Historic New England

Nahant, Massachusetts

6 nitrate or acetate negatives

Date: 1928

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331116

Ref. Code: PC053.01.48.005

General -flags

6 glass plate and nitrate or acetate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331117

Ref. Code: PC053.01.48.006

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives on floods throughout New England. The negatives of the Vermont flood of 1927 feature images of damage in Waterbury, animals under distress, damage in St. Johnsbury, Barre, and White River Junction. In addition, the negatives depict...

Date: 1927-1936

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331118

Ref. Code: PC053.01.49

Vermont Flood of 1927

45 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1927

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331119

Ref. Code: PC053.01.49.001

Merrimac River Flood of 1933

18 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1933

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331120

Ref. Code: PC053.01.49.002

Floods of 1936

61 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1936

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331121

Ref. Code: PC053.01.49.003

Home grounds, by E.G. Davis and R.W. Curtis, Cornell University, Agricultural Experiment Station of the College of Agriculture, Department of Landscape Art, Ithaca, New York

"Part I Arrangement of the home grounds" considers the layout of the house and the surrounding property to maximize home living, views and landscaping. "Part II Plants for the home grounds" describes trees, shrubs and flowers for landscape planting. There is a table with color, season and height. Bu...

Date: 1915

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331126

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.110

Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, an affiliated graduate professional school of Smith College, 53 Church Street, Cambridge, Mass.

The evolution of the Cambridge School is described with examples of the work done by the graduates. The last page lists the officers and faculty.

Date: 1930s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331129

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.111

Landscape architects from the Cambridge School, 10 May-30 September 1984, Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Mass.

Eight women landscape architects, graduates of the Cambridge School, were celebrated in this exhibit: Dorothy May Anderson, Rose Greely, Alice Recknagel Ireys, Helen Swift Jones (Rice), Grace Hight Kirkwood, Eloise Anderson Ray, Maud Sargent and Alice Orme Smith.

Date: 1984

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331130

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.112

Manuscripts, 1955, undated

This subseries is comprised of Royal Barry Wills's writings and illustrations of a personal nature. Subjects include reminiscences about his childhood and working as a bellhop at a Maine coastal resort hotel. Also included are unpublished children's stories about a World War II bomber and a patriot...

Date: 1955, undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331134

Ref. Code: AR029.01.03

"Away out on the Pacific Ocean"

Unpublished children's story titled "Away out on the Pacific Ocean" written by Royal Barry Wills. Typed manuscript, with illustrations by Wills, tells a story about a bomber names "Little Bomby" during World War II. Manuscript has been removed from unlabeled paper binder.

Date: undated

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 331141

Ref. Code: AR029.01.03.001

Chase plan book, Chase Brothers Company, the Rochester Nurseries, Rochester, New York

Before and after photographs illustrate the advantages of landscape planning with suggested shrubs and bushes. The back cover is missing

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331142

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.113

Flowers

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of different flowers and herbs. The negatives depict individual flowers, but also flowers within gardens and manicured lawns in Sudbury, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, Alfred, Maine, and other New England locations. Also i...

Date: 1933-1942, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331143

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50

Apples

6 nitrate negatives

Date: 1938-1942

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331144

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.001

Appleblossoms

28 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1933, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331145

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.002

Apple Trees

3 glass plate negatives

Date: 1938

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331146

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.003

Clover

1 glass plate negative

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331147

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.004

Daises

10 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331148

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.005

Dandelions

1 acetate or nitrate negative

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331149

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.006

Dew

1 acetate or nitrate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331150

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.007

Dogwood

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1938

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331151

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.008

Egyptian Lotus

13 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1934-1936

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331152

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.009

Fern

2 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331153

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.010

Fields

1 acetate or nitrate negative

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331154

Ref. Code: PC053.01.50.011

Pickwick Club

5 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1925

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331034

Ref. Code: PC053.01.33.001

Hollis Street Theatre

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1935

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331035

Ref. Code: PC053.01.33.002

Nantasket Beach

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1949

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331036

Ref. Code: PC053.01.33.003

Distillery

This subseries contains a glass plate negative of a man making moonshine.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331037

Ref. Code: PC053.01.34

Diving

This subseries contains glass plate negatives of men preparing to go deep-water diving.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331038

Ref. Code: PC053.01.35

Dowser

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of men and boys working various dowsing instruments

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331039

Ref. Code: PC053.01.36

Dredging

This subseries contains an acetate or nitrate negative of the Great Lakes Dredge on the Cape Cod Canal

Date: 1935, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331040

Ref. Code: PC053.01.37

Olmsted in Chicago, by Victoria Post Ranney, The Open Lands Project, Chicago, Illinois

Omsted's plans for Chicago's South Park, Jackson Park and the Chicago World's Fair are described. Text on the title page reads "Printed by R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Designed by Robert Lipman."

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331045

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.108

Improvement of school grounds, plans and suggestions for the improvement of rural and urban school grounds, Department of Education, Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Photographs and plans accompany the text to provide incentive in landscaping school grounds. The front and back cover are detached.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331050

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.109

Eclipse

This subseries includes glass plate negatives of the moon and sun during an eclipse in New England.

Date: 1928

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331047

Ref. Code: PC053.01.38

Elections

This subseries includes glass plate negatives of several older women at the voting polls, participating their right to vote.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331049

Ref. Code: PC053.01.39

Estates

This subseries includes acetate or nitrate and glass plate negatives of the exterior of homes throughout the New England area, from Massachusetts to Maine. The images also feature the grounds of the homes, including pools, gardens, and landscape architecture.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331051

Ref. Code: PC053.01.40

Crane Estate, Ipswich, Mass.

5 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331052

Ref. Code: PC053.01.40.001

Larz Anderson, Brookline, Mass.

4 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331053

Ref. Code: PC053.01.40.002

Oaks Mansion, Brookline, Mass.

1 acetate or nitrate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331054

Ref. Code: PC053.01.40.003

Scituate Estate, Scituate, Mass.

3 negatives glass and believed to be acetate

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331055

Ref. Code: PC053.01.40.004

Summer Haven, Augusta, Maine

4 acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331056

Ref. Code: PC053.01.40.005

Thomas Lawson, Egypt, Mass.

3 acetate or nitrate negatives

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331057

Ref. Code: PC053.01.40.006

Explosions

This subseries contains acetate or nitrate and glass plate negatives of explosions, including gas explosions and fireworks, that occurred throughout New England including Hanover, Lynn, and Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Date: 1929-1935, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331058

Ref. Code: PC053.01.41

Hanover Fireworks

5 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1059-1063

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331059

Ref. Code: PC053.01.41.001

Prebble Blast, Lynn, Mass.

3 acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331060

Ref. Code: PC053.01.41.002

TNT Camp

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1928

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331061

Ref. Code: PC053.01.41.003

Weymouth, Mass.

4 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331062

Ref. Code: PC053.01.41.004

Ferry

This subseries includes glass negatives the Van Buren Ferry and a ferry in an unknown body of water

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331063

Ref. Code: PC053.01.42

Fires

This subseries includes glass plate and nitrate or acetate negatives of various fires and fire related events throughout New England. The negatives feature fire equipment, such as fire towers, trucks, and pumps. Also included are images of forest fires throughout New England and fires in various N...

Date: 1927-1941, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331064

Ref. Code: PC053.01.43

Forest Fires

11 glass plate, nitrate, and acetate or nitrate negatives

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331065

Ref. Code: PC053.01.43.001

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