Historic New England

T Wharf and Fish District, Boston, Mass.

This color postcard depicts Boston's T Wharf and the Fish District along the harbor. Brick storehouses line an elevated railway and roads. Workers load and unload carts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188106

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.001

Mascot of the Flagship Connecticut

One color stereograph featuring a sailor peeling potatoes and feeding the scraps to the ship's mascot, a goat. The sailor sits with legs spread over three metal pans containing whole potatoes, peeled potatoes and potato peelings.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188107

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.001

Liberty party

The color sterograph features a boat filled with sailors going on shore leave. The two dozen or so men are leaning toward the camera and are relaxed and smiling.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188109

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.002

One of the close shaves of a sailor's life

The stereoscope shows an image of five sailors sitting and watching a fellow sailor receive a shave with a straight razor. They are in various states of undress with socks and pants thrown over a metal rail. The sailor who is shaving his peer has many tattoos.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188111

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.003

View from the bridge of the Battleship Minnesota

The stereo view features a sailor using a spy-glass on the bridge of the Battleship Minnesota. He is kneeling and steadies the glass on a wooden railing. The Battleship Kentucky and the Battleship Connecticut can be seen beyond the deck.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188114

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.004

Ship's tailor

The stereograph features a sailor at a sewing machine meding a white uniform, while another sailor looks on. The tailor is surrounded by boxes of notions and smokes a corncob pipe.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188115

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0310.0080.005

March page of a calendar, issued by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 1905

The March page of a 1905 wall calendar features two naval ships, both of which billow smoke from their stacks. The vessels are framed by a gold, blue, and red design reminiscent of Arts and Crafts motifs.

Date: 1905

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188117

Ref. Code: EP001.13.08.010

Recruiting postcard for the United States Navy, location unknown, undated

The postcard reads "The Navy fits young America for Peace and Progress." Depicted in the postcard is a flag draped Lady Liberty shaking the hand of a sailor who is holding a bayonet.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188118

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.010

U.S. Battleship Iowa

This color image of the U.S. Battleship Iowa shows the ship cutting through the water with rays of sun breaking through the clouds. Two flags adorn the deck.

Date: 1898

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188123

Ref. Code: EP001.01.122.02.01.008

Program of concerts on the Steamer Providence, Feb. 1890

This program from the Fall River Line's Steamer Providence is for concerts by Hooper's Orchestra during the week ending February 22, 1890. There are both afternoon and evening concerts.

Date: 1890-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188128

Ref. Code: EP001.09.TMP.001

Temporary

Sub-series

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188129

Ref. Code: EP001.09.TMP

Postcard for the Fall River Line of the New England Steamship Company, undated

The steamship "Commonwealth" is shown in the card image. The postcard is printed in four colors. The line was established in 1847.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188134

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.01.037

Promenade walk, York Beach, Me.

The postcard features the boardwalk, also called a promenade walk, shore and surrounding homes at York Beach, Maine. Men and women walk in pairs and small groups. Many women also carry parasols. The beach is wide and has patches of sand grass.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188138

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.004

York Beach, Me., York Beach, and Union Bluffs

This postcard depicts York Beach with men, women and children strolling along the seaweed covered shore and swimming in the surf. Above the beach on the Union Bluffs are large hotels and homes.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188141

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.005

Pamphlet for the Goodyear Boot & Shoe Sewing Machines, location unknown, 1882

This tri-fold pamphlet advertises the Goodyear Boot & Shoe Sewing Machines with two lithographed illustrations. The pamphlet compares the old method of making shoes by hand and the new method using the Goodyear machine. Included in the pamphlet is a list of prices for shoes to be sold at the Cincinn...

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188145

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.07.04.043

Stetson styles, spring and summer nineteen hundred and eight, Stetson Shoe Company, So. Weymouth, Mass., 1908

The catalog is illustrated in four colors and lists the types of men's shoes manufactured by the Stetson Shoe Company. Figures from Massachusetts history such as Native Americans, Pilgrims and Uncle Sam illustrate the pages. The shoes are carried by H.O. Robinson in Ware, Massachusetts. The cover ti...

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188148

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.004.017

Burgess and Lang buildings, largest shoe factory in the world, Haverhill, Massachusetts

The full color postcard features two large factories: the Burgess and Lang buildings. The building on the right has signs for the Knights-Allen Company Turn Shoes and the United Shoe Machinery Company. Inscribed on the back of the postcard is a note from W.S. Burgess to his aunt Hellen Adams, of New...

Date: 1914

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188151

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.006

General marine photographic collection

Collection

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 188155

Ref. Code: PC055

Temporary

Series

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 188156

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP

Illustration of a steamship engine room, location unknown, undated

The image features a uniformed engineer facing the steamship engine and a row of dials. There is a plaque that reads "W. & A. Fletcher Co. New York 1889."

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 188159

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.001

Interior view of the steamship Priscilla, undated

Interior view of the steamship Priscilla featuring a large glass chandelier, ornate walls and a well appointed sitting room. The room is lit, in addition to the chandelier, with table lamps and wall sconces.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 188160

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.002

Temporary

Series

Collection: Lantern slides collection

GUSN: 188161

Ref. Code: PC007.TMP

Cobbler, Isle Au Haut, Eastern Penobscot Bay, Maine, ca. 1896

This lantern slide features a cobbler and his shop, a small sailboat bedecked with signs and advertisements. The cobbler sits toward the bow with a shoe in his lap. The boat is tied to the shore (out of scene) and has a small dingy tied to the port-side.

Date: ca. 1896

Collection: Lantern slides collection

GUSN: 188162

Ref. Code: PC007.TMP.001

Boy in horse cart in front of shingled homes, Sciasconsett, Nantucket, Mass., 1882

This carte-de-visite features a young man, barefoot, sitting casually in a horse cart. Two others lean against a shingled house. The unpaved road is lined by houses and the sea is visible in the background.

Date: 1880-1882

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188168

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0080.003

Shipyard view of the J.R. Teel, Newburyport, Mass., undated

This is an image of the "J.R. Teel" at the shipyard near completion. There is a row of flags strung between the bow and masts and many men in suits are walking the deck. Below the ship, laborers (both men and women) are working.

Collection: General marine photographic collection

GUSN: 188171

Ref. Code: PC055.TMP.003

Launching a "Six Master," Bath, Me.

This full color postcard illustrates the launching of a six masted ship. In the harbor a tug boat assists the launch. Each mast is topped with a flag, and the launch is watched by many on shore. The hull of a second ship is being built in the same shipyard.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188173

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.007

Marblehead, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, July, 1874

A 21 page article on the history of Marblehead, Massachusetts by John W. Chadwick.

Date: 1874-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188180

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP.002

Sitting, stitching in a mournful muse

An engraved illustration of a young woman seated at a window. She is working on shoes and looking out the window toward a lighthouse.

Date: 1874-07-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188181

Ref. Code: EP001.07.TMP.002.001

Trade card for S.Y. Tank Co., direct importers of all kinds of Chinese and Japanese fancy goods, 18 and 20 Harrison Avenue, Boston, Mass., undated

Two Japanese women are dressed in kimonos, standing near a lake, in the card image. The store specialized in imports from Japan and China.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188184

Ref. Code: EP001.01.041.01.03.018

Postcard for Rich's Grill, game and seafood for connoisseurs, 153 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1907-1908

The restaurant, established October 14, 1875,, claims to be "Boston's only grill room." The bottom of the postcard lists the game that was served in the 1907-1908 season.

Date: 1907-1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 188191

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.02.047

Exterior view of Dr. Bigelow's home with windmill, Tuckernuck Island, Mass., undated

The image features Dr. William S. Bigelow's farm including the house, out buildings and a windmill. The whole compound is situated in a large field.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188196

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0470.001

Captain Thomas Sandsbury near the shore with his boat, Tuckernuck Island, Mass., undated

Captain Sandsbury looks out to sea while leaning on a small boat. His small sailboat appears just off shore.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188197

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1960.0460.001

Wrecked Bark Frances

The stereograph depicts the "Frances", after her wreck, half sunk. A crowd of tourists are visiting the wreck as it sits right at the shoreline.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188200

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.4750.002

Nantasket house at night, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts

Full color postcard of the hotel, Nantasket House, at night. The hotel is encircled by a wrap-around porch, has many windows and a peaked roof. A motorcar is driving past the front of the hotel.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188208

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.008

Studio portrait of Robert Daily, choir man at J.R.'s, seated in three-quarter profile, ca. 1855

Studio portrait of Robert Daily, choir man at J. R.'s, seated in three-quarter profile.

Date: ca.1855

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 188276

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.001

Studio portrait of Sara Baro Colcher with drapery and balustrade, ca.1864

Studio portrait of Sara Baro Colcher with drapery and balustrade.

Date: ca.1864

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 188278

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.002

Subjects

Sub-series

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 188003

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02

Studio portrait of Johnny Williams, ca. 1870

Full-length studio portrait of Johnny Williams.

Date: ca. 1870

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 189448

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.003

Boy marching with a broom under his arm, ca. 1865

This carte-de-visite 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 were made. Historic New England does not ...

Date: ca. 1865

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 189450

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.004

Full-length studio portrait of an enslaved child, "Dan", ca. 1860

This photograph contains harmful language regarding an enslaved child written on the verso. 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...

Date: ca. 1860, undated

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 189454

Ref. Code: PC004.01.G.0500.01

Trade card for B.B. Roberts' Lodging House, Lawrence, Mass., 1880-1890

This trade card 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 were made. Historic New England does not alter...

Date: 1880-1890

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189457

Ref. Code: EP001.01.062.04.01.006

Trade card for Willard & Lane's Improved Eagle stove polish, ca. 1880

This trade card 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 were made. Historic New England does not alter...

Date: ca. 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189469

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.002

Trade card for Spicers & Peckham's new Model Grand Portable Range, Spicers & Peckham, Providence, Rhode Island, ca. 1885

This trade card 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 were made. Historic New England does not alter...

Date: ca. 1885

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189491

Ref. Code: EP001.01.006.03.07.003

Lantern slide depicting pilot schooner Varuna with tugboat and sloop, Boston Harbor, Mass., undated

This lantern slide shows the pilot schooner "Varuna" being towed out of Boston Harbor by a tugboat. The schooner is holds at least eight men and its sail is printed with the number six (6). There is a sloop passing nearby.

Collection: Lantern slides collection

GUSN: 189507

Ref. Code: PC007.TMP.002

Chequesset Inn porch scene, Wellfleet, Mass., 1913

This photograph depicts the porch of the Chequesset Inn in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Men, women and children sit in oversized rocking chairs chatting, reading or watching the scenery.

Date: 1913

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189508

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3200.0020.001

Coal wharves, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1907

An image of the coal wharves in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Steam boats and large sailing ships share the docks, factories line the shore and a ferry slips through the harbor.

Date: 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189512

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1380.0080.001

Marine railway with small schooner and boys, location unknown, undated

This lantern slide features a small schooner being hauled into a marine railway. Laborers work on the ship from scaffolding. Two boys prepare to swim in the railway channel.

Collection: Lantern slides collection

GUSN: 189515

Ref. Code: PC007.TMP.003

Trade card for the D.D. Kelly Marine Railway, Sumner Street, East Boston, Mass., undated

An image of a large sailing ship appears above a description of the type of work the company performs.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 189520

Ref. Code: EP001.01.122.01.02.007

Five masted schooner "Paul Palmer," Portsmouth, N.H.

This full color postcard features the five masted schooner "Paul Palmer" docked at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Factories and cranes line the wharf.

Date: 1908

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189530

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.009

Ferry boat between Portsmouth, N.H. and Kittery, Me.

This full color postcard features a steam powered ferry boat with "A.S.L. Kittery" painted on its side. The shore is lined with factories, homes and a large church.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 189533

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.010

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