Historic New England

Station Master

Subway surface.

Date: 1904

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318207

Ref. Code: PC066.224

Subway Trackman

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1904

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318208

Ref. Code: PC066.225

Motorman at Work

Sitting at controls of the car. Negative chipped.

Date: 1901-09-30

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318209

Ref. Code: PC066.226

B. E. Ry. Tie Machine

Railway tie work.

Date: 1915-08-10

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318210

Ref. Code: PC066.227

Simon Knight

An old employee.

Date: 1906-03-07

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318211

Ref. Code: PC066.228

Conductor

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1904-02-08

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318212

Ref. Code: PC066.229

Motorman at Work

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1904

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318213

Ref. Code: PC066.230

Porter

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1904-01-11

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318214

Ref. Code: PC066.231

Train Master

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1904-01-11

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318215

Ref. Code: PC066.232

District Supervisor

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1904

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318216

Ref. Code: PC066.233

Collector

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1904

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318217

Ref. Code: PC066.234

Foreman

1 gelatin dry plate glass negative

Date: 1904

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318218

Ref. Code: PC066.235

Group of Motormen

Conductor at Grove Hall Sta., Dorchester.

Date: 1906-11-23

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318219

Ref. Code: PC066.236

Lake St. Transfer Sta.

St. Cars Newton Boulevard + Brookline Village.

Date: 1906-01-02

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318220

Ref. Code: PC066.237

Dudley Sta. Terminal

View from above, signs, buildings.

Date: 1902-03-20

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318221

Ref. Code: PC066.238

Forest Hills. Sta.

Jamaica Plain. Panoramic view, 'El' cars, homes, buildings, trees, etc.

Date: 1910-08-05

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318222

Ref. Code: PC066.239

Forest Hills. Sta.

Jamaica Plain. Open Car #2443. Horse + wagons, people. When station was new.

Date: 1910-08-22

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318223

Ref. Code: PC066.240

Brighton: Lake St. Transfer Station. Commonwealth Ave.

Various streetcars.

Date: 1906-01-02

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318224

Ref. Code: PC066.241

Safety Week Car + Band

The Al Moore Band. Boston, Mass.

Date: 1921

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318225

Ref. Code: PC066.242

The Automatic 'Shovel' on the Tracks

Boston 'El' Maintenance. Shoevel No. 1. Workers.

Date: 1915-08-19

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318226

Ref. Code: PC066.243

Rudi Maier (driver?) Old omnibus in Swampscott, Mass.

The 'Old Stevenson Coach,' 2 horses with driver. Neg. Spotted

Date: 1901-05-22

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318227

Ref. Code: PC066.244

Trainman Giving "highball" Signal

El Cars, tracks.

Date: 1903-04-11

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318229

Ref. Code: PC066.245

Boston: Junction of State + Devonshire St.'s

The Old State House. Subway Construction, sctret car, horses + wagson, pedestrians, buildings. Neg. Scratched.

Date: 1903-03-20

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318230

Ref. Code: PC066.246

Jamaica Plain: Forest Hills Square

Hyde Park Ave. Shops, signs, trolleys, construction, horses + wagson, people, rooftops. Civil Engineering.

Date: 1903

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318231

Ref. Code: PC066.247

Track Work

Workers, small 'service' cars.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318233

Ref. Code: PC066.248

Men, Horses + Wagons.

Express Men, etc. Belknap Apt. buildings, Boston Area. A main St. See the 'El' upper left. Neg. 6 1/2 X 8 1/2.

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318234

Ref. Code: PC066.249

Brookline: Brookline Village. Village Square

Transfer Market; Sing Lee, laundry; Fire Station, Hose House #1 and Chemical Engine #1 (140 Washington Street); P. J. Burns, Horse Shoe Forge; J. H. Pineo, carpenter and builder. Shops, signs, horse + wagons, people. Neg. Edge Peeled; corner 'chipped.' 6 1/2 X 8 1/2.

Date: circa 1905

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318235

Ref. Code: PC066.250

Northfrield, Mass: Fitchburg Engine # 167

Shown with crew.

Date: 1910

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318236

Ref. Code: PC066.251

Washington Street looking northerly from Dock Square, Boston, Mass.

Electric streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles proceed down Washington Street.

Date: 1897-02-08

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318237

Ref. Code: PC066.252

Crosswalk on Corn Hill opposite Franklin Avenue, looking west, sect. 8 1/2, Boston, Mass.

Lawrence, Wilde & Co., furniture, is on the left side of the image at 42 Cornhill. E. Robinson, lock and knob manufacturer, can be seen at no. 39 Cornhill. Patterson & Lavender manufacture library, store and office furniture at 43 and 45 Cornhill. H.L. Hastings is a scriptural tract repository at 47...

Date: 1897-04-14

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318238

Ref. Code: PC066.253

Looking easterly on Cornhill from Scollay Square, Boston, Mass.

The Bowdoin Square streetcar, Washington and Roxbury Streets, is going past a construction site on Cornhill. A sign on the back of the streetcar advertises a Pittsburgh-Boston baseball game. The Nathan L. Chaffin restaurant at 63 Cornhill is slightly left of center in the image. The W.J. Talbot lunc...

Date: 1897-06-07

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318239

Ref. Code: PC066.254

Boston: Tremont St.

Birds eye view from Boylston St. towards the Park St. Church. Vehicles, people, buildings, the Common, skyline, Statehous. Neg. 6 1/2 X 8 1/2.

Date: 1899

Collection: John Booras collection of glass plate negatives

GUSN: 318240

Ref. Code: PC066.255

The SS New York in the Cape Cod Canal

The SS New York, of the Eastern Steamships Corporation, in the Cape Cod Canal in 1928.

Date: 1928

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324360

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.046

U.S. Coast Guard light ship Relief approaches the Cape Cod Canal

The U.S. Coast Guard light ship Relief approaches the Cape Cod Canal in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.

Date: 1961

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324361

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.047

Cape Cod Canal, looking east to the Sagamore Bridge

An undated photograph of the Cape Cod Canal, looking east to the Sagamore Bridge.

Date: undated

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324362

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.048

Yawl Myth II enters Cape Cod Canal with Governor Roosevelt onboard

The Yawl Myth II enters the Cape Cod Canal heading toward the Sagamore Bridge with Governor Roosevelt onboard.

Date: 1932

Collection: Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

GUSN: 324363

Ref. Code: MS028.04.014.049

Burrowes weatherstrips, E.T Burrowes Co., Portland, Maine

The features and advantages of the metal weatherstrips are described for customers. Text on the item reads "This 1926 circular gives you the how." The year 1926 is handwritten on the item.

Date: 1926

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324366

Ref. Code: EP001.12.006.015.004

Trade card, Alex. R. Esty, architect, 2 Change Avenue, Boston, Mass.

The card is affixed inside a book cover.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324367

Ref. Code: EP001.01.007.01.02.006

Business card, lose wait with Uno's advanced seating, Pizzeria Uno, Chicago bar & grill, 280 Huntington Ave., Boston, Mass.

Customers are urged to call when leaving home to place their name on the waiting list thus insuring less of a wait when they arrive.

Date: 1997

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324368

Ref. Code: EP001.01.046.05.01.021

Catalogue of the Perry Pictures, 1923 edition, Perry Pictures Company, Malden, Mass.

"The Perry Pictures are halftone reproductions from photographs or steel engravings." Customers can select from portraits, historical and religious subjects and animals. There is a loose leaflet "Feeding her birds," copyrighted 1925, with information on Perry Pictures on the item verso. The front co...

Date: 1923

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324370

Ref. Code: EP001.12.003.002.019

Brochure for Bay State Liquid Paint, made by Wadsworth, Howland & Co, Inc., Boston, Mass., undated

The brochure has color samples and directions for applying the paint to exterior and interior house surfaces. The item is illustrated with a caricature of a pilgrim man standing on the state of Massachusetts with a paint brush and bucket at the ready.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324371

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.100

Suggestions for practical and artistic home decoration, Rogers Paints & Varnishes, Detroit White Lead Works, Detroit, Michigan

Suggestions for using Rogers products in exterior and interior work are provided for customers with color samples. Three loose leaflets for other products are included in the item. The paint can be purchased at Dorman Oil & Supply Company in Keene, New Hampshire.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324372

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.104

Doctor's Office, undated

An unidentified photograph of a doctor's office from circa 1890.

Date: undated

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 324374

Ref. Code: PC001.02.02.3600.0300.002

Unidentified drawing room, circa 1900

A mounted photograph of an unidentified drawing room from approximately 1900.

Collection: Domestic interiors photographic collection

GUSN: 324375

Ref. Code: PC002.USUnknown.223.005

Historic colors, Pittsburgh Paints, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Color chips are provided for exterior and interior paint products.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324389

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.102

Historic colors, Pittsburgh Paints, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Color chips are provided for exterior and interior paint products. Customers can purchase the paint at Melrose Paint & Decorating Center, Inc., 360-368 Main Street, Melrose, Massachusetts.

Date: 1979

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324390

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.103

How to work wonders with color in your home, by Elizabeth Parker, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

There are suggestions and examples for using color schemes in various rooms of the house. A color harmony chart is inside the back cover. The cover illustration is signed "Wayne Colvin."

Date: 1934

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324391

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.070

Winning formula, two heads are better than one, presented by the makers of Dutch Boy products, National Lead Company, New York, New York

This is a publication created after a commercial painters meeting held in the Boston area by the National Lead Company, the manufacturer of Dutch Boy products. It summarizes suggestions, ideas and materials presented at the meeting. In addition business support products in the areas of advertising, ...

Date: 1937

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 324395

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.005.071