Historic New England

Old State House, Boston

This engraving depicts a simple front view of the Old State House in color. The item verso has handwritten text which appears to read "Purch at D. Lyons book July 13 1821."

Date: 1821

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

GUSN: 198794

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3100.001

Advertisement for Brown & Lawrence, wholesale and retail clothing warehouse, in the entire basement of the Old State House, fronting State St., Boston, Mass., 1851

The advertisement is from the Boston Directory 1851. The Brown & Lawrence ad has an engraved image of the Old State House with the dome of the new State House visible in the background. The second page, not photographed, is from the Boston Directory for 1879 and has ads for businesses on State Stre...

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198797

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3100.003

Paged account books, manufactured and for sale By Thomas Groom & Co. and Brown and Lawrence Clothing Warehouse

Two large pages of advertising, one with an advertisement for Thomas Groom & Co., including an engraving called "East View of State Street, Boston" (same as seen in GUSN 198807 and GUSN 198213). The second advertisment is for Brown & Lawrence Clothing Warehouse (same as seen in GUSN 198797).

Date: 1840

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

GUSN: 198800

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3100.006

Old State House, Washington Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1854

This matted etching is an impressionistic view of the Old State House, with an image of a newspaper boy and pedestrians in the foreground.

Date: ca. 1854

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

GUSN: 198803

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3100.004

Old State House, Boston, 1880

This etching presents the eastern side of the Old State House and adjacent buildings. The Sears Building is behind the Old State House. The First National Bank Building is to the left of the Old State House. The item is signed in the lower left corner "S.L.S." The stamp below the left side of the im...

Date: 1880

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

GUSN: 198805

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3100.008

Old house on Parer St., Boston

A detailed view of the old house with broken down fences, broken wagons, and scattered tools.

Date: ca. 1840

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

GUSN: 198806

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.006

East view of State Street, Boston

Similar view to GUSN 198213. This image is a tinted, detailed view of the Old State House in left background and buildings lined along State Street in the foreground. Thos. Groom & Co., publishers at Stationers' Hall, 82 State Street, appears on the right side. An awning for Firemens Insurance Off...

Date: 1865

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

GUSN: 198807

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3050.004

Willard Everett and Co., 130, 131 & 134, North St. Boston, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers of Furniture

This lithograph depicts two views of the manufacturing site and wholesale rooms for Willard Everett & Co. They show the manufacturing building outside of the city, possibly Norwood, Mass., with a small railyard and some buildings with a smokestack. The other half of the image shows the building on ...

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

GUSN: 198809

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3800.011

Boston Court House

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. The image depicts the Boston Co...

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

GUSN: 198810

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3700.004

Hamilton Prints, Joy, Langdon & Co., Boston and New York

Engraving showing a detailed depiction of the dry goods company of Joy, Langdon & Co. at 76 Chauncey St. in Boston. There is a set of train tracks going toward a smoke stack in the middle of the image, along with a building with a bell tower on the left side.

Date: 1873

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

GUSN: 198814

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.001

Residence of Jeffrey Richardson

A detailed illustration of the Richardson House and neighboring buildings. Includes many pedestrians and a view of the streets. Also has a duplicate with information on the verso that is faded and difficult to read.

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

GUSN: 198816

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.010

Mystic Seaport, Connecticut

This seaside village was identified as Mystic Seaport. The view is from the harbor toward the docks and village, with the ship "Charles W. Morgan" slightly left of center.

Date: ca. 1993

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

GUSN: 198817

Ref. Code: GC002.01.CT.0200.001

Grosser Ball zu Ehren des Prinzen von Wales in der Academy of Music zu Boston, 12. November, 1860

A detailed engraving of a gala event in the theatre. Shows decorations, flags from several countries, floral arrangements, orchestras, dancing, men and women in formal attire and above, the words "Welcome Prince."

Date: 1860-11-12

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

GUSN: 198818

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3750.009

Central part of Dorchester and Milton Village

A detail of the village community and streets with a bridge crossing a river in the center. There are people walking and talking. Across the bottom, someone has handwritten "1839" and "EAH."

Date: 1839

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

GUSN: 198822

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.001

Old South Church, Dorchester, 1848

A detailed picture of the front and side of the church, with men, women, and children on the front lawn. This is actually a picture of the Second Church of Dorchester, mis-named "Old South Church."

Date: 1848

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

GUSN: 198823

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.008

Pierce Mansion

"This house, which stands on Oak Avenue, in what was formerly the town of Dorchester, now a part of Boston, was built by Robert Pierce, in the year 1640, ten years after he arrived from England in the ship Mary and John. It was occupied by him until his death, 1664, and since that time until the pr...

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

GUSN: 198824

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.003

The Gardner House

This is a very old house on Pleasant Street, in Dorchester, built in all probability at least 200 years ago, but by whom cannot be ascertained. Ebenezer Niles lived here in the early part of the century. He was a merchant on Central Wharf, Boston, of the firm of Newell & Niles; but whether an ance...

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

GUSN: 198826

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.005

Second Church, 1805, Codman Square, Dorchester

A detail of the front and side of the church, which dominates the vicinity of Codman Square. It is the oldest Congregational meeting house in Boston. In 1806, James Bowdoin presented a fine clock for the interior and the bell in the steeple, which was cast by Paul Revere.

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

GUSN: 198827

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.006

Savin Hill, Dorchester, Mass.

A depiction of Savin Hill and what appears to be Dorchester Bay.

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

GUSN: 198828

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.002

"Codman Mansion," Dorchester, Mass.

A detail of the front and side of the mansion, with women playing croquet on the front lawn.

Date: ca. 1860

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

GUSN: 198829

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.004

Savin Hill railroad bridge, Dorchester

A detailed scene representing evening twilight on the bridge and motionless bay. There is a railroad passing over the bridge, with a hill rising behind and two men fishing from a boat in the front. The railroad line is the Old Colony Railroad. Given February 13, 1922.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198830

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.4600.007

Roxbury, Massachusetts, as seen from Tremont Road

A detailed depiction of a view of Roxbury before its incoporation with Boston. The scene includes many buildings, horses, people and an attempt to depict the Roxbury stagecoach. From the article: "The view which we present [...] of Roxbury, Mass., is taken from Tremont Road, and is a very fine an...

Date: 1853-12-10

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

GUSN: 198834

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.008

Birthplace of General Warren

A detailed print of the front and side of the house, surrounded by fence and fruit trees. This house is now demolished and has been replaced by an American Gothic cottage by the Warren family on Warren Street at John Warren Square in Roxbury.

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

GUSN: 198836

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.006

The house in Roxbury, Mass. (as it now stands, August 1840) in which General Joseph Warren was born in the year 1741

A picture of the house from the front and side, surrounded by fruit trees. Warren was one of the most ardent, active and illustrious patriots of the Revolution. He was elected President of the Provincial Congress in April 1775 and appointed Major General a few days prior to the Battle of Bunker Hi...

Date: 1840

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

GUSN: 198837

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.007

View of Boston from Roxbury

A detailed view of Boston's skyline from Roxbury. There is land, homes and a cow in the foreground. On the verso, there is a handwritten note that this is possibly as seen from the meeting house on Eliot Square or from Highland Park hill.

Date: ca. 1828

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

GUSN: 198838

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.003

Norfolk House, Roxbury, Mass.

"This well-known house, located in one of the pleasantest parts of Roxbury, is now owned and kept by Mr. Horace King, so noted as the successful proprietor for many years of the Roxbury omnibus line, by which he amassed a fortune. The Norfolk House was built, if we remember rightly, some twenty-fiv...

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198839

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.002

Belvidere Hall, Summer Residence of F. Gleason

A detailed engraving that shows the summer home of the publisher and proprietor of the Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Frederick Gleason. The house sits on a hill and the estate consists of about three acres of land. There are fountain ornaments in the front lawn and an extensive aviar...

Date: ca. 1851

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

GUSN: 198840

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.005

View of the Gen. Warren House, Roxbury

Shows an exterior view of General Warren's birthplace in Roxbury, Mass. A coach passes in front.

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

GUSN: 198841

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.010

The Consumptives' Home at Grove Hall, Boston Highlands (one of the many charities founded by the late Dr. Cullis)

A sheet from The Christian Herald and Signs of Our Times with an article called "A wondrous work of faith." The sheet has an engraving of the Consumptives' Home and an inset portrait of the late Charles Cullis, M.D.

Date: 1892-07-27

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

GUSN: 198842

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.004

Suburban residences

Two pages of suburban residences cut out and pasted to a board. Includes: Mr. Pope's Residence, Highlands, Roxbury; Br. Blake's Italian Cottage, Highlands, Roxbury; Henry Burroughs's Gothic Cottage, Highlands; The General Warren House, Roxbury; I. Babbitt's Gothic Cottage, Roxbury; Wm. R. Carnes's...

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 198843

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.6800.009

Baptist Home of Rhode Island, Newport, R.I., 1953-1980

A close view of the principle facade of the William Watts Sherman House. The work was done by M. Vogel.

Date: 1993

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

GUSN: 198844

Ref. Code: GC002.01.RI.0200.001

Interior of stable 352 Newbury St.

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-20

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214124

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3200

Interior of stable 350 Newbury St.

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-20

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214125

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3210

Part of eastern wall of Boston Cab Co.

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-20

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214126

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3220

Sec.2 from roof of Cab Co. building

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-16

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214127

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3230

Interior of stable 356 Newbury St.

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-20

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214128

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3240

Part of easterly wall of Boston Cab. Co. building

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-20

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214129

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3250

Cab. Co. building from Boylston St.

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-31

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214130

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3260

Boston Cab Co. building, looking north

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-31

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214131

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3270

Sec.2, looking easterly showing Boylston St. retaining wall

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-31

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214132

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3280

Sidewalk, Boylston Street, across from the Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass., December 31, 1912

The Boston Public Library McKim building can be seen across the street on the right side of the image. Beyond it on the right side, part of Trinity Church can be seen. The Old South Church can be seen on the left side of the image.

Date: 1912-12-31

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214133

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3290

North side, Boylston St.

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1912-12-31

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214134

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3300

Sidewalk by Old South Church, Boston, Mass., December 31, 1912

The Old South Church can be seen on the left side at the intersection of Boylston and Dartmouth Streets. Trinity Church can be seen on the right side of the image in CopleySquare.

Date: 1912-12-31

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214135

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3310

Sidewalk by Old South Church, north side, Boylston St., Boston, Mass., December 31, 1912

A woman and a young girl stand at the curb in front of the Old South Church. Trinity Church in Copley Square can be seen on the right side of the image. In the distance on the right the Hotel Brunswick can be seen.

Date: 1912-12-31

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 214136

Ref. Code: PC017.01.01.03.3320