Historic New England

Envelope for A. Blocklinger, manufacturer of fine hair jewelry, No. 493 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1870s

Blocklinger repairs all kinds of jewelry. The business is located between Temple Place and West Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1870s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 196298

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.036

Trade card for Shreve, Crump & Low, jewelers & silversmiths, 228 & 230 Washington, corner of Summer Street, Boston, Mass., undated

An eagle dominates the trade card for Shreve, Crump & Low.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 196299

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.030

Advertisement for Jones, Ball & Poor, silversmiths & jewelers,, No. 226 Washington Street and Summner Street, Boston, Mass.

The business is located at the "sign of the golden eagle."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 196300

Ref. Code: EP001.01.068.01.01.033

View of a boat landing, Braintree, Mass., undated

A boat landing and the East Harbor is seen from Toll Bridge, in Braintree, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196306

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.TMP.011

Washington St., Weymouth Landing, Weymouth, Mass.

Trees line snow covered Washington Street in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196307

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3370.0030.001

View of Washington Square from Norfolk Square, Weymouth, Mass., undated

Parked cars and a streetcar can be seen in this image of Washington Square in Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196308

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3370.0020.001

Exterior view of the Old Oaken Bucket House, Scituate, Mass., undated

The Old Oaken Bucket House and well is seen in Scituate, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196309

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2610.0090.001

View of the Old Mill, as seen from the Greenbush Post Office, Scituate, Mass., undated

A horse and buggy go past the Old Mill in Scituate, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196310

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2610.0090.002

Gate at Dreamwold, Scituate, Mass.

The gate at Dreamwold, the Thomas W. Lawson estate, is seen with a house standing next to it.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196311

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.4170.0060.004

Post Office, Egypt, Mass.

The post office is an ivy covered building in Egypt, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196312

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.4170.0060.002

Exterior view of the Lawson House, "The Nest", Scituate, Mass., undated

The Lawson House is seen with the outer wall covered in climbing plants.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196313

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2610.0050.001

Railroad Station, North Scituate, Mass.

Passengers wait on the platform for the train in North Scituate, Massachusetts. "New Haven" is stamped above the caption.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196314

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.4170.0060.003

Railroad station, Egypt, Mass.

Automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles stand in front of the railroad station in Egypt, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196315

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.4170.0060.001

First Congregational Church, Hingham, Mass., undated

A man stands in the foreground next to a small tree. The building was erected 1681.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196316

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0790.0010.001

Exterior view of the Parson Gay House, Hingham, Mass., undated

The Ebenezer Gay House, at 89 North Street, is seen from the road with climbing plants in front of the structure.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196317

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1320.0020.001

Stereograph of the Samuel Cushing House, Hingham, Mass., undated

A large tree casts a shadow on the Samuel Cushing House in Hingham, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196318

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0790.0010.002

Bird's eye view harbor looking north from Old Burying Ground, Hingham, Mass., ca. 1915

The Hingham harbor is seen from the Old Burying Ground in Hingham, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196319

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.2260.0040.001

The R.R. Station, Braintree, Mass.

Depiction of the railroad station in Braintree with people standing on the platform waiting for the train.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196320

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.114

East Braintree Railroad Station

View of the East Braintree railroad station as seen from the street with houses behind a row of trees.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196321

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.115

Old Colony Railroad fall and winter arrangement, depot corner of South and Kneeland Streets, Boston, September 26, 1849

The train schedule will start on October 1, 1849.

Date: 1849-09-26

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196322

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.TMP.003

Old Colony Railroad notice, location unknown, February 1, 1853

Train passengers are expected to purchase tickets before boarding unless they are at a station without a ticket office.

Date: 1853-02-01

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196323

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.TMP.004

South Shore Railroad schedule, Cohasset, Mass., April 29, 1859

The schedule will start on May 2, 1859 with trains leaving the depot of the Old Colony and Fall River Railroad on the corner of South and Kneeland Streets in Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1859-04-29

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196324

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.TMP.005

Firefighters, bystanders, and firefighting equipment on ruins of Devonshire St., Boston, Mass., after the Great Boston Fire, 1872

This photograph shows firemen on Devonshire Street standing around steamer no. 10, "the Cataract," with rubble and smoking buildings in the background. The intact Post Office, which was constructed using fireproof materials, can be seen in the background.

Date: 1872

Collection: James Wallace Black photographic collection of the Boston Fire, 1872

GUSN: 196325

Ref. Code: PC013.009

View of the terrace at Sunset Rock, estate of the Spaulding brothers, Prides Crossing, Beverly, Mass., 1869

A large urn is in the garden below the terrace at Sunset Rock.

Date: 1869

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196326

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3100.0400.001

Group studio portrait of an unidentified woman and six boys, 1930s

A woman, wearing a scottie dog pin, sits for a portrait with four boys standing behind her and one on either side of her.

Date: 1930s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196333

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1900.1400.001

Full-length portrait of unidentified woman, standing, facing front, location unknown, ca. 1890

An unidentified woman is shown wearing a hat, pin and purse attached to her belt.

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196334

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1900.0800.001

Subway construction on Tremont St., Boston, Mass., looking north from footbridge, section C, facing Park St. Church

This view of the construction site of the subway tunnel between Tremont Street and the Park Street Mall of Boston Common appears to have been taken from the footbridge that spans the tunnel opening. This is the initial section of the first subway system in the United States, which opened on Septembe...

Date: 1896-01-22

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 196335

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.001

Subway construction on Tremont St., Boston, Mass., with unidentified man in foreground facing Park St. Church

A view of the construction of the subway tunnel between Tremont Street and the Park Street Mall of Boston Common. This is the initial section of the first subway system in the United States, which opened on September 1,1897. Construction workers excavate the tunnel. Carts are lined up probably to re...

Date: 1896-01-22

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 196336

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.002

Plate no. 60 of Rackerman's Repository of Art

Lithograph depicts a woman in "walking dress" and a woman in "full dress."

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

GUSN: 196337

Ref. Code: GC002.03.1600.001

View of the east side of Washington Street, just north of Ruggles St., Boston, Mass., 07 December 1899

A view of Washington Street showing the storefronts for a photography studio and a shoe store. The sign for the shoe store reads "Roxbury Sample Shoe Store."

Date: 1899-12-07

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 196338

Ref. Code: PC009.207.004

East side of Main St., corner of Mead St., Boston, Mass., 02 March 1900

Horse drawn carts stand on Main Street in front of shops in Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Date: 1900-03-02

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 196339

Ref. Code: PC009.207.003

Mount Washington railroad train heading downhill, undated

Two rack railroad trains, carrying passengers, head downhill on Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196340

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1170.0030.001

Singing Beach, Manchester, Mass., undated

Families sit on Singing Beach under several umbrellas in Manchester, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196341

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0180.001

View along seawall, Oak Bluffs, Mass., ca. 1909

People walk and sit along the seawall and dock in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196342

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2200.0010.006

Catboat Harbinger, undated

Two figures on the catboat, Harbinger, sail across an open body of water.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 196343

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.012

Profile House from Bald Mountain, Franconia Notch, N. H., undated

Profile House and the White Mountains are seen from Bald Mountain, Franconia Notch, New Hampshire.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196344

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.0530.0060.001

Country road with horse, carriage, and farm house, Peterboro, N. H., undated

A country road is shown with a horse and carriage standing by a farm house and other buildings.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196346

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1340.0010.001

The Curtis boys, Manchester, Mass.

Item

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 196352

Ref. Code: PC023.002.022

Woman cradling ducklings, undated

A woman sits on a lawn holding ducklings in her lap.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196357

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.6750.0100.001

Man haying, undated

A solitary man rakes hay in a field.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196358

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.0150.0200.002

Farm scene depicting the gathering of crops, undated

Farm workers tie up sheaves in a field.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196359

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.0150.0200.001

People in front of W.E. Fallon's shop, Chester, Vt., undated

Horse drawn wagons stand in front of W.E. Fallon's blacksmith shop, in Chester, Vermont.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196360

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USVT.0700.0010.001

View of Pinckney Street, Boston, Mass., 1890

Children stand in the foreground of this view of Pinckney Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196543

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6410.001

Harrison Gray Otis House, Cambridge St., Boston, Mass., as seen from the southeast

Item

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 196544

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.007

Woman seated in Jacobean Room, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

A woman sits by the mullioned windows of the Linebrook Parish (Jacobean) Room, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Date: 1954-11-28

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 196545

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.01.014

Man putting kettle on stove, kitchen, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

An unidentified man puts a kettle on the stove in the kitchen of Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Date: 1954-11-28

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 196546

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.01.015

Group portrait of the Paine, Lyman, and Sears families at Stronehurst in Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of the Sears, Lyman, and Paine families of Waltham, Mass., posing together in front of the east facade of Stonehurst. Stonehurst was the Paine family estate in Waltham, Mass. The three families were related by marriage. The image shows a stone arch in the background.

Date: undated

Collection: Sears family of Waltham photographic collection

GUSN: 196548

Ref. Code: PC060.11.001

Group portrait of the Paine, Lyman, and Sears families at Stronehurst in Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of the Sears, Lyman, and Paine families of Waltham, Mass., posing together in front of the east facade of Stonehurst. Stonehurst was the Paine family estate in Waltham, Mass. The three families were related by marriage. The image shows a stone arch in the background.

Date: undated

Collection: Sears family of Waltham photographic collection

GUSN: 196549

Ref. Code: PC060.11.002

Greenhouse, Sears Estate, Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of the landscape at the Sears estate in Waltham, Mass. The image shows gardens and fields with a greenhouse on a hill in the background.

Date: undated

Collection: Sears family of Waltham photographic collection

GUSN: 196550

Ref. Code: PC060.03.001

Circular flower bed with annuals, Sears Estate, Waltham, Mass.

A black and white photograph of a circular flower bed at the Sears estate in Waltham, Mass.

Date: undated

Collection: Sears family of Waltham photographic collection

GUSN: 196551

Ref. Code: PC060.03.002

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