1858-1961
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of portraits and views collected by the Museum of the American China Trade.
Historical Sketch
The Museum of the American China Trade was founded in 1964 by H. A. Crosby Forbes to document the American China Trade. The museum was located in the Forbes family home in Milton, Massachusetts. In 1984, the museum closed, and the artifacts were given to the Peabody Essex Museum and manuscript and photograph collections to the Massachusetts Historical Society. The Forbes house is now operated as a museum documenting the Forbes family and their activities.
Collection Description
This photographic archive of the Museum of the American China Trade contains portraits documenting the descendants of Robert Bennett Forbes and Rose Greene Smith, particularly through their son James Murray Forbes, who married Alice F. Bowditch, and their acquaintances and associates. Related families include the Crosby, Perkins, and Russell families. Views include Forbes family homes in Milton and Boston, Massachusetts; Dark Harbor, Maine; and Naushon Island. There are also a number of views of China, where various members of the family did business. Members of the Forbes family were devoted horse men and women, as well as keen sailors, so the collection includes photographs of horses, polo matches, and horse racing, as well as of ships and ship models.
Arrangement Note
The photographs in this collection were originally classified by MACT as either CB (cabinet) or AR (archives). The photographs have been sorted into broad categories and arranged alphabetically. Unidentified photographs appear at the end of each series.
Acquisition Information
Gift of the China Trade Museum, Milton, Massachusetts, 1984.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Portraits
Arranged alphabetically by last name, with unidentified portraits at the end.
A-E
Box 1Folder 1#355.01-355.02
Abbot, Mary Perkins
Box 1Folder 2#355.03
Adams, Mary & John Q., 1903
Box 1Folder 3#355.04
Agassiz, Louis
Box 1Folder 4#355.05-355.06
Alsop, Nathalie Hooper
Box 1Folder 5#355.07-355.08
Ames, Edith Cryder
Box 1Folder 6#355.09
Ames, Edith Cryder and infant
Box 1Folder 7#355.10
Amory, Henry & Edward Atkinson, 1899
Box 1Folder 8#355.11-355.13
Amory, J. Forbes
Box 1Folder 9#355.14
Atherton, Alajandra
Box 1Folder 10#355.15-355.26
Atkinson, Edward
Box 1Folder 11#355.27
Atkinson, Edward & Ellen Russell Atkinson, 1898
Box 1Folder 12#355.28-355.29
Atkinson, Edward, Mary, Henry, & Ellen
Box 1Folder 13#355.30
Bartlett, Christiana Sargent Hunnewell
Box 1Folder 14#355.31
Bowditch, Ebenezer F. "Frank" and Alice
Box 1Folder 15#355.32
Bowditch, Fanny
Box 1Folder 16#355.33
Bowditch, Ingersoll, Charles P. & Jonathan I., ca. 1877
Box 1Folder 17#355.34
Bowditch, Nathaniel
Photograph of a drawing by Mary B. Forbes.
Box 1Folder 18#355.35-355.37
Bruce, David & family
Box 1Folder 19#355.38-355.39
Burden, Eleanor
Box 1Folder 20#355.40
Cabanel, B.
Box 1Folder 21#355.41
Clark, Arthur H.
Box 1Folder 22#355.42
Clarke, Thomas Mather
Box 1Folder 23#355.43
Cunningham, Edward (1823-1889)
Box 1Folder 24#355.44
Dabney, Elsie Fay
Box 1Folder 25#355.45-355.48
DeMenocal, Beatrice Crosby
Box 1Folder 26#355.49
Delano, Frederic Adrian & Matilda Anne Peasley, 1936
Box 1Folder 27#355.50
Delano, Warren
Box 1Folder 28#355.51
Dodge, Margaret Harrison & unidentified children
Box 1Folder 29#355.52
Drummond, Iris
Forbes
Box 1Folder 30#355.53
Forbes, Alexander
Box 1Folder 31#355.54-355.62
Forbes, Alice Bowditch (1848-1929)
Box 1Folder 32#355.63
Forbes, Alice Bowditch & children
Box 1Folder 33-34#355.64-355.67
Forbes, Allan (1874-1955)
Box 1Folder 35#355.68-355.69
Forbes, Allan & Josephine M. A. Crosby
Box 1Folder 36#355.70-355.74
Forbes, Allan & Mary Bowditch Forbes
Box 1Folder 37#355.75-355.82
Forbes, Allan family portraits
Box 1Folder 38#355.83
Forbes, Charles Stuart
Box 1Folder 39#355.84
Forbes, Dora Delano (1847-1940)
Box 1Folder 40#355.85-355.89
Forbes, Dorothy Murray (1881-1944)
Box 1Folder 41#355.90-355.91
Forbes Dorothy Murray & Mary Bowditch Forbes
Box 1Folder 42#355.92
Forbes, Dorothy Murray & Ellen Joy Gray
Box 1Folder 43#355.93-355.95
Forbes, Elizabeth McKean & daughters
Box 1Folder 44#355.96
Forbes, Francis Blackwell (1839-1908)
Box 2Folder 1#355.97
Forbes, H. A. Crosby
Box 2Folder 2#355.98
Forbes, Isabel (Clark)
Box 2Folder 3-5#355.99-355.116
Forbes, James Murray (1845-1937)
Box 2Folder 6#355.117
Forbes, James M. & Tom Burgess, 1891
Box 2Folder 7#355.118-335.125
Forbes, James Murray & Alice B. Forbes
Box 2Folder 8#355.126-355.129
Forbes, James M., Alice & Mary B.
Box 2Folder 9#355.130-355.131
Forbes, James Murray & Allan
Box 2Folder 10#355.132-355.133
Forbes, James M. & Dorothy M. Forbes
Box 2Folder 11#355.134
Forbes, James Murray & Peter Kennedy, 1930
Box 2Folder 12#355.135-355.137
Forbes, James Murray & Edith Forbes Perkins
Box 2Folder 13-14#355.138-355.143
Forbes, James M. with unidentified people
Box 2Folder 15#355.144
Forbes, John
Box 2Folder 16#355.145-355.146
Forbes, John Murray
Box 2Folder 17#355.147
Forbes, Josephine M. A. Crosby
Box 2Folder 18#355.148-355.149
Forbes, Josephine, Phyllis, & Robert B., 1917
Box 2Folder 19#355.150
Forbes, Margaret Perkins
Box 2Folder 20#355.151
Forbes, Marjorie C.
Box 2Folder 21-22#355.152-355.160
Forbes, Mary Bowditch (1878-1961)
Box 2Folder 23#355.161
Forbes, Murray & Elizabeth & family, 1957
Box 2Folder 24#355.162
Forbes, Paul S.
Box 2Folder 25#355.163
Forbes, Ralph Bennett
Box 2Folder 26#355.164-355.170
Forbes, Robert Bennet
Box 2Folder 27#355.171-355.172
Forbes, Robert B. & James M. Forbes
Box 2Folder 28#355.173
Forbes, Robert B. III & Elizabeth McKean Forbes
Box 2Folder 29#355.174-355.175
Forbes, Rose Greene Smith
Box 2Folder 30#355.176
Forbes, W.
Box 2Folder 31#355.177
Forbes, William
Box 2Folder 32#355.178
Forbes, William Cameron
G-Z and unidentified
Box 3Folder 1#355.179-355.180
Gray, Effie
Box 3Folder 1#355.181-355.183
Gray, Ellen Joy
Box 3Folder 3#355.184
Grew, Henry Sturgis
Box 3Folder 4#355.185-355.186
Griffith, Fifine
Box 3Folder 5#355.187
Hathaway, William Henry
Box 3Folder 6#355.188-355.190
Herrick, Margaret Perkins
Box 3Folder 7#355.191
Hodges, R. M.
Box 3Folder 8#355.192
Hoffman, Malvina
Box 3Folder 9#355.193-355.194
Houqua
Box 3Folder 10#355.195
Howe, Mercer
Box 3Folder 11#355.196
Jackson, James
Box 3Folder 12#355.197-355.198
James, Dorothy Draper
Box 3Folder 13#355.199
Joy, Benjamin and Ellen Joy Gray
Box 3Folder 14#355.200
Kreisler, Fritz
Box 3Folder 15#355.201
Lawrence, James
Box 3Folder 16#355.202
Lawrence, Marion
Box 3Folder 17#355.203
Lawrence, Richard
Box 3Folder 18#355.204
Lawrence, William (1850-1941)
Box 3Folder 19#355.205
Leavitt, David, 1875
Box 3Folder 20#355.206-355.207
Leland, Phyllis Forbes
Box 3Folder 21#355.208
Lothrop, Kirkland, 1864
Box 3Folder 22#355.209
Malbone, Edward Greene
Box 3Folder 23#355.210
Mercier, Desire-Felicien-Francois-Joseph
Box 3Folder 24#355.211
Mitchell, Clarence & Sylvia, 1938
Box 3Folder 25#355.212
Nesbit, Lawrence & Joseph Henry Willard
Box 3Folder 26#355.213
Noble, George W. C., 1858
Box 3Folder 27#355.214
Parks, Alice Margarita
Box 3Folder 28#355.215
Patragorski, Gregor
Box 3Folder 29#355.216
Peabody, Harold
Box 3Folder 30#355.217
Peabody, Harold, Joseph Grew & Suzie Howe Dalton
Box 3Folder 31#355.218
Peel family, 1961
Box 3Folder 32#355.219
Pepper, George Wharton
Box 3Folder 33#355.220-355.222
Perkins, Charles Elliott
Box 3Folder 34#355.223
Perkins, James
Box 3Folder 35#355.224
Perkins, Mrs. James
Box 3Folder 36#355.225
Perkins, Thomas Handasyd
Box 3Folder 37#355.226
Philip II of Spain
Box 3Folder 38#355.227
Pierce, Rachel Brooks
Box 3Folder 39#355.228
Pourl, Elisabeth C.
Box 3Folder 40#355.229
Robbins, Elizabeth Murray
Box 3Folder 41#355.230-355.231
Rogers, William
Box 3Folder 42#355.232
Rosen, Lucy
Box 3Folder 43#355.233-355.235
Russell, Ellen Forbes
Box 3Folder 44#355.236-355.237
Russell, Henry Sturgis
Box 3Folder 45#355.238
Russell, James S., 1941
Box 3Folder 46#355.239
Russell, Marian
Box 3Folder 47#355.240-355.241
Russell family, children of Betty & Bob, 20th century
Box 3Folder 48#355.242
Scull, Dorothy
Box 3Folder 49#355.243-355.244
Sears, Elinora
Box 3Folder 50#355.245
Shattuck, Frederick C.
Box 3Folder 51#355.246
Shaw, Robert Gould, 1863
Box 3Folder 52#355.247-355.248
Slattery, Sally Lawrence
Box 3Folder 53#355.249
Smith, Benito Forbes
Box 3Folder 54#355.250
Stanley, Alma
Box 3Folder 55#355.251
Storey, Moorfield
Box 3Folder 56#355.252
Sturgis, James P.
Box 3Folder 57#355.253
Templeton, Alec
Box 3Folder 58#355.254
Tomes, Charles A. & Alexander H. Tomes
Box 3Folder 59#355.255
Tottie, Oscar William, Francis Barron and their mother, 1893
Box 3Folder 60#355.256
Verhoff, Michael & Gustav V, King of Sweden
Box 3Folder 61#355.257
Von Moltka, Nina Thayer & Juliet Higginson Goodwin
Box 3Folder 62#355.258-355.259
White, Mrs. Frank
Box 3Folder 63#355.260
Whitney, Thomas H. P.
Box 3Folder 63#355.260
Whitney, Thomas H. P.
Box 4Folder 1-8#355.261-355.292
Unidentified children
Box 4Folder 9#355.293-355.331
Unidentified children, tintype album, possibly Cohasset, Massachusetts
Box 4Folder 10-18#355.332-355.374
Unidentified men
Box 5Folder 1-16#355.375-355.443
Unidentified women
II. Carte de visite and tintype portraits
Arranged alphabetically by last name, with unidentified portraits at the end.
A-F
Box 6Folder 1#355.444
Babson, Mrs.
Box 6Folder 2#355.445
Barnes, Mrs. Charles
Tintype.
Box 6Folder 3#355.446
Billings, Josh
Taken by Sarony, New York.
Box 6Folder 4#355.447
Bowditch, Elizabeth
Taken by J. A. Whipple, Boston.
Box 6Folder 5#355.448
Bowditch, Nathaniel Ingersoll
Taken by J. W. Black, Boston.
Box 6Folder 6#355.449
Bowditch, Nathaniel Ingersoll
Taken by Allen, Boston.
Box 6Folder 7#355.450
Crosby, May Leavitt
Taken by Hanns Hanfstaengl, Dresden.
Box 6Folder 8#355.451
Crosby, William Bedloe
Taken by Mathew Brady, New York.
Box 6Folder 9#355.452
Cummings family, unidentified child
Box 6Folder 10#355.453
Durfee, Lucy Johnson
Box 6Folder 11#355.454
Fay, Dudley
Taken by Case & Getchell
Box 6Folder 12#355.455
Fay, Richard
Taken by Black & Batchelder.
Box 6Folder 13#355.456
Forbes, Alice Bowditch
Taken by Notman, Boston.
Box 6Folder 14#355.457
Forbes, Alice Bowditch
Box 6Folder 15-16#355.458-355.459
Forbes, Alice Bowditch
Taken by Whipple, Boston.
Box 6Folder 17#355.460
Forbes, Allan, 5 mos.
Taken by Metcalf & Welldon, Boston.
Box 6Folder 18#355.461
Forbes, Dora Delano
Taken by LeJeune, Paris.
Box 6Folder 19#355.462
Forbes, James Murray, 1898
Box 6Folder 20#355.463
Forbes, James Murray, 1894
Taken by Notman, Boston.
Box 6Folder 21#355.464
Forbes, James Murray
Taken by Levitsky/LeJeune, Paris.
Box 6Folder 23-24#355.465-355.466
Forbes, James Murray
Box 6Folder 25#355.467
Forbes, James Murray, December 1867
Taken by Sache & Westfield, Calcutta.
Box 6Folder 26#355.468
Forbes, James Murray
Taken by J. Notman, Boston.
Box 6Folder 27#355.469
Forbes, James Murray, age 15
Taken by J. W. Black, Boston.
Box 6Folder 28#355.470
Forbes, James Murray
Taken by W. Floyd, Hong Kong.
Box 6Folder 29#355.471
Forbes, James Murray and Alice Bowditch Forbes
Taken by J. A. Whipple, Boston.
Box 6Folder 30#355.472
Forbes, James Murray & Kirkland Lothrop, 1869
Taken by Navar, Paris.
Box 6Folder 31#355.473
Forbes, James Murray & Robert B. with groom & horse "Emmadale," 1863
Taken by Notman, Montreal.
Box 6Folder 32#355.474
Forbes, James Murray, Alice B. and Dorothy M.
Box 6Folder 33#355.475
Forbes, James M. and unidentified man
Taken by L. A. Beurteaux.
Box 6Folder 34#355.476
Forbes, Marjorie C. & Mary Curtis
Box 6Folder 35-36#355.477-355.478
Forbes, Mary Bowditch
Taken by Notman, Boston.
Box 6Folder 37#355.479
Forbes, Robert Bennett
Taken by Monfort & Hill.
Box 6Folder 38#355.480
Forbes, Robert B., ca. 1880
Taken by Metcalf & Welldon.
Box 6Folder 39#355.481
Forbes, Rose Greene Smith
Taken by Whipple, Boston.H-unidentified
Box 6Folder 40#355.482
Hathaway, Lydia Swain
Taken by A. Marshall, Boston.
Box 6Folder 41#355.483
Herrick, Margaret Perkins, 1880
Taken by Allen & Rowell, Boston.
Box 6Folder 42#355.484
Herrick, Margaret Perkins
Taken by Monfort & Hill.
Box 6Folder 43#355.485
Herrick, Margaret Perkins
Box 6Folder 44#355.486
Hersey, Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin with Mr. & Mrs. Amasa Whitney
Tintype.
Box 6Folder 45#355.487
Johnson, Charles S.
Taken at Treat's Ferrotype Rooms.
Box 6Folder 46#355.488
McClellan, George Brinton
Box 6Folder 47-49#355.489-355.491
Mason, Sarah Ellen Francis
Taken by Whipple, Boston.
Box 6Folder 50#355.492
Russell, Howland
Box 6Folder 51#355.493
Shaw, Robert Gould
Taken by J. W. Black, Boston.
Box 6Folder 52#355.494
Taylor, Eveline
Box 6Folder 53#355.495
Thayer, William Sydney, July 1866
Box 6Folder 54#355.496
Williams, Mrs. Barney
Taken by Mora.
Box 6Folder 54-60#355.497-355.503
Unidentified children
Box 6Folder 61-65#355.504-355.508
Unidentified men
Box 6Folder 65-83#355.509-355.527
Unidentified women
Box 6Folder 84-88#355.528-355.532
Unidentified groom with horse, Pau, France
III. Group portraits
Box 7Folder 1#355.533
Riders at the Dedham Polo Club
Box 7Folder 2#355.534-355.535
Fenchow missionaries, Shansi, May 1911
Pictured: Daisie Gehman Fairfield, Grace McConnaughey, Clara (French) Watson, Alice Williams, Edith Watson, Mary (Williams) Hemingway, Adelaide Hemingway, Gertrude Chauncy, Isabel Hemingway, Mark Williams, Percy T. Watson, Paul L. Corbin, Watts O. Pye, Wynn C. Fairfield, Willoughby Hemingway, and H. H. King.
Box 7Folder 3#355.536
Russell & Co. Clerks.
Pictured: Mr. Brankin, J. W. Leembruggen, A. Shaw, F. E. Foster, F. W. Sanerman, Aug. White, J. H. Dunn, Philip Dumaresq, A. M. Melliss, J. B. Gomezd, and Francis Blackwell Forbes.
Box 7Folder 4#355.537
Murray, James, Allan, Alice, Mary & Dorothy Forbes in a horse drawn sled
Box 7Folder 5#355.538
Unidentified members of the Forbes family with backs turned to the camera
Box 7Folder 6#355.539
Forbes and Perkins family members with horses and goats, June 1891
Pictured: Mary Bowditch Forbes on pony, James Murray Forbes with "Laddie," Alice Bowditch Forbes with "Squire," Allan Forbes on "Cobweb," Dorothy Murray Forbes and Charles E. Perkins with goats, & an unidentified girl sitting on steps.
Box 7Folder 7#355.540
Forbes, J. Murray, Charles E. Perkins, James S. Cunningham, Lillie Jackson, Minnie Mobley, and Mrs. Charles Perkins, ca. 1869
Box 7Folder 8#355.541
Forbes, James Murray, Dorothy Murray & Mary Bowditch Forbes with unidentified girl, goats, and dogs, 1891
Box 7Folder 9#355.542
Forbes, James Murray and eight unidentified people, Maine
Box 7Folder 10#355.543-355.548
Naushon trustees
Box 7Folder 11#355.549
Revere Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Box 7Folder 12#355.550-355.552
Garden party, unidentified guests
Box 7Folder 13#355.553
Outdoor concert
Box 7Folder 14-17#355.554-355.570
Unidentified couples
Box 7Folder 18-22#355.571-355.575
Unidentified groups of men
Box 7Folder 23-30#355.576-355.594
Unidentified groups of women
Box 7Folder 31-33#355.595-355.607
Unidentified mixed groups
IV. Views and miscellaneous photographs
Massachusetts
Box 8Folder 1#355.608-355.609
Boston, 107 Commonwealth Avenue
Box 8Folder 2#355.610
Boston, 8 Otis Street
Box 8Folder 3#355.611-355.614
Boston, Vincent Hospital
Box 8Folder 4#355.615-355.616
Boston, miscellaneous views
Box 8Folder 5#355.617-355.618
Brookline, The Country Club
Box 8Folder 6#355.619-355.621
Cambridge
Box 8Folder 7#355.622
Ipswich, Old Perkins House 1882
Box 8Folder 8#355.623
Milton, "The Birches"
Box 8Folder 9-15#355.624-355.722
Milton, Robert Bennett Forbes House
Box 8Folder 16#355.723-355.724
Milton, Cottage of John & Sarah Forbes
Box 8Folder 17#355.725-355.726
Milton, "Fredonia"
Box 8Folder 18#355.727-355.731
Milton, William H. Forbes house
Box 8Folder 19#355.732-355.734
Milton, miscellaneous
Box 8Folder 20-22#355.735-355.762
Naushon Island
Box 8Folder 23#355.763
Norwood, Gay Farm
Box 8Folder 24#355.764
Westwood
Non-Massachusetts
Box 9Folder 1#355.765-355.766
California
Box 9Folder 2#355.767
Florida
Box 9Folder 3#355.768
Hawaii
Box 9Folder 4#355.769
Chicago, Illinois, Columbian Exposition, 1893
Box 9Folder 5-6#355.770-355.777
Maine
Box 9Folder 7#355.778-355.779
Rhode Island
Box 9Folder 8#355.780
Belgium
Box 9Folder 9-10#355.781-355.791
England
Box 9Folder 11#355.792-355.806
Europe, 1935, 1938
Box 9Folder 12#355.807-355.808
France
Box 9Folder 13#355.809-355.811
Holland
Box 9Folder 14#355.812-355.839
India, Greece, Egypt travel snapshots
Box 9Folder 15-16#355.840-355.851
Italy, 1936
Box 9Folder 17#355.852
Palestine, 1901
Box 9Folder 18#355.853
Scotland
Box 9Folder 19#355.854-355.855
Switzerland
Box 9Folder 20#355.856-355.876
Shanghai
Box 9Folder 21-23#355.877-355.903
Unidentified views
Miscellaneous photographs
Box 9Folder 24#355.904-355.911
Artifacts related to the Forbes family
Box 9Folder 25#355.912-355.918
Artworks
Box 9Folder 26#355.919-355.926
Books & manuscripts
Box 9Folder 27#355.927
Dogs
Box 9Folder 28#355.928
Donkey
Box 9Folder 29-31#355.929-355.956
Horses
Box 10Folder 1-23#355.957-355.980
Horses
Box 10Folder 24-25#355.981-355.995
Sailboats, ship models
IV. Oversize photographs
Portraits
OS Box 1Folder 1#355.996-355.995
Amory, Harry & cousin Edward, 1899
OS Box 1Folder 2#355.997
Barclay, Adelaide Mott
OS Box 1Folder 3#355.998
Bruce, Evangeline Bell
Taken by Philippe Halsman.
OS Box 1Folder 4#355.999
Coit, Ellen, June 1943
Taken by Bachrach.
OS Box 1Folder 5#355.1000
Coit, Martha
OS Box 1Folder 6#355.1001-355.1002
Forbes, Alexander & Elizabeth (Lord & Lady Pitsligo)
OS Box 1Folder 7#355.1003
Forbes, Allan (1874-1955) and Allan (1919-), September 1923
OS Box 1Folder 8-12#355.1004-355.1010
Forbes, Allan (1874-1955)
OS Box 1Folder 13#355.1011-355.1012
Forbes, Allan, family, 1917
OS Box 1Folder 14#355.1013-355.1014
Forbes, Allan, family, 1920
OS Box 1Folder 15#355.1015
Forbes, Allan, family, 1922
OS Box 1Folder 16#355.1016
Forbes, Allan, family, 1923
OS Box 1Folder 17#355.1017
Forbes, Allan, family, 1925
OS Box 1Folder 18#355.1018
Forbes, Allan, family, 1927
OS Box 1Folder 19#355.1019
Forbes, Allan, family, 1936
OS Box 1Folder 20#355.1020
Forbes, Allan, family, 1939
OS Box 1Folder 21#355.1021
Forbes, Allan, family, 1940s
OS Box 1Folder 22#355.1022
Forbes, Allan and Josephine, 1940s
OS Box 1Folder 23#355.1023
Forbes, Allan and Josephine, undated
OS Box 1Folder 24#355.1024
Forbes, Charles
OS Box 1Folder 25-31#355.1025-355.1032
Forbes, Dorothy Murray
OS Box 2Folder 1#355.1033
Forbes, Elizabeth McKean
OS Box 2Folder 2-5#355.1034-355.1037
Forbes, James Murray (1845-1937)
OS Box 2Folder 6#355.1038
Forbes, John
OS Box 2Folder 7-8#355.1039-355.1040
Forbes, John Murray (1813-1898)
OS Box 2Folder 9-12#355.1041-355.1044
Forbes, Josephine M. A. Crosby wedding photographs, 1913
OS Box 2Folder 13-14#355.1045-355.1046
Forbes, Josephine M. A. Crosby
OS Box 2Folder 15#355.1047-355.1048
Forbes, Robert B. "Ben" (1916-1944)
OS Box 2Folder 16#355.1049
Forbes, William, Bt. of Pitsligo
OS Box 2Folder 17#355.1050
Greene, Thomas (1705-1763)
OS Box 2Folder 18-19#355.1051-355.1052
Houqua
OS Box 2Folder 20#355.1053
Johnson, Marian, 1929
OS Box 2Folder 21#355.1054
Kosa, Phya Phipat, 1914
OS Box 2Folder 22#355.1055
Lawrence, Mrs. James
OS Box 2Folder 23#355.1056
Lawrence, John, James and Dorothy
OS Box 2Folder 24#355.1057
Leavitt, David
OS Box 2Folder 25#355.1058
Leavitt, Maria Clarissa
OS Box 2Folder 26-29#355.1059-355.1062
Leland, Phyllis Forbes
OS Box 2Folder 30#355.1063
Lyman, Theodore
OS Box 3Folder 1#355.1064
McKay, Donald
OS Box 3Folder 2#355.1065
Nurse, Annie Endicott
OS Box 3Folder 3#355.1066
Pell, Herbert & Olive
OS Box 3Folder 4#355.1067
Pell, Olive
OS Box 3Folder 5#355.1068
Perkins children
OS Box 3Folder 6#355.1069
Preston, Alice, 1926
OS Box 3Folder 7#355.1070
Russell, Henry Sturgis & Mary Forbes Russell, 1904
OS Box 3Folder 8#355.1071
Russell, James & Ellen, 1872
OS Box 3Folder 9#355.1072
Scott children, 1912
OS Box 3Folder 10#355.1073
Sillcox, Marcia
OS Box 3Folder 11#355.1074
Verhist, Fifine
OS Box 3Folder 12#355.1075
Watson, Edward Bowditch & family, 1941
OS Box 3Folder 13#355.1076
Watson, Lorna
OS Box 3Folder 14#355.1077
Unidentified child
OS Box 3Folder 15-18#355.1078-355.1081
Unidentified men
OS Box 3Folder 19-22#355.1082-355.1085
Unidentified women
Groups
OS Box 4Folder 1#355.1086
Bailey, J. Clarence, William M. Mcmilan, Charles H. Taylor, Fred L. Bailey, Watson S. Dolliver. "Pilot Boat ‘Liberty' #3"
OS Box 4Folder 2#355.1087
Crosby, Sheldon L. and eight unidentified men, possibly Poland
OS Box 4Folder 3#355.1088
Crosby, Sheldon L. and others, possibly Poland
Autographs on mount.
OS Box 4Folder 4#355.1089
Forbes, Dorothy M., Mary Curtis, Marjorie Cochran Forbes, Mary Bowditch Forbes and three other girls, possibly Miss Folsom's School
OS Box 4Folder 5#355.1090
Forbes, Josephine M. A. Crosby, Buell Hollister, Edith Kane, Mrs. Forest, Muriel Robbins, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sydney Breese, Charles Lawrance, and Edward Rogers. Yale Prom, January 1904
OS Box 4Folder 6#355.1091
King, Mr. & Mrs. Edward, George Gordon King, Mr. & Mrs. Daniel LeRoy, Mr. & Mrs. G. W. Dresser, and Miss Mary Thomas, before 1870
OS Box 4Folder 7#355.1092
Russell, Ellen, Mary Russell, Mrs. H. S. Russell, Mrs. Forbes, Sarah Forbes, and Howland Russell, 1885
OS Box 4Folder 8#355.1093
Daughters of the American Revolution, Paul Revere Chapter, November 1959
OS Box 4Folder 9#355.1094
Groton School, 1896
OS Box 4Folder 10#355.1095
Groton School, 1899
OS Box 4Folder 11#355.1096
Harvard Class of 1866, 1926
OS Box 4Folder 12-13#355.1097-355.1098
Harvard sports teams
OS Box 4Folder 14#355.1099
"Hoot Mons"
OS Box 4Folder 15-16#355.1100-1101
Russell & Co. employees, China, 1864
OS Box 4Folder 17#355.1102
Vincent Club performance
OS Box 4Folder 18#355.1103
Unidentified family portrait
OS Box 4Folder 19-20#355.1104-355.1105
Unidentified groups, Pau, France
OS Box 4Folder 21-24#355.1106-355.1109
Polo players
OS Box 4Folder 25#355.1110
Theatre Performance of the Jewel Maiden, Carnegie Lyceum, 1904
OS Box 4Folder 26#355.1111
Wedding party, 1896
OS Box 5Folder 1-14#355.1112-355.1125
Amory, Cunningham, Forbes, and Perkins children, theatrical performance
Views and miscellaneous photographs
Views
OS Box 6Folder 1#355.1126
Boston, Union building, State Street, ca. 1882
OS Box 6Folder 2#355.1127
Boston waterfront
Taken by A. H. Folsom.
OS Box 6Folder 3-12#355.1128-355.1137
Boston, 107 Commonwealth Avenue, James M. Forbes house interiors, ca. 1890
Taken by A. H. Folsom.
OS Box 6Folder 13-14#355.1138-355.1142
Brookline, 275 Heath Street, Walter C. Cabot house interiors
OS Box 6Folder 15#355.1143-355.1147
Manchester, Massachusetts, Walter C. Cabot house
OS Box 6Folder 16#355.1148
Milton, "Grandma Forbes' bedroom Milton Hill," ca. 1889
Taken by A. H. Folsom.
OS Box 6Folder 17#355.1149
Milton, Edith Emerson Forbes' garden
OS Box 7Folder 1-8#355.1150-355.1157
Milton, J. M. Forbes house, ca. 1889-1901
OS Box 7Folder 9#355.1158
Milton, Adams Street, Samuel Littlefield house
Taken by A. H. Folsom.
OS Box 7Folder 10#355.1159
Milton, "Old House"
Photograph of a painting taken by A. H. Folsom.
OS Box 7Folder 11#355.1160
Milton, Harriet Ware's house
OS Box 7Folder 12#355.1161
Roxbury, First Church, John Eliot Square
OS Box 7Folder 13#355.1162
Westwood, Massachusetts, unidentified house, ca. 1907
OS Box 7Folder 13#355.1163
Westwood, Massachusetts, "The Cedars," July 1912
Pictured: Josiah and Frances Childs.
OS Box 7Folder 14#355.1164
France, Chateau de Larresingle
OS Box 7Folder 14#355.1165
France, Villefranche Harbor, 1866 or 1867
OS Box 7Folder 15#355.1166
Germany, Jura Chapel
OS Box 7Folder 16#355.1167
Madeira, unidentified men and a pony
OS Box 7Folder 16#355.1168
Eben Fisher Varnish Works, Boston
On verso of #355.1167.
OS Box 7Folder 17#355.1169-355.1170
Madeira
OS Box 7Folder 18#355.1171-355.1175
Madeira, "Quinta Davies" or "Quinta Vigia"
OS Box 7Folder 19-21#355.1176-355.1182
Unidentified views
Miscellaneous photographs
OS Box 8Folder 1#355.1183-355.1188
Artifacts
OS Box 8Folder 2-3#355.1189-355.1190
Dogs
OS Box 8Folder 4-6#355.1191-355.1194
Horse racing
OS Box 8Folder 7-15#355.1195-355.1204
Horses
OS Box 8Folder 16-28#355.1205-355.1217
Ships and ship models
Preferred Citation
Museum of the American China Trade photograph collection, 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.
Persons:
Bowditch family--Photographs.
Crosby family--Photographs.
Forbes family--Photographs.
Perkins family--Photographs.
Russell family--Photographs.
Subjects:
Animals--Photographs.
Boston (Mass.)--Photographs.
China--Photographs.
Dark Harbor (Me.)--Photographs.
Dwellings--Maine--Dark Harbor--Photographs.
Dwellings--Massachusetts--Boston--Photographs.
Dwellings--Massachusetts--Milton--Photographs.
Horse racing--Photographs.
Horses--Photographs.
Milton (Mass.)--Photographs.
Naushon Island (Mass.)--Photographs.
Polo players--Photographs.
Ship models--Photographs.
Ships--Photographs.