Special Collections & University Archives
Images from the Yankee Publishing Incorporated Records. The originals in this small sub-collection are mostly glass plate negatives taken during the period 1915-1939, and may have been taken by a photographer associated with the Boston Ledger.
Amelia Earhart, 1928-07-09
Dug Out Dan: Dana Smith, East Barre, Vt., Ca.1930
Herbert Hoover on Boston Common, Ca.1930
Nan Howard with lobster, Ca.1930
Abbie Long, Quaker, on Cape Cod, Ca.1930
Oldest telephone operator, Chesterfield, N.H., Ca.1930
Harriet Blackstone, American Mother Goose woman, Ca.1930
Charles Coffin, Freeport, Me., the Maine Hermit, Ca.1930
Cat’s Club, Carlisle, Mass.: James E. Taylor, Ca.1930
Cat’s Club, Carlisle, Mass. James E. Taylor, Ca.1930
Cat’s Club, Carlisle, Mass. James E. Taylor, Ca.1930
Cat’s Club, Carlisle, Mass. James E. Taylor, Ca.1930
Cat with flag, Bell Farm, Lexington, Mass., Ca.1930
Kitty Gordon awakes (cat in a baby carriage), Ca.1930
Lynching scene: breaking down the door (possibly San Jose, Calif.), Ca.1930
Alburgh, Vt., Stone School house, 1899-09-02
Armless Johnson, Ca.1930
Street cleaner, Ca.1930
Doctor who walked on his hands (Boston?), Ca.1930
Old fisherman, Cape Cod, Ca.1930
Old town crier, Provincetown: Walter Smith, the last in America (died Dec. 5, 1932), Ca.1930
Mr. Poole, Jaffrey, N.H., Ca.1930
George Willey, Sutton, N.H. One man band. Willey was a drummer boy during the Civil War, Ca.1930
Capt. Otis Fish, blind clam digger, Falmouth, Mass., Ca.1930
Capt. Otis Fish, blind clam digger , Ca.1930
Capt. Otis Fish, blind clam digger , Ca.1930
Capt. Otis Fish, blind clam digger , Ca.1930
Old lady purchasing walnuts from street vendor, Ca.1930
Capt. Clark, New Bedford whaling captain, Ca.1930
Man with divining rod, Ca.1930
Professor Braganda, crystal gazer, Ca.1930
Cobbler, South Boston, Mass., Ca.1930
Nathan S. Hill, china repairer, 1931
Childrens’ pageant: Jack and Jill, ca.1930
Blacksmith with horseshoes, ca.1930
Old bicycle rider, ca.1930
These pictures of ‘Americana’ are awesome. Thank you for preserving them and keeping them safe.
April 24th, 2012 at 6:16 am