Historic New England

Watercolor

Rectangular format, small study of a flower combination in red. white and blue flowers and green stems and leaves on a bare background. In black moulded frame with yellow stripe, glazed; in its original glass.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2603

Accession Number: 1991.820

Watercolor

Rectangular format, floral arrangemnt with a large basket resting on a mahogany table. Orange tulips, mums and blue flowers with elaborate leaves and stems in deep green. Several prominent flowers are left unpainted (unfinished?). The paper is prepared with wax and white chalk. Delicate stripping...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: chalk, ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), watercolor (paint), waxed paper

GUSN: 2604

Accession Number: 1991.821

Watercolor

Floral watercolor on paper in original pine frame.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2605

Accession Number: 1991.822

Portrait of a Boy

Cut paper portrait showing the head and shoulders of a little boy cut in profile and laid against a blue paper background. Boy has light brown hair cut close to the head. Broad ruffled, cream-colored collar, over a dark blue suit made out of fabric with a row of round "gold" buttons cut out of yello...

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: Bascom, Ruth Henshaw, 1772-1848 (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 2606

Accession Number: 1991.823

Miner's Birdcage Feeding Dish

Miniature redware deep dish with clear lead glaze on the inside (mostly worn off), unglazed outside, thick rim, straight, ingoing sides (no foot). Bird food or water dish from a miner's birdcage.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: John Bell Pottery (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 2607

Accession Number: 1991.825

Miner's Birdcage Feeding Dish

Small redware bird food dish with short handle at the top with hole for dipping rod; wider rough hewn bottom; unglazed outside with clear lead glaze inside, intended for use in a miner's canary cage

Date: 1775-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, redware

GUSN: 2608

Accession Number: 1991.826

Miniature Redware Bowl

Very small reware bowl, with a dark brown body (almost black) washed with a deep ochre-yellow glaze on the inside of the bowl with drippings to the outside; no foot, no flange, almost straight sides.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 2609

Accession Number: 1991.827

Bird Whistle

Small and stylized earthenware bird whistle with a round, flat open top with pointed beak and a long, straight whistle spout; it is covered with yellow glaze with an unglazed mouthpiece.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), lead glaze, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 2610

Accession Number: 1991.828

Small Redware Cup

Redware handled cup (tea cup) with shallow bowl on a low foot with two narrowly incised bands around bowl and ridged strap handle covered all over with a dark brown glaze.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 2611

Accession Number: 1991.829

Painting

Rectangular format, small view of brown-painted "half house," with barn and trees, fence and laundry at left; women appear at upper center window and at right doorway; gilt frame with square-head nails. Simple gilt frame.

Date: 1856

Maker: Wiggin, Alfred J. (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2612

Accession Number: 1991.830

Wall Box

Rectangular backboard with cauted crest piece with hanging hole, shaped sides which slope from crest to box, a wedge-shaped wood block nailed to backboard; retains traces of grey paint.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: nailing, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2613

Accession Number: 1991.831

Box

Rectangular box with shaped extension at one end, with sliding cover; box has beaded edge on three sides; is all grain painted in two tones of green.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2614

Accession Number: 1991.832

1846 :portrait of the nation /Margaret C.S. Christman.

xx, 211 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 28 cm., In 1846 America, a young, vibrant republic, was expanding in directions unimagined only a few years earlier. The nation plunged into war with Mexico and rushed to settle the West. The country saw the steady rise of cities, the expansion of th...

Date: c1996.

Creators: Christman, Margaret C. S. National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

GUSN: 244043

Call Number: Stacks E166.C5 1996

Silversmiths to the nation :Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842 /Donald L. Fennimore and Ann K. Wagner ; with contributions from Cathy Matson, Deborah Dependahl Waters, Beth Carver Wees.

287 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Fennimore, Donald L. Wagner, Ann K. (Ann Kelly), 1967- Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.

GUSN: 244045

Call Number: Coll. NK7198.F55 F43 2007

Key houses of the twentieth century :plans, sections and elevations /Colin Davies.

240 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 29 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Date: c2006.

Creators: Davies, Colin, 1929-

GUSN: 244047

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA7126.D38 2006

The art of placemaking :interpreting community through public art and urban design /Ronald Lee Fleming.

383 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm., In The Art of Placemaking, Ronald Lee Fleming adopts a practical approach to tackling public art and community planning in the US as they are experienced today. Through detailed, in-depth case studies he discusses the development of placemaking initiatives since 1990, ac...

Date: 2007.

Creators: Fleming, Ronald Lee.

GUSN: 244049

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA9052.F54 2007

Women and the making of the modern house :a social and architectural history /Alice T. Friedman.

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

Date: 2006.

Creators: Friedman, Alice T.

GUSN: 244051

Call Number: 85M Stacks NA2543.W65 F75 2006 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Dream homes New England :showcasing New England's finest architects, designers & builders /by Panache Partners, LLC.

p. cm.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Panache Partners LLC.

GUSN: 244053

Call Number: Stacks NA7210.D74 2008

A manufactured wilderness :summer camps and the shaping of American youth, 1890-1960 /Abigail A. Van Slyck.

xxxvii, 296 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Van Slyck, Abigail Ayres.

GUSN: 244056

Call Number: 85M Stacks GV193.V37 2006

Christmas in New England :a treasury of traditions, from the Yule log and the Christmas tree to flying Santa and the Enchanted Village /Amy Whorf McGuiggan.

xi, 168 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: McGuiggan, Amy Whorf, 1956-

GUSN: 244059

Call Number: Stacks GT4986.N4 M34 2006

Leviathan :the history of whaling in America /Eric Jay Dolin.

479 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm., The epic history of the "iron men in wooden boats" who built an industrial empire through the pursuit of whales. Few things can capture the sheer danger and desperation of men on the deep sea as dramatically as whaling. Environmental writer Dolin chron...

Date: c2007.

Creators: Dolin, Eric Jay.

GUSN: 244061

Call Number: Stacks SH383.2.D65 2007

Tupperware :the promise of plastic in 1950s America /Alison J. Clarke.

x, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., Traces the development of the plasticwares in the 1940s and 50s, especially the "party plan" marketing strategy developed by Brownie Wise.

Date: c1999.

Creators: Clarke, Alison J.

GUSN: 244063

Call Number: 85M Stacks HD9662.C664 T863 1999

The Fairbanks House :a history of the oldest timber-frame building in New England /by Abbott Lowell Cummings.

vii, 110 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Date: 2002.

Creators: Cummings, Abbott Lowell, 1923-

GUSN: 244065

Call Number: Stacks NA7238.D36 C86 2002

Surveying the shore :historic maps of coastal Massachusetts 1600-1930 /Joseph G. Garver.

viii, 205 p. : ill., maps ; 32 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Garver, Joseph G.

GUSN: 244068

Call Number: Stacks GA61.M4 G37 2006

The history of Martha's Vineyard :how we got to where we are /Arthur R. Railton.

x, 465 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Railton, Arthur R.

GUSN: 244070

Call Number: Stacks F72.M5 R35 2006

Thomas Chambers :American marine and landscape painter, 1808-1869 /Kathleen A. Foster.

xi, 171 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Foster, Kathleen A. Philadelphia Museum of Art.

GUSN: 244072

Call Number: Stacks ND237.C44 A4 2008

Call of the coast :art colonies of New England /Thomas Denenberg, Amy Kurtz Lansing, and Susan Danly.

128 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Denenberg, Thomas Andrew, 1967- Lansing, Amy Kurtz. Danly, Susan. Portland Museum of Art. Florence Griswold Museum.

GUSN: 244074

Call Number: Stacks N6515.D46 2009

American gardens, 1890-1930 :Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions /edited, with an introduction by Sam Watters.

295 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 32 cm.

Date: 2006.

Creators: Watters, Sam, 1954-

GUSN: 244076

Call Number: 85M Stacks SB466.U65 N7516 2006

Symphony Hall :the first 100 years.

119 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 32 cm.

Date: c2000.

GUSN: 244078

Call Number: Stacks ML200.8.B7 S96 2000

"I feel I should warn you ..." :historic preservation cartoons /edited by Terry B. Morton ; with an essay by Draper Hill.

xxv, 86 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c1975.

Creators: Morton, Terry B.

GUSN: 244080

Call Number: Stacks NC1763.H5 I22

Middlesex in the making :history and memories of a small Vermont town /by Sarah Seidman and Patricia Wiley.

vii, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 21 x 26 cm.

Date: c2006.

Creators: Seidman, Sarah. Wiley, Patricia. Middlesex Historical Society (Vt.)

GUSN: 244083

Call Number: Stacks F59.M62 S45 2006b

The natural history collection of the Providence Athenaeum :a selected annotated bibliography /compiled by Carol S. Cook and Marguerite Dorian.

xxi, 363 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: 1997.

Creators: Cook, Carol S. Dorian, Marguerite. Providence Athenaeum.

GUSN: 244085

Call Number: Stacks Z7409 $b.P76 1997

A precious muse :art of the narragansett bay then and now.

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Vareika, William, donor. William Vareika Fine Arts (Firm) Save the Bay (Organization)

GUSN: 244087

Call Number: Stacks F87.N2 P74 2007

The Old farmer's almanac Colonial cookbook /Clarissa M. Silitch, editor ; Carl F. Kirkpatrick, designer.

64 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1976.

Creators: Silitch, Clarissa M.

GUSN: 244089

Call Number: Stacks TX715.O428

Learning Python /Mark Lutz.

xlix, 1160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., This new edition of 'Learning Python' provides programmers with a comprehensive and updated introduction to the interactive, object-oriented scripting language. The book introduces basic elements of the latest release of Python 2.5 and covers new features and addresses...

Date: c2009.

Creators: Lutz, Mark.

GUSN: 244207

Call Number: Stacks QA76.73.P98 L877 2009

Programming Python /Mark Lutz.

xlii, 1551 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 2006.

Creators: Lutz, Mark.

GUSN: 244209

Call Number: SysLib QA76.73.P98 L88 2006

Why architecture matters / Paul Goldberger.

xvii, 273 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Goldberger, Paul.

GUSN: 244595

Call Number: Stacks NA2540.G63 2009

Birds of Boston /Chris C. Fisher, Andy Bezener.

159 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.

Date: 1998.

Creators: Fisher, Chris, 1970- Bezener, Andy, 1971-

GUSN: 245460

Call Number: Stacks QL684 M4 F57 1998

A history of domestic space :privacy and the Canadian home /Peter Ward.

ix, 182 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), plans ; 24 cm., "Homes are our most personal, private places, at the heart of how we conceive of life outside the public sphere. A History of Domestic Space explores how domestic architecture has shaped and been shaped by family and social relationshi...

Date: c1999.

Creators: Ward, W. Peter.

GUSN: 245461

Call Number: Stacks NA7241.W37 1999

A good in-land town :buildings and landscapes in North Andover, Massachusetts from 1640 to 1940 /Stephen J. Roper ; with photographs by Gayton Osgood.

xvi, 264 p. : ill., maps (some col.) ; 23 x 26 cm.

Date: c2001.

Creators: Roper, Stephen J. Osgood, Gayton.

GUSN: 245462

Call Number: Stacks NA735.N675 R67 2001

Goods for sale :products and advertising in the Massachusetts industrial age /Chaim M. Rosenberg.

xii, 242 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Rosenberg, Chaim M.

GUSN: 245463

Call Number: 85M Stacks HD9727.M4 R67 2007

A history of the Boston & Maine Railroad :exploring New Hampshire's rugged heart by rail /Bruce D. Heald.

128 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Heald, Bruce D., 1935- Boston and Maine Railroad.

GUSN: 245464

Call Number: 85M Stacks TF23.15.H43 2007

Eating architecture /edited by Jamie Horwitz and Paulette Singley.

373 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Date: 2004.

Creators: Horwitz, Jamie. Singley, Paulette, 1960-

GUSN: 245465

Call Number: Stacks TX355.5.E28 2004

Envisioning an English empire :Jamestown and the making of the North Atlantic world /edited by Robert Appelbaum and John Wood Sweet.

xv, 368 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Date: c2005.

Creators: Appelbaum, Robert, 1952- Sweet, John Wood, 1966-

GUSN: 245466

Call Number: Stacks F234.J3 E58 2005

The East Anglian linen industry :rural industry and local economy, 1500-1850 /Nesta Evans.

178 p., 4 p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1985.

Creators: Evans, Nesta.

GUSN: 245467

Call Number: Stacks HD9930.G73 E54 1985

Ways of writing :the practice and politics of text-making in seventeenth-century New England /David D. Hall.

xi, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: c2008.

Creators: Hall, David D.

GUSN: 245468

Call Number: Stacks Z473.H23 2008

Guest rooms and private places /Anna Kasabian ; principal photography by Shelley Metcalf ; contributing photographers, Michel Arnaud ... [et al.].

ix, 181 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 2005.

Creators: Kasabian, Anna. Metcalf, Shelley.

GUSN: 245469

Call Number: Stacks NK2117.B4 K37 2005

Charles Appleton Longfellow :twenty months in Japan, 1871-1873 /edited by Christine Wallace Laidlaw.

208 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Date: c1998.

Creators: Longfellow, Charles Appleton. Laidlaw, Christine Wallace.

GUSN: 245470

Call Number: 85M Stacks DS809.L86 1998

A city's life and times :Cambridge in the twentieth century /edited by Daphne Abeel.

x, 391 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Abeel, Daphne.

GUSN: 245471

Call Number: Stacks F74.C1 C555 2007

The brave Bostonians :Hutchinson, Quincy, Franklin, and the coming of the American Revolution /Philip McFarland.

x, 286 p. ; 24 cm., Most Americans are familiar with the Revolution through its defining moments: the Stamp Act riots, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's ride, the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord. These were events fueled by the anger of an array of Bostonians in sea...

Date: 1998.

Creators: McFarland, Philip James.

GUSN: 245472

Call Number: Stacks E210.M15 1998

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