Geographic Locations

Description

This series contains 4 X 5 glass plate, nitrate, and acetate negatives of various scenes throughout New England, arranged geographically. The series was originally arranged by Lorna Trowbridge, librarian and archivist for Yankee Publishing, Inc., and that arrangement has been largely maintained. The series is divided into subseries by state, and then arranged alphabetically by town within the states.
The negatives depict scenes in rural Maine, such as potato farming in Aroostook County and farm buildings in Moosehead Lake. In New Hampshire, the negatives show the train and landscape of Mount Washington, industry in Waterville Valley, and Lake Winnespesaukee, among other rural and urban scenes. The negatives also include scenes of farmland in Vermont, the capital of Rhode Island, Providence, and the towns of Connecticut.
Negatives depicting Massachusetts far outnumber the negatives showing the other New England States. There are a multitude of negatives from Boston, showing cityscapes, the Charles River, and urban events. Also included are images of smaller cities in the state, such as Salem, Marblehead, Provincetown, and others. The negatives give insight into life in varying areas of Massachusetts throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.