Historic New England

Portrait of a man, seated

Portrait of a man, seated. Around the man's head is glued paper which has turned the space around his head white in the positive image.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318828

Ref. Code: PC059.061

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. A stereoview of the Atlantic House hotel. A grassy lawn occupies the fore- and midground of the photograph and people are gathered on the porch and front steps of the hotel.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318829

Ref. Code: PC059.106

Gingerbread house on the beach in the rocks

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of a house on rocks by the beach. The photograph looks up at the house from the ground level. There are people gathered on the front steps and the upper deck of the house.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318830

Ref. Code: PC059.107

House and barn with dog

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of a house and barn by a body of water. A fence runs the length of the shore and a dog stands near the fence.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318831

Ref. Code: PC059.108

Houses on a lane

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of houses on a lane. Two dirt roads intersect in the foreground of the photograph. A low stone wall is visible.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318832

Ref. Code: PC059.109

Aerial view of Nantasket

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. Aerial view of Nantasket. The ocean, boardwalk and buildings are all visible.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318833

Ref. Code: PC059.110

View of inland (?) water

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of a body of water surrounded by trees. Likey an inland body of water.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318834

Ref. Code: PC059.111

View of waterfall/dam

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of a waterfall or dam. Rocks, trees, and logs all lay in the water on the low side of the waterfall. Houses are visible in the background.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318835

Ref. Code: PC059.112

View of Nantasket Beach

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of Nantasket Beach. People stand all along the beach and buildings are visible along the shore line.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318836

Ref. Code: PC059.113

Nantasket Beach with Atlantic House

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View of Nantasket Beach with the Atlantic House in the background. People are gathered along the beach

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318837

Ref. Code: PC059.114

Aerial view of houses and land

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. Aerial view of houses and land. Grass and fields occupy the fore- and midgrounds. Houses are visible through the trees in the background.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318838

Ref. Code: PC059.115

Nantasket Beach (?)

From an unmarked slotted wooden box. View from a beach, likely Nantasket Beach, out onto the ocean. People are gathered on the beach and in the water. There is a horse drawn carriage on the beach and a boat is visible in the water.

Date: 1880-1900

Collection: J. H. Williams collection

GUSN: 318839

Ref. Code: PC059.116

Account records re: brickyard

File part

Date: 1880-1889

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318940

Ref. Code: MS033.002.002.009

Bank books

File part

Date: 1854-1889

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318941

Ref. Code: MS033.002.002.020

Other financial records

File part

Date: 1858-1893, undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318942

Ref. Code: MS033.002.002.021

Tax records: income tax

File part

Date: 1860-1871

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318943

Ref. Code: MS033.002.002.022

Foundry and rental

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318944

Ref. Code: MS033.002.004.006

Wilbraham Brothers

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318946

Ref. Code: MS033.002.006.017

Cotton dress goods, R.H.Stearns & Co., Boston, Mass.

Ginghams, crapes, organdies, printed dotted Swisses, Scotch cheviot and Indian dimity are described for customers with prices. Samples will be sent without charge if the catalog is mentioned. A drawing of the Stearns building is on the back cover.

Date: 1892

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318949

Ref. Code: MS033.008.001.030.001

Catalog of poultry and pigeon supplies and foods, issued by G.T. Savage, 67 No. Market Street, Boston, Mass.

Feeds, equipment and supplies for chickens and pigeons is described for customers.

Date: 1912-01-01

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318952

Ref. Code: MS033.008.003.003.001

Trade card, D.Toll & Co., manufacturers of brooms & brushes, Scotia, Schenectady Co., New York

A man carrying a broom follows in the wake of an early Dewitt Clinton locomotive.

Date: 1831-1833

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318953

Ref. Code: EP003.001.001

Trade card, Buffalo Gas Heating Flat Iron for families, tailors, hatters, dress & cloak makers, E.A. Burrows & Co., Troy, New York

Three two panel cartoons demonstrate the advantages of the gas irons in the home, dress and tailor shops.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318954

Ref. Code: EP003.001.002

Correspondence: St. Joseph's, Whitefield

File part

Date: 1871-1872

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318955

Ref. Code: MS033.004.001.023

Correspondence: The Willows

File part

Date: 1873

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318956

Ref. Code: MS033.004.001.024

View of houses along the shore, Swampscott, Mass.

View of houses, trees, and fencing along a road. In the foreground below the road is a rocky shore and a seawalll, and in the background a house can be seen on a hill.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318957

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0010.001

Fisherman's Beach and Humphreys St., Swampscott, Mass.

View of the shorline along Fisherman's Beach showing the the beach and seawall with a walkway and iron ralings above. Houses with awnings and people sitting on porches line the opposite side of the street. Figures can be seen in the water near a point of land in the distance, and in the foreground...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318958

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0010.002

Fisherman's Beach and Humphreys St., Swampscott, Mass.

View of the shorline along Fisherman's Beach showing the the beach and seawall with a walkway and iron ralings above. Houses with awnings and people sitting on porches line the opposite side of the street. Figures can be seen in the water near a point of land in the distance, and in the foreground...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318959

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0010.003

Exterior view of St. John's Church & Rectory, Swampscott, Mass.

Exterior view of St. John's Catholic Church, showing the front lawn and Rectory, Swampscott, Mass.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318960

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.005

Interior view of St. John's Church, Swampscott, Mass.

Interior view of St. John's Catholic Church, showing the center ailse leading to the sanctuary.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318961

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.006

Exterior view of "Blythewood," residence of Henry W. Proctor, Little's Point, Swampscott, Mass., c. 1917.

The house built in 1847 for James A. Little on what was Phillips Point. The house was remodeled by the architect, Arthur Little, of the same family, and was later the home of Henry W. Proctor at the time this photograph was taken.

Date: circa 1917

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318962

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.007

Cemetery plot

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Tucker family papers

GUSN: 318963

Ref. Code: MS033.006.001.014

Entrance of "Blythewood," residence of Henry W. Proctor, Little's Point, Swampscott, Mass., c. 1917.

The house built in 1847 for James A. Little on what was Phillips Point. The house was remodeled by the architect, Arthur Little, of the same family, and was later the home of Henry W. Proctor at the time this photograph was taken.

Date: circa 1917

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318964

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.008

Garden at "Blythewood," residence of Henry W. Proctor, Little's Point, Swampscott, Mass., c. 1917.

The house built in 1847 for James A. Little on what was Phillips Point. The house was remodeled by the architect, Arthur Little, of the same family, and was later the home of Henry W. Proctor at the time this photograph was taken.

Date: circa 1917

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 318965

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2930.0020.009

Trade card, The American Machine Co., manufacturers of hardware specialties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Company sells Crown & Eagle Fluting Machines and Mrs. Potts Cold Handle "Crown" Sad Irons. Three women use irons and a fluting machine in the card illustration.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318968

Ref. Code: EP003.001.003

Trade card, Enterprise Fruit, Wine and Jelly Press, Enterprise Manufacturing Co. of Pa., Third and Dauphin Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fruit and drug presses are described on the item verso. The presses were displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. The illustration has a Continental soldier with the verse "The battle is over, Bunker Hill no more will call the soldier from the maid he does adore, while to hi...

Date: 1893

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318969

Ref. Code: EP003.001.004

Trade card, J. Papadopolo, direct importer of sponges from Greece, Turkey, Florida and Nassau, No. 95 William Street, between John Street and Maiden Lane, New York, New York

The importer also carries chamois skins, shells and sea beans. Sponge divers descend to the ocean floor in the card illustration. The caption reads "Sponge fisheries in archipelago."

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318970

Ref. Code: EP003.001.005

Trade card, Salem Nutmeg Grater, manufactured by Livingstone & Livingstone, North Salem, New Hampshire

The grater was patented in 1877. A wholesale price list is on the card verso.

Collection: Trade card albums collection

GUSN: 318971

Ref. Code: EP003.001.006

Elisa (?) and Nina Messer

Interior shot of two girls sitting on a bed, each girl holds a doll.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319474

Ref. Code: PC067.01.008

House- Fred Messer's

View of a house belonging to Fred Messer, a woman and two children stand on the porch and snow covers the ground in front of the house.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319475

Ref. Code: PC067.01.009

Roy Messer's Girls

Interior shot of two girls sitting on a bed, each girl holds a doll. Same subjects as negative 8.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319477

Ref. Code: PC067.01.010

Phyllis and Harold Messer

Interior shot of a boy and a girl standing side by side, smiling at the camera.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319478

Ref. Code: PC067.01.011

Mrs. Gunn (?)

Portrait of a woman identified as Mrs. Gunn.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319479

Ref. Code: PC067.01.012

Mrs. Roy Messer and Phyllis

Photograph of Mrs. Roy Messer and Phyliss Messer, a blur on Mrs. Messer's left indicates a second child in the portrait.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319480

Ref. Code: PC067.01.013

Wooden Bridge

Landscape shot of a wooden bridge over a river in a snowcovered forest.

Date: 1912

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319485

Ref. Code: PC067.01.014

Mrs. Roy Messer and Children

Photograph of Mrs. Roy Messer and her two children.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319488

Ref. Code: PC067.01.015

Roy Messer + Son

Photograph of Roy Messer holding his young son.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319493

Ref. Code: PC067.01.016

Mrs. Messer and Master Richard

Photograph of the elderly Mrs. Messer, holding the infant Master Richard

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319497

Ref. Code: PC067.01.017

Building in a field

Image of a building standing in a snow covered field.

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319498

Ref. Code: PC067.01.018

Hartland Homestead in distance

Photograph of O.W. Stevens' family homestead as seen from the edge of a large field.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319499

Ref. Code: PC067.01.019

Three Children at Hartland tepee

Interior shot of three adults and three children around a table. The table is decked with flatware and cups; the walls of the room are decorated with maps and dried foliage.

Date: 1911

Collection: O. W. Stevens collection of glass-plate negatives, 1898-1912

GUSN: 319500

Ref. Code: PC067.01.020

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