Historic New England

Sketch Showing Addition of Porte Cochere on River House at Manchester, for E. Charles Fitch, William G. Rantoul, architect

One architectural drawing of a home for E. Charles Fitch in Manchester-By-The-Sea, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 330992

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0600.002

Massachusetts - East Braintree

Sub-series

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 330993

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0361

Meeting-House formerly on Hollis Street., Boston, now in East Braintree

One architectural drawing of a meeting house that was moved from Hollis Street in Boston to East Braintree, Massachusetts, showing some recent improvements to the building

Date: undated

Collection: General architectural and cartographic collection

GUSN: 330994

Ref. Code: AR001.USMA.0361.001

Old Lyme, Connecticut

One print of the Old Lyme Congregational Church by Thomas Willoughby Nason

Date: 1956

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

GUSN: 330999

Ref. Code: GC002.01.CT.0200.002

Clowns

\li-15This subseries contains one glass plate negative of two clowns.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331000

Ref. Code: PC053.01.25

This subseries contains glass plate, nitrate, and nitrate or acetate negatives of colleges in New England, such as Boston College, Harvard College, and Yale University. Scenes include the Harvard Tercentenary Celebration, the Harvard Widener Library, Harvard football games, and students enjoying ou...

Date: 1919-1938, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331001

Ref. Code: PC053.01.26

Boston College

1 glass plate negative

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331002

Ref. Code: PC053.01.26.001

Harvard College

19 glass plate and nitrate or acetate negatives

Date: 1919-1936

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331003

Ref. Code: PC053.01.26.002

Yale University

5 glass plate and nitrate negatives

Date: 1938

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331004

Ref. Code: PC053.01.26.003

Coolidge, Calvin

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives documenting the life and career of President Calvin Coolidge. The negatives depicts Coolidge with his wife, Grace, and other members of his family, at political functions such as a Republican picnic in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and ...

Date: 1917-1933

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331005

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27

Col. John Coolidge Death and Funeral

34 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1926

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331006

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.001

Easter Celebrations in Northampton, Massachusetts

8 glass plate negatives

Date: 1931

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331007

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.002

Family

50 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1920-1933, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331009

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.003

Famous people

15 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331010

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.004

Fifty-ninth Birthday Celebration

6 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1931

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331011

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.005

General

24 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1917-1933

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331012

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.006

Governor

3 glass plate negatives

Date: 1920

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331013

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.007

Media

24 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1907-1923

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331014

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.008

Plymouth, Vermont

86 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1907-1933, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331015

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.009

Political Functions

58 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1920-1929, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331016

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.010

Ships

34 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331017

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.011

Vice President campaign

11 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331018

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.012

New England Telephone Building, 1934

A pen and ink drawing of the New England Telephone Building and surrounding streetscape in Boston, Massachusetts drawn by G. F. Bosworth in August of 1934.

Date: 1934

Collection: Original art collection

GUSN: 331019

Ref. Code: GC001.USMA.Boston.772

Draperies de Croisee en Taffetas et Perkale

Pierre de la Mesangere: Draperies de Croisee en Taffetas et Perkale, from Meuble et objects de Gout. This is a hand-colored engraving on wove paper. The catalogue Collection de meubles et objects de gout published in Paris, France in the early nineteenth century contained engraved illustrations of l...

Date: undated

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

GUSN: 331020

Ref. Code: GC002.03.4900.001

White Court

64 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1923-1929

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331021

Ref. Code: PC053.01.27.013

Fairsted, the Frederick Law Olmsted home and office, William Alex, Olmsted Sesquicentennial Committee, New York, New York.

The booklet identifies the importance of Fairsted as a national historic site with the hope it will be saved through purchase by the U.S. Government.

Date: 1976

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331041

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.107

Costumes

This subseries contains glass plate and film negatives of individuals and groups in various costumes. Images featured included a Jordan Marsh Party at the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and old costumes in an antique store in Still River, Massachusetts.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331023

Ref. Code: PC053.01.28

Country Stores

This subseries includes glass plate negatives of various country stores throughout New England.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331025

Ref. Code: PC053.01.29

Cranberries

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of cranberries, cranberry bogs, and cranberry pickers in Wareham, Massachusetts and on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Date: 1927-1931, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331026

Ref. Code: PC053.01.30

Bogs, Cape Cod

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1931, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331027

Ref. Code: PC053.01.30.001

Wareham, Massachusetts

2 glass plate negatives

Date: 1927, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331028

Ref. Code: PC053.01.30.002

Crowds

This subseries contains glass plate negatives of crowds participating in various events, such as the May Bay Riot on the Boston Common, Al Smith night in the Boston Arena, and street parades.

Date: 1926-1931, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331029

Ref. Code: PC053.01.31

Dams

This subseries contains glass plate negatives of dams in Vernon, Vermont and Wachesett, Clinton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1935, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331030

Ref. Code: PC053.01.32

Vernon, Vermont

2 glass plate negatives

Date: 1935, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331031

Ref. Code: PC053.01.32.001

Wachusett, Massachusetts

3 glass plate negatives

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331032

Ref. Code: PC053.01.32.002

Disasters

This subseries includes glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of three famous disasters in New England. Images include scenes of the Hollis St. Theatre collapse during its demolition on September 18, 1935 and of the Pickwick Club collapse, where 44 people died when the floor of a dance club ...

Date: 1925-1949

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331033

Ref. Code: PC053.01.33

Pickwick Club

5 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1925

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331034

Ref. Code: PC053.01.33.001

Hollis Street Theatre

7 glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives

Date: 1935

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331035

Ref. Code: PC053.01.33.002

Nantasket Beach

1 glass plate negative

Date: 1949

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331036

Ref. Code: PC053.01.33.003

Distillery

This subseries contains a glass plate negative of a man making moonshine.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331037

Ref. Code: PC053.01.34

Diving

This subseries contains glass plate negatives of men preparing to go deep-water diving.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331038

Ref. Code: PC053.01.35

Dowser

This subseries contains glass plate and acetate or nitrate negatives of men and boys working various dowsing instruments

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331039

Ref. Code: PC053.01.36

Dredging

This subseries contains an acetate or nitrate negative of the Great Lakes Dredge on the Cape Cod Canal

Date: 1935, undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331040

Ref. Code: PC053.01.37

Olmsted in Chicago, by Victoria Post Ranney, The Open Lands Project, Chicago, Illinois

Omsted's plans for Chicago's South Park, Jackson Park and the Chicago World's Fair are described. Text on the title page reads "Printed by R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Designed by Robert Lipman."

Date: 1972

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331045

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.108

Improvement of school grounds, plans and suggestions for the improvement of rural and urban school grounds, Department of Education, Ontario, Toronto, Canada

Photographs and plans accompany the text to provide incentive in landscaping school grounds. The front and back cover are detached.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 331050

Ref. Code: EP001.12.001.004.109

Eclipse

This subseries includes glass plate negatives of the moon and sun during an eclipse in New England.

Date: 1928

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331047

Ref. Code: PC053.01.38

Elections

This subseries includes glass plate negatives of several older women at the voting polls, participating their right to vote.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331049

Ref. Code: PC053.01.39

Estates

This subseries includes acetate or nitrate and glass plate negatives of the exterior of homes throughout the New England area, from Massachusetts to Maine. The images also feature the grounds of the homes, including pools, gardens, and landscape architecture.

Date: undated

Collection: Yankee Publishing Photograph Collection, 1890-1950

GUSN: 331051

Ref. Code: PC053.01.40