Historic New England

Apartment building, front and side exterior, 8 Bell Court, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8786-B

The image shows the front and side exterior of apartment buildings located at 8 Bell Court in South Boston, Massachusetts. The structures include a two-story building on the left with sash windows and visible utility poles, and a larger three-story building on the right with awnings over some window...

Date: 1929-06-26

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375663

Ref. Code: PC016.001.014.8786-B

Apartment building, side exterior, 4 Ambrose Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8787-B

The image depicts the side exterior of an apartment building located at 4 Ambrose Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. The view includes the brick walls of the building, several window openings, and an alleyway adjacent to a wooden fence. Debris is visible on the ground in the alley. Nearby resid...

Date: 1931-04-29

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375664

Ref. Code: PC016.001.012.8787-B

Apartment building, front and side exterior, 4 Ambrose Street, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, 8788-B

The image shows the front and side exterior view of an apartment building at 4 Ambrose Street in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. The building features multiple stories with several windows. A wooden fence is visible next to a bare tree on the left and a brick sidewalk and cobblestone street are in t...

Date: 1931-04-27

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375665

Ref. Code: PC016.001.012.8788-B

House, front and side exterior, 43 Allston Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 8789-B

The image shows the front and side exterior of a house located at 43 Allston Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The building is made of wood and features several windows with shutters. An alleyway is visible beside the house, with some debris scattered along it. The house sits next to another structur...

Date: 1922-06-19

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375666

Ref. Code: PC016.001.002.8789-B

Tenement houses, rear exterior, 157-159 Silver Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8790-B

The image shows the rear exterior of tenement houses at 157-159 Silver Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. The buildings are in disrepair with missing siding and exposed interiors. There are multiple stories and several windows are without glass. Debris is scattered around the foundations.

Date: 1931-08-27

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375667

Ref. Code: PC016.001.014.8790-B

Tenement houses, rear exterior, 157-159 Silver Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8791-B

The image depicts the rear exterior of tenement houses located at 157-159 Silver Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. The buildings are in a state of disrepair, with missing boards and windows highlighted. The structure is composed of multiple levels with exposed wooden framing. Debris is visible ...

Date: 1931-08-27

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375668

Ref. Code: PC016.001.014.8791-B

Tenement houses, front exterior, 157-159 Silver Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8792-B

The image shows the front exterior of tenement houses located at 157-159 Silver Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. The building is three stories high, with multiple windows on each floor, and a central entrance. A street lamp is visible on the left side and there's a wooden fence adjacent to the s...

Date: 1931-08-27

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375669

Ref. Code: PC016.001.014.8792-B

Garage, interior view, 340 Athens Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8794-B

The image shows the interior of a garage located at 340 Athens Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Inside the garage, a wooden wagon with large spoked wheels is visible on the left side. There is a wooden ladder resting against a wall and various boards and tools are scattered on the ground, whic...

Date: 1931-08-27

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375670

Ref. Code: PC016.001.014.8794-B

Tenement houses, exterior, 157-159 Silver Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8795-B

The image shows the exterior of tenement houses located at 157-159 Silver Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. The structure is partially deconstructed or in disrepair, exposing the wooden framework and interior layers. There are visible doorways and rooms beyond the damaged exterior, along with m...

Date: 1931-08-27

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375671

Ref. Code: PC016.001.014.8795-B

Unidentified building, rear and side exterior, 399 Athens Street, South Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, 8796-B

The image shows the rear and side exterior of an unidentified building located at 399 Athens Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. The building features multiple windows and a roof with chimneys and dormers. Two cars are parked on the street near the building and a chain-link fence is visible along...

Date: 1930-10-26

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 375672

Ref. Code: PC016.001.014.8796-B

Plymouth, England

File part

Collection: Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

GUSN: 373833

Ref. Code: PC027.001.008.004

Scrooby, England

File part

Collection: Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

GUSN: 373834

Ref. Code: PC027.001.008.005

Standish, Greater Manchester, England

File part

Collection: Halliday Historic Photograph Company photographic collection, 1890s-1930s

GUSN: 373835

Ref. Code: PC027.001.008.006

Massachusetts - Blandford - Mounted

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 373837

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0320.0030

Baptismal certificate of Lloyd Eaton Fitts, Grace Church, Manchester, New Hampshire, March 26, 1915

Baptismal certificate for Lloyd Eaton Fitts, son of George and Estelle (Eaton) Fitts, from Grace Episcopal Church in Manchester, New Hampshire. Baptismal date is given as March 26, 1915, when Lloyd was fourteen years old. The certificate contains a detailed black-and-white floral border; the design ...

Date: March 26, 1915

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

GUSN: 373842

Ref. Code: GC002.03.6750.002

Confirmation certificate of Lloyd Eaton Fitts, Grace Church, Manchester, New Hampshire, March 28, 1915

Confirmation certificate for Lloyd Eaton Fitts from Grace Episcopal Church in Manchester, New Hampshire. Confirmation date is given as March 28, 1915, when Lloyd was fourteen years old. The certificate states that Fitts was confirmed by Edward Melville Parker, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire.

Date: March 28, 1915

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

GUSN: 373845

Ref. Code: GC002.03.6750.003

Photograph album, City of Boston, Public Celebrations, Bunker Hill Day, 1918

Photograph album with black cloth cover and tied binding. Front cover shows the word "Photographs" in gold lettering. The album contains twenty-one (21) black-and-white photographs adhered to black-paper pages. Photographs are approximately 7.5 x 10 inches in size. Photographs show the 1918 celebr...

Date: 1918

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 373846

Ref. Code: PC009.319

Handmade in the manner of the early American tinsmith for the discriminating tinware decorator by the Country Loft, 25 Mill Lane, So. Hingham, Mass.

1 trade catalog, 16 pages, illustrations; 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373849

Ref. Code: EP001.12.010.001.041

Trade card, J. N. Champion & Bro., dealers in advertising cards, New Haven, Conn.

Trade card for J.N. Champion & Bro., dealers in advertising cards, based in New Haven, Conn. Card bears an illustration of a black and blue beetle holding a telescope, look out onto a group of boats sailing under the moonlight.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373851

Ref. Code: EP001.01.001.01.04.002

Trade card, C. I. Brink, Inc., sign manufacturer, 400 Atlantic Ave., Boston, Mass.

Undated trade card for C. I. Brink, Inc., sign manufacturer at 400 Atlantic Ave., Boston Mass., specializing in "glass, brass, wood, cloth, and electric signs". Card also includes company telephone number and lists establishment date as 1876. The company would eventually construct Boston's famous Ci...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373853

Ref. Code: EP001.01.105.01.01.005

Trade card, W.G. Fletcher, new and artistic designs for cut flowers, ferns, autumn leaves, or for cards, 130 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.

Undated trade card for florist W.G. Fletcher, advertising "new and artistic designs" alongside other fancy goods and decorations. Business located at 130 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. Card contains two illustrations of example floral arrangements.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373855

Ref. Code: EP001.01.044.01.02.009

Trade card for Shepard, Norwell & Co., 26 to 30 Winter Street, Boston, Mass.

Undated trade card for dry goods store Shepard, Norwell & Co., located on Winter Street, Boston, Mass. Front of card bears a color illustration of a young boy and a young girl clothed in the fashions of 1796, with that dated printed on the bottom edge.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373856

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.06.039

Trade card for Shepard, Norwell & Co., 26 to 30 Winter Street, Boston, Mass.

Undated trade card for dry goods store Shepard, Norwell & Co., located on Winter Street, Boston, Mass. Front of card bears a color illustration of marionnette puppets of a young boy and a young girl next to a bed with an infant laying down, with the text "Marionnettes Consultation".

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373857

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.06.040

Advertisement for Hanley Company, Hanley glazed brick, Bradford, Pennsylvania, 260 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.; 565 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, undated

Advertisement for Hanley Glazed Brick from the Hanley Company, alongside an illustration of a skyscraper constructed from the product.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373858

Ref. Code: EP001.01.015.01.05.026

Trade card, compliments of A. B. Dodge & Co., 269 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn., undated

Undated trade card for clothing retailer A. B. Dodge & Co., located at 269 Chapel Street, New Haven, Conn. Card bears a color illustration of a man in 19th century riding dress on a brown horse, jumping over a stone wall in a field.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373860

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.01.05.027

Trade card, Leavitt's Beauty Salon, 855 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire, undated

Trade card for Leavitt's Beauty Salon, "beauty work of distinction," in Manchester, N.H. Written in pencil on the reverse is information pertaining to the customer's next appointment.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373871

Ref. Code: EP001.01.028.01.01.008

Photograph album, Norumbega Park, Newton, Massachusetts, undated

Bound black paper covered album with no identifying title or labels. The album contains 43 photographs adhered to both side of black-paper pages. Photographs are all 7.25 x 9.25 inches. There are 4 loose photographs inserted at the back of the album. [sleeved for protection]. Many pages have origin...

Date: undated

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 373872

Ref. Code: PC009.320

Framed advertisement for Pure Prepared Paints

Framed advertisement for Pure Prepared Paints, manufactured by the Wadsworth, Martinez & Longman Paint Company, New York, circa 1880. Advertisement includes paint chips with recommended color schemas. Pure Prepared Paints were sold to the public as a semi-paste to which purchasers added their own li...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 373883

Ref. Code: EP001.01.086.01.05

Boston, General

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373885

Ref. Code: PC016.001.002

Charlestown, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373886

Ref. Code: PC016.001.004

Chelsea

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373887

Ref. Code: PC016.001.005

Dorchester, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373888

Ref. Code: PC016.001.006

East Boston, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373889

Ref. Code: PC016.001.007

Hyde Park, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373890

Ref. Code: PC016.001.008

Jamaica Plain, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373891

Ref. Code: PC016.001.009

Nantasket Beach

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373892

Ref. Code: PC016.001.010

North Boston, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373893

Ref. Code: PC016.001.011

Roxbury, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373894

Ref. Code: PC016.001.012

Somerville, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373895

Ref. Code: PC016.001.013

South Boston, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373896

Ref. Code: PC016.001.014

West Roxbury, Boston

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373897

Ref. Code: PC016.001.015

Winchester

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373898

Ref. Code: PC016.001.016

Winthrop

Sub-series

Collection: Boston Building Department photographic collection, 1920s-1930s

GUSN: 373899

Ref. Code: PC016.001.017

Photograph of Mahlon Stanley Faunce, Jr

Photograph of Mahlon Stanley Faunce, Jr., a long-time employee of Almeida Bus Lines, Inc. This unmounted, black-and-white photograph [2024.92.3] goes with the hat [2024.92.1] and badge [2024.92.2] also in the collection of Historic New England.

Date: undated

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 373916

Ref. Code: PC004.01.F.0400.003

Color photograph of Julia Wells Foster and Grandmother, circa 1998.

1 color photograph of Julia Wells Foster and her grandmother, circa 1998. Julia's grandmother wears a pair of Stuart Weitzman shoes. These shoes are in the collection of Historic New England [2025.6.1AB]

Date: 1998

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 373917

Ref. Code: PC004.01.F.1100.007

Exterior View of Cox-Hicks house, 98 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, Mass.

Exterior view of the Cox-Hicks house, 98 Winthrop Street, Cambridge, Mass.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 374260

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0500.0030.007

Streetscape, Deerfield, Massachusetts, ARB-269

The image depicts a streetscape in Deerfield, Massachusetts. A church with a prominent steeple is visible on the left side, surrounded by trees with bare branches. The street is lined with additional trees and utility poles.

Date: 1909

Collection: Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

GUSN: 373925

Ref. Code: PC018.1.1.2.ARB-269

Exterior of house, Deerfield, Massachusetts, ARB-270

The image shows the exterior of a house in Deerfield, Massachusetts. The house is surrounded by trees and vegetation with a dirt path leading through the scene. In the background, a horse-drawn wagon is partially visible among the trees.

Date: 1909

Collection: Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

GUSN: 373926

Ref. Code: PC018.1.1.2.ARB-270

Hay bales, Deerfield, Massachusetts, ARB-271

The image shows several upright piles of hay arranged across an open field. In the background, trees with bare branches are visible and a distant hill can be seen.

Date: 1909

Collection: Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

GUSN: 373927

Ref. Code: PC018.1.1.2.ARB-271

Exterior view of house doorway, Deerfield, Massachusetts, ARB-272

The image shows the exterior view of a house doorway in Deerfield, Massachusetts. The doorway features a wooden door with a knocker, flanked by decorative pilasters and an entablature. Windows with shutters are visible on both sides of the door and there are bricks on the steps leading up to the ent...

Date: 1909

Collection: Alice Augusta Rogerson Brown photographic collection, 1898-1909, undated

GUSN: 373928

Ref. Code: PC018.1.1.2.ARB-272

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