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Half-length portrait of Thomas Lincoln Casey, seated in uniform, facing right, location unknown, undated

Formal portrait of Brigadier General T.L. Casey of the Army Corps of Engineers. His uniform is dark with brass buttons, large epaulets, and two medals.

Life-saving team standing around a surfboat on the beach, Marshfield, Mass., undated

Members of a life-saving crew stand around a surfboat on skids at the edge of the water on the beach at Marshfield, Massachusetts. Six of the eight men wear ...

Members of the Orleans Life-Saving Station, Orleans, Mass.

Seven surfmen stand next to a boat drawn by a horse outside the boathouse at the life saving station in Orleans, Massachusetts. The back of the photograph ...

Crowd gathered at city hall for a military parade, Lynn, Mass., May 1919

A large crowd is gathered for a parade outside of their city hall in Lynn, Massachusetts to commemorate the return of the soldiers from World War I 1914-1918. ...

Military parade of soldiers, Lynn, Mass., May 1919

A regiment of soldiers follow two officers on horseback in a military parade in Lynn, Massachusetts. These soldiers are commemorating the end of World War I ...

Grand marshal of the military parade leads regiment, Lynn, Mass., May 1919

The grand marshal of a parade in Lynn, Massachusetts leads a regiment of soldiers down a city street on horseback. These soldiers are commemorating the end of ...

Men and women at a meeting of the War Camp Community Service group, location unknown, undated

Men and women in a recreation room enjoying reading and a billiards table at a meeting of the War Camp Community Service group.

Members of the Orleans Life-Saving Station, Orleans, Mass.

These are members of the Orleans Life Saving Station in Orleans, Massachusetts where they are standing on a platform outside a boathouse.

Hose wagon #3

In Canton, Massachusetts there are five firefighters standing around a hose wagon pulled by a horse. Two of the firefighters sit in the driver's seat and two ...

Interior of adjutant general's office, Charleston, W. Va.

Adjutant General John W. M. Appleton, Assistant Adjutant General Colonel D. T. E. Casteel, and First Lieutenant Douglas Settle, sit at a desk in the office of ...

Men in front of a life-saving station, Eastham, Mass., May 13, 1901

A group of eight men in uniforms stand outside the life-saving station in Eastham, Massachusetts. A boat is seen in the open door of the station.

Civil War cadets

The photograph is a depiction of lines of Civil War cadets marching in formation on the lawn of the Andover Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts. ...

U.S.S. Ship Wabash, U.S. Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, circa.1890's

This is the U.S.S. Wabash with sailors eating on a mess cloth on the deck of the ship. They have place settings in front of them and they are dressed in ...

U.S.S. Wabash, Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Mass., ca. 1890

This is the USS Wabash docked at a port in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Across from the ship there are factories lining the shore.

Senator John F. Kennedy, Foster Furcolo Parade, East Boston, 1956

In East Boston, Massachusetts, Senator John F. Kennedy rides in an open motorcade with John Foster Furcolo, who was the Democratic candidiate for governor of ...

Mascot of the Flagship Connecticut

One color stereograph featuring a sailor peeling potatoes and feeding the scraps to the ship's mascot, a goat. The sailor sits with legs spread over three ...

One of the close shaves of a sailor's life

The stereoscope shows an image of five sailors sitting and watching a fellow sailor receive a shave with a straight razor. They are in various states of ...

Ship's tailor

The stereograph features a sailor at a sewing machine meding a white uniform, while another sailor looks on. The tailor is surrounded by boxes of notions and ...

Stereograph of guardsmen at the funeral of the Hon. Charles Sumner, Doric Hall, Massachusetts State House, Boston, Mass., Mar. 12, 1874

Guardsmen stand in formation at the funeral of Senator Charles Sumner in Doric Hall of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, Massachusetts.

Edmund S. Muskie, Rumford, Maine, 1954

Edmund S. Muskie started politics with a successful 1946 run for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, where he served three consecutive terms. Here, ...

Stowe VFD, Stowe, Vermont, 1951

The Volunteer Fire Department in Stowe used an old house to practice their fire-fighting skills. Reed shot with his large format camera, which allowed him to ...

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Newport, R.I., 1958

The Eisenhower years coincided with Reed's career with Life. Reed was often called upon to cover presidential visits in case something newsworthy occurred. He ...

Scene from the centennial celebration of the Battle of Bunker Hill

This stereograph of members in uniform of the Fifth Maryland Regiment Drum Corps at the Centennial of the Battle of Bunker Hill is part of Thomas Lewis's ...

Muster on Boston Common

A military unit wearing bearskins and bandoliers and bearing rifles with fixed bayonets stand assembled at the foot of a hill (perhaps Flagstaff Hill) on ...

Stereograph of the New Shoreham Life-Saving Station, Block Island, R.I., undated

A stereograph of the front of the boathouse of the New Shoreham Life-Saving Station at Old Harbor on Block Island, Rhode Island. The door stands open, ...

Studio portrait of Govenor John A. Andrew, Boston, Mass., undated

Govenor Andrew is photographed at a 3/4 angle from the waist up. His hair is curly and he wears a conservative suit. Andrew was Massachusetts governor during ...

View of Main Street, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

Main Street in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, is seen from the west side with the Town Hall, Public Library and Soldier's Monument visible.

View of Main Street, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

The Town Hall and Public Library are seen from the south side of Main Street in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

Exterior of a school house, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

A school house, which also serves as the Town Hall, is seen in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

View of Union Square and Bow Street, Somerville, Mass., undated

View of Union Square and Bow Street in Somerville Massachusetts, looking north with a streetcar and pedestrians depicted.