Historic New England

Homeless salvaging their belongings, Falmouth, Cape Cod, Mass., International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354918

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.003

Passage cut thru highway gives suggestion of lumbercamp scene, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354922

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.004

Nothing was left but wreckage at Misquamicut, Rhode Island, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354925

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.005

Exclusive Bailey's Beach entirely wiped out at Newport, Rhode Island, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354926

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.006

This roof was blown off at Boston, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354927

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.007

Unitarian Church in ruins at Worcester, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354928

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.008

Cottage blown into canal under Sagamore Bridge, Cape Cod, Mass., photo by International News Service, New York, New York

Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of lives was appalling; property damage mounted to hundreds of millions of doll...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354930

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.009

Fallen trees and flood at Concord, New Hampshire, photo by International News Service, New York, New York

An individual paddles a boat with Stearns Grocery Co. in the background. Text on the postcard verso reads "September 21, 1938 will long be remembered as the date of the Big Hurricane which swept all New England, in all history something never before known to this part of the country. The loss of liv...

Date: 1938

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354931

Ref. Code: PC001.03.02.0550.030.010

Portrait of unidentified man standing at hand pump, Spencer-Peirce-Little House, Newbury, Mass.

An unidentified man stands next to the hand pump behind the Spencer-Peirce-Little House in Newbury, Massachusetts.

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 354932

Ref. Code: PC006.SPL.01.024

Longfellow House, home of "The clock on the stairs," Pittsfield, Mass.

The house was actually owned by Thomas Gold and subsequently by Nathan Appleton, Longfellow's father-in-law. It was also known as Elm Knoll and inspired Longfellow's poem "The old clock on the stairs."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354933

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3740.0100.001

Bathing beach and hotels looking east from pier, Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Text on the verso reads "Published by Jack Sudenfield, Old Orchard Beach, Maine."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354936

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.2210.0040.002

Exterior view of stables building, Brookline Country Club, Brookline, Mass.

Two large trees stand near the property.

Date: ca. 1916

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354938

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0470.0200.001

Assembly room of Business Women's Club, State House Park, Boston, Mass.

Furniture and a fireplace can be seen in the room at 144 Bowdoin Street.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354940

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.1700.001

Ticket, July 4, 1776, great national anniversary, this admits to the 50th national festival at Faneuil Hall this day July 4, 1826

The ticket for the 50th anniversary celebration states dinner will be held at 3:00 p.m.

Date: 1826-07-04

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354950

Ref. Code: EP001.01.038.01.01.027

Ticket for West End Street Railway Co., Boston, Mass.

The Boston subway system opened on September 1, 1897. Text on the ticket reads "Good only on car taken in subway this day, void if carried from subway without using." The ticket is from a page in William Sumner Appleton's scrapbook.

Date: 1897-09-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354951

Ref. Code: EP001.01.117.01.02.031

Trade card, Taylor, Thomas & Co., importers and jobbers of dry goods, Nos. 71 and 73 Franklin Street, corner Devonshire, Boston, Mass.

Text on the item verso reads "Have resumed business at 503 Washington St. Relic. This card was in our vault and passed through the Great Fire of November, 1872."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 354952

Ref. Code: EP001.01.031.01.06.036

Allston Railroad Station, Allston, Mass.

The H.H. Richardson designed Allston Depot can be seen in the image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354953

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0710.0040.001

Railway station and Odd Fellows Hall, Allston, Mass.

The H.H. Richardson designed Allston Depot is in the foreground with several horse-drawn vehicles around it. The Allston Hall building houses the Odd Fellows, the Taft & Waite real estate business and the Allston News Company. Text at the top of the building reads "Allston Hall Block, 1889-1890." ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354955

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0430.0070.007

Birthplace of John Adams, second President of the United States, built about 1663, Quincy, Mass.

A wooden rail fence is in front of the property.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354957

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3860.0100.007

Ranges Light, Georges Island, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass.

The lighthouse and other buildings can be seen in the image.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354959

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.0280.001

Ranges Light, Georges Island, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass.

The moon shines over the lighthouse and other buildings on Georges Island. The verso has a small newspaper clipping about the Boston port affixed to it.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354960

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.0280.002

Bookplate printed for the Massachusetts Historical Society on the fund given by William Bradford Homer Dowse, designed by Sidney Lawton Smith

Pedestrians walk up and down the Boston Common path in front of the Massachusetts State House. Text over the beehive illustration at the top reads "Sic vos non vobis."

Date: 1919

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354962

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1100.0200.001

Bookplate for Catherine Pollock Loveland, engraved by J.W. Jameson

The statue is "The Puritan," Deacon Samuel Chapin done by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The name "J.W. Jameson" is handwritten at the bottom of the bookplate. A hand-drawn small flag is on the lower right side.

Date: 1936

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354964

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1100.0200.002

Studio portrait of Sarah C. Minot, Boston, Mass., 1860-1861

Date: 1860-1861

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354803

Ref. Code: PC008.11.018

Studio portrait of an unidentified man, Boston, Mass., undated

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354804

Ref. Code: PC008.11.019

Studio portrait of Lt. Rufus Choate, Boston, Mass., 1861

Date: 1861

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354805

Ref. Code: PC008.11.020

Studio portrait of Bessie W. Tappan, Boston, Mass., April 1861

Date: 1861

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354806

Ref. Code: PC008.11.021

Studio portrait of Harriet J. Minot, Boston, Mass., April 19

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354807

Ref. Code: PC008.11.022

Studio portrait of Mary L. Beebe, Boston, Mass., February 2, 1861

Date: 1861

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354808

Ref. Code: PC008.11.023

Studio portrait of Frank Bowditch, Boston, Mass., undated

Studio portrait of Frank Bowditch, Boston, Mass., undated Verso - Ebenezer Francis Bowditch

Date: undated

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354809

Ref. Code: PC008.11.024

Studio portrait of Lieut James Winchell Briggs, Boston, Mass., undated

1 cartes-de-visite

Date: undated

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354810

Ref. Code: PC008.11.025

Studio portrait of Commander John Ancrum Winslow, Boston, Mass., 1861

Date: 1861

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354811

Ref. Code: PC008.12.001

Studio portrait of Captain John Ancrum Winslow, Boston, Mass., undated

Studio portrait of Captain John Ancrum Winslow, Boston, Mass., undated verso - Captain Winslow The Kearsage, USN

Date: undated

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354812

Ref. Code: PC008.12.002

Studio portrait of , Boston, Mass.,

Item

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354813

Ref. Code: PC008.11.003:Copy 25

Greetings from Plymouth Rock, Plymouth County Court House, Plymouth, Mass.

The Plymouth County Courthouse can be seen in the image.

Date: 1903

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354814

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.3770.0020.001

Exterior view, old Boston Court House, 26 Court Street, Boston, Mass.

Entrances to the Court Street Station of the East Boston subway tunnel are seen to the right and left of the courthouse entrance. Young's Hotel is on the left side of the image. The building in back of the courthouse is old Boston City Hall. Text on the white sign on the right reads "Historic Boston...

Date: 1904-1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354815

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.3100.001

Black & Case, Photographic Artists, 163 & 173 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., Active 1864-1866

Series

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354819

Ref. Code: PC008.12

Studio portrait of Lizzie Frances Cotton, Boston, Mass., 1864

Date: 1864

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 354821

Ref. Code: PC008.12.003

Shopping hour, Washington St., Boston, Mass.

Pedestrians pass up and down Washington Street at the intersection of Temple Place on the left and Avon Street on the right. The Jordan Marsh department store is on the right side of the image. The Houston dry goods store is on the left. A sign above the Houston name reads "The busiest corner on Bos...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354822

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.8180.004

Postcard, West Cedar Street, Boston, Mass.

Handwritten text on the verso reads "Looking north to Mt. Vernon St. crossing. Acorn St. leading off just beyond seated figures on the right."

Date: ca. 1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354823

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.8420.001

Postcard, West Cedar Street, Boston, Mass.

Handwritten text on the verso reads "Looking south from Revere Street and beyond." The intersection in the distance would be Pinckney Street.

Date: ca. 1905

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354824

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.8420.002

Crow's nest, summer home of the late Joe Jefferson, Buzzard's Bay, Mass., photograph by F.C. Small

The summer home of the actor Joseph Jefferson is seen with a small portrait of him on the left side of the image. The house was demolished in 1998. Text on the verso reads "Published by F.C. Small, Buzzard's Bay, Mass. No. 55. Made in Germany."

Date: 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 354825

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0500.0040.002