Alice Mason, by unknown artist, C. 1670
Portrait of Alice Mason, by an unknown artist, C. 1670. A rare example of American 17th century art. On exhibit in the Long Room of the Old House.
Cabinet, 17th century, Massachusetts, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Public domain photo of a 3d object, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Particular draughts and plans of some of the principal towns and harbo...
Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Tea destroyed by Indians. [1773].
Positive Photostat.; Verse.; Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 3 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection... More
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
Document of indenture: Servent: Tuckerman, Jacob. Master: Warren, Jame...
Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
A new and accurate map of the colony of Massachusets [i.e. Massachuset...
Covers eastern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and small portions of New Hampshire and Vermont. Relief shown pictorially. From Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure, vol. 66, Dec. 1780,... More
The Honorable Samuel Adams, Esq., First Delegate to Congress from Mass...
Public domain reproduction of art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
View of the colleges at Cambridge, Massachusetts / delineated & engrav...
Print shows several buildings on the Harvard College campus, (l. to r.) Holden Chapel, Hollis Hall, Harvard Hall, and Massachusetts Hall.
One hour of American slavery is fraught with more misery than ages of ...
Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
All men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain in...
Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Profile of a proposed route for a canal between Buzzards and Barnstabl...
Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More
Sally Sampson to Lloyd G. Sampson, Duxbury, Massachusetts
Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Mary and Fanny Appleton by Jean Baptiste Isabey, 1836-7
This watercolor miniature double portrait was painted during the Grand Tour of Europe which Mary and Fanny made with their father, Nathan Appleton. Before their return to Boston in 1837 the painting was exhibit... More
Portrait of woman - Jackson Homestead and Museum archives
Portrait, woman head and shoulders in light plaid dress Courtesy of Historic Newton
Portrait of woman - Jackson Homestead and Museum archives
Portrait, woman head and shoulders Courtesy of Historic Newton
Portrait of man - Jackson Homestead and Museum archives
Portrait, man head and shoulders Courtesy of Historic Newton Public domain photograph - 19th-century male studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Map of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and...
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: London and Washington D.C. "Entered according to Act of Congress, July 10th, 1839, by David H. Burr, in the clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Col... More
Pleasant Street Congregational Church, Pleasant and Maple Streets - Ar...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
View of Beacon Street, Boston - Drawing. Public domain image.
Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Arlington Catholic High School graduation - Arlington Mass.
Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gorge between Holyoke and Tom Mrs. Hitchcock del. ; Pendleton's Lithog...
Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Connecticut River as it passes between Holyoke and Mount Tom. Pl. IV. Illus. from: Massachusetts. Geological Survey. Final report on the geology of Massachusetts, by Edward... More
The liberator. v.11:no.28(1841:July 9)
Journal of the times Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Report on guide boards - Brookline public library manuscript collectio...
Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
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
Fanny Longfellow to Emmeline Austin, 22 December 1843
Fanny Longfellow to Emmeline Austin, 22 December 1843
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...
Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, 18th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
General view, Charlestown Navy Yard, Stereoscope Card
Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
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,...
Public domain photograph of train station - Picryl description
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
Dickinson, Mrs. Ethan, Granville, Ohio
Dickinson, Mrs. Ethan, from Barlow album (#28) Courtesy of Granville Public Library
Mount Washington Glass Co. catalog page
Black and white photo of a page from a late 19th century catalog of glassware produced by the Mount Washington Glass Co., New Bedford, Massachusetts. Shows variety of blown glass Burmese ware pieces, including ... More
North Andover, Ashdale Farm, Distant view of perennial garden and will...
Distant view of perennial garden and willows. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center
Fanny Schermerhorn Bridgham - cartes de visite
Portrait of Fanny Schermerhorn Bridgham standing Courtesy of Lenox Library Association
Horse cars had not yet been replaced by trolleys
Durfee, Cedar, Allen and Dartmouth trolley car to Rural Cemetery, New Bedford, drawn by 2 horses, driven by Frank Lincoln standing at left. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library
Old windmill on Kings Highway, Cape Cod, Mass.
Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Eastham is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. It is known for its... More
[Henry Laurens Dawes, senator of Massachusetts., three-quarters length...
Date based on similar image in the Brady-Handy Collection (LC-BH824- 5365).
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.
Bills and Receipts for Services, 1861-1862
Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
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.
Free Hospital for Women, Brookline, Norfolk county, Massachusetts
Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Waltham, interior detail, stairway, Governor Gore Mansion, 1799
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Woman feeding dog; boy on donkey at "Redgate," Marblehead, MA
Public domain photograph - 19th-century studio portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Salem, 31 Summer Street, Samuel McIntire house
Public domain photograph of New England house, building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Album belonging to Marie Levi Williams
Gem tintype album, eight back to back pages, four images per page, 64 unidenified images, plus 2 loose gem tintypes and 1 gem size paper print. Courtesy of Historic Newton
Salem, 170-174 Essex Street, west window, Frank Cousins store
Public domain photograph of New England house, building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Salem, 168 Derby Street, interior detail, wallpaper and double doors, ...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait, Reverend Manasseh Cutler, from painting by Lakeman at the Es...
A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Residence of Dr. J. Herbert Moore, 1339 Beacon Street
Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Salem, 142 Federal Street, Cook-Oliver house, interior detail, mantel,...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Objects, witch pins - Peabody Essex museum
Public domain photograph - New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Beacon Street, Coolidge Corner, Brookline, Massachusetts
Coolidge Corner, intersection of Beacon and Harvard Streets, Brookline, Mass.; aerial (elevated) view of Beacon Street, the S.S. Pierce Building, pedestrians and automobiles; Royal Crown billboard atop building... More
Salem, chestnut tree at the corner of Bridge and Pleasant Street and t...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park alley, trees, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Boston, Massachusetts. Old Corner Bookstore
Old Corner Book Store: School and Washington Sts. Built 1712 Courtesy of Boston Public Library
Runkle School, library, public library hour
Picryl description: Public domain image of a school, preschool, children, education, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Monuments, Lindall family graves, Salem, Charter Street Cemetery
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Historic Springfield Armory Museum
The Springfield Armory first started a museum in 1866. The location has changed throughout the years, but this tradition continues today with the incredible museum at Springfield Armory National Historic Site.
Houses: Old Guild Home, corner of Washington and Bartlett St., Roxbury...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Whaleboats Encircling Whales - New Bedford library collection
Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Engraving of April 1868 trial, Lowell National Historical Park, 1868.
This engraving details the April 1868 removal trial in the Senate following the impeachment. Johnson was acquitted of the charges against him by one vote and remained in office as president until the end of his... More
Tablet to Revolutionary Soldiers, Queency, Massachusetts
(Close-up) Courtesy of Thomas Crane Public Library Public domain photograph - monument, cemetery, graves, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
LaFrance steam fire engine, Quincy, Norfolk county, Massachusetts
Picryl description: Public domain image of a fire engine, cart, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Governor Simon Bradstreet, Warren S. Parker, lantern slide
Public domain scan of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
First train of cars in America - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Picryl description: Public domain image of a cart, carriage, wagon, 18th-19th century design, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wakefield, Massachusetts : diagram showing the first ten miles of the ...
Public domain scan of a vintage map, plan, atlas, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Temple in Egypt - National Parks Gallery
Three Egyptian men pose near immense columns of temple at Luxor or Thebes in Egypt. C. 1890 Collected by Charles Appleton Longfellow.Archives Number (1008-2-2-2-123)Courtesy of Longfellow House-Washington's H... More
Charm of the East--Chewing tobacco--O.P. Shattuck, Worcester, Massachu...
Tobacco label showing half-length portrait of a woman holding a tray with carafe and glass. 1086C(?) U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Allen & Ellis.
Reward of Merit, Washington Massachusetts
Washington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the western part of the state and has a population of around 2,982 people.
Reward of Merit, Washington Massachusetts
Washington is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located in the western part of the state and has a population of around 2,982 people.
Massachusetts. City of Boston - Engraving, Public domain image
Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Artemus Bullard from "History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, fr...
This image has been taken from scan 000219 from "History of the Town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876 ... Compiled by Rev. William A. Benedict ... and Rev. Hiram A. Tracy. [With plates, including a p... More
Massachusetts - on the crest of the wave - a Nantucket fisherman retur...
Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 49, no. 1252 (1879 Sept. 27), p. 57. Reference copy may be in SSF (Graphic) - Fishing Misc. 187... More
East Sudbury's book of records for births, deaths, marriages &c.c., Se...
This volume contains: Births are on book pages 1 through 75; Deaths from book pages 77 to 121; Marriages intentions cover book pages 141 to 160; Weddings completed are on book pages 162 to 181 and page 190; Pew... More
East Sudbury's book of records for births, deaths, marriages &c.c., Se...
This volume contains: Births are on book pages 1 through 75; Deaths from book pages 77 to 121; Marriages intentions cover book pages 141 to 160; Weddings completed are on book pages 162 to 181 and page 190; Pew... More
Waltham Watch Co. Works, Waltham, Mass - Waltham Watch Company materia...
Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Granville Village School class picture, Granville, Ohio
Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Unidentified woman, Historical Society of Old Yarmouth
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and was first settled ... More
West Granville, Mass., Granville, Ohio
Public domain photograph of park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Quincy Bent memoir - Annisquam, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Three-page typed manuscript regarding old stone business in Annisquam preceding the time of the railroad. Courtesy of Annisquam Historical Society
Bass River water sports postcard
Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, on Cape Cod, and... More
Envelope, Leominster, Massachusetts
Picryl description: Public domain image of stamped postal envelope, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Windmill, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Yarmouth is located in Barnstable County, Massachu... More
J. Weild, baker advertising card, Somerville, Massachusetts
Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.
Interior view of bookshelves at the Old Corner Book Store
Picryl description: Public domain image of Boston, Massachusetts, from Boston Pictorial Archive, New England history, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Assessors' notice! To the inhabitants and other persons liable to pay ...
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 76, Folder 26.
Brockton City Theatre Poster - Mixed pickles - Brockton, Massachusetts
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brockton City Theatre Poster - Fanchon, the cricket - Brockton, Massac...
Public domain scan of theatrical performance poster, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The new leader and the old chorus / Gillam.
Illustration shows John Logan labeled "New Leader" of the Republican Party, the "party of Reform and Puritee", holding a paper that states "Logan Speec[h] at Boston July 1885", standing in the street between th... More
The Hichborn House, Boston Massachusetts
The Hichborn House. North Square Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain scan of 19th century architectural drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brockton City Theatre Poster - Patience - Brockton, Massachusetts
Public domain scan of theatrical program brochure, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Brockton City Theatre Poster - The Dalys/Upside down - Brockton, Massa...
Public domain scan of theatrical performance poster, printed advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait of Frank Orville Scott / Scott Family Photographs
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Brockton City Theatre Poster - Twelfth night - Brockton, Massachusetts
Public domain reproduction of illuminated book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description