The massacre perpetrated in King Street Boston on March 5th 1770, ...
Print shows British troops firing on citizens in Boston. Caption continues: in which Messrs Saml. Gray, Saml. Maverick, James Caldwell, Crispus Attucks, Patrick Carr were killed, six other wounded, two of them... More
Particular draughts and plans of some of the principal towns and harbo...
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A sketch of the action between the British forces and the American pro...
Scale ca. 1:13,800. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Indexed for points of military interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Maps of North America, 1750-178... More
A view of Boston taken on the road to Dorchester
We Are One: This 1776 landscape scene, published in the maritime atlas The Atlantic Neptune, depicts Boston as it appeared to a person approaching the town from the south. Shepherds tend their flocks in the for... More
Document of indenture: Servent: Tuckerman, Jacob. Master: Warren, Jame...
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John Malcom / dessiné et gravé par F. Godefroy.
Depicts event of January 25, 1774 when Boston Commissioner of Customs John Malcom (or Malcomb) was tarred and feathered and hung out his window by an angry mob.
One hour of American slavery is fraught with more misery than ages of ...
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All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain in...
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Sally Sampson to Lloyd G. Sampson, Duxbury, Massachusetts
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Sheet of Fabric Labels with Sixteen Views of Buildings in Boston, New ...
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View of Beacon Street, Boston - Drawing. Public domain image.
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The liberator. v.11:no.28(1841:July 9)
Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library
View of the merchants exchange. Boston, Massachusetts.
This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Thayer, B.W., & Co. Copyright deposit, District Court of Mass.: 1842
The Prize Song, "The Whig Chief"...dedicated...to Henry Clay, by the B...
Three oval views of Clay's birthplace, Hanover, Ky.; Clay's residence "Ashland"; and White House, Wash., D.C. LOT subdivision subject: Birthplace and Homes. Title and other information transcribed from caption ... More
The destruction of tea at Boston Harbor / lith. & pub. by Sarony & Maj...
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General view, Charlestown Navy Yard, Stereoscope Card
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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Miss Hodges of Salem
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Thurbers' fruit preserves and jellies / Forbes Co., Boston & N.Y.
Advertising card for Thurbers' fruit preserves and jellies, showing seven little girls with jars of preserves and jelly on shelves.
View in Navy Yard, showing Bunker Hill Monument and the training ship,...
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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Classroom in the Emerson School for Girls
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Josiah Johnson Hawes - Charles Sumner, 19th century
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Minute representation of American Line of battleship, with explanation...
Minute representation of American Line of battleship, with explanations. This ship of war has 5 decks namely, from top to the water-line, lettered: S, spar or maindeck; T, berth-deck; U, upper gun-deck; V, lowe... More
Fellow citizens of Massachusetts! : Read and consider
This broadside publicizes the arrest of the fugitive slave Anthony Burns, who escaped from Richmond, Virginia and made his way to Boston where, on May 24th, 1854, he was arrested. While he was awaiting trial fo... More
Treasury Office-- city of Boston. Ward No. [blank] Your tax for the ye...
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 68, Folder 21g.
Enrolled men of Reading!! The subscribers, Selectmen of Reading, hereb...
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 14.
Boston, Massachusetts. Old Corner Bookstore
Old Corner Book Store: School and Washington Sts. Built 1712 Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Houses: Old Guild Home, corner of Washington and Bartlett St., Roxbury...
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Wakefield, Massachusetts : diagram showing the first ten miles of the ...
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Massachusetts. City of Boston - Engraving, Public domain image
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West front and towers of York Minster, York, England
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Interior view of bookshelves at the Old Corner Book Store
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J. Weild, baker advertising card, Somerville, Massachusetts
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The Hichborn House, Boston Massachusetts
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Iceman and helper with Jamaica Pond Ice Co. wagon, Boston, Massachuset...
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Untitled (class photograph), Boston Massachusetts
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Park Street, Boston Massachusetts
Park St. The State House and Boston Common Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Observation lesson, George Putnam School, class . . .
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Brimmer School - interior - 6th class, 3rd division
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Reading lesson in a grammar class.
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Girls' High & Latin Schools' building, class I - 6th year Greek compos...
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Charlestown High School - eight girls leaning up against wall racks
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Union Oyster House, Union Street, estab. 1826
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Phillips School, Pinckney Street
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Johnson School, Tremont Street - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: Three girls sitting on the gras...
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John’s, Newfoundland 1858–1924 New York)
Large Boston Public Garden Sketchbook: A mother pushing her baby in a ...
Maurice Brazil Prendergast (American, St. John’s, Newfoundland 1858–1924 New York)
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Boston Public Library. Hall at the head of the main stairway
Boston Public Library McKim Building main staircase & "Muses" by Puvis de Chavannes Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Boston Athenaeum, Boston Massachusetts
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Charlestown High School (girls exercising on bars against the wall)
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Statue of Col. Prescott, Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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Maternity building, New England Hospital for Women & Children, Dimock ...
Title from jacket. "39" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068111. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plat...
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Daniel Webster Statue, State House grounds, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Boston Public Library. Bates Hall
Boston Public Library, Copley Square. Bates Hall Courtesy of Boston Public Library
[Charles Park, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, about 1902]...
Maud Wood Park Collection. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1980:192, container 1, folder 5.
Count Reginald Ward, portrait bust, copyright: J.E. Purdy, Boston / J....
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Y.M.C.A. building, Boston, Mass.
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The State House, Boston, Massachusetts. postcard
Postcard shows close up view, front and side elevation, of Massachussets State House with additional side wings, copper dome, and equestrian statue of General Joseph Hooker on the left. People walking near the... More
Dedication of Christian Science Church, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Joseph Pennell - St. Bride's, from Pilgrim St.
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Lower State Street, ferry and harbor from Board of Trade building, Aug...
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Emmeline Pankhurst Defends Militant Methods; page 2
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Pupil, Teachers of the Steamer Class in the Washington School. Locatio...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Miscellaneous. Hine no. 944. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs ... More
Immigrants in night school. Location: Boston, Massachusetts.
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Boston Elevated Railway. Equipment. Cambridge subway car
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[Joe Wood, Boston AL at Fenway Park, Boston (baseball)]
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[25-ton door, safe deposit vault, main office, Old Colony Trust Compan...
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[Suffragist Margaret Foley distributing the Woman's Journal and Suffra...
Title derived by Library of Congress staff. Summary: Photograph of Margaret Foley (right?) and an unidentified woman (left), both carrying pocketbooks and wearing fur-trimmed hats and fur stoles, standing outsi... More
[Hank Gowdy, Lefty Tyler, Joey Connolly, Boston NL (baseball)]
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[Gavvy Cravath, Philadelphiadelphia NL & Tris Speaker, Boston AL (base...
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Joseph Pennell - The Woolworth building
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Original Artifacts that Inspired the Archeology ABCs Coloring Book - S...
Photographs of artifacts that inspired the archeology ABCs coloring book pages. Book index at bottom.
Trolley Turning onto Bunker Hill Street from Chelsea Street
This photograph is a view of a trolley at the intersection of Chelsea Street and Bunker Hill Street. Theodore Crawford v. Boston Elevated Railway Company
American Red Cross - Groups - Personnel of American Red Cross Mission ...
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Beacon Street residence being demolished (next to State House) Young c...
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Old North Church, Boston, Massachusetts
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Interior - A black and white photo of a cabinet in a room
Studio with cabinet. Courtesy of Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Behind the scenes at the "Central" Library
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Boston. North End, Boston Massachusetts
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Amelia Earhart of transatlantic fame is received by President Coolidge...
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mass. The Museum of Fine Arts occupies the unique position of being one of the few museums in the world, created and supported by private citizens. Its collections of Chinese, Japan... More
Greetings from Delaware -- state capitol in Dover, state flower the pe...
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Main Street, Roxboro, N. C. postcard
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Greetings from Iowa - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection
State flower the Iowa rose. State capital in Des Moines. Nickname - Hawkeye State. 1940 Population- 2,538,268. Area in sq. miles - 56,147. Entered the Union, Dec. 28, 1846 . Courtesy of Boston Public Library
You don't know beans until you come to Boston
Boston is famous not only for its "Beans" but is recognized as the commercial and industrial center of New England. The historic associations of Boston are a patriotic inspiration to people from all over the Un... More
Old South Church, Boston, Mass.
The Old South Church is a familiar Bostonian landmark. It dates back to Revolutionary Days and contains a splendid display of historic relics. Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Greetings from Wahpeton, North Dakota
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Broadway, Portland, Oregon - The Tichnor Brothers Postcard Collection
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Greetings from Ybor City, Florida
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The Ohio Bank Bldg., Toledo, Ohio
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Greetings from St. Louis, Mo. postcard
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Miami skyline at night as seen from MacArthur Causeway, Miami, Florida
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The Philadelphia Inquirer Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Aerial view of Portsmouth, looking toward, Norfolk, Va.
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Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Greetings from Detroit, Michigan
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Greetings from Nashville, Tennessee
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