Historic New England

Detail of Gropius House window, Lincoln, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195118

Ref. Code: PC006.GRO.01.006

Kitchen sink, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195120

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.02.002

Mary Wonson's bedroom, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195121

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.02.003

The glass room, Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House, Gloucester, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195122

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.02.004

Southeast chamber, Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Mass., ca. 1940

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Date: 1935-1945

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195123

Ref. Code: PC006.COG.01.001

Nina Fletcher Little and Bertram K. Little working on "American Decorative Wall painting" book in the back parlor of Cogswell's Grant, Essex, Mass.

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Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195124

Ref. Code: PC006.COG.01.002

Female domestic worker cutting bread

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Collection: Laura Maria Barr photographic collection

GUSN: 195126

Ref. Code: PC014.TMP.002

Meigs Elevated Railroad

Photo is a side view of the Meigs Elevated Railroad. Men stand outside of the train cars.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195131

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.011

Meigs Elevated Railroad from car platform

A view of the Meigs Elevated Railroad from the car platform. The tracks can be seen continuing into the distance.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195132

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.012

Meigs Elevated Railroad car interior

An interior view of a Meigs Elevated Railroad car. Seats and windows line the sides of the car, with one row of seats running down the middle.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195133

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.013

Meigs Elevated Railroad train

An exterior view of the engine and two railroad cars of the Meigs Elevated Railroad train. Three men stand at the head of the train.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195134

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.014

Meigs Elevated train after fire damage

This photo shows the extensive fire damage to a Meigs Elevated train car. Men are seen inside the damaged car, possibly investigating the incident.

Date: 1887-02

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195135

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.015

"Type 2's," Meridian St. looking north, East Boston, Mass.

Two 'Type 2' train cars run on tracks down the middle of Meridian St. in East Boston, Massachusetts. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are also depicted.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195136

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.016

"Type 2's," Lexington St. looking east, East Boston, Mass.

A type 2 train car travels up Lexington St. in a residential neighborhood in East Boston, Massachusetts. Trees and homes line the street.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195137

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.017

"Type 2's," Central Square looking north, East Boston, Mass.

One 'Type 2' train approaches the camera from the distance as another departs. Pedestrians walk through Central Square, East Boston, Mass.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195138

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.018

Number 3 Blue Line train at Airport Station portal

A Number 3 Blue Line train enters a tunnel at Airport Station. A large sign above a nearby building reads "General Electric Bulbs."

Date: 1968-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195139

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.019

Aquarium Station with trains number 1 and number 3

Two trains meet at Aquarium Station. Passengers wait on the platforms.

Date: 1969-07-07

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195140

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.020

Aquarium Station with trains number 1 and number 3

Taken outside a subway train at Aquarium Station, this photo shows seated passengers waiting for their train to leave.

Date: 1969-07-07

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195141

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.021

Orient Heights, East Boston, Mass.

A view down the tracks in Orient Heights, East Boston, Massachusetts. Two train cars can be seen in the distance. Buildings can be seen on either side of the tracks.

Date: 1950-06-22

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195142

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.022

Civil defense

This image shows the loading of Civil Defense boxes of emergency hospital supplies. The label of the box on the man's shoulder indicates that it contains cotton balls.

Date: 1965-05-12

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195143

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.023

Airport Station with two inbound trains (train 056-0575)

Passengers look out the windows of an inbound train at Airport Station, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1952-01-08

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195144

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.024

Orient Heights Station with passengers boarding inbound trains

Passengers board an inbound train at the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-11-28

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195145

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.025

Rapid transit platform, Orient Heights Station

Passengers wait for an approaching train at the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-01-16

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195146

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.026

Trackless trolley bus way, Orient Heights Station

Two trackless trolley buses leave the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-01-16

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195147

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.027

Bus 6099 '120', Orient Heights Station

A bus pulls up outside of the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1971-05-28

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195148

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.028

Buses at Wonderland Station

A bus pulls up to a stop at Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195149

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.029

Buses at Wonderland Station

A bus pulls away from Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195150

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.030

Buses at Wonderland Station

Two passengers sit on a bench at Wonderland Station. A bus has just pulled away and can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195151

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.031

Buses at Wonderland Station

One bus pulls away from Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts, as another approaches.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195152

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.032

Bus way and Baker Ave., Wonderland Station, looking north

Large trucks carrying construction equipment drive down Baker Avenue.

Date: 1954-05-13

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195153

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.033

Instruction photos, Wonderland crossover, end of line

This photo shows the end of the train line at Wonderland Station in Revere, Mass.

Date: 1962-04-10

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195154

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.034

Breaking ground at Suffolk Downs, rapid transit extension to Revere

Two large trucks and five men work on the train line to Revere.

Date: 1952-11-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195155

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.035

Adams St. vent, Old Court St. Station

Photo shows a view of the Adams St. vent at the old Court St. Station.

Date: 1966-01-17

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195156

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.036

Removal of incline, Cambridge St.

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Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195157

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.00031-1

Elm Hill Chambers apartment house, Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass., undated

The Elm Hill Chambers apartment house is seen at 530-566 Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The apartment house is comprised of two three-story, brick buildings, which have matching towers at the corners of the buildings. The building containing 548 Warren Street is the ad...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195158

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.006

Aaron D. Williams mansion, Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the mansion built by industrialist and Boston alderman Aaron Davis Williams, Jr. in 1872 at 300 Walnut Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Davis named his home Oak Bend, which a subsequent owner changed to Abbotsford after Sir Walter Scott's ancestral keep. The house is made of Rox...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195159

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.004

Exterior view of a Queen Anne style house, Waverley and Perrin Streets, Roxbury, Mass., undated

A large Queen Anne, possibly the Frank E. Green house, is seen at the intersection of Waverley Street and Perrin Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The house was designed by South Boston architect, John H. Besarick. A large porch extends from the front entrance to the side of the house. Several open ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195160

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.005

House of the Good Shepherd, Roxbury, Mass., undated

An exterior view of the four-story brick House of the Good Shepherd convent and reformatory for girls on Tremont Street (later, 841 Huntington Avenue) opposite Parker Hill in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The view is from a curve in Tremont Street. A high fence surrounds the complex. A horse and carriage...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195161

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0040.001

Frontispiece from the book, Memorial History of Boston, "View from Cotton or Pemberton Hill, 1816"

This frontispiece to "The Memorial History of Boston", edited by Justin Winsor and published by Ticknor and Company in 1880, is a print of the 1829 painting by Robert Salmon entitled, "Boston Harbor from Mr. Greene's House, Pemberton Hill". Salmon completed the massive painting (95 x 180 inches). Th...

Collection: Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

GUSN: 195491

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1000.003

Trade card for Melville Garden clambake, Crow Point, Mass., 1880

Melville Garden was a summer resort in Crow Point (also known as Downer Landing), Massachusetts on the headland at the mouth of the Hingham River. This piece of ephemera contains stereotypical imagery of an African American waiter serving a plate of clams to a white couple seated at a table, inside ...

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195492

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.01.001

Trade card for E.G. Higgins & Co., art wall papers, 284 Main Street, Worcester, Mass., undated

The trade card for the art wallpapers of E. G. Higgins & Co. at 284 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts features elaborate floral and geometric patterns. A woman in Greek-style attire reclines on an armchair near a column and a large flower pot. A bird that appears to be a heron stands among ree...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195495

Ref. Code: EP001.01.123.01.01.005

Trade card for Fiske & Spaulding, artistic paper hangings, 117 Central and 14 Jackson Streets, Lowell, Mass., undated

The business carries window shades, art materials and painters' supplies. The card has a scene of a bird and a frog on the edge of a pond with intricate floral patterns and insect motifs. The bird, which appears to be a kingfisher, holds a sketchbook under one wing and a palette with brushes under t...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195496

Ref. Code: EP001.01.123.01.02.004

Trade card for Charles A. Burnham, artistic wall papers, 174 Main Street, Norwich, Conn., undated

The image features three bands of intricate floral patterns. The card advertises that the company can furnish "brown, buff, and white blanks, satins, grounds, and gold papers, borders, and mouldings, window shades, fixtures, and trimmings. Any colorings to order." The company operated both wholesale...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195497

Ref. Code: EP001.01.123.01.02.005

Christmas card, depicting angels sounding trumpets and the lamb of Christ in the center of a star, undated

Female angels in diaphanous attire with wings of peacock feathers sound trumpets. The lamb of Christ lies in the center of a star, around which are arranged a dove, a wreath, and a crescent moon. A border of multicolored sunburst motifs adorns the right and lower edges of the card. The inscription r...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195498

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.010

Trade card, "He who wastes - prolongs the war", United States Food Administration, circa 1917-1920

This trade card for the United States Food Administration promotes food conservation and discourages waste. A shopping basket is packed with loaves of bread, sugarcubes in a box, meat, butter, and greens. The front text reads: "He who wastes - prolongs the war. Save wheat, sugar, meat, fats." The ba...

Date: circa 1917-1920

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195499

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.001

Interior view of the Belfry Bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Mass.

This photograph is an interior view of the Belfry Bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Massachusetts, facing the hallway. Duplicate of photograph on page 97 of Album 109C.

Date: circa 1910

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195500

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.01.003

Interior view of the Belfry Bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Mass.

This photograph is an interior view of the Belfry Bedroom, Beauport, Gloucester, Massachusetts facing the bed, which in an alcove. Duplicate of photograph on page 94 of Album 109C.

Date: circa 1910

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 195501

Ref. Code: PC006.BEA.01.004

Recruiting poster for the United States Army, 1939

A woman wearing a wreath, holding an upraised wreath, and wrapped in an American flag stands above a line of soldiers. Each soldier wears a different uniform from periods throughout American history, beginning with the Revolutionary War through the Civil War until 1939, the time period of the poster...

Date: 1939

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195503

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.002

Christmas and New Year's card, depicting a roaring fire with toys in front of it, 1883

A blazing fire warms a Christmas scene of toys and a cat and kittens around a fireplace hung with stockings. A snow-covered countryside with carolers standing outside a house fills the rest of the image area. Mistletoe borders the card and encircles the central scene. The card is adorned with a whi...

Date: 1883

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195504

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.011

Valentine's Day card, depicting a woman, man, and dog on a country road, undated

This Valentine Day's card presents a central image surrounded by lace. In a country scene near a body of water with spires in the distance, a woman holds the arm of a man and looks at a small dog jumping at her feet. The inscription is arranged in the border around the central image and reads: "My l...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195505

Ref. Code: EP001.05.TMP.012

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