Historic New England

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Paul Holt Bowen, facing left, Fredricks, 770 Broadway, New York, New York

Paul Holt Bowen was the only child of Henry Chandler Bowen and his second wife Ellen Holt Bowen.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196254

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.16.001

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of John Eliot Bowen, L. Alman, 172 5th Avenue, New York and Newport, Rhode Island

John Eliot Bowen was the son of Henry Chandler Bowen and Lucy Maria Tappan Bowen. In 1886 Bowen received his Ph.D. from Columbia University. He was employed as managing editor of "The Independent," the religion and anti-slavery journal founded by his father. He died of typhoid fever in 1890, two da...

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196255

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.13.001

Group portrait of the Bowen family, Woodstock, Connecticut

The family members are outdoors next to a rock wall at Roseland Park.

Date: undated

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196256

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.26.002

Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of Mary Bowen Holt, right profile, holding infant Sylvia Holt, Parkinson's, 29 West 26th Street, New York, New York

Sylvia Holt was the daughter of Mary Louisa Bowen Holt and George C. Holt.

Date: 1890-06-29

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196257

Ref. Code: MS006.03.01.26.003

Group portrait of the Bowen family on the porch at Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Connecticut, July 4, 1891

Bowen family members sit and stand on the porch of Roseland Cottage, on July 4, 1891. Henry Chandler Bowen and his second wife Ellen Holt Bowen are standing in the middle in the top row.

Date: 1891-07-04

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196258

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.22.001

Group portrait of the Bowen family on the porch of Roseland Cottage, Woodstock, Conn., on July 4th, 1887

Bowen family members stand in front of Roseland Cottage in Woodstock, Connecticut to celebrate July 4, 1887. Henry Chandler Bowen and Henry Elliot Bowen are identified in the image.

Date: 1887-07-04

Collection: Bowen family papers

GUSN: 196259

Ref. Code: MS006.03.02.20.001

Exterior view of the Rialto Theatre, Scollay Square, Boston, Mass., ca. 1946

Two men stand on the sidewalk outside the Rialto Theatre in Scollay Square, Boston, Massachusetts, with signs stating that it is open all night.

Date: ca. 1946

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196261

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7220.001

Oxen team pulling hay wagon in snow, York, Maine, 1880s

A team of oxen stand with a wagon of hay, a driver and two men in the snow in York, Maine.

Date: 1880-1889

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196263

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1920.0100.015

Aerial view of Boston, Mass., undated

This aerial view of Boston shows the business district and piers with Back Bay, the Charles River and Cambridge in the distance.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196264

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.0060.001

Dory on York River, York, Maine, 1892

Uncle Ed Lowe sits in a dory on the York River, near some rocks and seaweed.

Date: 1892

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196265

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.1920.0090.003

Newsboys at Parker's News Stand, Medford, Mass., 1903

Group portrait of newsboys standing outside Parker's News Stand with delivery carts.

Date: 1903

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196268

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.5400.0100.002

Girl shaking hands with a pony, undated

A pony stands with his forelegs on a stool and shakes hands with a little girl.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196269

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.0250.0600.001

Aerial view of T-Wharf, Boston, Mass., 1914

The T Wharf area is seen with commercial buildings, the Boston Elevated Railway and various ships in the harbor and moored at the pier.

Date: 1914

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196270

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7790.006

Operation re-enactment, Bigelow Theater, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., February 25, 1893

An operation is re-enacted by Harvard Medical School students in the Bigelow Theater, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Date: 1893-02-25

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196273

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.5570.003

View of Tremont Street facing Park Street Church, Boston, Mass., undated

Horse-drawn vehicles travel up and down Tremont Street in the rain with Park Street Church in the distance.

Date: 1897-1920

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196276

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.7910.002

Willow Brook in the snow, Biddeford Pool, Me.

Snow covers farms along Willow Brook in Biddeford, Maine. A road runs over a bridge that fords the brook. A boy squats next to the brook.

Date: 08 October 1907

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196277

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USME.0210.0020.008

Bridge and lagoon, Public Garden, Boston, Mass.

Several men stand on the footbridge that spans the pond in the Boston Public Garden.The plan for the Public Garden by George F. Meacham included a pond. The four-acre lagoon was completed in 1861. Architect William Gibbons Preston designed the suspension footbridge, which was finished in 1867. The s...

Date: ca. 1890

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196278

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6690.002

The launching of the "Edith Symington," Newburyport, Mass., undated

Passengers stand on the deck and a crowd on shore watches the launching of the "Edith Symington" in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196279

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2030.0180.001

Boston and Albany Railroad, location unknown, undated

Train workers and other individuals pose in front of engine number 142.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196280

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.TMP.002

U.S. Life-Saving Station crew on the beach with lifeboats and equipment, Hull, Mass.

Crew members of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Station at Hull, Massachusetts are shown in this informal portrait. The coast of the south shore from Point Allerton to Scituate was a very dangerous area for ships trying to enter Boston Harbor and there were many shipwrecks. This station was established...

Date: 26 April 1893

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196281

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.1430.0050.001

View of Armistice Day parade passing the Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass., Nov. 11, 1929

Men in uniform march past the State House on Beacon Street for the 1929 Armistice Day parade.

Date: 1929-11-11

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196282

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.1450.0100.001

Exterior view of the John Robbins House, Acton, Mass., undated

Cows graze in a field in front of the John Robbins House, 144 Great Road, in Acton, Massachusetts.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196285

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0020.0050.002

New England in Soconyland, 1929, road map of New England, Standard Oil Company of New York, 26 Broadway, New York, New York, 1929

The item has an index of cities and towns, a Boston map and highway connections between Maine and eastern Canada.

Date: 1929

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 196286

Ref. Code: EP001.07.01.TMP.003

Stereograph of the C.T. Sampson Shoe Manufactory, North Adams, Mass., undated

Workers pose outside the C.T. Sampson Shoe factory in North Adams, Massachusetts.

Date: circa 1870

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196287

Ref. Code: PC001.04.01.USMA.1310.0010.001

View of Cohasset Common, Cohasset, Mass., 1927

Buildings and trees frame the Cohasset Common.

Date: 1927

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196288

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.1040.0020.001

Railroad Station, Cohasset, Mass.

The lower left of the card has printed "Published by R.H. Nichols." The handwritten inscription reads "P.S. Perhaps this card gives a better idea of the liveliness in store for us. J.F."

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 196289

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.USMA.1040.0040.002

A Calendar of Game Birds for 1909

"Twelve drawings from Nature and in Color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes." Each study is accompanied with a sheet describing the habits and description of the bird (grouse, duck, plovers, etc.).

Date: 1909

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

GUSN: 198846

Ref. Code: GC002.02.117

Boston and its environs = und seine Umbegungen = et ses environs, Fr. Goth, 1850-1859

In the central scene Boston can be seen from Donald McKay's shipyard in East Boston surrounded by 12 small views of various historic sites: Bunker Hill Monument, Boston & Maine Depot, Revere House, Hancock House, Boston Common, City Hall, Custom House, Old State House, Tremont Row, Park Street Churc...

Date: 1850-1859

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

GUSN: 198848

Ref. Code: GC002.02.001

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Series

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

GUSN: 198847

Ref. Code: GC002.02

Furniture and interior designs by Benjamin Woodward

Consists of furniture and interior fashions (windows, chairs, etc.) from French design books (Le Garde-Meuble, D. Guilmard & Celestin Allard) and original drawings by Benjamin Woodward, upholsterer, Goods & Fine Furniture. Includes examples of Woodward's own sketches adapted from French designs. F...

Date: 1850s

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

GUSN: 198850

Ref. Code: GC002.02.116

Commemoration of the tercentenary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630-1930, drawing by Mildred Mowll, Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, Mass., 1930

Views of historic Boston sites are identified in the item: Faneuil Hall, Bunker Hill Monument, King's Chapel, Longfellow Bridge, Brimstone Corner, Old State House, Quincy Market & Custom House, Public Gardens, Paul Revere House, Wharf of the Boston Tea Party, Old South Meetinghouse, New State House ...

Date: 1930

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

GUSN: 198853

Ref. Code: GC002.02.002

Subjects

Series

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

GUSN: 198851

Ref. Code: GC002.03

View of grounds and structures of the United States Agricultural Society at its third exhibition in Boston, 1855

A sepia toned lithograph showing people and the exhibition grounds at the third exhibition of the United States Agricultural Societ in 1855. There is a tent in the middle of the print, with people, horses and carriages all around.

Date: 1855

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

GUSN: 198855

Ref. Code: GC002.02.003

The Child: A Calendar--1903

"Published for Jessie Wilcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green by Charles W. Beck, Jr.--Philadelphia." This calendar was done by two of the premier women illustrators, who were students and close friends of Howard Pyle. There are three designs by each and are fine examples of thier styles. Design...

Date: 1903

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

GUSN: 198856

Ref. Code: GC002.02.119

Exterior view of Coliseum for the Grand National Peace Jubilee, Boston, Mass., June 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 1869

The National Peace Jubilee was a music festival held June 15-19, 1869 in Boston to commemorate the end of the Civil War. The Boston Coliseum, which housed the event, was designed by William Preston and intended to be a temporary structure. The event was organized by composer and bandmaster Patrick G...

Date: 1869

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

GUSN: 198858

Ref. Code: GC002.02.004

Latin & English High School Buildings, Boston, Mass.

This rheotype shows an explicit view of the two schools with people walking around in front of them. George A. Clough, city architect, designed the buildings.

Date: 1878

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

GUSN: 198859

Ref. Code: GC002.02.006a

New Boston and Charles River Basin

This colored lithograph shows a prospective view of the Charles River Basin. The top half is a map of the Basin area and park system. A legend is included at the bottom which describes a plan for developing the river frontage. Engraved for Charles Davenport - first Projector of Embankment.

Date: ca. 1885

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

GUSN: 198860

Ref. Code: GC002.02.007a

View of the proposed block on the site of the dock between Long and Central Wharves, in Boston

This shows a detailed view of a granite warehouse building with delivery wagons and a rare view of the side of the Customs House.

Date: ca. 1857

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

GUSN: 198861

Ref. Code: GC002.02.008b

Sewall, Day & Co.'s Cordage Manufactory, Boston

This lithograph shows an explicit representation of the factory and offices of Sewall, Day & Co. with wagons carrying cordage.

Date: ca. 1862

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

GUSN: 198862

Ref. Code: GC002.02.009a

A prospective view of part of the Commons

This print was taken from a watercolor owned by the Concord Antiquarian Society in 1902. It shows the Common, a detailed view of the Hancock House, Beacon Hill, the beacon, and the 29th Regiment and field pieces. Black ink on white paper, no. 32 of an edition of 75 - plate destroyed.

Date: 1902

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

GUSN: 198863

Ref. Code: GC002.02.010

Advertisement for Cast steel saws manufactured by Welch & Griffiths

This handbill for Welch & Griffiths circular saws shows an engraving of the factory at the top with description and warranty below. There is an elaborate border around the whole handbill.

Date: 1842-1852

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

GUSN: 198864

Ref. Code: GC002.02.011

City Hall, Boston, Mass.

This slightly sepia-toned lithograph shows very good architectural detail of City Hall with an impressionistic view of landscaping and Niles building next to City Hall in shadows. There are groupings of people in front and the legend gives the dates of building construction and names of the buildin...

Date: ca. 1865

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

GUSN: 198865

Ref. Code: GC002.02.012

Chauncy Hall School & First Congregational Church

This sepia-toned lithograph shows good architectural detail on both Chauncy Hall and the church with a grouping of young boys, carriages and men riding.

Date: 1857

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

GUSN: 198866

Ref. Code: GC002.02.013

Old State House as it is, as it was, Boston, Mass., 1876

The structure is shown from the east side, State Street, in 1876 with many alterations and additions. The building as it was in 1748 is the smaller image. The Massachusetts state seal and the Boston seal are included. If the imageis enlarged it is possible to see the many businesses using it in this...

Date: 1876

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

GUSN: 198867

Ref. Code: GC002.02.014

The Village elms Sunday morning in New England

A scene of late 19th century American village life, with stately elms, horses and buggies and old homes. The village church can also be seen in the background, with people in their "Sunday best." Given by Jane N. Grew, August 13. 1920.

Date: 1880s

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

GUSN: 198869

Ref. Code: GC002.02.120

Exterior view of Coliseum for the Grand National Peace Jubilee

The Peace Jubilee was held in Boston, MA from June 15-19, 1869. This sepia-toned lithograph with a grey sky shows a fairly realistic representation of buildings but not much detail. The foreground shows people and carriages. Two contracting company names are printed on the front. The materials c...

Date: 1869

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

GUSN: 198868

Ref. Code: GC002.02.005

[Landscape of farm buildings and pond]

A Rembrandt-esque landscape, depicting a woodland scene with a farm and a bridge crossing over a pond. Signed in print on the lower left side.

Date: 1880s

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

GUSN: 198870

Ref. Code: GC002.02.121

From shore to shore

An allegory of life from childhoold to old age, represented by a group of people apparently out for a day of boating. A poem explains the symbolic journey.

Date: 1857-1907

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

GUSN: 198871

Ref. Code: GC002.02.122

John Pounds

A commemorative piece honoring a cobbler who taught poor children for free. A charming awkward composition of John Pound in his shop, teaching children as he repairs a shoe.Given by Jane N. Grew, August 13, 1920.

Date: 1840-1862

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

GUSN: 198872

Ref. Code: GC002.02.123

Jenny Lind

A portrait of the young Jenny Lind.

Date: 1880s

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

GUSN: 198873

Ref. Code: GC002.02.124

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