Historic New England

Origin of the Stars and Stripes

A commemorative print presented to visitors at the Foreign Exhibition in Boston in 1883. It tells the history of the flag and of George Washington. It is a lithograph done in a few tones and with gold leaf.

Date: ca. 1883

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

GUSN: 199051

Ref. Code: GC002.02.073

Massachusetts Horticultural Society membership certificate

This certificate was presented to Alfred J. Thacher by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society upon his becoming a Life Member in April 1860. The certificate depicts allegorical figures and a monument.

Date: 1860-04

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

GUSN: 199052

Ref. Code: GC002.02.074

[Portrait of unknown man]

This beautiful color lithograph is a full size portrait of a young man, with an unrealistic background landscape. The image was probably published because of the costume.

Date: 1898

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

GUSN: 199054

Ref. Code: GC002.02.075

Effie Deans by Sir John E. Millais

Black and white copy of a painting by John Everett Millais. It depicts a romantic view of a young man and woman talking over a stone wall. The scene is from "The Heart of Midlothian," the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly novels.

Date: 1877

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

GUSN: 199055

Ref. Code: GC002.02.076

Porcineograph geography of the United States

This is a wonderful color lithograph published by W.E. Baker of Ridge Hill Farm, Wellesley, for southern regiments and guests who participated in the Fete Champetre at his farm on June 19, 1875. Mr. Baker was in the habit of having large festivals at his farm and had a hotel to accomodate guests. ...

Date: 1876

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

GUSN: 199064

Ref. Code: GC002.02.077

Exterior view of the Boardman House, with three people next to the Tercentenary historical marker, Saugus, Mass., undated

The number 7 appears on the doorway. The Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary historical marker reads: "The Scotch House. Erected in 1615 or 1651 by the Undertakers of the Iron Works in Lyn (Saugus) to house the Scotch prisoners captured at the Battle of Dunbar and sold into seven years' service in...

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 199057

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.006

Exterior view of the Boardman House with picket fence and dirt road, Saugus, Mass., undated

1 photographic print : black-and-white

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 199058

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.007

Exterior view of side and front facades of the Boardman House with stone wall and dirt road, Saugus, Mass., undated

1 photograph

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 199059

Ref. Code: PC006.BOA.01.008

Dover and Winnipisseogee Railroad

An advertisement showing the summer train schedule with an explanation of steamer and stage connections.

Date: 1870

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

GUSN: 199060

Ref. Code: GC002.02.172

Advertisement for the evolution of the motor car, General Motors, Detroit

This is a marvelous poster with all major GM styles from the beginning to the 1930s.

Date: 1930s

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

GUSN: 199061

Ref. Code: GC002.02.173

Antique and horrible parade!

This shows a fun Fourth of July celebration in Marlboro, Mass. with a Horrible Parade.

Date: 1898

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

GUSN: 199062

Ref. Code: GC002.02.174

Civil War recruiting poster

Poster showing the annual wage of a recruit in the 86th Regiment.

Date: 1860s

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

GUSN: 199063

Ref. Code: GC002.02.175

Vote for Judge Benjamin F. Thomas of West Roxbury, for Congress

This is a political broadside urging voters not to vote for Boutwell, "The Office Seeker." Part of the Reed collection.

Date: 1880s

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

GUSN: 199065

Ref. Code: GC002.02.176

Advertisement for M.J. Whipple and Co., importers and dealers in artists' supplies and drawing materials of every description

This engraving is black and white on off-white paper. It is an advertisement listing all the art materials and supplies sold in the shop, but no prices. There is a drawing in the top center depicting and artist and muses. M.J. Whipple and Co. was located at 35 Cornhill, Boston.

Date: ca. 1860

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

GUSN: 199066

Ref. Code: GC002.02.078

Grand Ascension of the Miller Tabernacle

This poster is of Millerite excitement, showing a view of Ascension at the top and script below. There is a mocking tone in the script.

Date: ca. 1844

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

GUSN: 199068

Ref. Code: GC002.02.079

Saul and the Witch of Endor

This print is a black and white copy of the painting by Washington Allston. It was in the posession of the Hon. T.H. Perkins.

Date: 1852

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

GUSN: 199069

Ref. Code: GC002.02.080

Battle of the Constitution and Guerriere

This lithograph is a color view of the Constitution in battle. It is a slightly impressionistic view and shows the ship bombed and broken.

Date: ca. 1896

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

GUSN: 199071

Ref. Code: GC002.02.081

Print commemorating speeches of Charles Sumner

Commemorative print featuring quotations by and about Charles Sumner, Massachusetts senator and anti-slavery movement leader.

Date: 1874

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

GUSN: 199072

Ref. Code: GC002.02.177

Cleopatra's Barge, the Great Boston Sleigh, Passing the Norfolk House, Roxbury

This is a large detailed engraving of Cleopatra's Barge, which is a large sleigh with the head of an animal with wings on its side. The image includes the driver and team of horses. Neighboring buildings are shown, including churches and the Norfolk House. Other sleighs can also be seen.

Date: 1854-56

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

GUSN: 199074

Ref. Code: GC002.02.082

Grand Ascension of the Miller Tabernacle! Miller in his glory, Saints and Sinners in one great Conglomeration!

A satiricle illustration of the Millerites with William Miller and a devil characatured on a dais, looking up at a terrible dream ascension.

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

GUSN: 199075

Ref. Code: GC002.02.178

View of the Bunker Hill Monument (with the Restricted style of building) Round the Square

The Bunker Hill Monument stands in the middle of the square. The buildings around the square show the neighborhood around the monument.

Date: 1848

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

GUSN: 199076

Ref. Code: GC002.02.083

Battle of Bunker Hill

This battle scene is depicted in detail. The wounded are in the foreground, while fighting is going on in the middleground and the hill upon which a flag sits is in the background.

Date: 1850s

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

GUSN: 199078

Ref. Code: GC002.02.084

Exhibition of the Historical Moving Diorama of the Battle of Bunker Hill and Conflagration of Charlestown at Odd Fellows Hall, 7th Street, Charlestown

This engraving is an announcemet for the exhibition of the Historical Moving Diorama of the Battle of Bunker Hill and Conflagration of Charlestown. Odd Fellows Hall was decorated by the proprieters of Lewis Bartholomew and Co.

Date: 1847

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

GUSN: 199079

Ref. Code: GC002.02.085

Tremont Street from Court Street to the Common, IX, reproduced from cuts in the Public Librarry of the City of Boston, issued with Bulletin, October 1894

From "A grand panoramic view of Tremont street, Boston, east and west sides, from Court street to the Common," in Gleason's Pictorial and Drawing-room Companion, Boston, July 30, 1853. Four sections. a.West side, from Park street to the Albion[hotel], on the north corner of Beacon street, showing t...

Date: 1894

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

GUSN: 199081

Ref. Code: GC002.02.086

Valleys of Erosion on Mount Holyoke

This is a view from the hilltop looking at houses in the valley and in the distance. From "Sketches of the Scenery of Massachusetts," by Edward Hitchcock, 1842.

Date: 1841-42

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

GUSN: 199082

Ref. Code: GC002.02.087

Exterior view of the Coliseum for the Grand National Peace Jubilee

This is an advertisement for building contractor Judah Sears & Son.

Date: 1869

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

GUSN: 199086

Ref. Code: GC002.02.179

Sheet music (A-P)

This sample of sheet music includes quick steps and military marches. Some are only the covers but these have artistic merit and all are interesting from a cultural perspective.Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall Little and Misses Adams between May 1922 and January 1926.

Date: 1831-1864

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

GUSN: 199089

Ref. Code: GC002.02.180

A view of the mansion of the late Lord Timothy Dexter in High Street, Newburyport, 1810

This is a black and white aquatint showing a front view of the house and all the statues in front. Also shown are a couple of carriages, a horse and rider, and an ox cart.

Date: 1810

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

GUSN: 199092

Ref. Code: GC002.02.088

Sheet music "Atlantics Return"

1 lithograph

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 199091

Ref. Code: GC002.02.181

Splendid panoramic view of the Grand Procession of the military, and arts, trades, societies, and professions on the occasion of the Great Railroad Jubilee

This is a black and white view from Gleason's Pictorial of the Grand Procession celebrated in Boston on September 19, 1851. It shows a parade of people and carriages, military, locomotive, elephant, etc. Pencilled in the corner is: "sketchd by Rowse, 1851."

Date: 1851-09-19

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

GUSN: 199098

Ref. Code: GC002.02.089

Sheet music: polka and waltzes - 5 examples

This sample shows popular music for song and dance and is interesting from a cultural point of view.Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Little in January 1926 and Miss Maria Thacher in June 1943.

Date: 1840-1862

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

GUSN: 199093

Ref. Code: GC002.02.182

Sheet music: songs and ballads - 17 examples

These pieces of music show interesting cultural aspects: Jenny Lind and the impact of her Swedish melodies, the impact of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," love-lorn ballads. The covers are also good for research on popular printing or paintings of the day.Acquired from Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Little in January 1926...

Date: 1840-1867

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

GUSN: 199094

Ref. Code: GC002.02.183

Continental Water Meter Company stock certificate

Stock certificate entitling Wilson W. Fay & Co. to 100 shares of capital stock from Continental Water Meter Company, the sole manufacturers of the "Continental Water Meter." Signed by the president and treasurer in Portland, Maine in 1881.

Date: 1881-12-10

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

GUSN: 199095

Ref. Code: GC002.02.184b

1935 National Better Homes Contest, New Home--Sweepstakes Winner

The National Better Homes Contest was sponsored by "Better Homes and Gardens" magazine. This photograph of the contest winner is of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Newhall in Needham, Massachusetts and shows favored interiors of the mid 1930s.

Date: 1935

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

GUSN: 199096

Ref. Code: GC002.02.192

Poster for Douglas Fairbanks in "Don Q Son of Zorro," Boston, Mass., 1925

Handwritten text on the verso reads "Poster taken from between the bars of the Granary Burying ground, where it was set up for display, 24 August 1925."

Date: 1925

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

GUSN: 199097

Ref. Code: GC002.02.193A

Minot's Ledge Light House, Massachusetts Bay near Cohasset

This grey/green tinted lithograph shows two detailed elevations of the lighthouse and several cross-sections showing different structural make-ups. The legend gives many details of the construction of the lighthouse.

Date: 1860

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

GUSN: 199100

Ref. Code: GC002.02.090

Iron Light House on Minot's Ledge, Massachusetts Bay from a drawing for which a premium was awarded at the late Mechanics Fair, Boston, Mass.

This image is a black and white photostatic reproduction of a lithograph circa 1850 by J.W. Rutter, Del. and and Swett and Powers, Lith. It shows an early lighthouse set on iron pilings and first lit Jan. 1st, 1850. Statistical information is included in the legend.

Date: ca. 1936

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

GUSN: 199101

Ref. Code: GC002.02.091

Fisherman's Houses, Cape Cod

This image is a color reproduction of a watercolor showing a cluster of houses on the Cape. Two dories are anchored in the small bay. It is signed by the artist in the lower left corner.

Date: 1889

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

GUSN: 199103

Ref. Code: GC002.02.092

Broadside for brick dwelling houses in Fruit and Shawmut Streets

Broadside announcing a peremtory sale of dwelling houses on Fruit and Shawmut Street on October 28, 1852. The three story brick dwellings were being auctioned by N.A. Thompson, Auctioneer whose office was in the Old State House in Boston.

Date: 1852-10-28

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

GUSN: 199109

Ref. Code: GC002.02.093

New England Black Slate Company stock certificate

Stock certificate entitling Miss E.V. Morrison to 10 shares of capital stock from New England Black Slate Company.

Date: 1906-12-17

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

GUSN: 199106

Ref. Code: GC002.02.184a

Harvard University medical school diploma, 1867

Medical diploma from Harvard University given to John P. Lyman on July 4, 1867.

Date: 1867-07-04

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

GUSN: 199107

Ref. Code: GC002.02.185a

Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association award for "Worsted Picture", 1865

The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association awarded "this Diploma with a Bronze Medal to Mrs. Charles W. Smith for Worsted Picture, 'Christ at the Well' contributed to the Tenth Exhibition, Sept. 1865."

Date: 1865-09

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

GUSN: 199108

Ref. Code: GC002.02.185b

Grand Panoramic view of Tremont Street, Boston, East and West Sides, from Court Street to the Common

This is a color print with four views showing the street layout of Tremont from Court Street to the Common. For black and white version see GUSN 198280.

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

GUSN: 199114

Ref. Code: GC002.02.095

New England Historic Genealogical Society certificate

Membership certificate to Franklin Chase, given on October 5, 1859. Includes officers of the New England Historic Genealogical Society for the year 1861 and an envelope adressed to Franklin Chase Esq. - Tampico, Mexico.

Date: 1859

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

GUSN: 199112

Ref. Code: GC002.02.186

Francis Scott Key Memorial Association certificate

Membership certificate to Miss Sarah V. Fowler, Danvers Massachusetts.

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

GUSN: 199113

Ref. Code: GC002.02.187

Boston, Mass., West Newton St., Church of the Unity

This lithograph shows front and side views of the Church of the Unity, as well as a fence and landscape detail. The church was designed by Thomas Silloway, 1857-59, and was demolished in the 1890s.

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

GUSN: 199115

Ref. Code: GC002.02.096

Twentieth Century Boston

This black and white lithograph depicts Boston, Boston Harbor, and environs from an aerial perspective. The image was delineated by Bert Poole, 1907, and was based (presumably) on a pencil and wash drawing. The image is subtitled "The best city in the United States to live in, to do business in, and...

Date: ca. 1907

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

GUSN: 199117

Ref. Code: GC002.02.097

Wiggin Terminals, Inc., Boston, Mass., "Sail from Boston, Ship from Boston"

This image presents a map of New England and eastern Canada indicating the shipping lines. At the top of the map, it also lists services offered, such as cotton fumigation, storage, weighing and sampling, and trucking and forwarding.

Date: ca. 1910

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

GUSN: 199118

Ref. Code: GC002.02.098

William Miller

This black and white lithograph is a portrait of William Miller, (presumed from the signed inscription). It was published in Clara E. Sears' "Days of Delusion," an account of the Millerites.

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

GUSN: 199119

Ref. Code: GC002.02.099

Pottery forms available from the A.E. Smith's Sons Pottery Co.

This lithograph (terra cotta color on a white background) illustrates the pottery forms available from the A.E. Smith's Sons Pottery Co., Nowalk CT. undated.

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

GUSN: 199122

Ref. Code: GC002.02.100

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