Historic New England

Glimpse of Silver Lake from the Cottage House, Wilmington, Mass.

A group of young women and girls prepare to get into rowboats at the pier of the Cottage House on the shores of Silver Lake in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194773

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3440.0010.001

Fishing, Kendall's Pond Bridge, Windham, N.H.

A young woman and a boy fish from the Kendall Pond Bridge in Windham, New Hampshire, she with a fishing pole and he with a line. A man squats on a stone in the pond just below them.

Date: ca. 1891

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194774

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1790.0010.004

On Hampton Beach, N.H.

People sit and stand on the sand in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.

Date: 1880-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194775

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0680.0060.002

Croquet at Rotch Cottage, New Bedford, Mass.

A group of young women and men play croquet on the front lawn of the Rotch Cottage in New Bedford, Massachusetts, with a view of the verandah and gabled central pavilion and doorway.

Date: 1897

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194776

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.041

Interior view of Hamilton House, southwest chamber, South Berwick, Maine, undated

A chaise lounge is seen in one alcove in a bedroom in Hamilton House.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194777

Ref. Code: PC006.HAM.01.002

Dorothy Codman standing in Codman Garden, Lincoln, Mass., undated

A young Dorothy Codman stands in a garden at the Codman House, Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194783

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.002

Oblique exterior view of the Codman House, Lincoln, Mass., ca. 1899-1900

This exterior view of the Codman House, Lincoln, Massachusetts, was taken circa 1899-1900.

Date: 1894-1905

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194785

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.003

Exterior view of the Codman House, Lincoln, Mass., as seen from entrance path, undated

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194786

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.004

Curtis family on tennis court, Manchester, Mass.

Item

Date: 1891

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 194787

Ref. Code: PC023.002.019

Game of ice polo

1 photograph

Date: 1894-1895

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 194788

Ref. Code: PC023.002.020

Harvard College, Class of 1859

A six-man rowing team of the Harvard College Class of 1859 speed along the Charles River past a group of spectators on the riverbank.

Date: 1859

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194790

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.042

Group portrait of the Hopkinson School football team, Boston, Mass., undated

This studio group portrait depicts eleven members of the Hopkinson School football team of Boston wearing uniforms set against a backdrop of a rural scene. Some players standing and several are seated, and the player in the center of the group rests his foot on a football.

Date: 1883

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194792

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.318

Group of women tennis players

A group of young women sit on the stairs leading to the front entranceway of a building that could be a school. Many of them hold tennis racquets. A plaque set into the pediment above the entrance porch is carved with the year 1883.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194793

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.001

Children playing tennis

Young girls play a game of doubles on a fenced clay tennis court surrounded by gardens or woods.

Date: 1890-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194794

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.002

Mixed game of tennis

A boy and a girl play a game of tennis doubles with a woman and young man on a fenced grass court on the grounds of a country estate or mansion, which can be seen in the background. Two young women and a dog watch the game at courtside. Five tents are set up next to the court.

Date: 1890-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194795

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.003

Girl on a bicycle

A young girl, wearing a cap, waistshirt, and striped or plaid skirt, leans on a bicycle on the sidewalk of a street with several large homes in the background.

Date: 1890-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194797

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.8850.0300.001

Women campers diving at the lake

Young women wearing bathing caps and bathing suits with knee-length skirts dive into a lake from a platform and from a diving board on the platform. A canoe with several young women is next to the platform. There are mountains and woods beyond the body of water.

Date: 1890-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194798

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1300.0300.002

Harvard College Crew Team

This group studio portrait of six members of the Harvard College crew team wearing uniforms is set against a backdrop of curtains. Two are seated and four are standing, two of whom hold oars. In the center of the group there is a table with a stack of trophy cups.

Date: ca. 1876

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194800

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0670.001

Croquet players

A group of five women and men, several of whom appear to be couples, stand in the backyard of a home playing croquet. Two dogs sit on the lawn.

Date: 1880-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194801

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.004

Game of croquet, New Bedford, Mass.

Three women and one man play croquet. There are two houses in the background. One woman is in the position of striking the ball with the mallet.

Date: 1880-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194802

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.017

Tennis players, Braggville, Mass.

Three women and two men stand on a grass tennis court next to the net holding tennis racquets. One man is about to hit a ball over the net.

Date: 1891

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194803

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.046

Harvard College Football Team

Thirteen members of the Harvard College football team in uniform pose for a group portrait with a undecorated backdrop. They are arranged in three rows of players, one each sitting on the floor, sitting in chairs, and standing. Two of the seated players hold footballs.

Date: 1870-1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194804

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0670.002

Children tobogganing

Three children are seated on a toboggan preparing to descend a slope in a wooded area.

Date: 1880-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194805

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.005

Bathers on Hampton Beach, N.H.

Bathers sit and stand on Hampston Beach, New Hampshire. Women and girls wear bathing caps and bathing suits with knee-length skirts, while others wear dresses and hold parasols. The men and boys wear tank suits.

Date: 1880-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194806

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0680.0060.003

Harriot Sumner Curtis skiing

Harriet Sumner Curtis stands on skiis holding a ski pole. She wears a hat and heavy overcoat. There is a partial view of house in the background.

Date: 1904

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 194807

Ref. Code: PC023.002.018

Woman snowshoeing

A woman wearing a hat and a heavy overcoat stands on snowshoes holding a ski pole. There are houses and other buildings surrounded by woods in the background.

Date: 1880-1919

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194808

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0200.0010.001

Children tobogganing

Three groups of children arrange themselves on toboggans in preparation for descending a hill. A man in a derby appears to be assisting them. There is a large house in the background.

Date: 1880-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194809

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.006

Children tobogganing

A group of ten children run toward an unoccupied toboggan. A large home can be partially seen in the background.

Date: 1880-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194810

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.007

Boston College football team, jogging at the first practice, Brighton, Mass.

The Boston College Eagles football team in uniform jog on a path away from Gasson Hall in the direction of a football field. The view of the front façade of Gasson Hall is partially obscured by a tree. The bell tower of Gasson Hall rises above the squad as they run.

Date: 1925

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194811

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0430.0090.002

Sherborn Athletic Association Baseball Team

Ten members of the Sherborn Athletic Association baseball team in uniform pose for a group portrait with a backdrop of a curtained window. They are arranged in three rows of players, one each sitting on the floor, sitting in chairs, and standing. Two of the seated players hold footballs. Several pla...

Date: 1870-1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194812

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2670.0020.002

Playing ball in front of Bradford Academy, Bradford, Mass.

A group of students play baseball on the lawns in front of Academy Hall on the campus of Bradford Academy, a women's college in the part of Haverhill, Massachusetts that was formerly the town of Bradford.

Date: 1880-1910

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194813

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.043

Baseball players on Congress St. Grounds, Boston, Mass.

Baseball players practice on the Congress Street Grounds in the Fort Point Channel district of Boston. The view of the field is from the first base side of home plate across to left field, including the center field bleachers. A large sign on the left field wall advertises the "Boston Herald" as hav...

Date: 1890-1899

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194814

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3000.0100.008

Postcard of the 1912 Boston Red Sox and a crowd celebrating their World Series victory, Boston, Mass., 1912

This postcard is a composite of two images. The scene occupying the left and top center portions of the postcard shows a large crowd celebrating the Red Sox 1912 World Series victory over the New York Giants. A car with a group of men, including Mayor John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, leads the ...

Date: 1912

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194815

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.044

A.L. Red Sox ball club, season 1912, Fenway Park

The Boston Red Sox team of 1912 poses for a group portrait. The Red Sox defeated the New York Giants to win the World Series that year. The team is arranged in front of their dugout along the first base line, with a view of the grandstands in the background. There are three insets: a ballboy, manage...

Date: 1912

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194816

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.045

The Red Sox Ball Club warming up, Fenway Park, Boston, Mass.

Members of the Boston Red Sox team warm up for a game at Fenway Park. Players stand around home plate watching a teammate taking batting practice. The view is from the third base side of home plate toward the first base side grandstands. A large advertisement on the first base line wall promotes the...

Date: 1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194817

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.046

Harvard College Baseball Team

Ten members of the Harvard College baseball team in uniform pose for a group portrait with a undecorated backdrop. They are arranged in three rows of players, one each sitting on the floor, sitting in chairs, and standing. One of the seated players holds a catcher's mask.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194818

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0670.003

Boys celebrating the Fourth of July

A crowd of boys celebrate the Fourth of July holiday by waving flags, igniting sparklers and firecrackers, and blowing on horns as fireworks light up the sky.

Date: 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194820

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.006

Daniel Webster House, Somerset St., Boston, Mass.

From the Bostonian Society catalog record: Street-level view northeast of (left to right) 37-39 Somerset Street, located between Allston Street to the south-southeast and Howard Street to the north-northwest. The front façades of the dwellings face west-southwest. 35 Somerset Street lines the right ...

Date: 1870-1899

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194822

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7320.002

Town houses of James M. Beebe & Gardner Brewer House, covering the John Hancock Estate on Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

This presentation drawing depicts the front elevation of the French Renaissance double town houses at 29-30 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, designed by Gridley James Fox Bryant as the homes of James M. Beebe (30 Beacon Street) and Gardner Brewer (29 Beacon Street). The John Hancock House had b...

Date: 1864

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195028

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.010

Set of architectural drawings of Holbrook Hall, Newton, Mass., 1875

1 set of 17 architectural drawings

Date: 1875

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195029

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0800.001

Framing plan of the Thomas Wigglesworth House, Manchester, Mass., Feb. 9, 1889

This framing plan is for the ocean view of a summer cottage designed for Thomas Wigglesworth by Gridley James Fox Bryant at 9 Old Neck Road in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. The design combines Queen Anne and Colonial Revival elements. The drawing is dated February 9, 1889. One of a set of fo...

Date: 1889-02-09

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195031

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0600.001.002

Bird's-eye perspective of the garden, The Hague, Hamilton, Mass., ca. 1915

This watercolor on paper bird's-eye perspective drawing shows the estate and garden of Alexander Cochrane, known as The Hague or The Farm, in Hamilton, Massachusetts. Arthur Shurcliff designed the garden. Cochrane was a chemical manufacturer and businessman. A wall surrounds the garden on two sides,...

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195032

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0450.001.001

Set of architectural drawings of the John McCarthy and William Kallady Houses, Roxbury, Boston, Mass., Jan. 26, 1897

1 set of 9 architectural drawings

Date: 1897-01-26

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195033

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.002

First floor plan of the John McCarthy and William Kallady Houses, Roxbury, Boston, Mass., Jan. 26, 1897

This first floor plan is for two triple-deckers on Calumet Street in the Parker Hill neighborhood of Roxbury in Boston, Massachusetts. The architects, Samuel Rantin & Son, designed the dwellings for John McCarthy (154 Calumet Street) and William Kallady (152 Calumet Street). One of a set of nine dra...

Date: 1897-01-26

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195034

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0250.002.002

Presentation drawing of an unidentified brick cottage bungalow, designed by Frank Chouteau Brown, location unknown, 1912

These presentation drawings depict a brick cottage bungalow designed by Frank Chouteau Brown. The ink and pencil on trace drawings include a front and side rendering; first and second story floor plans; and a front sectional elevation. There is information about the cubic area of the house and estim...

Date: 1912

Collection: Frank Chouteau Brown professional architectural collection

GUSN: 195035

Ref. Code: AR003.003.001

Set of architectural drawings of the Mrs. Arland A. Dirlam House, Stoneham, Mass., 1935

1 set of 18 architectural drawings

Date: 1935

Collection: Arland A. Dirlam architectural collection

GUSN: 195037

Ref. Code: AR006.TMP.001

Perspective drawing of an unidentified house, designed by David J. Abrahams, location unknown, 1940s

David J. Abrahams, whose office was located at 260 Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts, designed the International-style suburban house depicted in this presentation drawing rendered in colored pencil.

Date: 1940-1949

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195038

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.004

Design for an unidentified house, location unknown, 1920s-1950s

This is a preliminary drawing for an unidentified International-style suburban house.

Date: 1920-1959

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 195039

Ref. Code: AR001.UNK.005

Fourth of July celebration, Walpole, N.H.

A crowd of people celebrate July Fourth on the Common of Walpole, New Hampshire in 1874. They seem to be crowding around some person or activity. Some participants watch from horse-drawn carriages. The front façade of the First Congregational Church of Walpole at 15 Washington Street, built in 1833...

Date: 04 July 1874

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195043

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.018

Portrait of Sarah Orne Jewett

This cabinet card presents a portait of author Sarah Orne Jewett in profile, taken at Warren's Portraits, 465 Washington Street in Boston.

Date: 1870-1899

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 195045

Ref. Code: PC004.01.J.0700.01

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