Historic New England

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Newport, R.I., 1958

The Eisenhower years coincided with Reed's career with Life. Reed was often called upon to cover presidential visits in case something newsworthy occurred. He recalls the particular agony of this assignment in Newport: "The only reason I was there was because it was Life's policy to have a photograp...

Date: 1958

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194432

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.075

Turkeys, Boston, 1952

Two baby carriages stand outside a Boston grocery store. A large sign stating the price of turkeys hangs immediately above the carriages.

Date: 1952

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194433

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.076

DAR, Newbury, Vermont, 1953

Three women hold cups and saucers in a residence in Newbury, Vermont.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194434

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.077

New shoes, Newbury, Vermont, 1953

Two older women stand beneath a clothesline on a sunny day in Vermont. One of the women shows off her new shoes to her friend.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194435

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.078

Puddle jumper, Boston, 1953

A man in a coat and hat stretches his legs wide to navigate over a puddle. The winter streets of Boston are covered in snow, ice, and water.

Date: 1953

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194437

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.079

Boston Arts Festival, 1954

The Boston Arts Festival was both a celebration of local artists and a protest. There was a growing feeling among artists living and working in the Boston area that they were being overlooked by the area museums, which were more concerned with international trends than with the diverse and vibrant c...

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194439

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.080

Easter parade, Boston, 1954

Four women stand with their backs to the camera, watching the Easter parade. Dressed in their Easter finery, including hats, they stand arm to arm. A large dog stands between two of the women, looking as though he is also watching the parade.

Date: 1954

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194441

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.081

After the flood, Ansonia, Conn., 1955

While covering a flood in rural Connecticut, Reed entered this house, where he found a woman resting from the exertion of cleaning up. Her posture and facial expressions carry the weight of the story.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194442

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.082

Trade card for Centennial Safety Oil, Maverick Oil Company, 61 1/2 Broad Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The card is illustrated with two images: one is dated 1776 with a man struggling to read a paper by the light of a fire, the second is dated 1880 and features a family sitting around a table, lit by oil lamp, reading, doing handiwork, and playing with ease. The product won the Highest Premium at the...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 194446

Ref. Code: EP001.01.084.01.01.016

Taffy pull, Peabody, Mass., 1955

Children smile with delight as they pull taffy in Peabody, Massachusetts.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194444

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.083

Brunswick Hotel, Boston, 1957

Long a Boston landmark, the Brunswick Hotel was torn down to make room for a modern office building. The people gathered here had decided to enjoy one last afternoon in the hotel's tea room. Rubble can be seen outside of an open door, but it doesn't phase the guests enjoying their tea.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194447

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.084

Teenie weenie, Boston, 1957

This photograph was taken on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the "Atlantic Monthly" magazine. A woman gestures to a bartender as to how much alcohol she would like--a teenie weenie amount.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194449

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.085

Country wedding, South Woodbury, Vermont, 1957

Like many of Reed's photographs, this one derived from a commission but interested him for the revealing light it cast on the newlyweds--who probably would not have selected it for their wedding album.

Date: 1957

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194450

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.086

Procession to the altar

Verner Reed shot the images for the "Life" magazine photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," which described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world b...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194452

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.087

In the yard, Webster, N.H., 1955

Verner Reed shot the images for the "Life" magazine photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," which described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world b...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194487

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.088

Hurricane, Fire and Flood, New London, Conn., September, 1938

Removed to scrapbooks, 1995. "Pictorial Souvenir Edition of New London's Greatest Disaster," Wednesday September 21, 1938: hurricane, flood, fire. 63 pages of pictures from "The New London Connecticut Day" October 1938.

Date: 1938

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194465

Ref. Code: PC009.105

"Old Boston " photographs from Boston Budget and Beacon

Removed to Photo files, Boston: General- "Boston Budget," November 1988. "Old Boston" - Photographs from Supplement Boston Budget and Beacon. Photomechanical reproductions of photographs taken between 1855-1899, published in 1900-1905.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194468

Ref. Code: PC009.110

Account book of Silas Casey, merchant and farmer, East Greenwich, R.I.

This account book contains harmful language including racist terminology. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter...

Date: 1798-1813

Collection: Casey family papers

GUSN: 194469

Ref. Code: MS008.02.02.04.001

Boston Edison Company

Photographs removed to photo file, rest removed to scrapbook, 1995. "Boston Edison Company." A scrapbook and album compiled by Irvin Morton documenting his fifty years with the Boston Edison Company. Period covered is from 1905-1955. Includes photographs, memorabilia and clippings. See also under ge...

Date: 1905-1955

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194475

Ref. Code: PC009.123

Indian Hill, Newbury Massachusetts

A photograph album of Indian Hill in West Newbury, Massachusetts that contains 24 8x10 prints by Mary Northend, Salem photographer, circa 1910. The majority are interior views and may duplicate material in the geographic files.

Date: ca. 1910

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194477

Ref. Code: PC009.124

Scrapbook of Wood Engravings

Removed to scrapbooks, 1995. Scrapbook of wood engravings clipped from Leslie's and Harper's weeklies (1860s-70s) covering such miscellaneous subjects as sailing, genre, travel, and portraiture. Front cover is lined with (East) Indian watercolor, evidently nineteenth century.

Date: 1860-1870

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194480

Ref. Code: PC009.125

Strangers Guide

Removed to trade catalogues, 1995. "Strangers Guide." A bound volume of advertising matter, including some topographical views relating to Boston businesses and manufacturers. Intended for use in the ladies parlour of the Evans House. Includes map of Boston business district. Probably 1880s.

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194483

Ref. Code: PC009.126

Scrapbook of news clippings

Removed to scrapbooks, 1995. Scrapbook of news clippings relating to architectural subjects pertaining to Boston, with some coverage of Andover, Amesbury, Bedford, and Marblehead, Massachusetts and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Illustrations date to circa 1900-1910. Possibly compiled by C. Park Press...

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194485

Ref. Code: PC009.127

The procession leaves the house, Webster, N.H., 1955

Verner Reed shot the images for the "Life" magazine photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," which described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world b...

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194495

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.089

Aerial views of New England harbors and coastal communities

Includes approximately 100 8 x 10 aerial photographs taken in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island and New York coastal communities. Also included are photographs of the S.S. Bear (Byrd Expedition, Newfoundland), as it departed from Boston. Other localities represented are Rockport, Annisquam, Glouces...

Date: 1930-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194490

Ref. Code: PC009.128A

Ledger of commission sales of James Rundlet, shipping merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1794-1806

Retail and wholesale accounts for drygoods. Commission received and damaged merchandise listed. Goods include paper hangings, clover seed, oil cloth, and tea. Postage and freight costs listed.

Date: 1794-1806

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194493

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-2

Account book of James Rundlet, Portsmouth, N.H., 1794-1841

Summary of holdings and income by year. Writer's assets and debits listed by type only (goods on hand, cash on hand, bank shares in businesses and real estate ventures). One or two pages per year. Includes slip of paper indicating amount of profits made in the years 1794-1839. Clearly written accoun...

Date: 1794-1841

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194496

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-3

Views of Boston Airport and airplanes

Photographs depict aircraft at Boston Airport during the 1930s-40s. Donor provided annotations to many of these. Also memorabilia and pamphlets on aerial photography, New England airlines and air meets. Includes airline schedules. Airlines shown here include Nantucket Vineyard Airways, Shobe Airline...

Date: 1930-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194497

Ref. Code: PC009.128B

Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Hyannis Port, Mass., 1955

This informal portrait of Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy was taken in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. She looks directly at the camera, while he looks intently at his wife.

Date: 1955

Collection: Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972

GUSN: 194512

Ref. Code: PC044.TMP.008

Cashbook of James Rundlet, shipping merchant, 1794-1796

Lists cash amounts "on hand" by month. Source of income not listed by type, only by name of client. Banks mentioned by name.

Date: 1794-1796

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194499

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-4

Aerial views of Boston, North and South Shore and coastal Maine and Rhode Island

Aerial views of the North and South Shores of Boston and coastal sections of Rhode Island and southern Maine. Taken by T.F. Hartley, whose firm Hartley and Arnold maintained offices at Boston Airport (later renamed Logan) in the 1930s and 1940s.

Date: 1920-1940

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194498

Ref. Code: PC009.128C

Account book of James Rundlet, shipping merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1805-1809

Two separate account books: 1) Lists client's accounts by name for shipments of rum, butter, china, and tea. Condition of merchandise listed. 2) Lists expenses for the building of a new house by month, building materials itemized (e.g. board lengths, amounts of bricks, etc).

Date: 1806-1809

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194502

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-5

Residence of John Reece, Brookline, Massachusetts

Bound albums of circa 1890s prints documenting interiors at the residence of John Reece, 26 Still Street, Brookline, Massachusetts. Reece developed the 50 lens camera. He died accidentally on March 31, 1896. Details of his death and achievements included in an obituary pasted on page 3 of album a. T...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194501

Ref. Code: PC009.129

Waste book of James Rundlet, shipping merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1806-1809

Lists exact measurements, prices, and sources of specific parts for a new house. Includes measurements for house sections and outbuildings. Eight pages of a calendar grid tabulating work done by hired laborers and craftsmen.

Date: 1806-1809

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194503

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-6

Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts

"Monographs of American Architecture" (AABN) no. V, Trinity Church Boston. 23 heliotypes, including one in color. Interior details, besides exteriors. Includes portrait of H.H. Richardson in monk's robes. Photographic quality is excellent.

Date: 1888

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 194505

Ref. Code: PC009.130

Waste book of James Rundlet, textile merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1811

Contains figures in preparation for ledger entries for three month period (March-May). Lists amount and type of fabric and related sundries, prices paid, and source of purchase.

Date: 1811

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194504

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.RM-JR-I-8

Market book and ledger of James Rundlet, merchant, Portsmouth, N.H., 1833

Labeled "David's Market Book." Entries include wholesale purchases of meat, fish, shellfish, and poultry for retail sale. Includes entries for small repairs made in a (dry goods?) store.

Date: 1833

Collection: Rundlet-May family papers

GUSN: 194507

Ref. Code: MS025.TMP.AB.Rm-JR-I-9

Account book, 1883

Large book little used with about 130 names and most transactions under $150 designated simple "Mdse". A list of household items and groceries with prices (on front 2 pages) is in the form of an inventory.

Date: 1883

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194046

Ref. Code: MS002.029

Account book of William W. Oliver, Salem, Mass., 1800s

Shipping records and economic history of international scope include information on wool, cotton, tea, dyes etc., duties, and tariffs. Transportation information consists of lists of ships (named, with tonnage ports and dates of construction and owners' names) and rail freight rates. Quantities of c...

Date: 1800s

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194048

Ref. Code: MS002.030

Ledger of Joseph Greenleaf, Starks, Maine, 1827-1838

Daily listing of charges for making shoes and boots, with creditors' charges for labor, rental of oxen, produce and other items of barter (ie. a moose hide).

Date: 1827-1838

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194049

Ref. Code: MS002.031

Account book, Danvers, Mass., 1846-1852

Lists a wholesaler's payments to workers doing piecework in boot and shoe making, with females well represented. Some accounts list purchased supplies (307ff, 349). Almost completely reused for newspaper clippings (starting with the Civil War period) of Mary Jane Mansfield. Longhand copy of lengthy ...

Date: 1846-1852

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194050

Ref. Code: MS002.032

Account book of Joseph Carrell, Walpole, Mass., 1803-1805

Lists a shoemaker's jobs with cost to customers. Also lists services slaughtering livestock. Records sales made in a general store including foodstuffs, liquor, builder's supplies and notions.

Date: 1803-1805

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194051

Ref. Code: MS002.033

Daybook, North Providence, R.I., 1820-1828

Names written (later) on 4/18/1827 page: Alfred, George and Emily Waterman. Sales recorded include foods (exclusive of fresh produce), fabrics, hardware, and lumber, and sawing of lumber. Clippings pasted on 20 of the pages include an 1847 view of Faneuil Hall and a plan of Boston.

Date: 1820-1828

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194052

Ref. Code: MS002.034

Daybook of Caleb Warner, Ipswich, Mass., 1737-1800

Lists (not consecutively) the processes involved in the production of woolen cloth - dyeing, spinning, weaving, fulling, and tailoring - carried on at a fulling mill and clothier's shop. Specifies the charges for each type of labor. Farm chores are listed among services charged for at the mill, some...

Date: 1737-1800

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194053

Ref. Code: MS002.035

Daybook of Thomas Stearns, Waltham, Mass., 1804-1807

Lists charges for muffs, genets, and tippets made from a variety of furs, some dyed. Except for two or three of the listed individual customers, most patrons are wholesale merchants, selling and distributing.

Date: 1804-1807

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194054

Ref. Code: MS002.036

Ledger of Asa Titus, Walpole, N.H., 1817

Most pages are covered with clippings in the 1860-70 period by Almira Wier, later owner of the book. Dressing cloth and tapping boots are the only items not concealed.

Date: 1817

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194055

Ref. Code: MS002.037

Ledger of John Barlow, Boston, Mass., 1766-1792

Lists orders and prices for woven cloth with some detail regarding the weaving process. The credit side is a fine example of barter. Many farming items interspersed with genealogical notes on last page and note about one tailoring job done at customer's home.

Date: 1766-1792

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194056

Ref. Code: MS002.038

Account book of Charles Hewins, Boston, Mass., 1850-1854

Account book Charles Hewins, 81 Washington Street, Joy's Building, Boston, Massachusetts. Record of wages earned by a large number of female workers with listing of customers by surname. Daily output in number of shirts, collars, bosoms and waistbands is recorded below the name of each employee. Boo...

Date: 1850-1854

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194057

Ref. Code: MS002.039

Daybooks of J.D. Bulter, Rutland, Vermont, 1805-1910

2 daybooks

Date: 1805-1910

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194058

Ref. Code: MS002.040

Daybook of J.D. Butler, Rutland, Vermont, 1805-1806

Purchases are listed for each customer. Items include foods, notions, dyes, fabrics, books, and housewares. 9 pages at end deal with marketing of cattle. Scythes sold in quantity near front of book. A few personal notes include a hat ordered and made from muskrat and raccoon skins (near end).

Date: 1805-1806

Collection: Account books collection

GUSN: 194059

Ref. Code: MS002.040.01

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