Historic New England

Portrait of Miss Helen F. Kimball

Pencil drawing of Miss Helen F. Kimball as an older woman.

Date: 1921

Maker: Pollak-Ottendorff, Emil, 1863- (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 30503

Accession Number: 1925.48

Bookmark

Needlework bookmark

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30506

Accession Number: 1925.73

Purse

Orange and yellow purse with silver-colord beading, tassels, rings, and small ball charms.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30508

Accession Number: 1925.79

Fan and Box

No description

Date: 1865-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), paper (fiber product), piercing, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 30509

Accession Number: 1925.81AB

Black silk velvet with scalloped edge; trimmed with black beads - zig zag stripes radiate from neck to a border of bands of faceted "dot" beads, enclosing scrolling meander; black satin lining; one hook and eye at neck.

Date: 1900-1904

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (process), stitching, satin, silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 30510

Accession Number: 1925.87

Ribbon

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30511

Accession Number: 1925.88

Ribbon

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30512

Accession Number: 1925.90

Tidy

Square; blue silk twill ground; woven plaid in black, green, yellow, white and magenta. Self fringe all around.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), twill, textiles

GUSN: 30513

Accession Number: 1925.91

Painting

Two white star and crescent moon motifs on blue shield, gray fleur-de-lis; two red birds with crescent at top.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 30515

Accession Number: 1925.95

Cloth Portrait

Full length portrait of George Washing made of cloth stitched to a cardboard oval, with a painted face.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30516

Accession Number: 1925.104

Child's Shoe

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30517

Accession Number: 1925.111

Nursing Bottle

Colorless glass nursing bottle, tapered to molded nipple on one end, flat shape, hole in body, cork stopper.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass

GUSN: 30518

Accession Number: 1925.113

Container

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 30522

Accession Number: 1925.121

Cap

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30524

Accession Number: 1925.126

Cap

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30525

Accession Number: 1925.127

Fan

Plain, narrow bone sticks; guard sticks are carved and pierced; decoupe' leaf of net with punched design of paper applied to net; stylized floral bunches have been painted; border of floral garland is not painted; inner scalloped border is painted blue.

Date: 1751-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), découpage (image making technique), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30526

Accession Number: 1925.128

Fan

Embossed gilt paper fan with lithographed panels; ivory sticks; three vignettes with man and woman near swan, woman hunting, men and women walking in gardens; back is lithographed with scenes of children playing on swing and jumping rope.

Date: 1840-1849

Maker: unknown

Material: embossing, ivory (tooth component), painting (coating), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30527

Accession Number: 1925.129

Brise' Fan

Golden horn sticks; brise' type; painted gold branches and blue flowers; silver spangles; guards are inlaid with gold colored metal plaques with raised patterns and set with faceted steel balls; threaded with white ribbon.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves, horn (animal material), painting (coating), silk (textile), sequins (spangles), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 30528

Accession Number: 1925.132

Folding Fan

Folding fan; ivory sticks and guards; purple paper leaf with printed golden designs; center medallion; lithography of man and women.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30529

Accession Number: 1925.133

Brise' Fan

Tortoise shell sticks and guards; brise' type, threaded with pink ribbon; pierced in coral and leaf pattern; painted with blue flowers with green leaves; mother of pearl washers.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: figure- and animal-derived motifs, corals (animals), coral (material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), silk (textile), tortoise shell

GUSN: 30530

Accession Number: 1925.134

Rubber shoes

Dark brown shoes; plain; round toe. Rubber material deformed and melted.

Date: 1841-1844

Maker: unknown

Material: rubber (material)

GUSN: 30531

Accession Number: 1925.135AB

Cup

A blue transfer-printed pearlware footed cup with a handle. The outer body is decorated with a foliate design, a portrait of George Washington, and a landscape scene. The inner rim has a scroll design which has various state names printed on the body.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: Clews, James & Ralph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing, pearlware

GUSN: 30532

Accession Number: 1925.138

Agricultural literature :proud heritage, future promise : a bicentennial symposium, September 24-26, 1975 /edited by Alan Fusonie, Leila Moran ; sponsored by the Agricultural History Society [and others].

371 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Date: Ã1977.

Creators: Fusonie, Alan M. Moran, Leila, 1924- Agricultural History Society.

GUSN: 361792

Call Number: Stacks S494.5.A39 A37

Farming in the new nation :interpreting American agriculture, 1790-1840 /edited by Darwin P. Kelsey.

ii, 239 pages ; 24 cm

Date: 1972.

Creators: Kelsey, Darwin P. Agricultural History Society.

GUSN: 361793

Call Number: Stacks S441.F26

The old farmer and his almanack :being some observations on life and manners in New England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier numbers of Mr. Robert. B. Thomas's Farmer's almanack, together with extracts curious, instructive, and entertaining, as well as a variety of miscellaneous matter /by George Lyman Kittredge.

xiv, 403 pages : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, plates, map, facsimiles ; 23 cm, Being some observations on life and manners in Vew England a hundred years ago, suggested by reading the earlier numbers of Mr. Robert. B. Thomas's Farmer's almanack, together with extracts curious, instructive,...

Date: 1920. [c 1904]

Creators: Kittredge, George Lyman, 1860-1941.

GUSN: 361794

Call Number: Stacks F5.K62 1920

Nantucket,a camera impression,by Samuel Chamberlain.

73 pages frontispiece, illustrations 19 x 16 cm

Date: 1939.

Creators: Chamberlain, Samuel, 1895-1975.

GUSN: 361795

Call Number: Stacks F72.N2 C45 1939

Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada /American Association for State and Local History.

1358 pages ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2002.

Creators: American Association for State and Local History.

GUSN: 362295

Call Number: Ref E172.D5 2002

Records of Boston architecture in the architectural records of the Smithsonian Institution.

224 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1969.

Creators: Mathieson, Moira B. Smithsonian Institution.

GUSN: 362297

Call Number: Ref NA735.B7 M43

Luigi Lucioni :modern light /edited by Katie Wood Kirchhoff ; essays by David Brody, Thomas Denenberg, Katie Wood Kirchhoff, Alexander Nemerov, Nancie Ravenel, and Richard Saunders ; in association with Shelburne Museum, Vermont.

159 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 28 x 25 cm

Creators: Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988, artist. Wood Kirchhoff, Katie, editor, writer of supplementary textual content. Brody, David Eric. writer of supplementary textual content. Denenberg, Thomas Andrew, 1967- writer of supplementary textual content. Nemerov, Alexander, writer of supplementary textual content. Ravenel, Nancie, writer of supplementary textual content. Saunders, Richard H., 1949- writer of supplementary textual content. Shelburne Museum,

GUSN: 362472

Call Number: Stacks ND237.L83 A4 2022

Indigenous continent :the epic contest for North America /Pekka Hämäläinen.

xiv, 571 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm, There is an old, deeply rooted story about America that goes like this: Columbus "discovers" a strange continent and brings back tales of untold riches. The European empires rush over, eager to stake out as much of this astonishing "New World" as possibl...

Creators: Hämäläinen, Pekka, 1967- author.

GUSN: 362473

Call Number: Stacks E77.H197 2022

Here & everywhere else :small-town Maine and the world /Andrew Witmer.

xiii, 248 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm, "In 1822, settlers pushed north from Massachusetts and other parts of New England into Monson, Maine. On land taken from the Penobscot people, they established prosperous farms and businesses. Focusing on the microhistory of this village, Andrew Witmer ...

Creators: Witmer, Andrew, author.

GUSN: 362474

Call Number: Stacks F29.M8 W58 2022

The Maine lobster boat :history of an iconic fishing vessel /Daniel Sheldon Lee.

xxiii, 459 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "Filled with colorful characters, old maritime tales, and fascinating details, this a definitive look at the origins and lore of Maine's most ubiquitous vessel"-- Provided by publisher.

Creators: Lee, Daniel Sheldon, 1966- author.

GUSN: 362475

Call Number: Stacks VM431 L44 2022

William Rimmer :champion of imagination in American art /Dorinda Evans.

x, 236 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Creators: Evans, Dorinda, author. Rimmer, William, 1816-1879.

GUSN: 362476

Call Number: Stacks N6537.R546 E83 2022

The art & times of Daniel Jocz /foreword by Susan Grant Lewin ; with essays by Wendy Steiner, Jeannine Falino, Patricia Harris, and David Lyon ; edited by Sarah Davis.

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 28 cm

Creators: Jocz, Daniel. Lewin, Susan Grant, writer of added commentary. Steiner, Wendy, writer of added commentary. Falino, Jeannine J., writer of added commentary. Harris, Patricia, writer of added commentary. Lyon, David, writer of added commentary. Davis, Sarah, editor.

GUSN: 362477

Call Number: Coll NK7398.J63 A4 2022

Champlain Valley Fair /Stephen Mease.

127 pages : chiefly illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm.

Creators: Mease, Stephen Michael, 1955-

GUSN: 362478

Call Number: Stacks F59.E7 M43 2022

Design with nature on Cape Cod and the islands /Jack Ahern.

180 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 22 x 27 cm, "Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are special places known for their distinctive flora, including pine-oak forests, sandplain grasslands, and sand dunes peppered with bearberry shrubs. Unfortunately, this unique sense of ...

Creators: Ahern, Jack (John F.), author.

GUSN: 362479

Call Number: Stacks SB472.45 .A43 2022

Ghost towns of New England :twenty-six locations lost to time /Taryn Plumb.

viii, 241 pages ; 23 cm, "People are inexplicably drawn to abandoned places. Believe it or not, New England is home to numerous ghost towns long abandoned, but filled with mystery, unexpected beauty, and a sense that these locations are simply biding their time, waiting for people to return. Taryn ...

Creators: Plumb, Taryn, 1981- author.

GUSN: 362480

Call Number: Stacks F2.3 .P585 2022

Shaker fancy goods :shaker survival through sisterhood and craft /Catherine S. Goldring.

xxv, 165 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Creators: Goldring, Catherine S., author.

GUSN: 362481

Call Number: Stacks NK805.G65 2022

Lost on the Freedom Trail :the National Park Service and urban renewal in postwar Boston /Seth C. Bruggeman.

xvii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm., "Boston National Historical Park is one of America's most popular heritage destinations, drawing in millions of visitors annually. Tourists flock there to see the site of the Boston Massacre, to relive Paul Revere's midnight ride, and to board Old Iron...

Creators: Bruggeman, Seth C., 1975- author.

GUSN: 362622

Call Number: Stacks F73.65 .B78 2022

The women of NOW :how feminists built an organization that transformed America /Katherine Turk.

434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "The story of the National Organization for Women-its structures, trials, and revolutionary mission--told through the work of three extraordinary, little-known members"-- Provided by publisher., "In the summer of 1966, crammed into a ...

Creators: Turk, Katherine, author.

GUSN: 362623

Call Number: Stacks HQ1421.T87 2023

Life and letters of Henry Lee Higginson,by Bliss Perry ...

viii p., 2 l., 557 p. front., ports. 24 cm.

Date: [c1921]

Creators: Higginson, Henry Lee, 1834-1919. Barry, Bliss, 1860- ed. Ralph Ellison Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362624

Call Number: Stacks CT275.H5965 A3

The survivors of the Chancellor :diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger /by Jules Verne ; translated from the French by Ellen Frewer.

vii, 358 pages, [55] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Date: 1876.

Creators: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Martin Paz. Jules Verne Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362625

Call Number: Rare PQ2469.C3 E54

The life and raigne of King Edward the Sixt /written by Sr. Iohn Hayward, kt., Dr. of Lawe.

[6], 179, [1] pages : portraits (engravings) ; 18 cm (4to)

Date: 1630.

Creators: Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627. Vaughan, Robert, active 17th century, engraver. Passe, Willem van de, 1598-approximately 1637, engraver. Partridge, John, -1649, bookseller. Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)

GUSN: 362626

Call Number: Rare DA345.H38 1630

Following the Equator :a journey around the world /by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

712 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, Chronicles Mark Twain's 1895 round-the-world lecture tour where he wrote stories about the people and places he encountered along the way.

Creators: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, author. Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941, illustrator. Frost, A. B. (Arthur Burdett), 1851-1928, illustrator. Clinedinst, B. West (Benjamin West), 1860-1931, illustrator. Dielman, Frederick, 1847-1935, illustrator. Newell, Peter, 1862-1924, illustrator. Senior, F. M., illustrator. Fogarty, Thomas, 1873-1938, illustrator. Warren, C. H. (Calvin H.), 1853-1914, illustrator. Reinhart, Albert Grantley, 1854-1926, illustrator. Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley), 1869-1931, illustrator. Gilbert, C. Allan, illustrator. Chase, Walter G., photographer.

GUSN: 362627

Call Number: Rare PS1310.A1 1897

Macmillan encyclopedia of architects /Adolf K. Placzek, editor in chief.

4 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Date: Ã1982.

Creators: Placzek, Adolf K.

GUSN: 362628

Call Number: Ref NA40.M25 1982

Garden clubs & spades,by Laurence McKinney; pictures by Helen E. Hokinson.

64 pages illustrations 20 cm

Date: 1941.

Creators: McKinney, Laurence, 1891- Hekinson, Helen Eina, illustrator.

GUSN: 362629

Call Number: Stacks PS3525.A2594 G3 1941

Gordon's print price annual, 1998 /supervising editor, Jodie L. Benson.

1996 pages ; 29 cm

Date: 1998.

Creators: Gordon's Art Reference, Inc.

GUSN: 362694

Call Number: Ref NE85.G67 1998

Poole's index to periodical literature;the second supplement from Jan. 1, 1887, to Jan. 1, 1892,by William I. Fletcher ... with the cooperation of the American library association ...

xiii, 476 pages 27 cm

Date: 1963 [Ã1893]

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. American Library Association.

GUSN: 362695

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 Suppl. 2 v.III

Poole's index to periodical literature;third supplement from Jan.1, 1892 to Dec.31, 1896by William Fletcher and Franklin O. Poole with the cooperation of the American Library Association.

xix, 637 pages : frontispiece (portrait) ; 27 cm

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. Poole, Franklin Osborne.

GUSN: 362696

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 3d Suppl. v.4 1963

Poole's index to periodical literature :fourth supplement from January 1, 1897, to January 1, 1902 /by William I. Fletcher ... and Mary Poole ... with the coöperation of the American Library Association.

xiv pages, 646 pages ; 27 cm

Date: 1963.

Creators: Fletcher, William Isaac, 1844-1917. Poole, Mary.

GUSN: 362697

Call Number: Ref AI3.P7 4th Suppl. v.5 1963

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