Mass. Historical Online Collections

description - Sixth-plate daguerreotype in leather case of the Massachusetts legislator and governor Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Butler (1818-1893) with a dog. The photograph was taken ca. 1845-1847 by Lorenzo G. Chase of Boston, Mass. From the Daguerreotype… subject - Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 --Photographs. Dogs --Photographs. Governors --Massachusetts --Photographs. Legislators --Massachusetts --Photographs. Daguerreotypes. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1741

description - Whole plate daguerreotype in cardboard frame of Faneuil Hall in Boston, Mass. An inscription in an unknown hand on the back of the frame reads, "Taken by Gilman Joslin. May 1839. The first taken in Boston." It is more likely that this daguerreotype… subject - Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.) --Photographs. Buildings --Massachusetts --Boston --Photographs. Boston (Mass.) --Photographs. Daguerreotypes. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1709

description - This portrait depicts Lucy Stone, (1818-1893).Photo. 81.608 subject - Abolitionists--United States--Photographs. Portrait photographs. Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1471

description - This portrait, a lithograph, depicts Robert Gould Shaw, (1837-1863). It is from Portraits of American Abolitionists (a collection of images of individuals representing a broad spectrum of viewpoints in the slavery debate); Photo. 81.577 subject - Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837-1863 United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) --History. United States --History --Civil War, 1861-1865. Massachusetts --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1435

description - This photographic portrait depicts J. Sella Martin, (1832-1876). It is from Portraits of American Abolitionists (a collection of images of individuals representing a broad spectrum of viewpoints in the slavery debate); Photo. 81.449 subject - Abolitionists--United States--Photographs. Portrait photographs. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1301

description - This photographic portrait depicts Samuel J. May, (1797-1871). It is from Portraits of American Abolitionists (a collection of images of individuals representing a broad spectrum of viewpoints in the slavery debate); Photo. 81.461 subject - May, Samuel J. (Samuel Joseph), 1797-1871. Abolitionists--United States--Photographs. Portrait photographs. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/1313

description - This photographic portrait depicts Lydia Maria Child, (1802-1880). It is from Portraits of American Abolitionists (a collection of images of individuals representing a broad spectrum of viewpoints in the slavery debate); Photo. 81.141 subject - Child, Lydia Maria Francis, 1802-1880. Abolitionists--United States--Photographs. Portrait photographs. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/984

description - This photographic portrait depicts Charles Calistus Burleigh, (1810-1878). It is from Portraits of American Abolitionists (a collection of images of individuals representing a broad spectrum of viewpoints in the slavery debate); Photo. 81.100 subject - Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878. Abolitionists--United States--Photographs. Portrait photographs. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/927

description - This portrait, a woodcut of a painting by Chappel, depicts John Quincy Adams, (1767-1848). It is from Portraits of American Abolitionists (a collection of images of individuals representing a broad spectrum of viewpoints in the slavery debate);… subject - Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/831

description - This oil on canvas portrait depicts Richard Saltonstall (1586-1661). subject - Saltonstall, Richard, 1586-1661 --Portraits. Men --Portraits. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/803

description - This handbill, [Cambridge or Watertown, Mass. : unidentified printer, 1775?] appears to be the only surviving copy of a handbill (a small printed sheet, often an advertisement, distributed by hand) that is an early example of psychological warfare… subject - United States --History --Revolution, 1775-1783 --British forces Satires. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/534

description - This tintype photograph depicts Private Abraham F. Brown, a member of Company E, part of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the first black regiment raised in the North during the Civil War. The photograph was taken circa 1862-1863… subject - United States. Army. --African American troops --Photographs. United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) --Photographs. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/265

description - Eliza Susan Quincy painted this watercolor of the birthplaces of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams in 1822 from the vantage point of Penn's Hill in Quincy, Massachusetts. The drawing is one of a series of nine that form a part of Quincy's… subject - Drawing. Quincy, Eliza Susan, 1798-1884. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/77

description - This portrait depicts Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886), the son of John Quincy Adams and Louisa Catherine (Johnson) Adams.This carte de visite was taken by John and Chas. Watkins, 1862. From the Adams family papers III, Photo. 212.9 subject - Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886 relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/74

description - Broadside by Charles P. Bowditch, [Boston: 1862] regarding the recruitment of men to serve in Massachusetts troops during the Civil War. "To arms! To arms! : Men of Massachusetts! Your country is in danger! ... Fill up the regiments then, and let not… subject - Massachusetts --History --Civil War, 1861-1865 Broadsides --1862 relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2170

description - View of a ship run aground in Somerset, Massachusetts, after the New England Hurricane of of September 21, 1938. From the Parker Hurricane collection, volume 12 subject - Hurricanes --Massachusetts --New Bedford. New England Hurricane, 1938 --Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/2178

description - From the Francis Blake photographs, album 5 Photo. 57.306 subject - Portrait photographers--United States. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/124

description - From the Francis Blake photographs, album 5 Photo. 57.305 subject - Portrait photographers--United States. relation - Identifier - http://www.masshist.org/database/123