Historic New England

Exterior rear view of Bellmont, the Cushing-Col. Benton Estate, Belmont, Mass.

An exterior rear view, possibly taken in wintertime, of the John Perkins Cushing-Colonel Everett Chamberlin Benton House at 75 Oakley Road in Belmont, Massachusetts. J. P. Cushing named his estate "Bellmont" after a "gentle eminence at its center that provided views toward Fresh Pond and the Mystic ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195332

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0250.0050.006

Carte-de-visite of an unidentified boy and a dog seated on a chair, Newburyport, Mass., undated

This carte-de-visite portrays an unidentified boy and a dog seated on a chair. Author Katherine Grier states that this photograph burlesques the "visual conventions" of studio portraiture of children and their pets that were common by the 1870s.

Collection: Cartes-de-visite photographic collection, c. 1858-1899

GUSN: 195333

Ref. Code: PC008.TMP.007

Exterior view of the Custom House, Boston, Mass., 1:30 PM

An exterior view of the front façade of the Greek Revival United States Customhouse in Boston. Ammi Burnham Young designed the building, whose construction was completed in 1849. Doric columns support the pediment above the sweeping entrance steps. Part of the ribbed saucer dome can be seen. The cob...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195334

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.3200.002

Exterior view of Providence City Hall with Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Providence, R.I.

A view of the front façade of the City Hall in Providence, Rhode Island. Samuel J. F. Thayer designed the five-story granite building in the Second Empire style. The cornerstone was laid on June 24, 1875, and the building was dedicated on November 14, 1878. Sculptor Randolph Rogers created the Soldi...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195335

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.001

Exterior view of Providence City Hall with Carrie Brown Memorial Fountain, Providence, R.I.

This image appears to be flipped. A view of City Hall in Providence, Rhode Island from City Hall Park. Samuel J.F. Thayer designed the five-story granite building in the Second Empire style. The cornerstone was laid on June 24, 1875 and the building was dedicated on November 14, 1878. The Soldiers a...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195336

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USRI.0360.0060.002

Sheep in Franklin Park

A picture postcard shows a herd of sheep keeping the grass trimmed in the meadow of the Country Park section of Franklin Park in Boston. Frederick Law Olmsted intended this part of the park to be an area for contemplative recreation. The city purchased forty lambs in around 1890 and by 1903, the flo...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195337

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.065

View of the Playstead, Franklin Park, Mass.

A picture postcard shows a group of boys playing baseball at the Playstead in the Country Park section of Franklin Park in Boston. Frederick Law Olmsted designed the Playstead as a children's area, which opened on June 12, 1889.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195338

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.066

Polar Bears at Zoological Gardens, Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.

A picture postcard shows two polar bears through the bars of their cage playing near their swimming pool in the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts. Landscape architect Arthur Asahel Shurcliff designed the Franklin Park Zoo.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195339

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.067

Two views of Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

Two views on one sheet of Franklin Park in Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts. The top view is of a road winding through the park. The lower view shows an arch bridge spanning a road.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195340

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.011

Elephants, Tony and Waddy, at Zoo, Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.

A picture postcard shows the two Asiatic elephants, Tony and Waddy, grazing on the grass on the grounds at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. These two elephants and a third, named Mollie, retired as a vaudeville act and came to the zoo in May 1914.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195341

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.069

The elephants at Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.

A picture postcard shows a zoo keeper feeding the two Asiatic elephants, Mollie and Waddy, in the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. Another zoo keeper observes the feeding taking place in the yard of the Elephant House, which opened on January 5, 1915. These two elephants and a third, named Tony, retired...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195342

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.070

Boston, Mass., bridge and Scarboro' Pond, Franklin Park

A picture postcard shows a view of Scarboro (also Scarborough) Pond and bridge in Franklin Park in Boston. Named after an early settler of the area, construction of the pond was completed in July 1894. Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge designed the stone arch bridge.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195343

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.071

Panorama showing Duck Pond Bridge, Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.

A picture postcard shows a panoramic view of a duck pond and stone arch bridge in Franklin Park in Boston.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195344

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.072

A resting place, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

A picture postcard shows a view of a resting area with a stone and wood shelter in Franklin Park in Boston.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195345

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.073

Refectory, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

A picture postcard shows an exterior view of The Refectory, the restaurant in Franklin Park in Boston. Hartwell & Richardson, 60 Devonshire Street in Boston, designed the building which was completed in 1895. The building featured a pergola, a rooftop garden, and private dining rooms. The archietctu...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195346

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.074

Christmas card from the Pinckney Club Restaurant, Pinckney Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The text reads "Greetings from the Oldest House on Beacon Hill." The image is the George Middleton House at 5 Pinckney Street on Beacon Hill.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195347

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.6410.002

Boston, Mass., feeding the ducks at Franklin Park

A picture postcard shows a group of four girls feeding ducks on the bank of a stream in Franklin Park in Boston.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195348

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.075

Inside of bird cage, Franklin Park, Boston, Mass.

A picture postcard shows a variety of birds in the bird cage in the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195349

Ref. Code: PC001.03.01.TMP.076

Quarry at Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1887

A view of the quarry in Franklin Park in Boston. This may be the quarry on Schoolmaster Hill. The view is from the bottom of the quarry upwards to the top. Workers seem to be examining the stone on the face of the quarry. At the bottom, there are two horse-drawn carts. At the top of the quarry, a c...

Date: ca. 1887

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195350

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.003

Quarry and derrick at Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1887

A view of the top of the quarry in Franklin Park in Boston. This may be the quarry on Schoolmaster Hill. A work building on pilings overhangs the quarry. A road leads down to the bottom of the quarry. A streetlight stands next to the road. The derrick is positioned over the quarry beyond the buildin...

Date: ca. 1887

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195351

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.004

New Circuit, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the construction of Circuit Drive in Franklin Park in Boston. Workers build the roadway using horse-drawn carts. A man wearing a bowler hat and overalls stands in the middle of the road. "Circuit Drive was designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted as a road for carriages throug...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195352

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.005

Charles W. Howard and wife on a derrick trestle, Franklin Park Quarry, Roxbury, Mass., ca. 1887

Charles W. Howard and his wife stand on the face of the rock near the top of the quarry in Franklin Park in Boston. This may be the quarry on Schoolmaster Hill.

Date: ca. 1887

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195353

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.006

Scarboro Pond, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

A large group of people ice skate on frozen Scarboro Pond (also known as Scarborough Pond) in Frank Park in Boston.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195354

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.007

Williams Home looking towards Forest Hills, Franklin Park, Roxbury, Mass.

A distant view along a road of the Williams Home in Franklin Park in Boston. The two-story Italianate building has a bell and flagpole on its roof. A group of men work near the road in the left foreground.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195355

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.008

Construction of overlook wall at Franklin Park, Jamaica Plain [Roxbury], Mass.

A view of the construction of the wall of the Overlook, a building that combined a scenic viewing platform and changing facilities for people using the fields in the Playstead area of Franklin Park in Boston. Several men operate a derrick. The building was partially constructed of boulders from the ...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195356

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.009

Franklin Park from west end of overlook looking north, Roxbury, Mass.

A view of the construction of the Overlook, a building that combined a scenic viewing platform and changing facilities for people using the fields in the Playstead area of Franklin Park in Boston. A large group of men work on the wall and the road in front of the structure. There are many horse-draw...

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195357

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.2540.0420.010

Paper china plate featuring Mrs. McKinley and Mrs. Bryant, 1896

This paper plate printed to look like fine china is illustrated with portraits of Ida (Saxton) McKinley and Mary (Baird) Bryan, wives of the main opposing candidates in the 1896 presidential election (William McKinley and William Jennings Bryan). The plate also depicts the McKinley and Bryan homes a...

Date: 1896

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195551

Ref. Code: EP001.01.092.01.01.003

Prize contest for the best and most original limericks on Pantasote Leathers, offered by the Pantasote Company,11 Broadway, New York, New York

Pantasote coverings and furniture are promoted through a limerick contest. The back cover has a color chart.

Date: 1908

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195552

Ref. Code: EP001.12.013.002.013

Trade card for Griffith-Stillings Press, Stillings Building, 368 Congress Street, Boston, Mass., undated

The Griffith-Stillings Press was a continuation of two separate companies from Boston and Holyoke, Massachusetts. The card is illustrated with a man using an ink spreader.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195555

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.001

Advertisement for rattan chairs, manufactured by Wakefield Rattan Company, Boston, Mass., 1872

Advertisement originally printed in Scribner's Magazine. The piece describes two of the chairs made by the Wakefield Rattan Company along with addresses for several of the retail outlets that sold them.

Date: 1872

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195556

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.03.01.002

Advertisement for parlor and bedroom furniture, manufactured by Henry L. Albee & Company, Boston, Mass., undated

Originally printed in the "Strangers Guide to Boston" this advertisement features an illustration of a parlor bed and a sofa bed. Both are ornate and decorated with carved wood. The company also sells mattresses and other bedding pieces.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195557

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.02.01.001

Billhead for J.S. Paine, importer and manufacturer of fashionable furniture, 44 Canal St., Boston, Mass., May 1, 1872

Bill head from a May 1, 1872 sale of furniture to Mr. S. Merchant Jr. The Paine Company made furnishings and bedding supplies (such as the listed hair mattress). The bill head is illustrated with an ornate bed frame.

Date: 1872-05-01

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195558

Ref. Code: EP001.01.050.02.01.01.002

Trade card for the Murdock Parlor Grate Co., grates, 21 Washington and 87 Friend Streets, Boston, Mass., undated

The botton of the lower image reads "Printed by Wright & Potter Printing Company on a Universal Press."

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195564

Ref. Code: EP001.01.008.03.01.004

Trade card for Jones, McDuffee & Stratton, crockery, china, lamps, 51 to 59 Federal Street, 120 Franklin Street, Boston, Mass., 1882

The business has six floors of wholesale and retail items.

Date: 1882

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195565

Ref. Code: EP001.01.055.01.01.011

Brochure for the Electric Argand Burner, 65 candle power, location unknown, undated

The Argand Burner is the principal focus of the front and verso cover images but the two cherubs in the background appear to be using an early telephone.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195566

Ref. Code: EP001.01.071.01.04.022

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.

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.

Collection: General photographic collection

GUSN: 195578

Ref. Code: PC001.02.01.USMA.0340.3890.002

Packaging label for Nutfield brand Bartlett pears, produced for H.P. Hood & Sons, Boston, Mass., ca. 1909

Label for Nutfield brand canned pears. The label has four sections, two large and two small. The large labels are the Nutfield brand with a large Bartlett pear and the H.P. Hood logo with Jersey Belle.

Date: ca. 1909

Collection: H.P. Hood Company records

GUSN: 195579

Ref. Code: CC001.TMP.001

Printing example of illuminated capital letters, no. 2, as produced by Louis Prang, Boston, Mass., undated

Example of illuminated capital letters (A-H), engraved and published by L. Prang and Company.

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195580

Ref. Code: EP001.01.094.02.01.002

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?"

Collection: Ephemera collection

GUSN: 195584

Ref. Code: EP001.01.045.07.01.001

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