ca. 1845-1960; bulk: 1890-1940
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs taken and collected by sculptor Amelia Peabody and her family, dating from ca. 1845-1960.
Biographical Sketches
Francis Howard Peabody (1831-1905) was the son of William Bourn Oliver Peabody (1799-1847) and Elizabeth Amelia White (1799-1843). He had three brothers: Everett (1830-1862), Oliver White (1834-1896), and William Bourn (1834-1894). Francis was first in the employ of the banking house John E. Thayer & Brother with his brother Oliver White Peabody. In 1865, Francis, Henry P. Kidder, and Oliver White Peabody formed Kidder, Peabody & Co. In 1854, Francis married Lucy Adelaide Kinsley (1831-1914). Their children were Frank Everett (1856-1918), Fanny (1858-1896), and Lilian (1863-1942). Fanny and Lilian never married.
Frank Everett Peabody (1856-1918) was employed in the family business Kidder, Peabody & Co. He married in 1882 Gertrude Bayley (1859-1937). Their children were: Everett (1885-1900) and Amelia (1890-1984). The couple maintained a summer house in Marblehead, Mass., and their winter residence was at 120 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. They also purchased a farm ("Snipatuit Farm") and camp on a lake in North Rochester, Mass. Frank enjoyed hunting, fishing, horseback riding, and yachting. After his death, Frank's widow Gertrude married (2nd) in 1920 a long-time family friend, William Storer Eaton.
Amelia Peabody was born in 1890, the daughter of Gertrude Bayley Peabody (later Eaton) and Frank Everett Peabody, a partner in the investment house of Kidder, Peabody. After her debut in 1909, she studied sculpture at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts under Charles Grafly and became an accomplished sculptor, horsewoman, farm owner and breeder, and philanthropist. At her farms in Dover, Mass., she raised registered Hereford cattle, Yorkshire pigs, sheep, and thoroughbred horses. For many years, she was the Chairman of the Arts and Skills Service of the American Red Cross, which promoted art therapy for wounded servicemen during World War II, and continued to promote art therapy for hospital patients of all kinds after the War. She maintained her family home at 120 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, as well as Mill Farm, her residence in Dover, Mass., and Powisset Farm, also in Dover, with a number of other land holdings in that town. Amelia Peabody died of natural causes in 1984, leaving the bulk of her vast estate to charity.
William Storer Eaton (1854-1949), a longtime bachelor who pursued outdoor activities in North Rochester and Marblehead, Mass. and maintained his family fortunes, married in 1920 Gertrude Bayley Peabody, the widow of his long-time friend Frank Everett Peabody. William Storer Eaton owned a large yacht, Taormina, on which the couple lived in the summer months. They also owned a house ("The Bog") in Lakeville, Mass. William Storer Eaton was the son of William Storer Eaton (1817-1902) and Frederica Warren Goddard (1822-1894). He was descended from the Quincy and Storer families through his father. His siblings were Georgiana Goddard Eaton (1857-1911) and Francis Storer Eaton. William Storer Eaton died in 1949, leaving the bulk of his estate to his step-daughter Amelia Peabody.
Source
Rhoads, Linda Smith. Amelia Peabody. Boston, 1998.
Collection Description
This collection contains 5,323 photographs and 546 postcards, both collected and taken by Amelia Peabody and her family from ca. 1845-1960. They are arranged into 6 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 30 volumes, and 2 oversize volumes.
6 boxes and 2 oversize boxes contain loose photographs not stored in volumes. These photographs mostly consist of portraits of various Peabody and Eaton family members and their ancestors, taken ca. 1845-1940. These portraits include daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and opalotypes, among other paper-based photographs. There are also photographs of the Frank Everett Peabody family's travels to Egypt, the Panama Canal, and the Caribbean, 1909-ca. 1930; views of horses and other animals, sailboats, Peabody and Eaton family homes, and automobiles; and photographs of Amelia Peabody's sculptures.
30 volumes mostly contain informal snapshot photographs taken between 1895-1925 of Amelia Peabody and her family at the Peabody family summer home in Marblehead, Mass., at the Peabody's Snipatuit Farm in North Rochester, Mass., and at William Storer Eaton's Reed Island Camp on Great Quittacas Pond, also in North Rochester. The photographs in these volumes depict Amelia Peabody as a child and young adult, as well as Frank Everett Peabody, Gertrude Bayley Peabody Eaton, Everett Peabody, William Storer Eaton, and the Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster children, among other family and friends. Many of these photographs depict Eaton and the Peabodys on sailboats and horses. There are also a number of volumes containing photographs of the Frank Everett Peabody family's travels in Europe and the Western U.S. from 1900-1913; the Eaton family's travels in Italy in 1930; Amelia Peabody's travels to Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, ca. 1930s; Amelia Peabody's involvement with horses and horse shows, and the American Red Cross. There are also a number of photographs in these volumes of Amelia Peabody's sculpture.
2 volumes contain postcards collected by Amelia Peabody during her travels in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, Asia, Cuba, the Panama Canal, and the Bahamas. These postcards date from ca. 1930-1940. PLEASE NOTE that they are stored apart from the collection by format in the Amelia Peabody postcard collection (Postcard Coll. 16.3).
1 box also contains 6 glass plate negatives of portraits various members of the Peabody family, among other subjects. PLEASE NOTE that these photographs are restricted and are stored apart from the collection by format in the Amelia Peabody glass plate negatives (Photo. Coll. 6.6M). Glass plate negatives of any size are not available for research use. Consult the Reference Librarian for more information.
Photographers represented in this collection include Amelia Peabody and William Storer Eaton, as well as James Notman, John Adams Whipple, James Wallace Black, and Southworth & Hawes (all of Boston, Mass.). Most of the photographers of the images in the volumes are not identified.
This collection contains postcards, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, tintypes, daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and opalotypes, as well as other paper-based photographs. These include both black-and-white and color photographs. PLEASE NOTE that daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and opalotypes are stored apart from the collection by format: Daguerreotypes (Photo. Coll. 1), Ambrotypes (Photo. Coll. 2), and opalotypes in Miscellaneous glass photographs (Photo Coll. 5).
Acquisition Information
This collection was removed from the Amelia Peabody papers (Ms. N-314), which were given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by the Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund on 30 December 1998.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Loose photographs
This series contains loose photographs not stored in volumes, which are divided into 8 subseries: (A) Cased portraits; (B) Loose portraits; (C) Travel; (D) Animals; (E) Views; (F) Artwork; (G) Oversize portraits; and (H) Oversize views.
A. Cased portraits, ca. 1845-1900
Organized into two groups, Individuals and Groups, and arranged alphabetically.
This subseries contains daguerreotype, ambrotype, and opalotype portraits of various Eaton, Everett, Goddard, Gray, and Peabody family members, as well as unidentified people. These photographs were taken ca. 1845-1900. Photographers include John Adams Whipple, Luther Holman Hale, Lorenzo G. Chase, Southworth & Hawes, Tyler & Company, and Whipple & Black, all of Boston, Mass., among other unidentified photographers.
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B. Loose portraits, ca. 1854-1940
This subseries contains individual and group portraits, both formal and informal, mostly of various members of the Eaton, Kinsley, and Peabody families. Subjects include Gertrude Bayley Peabody Eaton, William Storer Eaton, Amelia Peabody, Everett Peabody, and Frank Everett Peabody, among many others. There is also one photograph of William "Buffalo Bill" Frederick Cody. Many of the photos of Amelia Peabody depict her on horseback. Photographers include James Wallace Black, Augustus Marshall, James Notman, Morris Burke Parkinson, and John Adams Whipple, all of Boston, Mass., among others. See also subseries (G) Oversize portraits.
Individuals
Photo. #28.221 is inscribed, "The Violet Field, North Rochester, May 14, 1898."
Groups
Group portrait of Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Catherine Hill Foster (later Tappan) (1888-1975), Reginald Candler (1889-1945), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Edith Hill Foster (later Farwell) (1893-1977), and Ruth Mallard Foster (1894-1896).
Group portrait of Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Catherine Hill Foster (later Tappan) (1888-1975), Reginald Candler (1889-1945), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Edith Hill Foster (later Farwell) (1893-1977), Caroline Wheelwright Foster (later Sizer) (b. 1897), and Barbara Foster (later Weld) (1899-1952).
Everett Peabody (1885-1900) at left end of 3rd row from bottom.
Group includes Reginald Candler Foster (1899-1945), Cushing Nash, Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Amelia Peabody (1890-1984), Catherine Hill Foster (later Tappan) (1888-1875), and an unidentified woman.
C. Travel, 1909-ca. 1930
This subseries contains photographs of the Peabody family's travels to Egypt, the Panama Canal, Puerto Rico, and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, 1909-ca. 1930. The photographers are unknown. Photo. #28.352 was originally found loose between the pages of Vol. 15.
D. Animals, ca. 1932-1966
This subseries mostly contains photographs of horses, as well as cows, dogs, and fish, taken ca. 1932-1966 by unknown photographers.
E. Views, 1883-1933
This subseries contains photographic views of sailboats; William Storer Eaton's home, "The Bog," in Lakeville, Mass.; Amelia Peabody's homes at 120 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Mass. and Mill Farm in Dover, Mass.; the Peabody family summer home at Marblehead, Mass.; William Storer Eaton's Reed Island Camp at Great Quittacas Pond in North Rochester, Mass.; and various cars, as well as unidentified views. These photographs were taken between 1883-1933 by George E. Lawrence of Boston, Mass., as well as by many unidentified photographers. Includes color and black-and-white photographs. See also subseries (H) Oversize views.
Includes views of the sailboats Nirvana and Taormina.
F. Artwork
This subseries mostly contains photographs of sculptures by Amelia Peabody, as well as photographs of paintings by various artists. Most of the photographs are undated; most of the photographers are unidentified.
G. Oversize portraits, 1894-1930
This subseries contains oversize individual and group portraits, mostly of various Peabody family members. Subjects include Amelia Peabody, Gertrude Bayley Peabody Eaton, and William Storer Eaton, among many others. Photographers include Bartlett F. Kenney and Augustus Marshall of Boston, Mass., among others.
Individuals
Groups
Includes Amelia Peabody (1890-1984) in group, seated at far right.
Includes Catherine Hill Foster (later Tappan) (1888-1975), top row, 9th from right.
H. Oversize views, ca. 1880-1938
This subseries contains oversize photographic views of sailboats, including the yacht Taormina, as well as views of various family homes, including William Storer Eaton's home, "The Bog," at Lakeville, Mass., Amelia Peabody's home at Mill Farm in Dover, Mass., the Dorothy Quincy House in Quincy, Mass., and the Peabody family house at Snipatuit Farm in North Rochester, Mass. Photographers include George H. Davis of Boston, Mass., Howland of Rochester, Mass., and C. A. Maynard, among others.
Photo. #28.489 depicts the sailboat, Taormina.
Inscribed: "Amelia Peabody's first studio."
Inscription on verso: "where the first Peabodys lived in America."
II. Photographs in albums
This series contains 32 volumes (including 2 oversize volumes) in cases. Vols. 1-28 are arranged chronologically. Vols. 31-32 are oversize volumes. NOTE: Vols. 29-30 contains postcards and are stored apart from the collection by format in the Amelia Peabody postcard collection (Postcard Coll. 16.3).
A. Francis H. Peabody family portraits, ca. 1850-1902
This volume contains portrait photographs of various members of the Francis Howard Peabody family. Subjects include Francis Howard Peabody, Lucy Adelaide Kinsley Peabody, Frank Everett Peabody, Fanny Peabody, Lilian Peabody, and Amelia Peabody, among many others. All of the photographs are photo-reproductions of original photographs. All of the photographs are identified; none of the photographers are identified.
B. Eaton family carte de visite album, ca. 1860-1874
This volume contains carte de visite portraits of various Eaton, Goddard, and Wigglesworth family members, among others. Photographers include James Wallace Black, John Adams Whipple, and Black & Batchelder, all of Boston, Mass., among others.
C. Frank Everett Peabody photograph album, ca. 1890
This volume contains photographs, possibly taken by Frank Everett Peabody or Gertrude Bayley Peabody, of an unidentified farm in the South. Many of the photographs are of African-American children and farm-workers, as well as of Frank Everett Peabody hunting in the countryside with dogs, ca. 1890.
D. Peabody family photograph album, ca. 1895
This volume contains photographs, probably taken by Everett Peabody, of various Peabody family members and friends at William Storer Eaton's Reed Island Camp at Great Quittacas Pond in North Rochester, Mass.; Marblehead, Mass.; and West Point and the Hudson Highlands, N.Y. There are a number of photographs of sailboats. The volume is inscribed: "Marblehead/ & Reed Island/ About 1895/ Everet [sic]."
E. Peabody family photograph album, ca. 1895-1905
This volume contains photographs of various Peabody family members and friends at William Storer Eaton's Reed Island Camp at Great Quittacas Pond in North Rochester, Mass.; Marblehead, Mass.; Snipatuit Farm in North Rochester, Mass.; and traveling in foreign locations, possibly in the Netherlands. There are also a number of photographs of sailboats and horses. The photographer is unidentified but most likely was a member of the Frank Everett Peabody family.
F. Peabody family photograph album, ca. 1897
This volume contains photographs of various Peabody family members and friends in Marblehead, Mass. and various other locations. There are a number of photographs of horses, sailboats, hunting, and horseback riding. The photographer is unidentified but most likely was a member of the Frank Everett Peabody family.
G. Peabody family photograph album, 1897-1951
This volume contains photographs of various Peabody family members and friends in such places as West Point, N.Y.; Marblehead, Mass.; Quittacas Pond and the Reed Island Camp in North Rochester, Mass.; St. Augustine, Palm Beach, Lake Worth, and Ormond, Fla.; Dublin, N.H.; Deerhaven and Stamford, Conn.; and Bermuda. Friends include the Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster children and Leslie Tobey. There are also a number of images of sailboats, of the 50th Anniversary of the 1898 Sewing Circle, and of Amelia Peabody's life in Dover, Mass., among other subjects. Many of the snapshot photographs from 1898-1899 were probably taken by Gertrude Bayley Peabody; all of the photographers are unidentified. Many of the photographs are identified. Includes color photographs.
H. Peabody family photograph album, ca. 1898
This volume contains snapshot photographs of various Peabody family members and friends, including Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster's children in Marblehead, Mass. There are also a number of photographs of various locations in Florida, as well as images of sailboats, military vessels, horses, and family houses, among other subjects. The photographer is unknown.
I. Peabody family photograph album, ca. 1899-1900
This volume contains photographs of various Peabody family members and friends, mostly in Marblehead, Mass. These photographs depict the Peabodys and their friends swimming, boating, horseback riding, and shooting rifles, among other activities. There are also a number of photographs of the organ at the Peabody family home at 120 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, Mass., as well as views of West Point and the Hudson Highlands, N.Y. The photographer is unknown.
J. Peabody family photographs, ca. 1900
This volume contains photographs of various Peabody family members and friends in Marblehead, Mass. and at Snipatuit Farm in North Rochester, Mass. These photographs depict the Peabodys and their friends sailing, golfing, and swimming, among other activities. There are a number of photographs of sailboats, horses, family houses, and automobiles, among other subjects. The volume is labeled, "Marblehead/ about 1900." The photographer is unknown.
K. Peabody family photograph album, ca. 1900-1905
This volume contains photographs of various Peabody family and friends, including the children of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster, mostly in Marblehead, Mass. The photographs depict horses, sailboats, and the Peabodys and their friends ice skating, among other activities and subjects. There are also a number of images of the Boston Public Garden and Boston Common, as well as of Plymouth, Mass. and Snipatuit Farm in North Rochester, Mass. The photographers are unknown.
L. Peabody family photograph album, 1900-1906
This volume mostly contains photographs of the Peabody family's travels through California in 1900, as well as of a camping and canoeing expedition that they took on the Allegash River in Maine in 1906. There are also a number of photographs of Peabody family and friends in Marblehead, Mass. Includes photographs of horses and sailboats. The volume is labeled, "California/ 1900/ New London/ Marblehead/ Alegash, Trip/ 1906." The photographer is unknown.
M. Peabody family photographs, ca. 1900-1925
This volume contains photographs of various Peabody family members and friends in Marblehead, Mass.; Boston, Mass.; Dover, N.H.; Camden, S.C.; and at Snipatuit Farm in North Rochester, Mass. There are also photographs of the Peabodys at an unidentified horse ranch in the Western U.S.; a World War I victory parade in Boston in 1918; an eclipse in Dover, N.H.; and Amelia Peabody working on her sculpture. Some of the photographs are identified. Some of the photographs may have been taken by Amelia Peabody; all of the photographers are unknown.
N. Peabody family travel photograph album, 1907
This volume contains photographs, probably taken by Amelia Peabody, of sites visited during the Peabody family's travels to England, Scotland, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy in 1907. Most of the photographs are identified in the hand of Amelia Peabody.
O. Peabody family travel photograph album, 1908-1909
This volume contains photographs, probably taken by Amelia Peabody and other unknown photographers, of the Peabody family's travels to Egypt in 1908-1909. Includes photographs of Amelia Peabody, Gertrude Bayley Peabody (later Eaton), Betty Millet, and other family friends. Most of the photographs are identified in the hand of Amelia Peabody.
P. Peabody family travel photograph album, 1908-1909
This volume contains photographs of the Peabody family's travels to Madeira, Gibraltar, Italy, and France in 1908-1909. Most of the photographs are identified in the hand of Amelia Peabody. The photographers were taken by "J.P.H.P." and other unidentified photographers, possibly Amelia Peabody.
Q. Peabody family travel photograph album, 1909-ca. 1910
This volume contains photographs, probably taken by Amelia Peabody, of the Peabody family in Marblehead, Mass. and while traveling in Italy in 1909-1910. The volume is labeled, "Marblehead/ to/ Italy/ 1910-1909."
R. Peabody family photograph album, ca. 1910
This volume contains photographs, probably taken by Amelia Peabody, of various Peabody family members and friends at Snipatuit Farm in North, Rochester, Mass.; Marblehead, Mass.; Niagara Falls; the Hudson Highlands, N.Y. The volume is labeled, "Marblehead/ Niagra [sic] Falls/ Farm/ New London."
S. Peabody family travel photograph album, 1910
This volume contains photographs, probably taken by Amelia Peabody, of the Peabody family's travels to France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, and Ireland in 1910. There are a number of photographs of the Peabodys aboard the S.S. Saxonia. Most of the photographs are identified in the hand of Amelia Peabody.
T. Peabody family travel photograph album, ca. 1912
This volume contains photographs, probably taken by Amelia Peabody, of the sites that the Peabody family visited during their travels to the Balkans and England, ca. 1912. The volume is labeled, "the Balkans/ +/ England/ about 1912."
U. Peabody family travel photograph album, 1913
This volume contains photographs, probably taken by Amelia Peabody, of the Peabody family's travels from New York City to Madeira, Morocco, Spain, and France in 1913. Includes a number of photographs of bullfights in Seville, Spain and Biarritz, France. Most of the photographs are identified in the hand of Amelia Peabody.
V. Amelia Peabody photograph album, ca. 1924-1934
This volume contains photographs of horses and horse shows in Vermont; Summerville and Camden, S.C.; Dublin, N.H.; and Stamford, Conn., among other places. There are a number of photographs of Amelia Peabody and her cousin Leslie Tobey on horseback, as well as of the Camden Horse Show. Some of the photographs are identified, possibly in the hand of Amelia Peabody. The photographers are unknown. Includes commercial photo-postcards.
W. Eaton family travel photograph album, ca. 1927-1930
This volume mostly contains photographs of William Storer Eaton and Gertrude Bayley Peabody Eaton's travels to Italy in 1930. Locations depicted in these photographs include Corsica, the Amalfi Coast, Pompeii, Mt. Etna, and Rome, among other places. There are also a number of photographs of the sailboat Taormina and William Storer Eaton's home, "The Bog," in Lakeville, Mass., as well as photographs of family and friends. The photographs were probably taken by Gertrude Bayley Peabody.
X. Amelia Peabody travel photograph album, ca. 1930s
This volume contains photographs taken by Amelia Peabody while traveling to Madeira, Algeria, Greece, the Middle East, and Italy, ca. 1930s. These photographs also depict various family and friends. This volume also includes a number of commercial photographic postcards, which have not been numbered as part of this photograph collection.
Y. Travel photograph album, ca. 1930s
This volume mostly contains commercial photographs collected during either Amelia Peabody or William Storer Eaton's travels to Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, France, Italy, Greece, Israel, Egypt, India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines, ca. 1930s. The photographs are identified in an unknown hand. This volume has been disbound, and the loose pages are cased.
Z. Amelia Peabody photograph album, 1954-1958
This volume contains photographs taken by Amelia Peabody between 1954-1958 of various views of friends, plants, sculptures, farm animals, horses, horse events, Lincoln Downs, Abique, Scout Pond, Powisset Farm, the Dover Union Iron Works, Presque Isle in Maine, and the Eaton family graves at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Watertown and Cambridge, Mass., among other subjects. There are also a number of photographs depicting events such as the Connecticut Valley Hereford Meeting, the Arts and Skills Picnic of the American Red Cross, and the 50th Sewing Circle Reunion. Includes color photographs. Most of the photographs are identified in the hand of Amelia Peabody.
AA. Amelia Peabody sculpture photograph album, ca. 1960s
This volume contains photographs, possibly taken by Amelia Peabody, of various pieces of her sculpture. There are also some images of her working on sculpture. Includes color photographs. Most of the photographs are identified in the hand of Amelia Peabody. This volume was disbound; the original volume pages are foldered and cased in their original order.
BB. Peabody family photograph album, ca. 1892-1928
This volume contains photographs of various members of the Peabody family and their friends, ca. 1892-1930. Subjects include photographs of Frank Everett Peabody's hunting expedition ca. 1905; sailboat racing in 1906-1907; Gertrude Bayley Peabody Eaton on a trip to Florida in 1922; William Storer Eaton; Amelia Peabody on horseback; and the Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster children. Many of these photographs were taken by William Storer Eaton. This volume was disbound; the photographs are stored and sleeved in their original order in a case.
CC. Amelia Peabody postcard album
This volume contains postcards collected by Amelia Peabody of various locations in the United States, the Bahamas, and Europe, as well as of art and architecture. Includes some photo-postcards and one envelope of loose photographs.
NOTE: Postcards are stored apart from the collection by format in the Amelia Peabody postcard collection (Postcard Coll. 16.3). Please request this volume by the postcard collection call number, NOT Photo. Coll. 28.
DD. Amelia Peabody postcard album
This volume contains commercial postcards collected by Amelia Peabody of tourist sites in Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, France, Monaco, Italy, Greece, the Middle East, Egypt India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Japan, Hawaii, California, the Panama Canal, and Cuba. The volume is damaged; some pages are loose in the case.
NOTE: Postcards are stored apart from the collection by format in the Amelia Peabody postcard collection (Postcard Coll. 16.3). Please request this volume by the postcard collection call number, NOT Photo. Coll. 28.
EE. William Storer Eaton photograph album, 1892-1898
This volume mostly contains photographs taken by William Storer Eaton of friends, including Peabody family members, at his Reed Island Camp in Great Quittacas Pond, North Rochester, Mass., between 1892-1898. Other photographs depict Eaton and friends in Marblehead, Mass., as well as other locations in Massachusetts and Maine. Many of the photographs depict sailing, and there are images of the sailboat Saladin, as well as of other boats. All of the photographs are identified in the hand of William Storer Eaton.
FF. William Storer Eaton photograph album, 1898-1901
This volume contains photographs taken by William Storer Eaton of various friends, including the Peabody family, Leslie Tobey, the children of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster, and others, between 1898-1901. These photographs were taken in Marblehead, Mass. and at the Reed Island Camp at Great Quittacas Pond in North Rochester, Mass., as well as other locations in Massachusetts and Maine. There are also a number of photographs taken by Storer in 1899 of a Harvard-Yale football game, the wreck of the steamer Norseman off of Marblehead, and of the S.S. Oceanic, as well as other sailing vessels. All of the photographs are identified in the hand of William Storer Eaton.
III. Glass plate negatives
This series contains six glass plate negatives, depicting portraits of various members of the Peabody family as well as the coats of arms of the Peabody, Bourn, and Kinsley families. NOTE: These glass plate negatives are stored apart from the collection by format in the Amelia Peabody glass plate negatives (Photo. Coll. 6.6M).
THESE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE RESTRICTED. Glass plate negatives, glass plate positives, and lantern slides of any size are not available for research use. Consult the Reference Librarian for more information.
Preferred Citation
Amelia Peabody photographs, Photo. Coll. 28, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.
Access Terms
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