Historic New England

Snow removal, Charles Street near Chestnut Street, Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass.

A group of men shovel snow on to a snow conveyor in this night time scene on Charles Street.

Date: 1916-03-07

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317786

Ref. Code: PC066.010

Charles Street

Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, Charles St. Jail.

Date: 1930-11-06

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317787

Ref. Code: PC066.011

Charles Street Circle Station

Construction of Charles Station and Charles Circle. Longfellow Bridge, Cambridge Skyline.

Date: 1931-08-25

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317788

Ref. Code: PC066.012

Charles St. Station + Circle Construction

Bridge

Date: 1931-08-25

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317789

Ref. Code: PC066.013

Commonwealth Avenue

At the cottage farm bridge. Noyes Buick co. 857 Comm. Ave. Emulsion peeling on the edges.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317790

Ref. Code: PC066.014

Hotel Somerset 400 Commonwealth Ave.

Negative cracked and taped.

Date: 1908

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317791

Ref. Code: PC066.015

Commonwealth Avenue

Street scene. Hotel Kenmore, Kenmore Sq.

Date: 1934-08-16

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317792

Ref. Code: PC066.016

Plowing with Horses, Commonwealth Ave. + Beacon St.

Autocar Co., Kenmore Sq., Governores scp. At this time (1914)

Date: 1914-08-07

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317793

Ref. Code: PC066.017

Copley Square

Street scene. Huntington & Dartmouth. Trinity Church, Copley Plaza.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317794

Ref. Code: PC066.018

Public Library + Old South Church

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1908

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317795

Ref. Code: PC066.019

A. Wentworth Building removed to widen Summer Street, 170 Summer Street, corner of Federal and Purchase Streets, Boston, Mass.

The building was removed to accomodate the construction of South Station.

Date: 1897-10-04

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317796

Ref. Code: PC066.020

From Causeway St., North Station Area. Haverhill St. to Haymarket Square

Copy of an N.L. Stebbins Photo. Haverhill St. buildings demolished for the Central Artery 1950's. (Alone with Beverly St. Behind + Parallel with Haverhill St.)

Date: ca. 1900

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317797

Ref. Code: PC066.021

Construction site, Huntington Avenue near Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Mass.

Uptown Theatre. Street construction, Buildings, vehicles.

Date: ca. 1935

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 317798

Ref. Code: PC066.022

Massachusetts - Becket

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317803

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0325

Beckett - General - Photos & Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317804

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0325.001

Massachusetts - Barre

File

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317805

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0315

Residence of Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Wellesley, Mass.

1 photographic print

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317809

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3190.0020.001

Massachusetts - Barre - General - Photos

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317806

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0315.0001

Massachusetts - Barre _ General - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317808

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0315.0002

Residence of Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Wellesley, Mass.

1 photographic print

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317810

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3190.0020.002

Residence of Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Wellesley, Mass.

1 photographic print

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317811

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3190.0020.003

Residence of Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Wellesley, Mass.

1 photographic print

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317812

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3190.0020.004

Residence of Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Wellesley, Mass.

1 photographic print

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317813

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3190.0020.005

Residence of Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Wellesley, Mass.

1 photographic print

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317814

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.3190.0020.006

Whitney estate grounds, Milton, Mass.

Item

Date: 1891

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 317815

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1910.0040.002

Pianofortes, The Baldwin Piano Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio

The history and construction of Baldwin models is described in the catalog. A separate price list is included. Portraits of artists with their endorsements are on the last 16 pages of the item. The catalog has an evelope.

Date: 1914

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314127

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.037

Austin Organs for the residence, Austin Organ Company, Hartford, Connecticut

Organ specifications, diagrams and photographs of the organs in private homes are included.

Date: 1917

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314129

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.038

See them! Hear them! They speak in notes of triumph over all others, Patten & Wheelden, general agents for Chickering & Sons' grand, square and upright piano fortes, Bangor, Maine

Patten & Wheelden are agents for Chickering and other piano and organ manufacturers. Newspaper extracts from 1869 describe the Chickering pianos and price model. European testimonials are provided. An illustration of the piano manufactory on Tremont Street is on the last page. Chickering has wareroo...

Date: 1869

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314131

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.039

Chickering & Sons, manufacturers of grand, square and upright piano-fortes, 130 Fifth Avenue, New York and 156 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

Chickering models are described with text and illustrations. Testimonials and prizes are included. The last page has an illustration of the piano manufactory on Tremont Street in Boston. The back cover has an illustration of Chickering Hall at 130 Fifth Avenue in New York. Cory Brothers are the Rhod...

Date: 1880

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314133

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.040

Hodgson houses and outdoor equipment for your country home, E.F. Hodgson Co., Boston and New York

The catalog has cottages, cabanas, garages, play houses, garden buildings, poultry houses, kennels and bird houses available from the E. F. Hodgson Company of Boston and New York. Each building is accompanied with a photograph, description, floor plan and prices.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314151

Ref. Code: EP001.12.002.005.103

Manufacturers' special net price list no. 125 of notary corporate and wax seals, Emerson & Co., 299 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.

Desk and pocket seal models are described in the item. The business also makes rubber stamps.

Date: 1920s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314158

Ref. Code: EP001.12.016.041

Alan S. Dana

A photograph of Alan S. Dana at age four and a half dressed in a military costume in January, 1897. The Dana family was from Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Maine.

Date: 1897

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 314166

Ref. Code: PC004.01.D.0400.001

Interior of W. P. Hitchcock Company jewelry showroom, Portland, Maine

1 mounted photograph

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314168

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.4150.0700.001

Supermarket interiors, documentation photographs for Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois

This collection of eleven photographs documents the work done by Lyon Metal Products, Incorporated of Aurora, Illinois, to reoutfit supermarkets with new metal shelving and display units. The images document the interiors and exteriors of Foy's Streamliner in Quincy, Mass.; Richardson's Market in Wi...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314180

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.4950.0100.001

"The Sea Breeze," vol. XXVII, no. 1

An issue of "The Sea Breeze" featuring articles about the construction of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314181

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.002

"The Cape Cod Canal Officially Opened," Sandwich Independent Canal Souvenir Supplement, August 7, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the August 7, 1914, special supplement of the Sandwich Independent about the opening of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-08-07

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314183

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.003

"August Belmont Went Through Canal," Morning Mercury, July 6, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the July 6, 1914, issue of the Morning Mercury about the opening of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-07-06

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314185

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.004

"Only 150 Feet of Canal to Dredge," Morning Mercury, July 18, 1914

A newspaper clipping from the July 18, 1914, issue of the Morning Mercury about the completion of the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1914-07-18

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314187

Ref. Code: MS028.05.010.005

Advertisement, "This Famous Vertical Lift Bridge uses Bantams," Time, May 24, 1937

A clipping of an advertisement for Bantam Bearings, which were used in the vertical lift railroad bridge over the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1937-05-24

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314188

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.001

"Phinney, Station Agent 43 Years, to Quit at Monument," Brockton Enterprise

A clipping about the retirement of a station agent at Monument Beach.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314190

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.002

Advertisement, "America VS Britain," Yachting Magazine, July, 1930

A clipping of an advertisement for Eastern Steamship Lines suggesting that customers watch yacht races from Eastern Liner cruises.

Date: 1930

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314192

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.003

"Three New Bridges for Cape Cod Canal," Engineering News-Record, January 25, 1934

An article from Engineering News-Record about the bridges over the Cape Cod Canal.

Date: 1934-01-25

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 314194

Ref. Code: MS028.05.011.004

Trade card for Joseph Ward, looking glasses and picture frames,125 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., 1860s

1 trade card : illustration ; 2 1/2 x 4 inches

Date: 1860s

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 314199

Ref. Code: EP001.01.041.01.01.038

Members of the Crowell family in front of Crowell's Store, Bernardston, Massachusetts.

A black and white image of four men dressed in suits and ties grouped by a large tree. One of the men holds a penny-farthing, or high wheel bicycle. The store front and a horse and wagon can be seen in the background. A sign that reads "telephone office" is visiable above the door of the store.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314203

Ref. Code: PC053.07.01.001

Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, July 1933.

A black and white image of two women and a young boy sitting on a towel on the beach. One woman, wearing a sun dress and holding a flowered parasol, shares a magzine with the young boy beside her who is wearing a Mickey Mouse sweatshirt. The other woman, who is wearing a bathing suit, heeled shoes...

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314204

Ref. Code: PC053.01.12.003

President Calvin Coolidge farming, Coolidge Homestead, Plymouth, Vermont.

A black and white image of President Calvin Coolidge dressed in a suit and boots driving a horse drawn hay rake at the Collidge Homestead, Plymouth, Vermont.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314205

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.009.003

A young boy sails his toy yacht along the shore as a group of children watch.

A black and white image of a boy sailing his model yacht on a rocky shore as a group of children watch.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314207

Ref. Code: PC053.01.12.001

Art class, Provincetown, Massachusetts, August 1929.

A black and white image of a group of artist with easels on a fishing wharf surround a young girl seated on a crate who serves as a model.

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 314211

Ref. Code: PC053.01.06.006.074

Haying, Hamilton House, South Berwick, Maine

Agricultural workers gather hay in a field at Hamilton House in South Berwick, Maine. Three men use pitchforks to load hay onto a horse-drawn wagon. A dog sits beside the wagon.

Collection: Photograph albums collection

GUSN: 314213

Ref. Code: PC009.135C.08

Band, Farmington, Maine

A marching band wearing dress uniforms and holding their instuments poses for a photographer in front of storefronts. A number of onlookers and horse-drawn carriages can be seen in the background. A sign for "J. Phinney" and Stillman Tarbox" is above one of the stores.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 314214

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USME.0360.0010.001

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