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Battle between Portuguese and Indians and Garasu near the harbor of Ma...

Illus. in: Theodor de Bry, America, Frankfurt, p. 5. Reference copy may be in LOT 4411. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

An elegiack tribute to the sacred dust of the Reverend and worthy Mr. ...

Positive Photostat.; Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 33, Folder 13.

DCM 1287: William Sherman Haynes Flute

DCM ledger: "Designed for lecture demonstrations, on harmonic tones, and complex quality due to overtones.... Only tones: C, C#, D." Instrument type: Flute Medium: Silver.; 67.7 cm. Key Holes System: 2 keys, f... More

Castle William, a British fortification on an island in Boston Harbor

Drawing shows a distant view of Castle William, a British fortification on an island in Boston Harbor. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Lib... More

A Map of forty miles north, thirty miles west, and twentyfive miles so...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

In Congress, May 17, 1775. Resolved that all exportations to Quebec, N...

Photographic copy.; Not in Ford or Evans.; Stamped on verso: 452. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Prin... More

A perspective view of the salt works in Salisbury, New England

Print shows view of a salt works on the Merrimack River, near Newburyport, Massachusetts, with large meadow in the foreground. Engrav'd for the Penna. Magazine. Illus. in: The Pennsylvania Magazine: or America... More

A plan of Boston, and its environs, shewing the true situation of His ...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes "References" to points of military and general interest. Oriented with north toward the upper right. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 932 Available also through the Librar... More

Die Einwohner von Boston wersen den englisch-ostindischen Thee ins Mee...

Print shows citizens of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarding ships in Boston Harbor and throwing chests of tea overboard, one of twelve scenes depicting the history of the American Revolution. S. 74. [Plate]... More

[Three women working in shoe factory - Lynn, Massachusetts]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Horizontal and vertical planes/ room interior]

In album: "Principles of Perspective". Album not signed; attribution based on inscription inside cover "Indentified as belonging to Charles Bulfinch, & in his handwriting. Ellen L. Bulfinch, Nov. 13, 1894." Fro... More

Bobalition of slavery - Public domain portrait print

Another in the series of "bobalition" broadsides, marking the July 14 celebration of the anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. (See no. 1819-2). The text, facetiously dated "Uly 14teenth 18 hundred ... More

The little magician's sleight of hand performance. An absquabulating s...

Again the theme of corruption in the Van Buren administration, here centering on the President's "Sub-Treasury" or independent treasury program, passed by Congress in July 1840. A large frigate "United States,... More

East view of the village of North Bridgewater, Massachusetts. 1844.

LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 315 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. "From a lithograph in possession of Mr. R. C. Kimball." Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1; 710/2

The Massachusetts hoar, outwitted, or hopping-John, and Johnny-cake, f...

An imaginative but puzzling commentary on sectional tensions over slavery between New England abolitionists and southern agrarian slaveholders. In his sweeping satire the artist also portrays a considerable hos... More

Levi Woodbury / Rowse ; from a daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes ; J...

Print shows Levi Woodbury, half-length portrait, facing right. Inscribed in ink at bottom right: Briggs Coll. 41499. Sheet cropped and appears to have been removed from a bound volume.

Martin L. Bradford & Co. cutlery hardware and fishing tackle. 142 Wash...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 82, Folder 9.

The New Masonic Temple - Boston

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Home of Daniel Webster, Marshfield, Massachusetts

Wood engraving from Harper's Monthly, Vol. 6, 1852. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

The Peabody Institute at the time of the address of welcome. South Dan...

Illus. in: Proceedings at the reception and dinner in honor of George Peabody, esq. of London, by the citizens of the old town of Danvers, October 9, 1856. To which is appended an historical sketch of the Peab... More

A.B. Young (of Boston) Supervising Architect, Treasury Department.

Photograph shows portrait of Ammi B. Young. Attributed to Walker based on date, subject matter, and size of print. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:057).

Harbor sail! The Sloop Shave, will leave Long Wharf this evening, at o...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 64, Folder 38.

[Robert B. Hall, Representative from Massachusetts, Thirty-fifth Congr...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 22. Each item includes subject's origi... More

George L. Andrews, Colonel of 2nd Massachusetts. Infantry

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 1470. Corresponding print is in LOT 4192. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congres... More

British lamentation and Green on the cape. Sold wholesale and retail, ...

Public domain song - scan of American song sheet, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Waltham Bank five hundred dollar private bank note proof]

Print shows vignette of Civil War soldiers with cannon, American flag, and fort in the background. On verso: Deposited April 8, 1862. The Waltham bank, proprs. See vol. 37, p. 172.

[The Waltham Bank one hundred dollar private bank note proof]

Print shows vignettes of sailors on wharf with steamship; girl and boy with grazing cows and sheep; and factory. On verso: Deposited April 8, 1862. The Waltham bank, proprs. See vol. 37, p. 173.

Carroll & Queen's double cloc dance / J. H. Bufford's lith., Boston.

Two men performing dance. Copyright by Oliver Ditson & Co. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A table embracing all the elementary combinations of numbers in additi...

On verso: 1022. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 71, Folder 20a.

Dancing and waltzing academy. Mr. Joseph B. Brown respectfully gives n...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 71, Folder 47.

[Prisoner's letter envelope addressed to Dr. Geo. Brown, Barre[?], Mas...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The solar gaz machine. O. P. Drake's latest improvement for lighting w...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 72, Folder 12.

Governor Dillingham, of Vermont / photographed by Black & Case, Boston...

Three illustrations: one showing head-and-shoulders portrait of Governor Paul Dillingham; one showing the oldest fire engine in the United States; and the other showing people digging in garbage dump looking fo... More

Neapolitan ice cream ... The subscriber takes this method to inform th...

Public domain scan of the book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The legend of Salem: "The Reverend George Burroughs was accused of wit...

George Burroughs, full-length portrait, standing in courtroom, facing left, with hands in chains. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 31, (1871 Feb. 4), p. 345

U. S. Grant. / N.T.H. ; CC ; from life by N.T. Hartshorn ; imp. Chas. ...

Print shows Ulysses S. Grant, bust portrait, facing slightly right. Signed on stone "N.T.H." on left, and "CC" on right. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by N.T. Hartshorn, in the office o... More

Topographical map of Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Mass

Scale 1:2,400; 200 ft. to the in. Insets: Pittsfield.--Tillotson & Collin's Mills, town of Pittsfield. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

[Charles Carleton Coffin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right] /...

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chester, Massachusetts., 1885 /, engraving, Library of Congress

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image -... More

[Mabel Hubbard Bell, Alexander Graham Bell, Dr. Bartol, Alexander Melv...

Forms part of: Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family (Library of Congress).

Leominster, Massachusetts. 1886. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 305 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus. and index to points of interest. AACR2

Pigeon Cove, Rockport, Essex County, Massachusetts., 1886 /

Bird's-eye view. Relief shown pictorially. Oriented with north to the right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. Imperfect: Stained, darken... More

[Boston boys and General Gage / Henry Bacon, pinx. ]

Photomechanical print by Gebbie & Husson Co., copyrighted by Gebbie & Co. Formerly Oversize Misc., A size, no. 11. Reference copy may be in LOT 4412P. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card... More

[E. C. Tate, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Old Hoss Radbourn, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Bobby Wheelock, Boston Beaneaters, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: Goodwin & Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts., The

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Birthplace of Susan B. Anthony, Adams, Massachusetts] / L.C. Handy-St...

Photograph of a halftone. May Wright Sewall Collection (1890-1920). Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Glimpse of Lake Waban, Wellesley

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

U.S.S. Boston. Warship photograph collection

Picryl description: Public domain image of naval activity, ship, sea, 19th-20th century navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Boston, Mass., Boston Massacre Monument]

Public domain history book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Chicago Naval reserves discharged from U.S.S. Oregon at Charlestown N...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Old powder house, North Somerville, Massachusetts

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "26" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011893. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Gore Hall, Harvard College - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). Negative cracked from chipped right edge. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011352. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Boston, Massachusetts., surgical bldg., New England Hospital for Wome...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

U.S.S. Boston, firing salute - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Boston, Massachusetts., Old State House]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pier at Murray Bay, St. Lawrence River

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

North from Ames Building - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

25754Z1 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; N. L. Stebbins; July 5, 1894. Copyright claimant's address: Boston.

[Boston, Massachusetts., Winter Street; stores include Jameson & Knowl...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic city, cityscape, street view, buildings, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Woman distributing work in a shoe factory, Lynn, Massachusetts.]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Caption card tracings: Massachusetts; Industry & manu.; Women Employment; Shelf.

Pawtucket Falls / by R.E. Westcott.

Photograph showing rapids on the Merrimack River in Lowell, Massachusetts. Illus. in: Picturesque Lowell. Copyright 1896, by T.H. Lawler, Bookseller and Stationer, Lowell, Mass.

[President William McKinley, head-and-shoulders print, facing left] / ...

10551 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Columbia Eng. Co., Boston. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fitting the masonry on government island

Print showsearly stage of construction of Minot's Ledge Lighthouse. Illus. in: New England Magazine, v. 15, no. 2 (1896 October), p. 136. From article: "The building of Minot's ledge lighthouse."

Boston Commons, Massachusetts. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Bird's-eye view of construction, with streetcar in foreground. Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington Elm, Cambridge - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Feeding the pigeons, Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Court Square Theatre Building, Springfield, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Greylock Mountain, Adams, Massachusetts.]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

East from Erskine Park, Lenox, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Pearsons Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts.]

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Massachusettsachusetts State House , Boston, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic Capitol building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Abbot Hall, Marblehead, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Court House, Boston, Massachusetts.] - Public domain image. Dry plate...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic courthouse building, court, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Crane Public Library, Quincy, Massachusetts.

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mounts Tom and Holyoke from U.S. Armory tower, Springfield, Massachuse...

Title from jacket. "2190" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033655. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Steam yacht Montcalm - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat

Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Lodge Room, Paul Revere Lodge, F. + A.M.

Lodge room, Paul Revere Lodge, Brockton, Massachusetts. D4850 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1.

Observatory, Harvard College - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an ancient city, historic place, stone buildings architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Alcove containing books on art, showing cabinets for storing photograp...

Photograph shows photographs in storage cabinets and books on shelves at the public library in Brookline, Massachusetts. Handwritten on recto: "card 91, Brookline Mass. Pub. Lib., 3, 8x10 plates." Stamped on r... More

Hopkins Hall, Williams College, Massachusetts.

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

The Washington room, Longfellow's Wayside Inn, South Sudbury, Massachu...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hawthorne Lane [i.e. Street], East Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Dining room, Ropes Mansion, Salem, Massachusetts.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trial of George Jacobs of Salem for witchcraft

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Fisherman's cabin, Shore Road, Magnolia, Massachusetts.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Doorway, 23 Chestnut St. [i.e. 128 Essex St.,Gardner-White-Pingree Hou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Old South Church [Old South Meeting House], Boston

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Cornfield - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image of fire insurance plan / map, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire insurance map, fire insurance plan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Field Massachusetts - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Public Library of the city of Boston

Historic Sites Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Park Square, Boston, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate n...

Title from jacket. "3458" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034392. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Divinity [School] Library, Harvard College

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wesson Memorial Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts.

Public domain photograph of hospital building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lincoln statue, Park Square, Boston, Massachusetts.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a statue, monument, sculpture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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