Historic New England

[Whittier House, Haverhill, Mass.]

This print, copied from an oil painting, is a black and white romantic view of the Whittier House with a boy fishing. On the reverse it is inscribed "Prang?" by W. Sumner Appleton.

Date: 1870s

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

GUSN: 198937

Ref. Code: GC002.02.031

Invest in the Victory Liberty Loan

A print with the words "They kept the sea lanes open" and a scene with a German U-boat blocked by American ships.

Date: ca. 1915

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

GUSN: 198934

Ref. Code: GC002.02.125b

Third Liberty Loan Honor Roll

Advertisement to help Wayland [Mass.] earn the right to fly the Third Liberty Loan honor flag, awarded by the U.S. Treasury Department. The portion of the poster with the list of those who are already helping the war effort by purchasing Third Liberty Loan bonds is missing.

Date: ca. 1915

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

GUSN: 198935

Ref. Code: GC002.02.125c

The New Sagamore House, Nantasket Beach, Hull, Mass.

This color print shows the Nantasket Beach and the buildings along it. It also shows the ferry landing and train station. The print includes a corner inset of the new Sagamore House.

Date: 1895

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

GUSN: 198938

Ref. Code: GC002.02.032

Ipswich, Mass.

This blue-toned print depicts a birds-eye view of the town of Ipswich and buildings, offering a good overview of the town. The streets are labelled. Some buildings are identified in the legend in the corner.

Date: 1893

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

GUSN: 198941

Ref. Code: GC002.02.033

Lands End, Rockport, Mass.

This blue-tinted lithograph has a large section showing Turks Head Inn and land divided into house lots. There are also four small views in the bottom corners: up close of the Inn, Thatchers Island, Bathing Pavilion, and the steamer Penobscot.

Date: ca. 1895

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

GUSN: 198943

Ref. Code: GC002.02.034

"Camp Sargent," Encampment of the Boston Light Infantry at Springfield, Mass., July 1840

This lithograph depicts a detailed view of the encampment, showing soldiers at attention, tents, and people watching.

Date: 1840-07

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

GUSN: 198944

Ref. Code: GC002.02.035

Birthplace of Harriet Newell, Haverhill, Mass.

A charming, if amateurish rendering of a colonial home circa 1800.

Date: 1880s

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

GUSN: 198945

Ref. Code: GC002.02.140

View of Putnam, Conn.

This lithograph presents a panoramic view of Putnam, showing the street layouts and buildings. A wide variety of buildings are shown, including churches, mills, houses, etc.

Date: 1877

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

GUSN: 198947

Ref. Code: GC002.02.037

[Sailboats at anchor]

Depiction of what looks to be fishing boats at anchor in a small harbor. Includes small dorries anchored in the foreground. Artist signed in pencil and in the plate on the lower right.

Date: ca. 1915

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

GUSN: 198946

Ref. Code: GC002.02.141

Bishops of the M.E. Church

A cluster of small portraits of the Bishops of the M.E. Church. The Holy Bible and the Cross and Crown flank the top portrait.

Date: 1872

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

GUSN: 198949

Ref. Code: GC002.02.142

Congregational Church, Stratford, Conn.

This sepia-toned lithograph presents a detailed view of the Congregational Church in Stratford, Conn.

Date: 1860s

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

GUSN: 198948

Ref. Code: GC002.02.038

Mount Washington

A landscape print of Mt. Washington with some buildings in the middleground.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198950

Ref. Code: GC002.02.039

Henry Ward Beecher, pastor of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Fine portrait with a narrative border by W. Momberger describing important events in Beecher's life.

Date: 1870

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

GUSN: 198951

Ref. Code: GC002.02.143

White Mountain Station House

This photomechanical print is a reproduction of a lithograph dated circa 1860. It shows good detail of the Station House, as well as a train and stagecoach.

Date: 1950s

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

GUSN: 198955

Ref. Code: GC002.02.040

Cottonus Matherus [Cotton Mather]

A formal portrait of Mather done by the British born Pelham, John Singleton Copley's step-father.

Date: ca. 1727

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

GUSN: 198953

Ref. Code: GC002.02.144

Rev. F.W.P. Greenwood

A formal portrait of the Reverend Greenwood .

Date: 1844

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

GUSN: 198954

Ref. Code: GC002.02.145

Advance of civilization

A magazine reproduction.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198956

Ref. Code: GC002.02.146

Newport, N.H., 1857

This lithograph shows two people on a hill overlooking Newport, New Hampshire. It shows a panoramic and scenic townscape, with the locations of churches and buildings represented.

Date: 1857

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

GUSN: 198958

Ref. Code: GC002.02.041

A. Burlingame

Portrait of a main. His name below is mostly illegible, other than A. Burlingame.

Date: 1860s

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

GUSN: 198957

Ref. Code: GC002.02.147

Manchester Locomotive Works

This is a very detailed color lithograph showing the factory of Manchester Locomotive Works, "manufacturers of locomotives, stationary steam engines and tools." The bottom half of the print shows a Pioneer locomotive.

Date: ca. 1855

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

GUSN: 198959

Ref. Code: GC002.02.042

American Harvesting

This is a black and white etching, with impressionistic detail. There are tiny figures working in the field with the haywagon.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198960

Ref. Code: GC002.02.043

Street in New Bedford, Mass.

This print is a photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, and depicts a black and white view of a street scene in New Bedford, including people, children, a carriage and a hay wagon.

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

GUSN: 198962

Ref. Code: GC002.02.044

Brattleboro, Vt.

This black, white, and ochre-toned lithograph shows a panoramic view of Brattleboro, Vermont. The major buildings are numbered on the print and are listed in the margin.

Date: 1886

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

GUSN: 198964

Ref. Code: GC002.02.045

Gamaliel Bailey

Portrait of Gamaliel Bailey, editor of the abolitionist paper the "National Era."

Date: 1855-1859

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

GUSN: 198965

Ref. Code: GC002.02.148

A River Pier

This etching is an impressionistic view of a house along the Kennebec River. It is black and white on cloth, and from a collection published by Dodd, Mead.

Date: 1887

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

GUSN: 198969

Ref. Code: GC002.02.046

[Benjamin] Franklin

1 lithograph

Date: 1859

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

GUSN: 198971

Ref. Code: GC002.02.149

Hallet, Davis, and Co., Pianoforte Manufacturers, Boston, Mass.

This is a two-tone woodcut of the Hallet, Davis, and Co. building in Boston's South End, showing a very detailed street scene with carriages, and factory wagons carrying piano boxes. The print advertises that Hallet, David & Co. is the sole agency for Rugg's Music Store in Lowell, Mass.

Date: ca. 1870

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

GUSN: 198970

Ref. Code: GC002.02.047

Birds-eye view, Centennial Buildings

This lithographs presents a detailed view of the Centennial Buildings and grounds at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. Below the plate, the building dimensions are given.

Date: 1875

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

GUSN: 198972

Ref. Code: GC002.02.048

[President Garfield and his family]

Family portrait of President James A. Garfield, his wife Lucretia Garfield, their five children, and possibly President Garfield's mother.

Date: ca. 1881

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

GUSN: 198973

Ref. Code: GC002.02.150

Machinery Hall, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876

This is a detailed view of the Machinery Hall done in two tones. The view also shows people on the fairgrounds and a statue near the hall.

Date: 1874

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

GUSN: 198975

Ref. Code: GC002.02.049

Beach Street station, Boston, Mass., undated

The Beach Street elevated railroad station is seen with a Coca-Cola sign on the right side of the image.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 196439

Ref. Code: PC017.02.045-2.003

3-2 Oxford Place, Boston, Mass., 11 July 1921

Construction activity on Oxford Place is shown with pedestrians on the sidewalk.

Date: 1921-07-11

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 196440

Ref. Code: PC017.02.045-2.004

1 Oxford Place, Boston, Mass., 11 July 1921

The exterior of 1 Oxford Place has a sign which reads: "Quong Shuelung Co., Importers of Merchandise."

Date: 1921-07-11

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 196441

Ref. Code: PC017.02.045-2.005

Exterior view of Gore Place, Governor Gore Mansion, Waltham, Mass., ca. 1895

The Gore Estate house is seen, partially obscured by trees, in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1895

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196442

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3110.0070.001

Stereograph of Amesbury, Mass., undated

The houses in Amesbury, Massachusetts are seen in this view.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196443

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0030.0010.001

Marine Park, City Point, South Boston, Mass., undated

People walk on the beach and swim in the water at Marine Park.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196444

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2730.0020.004

Beach St. at Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass., 24 June 1942

Streetcar tracks have been partially removed on Beach Street at the intersection with Harrison Avenue. The elevated station can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1942-06-24

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 196445

Ref. Code: PC017.02.046.002

Ward 5, showing 3-2 Oxford Place, Boston, Mass., 11 July 1921

Construction materials litter the street in Oxford Place.

Date: 1921-07-11

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196446

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6180.001

South side of Beach Street, east corner of Tyler Street, Boston, Mass., 1901

The commercial building at this intersection contains "Donovan and Leary, Importers of Wines and Liquors," and the "Yee Wah Laundry."

Date: 1901

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 196447

Ref. Code: PC009.207.005

North side of Beach St., west corner of Oxford St., Boston, Mass., 01 March 1901

Horses and wagons stand next to commercial buildings on Beach Street. The sign on the corner business reads "Fish Market."

Date: 1901-03-01

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 196448

Ref. Code: PC009.207.006

West side of Atlantic Avenue, north corner of Belcher's Lane, Boston, Mass., 07 November 1900

This photograph looks across railroad tracks to the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Belcher's Lane, showing the Nickerson and Southward Restaurant as well as the Rossmore Hotel. The image caption has the number "1519" in the lower right hand corner.

Date: 1900-11-07

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 196463

Ref. Code: PC009.207.002

East side of Atlantic Avenue between Rowe's and Central Wharf, Boston, Mass., November 7, 1900

Men work on Atlantic Avenue. The Portland Steamship office can be seen on the left side of the image. A sign reading "Smelters Ahoy, headquarters for bait" is at 324 Atlantic Avenue. Doorway has signs which appear to read "Lobsters by the plate" and "Oysters by the plate." kitchen ware. John Binney...

Date: 1900-11-07

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 196465

Ref. Code: PC009.207.008