Historic New England

Paperweight: anchor-shaped

A metal paperweight in the shape of an anchor advertising the New England Dredge & Dock Co. of New Haven, Connecticut.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291102

Ref. Code: MS028.03.250

Ice pick

A small ice pick with a wooden handle advertising the Buzzards Bay Ice Co.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291104

Ref. Code: MS028.03.190

Coin: 50th Anniversary (3 copies)

Two copies of a commemorative 50th Anniversary coin celebrating the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Cape Cod Canal on July 29th, 1914.

Date: 1964

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291105

Ref. Code: MS028.03.100

Pocket watch

A pocket watch attached to a leather strap with a metal fob. The fob commemorates "The Pageant of Cape Cod," a play produced during the celebration of the opening of the Cape Cod Canal in 1914.

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291106

Ref. Code: MS028.03.350

Cape Cod Ship Canal

One of a series of cabinet cards by the Provincetown photographers George A. Nickerson and William Smith depicting the construction of the Cape Cod Ship Canal which began in 1880.

Date: 1880-05

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291107

Ref. Code: MS028.04.013.002

A view of the shoreline along the Cape Cod Canal

One of a series of three black & white, mounted photographs of the shoreline along the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291108

Ref. Code: MS028.04.013.003

A view of the shoreline and a small bridge along the Cape Cod Canal

Two of a series of three black & white, mounted photographs of the shoreline and a small bridge along the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291109

Ref. Code: MS028.04.013.004

A view of the shoreline and a sailboat along the Cape Cod Canal

Three of a series of three black & white, mounted photographs of the shoreline and a sailboat along the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291110

Ref. Code: MS028.04.013.005

A close up view of the dredge Federal on the Cape Cod Canal

A mounted, black and white photograph of a close up view of the dredge Federal on the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291113

Ref. Code: MS028.04.013.006

A view of the engine room of the dredge Federal, one of the dredgers working on the Cape Cod Canal

A mounted, black and white photograph of a view of the engine room of the dredge Federal, one of the dredgers working on the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291115

Ref. Code: MS028.04.013.007

A view of the railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal

A mounted, black and white photograph of a detail of the railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291116

Ref. Code: MS028.04.013.008

A view of the Bourne Bridge over the Cape Cod Canal, Bourne, Mass.

A mounted, black and white photograph of the Bourne Bridge over the Cape Cod Canal completed in 1933-34. There are a group of Cape Cod houses, cottages, and 1930s era automobiles in the foreground.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291117

Ref. Code: MS028.04.013.009

A view of the steam shovel Wilson at work during the construction of the Cape Cod Canal

One black & white, mounted photograph of the steam shovel Wilson at work during the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291118

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.001

A view of the dredge Federal at work during the construction of the Cape Cod Canal

One black & white, mounted photograph of the dredge Federal at work during the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291119

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.002

Men working on a barge in the icy waters of the Cape Cod Canal during its construction.

One black & white, mounted photograph of men working on a barge in the icy waters of the Cape Cod Canal during its construction.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291120

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.003

Cape Cod Ship Canal, cabinet card showing a line of workers with shovels and wheelbarrows during the construction of the Cape Cod Canal

One of a series of caninet cards by the Provincetown photographers Nickerson & Smith showing a line of workers with shovels and wheelbarrows during the hand digging of sections of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: predominant 1880-1889

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291121

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.006

Ships on the Cape Cod Canal

A black and white aerial view of ships on the canal, possibly during the opening day procession in 1914. In the distance, cranes and other equipment are visible.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291122

Ref. Code: MS028.04.015.001

Ships on the Cape Cod Canal

A black and white aerial view of ships on the canal, possibly during the opening day procession in 1914. In the distance, cranes and other equipment are visible.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291123

Ref. Code: MS028.04.016.001

Cape Cod Ship Canal, cabinet card of an exterior view of a lodging house with men standing on the porches roof, possibly workers on the Cape Cod Canal.

One of a series of caninet cards by the Provincetown photographers Nickerson & Smith showing an exterior view of a lodging house with men standing on the porches and roof, possibly workers on the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: predominant 1880-1889

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291124

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.004

Cape Cod Ship Canal, cabinet card of a bucket dredge with men standing on the upper deck, Sandwich, Mass.

One of a series of caninet cards by the Provincetown photographers Nickerson & Smith showing a bucket dredge with men standing on the upper deck, Sandwich, Mass. Hopper buckets on the left side of the dredge would scoop up mud and dump into discharge pipes.

Date: 1884-1889, undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291126

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.005

Four boats tarverse the Cape Cod Canal

A black and white view of a tugboat leading three other boats down the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291711

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.057

Catalogue: Columbia Phonograph Company, Columbia Double-Disc Records, 1911

File part

Date: 1911

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291701

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.01

Catalogue: Columbia Phonograph Company, Columbia Double-Disc Records, 1912-1913

File part

Date: 1912-1913

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291702

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.02

Catalogue: Columbia Phonograph Company, Columbia Grand Opera Records: Symphony Series; includes pamphlet supplement

File part

Date: 1906

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291703

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.03

Catalogue: Columbia Phonograph Company, Columbia Grand Opera Records: New Celebrities Series

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291704

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.04

Catalogue: Columbia Phonograph Company, Columbia New Process Records

File part

Date: 1923-1924

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291705

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.05

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, September-October, 1912

File part

Date: 1912

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291706

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.06

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, November-December, 1912

File part

Date: 1912

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291707

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.07

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, January-February, 1913

File part

Date: 1913

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291708

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.08

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, March-April, 1913

File part

Date: 1913

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291709

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.09

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, May-June, 1913

File part

Date: 1913

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291710

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.10

A U.S. destroyer captures a Canadian speed boat

A black and white view of the Canadian speed boat, Marienendole, after having been captured and transported down the Cape Cod Canal by a U.S. destroyer. The Marienendole was a rumrunner during the Prohibition.

Date: 1929-07-12

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291720

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.058

August Belmont's party passes underneath the railroad drawbridge on the Cape Cod Canal

A black and white view of a steamboat carrying August Belmont and his party under the Cape Cod Canal railroad drawbridge.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291733

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.059

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, November-December, 1913

File part

Date: 1913

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291722

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.11

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, April-May, 1914

File part

Date: 1914

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291723

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.12

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, November-December, 1914

File part

Date: 1914

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291724

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.13

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, New Victor Records, November 1915

File part

Date: 1915

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291725

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.14

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, Victor's New Alphabetical and Subject Catalogue; includes mailing envelope

File part

Date: 1912

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291729

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.15

Other papers: advertisements

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291730

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.18

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, Victor's New Style Catalogue

File part

Date: 1912

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291731

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.16

Catalogue: Victor Talking Machine Company, Victor Red Seal Records: A Library of Famous Voices

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291732

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.17

A dredge works on the Cape Cod Canal at Buzzards Bay

A black and white view of a dredge digging on the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291740

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.060

Yachts race at Buzzards Bay

A black and white view of yachts as they race at Marion Harbor in Buzzards Bay. The image shows a man with a white hat in the foreground.

Date: 1909-08-00

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291744

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.061

The Governor Herrick dredges on the Cape Cod Canal

A black and white view of the Governor Herrick as it dredges along the Cape Cod Canal. The image shows another dredge digging alongside the Governor Herrick. The image also shows the Keith Car Works plant in the background.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291756

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.062

Other papers: inventory of personal phonograph record collection, March; includes ribbon ties

File part

Date: 1912

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291748

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.19

Other papers: opera tickets, Salem Oratorio Society (Salam, Massachusetts); includes 1930 letter and advertisement re: "Boston Morning Musicals"

File part

Date: 1930-1933, undated

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291749

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.20

Other papers: postcard, featuring the opera "Carmen"

File part

Date: undated

Collection: Phillips family papers. Anna Pingree (Wheatland) Phillips (1870-1938) papers

GUSN: 291757

Ref. Code: MS043.01.03.21

The engine room of the Governor Warfield

A black and white view of the engine room of the dredger, Governor Warfield.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291759

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.063

"Souvenir of the Port of Buzzards Bay"

A souvenir booklet published by the Southeastern Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce about Buzzards Bay, one of the two bays connected by the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291760

Ref. Code: MS028.05.003.001

The National sinks into the Cape Cod Canal

A black and white view of dredger, the National, as it sinks into the Cape Cod Canal. The image shows men on a tugboat attempting to attach a rope to the dredge.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 291761

Ref. Code: MS028.04.022.064

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