Historic New England

Circle pin

Annular brooch made from gold-plated metal. Gold seal with embossed inscription "Salem High School" with red and blue enamel background applied to proper left side of ring. Closure with a hinged pin and safety clasp on back. Unmarked, probably made in the United States.

Date: 1960-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: plated metal, enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 322694

Accession Number: 2016.96.3

Portable desk

Portable desk made of mahogany with bound brass corners, attached brass handles on each side and brass plaque on top (See Inscriptions). Mahogany re-purposed from the window seats of the Hancock House, Boston, MA, which was torn down in 1863. Escutcheon lock with key.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 322696

Accession Number: 2016.97.1

"Ipswich Landscape"

Painting, "Ipswich landscape." Scene of a green hillside and a small pond. Oil on canvas. Brown painted wood frame.

Date: 1895-1900

Maker: Dow, Arthur Wesley (American painter and woodcutter, 1857-1922) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 322697

Accession Number: 2016.98.1

Bowl

Five undecorated yellow plastic Melmac bowls with shallow basin. Part of a set of yellow Melmac dishes including: five plates, five bowls, six teacups, six saucers.

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322722

Accession Number: 2011.80.53.6-.10

Saucer

Six yellow plastic saucers, with unadorned slightly elevated edge, molded. Part of a set of yellow Melmac dishes including: five plates, five bowls, six teacups, six saucers.

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322723

Accession Number: 2011.80.53.11-.16

Cups

Yellow plastic cups with handle and shallow bowl. Unadorned, molded brim on exterior half, small molded handle with circular hole and flat top edge Part of a set of yellow Melmac dishes including: five plates, five bowls, six teacups, six saucers.

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322724

Accession Number: 2011.80.53.17-.22

Viewer

[.1] viewer [.2a] box [.2b] box lid

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322732

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.1.1-.2AB

Camera

"Point 'n Shoot 110F Camera/Vivitar" with black wrist band

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322733

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.2

Camera

[.1] 2 way, 35mm camera with panorama free focus [.2] instruction manual [.3a] box [.3b] box lid

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322735

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.3.1-.3AB

Camera

[.1] Kodak Instamatic camera, silver and black with neck strap, [.2] black case lined with red felt [.3] manual

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: Kodak Cinegraph

GUSN: 322737

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.4.1-.3

Camera

[.1a] Ansco Autoset camera [.1b] lens cap [.2] Camera case [.3] Ansco Autoset instruction manual

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322739

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.5.1A-.3

Camera Flash

[.4] Ansco brand, BL flash unit inside brown leather case [.5] small Ansomatic Cadet flash, Instant-loading camera, Instructions

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322740

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.5.4-.5

Absorption Bag

Baggie of silica-gel to absorb moisture

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322741

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.5.6

Pencil

Gold 'Sunbeam Bread' pencil, sharpened

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322742

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.5.7

Notepad

Blank, unlined notepad

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322743

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.5.8

Camera Bag

Tan leather camera bag with front enclosure and shoulder strap, contains assemblage of photography related items

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322744

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.5.9

Camera

[.1a] 440 Polaroid Land Camera, [1.b] Black neck strap, [.2] Gray plastic camera case, [.3] Instruction manual for polaroid land camera

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322745

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.6.1A-.3

Flash

[a] GE Hi-Power flash, [b] plastic flash attachment

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322746

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.6.4AB

Mounting Pad

[a] Cardboard mounting pad, polacolor, tan (x4); [b] Polaroid instruction sheet (x3)

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322747

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.6.5AB

Order Form

[a] Polaroid order form card; [b] Polaroid copy service envelop (x2)

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322748

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.6.6AB

Camera Bag

Square black leather camerea case, black handle, silver clasps and buckles, tan stitching

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 322750

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.6.7

Camera

[.1] Kodak Flash Bantam, black and silver; [.2] Brown leather camera case, neck strap, fits Kodak Flash Bantam; [.3] Flash Bantam Camera Instruction Manual

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: Kodak Cinegraph

GUSN: 322751

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.10.1-.3

Camera Flash

[.4a] Flasholder with black handle and silver bowl; [.4b] Metal bar cylindar which holds flash attachment; [.4c] clear and blue plastic flash cover; [.5] Kodak Flasholder Instruction Manual; [.6] Exposure calculator

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322752

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.10.4A-.6

Lens Viewer

Silver frame

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322753

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.10.7

Instructions

Kodacolor film instructions (x2)

Date: 1940-1990

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 322755

Accession Number: 2011.80.74.10.9

Painting

Painting, "The Spirit of '76." Attributed to Tompkins Harrison Matteson (American painter, 1813-1884).

Date: 1846

Maker: Attributed to Matteson, Tompkins Harrison (American painter, 1813-1884) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel painting (image-making)

GUSN: 321011

Accession Number: 2016.61.1

Painting

Painting, "Puritan Sunday in New England." George Henry Bougton (American painter and illustrator, 1833-1905).

Date: 1864

Maker: Boughton, George Henry (American painter and illustrator, 1833-1905) (Artist)

Material: oil paintings (visual works), canvas

GUSN: 321013

Accession Number: 2016.61.3

Wallpaper

No description

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Maker)

GUSN: 321024

Accession Number: 2001.140

Collars

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971).

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321049

Accession Number: 2015.147.11

Portrait of John Codman, III (1755-1803)

Painting, three-quarter length portrait of John Codman, III (1755-1803). The sitter is wearing a black jacket and white ruffled neckcloth. He is standing in front of a red damask curtain with a distant landscape visible in the lower left. Oil on canvas. Gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: Copley, John Singleton (American painter, 1738-1815) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 321113

Accession Number: 2016.62.1

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321222

Accession Number: 2015.147.12

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321267

Accession Number: 2015.147.13

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321269

Accession Number: 2015.147.14

Collars

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321270

Accession Number: 2015.147.15.1-.2

Photograph

Framed reproduction photograph of the twins, Frederic Augustus Eustis and Augustus Hemenway Eustis (b. 1877) sitting on the "twin" bench with their grandmother, Mary Porter Tileston Hemenway (1820-1894).

Date: 1879

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321311

Accession Number: 2016.63.2

Needlework

Framed needlework picture of the Reed house in Hingham, Massachusetts. Probably New England

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: needleworking (process)

GUSN: 321370

Accession Number: 2016.64.1

Woman Working in a Kitchen

Unframed painting, interior scene of a woman in a kitchen. Oil on board. "Russell's Canvas Board, Patented March 18, 1879." United States

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), boards (flat objects)

GUSN: 321371

Accession Number: 2016.64.2

Bedchamber scene

Framed painting, interior scene of an older man in a bedroom/parlor. Oil on board. United States, 1850-1875

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321372

Accession Number: 2016.64.3

Comb

Large carved hair comb. With note "Made at West Newburyport, Mass." Massachusetts, 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321373

Accession Number: 2016.64.4

Child's Dress Sleeves

Child's dress sleeves, blue and pink silk check. Worn by Annie Woodside (b. 1859). Probably Massachusetts,

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321374

Accession Number: 2016.64.5

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of a woman molded on spoon bowl interior. Native American in feather head dress on front of handle, enamel shield and crown on finial. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321375

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.1

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir tea spoon with gilt bowl with sterling silver cork-screw handle topped by open-design scroll and scallop finial. Finial probably soldered to handle. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321376

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.2

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir tea spoon, molded sterling silver with pointed and segmented bowl. Handle molded with dot and scroll pattern culminating in center with urn finial. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Date: c. 1898

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321377

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.3

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with engraved image of Old Falls, Kennebunk on the bowl. Handle depicts scroll pattern with Maine engraved in capitals down the center. End of handle molded to depict the State Seal of Maine with two figures. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was c...

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321378

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.4

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver. Handle depicts a flat boat paddle with a fish layered over it. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321379

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.5

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of cityscape divided in two by railroad tracks; upper spoon depicts Mountain Park amusements including carousel, trolley, and buildings. Handle depicts railway and cars leading up Mount Tom to the Summit House. Part of a souvenir spoon collection t...

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321380

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.6

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of City Hall molded on spoon bowl. Handle formed by figure of a man in colonial dress, culminating in profile with hat. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Date: after 1910

Maker: (Retailer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321381

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.7

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of a house with a seated man playing fiddle, a woman in the house doorway, chickens in the grass, and a wagon behind the house, molded on gilt spoon bowl. Handle molded with roses and scrolls. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected ...

Date: 1892

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321382

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.8

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of Tiptop House molded on spoon handle. Scrolls surround from the neck of the handle to its finial. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321384

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.9

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of Plymouth pilgrim Priscilla Alden on the handle, in long skirt, cape, and cap knocking on a door. Above the door appears the phrase, Lord have mercy on us. Spoon handle depicts a diagonal banner with Priscilla molded below and bare branches dow...

Date: 1891

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, gilding

GUSN: 321385

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.10

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