Historic New England

Meigs Elevated Railroad train

An exterior view of the engine and two railroad cars of the Meigs Elevated Railroad train. Three men stand at the head of the train.

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195134

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.014

Meigs Elevated train after fire damage

This photo shows the extensive fire damage to a Meigs Elevated train car. Men are seen inside the damaged car, possibly investigating the incident.

Date: 1887-02

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195135

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.015

"Type 2's," Meridian St. looking north, East Boston, Mass.

Two 'Type 2' train cars run on tracks down the middle of Meridian St. in East Boston, Massachusetts. Pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages are also depicted.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195136

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.016

"Type 2's," Lexington St. looking east, East Boston, Mass.

A type 2 train car travels up Lexington St. in a residential neighborhood in East Boston, Massachusetts. Trees and homes line the street.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195137

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.017

"Type 2's," Central Square looking north, East Boston, Mass.

One 'Type 2' train approaches the camera from the distance as another departs. Pedestrians walk through Central Square, East Boston, Mass.

Date: 1908

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195138

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.018

Number 3 Blue Line train at Airport Station portal

A Number 3 Blue Line train enters a tunnel at Airport Station. A large sign above a nearby building reads "General Electric Bulbs."

Date: 1968-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195139

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.019

Aquarium Station with trains number 1 and number 3

Two trains meet at Aquarium Station. Passengers wait on the platforms.

Date: 1969-07-07

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195140

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.020

Aquarium Station with trains number 1 and number 3

Taken outside a subway train at Aquarium Station, this photo shows seated passengers waiting for their train to leave.

Date: 1969-07-07

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195141

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.021

Orient Heights, East Boston, Mass.

A view down the tracks in Orient Heights, East Boston, Massachusetts. Two train cars can be seen in the distance. Buildings can be seen on either side of the tracks.

Date: 1950-06-22

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195142

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.022

Civil defense

This image shows the loading of Civil Defense boxes of emergency hospital supplies. The label of the box on the man's shoulder indicates that it contains cotton balls.

Date: 1965-05-12

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195143

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.023

Airport Station with two inbound trains (train 056-0575)

Passengers look out the windows of an inbound train at Airport Station, Boston, Massachusetts.

Date: 1952-01-08

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195144

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.024

Orient Heights Station with passengers boarding inbound trains

Passengers board an inbound train at the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-11-28

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195145

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.025

Rapid transit platform, Orient Heights Station

Passengers wait for an approaching train at the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-01-16

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195146

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.026

Trackless trolley bus way, Orient Heights Station

Two trackless trolley buses leave the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1952-01-16

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195147

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.027

Bus 6099 '120', Orient Heights Station

A bus pulls up outside of the Orient Heights Station.

Date: 1971-05-28

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195148

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.028

Buses at Wonderland Station

A bus pulls up to a stop at Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195149

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.029

Buses at Wonderland Station

A bus pulls away from Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195150

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.030

Buses at Wonderland Station

Two passengers sit on a bench at Wonderland Station. A bus has just pulled away and can be seen in the distance.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195151

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.031

Buses at Wonderland Station

One bus pulls away from Wonderland Station in Revere, Massachusetts, as another approaches.

Date: 1974-10-30

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195152

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.032

Bus way and Baker Ave., Wonderland Station, looking north

Large trucks carrying construction equipment drive down Baker Avenue.

Date: 1954-05-13

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195153

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.033

Instruction photos, Wonderland crossover, end of line

This photo shows the end of the train line at Wonderland Station in Revere, Mass.

Date: 1962-04-10

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195154

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.034

Breaking ground at Suffolk Downs, rapid transit extension to Revere

Two large trucks and five men work on the train line to Revere.

Date: 1952-11-03

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195155

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.035

Adams St. vent, Old Court St. Station

Photo shows a view of the Adams St. vent at the old Court St. Station.

Date: 1966-01-17

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195156

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.036

Removal of incline, Cambridge St.

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Date: 18 November 1952

Collection: Boston Transit Archive, 1895-1960s

GUSN: 195157

Ref. Code: PC017.02.TMP.00031-1

Elm Hill Chambers apartment house, Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue, Roxbury, Mass., undated

The Elm Hill Chambers apartment house is seen at 530-566 Warren Street near Elm Hill Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. The apartment house is comprised of two three-story, brick buildings, which have matching towers at the corners of the buildings. The building containing 548 Warren Street is the ad...

Date: 1917-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195158

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.006

Aaron D. Williams mansion, Roxbury, Mass.

An exterior view of the mansion built by industrialist and Boston alderman Aaron Davis Williams, Jr. in 1872 at 300 Walnut Avenue in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Davis named his home Oak Bend, which a subsequent owner changed to Abbotsford after Sir Walter Scott's ancestral keep. The house is made of Rox...

Date: 1880-1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195159

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0070.004

Trade card for Thackara, Buck and Co., fine gas fixtures and bronzes, 718 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1876

The business furnished the gas fixtures in the Horticultural Building at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876.

Date: 1876

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195567

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.024

Trade card for Ellis' Patent Gas Burner, Regulator, and Shade Combined, Ellis, Dinsmore & York, proprietors and manufacturers, 349 Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The product is sold by J.M. Shepardson, 67 Franklin Square, Norwich, Connecticut.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195568

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.03.025

Marriage certificate for Mr. George A. Mann and Miss Helen Ewen, Providence, R.I., Nov. 1, 1877

Ornate marriage certificate for George A. Mann and Helen Ewen, dated November 1, 1877. They were married by the Reverend H. Bixby; the witnesses to the ceremony were Asenath R. Gage and Laura A. Bixby. Surrounding the text of the certificate is a frame of flowers, vines and a Gothic style design. Th...

Date: November 1, 1877

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

GUSN: 195569

Ref. Code: GC002.03.6250.001

Dinner menu, George Washington's birthday, Hotel Vendome, Boston, Mass., February 22, 1900

A cherry fruit design decorates the menu. The menu offers turtle soup, prime rib, broiled quail, Washington Pie and Maraschino Punch.

Date: 1900-02-22

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195571

Ref. Code: EP001.06.04.026

Trade card for the architect Luther Briggs, Jr., Dorchester, Mass., 1867

Trade card for Dorchester architect Luther Briggs, Jr. It is illustrated with a design for a city hall or other municipal building.

Date: 1867

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195574

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.03.003

Trade card for the New Easy Lawn Mower, Blair Manufacturing Company, Springfield, Mass., undated

The lawn mower is shown in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195575

Ref. Code: EP001.01.053.01.01.017

Trade card for The Ladies' Friend Carpet Sweeper, Goshen Sweeper Company, Goshen, Indiana, undated

A woman uses the sweeper in the card image.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195576

Ref. Code: EP001.01.021.01.02.005

Fenway Court, Boston, Mass., undated

Fenway Court, the home of Isabella Stewart Gardner, is seen in this image. There are no leaves on the trees that line the Muddy River.

Date: 17 September 1918

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195577

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.3890.001

Exterior view of Fenway Court from dirt road, Boston, Mass., undated

The dirt road that will become The Fenway runs in front of Fenway Court, Isabella Stewart Gardner's home.

Date: ca. 1909

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195578

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.3890.002

Trade card for Cottolene Shortening, produced by N.K. Fairbank Company, Chicago, Illinois, undated

A woman rolls out dough with a container of Cottolene Shortening on the table.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195581

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.01.001

Trade card for Walter Baker & Co's Breakfast Cocoa, maufactured by Walter Baker & Company, Dorchester, Mass., undated

Trade card has a facsimile of the 1/2 pound container of Baker's Breakfast Cocoa. The illustration text reads "La Belle Chocolatiere."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195582

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.01.002

Trade card for flour, produced by Washburn, Crosby Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Two young women move a barrel of Washburn's Superlative Flour. A cat is also rubbing one of the girl's legs. The image caption reads "we know a good thing when we see it."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195583

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.01.01.003

Trade card for Hatchet Teas, location unknown, undated

Trade card for Hatchet brand of tea. The card features a woman pouring tea from a teapot while sitting at a table. The copy is "All the girls say! Hatchet Teas are always of fine quality. Have YOU tried them?"

Date: circa 1904

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195584

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.01.001

Stoodlefunks Parade, Worcester, Mass., undated

Stereograph of the Stoodlefunks Parade in Worcester, Massachusetts. The image is a collection of men in funny costume standing on a wagon.

Date: 04 July 1876

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195585

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.020

Stoodlefunks Parade with man dressed as a pirate, Worcester, Mass., undated

Stereograph of the Stoodlefunks Parade with men dressed as pirates, a Catholic bishop, and a king riding in wagons through Worcester, Massachusetts.

Date: 04 July 1876

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195586

Ref. Code: PC001.04.02.TMP.021

Trade card for the Keystone Wringer, manufactured by F.F. Adams & Company, Erie, Pennsylvania, undated

This trade card promotes the F.F. Adams & Company's Keystone clothes wringer. The card is illustrated with a woman dressed like a Roman matron standing next to the wringer on a pedestal.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195587

Ref. Code: EP001.01.069.01.01.021

Studio portrait of Govenor John A. Andrew, Boston, Mass., undated

Govenor Andrew is photographed at a 3/4 angle from the waist up. His hair is curly and he wears a conservative suit. Andrew was Massachusetts governor during the Civil War.

Collection: Personal photographic collection

GUSN: 195588

Ref. Code: PC004.01.A.1250.01

Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner folks, Boston Theatre, Washington Street, Boston, Mass., undated

Text on the item reads "the best New England play ever written." The poster features a young girl sitting in a tree along with information on showtimes.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195590

Ref. Code: EP001.TMP.062

Exterior view of the Paul Revere House before restoration, North Square, Boston, Mass., undated

On the ground level of the house are store fronts with the house standing between two taller buildings.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195597

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6010.001

Exterior view of Governor Benning Wentworth House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Exterior view of the home owned by Governor Benning Wentworth in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The house is wood sided with many trees planted around the perimeter.

Date: ca. 1916

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195602

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USNH.1380.0485.001