Historic New England

Main Line, raising Washington Street girder, Newton, Massachusetts, 8515-B

The image depicts the process of raising a girder over Washington Street in Newton, Massachusetts. A large girder is suspended by cables, supported by a central pulley system. Below, a railway line is visible with a locomotive positioned on the tracks, surrounded by flatbed train cars carrying const...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384288

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8515-B

Steam shovel, seen from tracks, Newton, Massachusetts, 8516-B

The image shows a steam shovel positioned on railroad tracks in Newton, Massachusetts. The steam shovel is actively loading soil into a train car. Several buildings are visible in the background and a stone retaining wall runs alongside the tracks.

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384289

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8516-B

Main Line, looking west from Walnut Street, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8517-B

The image shows a construction site of a railway line in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, looking west from Walnut Street. There is a train track with large stone blocks on a flatbed rail car. Several workers are visible, some standing near an excavation in progress. On either side of the track, ...

Date: 1897-06-14

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384290

Ref. Code: PC015.002.420.8517-B

Main Line, trench for north abutment, Walnut Street, looking east, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8518-B

The image shows a construction site in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, where a trench for the north abutment on Walnut Street is being worked on. Several workers are present in the trench, which is supported by a visible iron pipe overhead. In the background, a bridge structure is visible. The v...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384291

Ref. Code: PC015.002.420.8518-B

Main Line, trench for north abutment, Walnut Street, looking west, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8519-B

The image shows a construction site in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, with a trench for the north abutment visible along Walnut Street. The view is looking west, showing the deep trench, utility poles, and a small structure in the background. There are construction materials scattered around th...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384292

Ref. Code: PC015.002.420.8519-B

Main Line, placing five foot pipe, Newton, Massachusetts, 8520-B

The image shows a construction site in Newton, Massachusetts, where workers are placing a large five-foot pipe. Several sections of pipe are visible, with one being lifted by a crane, as another worker guides it into position. The scene includes a wooden structure above and construction equipment ar...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384293

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8520-B

Main Line, raising Highland Street girder, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8521-B

The image shows a construction site in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, where a girder for the Highland Street bridge is being raised. Several workers are present, and the scene includes stone retaining walls on either side of a railway track. Construction materials and equipment are visible arou...

Date: 1897-06-21

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384294

Ref. Code: PC015.002.420.8521-B

Derricks at Putnam Street and Washington Street, West Newton, Newton, Massachusetts, 8522-B

The image shows a construction site at the intersection of Putnam Street and Washington Street in West Newton, Newton, Massachusetts. Several derricks are visible, along with a rail track running through the site. There are also piles of materials and workers can be seen throughout the area. Residen...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384295

Ref. Code: PC015.002.440.8522-B

Summer's Block, showing sheet piling and men at work, Newton, Massachusetts, 8523-B

The image depicts a construction scene at Summer's Block in Newton, Massachusetts. Several men are shown working on a project involving sheet piling. They are standing and working on the wooden structure, with some men positioned on top of the pile and others at ground level. A brick building is vis...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384296

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8523-B

Main Line, Mt. Ida wall during construction, Newton, Massachusetts, 8524-B

The image shows a construction site for the Mt. Ida wall along the Main Line in Newton, Massachusetts. Several men are standing and working amidst large wooden beams and construction equipment. The area is surrounded by an embankment, and wooden structures are being erected as part of the wall const...

Date: 1897-01-14

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384297

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8524-B

Main Line, steam shovel at Walnut Street, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8525-B

The image depicts a steam shovel in operation at Walnut Street, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts. Several workers are present around the steam shovel, which is positioned adjacent to a large stone wall. In the background, a bridge is visible, along with utility poles and lines.

Date: 1897-01-02

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384298

Ref. Code: PC015.002.420.8525-B

Main Line, excavating for north abutment for Richardson Street bridge, Newton, Massachusetts, 8526-B

The image depicts a construction site in Newton, Massachusetts, where excavation work is being done for the north abutment of the Richardson Street bridge. Several workers are present, standing near the excavation area and machinery. Train tracks run alongside the site, with a train car labeled "B&M...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384299

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8526-B

Main Line, excavating for north abutment for Richardson Street bridge, Newton, Massachusetts, 8527-B

The image depicts a construction site for the north abutment of the Richardson Street bridge in Newton, Massachusetts. Several workers are present, alongside machinery such as cranes and excavation equipment. The site is alongside railway tracks with construction materials and timber visible through...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384300

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8527-B

Main Line, Mt. Ida during excavations for depressing of tracks, Newton, Massachusetts, 8528-B

The image depicts an excavation site along the Main Line at Mt. Ida in Newton, Massachusetts during the depressing of tracks. Workers and equipment are visible around a large trench, with rail cars on the left side and cranes in the background. A large house can be seen on the right side of the imag...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384301

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8528-B

Main Line, Mt. Vernon Street ledge, Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts, 8529-B

The image shows a railway line situated alongside a rock ledge in Newtonville, Newton, Massachusetts. Parallel tracks curving into the distance are visible, with utility poles lining the side of the tracks. Residential buildings are seen on higher ground behind a wooden fence to the left.

Date: 1898-01-14

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384302

Ref. Code: PC015.002.420.8529-B

Car derrick of Dwight and Daly laying ballast, Newton, Massachusetts, 8530-B

The image shows a group of workers handling a large stone slab with the assistance of a car derrick operated by Dwight and Daly in Newton, Massachusetts. The derrick is mounted on a rail car beside a set of train tracks, and several workers are positioned around the slab and tracks. In the backgroun...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384303

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8530-B

Appleton Street bridge, looking west, Newton, Massachusetts, 8531-B

The image shows a view looking west along a set of railway tracks beneath the Appleton Street bridge in Newton, Massachusetts. On either side of the tracks are retaining walls and utility poles, and there are buildings visible in the background. The bridge spans the width of the tracks.

Date: 1898-01-17

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384304

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8531-B

Filling in Charles River marsh, between Faneuil and Newton, present location of Massachusetts Turnpike and N.Y.C. Railroad cross over, Newton, Massachusetts, 8572-B

The image depicts a view of a railroad track being constructed or maintained in a marshy area adjacent to the Charles River, between Faneuil and Newton, Massachusetts. Multiple train tracks are visible running parallel, and there is visible filling or construction activity taking place. In the dista...

Date: 1896-10-05

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384305

Ref. Code: PC015.002.390.8572-B

Gravel train and steam shovel at north end of storage basin between Marion and Brooks Streets, looking north, East Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8573-B

The image shows a gravel train and a steam shovel at the north end of a storage basin between Marion and Brooks Streets, looking north in East Boston, Massachusetts. The steam shovel is positioned on an embankment with a person standing on its platform. In the background, a train is visible on railw...

Date: 1905-04-05

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384306

Ref. Code: PC015.002.290.8573-B

Grand Junction Branch, near Somerville Avenue, 8574-B

The image depicts a railway junction with tracks extending through the center. A series of boxcars labeled "Syracuse, Binghamton and New York P.R.R." are situated on the left. In the background, there is a lattice bridge structure over the tracks. Buildings and telegraph poles line both sides of the...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384307

Ref. Code: PC015.002.760.8574-B

Construction of new Worcester Station, temporary platform, Worcester, Massachusetts, 8575-B

The image shows the construction of the new Worcester Station with a temporary platform in Worcester, Massachusetts. There is a train on the left side of the image, with several cars visible. A wooden platform runs alongside the tracks, and a building is on the right. A person stands near the struct...

Date: 1909

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384308

Ref. Code: PC015.002.660.8575-B

Freight cars on Grand Junction Branch near Somerville Avenue, 8576-B

The image shows freight cars on the Grand Junction Branch near Somerville Avenue. The tracks run down the center of the image, with freight cars lined up on both sides. Utility poles and a signal gantry are visible in the background. Residential buildings and a fence can be seen on the right side of...

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384309

Ref. Code: PC015.002.760.8576-B

Cattle train in the Berkshires, Huntington, Massachusetts, 8577-B

The image depicts a cattle train traveling through the Berkshires in Huntington, Massachusetts. The train is seen moving across a grassy landscape with hills and trees in the background.

Date: 1890-1925

Collection: Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

GUSN: 384310

Ref. Code: PC015.002.330.8577-B

Flower vase, in the house of Greely Stevenson Curtis, 28 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 13058-B

The image depicts a room in the house of Greely Stevenson Curtis, located at 28 Mt. Vernon Street, Boston, Massachusetts. There is a vase with flowers placed on a small table in the foreground. In the background, a bust is visible on a piano, which is covered with a decorative cloth and another arra...

Date: 1884-1908

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 385401

Ref. Code: PC023.001.004.13058-B

Unidentified woman and child sitting on a porch, 13062-B

The image shows an unidentified woman and child seated on a porch. The woman is holding the child, who is sitting on her lap. They are on a wooden bench with foliage visible in the background through the porch railing.

Date: 1884-1908

Collection: Harriot Appleton Curtis photographic collection

GUSN: 385402

Ref. Code: PC023.001.001.13062-B

Twentieth Century

File part

Collection: Frank William Bayley Photographic Collection, circa 1895-1929

GUSN: 385530

Ref. Code: PC012.001.004

Catalogue, Moore Carving Machine Co., Minneapolic, Minn., 1893

1893 trade catalog advertising products of the Moore Carving Machine Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The catalog contains illustrations of the company's woodworking machines, as well as technical diagrams and examples of cut work made with the machines. Includes information about where to view mo...

Date: 1893

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 385869

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.008.025

Steam engines and boilers, catalog, Atlas Engine Works, Indianapolis, Ind., undated

Undate illustrated catalog advertising products manufactured by the Atlas Engine Works in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 385871

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.006.026

Scientific American, March 8, 1884

Issue of Scientific American dated March 8, 1884, with an illustration of a lifting wheel being used for large-scale mining on the cover.

Date: March 8, 1884

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 385872

Ref. Code: EP001.15.051

Shoppell's Modern Houses, illustrated architectural quarterly, New York, January 1886

Volume 1, no. 1 of the magazine "Shoppell's modern houses", published in New York in January 1886. The magazine was designed to sell house plans and promote the services of a group of architects called the Co-operative Building Plan Association headed by Robert W. Shoppell.

Date: January 1886

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 385873

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.310

Matchbooks

Collection of approximately 650 matchbooks dating from the mid-20th century.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 385874

Ref. Code: EP001.24

Houses

Sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385875

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001

Landscapes

Sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385876

Ref. Code: PC039.001.002

Decorative Objects

Sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385877

Ref. Code: PC039.001.003

Massachusetts

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385878

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.001

Connecticut

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385879

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.002

New Hampshire

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385880

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.003

Vermont

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385881

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.004

England

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385882

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.005

Wales

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385883

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.006

Ireland

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385884

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.007

Unidentified

Sub-sub-series

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385885

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.008

Billerica

File part

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385886

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.001.001

Framingham

File part

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385887

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.001.002

Hyannis

File part

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385888

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.001.003

Newbury

File part

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385889

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.001.004

Saugus

File part

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385890

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.001.005

Sudbury

File part

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385891

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.001.006

Unidentified

File part

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385892

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.001.007

Southbury

File part

Collection: Wallace Nutting photographic collection, 1910s-1930s

GUSN: 385893

Ref. Code: PC039.001.001.002.001

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