Historic New England

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