Historic New England

Jewett House, South Berwick, Maine, undated

A street level sketch used as a Christmas card by Miss Jewett shows the partial façade of the house hidden by trees.

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 196249

Ref. Code: GC001.USME.South Berwick.001

Full-length portrait of Jane Stuart, standing, facing front, location unknown

Jane Stuart stands with her hands clasped in front of her for this portrait. She was a domestic worker for the Bowen family from 1850-1900.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196250

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.38.001

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Constance Holt, facing front, Fredricks, 770 Broadway, New York, New York

Constance Holt was the daughter of George C. Holt and Mary Louisa Bowen Holt. She was the last Bowen to live in Roseland Cottage.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196251

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.21.002

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Ellen Holt Bowen on her 50th birthday, facing left, Fredricks, 770 Broadway, New York, New York

Ellen Holt Bowen was the second wife of Charles Chandler Bowen, who commissioned Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut.

Date: 1884-05-12

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196252

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.05.001

Reproduction of head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Mary Bowen Holt, right profile, Bachrach, New York, New York

Mary Louisa Bowen Holt was the daughter of Henry Chandler Bowen and his first wife Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196253

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.26.002

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Paul Holt Bowen, facing left, Fredricks, 770 Broadway, New York, New York

Paul Holt Bowen was the only child of Henry Chandler Bowen and his second wife Ellen Holt Bowen.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196254

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.16.001

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of John Eliot Bowen, L. Alman, 172 5th Avenue, New York and Newport, Rhode Island

John Eliot Bowen was the son of Henry Chandler Bowen and Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen. In 1886 Bowen received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was employed as managing editor of "The Independent," the religion and anti-slavery journal founded by his father. He died of typhoid fever in 1890, two da...

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196255

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.13.001

Group portrait of the Bowen family, Woodstock, Connecticut

The family members are outdoors next to a rock wall at Roseland Park.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196256

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.26.002

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Mary Bowen Holt, right profile, holding infant Sylvia Holt, Parkinson's, 29 West 26th Street, New York, New York

Sylvia Holt was the daughter of Mary Louisa Bowen Holt and George C. Holt.

Date: 1890-06-29

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196257

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.26.003

Group portrait of the Bowen family on the porch at Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, July 4, 1891

Bowen family members sit and stand on the porch of Roseland Cottage, on July 4, 1891. Henry Chandler Bowen and his second wife Ellen Holt Bowen are standing in the middle in the top row.

Date: 1891-07-04

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196258

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.22.001

Group portrait of the Bowen family on the porch of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Conn., on July 4th, 1887

Bowen family members stand in front of Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut to celebrate July 4, 1887. Henry Chandler Bowen and Henry Elliot Bowen are identified in the image.

Date: 1887-07-04

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196259

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.20.001

Exterior view of the Rialto Theatre, Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1946

Two men stand on the sidewalk outside the Rialto Theatre in Scollay Square, Boston, Massachusetts, with signs stating that it is open all night.

Date: ca. 1946

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196261

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7220.001

Oxen team pulling hay wagon in snow, York, Maine, 1880s

A team of oxen stand with a wagon of hay, a driver and two men in the snow in York, Maine.

Date: 1880s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196263

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1920.0100.015

Aerial view of Boston, Mass., undated

This aerial view of Boston shows the business district and piers with Back Bay, the Charles River and Cambridge in the distance.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196264

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0060.001

Dory on York River, York, Maine, 1892

Uncle Ed Lowe sits in a dory on the York River, near some rocks and seaweed.

Date: 1892

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196265

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1920.0090.003

Newsboys at Parker's News Stand, Medford, Mass., 1903

Group portrait of newsboys standing outside Parker's News Stand with delivery carts.

Date: 1903

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196268

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5400.0100.002

Girl shaking hands with a pony, undated

A pony stands with his forelegs on a stool and shakes hands with a little girl.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196269

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.0250.0600.001

Aerial view of T-Wharf, Boston, Mass., 1914

The T Wharf area is seen with commercial buildings, the Boston Elevated Railway and various ships in the harbor and moored at the pier.

Date: 1914

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196270

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7790.006

Operation re-enactment, Bigelow Theater, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., February 25, 1893

An operation is re-enacted by Harvard Medical School students in the Bigelow Theater, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Date: 1893-02-25

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196273

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5570.003

View of Tremont Street facing Park Street Church, Boston, Mass., undated

Horse-drawn vehicles travel up and down Tremont Street in the rain with Park Street Church in the distance.

Date: 1897-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196276

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7910.002

Willow Brook in the snow, Biddeford Pool, Me.

Snow covers farms along Willow Brook in Biddeford, Maine. A road runs over a bridge that fords the brook. A boy squats next to the brook.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196277

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0210.0020.008

Bridge and lagoon, Public Garden, Boston, Mass.

Several men stand on the footbridge that spans the pond in the Boston Public Garden.The plan for the Public Garden by George F. Meacham included a pond. The four-acre lagoon was completed in 1861. Architect William Gibbons Preston designed the suspension footbridge, which was finished in 1867. The s...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196278

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6690.002

The launching of the "Edith Symington," Newburyport, Mass., undated

Passengers stand on the deck and a crowd on shore watches the launching of the "Edith Symington" in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196279

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2030.0180.001

Boston and Albany Railroad, location unknown, undated

Train workers and other individuals pose in front of engine number 142.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196280

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.TMP.002

U.S. Life-Saving Station crew on the beach with lifeboats and equipment, Hull, Mass.

Crew members of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Station at Hull, Massachusetts are shown in this informal portrait. The coast of the south shore from Point Allerton to Scituate was a very dangerous area for ships trying to enter Boston Harbor and there were many shipwrecks. This station was established...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196281

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1430.0050.001

View of Armistice Day parade passing the Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass., Nov. 11, 1929

Men in uniform march past the State House on Beacon Street for the 1929 Armistice Day parade.

Date: 1929-11-11

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196282

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1450.0100.001

Exterior view of the John Robbins House, Acton, Mass., undated

Cows graze in a field in front of the John Robbins House, 144 Great Road, in Acton, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196285

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0020.0050.002

New England in Soconyland, 1929, road map of New England, Standard Oil Company of New York, 26 Broadway, New York, New York, 1929

The item has an index of cities and towns, a Boston map and highway connections between Maine and eastern Canada.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 196286

Ref. Code: EP001.07.01.TMP.003

Stereograph of the C.T. Sampson Shoe Manufactory, North Adams, Mass., undated

Workers pose outside the C.T. Sampson Shoe factory in North Adams, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196287

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1310.0010.001

View of Cohasset Common, Cohasset, Mass., 1927

Buildings and trees frame the Cohasset Common.

Date: 1927

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196288

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.1040.0020.001

Railroad Station, Cohasset, Mass.

The lower left of the card has printed "Published by R.H. Nichols." The handwritten inscription reads "P.S. Perhaps this card gives a better idea of the liveliness in store for us. J.F."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196289

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.1040.0040.002

Exterior view of Horatio Appleton Lamb residence, Somerset Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Exterior view of the brick row house that was the residence of H.A. Lamb. The house is three stories and the entrance has a small portico supported by two Ionic style columns.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195691

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7320.004

Informal group portrait of Walter Gropius and members of The Architects' Collaborative, location unknown, undated

Image features Walter Gropius and five members of the The Architects' Collaborative (TAC) sitting at a table. The table is covered with blueprints and a model.

Collection: Gropius family papers

GUSN: 195692

Ref. Code: MS012.TMP.001

Beacon St., opposite the Boston Public Garden, Boston, Mass., undated

Unmounted image of Boston's Public Garden and Beacon Street. The brick rowhouses across from the Garden are three to four stores and each is capped with a different style dormer window and roof. Many carriages wait can be seen stopped at the entrances. The trees lining the Garden are without leaves,...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195693

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1100.001

Buildings on Beacon St., between Charles and Brimmer Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

Image features row houses along Beacon Street in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. Two of the homes have large bay windows, and a third has two styles of bay windos. There are several different dormer window styles.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195694

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1100.002

View of Beacon St. looking west from Charles Street, Boston, Mass., undated

View of Beacon Street row houses and the Public Garden from Charles Street. Charles street is made up of brick and cobblestones, while beacon street is mostly unpaved.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195695

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0730.001

Front parlor, Nathan Appleton residence, 39 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Image depicts the sumptuous front parlor at the Nathan Appleton residence on Boston's Beacon Hill during the time of William Sumner Appleton, Sr.'s residency (Nathan's son). The rooom is filled with brocade covered chairs, finely carved wood furniture and many hung portraits. The floor is carpeted i...

Date: 1882-1888

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 195701

Ref. Code: PC002.USMA.Boston.027.04.001

Exterior view of the Dexter House, 74-76 Sewall Avenue, Brookline, Mass.

Boston architect S. Edwin Tobey designed the three-story Shingle-style Dexter House at 74-76 Sewall Avenue in Brookline, Massachusetts. Two staircases lead to the front porch, above which is a double window crowned by a sunburst. An oriel window on the side of the first floor is echoed by a window i...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195708

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0470.0090.001

Portrait of Henry Davis Sleeper, location unknown, undated

Three-quarter length portrait of designer Henry Davis Sleeper. He is wearing a dark suit, a striped tie and has his arms folded in front of his chest.

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 195709

Ref. Code: PC004.01.S.1500.01

Mattapan Square Station, Dorchester, Mass., Jan. 11, 1944

A line of trolleys wait on the tracks next to the Mattapan Square station.

Date: 1944-01-11

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195710

Ref. Code: PC017.02.068.001

Advertising poster for Paine's Piazza Furniture, Paine Furniture Company, Boston, Mass., ca. 1935

This poster promotes the Piazza furniture line of the Paine Furniture Company of Boston, Massachusetts. The advertisement displays a porch with a peacock chair and matching table, on which rests a pitcher and two glasses.

Date: ca. 1935

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 195711

Ref. Code: GC001.USMA.Boston.770

Tucker Family photograph album, exterior views, porches and portrait, page eight, Wiscasset, Maine, 1908-1964

The back porch views are dated 1964. The rear exterior view showing a deck is dated 1908. A fouth image features a woman sitting on porch steps reading with a small white dog in her lap.

Date: 1908-1964

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 195720

Ref. Code: MS033.TMP.030.004

Tucker Family photograph album, group portrait and exterior views, page ten, Wiscasset, Maine, 1921-1965

The first image is an informal group portrait of a woman and two young boys. The remaining images are from 1965 and depict work being done on Castle Tucker.

Date: 1921-1965

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 195721

Ref. Code: MS033.TMP.030.005