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Trade card for the New Home Sewing Machine Company, Orange, Mass., depicting a man on ice skates pushing a woman seated on top of a sewing machine, undated

This trade card for sewing machine manufacturer, New Home Machine Company of Orange, Massachusetts, depicts a man in a jacket, cap, and striped pants skating ...

Stereograph of three people in the doorway of H.J. Woods storefront, location unknown, undated

Two women in dresses stand in the doorway of the H.J. Woods millinery store, which sells hats, boots and shoes. A man wearing a suit stands to the left.

Studio portrait of Johnny Williams, ca. 1865

Full-length studio portrait of Johnny Williams, wearing a suit and top hat and holding a cane.

Studio portrait of a man in a stove pipe hat and with a basket, Aug. 1859

This studio portrait depicts a man, known as Old Patterson. He wears a stove pipe hat and holds a basket.

Trade card advertising Madame Walsh's millinery and dressmaking, Boston, Mass., undated

Trade card depicting two women and two girls in a hat shop. One woman shows a hat to the other while the girls look on. The copy is placed on what looks to be ...

Children tobogganing

Three children are seated on a toboggan preparing to descend a slope in a wooded area.

Children tobogganing

Three groups of children arrange themselves on toboggans in preparation for descending a hill. A man in a derby appears to be assisting them. There is a large ...

Children tobogganing

A group of ten children run toward an unoccupied toboggan. A large home can be partially seen in the background.

Trade card for Novelty Plaster Works, Lowell, Mass., depicting boys sledding

This trade card for the Novelty Plaster Works in Lowell, Massachusetts, a manufacturer of patent medicines, depicts a boy dressed in hat, gloves, fur-cuffed ...

South parlor chamber

Wallace Nutting took this photograph of the south parlor chamber of the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. ...

Feminine finery

Wallace Nutting staged this photograph of a model in period costume holding and looking at a hat in the south parlor in the Georgian-style Wentworth-Gardner ...

Hallway door to north parlor, Wentworth-Gardner House, Portsmouth, N.H., ca. 1915

Wallace Nutting staged this photograph in the entrance hall of the Wentworth-Gardner House on Mechanic Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A model in period ...

Advertisement for amateur photography lessons and supplies, Scovill Manufacturing Company, Brooklyn, New York, June 1882

Handbill distributed by the Scovill Manufacturing Company. Advertises the "outfits and photographic supplies" available from the Company for upwards of $10. ...

Price list for detective and concealed cameras, C.H. Codman and Company, Boston, Mass., ca. 1880

Pamphlet with price list for concealed (detective) cameras and photographic equipment. The pamphlet is illustrated with a portrait of a woman sitting and ...

Trade cards for Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil, location uknown, undated

Small trade card features a head and shoulders portrait of a young lady. Abover her head the copy reads "Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil." She wears a hat with pink ...

George Sheldon, Deerfield, Mass., Oct. 1894

An elderly George Sheldon examines an enormous fallen tree outside his residence in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

Interior view of L.S. Drigg's Lace and Bonnet Store, No.'s 24 and 26 Hanover Street, Boston

This engraving depicts a large store room full of women shopping. Shelves line the sides of the room, with ribbons and other materials in stock. A sign for ...

Group portrait of Massachusetts Governor Roger Wolcott, members of Wolcott's family and staff, and unidentified men and women in attendance at the State House's reception of the First Regiment as it travels to Fort Warren

Group portrait, outdoors, of Governor Roger Wolcott, his Staff Generals Dalton, Carter, and Appleton, and Colonels Billings and Stevens on the front steps of ...

Informal group portrait of unidentified boys about to march in a parade

Informal group portrait of unidentified boys about to march in a parade. All are dressed in uniform, and all but the leader carry musical instruments. The ...

Group portrait of men and women attending a Roosevelt Club dinner at the Hotel Somerset

Group portrait of men and women attending a Roosevelt Club dinner in honor of Henry Cabot Lodge. Most are seated at Hotel Somerset dining room tables. Henry ...

Group portrait of sixteen newspaper men and reporters standing on the front steps of the Massachusetts State House

Group portrait of sixteen newspaper men and reporters standing on the front steps of the State House, including Charles E. Mann (front row, third from left), ...

Group portrait of (probably) Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright's Sewing Circle

Group portrait of (probably) Mrs. Andrew C. Wheelwright's Sewing Circle. Three of the seated women have sewing materials on their laps.

Bonnet

Light blue ribbed silk bonnet with ruching around brim; silk ribbon rosette at top and continuing down right side; blue ostrich feathers from top to left ear; ...

Bonnet

Dark purple silk with decorative silk braiding around brim and back of bonnet; 3 leaf motif of velvet & silk braiding around crown & at back; yellow ostrich ...

Bonnet

A small shallow bonnet covered with pleated "crinkled" black crepe and ruffled crepe at the brim. It ties with a wide black grosgrain ribbon, and is lined with ...

Bonnet

A woman's silk bonnet with quilted tubes on the head and peplum trim at the neck, the fabric is a deep teal-blue with greenish yellow curley stripes; the ...

Calash

Wired wool-gauze calash, the wire stays are made from wood (probably willow); sewn with bright acid-green wool gauze with tightly ruffled edges to face and ...

Calash

Wired silk calash, the deep hood folding like an accordion with ruffled edge around the face and wide ruffle at neck, bow at back, with cardboard stay at ...

Stovepipe Hat

A short, oval brim with a tall stovepipe crown with flat top; black satin ribbon at base of crown with a silver buckle; lined with green, brown, white and ...

Hat

Men's opera hat; cylindrical beaver fur body with flat circular brim; patterned grosgrain ribbon band.