suffolk county

Old State House in 1785 - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Document of indenture: Servant: Hadwell, John. Master: Crosley, John. ...

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Document of indenture: Servant: Kisseth, Ann. Master: Packard, Joseph....

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Miscellaneous household receipts, Duxbury, Massachusetts

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Letter from Mrs. Mary Welsh, Montpelier, Edinburgh, [Scotland], to Mar...

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Grand celebration : In mass meeting, on Independence Day : the manager...

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The Gem 99 Cent Store, Stereoscope Card

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Boston, Massachusetts. Fort Hill Square. North side before demolition

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Boston, 2 Lynde Street, exterior detail, front door, Harrison Gray Oti...

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Localities of one thousand cases of intestinal diseases (diarrhoea, ch...

In 1854, following a series of debilitating cholera outbreaks in London, Dr. John Snow studied patterns of deaths, plotting their locations on a map overlaid with the city’s water districts. He concluded that a... More

Charlestown Square from Charles River Bridge

Charlestown Square from Charles River Bridge. Anniversary of Battle of Bunker Hill Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston Public Schools - Hancock Evening School - advance millinery

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Boston Public Library, Boston Massachusetts

BPL. Construction in the final stages Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Charlestown High School - girls climbing rope

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English High School, Boston Massachusetts

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English High School, Bedford St.

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Immigrant boy salutes flag on ship in Boston harbor

Boston was the second busiest port of entry for new immigrants in the early 20th century. Between 1900-1910, over 530,000 immigrants arrived at the docks in Boston. The proportion of foreign-born residents in B... More

Faulkner Hospital first floor plan

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Train station Forest Hills - Public domain photograph.

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Map of Massachusetts - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Young's Hotel, August 16, 1907 - Boston pictorial archive

Young's Hotel: Court St. Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Suffrage Parade, 1914 - National Parks Gallery

Suffragists marching in front of the Robert Gould Shaw/Massachusetts 54th Memorial, 1914.

Boston Public Library. Bates Hall catalogue. Agnes C. Doyle

Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Bates Hall catalogue: Agnes C. Doyle Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Students in the darkroom

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Paul Revere waiting for the signal from the Old North Church Tower

Paul Revere waited patiently on the night of April 18, 1775, for the signal from the Old North Church Belfry. Having received the signal that the British were marching to Lexington, he began his daring ride thr... More

Fenway Park -- Home of the Boston Red Sox, Boston, Mass.

Fenway Park -- Home of the Boston Red Sox Baseball Team of the American League. It is located in Boston's Kenmore Square section, at Jersey and Lansdowne Streets and has a seating capacity of 35,000. It was ope... More

Munnatawket Beach and cottages, Fishers Island, N. Y.

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1940 Census Enumeration District Maps - Massachusetts - Suffolk County...

Enumeration District Maps for Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Gil Smith R Sloop PAULINE, Long Island Maritime Museum, West Sayville,...

Significance: Gil Smith of Patchogue, NY was one of the most prolific boat designers and builders on Long Island, perhaps crafting more than four hundred small boats from 1876 to 1936. Primarily building shall... More

Blessed are those who are walking, St. Francis in the wilderness. St. ...

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Letter from Sally Sampson to son Lloyd Granville Sampson, Duxbury, Mas...

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Letter from Mary Brady, Leavy Greave, Sheffield, [England], to Maria W...

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Advertising leaflet: Boston Museum Grand Fairy Musical Spectacle Puss ...

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Letter from C. E. Weston, Reading, [Mass.], to Maria Weston Chapman, N...

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Atlas of the city of Boston : Charlestown and Brighton, volume six : f...

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Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk Coun...

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Hollis Street Theater, Hollis Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Built as a church 1810. Remodeled for a theatre 1885. Demolished 1935. Architect John R. Hall. Survey number: HABS MA-157 Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work

East Boston Pumping Station, Chelsea Street at Chelsea Creek, Boston, ...

Significance: The station's three horizontal triple expansion Corliss engines, built by Allis Company, Milwaukee, are the only surviving examples of this once popular engine. Survey number: HAER MA-65 Buildin... More

Atlas of Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Sound Shore. Based upo...

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Captains' Row, Marginal & Shurtleff Streets, Chelsea, Suffolk County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS MA-2-37 Building/structure dates: 1842 Initial Construction

Gil Smith P Boat KID, Long Island Maritime Museum, West Sayville, Suff...

Significance: Gil Smith was one of the most prolific boat designers and builders on Long Island, perhaps crafting more than four hundred small boats from 1876 to 1936. Primarily building shallow draft centerbo... More

Adams Street Bridge, Spanning Neponset River, Boston, Suffolk County, ...

Significance: Adams Street Bridge has significance 1) as an example of stone-slab and stone-arch construction, once-common bridge-building technologies; 2) as the work of Gridley Bryant, a notable 19th-century ... More

Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...

Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More

Charles Street Jail Complex, Jail, 215 Charles Street, Boston, Suffolk...

Significance: "The Suffolk County Jail has major national architectural significance as the prime institutional example of the Boston Granite Style of the mid-19th century. The design was executed by one of th... More

Shirley-Eustis House, 33 Shirley Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-94 Survey number: HABS MA-275 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000787

B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, 539 Washington Street, Boston, Suffolk C...

Significance: The B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre is one of the finest examples of the moving picture palace at its highest stage of development. Designed in the grand Baroque manner by Thomas W. Lamb, one of the ... More

View of Boston, Massachusetts - Engraving, Public domain image

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USS Constitution Coloring Sheet

Launched in Boston in 1797, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned ship afloat in the world. Today, she serves as America’s official Ship of State. Built from oak, she seemed so strong in battle during th... More

Two invoices to Mr. G L Winsor from Paine Furniture Company, Boston, M...

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Flier of Art Union of Needlework at 9 Bow Street

Flier of Art Union of Needlework at 9 Bow Street. Advertising membership at $5.00 a year and referring to a piece of embroidery representing the resignation of the crown by Mary, Queen of Scotland, as worth $30... More

Abel Bowen - North east view of Faneuil Hall

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State House, Beacon Hill, from Common, built 1798, Chas. Bulfinch [arc...

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Vow of Boston. From Telegraph Hill, S. Boston

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West from Bunker Hill Monument, Sterescope Card, Boston Public Library

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Interior of John Boyle O'Reilly home - Charleston, Boston Mass.

Interior of John Boyle O'Reilly home, at 34 Winthrop Street. He owned other houses in Charlestown, notably the Sargent-Hills house on the northwest corner of High and School Sts., and the Buddington house next ... More

The Old South Church - Drawing. Public domain image.

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Public Library - Boston, Boston Massachusetts

Public Library on Boylston Street Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

State House steps covered with people

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54th Massachusetts Coloring Sheet

In 1863, Massachusetts formed the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment. It was one of the first units of black soldiers recruited during the Civil War. They were the first to fight in a major battle, ... More

Boston, 40 Beacon Street, interior detail, wallpaper

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Outline key to Richardson's view of the environs of Boston from Corey'...

Environs of Boston, from Corey's Hill, Brookline, Mass. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, 1870. The procession as it passed the P...

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J. Weild, baker advertising card, Somerville, Massachusetts

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Architecture from "The Memorial History of Boston, including Suffolk C...

This image has been taken from scan 000510 from volume 01 of "The Memorial History of Boston, including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. [With illustrations, etc.]". The title and subject terms of this... More

Charlestown High School, Boston Massachusetts

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Sixth grade - Gaston School - Boston pictorial archive

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George Putnam School, Boston. Grade 6 - class 4. Observing, drawing, a...

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Bust of bearded man - Boston pictorial archive

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Geography lesson in a grammar class.

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Gentlemen's driving map showing the park system of Boston

Toward the end of the 19th century, industrial advances made carriages more affordable, leading to increased mobility for many. Pleasure driving in horse-drawn vehicles, a leisure activity once reserved for wea... More

Norcross School - interior - class 3 (room 9) - girls' school

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Pupils testing their work in carpentry. Mechanic Arts High School.

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Horace Mann School, Miss Fuller & class (a day after the school's twen...

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Panoramic view of Boston's Copley Square

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Devonshire Street, Boston Massachusetts

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Boston Public Library. Entrance hall

Boston Public Library. Copley Square. Great stairway Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Boston Athenaeum. Interior, Boston Massachusetts

Boston Athenaeum: Interior. Built 1849, Edward C. Cabot, arch. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Kitchen of 5th. Regiment Charlestown

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Roxbury Crossing Branch, Boston Massachusetts

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Suffrage Bazaar in Boston - Public Domain image, National Parks Galler...

Suffrage Bazaar in Boston, ca. 1915-1917. Organized by the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association

Jeffries Point, Boston Massachusetts

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Boston. Massachusetts Avenue and the Fenway

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Boston. Business section, Boston Massachusetts

Downtown Boston Courtesy of Boston Public Library Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings - Picryl description

Boston. Harbor. Fort Independence, Castle Is.

Boston Harbor: Fort Independence: Castle Island Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Merry Xmas, 1942. Stirrup Cup Castle. Oakdale, N. Y.

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King's Chapel, Boston, Mass. postcard

King's Chapel. Founded in 1686. The first chapel was built in 1688, the present one in 1749, of old English architecture. Here the British worshipped during the siege. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Historic Brewer Fountain, Boston, Mass.

Historic Brewer Fountain, Boston Mass. Located on old Boston Common in the heart of the city. It is one of the oldest historical fountains and is of great interest to its many tourists. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The graves, Boston Harbor, Boston, Mass.

One of the best known of Boston's Lighthouses is The Graves in Boston Harbor. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Paragon Shoe Co. Wonder Walkers

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Conversion. Toy factory. Skillfully operating this massive press, a wo...

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Conversion. Toy factory. Presses that once turned out metal toys and m...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Annotation in or on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overse... More

Part of Town Babylon - Public domain geographic map

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Plan of Great River. [Township]; Central Islip [Village]; Sayville. [V...

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Memo by George Coffin, 25 April 1827.

Ye Old Pratt House, Chelsea, Mass.

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The Lenox Hotel & Motor Inn, 710 Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusett...

Free overnight garage parking. Located in historical Back Bay at Copley Square and Prudential Center. Sightseeing tours originate here. Convention Hall adjacent. Ball park, colleges and hospitals minutes away. ... More

Clough-Langdon House, 21 Unity Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: This is one of three brick houses built in Boston between 1700-1720. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-122 Survey number: HABS MA-342 Building/structure dates: after... More

Franklin Place & Tontine Crescent, Franklin Street, Boston, Suffolk Co...

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Hollis Street Theater, Hollis Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Built as a church 1810. Remodeled for a theatre 1885. Demolished 1935. Architect John R. Hall. Survey number: HABS MA-157 Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work

East Boston Pumping Station, Chelsea Street at Chelsea Creek, Boston, ...

Significance: The station's three horizontal triple expansion Corliss engines, built by Allis Company, Milwaukee, are the only surviving examples of this once popular engine. Survey number: HAER MA-65 Buildin... More