Historic New England

Major John Ward, CH5-B

The image shows a portrait of Major John Ward displayed above a fireplace. The mantel beneath the portrait is adorned with a variety of objects, including vases, figurines, and a lamp. Two swords are crossed above the portrait, which hangs on a wall covered with patterned wallpaper.

Date: 1888-09-26

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372715

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH5-B

Corner of room with couch, bookshelf, artwork, and open desk, shady side, CH6-B

The image shows a corner of a room featuring a couch with a cushion, a bookshelf filled with books, and an open desk with various items on its surface. Two framed artworks are displayed on the wall above the couch, and a bust is situated on a cabinet behind the desk.

Date: 1892-01-05

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372716

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH6-B

Shadyside library, northwest corner, CH7-B

The image depicts a scene inside the northwest corner of the Shadyside library. A man is seated at a small desk, reading a book by the glow of a lamp. A woman reclines on a patterned sofa covered with decorative pillows. The background features a detailed bookshelf filled with volumes, along with fr...

Date: 1892-06-05

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372717

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH7-B

Group of people seated at a table eating, CH8-B

The image shows a group of people seated around a table in a room with wooden walls and ceiling, and floral curtains. A large stone fireplace is visible in the background, and a lamp with a decorative base is located on the left side of the setting.

Date: 1888-1914

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372718

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH8-B

Entryway with chairs and desk, CH9-B

The image depicts an entryway featuring a set of chairs and a desk. The space includes a staircase on the left side, a small table with a plant in the center, and another plant on a side table. There is a desk positioned against the wall on the right, with some papers and objects on it. The room is ...

Date: 1888-1914

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372719

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH9-B

Group of boys standing around the edge of an indoor swimming pool, CH10-B

The image shows a group of boys standing around the edge of an indoor swimming pool. Some boys are on the pool deck, while others are sitting on stairs. The setting features brick arches and tiled walls. Two boys are swimming in the pool.

Date: 1888-1914

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372720

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH10-B

Parlor with oriental rug and curtains, chandelier, vases, sofa, table, chair, and painting, CH11-B

The image depicts a parlor with an oriental rug on the floor and patterned curtains framing a doorway. A chandelier hangs from the ceiling. The room contains a sofa, a table, a chair, and various vases displayed on a shelf above the fireplace. A painting and decorative plates are also visible.

Date: 1888-1914

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372721

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH11-B

Group of boys standing around the edge of an indoor swimming pool, CH12-B

The image shows a group of boys standing around the edge of an indoor swimming pool. Some are positioned on a multi-level platform against a tiled wall, while others are near the pool's perimeter. The pool area is surrounded by arched brick walls, and life preservers are visible on the wall.

Date: 1888-1914

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372722

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH12-B

Two women sitting on porch with chairs, hammock, and vines, CH13-B

The image shows two women sitting on a porch surrounded by chairs, a hammock, and abundant vines. One woman sits in a rocking chair while the other is seated on the steps holding an open book.

Date: 1897

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372723

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH13-B

Parlor with woman playing piano, man playing violin, woman seated, and draped portrait on easel, CH14-B

The image depicts a parlor scene where a woman sits at a piano playing music. To her right, a man stands playing the violin. To the left, another woman is seated in a chair. There is an easel with a draped portrait nearby, along with framed artwork and an ornate lamp.

Date: 1897-09-24

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372724

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH14-B

Room with woman lying on sofa; athletic rings hanging from ceiling, CH15-B

The image depicts a room with a woman lying on a sofa. Athletic rings are hanging from the ceiling. The walls are decorated with framed pictures, and there is a window with blinds, a closed wooden door, and a partially open door leading to the outside.

Date: 1897

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372725

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH15-B

Front porch, showing front door, with elderly couple, CH16-B

The image shows an elderly couple seated on the front porch of a house. The porch features a central front door with decorative plants and pots placed on either side. The couple is sitting on chairs, and the porch has detailed woodwork and a striped awning on the left.

Date: ca. 1897

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372726

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH16-B

Girl's bedroom with girl reading on sofa, CH17-B

The image shows a girl's bedroom where a girl is reclining on a patterned sofa, reading a book. The room features a writing desk with various items, framed pictures on the wall, and a dresser with a mirror. There is also a rocking chair and a window with curtains.

Date: ca. 1897

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372727

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH17-B

Corner of bedroom showing, fireplace, screen, chair, bed, and paintings, CH18-B

The image shows a corner of a bedroom featuring a fireplace with a mantel adorned with framed photographs and decorative items. A folding screen with a floral pattern stands nearby. There is an upholstered chair with a floral design and a framed painting on an easel. Additionally, paintings are hung...

Date: ca. 1897

Collection: Horace Parker Chandler photographic collection

GUSN: 372728

Ref. Code: PC019.001.B.CH18-B

View of Charlestown from the Dome of the State House

Abel Bowen, delineator and scrivener. Engraving. Tinted. Unframed. Image 3 ¼ x 6 inches.

Date: undated

Collection: Anne Booth graphic collection

GUSN: 370296

Ref. Code: GC012.01.09

East view of Lowell, Mass.

Drawn by J. W. Barber. Engraved by E. L. Barber, New Haven, Conn. "The above is an eastern view of the central part of Lowell as seen from the elevated ground on the Dracut or northern side of the Merrimac River. The entrance of the Concord river into the Merrimac is seen on the left." Engraving. Ti...

Date: undated

Collection: Anne Booth graphic collection

GUSN: 370297

Ref. Code: GC012.01.10

Boston and Environs

Entered according to Act of Congress by A. Bowen. A. Bowen Sc. Tinted. Unframed. Image 4 x 6 ¾ inches.

Date: undated

Collection: Anne Booth graphic collection

GUSN: 370298

Ref. Code: GC012.02.01

Plan of Boston, with parts of East and South Boston, also portions of Charlestown and Cambridge

Showing likewise the Railroad Depots. Reference to places not names on the map. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by W. Williams, in the Clerks Office in the District Court of the Southern District of New York. Drawn and engraved by W. Williams, New York. Tinted. Unframed. Image...

Date: 1848

Collection: Anne Booth graphic collection

GUSN: 370300

Ref. Code: GC012.02.02

South View of Charlestown, Mass. [second copy]

Drawn by J. W. Barber. Engraved by S. E. Brown, Boston. The view was taken from the burying ground on Copps Hill, in Boston. Bunker Hill Monument, in its unfinished state, on Breeds Hill, and Bunker Hill, a little to the northward, are seen in the distance in the central part of the view. A part o...

Date: 1839-1840

Collection: Anne Booth graphic collection

GUSN: 370301

Ref. Code: GC012.01.06

Gedney House, detail, front roof slope, attic of original house

.04 linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: 10/22/1963

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370302

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.056

Gedney House, detail of summer beam and supporting post

.04 linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: January 1964

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370303

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.057

Gedney House, summer beam and chimney detail, front room

.04 Linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: 10/22/1963

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370305

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.058

Massachusetts - Boston - Bowdoin Sq - Postcards

File part

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 370304

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.0480.1670

Gedney House, street front during renovations

.04 linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370306

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.059

Gedney House, detail front wall north section

.04 Linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: undated

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370307

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.060

Gedney House, detail of end girt

.04 linear feet (1 photograph)

Date: January 1964

Collection: Historic New England properties photographic collection

GUSN: 370308

Ref. Code: PC006.GED.01.061

Papers of Nathaniel Coffin (1669-1748)

Series XII, Papers of Nathaniel Coffin (1669-1748), 1701-1736 (#C.2.3-C.2.7, OB.1.9-OB.1.10), contains Coffin's legal agreements and land deeds; Proprietors' committee minutes, notes, and related documents regarding the establishment of boundaries for the parish of Newbury in the province of Massach...

Date: 1701-1736

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371816

Ref. Code: MS010.12

Papers of Susan (Hale) Coffin (1792-1837)

i720Series XIII, Papers of Susan (Hale) Coffin (1792-1837), 1816-1837, undated (#C.2.8-C.2.16), contains correspondence received by Susan Coffin (1792-1837) from her husband, Abel Coffin (1792-1837), a ships captain. The letters highlight Abel Coffins (1792-1837) travels around the world and focu...

Date: 1816-1837, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371817

Ref. Code: MS010.13

Papers of Tristram Coffin, Jr. (1632-1704)

Series XIV, Papers of Tristram Coffin, Jr. (1632-1704) 1657-1711 (#C.2.17-C.2.18, OB.1.8), contains legal documents which include Coffin's land deeds; a 1691 arbitrator's document; a 1695 fragment of a Freeholder's meeting held in the Town of Newbury (Coffin's name appears as "Lott Layor"); and two ...

Date: 1657-1711

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371818

Ref. Code: MS010.14

Papers of other Coffin family members

Series XV, Papers of other Coffin family members, 1683-1907, undated (#C.2.19-C.2.31), contains papers of other Coffin family members: Charles Coffin (1775-1853), David Coffin (c.1763-c.1838), Enoch Coffin (1669-1728), Holland Coffin (dates unknown), John Coffin (1694-1762), Joshua Coffin (1792-186...

Date: 1683-1907, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371819

Ref. Code: MS010.15

Papers of the Coleman family

Series XVI, Papers of the Coleman family, 1785-ca.1861, undated (#C.2.32-C.2.39, OB.2.8, OB.3.12), contains Elizabeth Low (Coffin) Coleman's (1813-1881) diary, which focuses on domestic life and highlights Elizabeth's interaction with family and friends; attendance at tea parties; and trips to Bosto...

Date: 1785-1861, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371820

Ref. Code: MS010.16

Coffin family: other Coffin family papers

i720Series XVII, Coffin family: other Coffin family papers, 1666-1987, undated (#C.2.40-C.2.50, OB.1.12), contains genealogical material including a hand-written Coffin family genealogy compiled by Lucy Coffin (1811-1893); a collection of calling/visiting cards; financial records and legal documents...

Date: 1666-1987, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371821

Ref. Code: MS010.17

Coffin family: account books (bound)

Series XVIII. Coffin family: account books (bound), 1689-1868, undated (#2.1-3.3, C.2.51-C.2.54, OV.010.1-OV.010.4), contains bound account books, account book indices, a cash book, and daybooks belonging to the Coffin family and Washington Adams (dates unknown). See #C.1.17, C.1.21, C.1.53-C.1.54,...

Date: 1689-1868, undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371822

Ref. Code: MS010.18

Coffin family: photographic material

Series XIX, Coffin family: photographic material, ca.1839, undated (#1.1-1.19, 1 vertical file folder), contains card photographs, black and white photographs, stereographs, and a lithograph. Most of the card photographs and stereographs are scenes of the White Mountains in New Hampshire (including...

Date: undated

Collection: Coffin family papers

GUSN: 371823

Ref. Code: MS010.19

Howard Johnson's Restaurant and Esso Standard Service Station, Midway on the Maine Turnpike, Kennebunk, Maine

A colored illustration of the Howard Johnson's Restaurant and Esso Standard Service Station in Kennebunk, ME midway on the Maine Turnpike.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371829

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USME.1510.0040.001

Stereograph of view in Maoli's Garden, Nahant, MA

Several people enjoy themselves in chairs and around Maoli's Garden. The view overlooks a few gazebos and the ocean.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371830

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1190.0010.001

Stereograph of Court St. Church, St. Augustine Parish, Mountpelier, VT

Partial view of the alter of the Court st. Church in Montpelier, Vermont. The church no longer exists and has now been replaced by St. Augustine Parish in Montpelier.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371831

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USVT.0440.0010.001

Stereograph of John Greenleaf Whittier's Birthplace, East Haverhill, MA

Three people lie on a grassy hill overlooking the exterior of John Greenleaf Whittier's birthplace in East Haverhill, MA.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 371832

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.0770.0010.002

Portraits - Chang and Eng Bunker

File

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

GUSN: 371834

Ref. Code: GC002.04.1510

Chandler & Co., established over a century, Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

Print depicting a section of Tremont Street in Boston, Mass., with the Chandler & Co. department store building (151 Tremont Street) prominently featured. Print is circa 1920s.

Date: circa 1920, undated

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

GUSN: 371846

Ref. Code: GC002.01.MA.3300.017

Wheel chart advertisement, Apollo Metal Works, 66th Place & South Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

Undated interactive wheel chart advertisement showing seven metal finishes available from Apollo Metal Works, Chicago, Ill. The wheel spins so that customers can see what a paricular item or appliance would look like in a certain metal finish. One of the finishes, listed as "Chrom Satin", has fallen...

Date: undated

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 371847

Ref. Code: EP001.01.077.01.01.038

Ebenezer Graves journals and related materials, 1849-1989, undated

Contains: "memorandum" books kept by Ebenezer Graves between 1849-1850 and 1853-1855; an undated (circa 1850) letter to Ebenezer from his cousin; a photograph of Ebenezer as an older man; and correspondence relating to S.P.N.E.A.'s 1966 publication of "Journey of a Peddling Trip" in Old-Time New Eng...

Date: 1849-1989, undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371851

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047

Ebenezer Graves "memorandum" book, Conway, Mass., 1849-1850

Ebenezer Graves's 1849-1850 journal details life as a young man in mid 19th century rural western Massachusetts. The first half of the diary focuses on he and his cousin Darwin's adventures as students attending school in Conway, Mass., covering August and September 1849. Ebenezer describes unruly f...

Date: 1849-1850

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371852

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.01

Ebenezer Graves peddling journal, 1853-1855

Bound journal containing Ebenezer Graves's "memorandum" of several peddling trips throughout New England and New York between 1853 and 1855. The first trip documented in the journal begins on March 21, 1853, with Ebenezer and his brother Addison both peddling silk. Ebenezer (sometimes with his broth...

Date: 1853-1855

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371853

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.02

Letter from D. E. [Darwin E.] Graves to Ebenezer Graves, circa 1850

Undated (circa 1850) letter from Darwin E. Graves to his cousin Ebenezer Graves. Darwin writes assuring Ebenezer that he is alive and well. He apologizes for not being able to return home yet, explaining that he's under contract with a ship and can't leave without completing the voyage. Darwins plan...

Date: circa 1850, undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371854

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.03

Photograph of Ebenezer Graves, undated

Black and white photographic print depicting Ebenezer Graves (1830-1906) sitting on the front stoop of a an unidenified house. A woman standing inside the doorway is visible, but her features are obscured. location, date, and identity of the photographer are all unknown.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371855

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.04

Letter to S.P.N.E.A. from Ruth Sherman Gardner re: "Journal of a Peddling Trip" in Old Time New England, June 6, 1966

June 1966 letter sent to S.P.N.E.A. headquarters by Ruth Sherman Gardner requesting copies of Old Time New England #203 and #204, specifically due to the inclusion of the "Journal of a Peddling Trip", which was a transcription of parts of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journals.

Date: June 6, 1966

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371856

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.05

Letter from Abbott Lowell Cummings to Dorothy Pease, January 20, 1967

Letter from Abbott Lowell Cummings to Dorothy Pease on January 30, 1967, thanking her for sending him a photograph of Ebenezer Graves (see MS029.002.047.04). Miss Pease located descendants of Ebenezer Graves still living in Ashfield, Mass., and obtained a copy of the original photograph from them. C...

Date: January 30, 1967

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371857

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.06

Letter from Ellie Reichlin to The Ellsworth American newspaper, Ellsworth, Maine, September 15, 1989

Letter dating September 15, 1989, from Ellie Reichlin, then the Director of Archives at S.P.N.E.A., to the "features" editor at the weekly newspaper The Ellsworth American of Ellsworth, Maine. Reichlin mentions an enclosed copy of "an account of a peddling trip through Hancock and Washington countie...

Date: September 15, 1989

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371858

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.07

Typed partial transcript of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journal, undated

Typed partial transcription of Ebenezer Graves's peddling journal; covers April 1854 to December 1855.

Date: undated

Collection: Miscellaneous manuscript collection

GUSN: 371859

Ref. Code: MS029.002.047.08

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