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Historical Land and Cemetery Views

Black and white photographs of land parcels and cemeteries in Massachusetts, documenting local history and geography from the early 20th century.

General view, Richardson Cemetery, Dana, Mass., Apr. 24, 1939 : Indexed on Acc. 857, Map of Cemetery Locations , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Fern E. Chapman, looking east at Station 765+40, Barre, Mass., Jan. 5, 1933 : On back, typed: Quabbin Tunnel, Parcel M, Fern E. Chapman, looking east at Station 765+40 , waterworks, aqueducts, real estate, lands general areas

More Storm Damage. 1926 - 1956. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Contract No. 56, Administration Buildings, Main Dam, Belchertown, vault wall, washroom, toilet entrance, 2nd floor main administration building, Belchertown, Mass., Mar. 10, 1938

Boom of Contract Logs. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

William J. Lesieur, camp and garage, Dana, Mass., Oct. 9, 1931 : Parcel no. 490-19, William J. Lesieur , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Filling passes in the stopes, New Zealand, by Beattie & Sanderson.

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of John and Anna Parker, Plan No. S-6 Ware, Mass., Jul. 27, 1931 : Parcel No. 56

Danforth Brook, Gilbertville, Hardwick, Mass., 2:38 PM, Mar. 19, 1936 , waterworks, real estate, brooks, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events, railroads infrastructure, outdoor advertising

Photograph, Government Exhibit No. 16, DJ 18, 1949 - 1950. National Archives at College Park - Archives II (College Park, MD). Paper. Class 146-1 (Communism) Case File Enclosures Relating to U.S. v. Judith Coplon (146-1-317)

General view of Packardsville Cemetery looking southerly, Enfield, Mass., ca. 1938 : Indexed on Acc. 857, Map of Cemetery Locations , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Looking down Everett Ave. from Chestnut Street. After the big fire of Apr. 12, 1908. Chelsea, Mass. , Fires, Ruins, Streets. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Floods 1955 , Floods, Buildings, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Alice G. Parsons, portable house, Enfield, Mass., Apr. 14, 1930 : Parcel no. 268-75, Alice G. Parsons , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, portable buildings

North Block black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Just how the lives of some families were saved is a wonder to every one. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1889. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Johnstown (Pa.), Floods , Pennsylvania , Johnstown

Trail Road Constructed by Utah Construction Co., near Horsecamp Lake. Original caption: 44-560: Facing west at the farthese west finger of Horsecamp Lake- Utah Construction Co. built this trail road over the Army tote road, for a comparison with August 1943 see 18W 902. Section B2, mile 1440.8. Original caption: 44-561: Facing east along a section of the road constructed by Utah Co. near Horsecamp Lake. For an idea of the Army trail road at this point notice the wooden culvert at the right, then examine photos #18W 900 and 901. Section B2, mile 1440.6. Photos by Pinkstaff, Oct. 24, 1943. State: Alaska.

Floods 1955 , Floods, Rivers, Bridges, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "Deli Langkat & Serang. Sumatra by G.R. Lambert". 45. Tabaks fields on the company "Paya Djambo". 1885. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Floods 1955 , Rivers, Bridges, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Bircham Bend, tailrace staff gage, Bristol recording gage house, Springfield, Mass., May 15, 1928 , Stream-gaging stations, waterworks, real estate, rivers, hydroelectric dams, watershed sanitary conditions

George W. Dwight, house, etc., Belchertown, Mass., Apr. 14, 1930 : Parcel no. 247-11, George W. Dwight , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 39, Trunk Line Sewer, Rutland, Holden, Martin Trulson property, fill south of Newell Rd. on Rutland-Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Apr. 27, 1934

On the Everett line where the fire started , Fires, Ruins, Cities & towns. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Floods 1955 , Floods, Buildings, Debris, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Thomas H Johnson, Waymart, Del & Hudson Canal Co, c 1863 1865 Waymart, Del. & Hudson Canal Co.

Pelham Hill Cemetery, Pelham, Mass., July 28, 1933 : No removals , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Floods 1955 , Floods, Buildings, Debris, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Annie H. Heald, camp, Hubbardston, Mass., Apr. 27, 1937 : Purchased Nov. 19, 1931, Parcel no. 227-1 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Signs. Original caption: Miscellaneous (signs).. 1923 - 1955. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Pelham Hill Cemetery, Pelham, Mass., July 28, 1933 : No removals , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Ware River, Coldbrook Control, drainage area - 98 square miles, flow - 1260 cubic feet per second - 12.9 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 3:05 PM, Apr. 17, 1933 : Parcel no. 123-4 , waterworks, engineering, floods natural events

One of the first autotypes from Mont San Andre in Kiev, Ukraine, 1884, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, Europe

Clinton R. Rhodes, house and sheds, Belchertown, Mass., Jan. 3, 1933 : Parcel no. 227-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, automobiles

Pelham Hill Cemetery, Pelham, Mass., July 28, 1933 : No removals , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

undefined. 1931 - 1963. NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Fish and Wildlife Service. Minneapolis Regional Office. 1940-1970. Annual Reports

On the Everett line where the fire started , Fires, Ruins, Cities & towns. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

David W. Kennedy, kiln, Prescott, Mass., Jan. 30, 1930 : Parcel no. 450-23, David W. Kennedy , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, kilns

Guy C. Allen et al., camp, Enfield, Mass., Apr. 24, 1930 : Parcel no. 288-2, Charles F. Austin and Guy C. Allen, Jr. , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Owen W. McGann, Heirs, remains of mill, Rutland, Mass., Mar. 6, 1941 : Purchased Dec. 14, 1940, Parcel no. 146-4 , waterworks, real estate, mills buildings

Clinton R. Rhodes, house and sheds, Belchertown, Mass., Jan. 3, 1933 : Parcel no. 227-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, automobiles

Ida M. and Harry B. Parker, store, Coldbrook, Oakham, Mass., Jun. 4, 1928 : Purchased Dec. 13, 1928, store and tenements purchased by Kanstantas Saviskas Feb. 4, 1931, Parcel no. 144-26 , waterworks, real estate, general stores built works, residential structures, automobiles, gasoline pumps, groups of people

On the Everett line where the fire started , Fires, Ruins, Cities & towns. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Isaac Powers, Mary Powers, and Jason Powers, Jason Powers Cemetery, lot 2, Prescott, Mass., July 17, 1934 : Ernest D. Powers, Q-943 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Specimen of Photo-Lithography By L.H.Bradford $ Co., Boston (front cover of self-wrappers) / Indian Hut, Vt. (back cover of self-wrappers)..

N.N., dam and electricity work, Marklissa. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. Ministry of Public Work, Jg. 58, 1908) (1908-1908): Views. Pressure on paper, 46.3 x 30.1 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Talsperre und Elektrizitätswerk, Marklissa. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. Ministerium der öffentlichen Arbeiten, Jg. 58, 1908)

Henry M. Lyman, barn, etc., Hardwick, Mass., Jan. 26, 1928 : Parcel no. 311-4, Henry M. and Annie E. Lyman; torn down , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, barns

General view of the burning of Chelsea , Fires, Cities & towns. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of Robert W. Lyman, Plan No. S-2, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 1

On the Everett line where the fire started , Fires, Ruins, Cities & towns. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Mex. Plow, Old Noah's Patent, used by tesuque Ind's. Pueblo Tesuque series.. George C. Bennett (American, 1846 - 1915)

Hogs, Ed Peniska. 1936-01-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Von der Isonzofront. Zerschossene Kirche und Häuser on Görz.. text. Postcards, Photographs. 1914 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918 , Destruction and pillage , Italy , Gorizia, churches , Italy , Gorizia

1908 Chelsea fire , Fires, Ruins. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Rodney E. Webster, camp, Neeseponsett Pond, Dana, Mass., Jan. 23, 1930 : Parcel no. 490-26, Rodney E. Webster , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Western Sweden Telephone network. 1900. Line work in partying.

Enlargement of Valtahamnen in Pril in 1904.

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of William Pranaitis, Plan No. S-3, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 26

Winter stays of the Kirguises in a suburb of Taschkant, c. 1895 - c. 1915 photomechanical print Above the titles in French are the titles in the Uzbeeks. Tashkent paper. cardboard collotype Tashkent

Alice G. Parsons, homeplace, Enfield, Mass., Apr. 14, 1930 : Parcel no. 268-75, Alice G. Parsons , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, portable buildings

Massachusetts Congregational Conference Missionary Society, parsonage, Enfield, Mass., Aug. 12, 1929 : Parcel no. 268-64, Mass. Congregational Conference and Missionary Society , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, parsonages

Hooverville shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it. The term was coined by Charles Michelson, publicity chief of the Democratic National Committee. There were hundreds of Hoovervilles across the country during the 1930s

George S. Harwood, house, Enfield, Mass., Feb. 8, 1930 : Parcel no. 269-26, now Harriet R. Anderson , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, fires events

Belchertown Gun Club, cottage, Pottapaug Pond, Dana, Mass., June 25, 1930 : Parcel no. 413-4, now Phinian Vance et al. , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, cottages

Flood of the Preßnitz at the Butchery Meyer

Essex Street, Chelsea, on Sunday, April 12th, during the Great Fire , Fires, Streets. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Malmberget at Gällivare, more text difficult to read.

Berg Van Beenderen, Cemetery of Christopher Columbus, Havana, Anonymous, Strohmeyer & Wyman, 1899 stereograph Cementerio de Cristóbal Colónpublisher: New York (City)Publisher: New York (City) (POssibly) cardboard. paper albumen print necropolis. bones in general (human body) Cristóbal Colón cemetery

Newport Press. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Newport (R.I.)

Bellingham Hill , Fires, Ruins, Streets. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Helen C. Fahlstrom, camp, Long Pond, Rutland, Mass., Feb. 5, 1932 : Purchased Apr. 7, 1934, camp purchased by Roland S. Lundgren Sep. 30, 1934, Parcel no. 86-38 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Massachusetts Congregational Conference Missionary Society, chapel, Enfield, Mass., Feb. 19, 1930 : Parcel no. 269-21, Massachusetts Congregational Conference and Missionary Society , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, chapels rooms or structures, automobiles

Bellingham Hill , Fires, Ruins, Streets. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Multiview postcards, History of Leszno, 1903, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Zaborowo, Markt, Gartenlokal

General view of the burning of Chelsea , Fires, Cities & towns. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Fourth St. looking west , Fires, Ruins, Streets. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

Restaurants in Teplice District, Moldava, 1909, Ústí nad Labem Region, Moldau, Fischerhaus, Czech Republic

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