Historic New England

Nina Fletcher Little and Bertram K. Little working on "American Decorative Wall painting" book in the back parlor of Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Mass.

Item

Date: 1952

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195124

Ref. Code: PC006.COG.01.002

Female domestic worker cutting bread

Item

Date: 1885-1889

Collection: Laura Maria Barr photographic collection

GUSN: 195126

Ref. Code: PC014.TMP.002

Meigs Elevated Railroad

Photo is a side view of the Meigs Elevated Railroad. Men stand outside of the train cars.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195131

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.011

Meigs Elevated Railroad from car platform

A view of the Meigs Elevated Railroad from the car platform. The tracks can be seen continuing into the distance.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195132

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.012

Meigs Elevated Railroad car interior

An interior view of a Meigs Elevated Railroad car. Seats and windows line the sides of the car, with one row of seats running down the middle.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195133

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.013

Meigs Elevated Railroad train

An exterior view of the engine and two railroad cars of the Meigs Elevated Railroad train. Three men stand at the head of the train.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195134

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.014

Meigs Elevated train after fire damage

This photo shows the extensive fire damage to a Meigs Elevated train car. Men are seen inside the damaged car, possibly investigating the incident.

Date: 1887-02

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195135

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.015

"Type 2's," Meridian St. looking north, East Boston, Mass.

Two 'Type 2' train cars run on tracks down the middle of Meridian St. in East Boston, Massachusetts. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are also depicted.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195136

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.016

"Type 2's," Lexington St. looking east, East Boston, Mass.

A type 2 train car travels up Lexington St. in a residential neighborhood in East Boston, Massachusetts. Trees and homes line the street.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195137

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.017

"Type 2's," Central Square looking north, East Boston, Mass.

One 'Type 2' train approaches the camera from the distance as another departs. Pedestrians walk through Central Square, East Boston, Mass.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195138

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.018

Number 3 Blue Line train at Airport Station portal

A Number 3 Blue Line train enters a tunnel at Airport Station. A large sign above a nearby building reads "General Electric Bulbs."

Date: 1968-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195139

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.019

Aquarium Station with trains number 1 and number 3

Two trains meet at Aquarium Station. Passengers wait on the platforms.

Date: 1969-07-07

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195140

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.020

Aquarium Station with trains number 1 and number 3

Taken outside a subway train at Aquarium Station, this photo shows seated passengers waiting for their train to leave.

Date: 1969-07-07

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195141

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.021

Orient Heights, East Boston, Mass.

A view down the tracks in Orient Heights, East Boston, Massachusetts. Two train cars can be seen in the distance. Buildings can be seen on either side of the tracks.

Date: 1950-06-22

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195142

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.022

Civil defense

This image shows the loading of Civil Defense boxes of emergency hospital supplies. The label of the box on the man's shoulder indicates that it contains cotton balls.

Date: 1965-05-12

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195143

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.023

Airport Station with two inbound trains (train 056-0575)

Passengers look out the windows of an inbound train at Airport Station, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1952-01-08

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195144

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.024

Orient Heights Station with passengers boarding inbound trains

Passengers board an inbound train at the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-11-28

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195145

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.025

Rapid transit platform, Orient Heights Station

Passengers wait for an approaching train at the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-01-16

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195146

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.026

Trackless trolley bus way, Orient Heights Station

Two trackless trolley buses leave the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-01-16

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195147

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.027

Bus 6099 '120', Orient Heights Station

A bus pulls up outside of the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1971-05-28

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195148

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.028

Buses at Wonderland Station

A bus pulls up to a stop at Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195149

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.029

Buses at Wonderland Station

A bus pulls away from Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195150

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.030

Buses at Wonderland Station

Two passengers sit on a bench at Wonderland Station. A bus has just pulled away and can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195151

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.031

Buses at Wonderland Station

One bus pulls away from Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts, as another approaches.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195152

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.032

Bus way and Baker Ave., Wonderland Station, looking north

Large trucks carrying construction equipment drive down Baker Avenue.

Date: 1954-05-13

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195153

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.033

Instruction photos, Wonderland crossover, end of line

This photo shows the end of the train line at Wonderland Station in Revere, Mass.

Date: 1962-04-10

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195154

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.034

Breaking ground at Suffolk Downs, rapid transit extension to Revere

Two large trucks and five men work on the train line to Revere.

Date: 1952-11-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195155

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.035

Adams St. vent, Old Court St. Station

Photo shows a view of the Adams St. vent at the old Court St. Station.

Date: 1966-01-17

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195156

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.036

Removal of incline, Cambridge St.

Item

Date: 18 November 1952

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195157

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.00031-1

Elm Hill Chambers apartment house, Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass., undated

The Elm Hill Chambers apartment house is seen at 530-566 Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The apartment house is comprised of two three-story, brick buildings, which have matching towers at the corners of the buildings. The building containing 548 Warren Street is the ad...

Date: 1917-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195158

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.006

Aaron D. Williams mansion, Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the mansion built by industrialist and Boston alderman Aaron Davis Williams, Jr. in 1872 at 300 Walnut Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Davis named his home Oak Bend, which a subsequent owner changed to Abbotsford after Sir Walter Scott's ancestral keep. The house is made of Rox...

Date: 1880-1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195159

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.004

Exterior view of a Queen Anne style house, Waverley and Perrin Streets, Roxbury, Mass., undated

A large Queen Anne, possibly the Frank E. Green house, is seen at the intersection of Waverley Street and Perrin Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The house was designed by South Boston architect, John H. Besarick. A large porch extends from the front entrance to the side of the house. Several open ...

Date: 1880-1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195160

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.005

House of the Good Shepherd, Roxbury, Mass., undated

An exterior view of the four-story brick House of the Good Shepherd convent and reformatory for girls on Tremont Street (later, 841 Huntington Avenue) opposite Parker Hill in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The view is from a curve in Tremont Street. A high fence surrounds the complex. A horse and carriage...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195161

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0040.001

Church of the New Jerusalem, Regent St. at Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of Church of the New Jerusalem at 3 Regent Street at Joseph Warren Square, at the corner of St. James Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts, built in 1874. A bell tower rises from the entranceway, behind which a turret stands on the St. James Street side of the church. On the f...

Date: 1880-1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195162

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0040.002

Fauntleroy Hall, Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of Fauntleroy Hall of the Elm Hill Association at 42 Wenonah Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The building seems to have been used as a center for community and private events, such as concerts and weddings. Alice Collar Davis established Elm Hill in 1886 as a co-educatio...

Date: 1880-1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195163

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0040.003

Twelfth Baptist Church, Warren St., Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of the Twelfth Baptist Church at 160 Warren Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. This church appears to have housed several different congregations. The first floor sign reads the "Advent Christian Publication Society, booksellers, publishers, printers, and stationers." This ...

Date: 1900-1930

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195164

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.002

Eliot Congregational Church, Kenilworth St., Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the side and front façades of the Eliot Congregational Church on Kenilworth Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts from a curve in the street and next to the sidewalk opposite the church. The church was completed and dedicated on November 25, 1835. Along the right side of the street op...

Date: 1880-1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195165

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0030.001

Lowell House, Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the front façade of the Lowell House in Roxbury, Massachusetts from below the hill on which it sits. Two wide gabled bays punctuate the façade and alternate with narrower recessed sections. The entrance is nestled between the two bays, and wooden stairs with railings lead up to the front d...

Date: 1880-1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195166

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.002

Letter cards: O

The front of the "O" card in a alphabet card set. A giant "O" appears to be standing outside near a house with a crescent moon in the sky.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195318

Ref. Code: EP001.08.04.002.002

Letter cards: K

The front of the "K" card in a alphabet card set. A avian kite perches and an aeronautical kite leans on a giant "K" with a kangaroo behind them.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195319

Ref. Code: EP001.08.04.002.003

Letter cards: E

The front of the "E" card in a alphabet card set. An elephant, an eagle giant, eggs, and eels surround a giant "E."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195320

Ref. Code: EP001.08.04.002.004

Sample back of letter cards

The back of a card in a alphabet card set.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195321

Ref. Code: EP001.08.04.002.005

Trinity Church, Boston, Mass., 4:30 p.m.

An exterior view of Trinity Church in Copley Square in Boston from the opposite side of Boylston Street. The front and side façades of the church are seen as well as the parish house adjacent to the building. To the left of the church is the Brunswick Hotel at Clarendon and Boylston Streets.

Date: 29 August 1885

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195325

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.2940.001

Back of game card 29 from "Characteristics; An Original Game by a Lady"

The back of card 29 in the game, Characteristics, an Original and Amusing Game by a Lady, published by the firm W. & S. B. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts in 1843. The goal of the game was to collect cards by identifying famous personages by their personality traits. When a player failed to match the p...

Date: 1843

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195326

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.001.002

Back of game card 34 from "Characteristics; An Original Game by a Lady"

The back of card 34 in the game, Characteristics, an Original and Amusing Game by a Lady, published by the firm W. & S. B. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts in 1843. The goal of the game was to collect cards by identifying famous personages by their personality traits. When a player failed to match the p...

Date: 1843

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195327

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.001.004

Exterior view of the façade of Bellmont, the Cushing-Col. Benton Estate, Belmont, Mass.

A view of the front façade of the John Perkins Cushing-Colonel Everett Chamberlin Benton House at 75 Oakley Road in Belmont, Massachusetts. J.P. Cushing named his estate "Bellmont" after a "gentle eminence at its center that provided views toward Fresh Pond and the Mystic River valley." The property...

Date: 1922

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195328

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0250.0050.002

Exterior rear view of Bellmont, the Cushing-Col. Benton Estate, Belmont, Mass.

An exterior view of the rear elevation of the John Perkins Cushing-Colonel Everett Chamberlin Benton House at 75 Oakley Road in Belmont, Massachusetts. J. P. Cushing named his estate Bellmont after a "gentle eminence at its center that provided views toward Fresh Pond and the Mystic River valley." T...

Date: 1900-1929

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195329

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0250.0050.003

Exterior side view of Bellmont, the Cushing-Col. Benton Estate, Belmont, Mass.

An exterior side view of the John Perkins Cushing-Colonel Everett Chamberlin Benton House at 75 Oakley Road in Belmont, Massachusetts. J. P. Cushing named his estate "Bellmont" after a "gentle eminence at its center that provided views toward Fresh Pond and the Mystic River valley." The property was...

Date: 1900-1929

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195330

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0250.0050.004

Presentation of a silver bowl to Colonel Everett Chamberlin Benton on his birthday by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts at Bellmont, the Cushing-Col. Benton Estate, Belmont, Mass.

A rear view of the John Perkins Cushing-Colonel Everett Chamberlin Benton House at 75 Oakley Road in Belmont, Massachusetts. J. P. Cushing named his estate "Bellmont" after a "gentle eminence at its center that provided views toward Fresh Pond and the Mystic River valley." The property was originall...

Date: 25 September 1911

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195331

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0250.0050.005

Exterior rear view of Bellmont, the Cushing-Col. Benton Estate, Belmont, Mass.

An exterior rear view, possibly taken in wintertime, of the John Perkins Cushing-Colonel Everett Chamberlin Benton House at 75 Oakley Road in Belmont, Massachusetts. J. P. Cushing named his estate "Bellmont" after a "gentle eminence at its center that provided views toward Fresh Pond and the Mystic ...

Date: 1900-1929

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195332

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0250.0050.006

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