1867-1979; bulk: 1890-1930
Guide to the Collection
Restrictions on Access
Glass plate negatives are not available for use; copy prints of most of the glass plate negatives are available.
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs relating to Brookline, Mass.
Collection Description
This collection consists of photographs relating to Brookline, Mass., collected by Dr. Joel Shield, comprising both original and copy photographs and glass plate negatives. Loose photographs are arranged in broad categories including buildings, churches, hospitals, schools, streets (businesses and dwellings), transportation, and portraits. The towns of Allston, Brighton, Chestnut Hill, & Jamaica Plain are also represented. Portraits depict individuals and groups associated with Brookline, including members of the police and fire departments and students, as well as unknown individuals photographed by Brookline photographers. The collection also includes family photograph albums compiled by Brookline residents Lepine Hall Rice, Adeline and Robert Dana, and Gustaf and Elsie Lundberg. Photographers represented in this collection include Thomas E. Marr, Henry A. Stanley, S. N. Wood, and many others.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Dr. Joel Shield, January 2022.
Restrictions on Access
Glass plate negatives are not available for use; copy prints of most of the glass plate negatives are available.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Loose photographs
A. Brookline, Mass. views
Bridges
Brookline Village
Churches
Taken during a fire at the Church. Firefighters can be seen on the roof and a crowd of onlookers in front.
Coolidge Corner
Fire Department and fires
Hospitals
Police
Public library
Schools
Photographs taken during a fire at the school.
Newspaper photographs of the fire.
Sports
Black-and-white snapshots of a youth football game.
Black-and-white snapshots of a youth ice hockey game.
Streets, A-Z
Photographs of dwellings and businesses.
Black-and-white snapshots taken during Louie Post's wedding trip. According to inscriptions on the back of photos, Post was a cousin of King Gillette.
Interior and exterior photographs of 5 Longwood Ave., the home of Levi Willcut. Also includes photographs of the residents.
Color photographs of the gardens at the Old Sargent Estate.
The Country Club
Town Hall
Transit
Photographs pertaining to Brookline's public transportation system, including omnibuses, streetcars, and light rail.
Views, miscellaneous
Weld Estate (Larz Anderson estate)
Page from a dismantled album with three mounted and seven unmounted photographs. Subjects identified only as Allen, Lou, Flo, and Irv. Date inferred from clipping on back of album page.
B. Non-Brookline views
C. Brookline, Mass. people
Family of Charles Wells and Lottie Hall.
II. Glass negatives and copy prints
97 glass plate negatives, primarily views of Brookline.
NOTE: Glass plate negatives and lantern slides of any size are not available for research use. Except where noted, copy photographs of these images are available.
Image captioned "Old Brookline front, #233."
Interior views.
III. Albums
Photograph albums kept by residents of Brookline.
Album of black-and white-snapshots pertaining to Robert S. Dana of 29 Park Street in Brookline and his wife Adeline L. Godfrey, originally of Hampton Falls, N.H. The album contains photographs of Plymouth and Brookline, Mass. and Hampton Falls, N.H., as well as pictures taken at Mrs. Farley's wax works.
Album of black-and-white photographs pertaining to Gustaf & Elsie Lundberg, who lived on Sullivan Road in Brookline. The album contains photographs of Boston, Brookline, and Hull, Mass., as well as Interlachen, Florida.
Album of black-and-white snapshots with photographs of the family of Lepine Hall Rice (1870-1942) and his wife Ina Mercer Rice. The album contains photographs of their children and other family members, Brookline, Mass., and Skaneateles Lake.
IV. Oversize loose photographs
A. Views
B. Groups
Preferred Citation
Photographic views of Brookline, Mass., Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in ABIGAIL, the online catalog of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related persons, organizations, or subjects should search the catalog using these headings.