A black and white photo of a man on a ladder. Office of War Informatio...
Actual size of negative is E (approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divisi... More
Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Before conversion to war prod...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Boston Water Works, Fisher Hill Reservoir & Gatehouse, Fisher Avenue, ...
Significance: The Fisher Hill reservoir was built in 1887 to the designs of city architect Arthur Vinal, who also designed the High Service Pumping Station, a few hundred yards distant in Brighton, at the same ... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, McMyler Crane, 97 East Howard S...
Significance: The McMyler Hammerhead Crane of 1916; 1929 is among the oldest and is the largest of the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard's outfitting cranes. It is significant as an excellent example of an extensivel... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Wellesley Town Hall, 525 Washington Street, Wellesley, Norfolk County,...
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Milestones C, F, G, K, FFF & JJJ, Various Milton locations, Milton, No...
Survey number: HABS MA-128-1 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Milestones C, F, G, K, FFF & JJJ, Various Milton locations, Milton, No...
Survey number: HABS MA-128-1 Public domain photograph of a graveyard monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, N...
Significance: The 1835 mill is typical in scale of New England fabric production at the time, but is unusual because it was based on Rhode Island stone mills, rather than the more usual brick type found in Mass... More
Lynch-O'Gorman House, 41 Mason Terrace, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-959 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MA-150 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction
Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MA-150 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction
Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MA-150 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction
Shaw-Souther House, Highland Avenue, Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-231 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Wellman-Seaver Crane, 97 Howard...
Significance: Erected in 1901, Structure No. 30S, the Wellman-Seaver Folding Gantry Crane, or Crane S-1, is significant as the oldest and longest-operating crane in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. Located on P... More
New Haven Railroad Station, Wyman Street, Stoughton, Norfolk County, M...
Significance: Historically important in railroad history and to the growth of the town. Survey number: HABS MA-972 Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Governor Jonathan Belcher Place, 401 Adams Street, Milton, Norfolk Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS MA-196 Building/structure dates: 1781 Initial Construction
Reverend Nehemiah Hobart House, Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
William H. Winn House, 99 Pond Road (moved from New Bridge Avenue & Wi...
House was dismantled and moved in 1938 from Burlington, MA to Wellesley, MA Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1961 Su... More
William H. Winn House, 99 Pond Road (moved from New Bridge Avenue & Wi...
House was dismantled and moved in 1938 from Burlington, MA to Wellesley, MA Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1961 Su... More
Fisher-Whiting House, 218 Cedar Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-76 Survey number: HABS MA-114
Fisher-Whiting House, 218 Cedar Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-76 Survey number: HABS MA-114
Jonathan Fairbanks House, 511 East Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Jonathan Fairbanks House, 511 East Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Adams Mansion Flower Garden, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...
Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...
Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More
Colonel Josiah Quincy House, 20 Muirhead Street, Quincy, Norfolk Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-77 Survey number: HABS MA-2-42 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001274
Colonel Josiah Quincy House, 20 Muirhead Street, Quincy, Norfolk Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-77 Survey number: HABS MA-2-42 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001274
Boston & Albany Railroad, Kingsbury Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & A...
Significance: The Kingsbury Street Bridge is one of only twelve known surviving double-intersection Warren pony trusses in New England. It was one of many bridges manufactured and erected for the Boston & Alba... More
Governor Thomas Hutchinson House (Wing), 195 Adams Street, Milton, Nor...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Milestones L, M, N & O, Washington Street, Canton, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-128-7 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Apprentice School, 97 East Howa...
Significance: Constructed in 1916 and enlarged in 1943, the Apprentice School housed the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard training school for nearly 70 years. With the exception of welding, the courses of instructio... More
Hunnewell Cottage, 848 Washington Street, Wellesley, Norfolk County, M...
Significance: This is an exceptional example of the Queen Anne style, reported to be the first true Queen Anne structure in the United States. It is part of the Hunnewell Estates Hist. Dist., a well preserved ... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Dravo Cranes, 97 East Howard St...
Significance: The versatile Dravo Cranes are significant as an integral component of several phases of the shipbuilding processes at the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard from the early 1940s to 1984. Survey number: ... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, American Revolver Crane, 97 Eas...
Significance: Located on Pier 2, the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the shipyard, Structure 25S, a 37.5-ton American Revolver Crane, is significant for its association with the upgrading of the Quincy-Fo... More
John S. Fogg Shoe Factory, 4-10 Union Street, Columbian Square, Weymou...
Significance: Weymouth history has been closely tied with that of shoemaking in Massachusetts, and, in the 19th century, "Weymouth Grade" was synonymous with high quality. By the 1760s, the town had left the h... More
Samuel Atherton House, 449 Central Street, Stoughton, Norfolk County, ...
Survey number: HABS MA-200 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Birthplace, 83 Beals Street, Brookline, Norfol...
Significance: The birthplace (May 19, 1917) and boyhood home of John F. Kennedy, U.S. representative and senator and 35th President of the United States. Assassinated November 22, 1963. Survey number: HABS MA... More
Captain William Wildes House, 872 Commercial Street, Weymouth, Norfolk...
Significance: A late eighteenth-century architectural remnant of the Georgian period, the Captain William Wildes House is associated with Brigadier General Solomon Lovell. Wildes was Lovell's son-in-law; Lovel... More
Captain William Wildes House, 872 Commercial Street, Weymouth, Norfolk...
Significance: A late eighteenth-century architectural remnant of the Georgian period, the Captain William Wildes House is associated with Brigadier General Solomon Lovell. Wildes was Lovell's son-in-law; Lovel... More
House on Winter Street, Quincy, Massachusetts. Because of lack of park...
Public domain photograph of the 1930s, United States, cars, streets, John Kennedy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Putting on the skin" of this rowing shell was the type of work former...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Conversion. Rowing shells to life rafts. Smooth and shiny as satin ins...
Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Aug 1897. 6 Sheet(s). Massachusetts fire insurance map. Sanborn fire insurance maps are detailed maps of cities and towns produced by the Sanborn Map Company for the purpose of assessing fire insurance liab... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
Fairsted, 99 Warren Street, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: Purchased by Olmsted in 1883, the house was remodeled before his death in 1903, and remodeled and added to until 1980 when it was declared a National Historic Site (National Park Service). The Fre... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, 97 East Howard Street, Quincy, ...
Significance: Throughout its more than eighty year history, the General Dynamics Corporation/Quincy-Fore River Shipyard was one of the leading private shipyards in the United States. Producing both military an... More
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Adams Mansion, 135 Adams Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
2 Unnumbered cover drawing sheets. Significance: It shows the difference in size demanded by people of moderate wealth in 1731 and 1800. It shows an attempt in 1797 to fit the additions with the original 1731 ... More
Norfolk Manufacturing Company Cotton Mill, 90 Milton Street, Dedham, N...
Significance: The 1835 mill is typical in scale of New England fabric production at the time, but is unusual because it was based on Rhode Island stone mills, rather than the more usual brick type found in Mass... More
Lynch-O'Gorman House, 41 Mason Terrace, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-959 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lynch-O'Gorman House, 41 Mason Terrace, Brookline, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-959 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MA-150 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction
Shepard-Hinckley House, 264 Brook Road, Milton, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-613 Building/structure dates: ca. 1805 Initial Construction
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Outfitting Pier No. 2, 97 East ...
Significance: Constructed in circa 1901 and substantially rebuilt in 1940/40, Pier 2 is significant as the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. It has been an integral componen... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, Outfitting Pier No. 2, 97 East ...
Significance: Constructed in circa 1901 and substantially rebuilt in 1940/40, Pier 2 is significant as the oldest and primary outfitting pier in the Quincy-Fore River Shipyard. It has been an integral componen... More
Shaw-Souther House, Highland Avenue, Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-231 Building/structure dates: 1794 Initial Construction
Milestones H, I, CCC, DDD & EEE, Various Quincy locations, Quincy, Nor...
Survey number: HABS MA-128-6 Building/structure dates: ca. 1730 Initial Construction
Captain Robert Bennett Forbes House, 215 Adams Street, Milton, Norfol...
Survey number: HABS MA-975 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000651
New Haven Railroad Station, Wyman Street, Stoughton, Norfolk County, M...
Significance: Historically important in railroad history and to the growth of the town. Survey number: HABS MA-972 Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Milestones GG & OOO, Various Brookline locations, Brookline, Norfolk C...
Survey number: HABS MA-128-3 Building/structure dates: 1810 Initial Construction
Governor Jonathan Belcher Place, 401 Adams Street, Milton, Norfolk Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS MA-196 Building/structure dates: 1781 Initial Construction
Governor Jonathan Belcher Place, 401 Adams Street, Milton, Norfolk Cou...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-22 Survey number: HABS MA-196 Building/structure dates: 1781 Initial Construction
Dr. Amos Holbrook Place, 203 Adams Street, Milton, Norfolk County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-46 Survey number: HABS MA-232 Building/structure dates: 1801 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1842 Subsequent Work Building/struct... More
Reverend Nehemiah Hobart House, Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reverend Nehemiah Hobart House, Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
William H. Winn House, 99 Pond Road (moved from New Bridge Avenue & Wi...
House was dismantled and moved in 1938 from Burlington, MA to Wellesley, MA Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-34 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1961 Su... More
Cobb's Tavern, 36 Bay Street, Sharon, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-336 Building/structure dates: ca. 1740 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1797
Jonathan Fairbanks House, 511 East Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jonathan Fairbanks House, 511 East Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jonathan Fairbanks House, 511 East Street, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
John Quincy Adams Birthplace, 141 Franklin Street, Quincy, Norfolk Cou...
Significance: John Quincy Adams was born in this house. During the War of Independence, the house was the residence of and the law office of John Quincy Adam's father, John. The house exhibits typical New Eng... More
John Quincy Adams Birthplace, 141 Franklin Street, Quincy, Norfolk Cou...
Significance: John Quincy Adams was born in this house. During the War of Independence, the house was the residence of and the law office of John Quincy Adam's father, John. The house exhibits typical New Eng... More
John Adams Birthplace, 133 Franklin Street, Quincy, Norfolk County, MA
Significance: This house was the original homestead of the Adams family and the birthplace of John Adams. The original portion of the house exhibits typical New England saltbox architecture. Unprocessed Field... More
Ellis Stone Barn, Boylston Street, Wellesley, Norfolk County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-8 Survey number: HABS MA-145 Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Initial Construction
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...
Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More
General Dynamics Corporation Shipyard, XYZ Crane & Towers, 97 East How...
Significance: The XYZ Crane & Towers is significant for its association with nearly 70 years of shipbuilding at the Quincy-Fore River shipyard, functioning as an assembly crane for early submarine construction ... More
Colonel Josiah Quincy House, 20 Muirhead Street, Quincy, Norfolk Count...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-77 Survey number: HABS MA-2-42 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 97001274
Caryl Parsonage, Dedham Street, Dover, Norfolk County, MA
Survey number: HABS MA-357 Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hunnewell Cottage, 848 Washington Street, Wellesley, Norfolk County, M...
Significance: This is an exceptional example of the Queen Anne style, reported to be the first true Queen Anne structure in the United States. It is part of the Hunnewell Estates Hist. Dist., a well preserved ... More
Edward M. Richards House, Highland Avenue, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-57 Survey number: HABS MA-258
Edward M. Richards House, Highland Avenue, Dedham, Norfolk County, MA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-57 Survey number: HABS MA-258
Spring Street Bridge, Spanning Charles River between Dedham & Boston, ...
Significance: The Spring Street Bridge is one of only two known stone arch highway bridges having more than four arches, as identified in the Massachusetts Department of Public Works database. The bridge is si... More