smoker's Circle, on Boston Commmon

This print is a view of a large group of gentlemen lounging about on the Common and smoking.

Date: 1852

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

GUSN: 198344

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.003

Scene from Knowle's play of The Wife

Shows a scene from "The Wife," featuring the parts of Fernando, St. Pierre, Antonio, Marianna and Leonardo. The play was at the Boston Theatre.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198343

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.002

Boys coasting on Boston Common

Singly and in pairs, boys slide down a hill on Boston Common on sleds, some of which are named, such as Minnehaha and Old Ironsides. Others drag their sleds to the top of the rise. Women and men watch from either side of the slope. The Massachusetts State House can be discerned through the leafless ...

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 198346

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.005

Macbeth, at the Boston Theatre

This is a view of a scene of Macbeth at the Boston Theatre from Ballou's Pictorial.

Date: 1855-12

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

GUSN: 198347

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.004

First Battalion of Rifles, of West Newbury, on Boston Common

This print depicts a large group gathering of a military battalion and horses performing in a ceremony on Boston Common.

Date: 1853-11-12

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

GUSN: 198348

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.007

Annual May Review of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Militia by Governor Boutwell and his Staff, on Boston Common

This engraving from Gleason's Pictorial depicts a military ceremony, showing horses in step and soldiers lined up to be inspected on the Common.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198352

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.006

Closing scene in "The Tempest," at the Boston Theatre

This engraving shows the actors performing the closing scene of "The Tempest" at the Boston Theatre. There is an elaborate fountain prop in the background.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198350

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.003

Julia Dean, (Mrs. Hayne,) as Norma, in Sargent's play, "The Priestess," at the Boston Theatre

This is a close-up view of two actresses on stage illustrating Act 1, Scene 3 of "The Priestess."

Date: 1855-03-24

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

GUSN: 198351

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.006

Firemen on Boston Common, May Morning

The print depicts the celebration of a large group of firemen, with hoses spraying water. There are wagons in the foreground, as well as many figures playing and walking around. "The first of May, or May morning, has, for a long period, been a sort of gala occasion for the firemen of Boston, when t...

Date: 1851-05-10

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

GUSN: 198353

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.002

A fine representation of a sleighing scene on Boston Neck

The engraving shows a view of sleighs and horses riding back and forth through the open Neck with people gathered in the foreground.

Date: 1853-02-05

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

GUSN: 198356

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3550.003

Ancient buildings in Boston

This engraving depicts a small corner street view of one of the oldest houses in Boston, circa 1695.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198354

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1900.003

Old Feather Store, Dock Square, Boston

This print depicts a front view of the Old Feather Store with figures and wagons on the street, loading and unloading barrels and boxes.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198358

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1900.001

Sleighing scene on Boston Neck

"The picture is at once a record and a reminiscence of days gone by--eheu fugaces! We have given up all hopes of another snow storm--the sleigh is hoisted to its place in the barn chamber, the bells--those musical bells--hang idly in the harness room. In taking down a horse collar one sometimes ra...

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198357

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3550.004

Appearance of the State House and vicinity at Kossuth's reception and welcome to the capitol

This engraving depicts a large ceremonial display of military companies for the reception of Lajos Kossuth, exiled leader of the Hungarian Revolution and former Regent-President of Hungary. Many of the military companies are on horseback. The State House is bedecked with flags, and welcome-arches c...

Date: 1852

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

GUSN: 198364

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1300.007

Interior view of John P. Jewett & Co.'s new and spacious bookstore, No. 117 Washington Street, Boston

This engraving shows an interior view of John P. Jewett's bookstore, with bookshelves lining both side walls. The store is crowded with many customers, including a boy with a dog.

Date: 1854

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

GUSN: 198359

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3550.007

Entrance to the New Boston Theatre, Washington Street

The engraving is a hand-tinted newspaper rendering of the theatre and adjacent buildings lined up on Washington Street with people and carriages in the foreground and entering the theatre.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198360

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.011

Lexington centennial

The lithograph shows a group of men outside the post office, surprised at reading the newspaper. There is a horse-car at the bottom with an advertisement for S.F. Lothrop & Co. Dry Goods on Washington Street.

Date: 1876

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

GUSN: 198361

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3550.022

Entrance to Cornhill from Washington St.

The lithograph shows a detailed, corner view of the street, looking down the street towards the many stores and manufacturers and warehouses. At the corner of Washington and Cornhill is Peck & Co. Wholesale & Retail Hat Manufacturers / Boston and New York / Fashionable Hat Warehouse.

Date: 1829

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

GUSN: 198362

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3550.015

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