Historic New England

Drawing of Bowdoin Square, Boston, Mass.

Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles are shown in this image of Bowdoin Square. Pedestrians stand on the corner of the Revere House hotel in the image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195257

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1460.001

Interior view of the restored south front interior of the Whitfield House, Guilford, Conn.

An interior view looking south of the main room on the first floor of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195258

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.012

Underpinning of Old State House, south side, Boston, Mass., February 3, 1903

Men and boys view the work site at the Old State House.

Date: 1903-02-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195259

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.037

Photograph of an architectural drawing depicting the front elevation of the Otis House, Boston, Mass.

Item

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195260

Ref. Code: PC006.HGO.01.005

Underpinning of Old State House, looking northerly, Boston, Mass., March 5, 1903

The underpinning work can be seen below the Old State House when the subway system was being constructed.

Date: 1903-03-05

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195261

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.038

Restored interior stair tower, Whitfield House, Guilford, Conn.

A view from the first floor of the interior stair of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195262

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.013

Discovered second story fireplace, north wall, Whitfield House, Guilford, Conn.

A view of the second story fireplace in the north wall of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195263

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.014

Restored interior stair, Whitfield House, Guilford, Conn.

A view from the second floor of the interior stair of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195264

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.015

North wall stone lintel, Whitfield House, Guilford, Conn.

An interior view of the north wall stone lintel of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 1639.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195265

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.016

Restored first floor main room, Whitfield House, Guilford, Conn.

An interior view of the main room on the first floor and the staircase of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, after the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195266

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.017

Inside window jamb, northern most window, Whitfield House, Guilford, Conn.

An interior view of the inside jamb of the northern most window of the Henry Whitfield House, now the Henry Whitfield State Museum, in Guilford, Connecticut, during the restoration directed by architect John Frederick Kelly in the 1930s. The Puritan leader Henry Whitfield built the stone house in 16...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195267

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.0770.0050.018

Trade card for celluloid waterproof collars, cuffs & shirt bosoms, location unknown, undated

This trade card for celluloid collars, cuffs, and shirt bosoms contains harmful imagery and employs racist stereotypes. 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...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195269

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.01.002

Detail drawing of two Gardner-Pingree House fireplaces, Essex St., Salem, Mass., as published in American Architect and Building News

An illustration from "American Architect and Building News" contains measured drawings of details of two fireplace mantelpieces in a parlor and a bedroom of the Gardner-Pingree House at 128 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts.

Collection: Non-Historic New England periodicals

GUSN: 195271

Ref. Code: SC002.TMP.016

Advertisement for The Heliotype Printing Co., 211 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., 1886

This advertisement for the Heliotype Printing Company, located at 211 Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts, appeared in Art Gems in the trade periodical, "The American Architect". Established in 1872 and reorganized in 1885, the firm describes itself as "artistic printers by the best photogelatin...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195275

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.01.01.018

Christmas card of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram, 1909

Architect Ralph Adams Cram designed this 1909 Christmas card in the Gothic Revival style. The inscription reads: "God rest you merry gentleman, let nothing you dismay, for Jesus Christ, our Saviour, was born on Christmas. Christmas greetings from Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram. MDCCCIX." This text is t...

Date: 1909

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195276

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.013

Catalog, Daniel Low & Co., 231 Essex Street, Salem, Mass.

The cover, done by Marjorie C. Woodbury, depicts a man in 19th century attire examining the bottom of a bowl in front of a fireplace in a room full of furnishings and decorative arts. Low's merchandise includes such items as jewelry, silverware, wedding gifts, toilet articles and novelties. This cat...

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195277

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.003.012

Plate from "The repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics," printed for R. Ackermann, London, No. 28, April 1811

This plate appeared in the magazine, "Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufacture, Fashions, and Politics," published by Rudolph Ackermann from 1818 to 1828. The text in a panel at the bottom of the plate reads: "Manufacturers, factors, and wholesale dealers in fancy goods, that come withi...

Date: 1811

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195282

Ref. Code: EP001.01.114.01.05.030

Craftsman look, Strathmore Paper Company, Mittineague, Mass.

The brochure promotes the use of Strathmore Paper in advertising.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195283

Ref. Code: EP001.01.087.01.03.021

Howe residence, Manchester Cove, Manchester, Mass.

An exterior view of the porch of the Howe House in Manchester Cove, Manchester, Massachusetts, designed by Edmund March Wheelwright. Rough stone columns support the arched roof the porch. Several chairs sit near the curved overlook for viewing the surrounding scenery.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195286

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1680.0190.001

Construction of the Tremont St. Subway, Park and Tremont Sts., Boston, Mass., 1895-1896

A view of the construction of the subway tunnel between Tremont Street and the Park Street Mall is shown from the Boston Common side of the site. This is the initial section of the first subway system in the United States, which opened on September 1,1897. A substantial portion of the steel framing ...

Date: 1895-1896

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195289

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8160.001

Picture puzzle, game box, McLoughlin Bros., New York, New York, 1889

The paddle steamer City of Worcester illustrates the lid of a 60 piece jigsaw puzzle box. Harlan and Hollingsworth of Wilmington, Delaware, built the ship, which the Norwich & New York Transportation Company launched in 1881 as one of the first iron-hulled steamers to ply the waters of Long Island S...

Date: 1889

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195292

Ref. Code: EP001.08.TMP.031

Mix and match game cards: male torso with violin

1 playing card

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195293

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.001

Mix and match game cards: male torso with axe and pipe

1 playing card

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195294

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.002

Mix and match game cards: male legs with yellow pants

1 playing card

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195295

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.003

Mix and match game cards: head of a gentleman

Component

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195296

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.004

Mix and match game cards: male head with sideburns

Component

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195297

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.005

Mix and match game cards: male legs with orange pants, white stockings, and shoes with red bows of a jester

The bottom section of a playing card in a mix and match game set. The figure is male, and only his legs only appear on the card. The figure wears orange breeches, white stockings, blue garters with bells, and shoes with red bows. The colors appear to have been applied by hand.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195299

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.006

Mix and match game cards: male legs with blue pants and purple leggings

The bottom section of a playing card in a mix and match game set. The figure is male, whose legs only appear on the card. The figure wears blue trousers, purple leggings, and shoes with buckles. The colors appear to have been applied by hand.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195300

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.007

Mix and match game cards: head of a jester

In this top section of a playing card in a mix and match game set, only the head of a jester appears. The jester wears a white cap 'n bells, or coxcomb, a floppy, cloth hat with three points and a jingle bell at the end of each point. The three points signify the asses's ears and tails that jesters ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195301

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.008

Mix and match game cards: torso of a jester

The middle section of a playing card in a mix and match game set. The figure is male, and only his chest appears on the card. The figure wears a red doublet with tails and jingle bells, orange breeches, and a loose collar of what is probably a cap 'n bells. He holds what appears to a be a slapstick ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195302

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.004.009

Front of the game card 29 from "Characteristics; An Original Game by a Lady"

This is card 29 in the game, Characteristics, an Original and Amusing Game by a Lady, published by the firm W. & S. B. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts in 1843. The goal of the game was to collect cards by identifying famous personages by their personality traits. When a player failed to match the perso...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195303

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.001.001

Front of the game card 34 from "Characteristics; An Original Game by a Lady"

This is card 34 in the game, Characteristics, an Original and Amusing Game by a Lady, published by the firm W. & S. B. Ives of Salem, Massachusetts in 1843. The goal of the game was to collect cards by identifying famous personages by their personality traits. When a player failed to match the perso...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195304

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.001.003

Set of playing cards about wars in American history

Each card in this set of playing cards has two questions about various wars throughout American history and the answers. The back of the playing card is decorated with stars emitting rays of light, clouds, and the Old Man in the Moon.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195307

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.005

Front of a playing card about the American Revolutionary War. Declaration of Independence - Yorktown

This is a playing card of a card game about the Revolutionary War. There are two questions with their answers:"What momentous declaration, composed by Thomas Jefferson, was adopted and signed by the Continental Congress July 4, 1776? Declaration of Independence" and "Where did Lord Cornwallis surre...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195308

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.005.002

Back of playing cards in a set about wars in American history

This is the back of the playing cards in a set that tests the players' knowledge of wars throughout American history. It is decorated with stars emitting rays of light, clouds, and an image of the Old Man in the Moon.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195309

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.005.003

Alphabet cards: words with the letter "T"

The "T" card in a set that may be intended to teach reading and articulation through alliteration. "Theophilus Talkative told tales tremendous & terrible. If Theophilus Talkative told tales tremendous & terrible, what were these tales so tremendous & terrible which Theopholis Talkative told?" A man ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195310

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.002.001

Alphabet cards: words with the letter "U"

The "U" card in a set that may be intended to teach reading and articulation through alliteration. "Ursula Urquhart uninterruptedly & universally used an umbrella. If Ursula Urquhart uninterruptedly & universally used an umbrella, why did Ursula Urquhart uninterruptedly & universally used an umbrell...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195311

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.002.002

Alphabet cards: words with the letter "P"

The "P" card in a set that may be intended to teach reading and articulation through alliteration. "Penelope Postlethwaite pampered a proud & pursy palfrey. If Penelope Postlethwaite pampered a proud & pursy palfrey, where is this proud & pursy palfrey which Penelope Postlethwaite pampered?" A woman...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195312

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.002.003

A.L. Red Sox ball club, season 1912, Fenway Park

The Boston Red Sox team of 1912 poses for a group portrait. The Red Sox defeated the New York Giants to win the World Series that year. The team is arranged in front of their dugout along the first base line, with a view of the grandstands in the background. There are three insets: a ballboy, manage...

Date: 1912

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194816

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.045

The Red Sox Ball Club warming up, Fenway Park, Boston, Mass.

Members of the Boston Red Sox team warm up for a game at Fenway Park. Players stand around home plate watching a teammate taking batting practice. The view is from the third base side of home plate toward the first base side grandstands. A large advertisement on the first base line wall promotes the...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194817

Ref. Code: PC001.02.03.03.046

Harvard College Baseball Team

Ten members of the Harvard College baseball team in uniform pose for a group portrait with a undecorated backdrop. They are arranged in three rows of players, one each sitting on the floor, sitting in chairs, and standing. One of the seated players holds a catcher's mask.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194818

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0670.003

Boys celebrating the Fourth of July

A crowd of boys celebrate the Fourth of July holiday by waving flags, igniting sparklers and firecrackers, and blowing on horns as fireworks light up the sky.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194820

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.TMP.006

Daniel Webster House, Somerset St., Boston, Mass.

From the Bostonian Society catalog record: Street-level view northeast of (left to right) 37-39 Somerset Street, located between Allston Street to the south-southeast and Howard Street to the north-northwest. The front façades of the dwellings face west-southwest. 35 Somerset Street lines the right ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194822

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7320.002

First Baptist Church, Somerset St., Boston, Mass., 1854-1877

A view up Somerset Street on Beacon Hill in Boston shows the front façades of town houses, a street light, and two wagons. At the top of the street, the steeple and part of the front façade of the First Baptist Church at 12 Somerset Street can be seen.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194823

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.047

Looking up Somerset St. towards Hampton Place Church

A view up Somerset Street on Beacon Hill in Boston shows the front façades of town houses and the steeple and part of the façade of the First Baptist Church at 12 Somerset Street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 194824

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.048

Automobile parked in front of Codman House carriage house, Lincoln, Mass.

The chauffeur sits in this automobile parked in front of the Codman carriage house in Lincoln, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194825

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.006

Codman House carriage house partial interior view, Lincoln, Mass.

This interior view of a part of the first floor of the Codman House carriage house in Lincoln, Massachusetts shows stored farm and household equipment including a refrigerator and a lawn mower.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 194826

Ref. Code: PC006.COD.01.005