Historic New England

Brattle Street Church, Boston

This engraving depicts a full architectural view of the Church and steeple. In the foreground is a scene of people coming and going, as well as a horse-drawn stagecoach.

Date: 1873

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

GUSN: 198289

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1250.001

The statue of John Winthrop, first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, is seen in the middle of Scollay Square. Looking down the street, one can see many businesses, with Howe's Music straight ahead. The Crawford House hotel can be seen on the right side at the corner of Brattle and Court Stre...

Date: 1850

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

GUSN: 198292

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3850.001

Marietta Zanfretta, the Wonderful Danseuse, at the Boston Theatre

Shows Marietta Zanfretta dancing on her tight-rope on stage at the Boston Theatre. An orchestra plays in the pit below the stage.

Date: 1858

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

GUSN: 198294

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.009

Scene from Cambridge Bridge

This engraving depicts a view from the bridge looking toward the river. There is a group of people fishing.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198293

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1400.002

The New Cambridge Bridge, Boston, Mass.

This engraving depicts the view from the rocky shore at the Cambridge bridge, with traffic crossing.

Date: ca. 1851

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

GUSN: 198295

Ref. Code: GC002.01.TMP.035

Mr. Forrest, as Hamlet

Shows a close-up scene of the actors in "Hamlet" on stage performing Act 3.

Date: 1854-12-23

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

GUSN: 198296

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.007

West End Church block print from Pencil Points

This block print shows a central view of West End Church. It is from a special issue of Pencil Points, published for the A.I.A. Convention in Boston. In the foreground is a street scene, including pedestrians, a car and a fruit and vegetable peddlar.

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

GUSN: 198297

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1450.001

Boston Theatre, Mid Summer Night's Dream

Consists of a full page depiction of the stage and settings for the play. Settings are highly decorative and classical.

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 198298

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.010

A view of Old West Church : a branch of the Boston Public Library

This engraving depicts the front view of the Old West Church on Cambridge Street in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. At this time, the West Church was functioning as the West End Library branch of the Boston Public Library.

Date: 1913

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

GUSN: 198312

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1450.002

Charles St. Meeting House

This engraving depicts a side architectural view of the Charles St. Meeting House, built in 1807, and its steeple. The foreground depicts a street view with automobiles.

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

GUSN: 198315

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.001

Third Baptist Meeting House in Charles Street

This engraving depicts a view showing the church and steeple with the Cambridge Bridge in the background.

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198317

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.003

Stable, Charles Street, Boston

This heliotype features a a front exterior view, with floor plans of the stable in the upper left corner. Horse-drawn carriages and horses enter and leave the stable, while a West End Metropolitan trolley drives by.

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

GUSN: 198318

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1500.002

View of Mr. G.F. Thayer's Private School, Chauncy Place--Boston

This lithograph depicts an architectural view of Chauncy Hall, including the side yard.

Date: 1832

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

GUSN: 198321

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.002

Rowe Street Baptist Church, Boston

This engraving depicts shows an image of the Rowe Street Baptist Church (now Chauncy Place). There is an inset portrait of Rev. Baron Stow. Included with this is the article written for Gleason's Pictorial, entitled "Boston Pulpit--No. 3 / Rowe Street Baptist Church--Rev. Baron Stow, D.D., Pastor ...

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198322

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.003

The First Church, Chauncy Place, Boston

This engraving depicts a landscape view of the church and steeple. There is an inset portrait of Rev. Rufus Ellis from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes. Included is the article for Gleason's Pictorial entitled "Boston Pulpit--No. 7 / Chauncy Place Church--Rev. Rufus Ellis, Pastor / by Rev. Lut...

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198323

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1550.004

Exchange Coffee House

This engraving depicts the Exchange Coffee House with the street and a coach in front. The Exchange was designed by architect Asher Benjamin. It was a hotel and coffee house at the turn of the 19th century and was the largest building in Boston at the time.

Date: ca. 1830

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

GUSN: 198325

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1650.001

Coliseum, Boston

The item verso provides dimension information for the building: length, 550 feet, width, 350 feet, seating capacity, 50,000 and area of building, 4 1/2 acres. The World Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival was held in Boston in 1872 to commemorate the end of the Franco-Prussian War. The Bo...

Date: 1872

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

GUSN: 198329

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1700.001

View from Copley Square

This engraving depicts a front architectural view of the Boston Public Library. In the foregound, one can see the fountain and street, in addition to a side view of New Old South Church.

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

GUSN: 198332

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1700.002

Ladies' Drawing-Room, Vestibule, Grand Staircase, and Stage and Auditorium of the Boston Theatre

The engraving depicts two pages of newspaper showing several interior scenes of the theatre including stage, staircase, vestibule, and drawing room.

Date: 1855-11-10

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

GUSN: 198339

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.008

Boston Common

These two engravings depicts the same detailed view of the Common. In the foreground is a field and figures, with an elm tree in the center. The capitol and a church can be seen in the background. One of the engravings was copied and engraved for the Ladies Wreath by M. Osborne.

Date: 1845

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

GUSN: 198336

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.001

Great Elm, Boston Common

This item depicts a full detailed view of the famed Great Elm on Boston Common. The tree stood for centuries and was a well known location for both civic corporal punishment and later, recreation in the 1800s. The Great Elm was destroyed in a storm in 1876. The dome of the State House can be seen ab...

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

GUSN: 198337

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.008

Brewer Fountain, near Park Street Mall, in the Common, Boston, Mass.

The engraving depicts a large detailed view of the large statuesque Brewer Fountain on Boston Common, "Presented to the City of Boston by Gardner Brewer, Esq." Figures can be seen strolling and playing. This engraving was drawn from a photograph by Allen, which was reproduced in Frank Leslie's Illus...

Date: 1869

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

GUSN: 198340

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.009

Scene from the opera of William Tell

This engraving shows a scene from William Tell, as performed at the Boston Theatre.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198341

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.005

Smoker's Circle, on Boston Commmon

This print is a view of a large group of gentlemen lounging about on the Common and smoking.

Date: 1852

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

GUSN: 198344

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.003

Scene from Knowle's play of The Wife

Shows a scene from "The Wife," featuring the parts of Fernando, St. Pierre, Antonio, Marianna and Leonardo. The play was at the Boston Theatre.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198343

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.002

Boys coasting on Boston Common

Singly and in pairs, boys slide down a hill on Boston Common on sleds, some of which are named, such as Minnehaha and Old Ironsides. Others drag their sleds to the top of the rise. Women and men watch from either side of the slope. The Massachusetts State House can be discerned through the leafless ...

Date: 1856

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

GUSN: 198346

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.005

Macbeth, at the Boston Theatre

This is a view of a scene of Macbeth at the Boston Theatre from Ballou's Pictorial.

Date: 1855-12

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

GUSN: 198347

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.004

First Battalion of Rifles, of West Newbury, on Boston Common

This print depicts a large group gathering of a military battalion and horses performing in a ceremony on Boston Common.

Date: 1853-11-12

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

GUSN: 198348

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.007

Annual May Review of the First Regiment of Massachusetts Militia by Governor Boutwell and his Staff, on Boston Common

This engraving from Gleason's Pictorial depicts a military ceremony, showing horses in step and soldiers lined up to be inspected on the Common.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198352

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.006

Closing scene in "The Tempest," at the Boston Theatre

This engraving shows the actors performing the closing scene of "The Tempest" at the Boston Theatre. There is an elaborate fountain prop in the background.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198350

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.003

Julia Dean, (Mrs. Hayne,) as Norma, in Sargent's play, "The Priestess," at the Boston Theatre

This is a close-up view of two actresses on stage illustrating Act 1, Scene 3 of "The Priestess."

Date: 1855-03-24

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

GUSN: 198351

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3500.006

Firemen on Boston Common, May Morning

The print depicts the celebration of a large group of firemen, with hoses spraying water. There are wagons in the foreground, as well as many figures playing and walking around. "The first of May, or May morning, has, for a long period, been a sort of gala occasion for the firemen of Boston, when t...

Date: 1851-05-10

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

GUSN: 198353

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1600.002

A fine representation of a sleighing scene on Boston Neck

The engraving shows a view of sleighs and horses riding back and forth through the open Neck with people gathered in the foreground.

Date: 1853-02-05

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

GUSN: 198356

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3550.003

Ancient buildings in Boston

This engraving depicts a small corner street view of one of the oldest houses in Boston, circa 1695.

Date: 1851

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

GUSN: 198354

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1900.003

Birthplace of Edward Everett

"This was built about 1770. The Rev. Oliver Everett was pastor of the New South Church in Boston in 1782, and after giving up his pastorate there removed to Dorchester, and in this house his son, the noted Edward Everett, was born in 1794. It stands on the corner of Boston and Pond Streets. It is...

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

GUSN: 198517

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3650.005

Old Feather Store, North St.

This etching depicts a detailed corner view of the Old Feather Store, formerly located at North Street and Dock Square. There are wagons in the foreground. The Old Feather Store was demolished in 1860.

Date: 1893

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

GUSN: 198519

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2650.005

Ochtorlony House, North Street

"The exact age of this house is not known; Dr. John Perkins lived here in 1695. It was sold to Capt. Edward Martyn, in 1717, and his widow sold it to Andrew Tyler, whose wife was sister to Sir William Pepperell. In 1762 it was purchased by Capt. David Ochtorlony, a son of the Laird of Pitforthy, i...

Date: ca. 1868

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

GUSN: 198521

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2650.003

The Paine-Tremere House

"This is probably the oldest brick house now remaining in Boston. It was probably built by John Paine, and he sold it to Wm. Downe, in 1674. It stands at the extreme end of North Street, and has long been in possession of the Tremere family. Its peculiarities may be seen at a glance: the heavy b...

Date: ca. 1868

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

GUSN: 198522

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2650.004

Paul Revere House, North Square, Boston, Mass., undated

This block print shows a colorful view of the Paul Revere House in North Square. "Here lived Paul Revere, Patriot. He was an engraver, a gold and silversmith, a bell and cannon founder, and specimens of his handicraft are now much prized as heirlooms of Colonial days."

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

GUSN: 198523

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2800.003

Paul Revere House, Boston, Mass., built about 1676

This engraving is a close-up, detailed, architectural view of the Paul Revere House, "compliments of the Boston Edison Company."

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

GUSN: 198526

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.2800.001

Faneuil Hall, Boston

This engraving presents a detailed view of the open area, with Faneuil Hall in the background. The foreground depicts a street scene, including a lady in a carriage. It was published in London for the proprieters by George Virtue, 26 Drury Lane, 1838.

Date: 1838

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

GUSN: 198529

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1950.005

Faneuil Hall, Boston, 1870

This engraving gives a detailed view of the area with Faneuil Hall is in the background, canopies over the shop-stalls, and a horse and wagons wait in the foreground. There is also a small circular inset of a view of Faneuil Hall in 1789. A stamp in the lower right corner says "One of seventy-thre...

Date: 1898

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

GUSN: 198534

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1950.012

New South Church, Church Green, Summer and Bedford Streets, Boston, Mass.

This engraving shows a full front detail of the church with the indication of two surrounding streets. A man faces the church standing on the Church Green.

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

GUSN: 198530

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3700.002

4 Bumstead Place

A small engraving of "Bumstead Place," Ezra Stiles Gannett's country nook.

Date: 1875

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

GUSN: 198531

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3650.007

Fitchburg Depot Building as decorated for the New Hampshire Festival

Print showing the Fitchburg Depot Building on Causeway Street decorated with flags and streamers for the Second Festival of the Sons of New Hampshire on November 2, 1853. There are pedestrians walking around the building and carriages driving by. "The decorations, as will be at once observed b...

Date: 1853

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

GUSN: 198532

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3750.002

Mount Vernon Church, Ashburton Place

This engraving shows a detailed front view of the church. There used to be a full inset portrait of Edward N. Kirk taken from a daguerreotype by Masury & Silsbee, but it has been mostly clipped off. Kirk was pastor of the church from 1842 to 1874.

Date: 1844-1874

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

GUSN: 198533

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3650.002

Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market

This engraving across the top of a piece of stationery shows Faneuil Hall with Quincy Market behind. In the foreground is a street scene with vendors with their horses and wagons.

Date: ca. 1875

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

GUSN: 198536

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.1950.009

Tell City primer of early American home decorating, volume 73, Tell City Chair Company, Tell City, Ind.

Background on the early American aesthetic is described for customers wishing to incorporate Tell City furniture pieces in their homes. The inside of the back cover has a sheet with instructions for making a floor plan and a second sheet with furniture cutouts.

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 191939

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.003.031