Historic New England

Interior of ropewalk, Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Mass., undated

The ropewalk stretches into the distance in this interior view of the Plymouth Cordage Company, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 222502

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.139

View of schooners at T Wharf, Boston, Mass., 1880s

A group of men is dwarfed by the forest of schooner masts towering over them at Boston's T Wharf. A wharf building is in the background.

Date: 1880-1889

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 222514

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.140

View of Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Mass., 1900

Streetview of stores on Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Stores are mainly oyster dealers.

Date: 1900

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 222537

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.141

Front of a playing card about the American Revolutionary War. Bunker Hill - Gen. Israel Putnam

This is a playing card of a card game about the Revolutionary War. There are two questions with their answers: "What celebrated battle was fought near Boston at the beginning of the Revolutionary War? Bunker Hill." and "What American officer of the Revolution left his plow in the field and hastened ...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 223050

Ref. Code: EP001.08.01.005.001

House and garden, unidentified location, undated

This photograph shows a house on a slight hill with two people.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223126

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.477

Group portrait of a family, location unknown, undated

Group portrait of a seated man and woman, with the child sitting on the arm of the man's chair, between the two. This appears to be a family portrait. A table and book is visible behind the woman.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223132

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.479

Old Park Square Station, Boston, Mass., 1873

Workers stand in front of the construction site for the Boston and Providence Railroad Station in Park Square. Peabody & Stearns designed it and L.F. Liscom was in charge of the construction. The steeple of Arlington Street Church can be seen on the right side of the image.

Date: 1873

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223137

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.489

Exterior view of an unidentified house, Cambridge, Mass., undated

Exterior view of an unidentified house at 1 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, before 1908.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223136

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.483

North Station, Boston, Mass.

North Station under construction.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223138

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.488

Freeman and Francis Stable, undated

1 photographic print : mounted

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223139

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.491

House, Enfield, Conn., undated

1 photographic print : mounted

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223140

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.486

Birthplace of C.F. White, 1856

1 photographic print : mounted

Date: 1856

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223141

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.487

Exterior view of the Newmarket Manufacturing Co. mill, Newmarket, N.H., undated

Exterior view the Newmarket Manufacturing Co. textile temill, with rubble and scaffolding in front and workers sitting and standing in large groups.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223145

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.481

Exterior view of the Lyman Potter House, Enfield, Mass., undated

Exterior view the Lyman Potters House in Enfield, Massachusetts, as seen from behind a stone wall. There is a barn in the back ground iwth a man and horse, as well as a horse drawn carriage by the house with someone standing in the doorway.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223150

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.480

Exterior view of the Old Homestead, Boston, Mass., undated

Exterior view of the Old Homestead by the Muddy River at 1717 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. This section used to be a part of Tremont Street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223154

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.485

Exterior view of an unidentified house, location unknown, undated

Exterior view of an unidentified house as seen from the street. There is a woman visible from one of the first floor windows.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223155

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.482

Exterior view of the Old Downer, Boston, Mass., undated

Exterior view of the Old Downer, Hancock, a homestead by the Muddy River at 1717 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, as seen from across the street through the trees. This section used to be a part of Tremont Street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223157

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.484

View of Winthrop Place, location unknown, undated

A view of Winthrop Place with people at two windows, one of whom may be Mrs. Blake.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223187

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.090

Aerial view of Fort Hill Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1868

Aerial view of Fort Hill Square in Boston, Massachusetts with commercial and domestic facades. Fort Hill was one of the three peaks of the city, extending from Pearl Street, Batterymarch Street, Broad Street, and the harbor, and was eighty feet high. The hill was originally called Corn Hill because ...

Date: ca. 1868

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223188

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.033-A

Ogden Codman Sr., Marblehead, Mass., undated

1 photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223205

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.492

View on State Street, 1850

1 photographic print : mounted, sepia

Date: 1850

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223207

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.490

Front view of a Civil War memorial with soldiers in a wagon and on horseback, Washington, D.C., undated

A Civil War memorial presents a scene of soldiers in a wagon and on horseback struggling to haul a cannon through mud.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223216

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.393

Unidentified landscape, location unknown, undated

1 photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223211

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.494

Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., undated

1 photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223212

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.495

Creighton House, Boston, Mass., undated

245 Tremont Street between Eliot and Hollis Streets.

Date: 1870s

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223213

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.496

Portrait of a child, location unknown, undated

The child is wearing an Ilene Fuller dress that was made in 1832.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223214

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.497

Chaplin Reunion at South Georgetown, Mass., 1869

1 photographic print

Date: 1869-03-03

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223215

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.498

"Sagadahoc," Bath, Maine, undated

1 photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223227

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.499

"Ransom B.P.U.," Camden, Maine, undated

1 photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223228

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.500

Boston fire, view from Kilby and Water Streets, looking north to State, Boston, Mass., Nov. 1872

1 photographic print

Date: 1872

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223229

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.501

Henry Sleeper of Beauport, location unknown, undated

1 photographic print

Date: ca. 1915

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223230

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.502

Cutting Residence, Wayland, Mass., ca. 1870-1880

1 photographic print

Date: ca. 1875

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223231

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.503

"Priscilla," location unknown, undated

1 photographic print

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223233

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.504

Masonic Temple, Tremont Street at Temple Place, Boston, Mass., 1860-1890

The Masonic Temple can be seen next to the Cathedral Church of St. Paul on Tremont Street. A policeman stands on the corner. A horse drawn street car, identified as "Cornhill," stands on Temple Place. The text on the side of the street car reads "Shawmut Avenue & Dudley." The building on the opposit...

Date: 1860-1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223234

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.505

New Old South Church, Boston, Mass., undated

645 Boylston Street

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223235

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.506

"Alvina," location unknown, undated

"Alvina" - steam yacht built in 1901 by Charles Fletcher (1840-1907) of Providence and Jamestown, R.I. Grandfather of Nina Fletcher ( Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware, builders). It was sold after a year and a half because it was too large for Narragansett Bay (R.I.) Flying Charles F...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223236

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.507

Factory mutual engineers at Everett Testing Station, Everett, Mass., June 30, 1930

1 photographic print

Date: 1930-06-30

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223249

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.509

Steamer "City of Portland" of the International Steamship Company

1 photographic print

Date: circa 1862-1884, undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 223250

Ref. Code: PC001.01.TMP.510

[Nantasket Beach, Hull, Mass.]

A view of Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts, showing two women walking along the shore, a sand dune in the foreground, and in the distance the Atlantic House, a celebrated summer hotel which overlooks the water from a bluff.

Date: 1882

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223323

Ref. Code: GC005.07

"Revere [sic] Beach - May 24, 1882"

A view of Revere Beach showing two figures walking along the water, a building in the foreground that might be a hotel, and a second building with a pier leading to the water on which is a structure with the words Bath House on the roof.

Date: 1882-05-24

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223332

Ref. Code: GC005.13

"No. Oakland Gardens. Boston - May 4, 1882"

A view of a street and sidewalk lined with a fence on the left and buildings and telephone poles on the right.

Date: 1882-05-04

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223334

Ref. Code: GC005.10

"City Point - Boston, May 18, 1882"

A view of City Point in Boston showing a sailboats and buildings along the shore. A ticket stub is affixed to the matting which reads, "This Ticket is good for 5 cents worth at the Bar on return. Good for this day only. Don't shake the wharf."

Date: 1882-05-18

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223337

Ref. Code: GC005.02

Hancock House, Boston

This image shows an exterior view of the front of the John Hancock House on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

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

GUSN: 223341

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1100.007

[Professor Turner]

A watercolor sketch of an African-American man with a shoe shining kit and chair. A sign on the chair reads "It is a shame of you and disgrace to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to wear your boots so dirty when you can get a shine for 5 cents from A. Turner." The image is inscribed "A.E." and "A. ...

Date: 1882

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223340

Ref. Code: GC005.12

"Near Tafts Hotel - Point Shirley"

A view of the beach near Tafts Hotel on Point Shirley in Winthrop, Massachusetts, showing a mostly deserted beach, a bench, and the heads of two people seated downhill from the viewer in the lower right hand corner of the painting.

Date: 1882

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223343

Ref. Code: GC005.09

Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1856

This newspaper page is of the chamber for the Massachusetts House of Representatives, showing the seats for the representatives on the floor and people watching in the galleries.

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 223346

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1300.012

The Senate Chamber, State House, Boston / The Hall of Representatives, State House, Boston

This newspaper page consists of two prints, the upper print showing the Senate Chamber and the lower print showing the Hall of Representatives in the State House.

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

GUSN: 223353

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1300.010

"Jamaica Pond in Boston"

A view of Jamaica Pond in Jamaica Plain, Boston, showing a woman with a dog, two people in a canoe, and houses and trees along the shore.

Date: 1882

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223347

Ref. Code: GC005.04

[Nantasket Beach, Hull, Mass.]

A view of Nantasket Beach in Hull, Massachusetts, showing buildings along the shore, a wheeled structure on the beach, a horse and carriage and workmen in the distance, and in the background a view of what may be the Atlantic House, a celebrated summer hotel which overlooks the water from a bluff.

Date: 1882

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223349

Ref. Code: GC005.08

"Fire alarm, Newspapers waiting for post"

A view of a fire alarm and mailbox on a Boston sidewalk. On top of the mailbox is a stack of newspapers waiting to be delivered. Elliot was careful to record the details of daily life in Boston, including this scene. The fire alarm system in Boston was one fo the earliest and most efficient in the c...

Date: 1882

Collection: Arthur Elliot graphic collection

GUSN: 223354

Ref. Code: GC005.03

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