Historic New England

Elm Building, 63-65 Hanover Street

This image was taken in 1939 by photographer John F. Lane for the City of Boston Assessing Department. Located near the corner of Hanover and Elm Streets, the Elm Building housed multiple businesses, including printers, manufacturers, a musical instrument shop, a tavern, and a drugstore, as seen in ...

Date: 1939

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362362

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.4450.001

China House Restaurant, 146 Boylston Street

This 1961 image taken by Anthony's Studio depicts a street scene on Boylston Street in downtown Boston. Visible are the storefronts and signage of China House Restaurant and a branch of Mansfield Beauty Academy. This building is no longer standing. Emerson Colleges Max Mutchnick Campus Center i...

Date: 1961

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362363

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.1570.001

Old Corner Book Store Building "as it is today", c. 1950's-1960's

In this image dating from the 1950's-1960's, the historic Old Corner Bookstore building is occupied by a pizza shop and surrounded by other commercial buildings in this photograph. An advertisement promotes Second Federal Savings at 19 School Street. A large sign blocking part of the building is for...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362365

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.8760.006

483 Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.

This 1960 image depicts a residential building with stores on the ground floor, including a Goodwill thrift shop, a poultry market, and a hardware store. Cars are parked out front in between snowbanks. This building still stands today and remains primarily residential with a commercial ground fl...

Date: 1960

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362366

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.014

Rena's Beauty Salon, 265A Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.

This image taken by an unidentified photographer c. 1960s depicts a woman standing in the doorway of Rena's Beauty Salon on Blue Hill Ave in Roxbury, Mass. The identity of the woman is unknown. This building is no longer extant. The Haynes Early Childhood Center is now located on the site.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362368

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.015

Ashmont Supply Co., 339-341 Blue Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass.

This 1960 image taken by Anthony's Studio depicts a stretch of Blue Hill Ave with the Ashmont Supply Co. hardware store featured heavily in the foreground. Today, this building is gone and the site is now a vacant lot.

Date: 1960

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362369

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.016

Promisel's Food Mart, 1216-1218 Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester, Mass.

This 1961 image by Ames Photo Service depicts a street view of Promisel's Food Mart and a neighboring laundromat located on Blue Hill Ave in Dorchester, Mass. This building is extant but has been altered; it is now the site of Greater Victory Temple Church.

Date: 1961

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362372

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0100.003

Ernstein's Specialty Shop, 568 Columbia Road, Dorchester, Mass.

This image by an unidentified photographer depicts a street scene on Columbia Road in Dorchester, Mass., including Ernstein's (women's clothing store) and a U.S. Marine recruiting center. Today, the building at 568 Columbia Rd. is partially extant but significantly altered. The recruiting statio...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362373

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0790.0100.004

Ace DeLuxe Cleaners and Pessin's Food Mart, 151-151B Harold Street, Roxbury, Mass.

This 1961 image by Anthony's Studio depicts a winter street scene in front of Ace DeLuxe Cleansers and Pessin's Food Mart (Pessin's Foodland) on Harold Street in Roxbury. Two young girls in winter clothing and one older man smoking a cigarette are standing in Ace's doorway. The girls are looking at ...

Date: 1961

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362374

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.017

645-663 Warren Street, Roxbury, Mass.

This 1960 image by Anthony's Studio depicts a street scene on Warren St. in Roxbury, Mass. Visible are a pharmacy, a liquor store, a driving school, a restaurant, a dry cleaners, and bowling alley. Several large billboards sit atop the stores. The building is still existing, but has significant...

Date: 1960

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362375

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.018

Vacant building at 44 Gibson Street, Dorchester, Mass.

This image depicts a building that has been "vacant for years" according to notes written on the photograph's back. The street-side of the building is covered with political campaign posters ranging from fresh to faded and fraying. Based on the political posters, a rough estimate of 1958-1960 can be...

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362377

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.1280.0020.001

Massachusetts - East Boston - Boston Marine Works - Photos

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362389

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.1340.0050

Tremont & Calumet Streets, Roxbury, Mass.

This 1960 photograph by the Boston Photo Service depicts the corners of Tremont and Calumets Streets in Mission Hill, Boston, Mass. Visible is the back view of a row of houses on Calumet Street set behind a rocky outcropping and a parking lot. This site is now a part of the One Brigham Circle co...

Date: 1960

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362391

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0100.019

Massachusetts - Boston - Avery St. - Unmounted

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Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362392

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0605

Massachusetts - Brighton - Allston - Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. - Unmounted

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362393

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0430.0085

Massachusetts - Brighton - Allston - Photos

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362394

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0710.0050

Sunoco, corner of Mountfort and St. Mary's

Image depicts a Sunoco gas station located at the corner of Mountfort Street and St. Mary's Street, Brookline, Mass.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362396

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3150.0100.004

Massachusetts - Boston - Unidentified - Photos

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362415

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.0090

Trade card for Francis M. Donahue with Kennedy's, 60 Merrimack Street, Haverhill, Mass., undated

Trade card advertising fall fashions for men sold by Francis M. Donahue at Kennedy's clothing store in Haverhill, Massachusetts. A print of a man presumed to be Francis M. Donahue is on the left of the recto.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362416

Ref. Code: EP001.01.023.05.04.027

"Boots & Shoes" Weekly, vol. 38, no. 19, New York, N.Y., 1900 December 19

Periodical titled "Boots& Shoes" Weekly published on December 19, 1900. Contains advertisements for shoe manufacturers located throughout the United States and articles discussing shoes, shoe manufacturing, and related topics.

Date: 1900

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362418

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.004.018

Lindley I. Dean House, Pigeon Cove, Rockport, Mass.

14 slides for a house for Mrs. Lindley I. Dean in Rockport, Massachusetts (commission #1910). Images were taken by Ken Duprey

Date: 1962-1963

Collection: Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

GUSN: 362419

Ref. Code: AR029.04.03.DeanL

Typical details of Natco XXX hollow tile for residence construction, National Fire Proofing Company, undated

Poster advertising the typical details of Natco XXX hollow tile for residence construction. Includes blueprints demonstrating the various uses and details of the Natco XXX hollow tile. The poster was published by the National Fire Proofing Company. The poster is undated.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 362421

Ref. Code: EP001.01.026.01.02.026

Photograph of baseball team, New Canaan, Conn., undated

Mounted albumen print of a baseball team from New Canaan, Connecticut. Thirteen unidentified men and one unidentified young boy are pictured. The photograph was taken by photographer William Francis Weed of New Canaan, Connecticut. The photograph is undated.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362422

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USCT.1160.0010.001

Packing shoes for Edward Sullivan, Kimball Building, Walnut St., Haverhill, Mass., 1914

Mounted photograph depicting individuals packing shoes in the building of W. & V. O. Kimball Company on Walnut Street in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The print is dated 1914. The photographer is unknown. On a verso, the names of identifiable individuals pictured are handwritten.

Date: 1914

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362424

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1290.0040.008

Massachusetts - Bradford - Modern - Mounted

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 362426

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0390.0030

101 practical suggestions for home improvements, the new 1937 ed., Johns Manville Corporation, 75 Federal Street, Boston, Mass., 1937

Trade catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing company products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations.

Date: 1937

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361202

Ref. Code: EP005.644

How to remodel your home, edited by Victor S. Fox, Style Publications, Inc., 60 East 42nd Street, New York, N Y., 1946

Catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations. Edited by Victor S. Fox. Published by Style Pub...

Date: 1946

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361203

Ref. Code: EP005.645

House & Garden remodeling guide to home improvement, fall-winter 1970-1971, Conde Nast Publications, Inc., 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y., 1970

Catalog detailing different ways for consumers to improve their home through renovation or smaller interior decoration changes. Articles showcasing products and processes are accompanied by photographic prints showing both before and after renovations. Published by Conde Nast Publications, Inc.

Date: 1970

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361204

Ref. Code: EP005.646

How to modernize your farm home, edited by H. E. Wichers and Ellen L. Pennell, Successful Farming, Des Moines, Iowa, 1935

Periodical containing articles detailing how consumers can best remodel their farm homes. Each individual article focuses on separate rooms within the house, describes processes and interior design tips, and provides accompanying photographic prints.

Date: 1935

Collection: Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

GUSN: 361205

Ref. Code: EP005.647

One hundred birthday gifts, Daniel Low & Co., Jewelers & Silversmiths, Salem, Mass., 1913

Trade catalog containing gifts for people of all ages, specifically geared towards gifts given as birthday presents. Examples of gifts include engraved cards, pearls, gold jewelry, and bond paper. Each product is accompanied by photographs of illustrations of the products, product numbers, price, an...

Date: 1913

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361226

Ref. Code: EP001.12.007.003.020

Advertisement for Hood's sarsparilla, C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass., circa 1882

Advertisement for C. I. Hood's patent medicine, specifically their sarsaparilla product. The front of the advertisement is a color lithograph of four kittens on a footstool. The verso of the advertisement contains testimonials from 30 drugstore owners who sell the product as well as an article writt...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361228

Ref. Code: EP001.01.076.02.01.013

Growing Old Gracefully pamphlet, John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, Boston, Mass., 1955

Pamphlet issued by the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company describing how consumers can enjoy their life as they begin to age and retire. Topics discussed include undertaking hobbies and enjoying leisure time, acknowledging the changes one's body goes through, and how to keep financial securi...

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361230

Ref. Code: EP001.01.065.01.01.032

Dry well: medicinal and toiletries bottles, slide 30, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated January 1975. Numbered as slide 30 in the to...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361235

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00003

Ceramic miscellany, slide 17, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 17 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361236

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00004

Dry well: miscellaneous ceramics, knick-knacks, etc., slide 18, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 18 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361237

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00005

Miscellany, slide 36, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 36 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361238

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00006

Dry well: window glass, lamp chimneys, misc., slide 33, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 33 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361239

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00007

Miscellaneous bottles, slide 35, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 35 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361240

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00008

Replacement bottles, slide 34. Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 34 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361241

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00009

Pottery misc. and ceramic cups, slide 20, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 20 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361242

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00010

Dry well: cups (soft paste), mugs, compote cover, slide 21, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 21 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361243

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00011

Pharmaceutical bottles, slide 31, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 31 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361244

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00012

"Stoneware," slide 27, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 27 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361245

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00013

Ceramic chinoiserie, slide 16, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 16 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361246

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00014

Earthenware (American?), slide 19, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 19 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361247

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00015

"Stoneware," slide 28, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 28 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361248

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00016

"Stoneware," slide 26, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students.Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 26 in the top left co...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361249

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00017

Toilet bottles, slide 29, miscellany, Cooper-Frost-Austin House, Cambridge, Mass.

One slide of sixteen from early 1970s archaeological excavation at the Cooper-Frost-Austin House completed by the Peabody Museum's Putnam Archaeological Laboratory. Images were taken by Richard Michael Gramly and unnamed Harvard students. Slides are dated 1975. Numbered as slide 29 in the top left c...

Date: 1975

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 361250

Ref. Code: PC006.CFA.02.COO00018

Log book of the Cossack, 1928-1937

A log book for a yacht called the Cossack dated 1928-1937. Contains 149 pages, of which 95 are blank. Entries document the travels of the Cossack during the summer months between different harbors and islands in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Entries written in multiple hands. ...

Date: 1928-1937

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 361254

Ref. Code: MS029.002.033

RH interiors, Restoration Hardware, 3053 Filmore St, Suite 235, San Francisco, Cailf., 2015

Trade catalog for furniture from Restoration Hardware. The catalog advertises furniture for spaces including dining rooms, living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, libraries, and media rooms, divided into sections representing designers or specific design philosophies. Most pages are set up as two-page sp...

Date: 2015

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 361257

Ref. Code: EP001.12.009.002.128

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