1861-1919
Guide to the Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs of members of Massachusetts military units from the Civil War through World War I.
Biographical Sketch
Jacques Noel Jacobsen, Jr. (1932-2016) was a teacher, archaeologist, and historian. For more than 50 years, he was also a licensed auctioneer and appraiser and antique dealer specializing in police, fire, and military antiques and ephemera. He was an elected fellow of the Company of Military Historians and author of several monographs on American military uniforms and insignia.
Collection Description
This collection consists of photographs of Massachusetts soldiers from the Civil War through World War I collected by militaria dealer Jacques Noel Jacobsen, Jr. The collection mostly consists of studio photographs of individual soldiers, the bulk of which are unidentified, but assumed to be Massachusetts men, either by having been photographed by a Massachusetts photographer or through insignia or other clues in the photographs. The majority of identified photographs seem to have come from the same source and depict Massachusetts veterans of the Civil War. Also in this group are a few photographs of cadets from English High School in Boston in 1887. In addition to cabinet photographs, the collection includes cartes de visite and stereoviews.
Acquisition Information
Gifts of Jacques Noel Jacobsen, Jr., February 2010-June 2011.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Identified portraits
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1Folder 1#440.1
"Dolly Adams"
Stereoview.
Box 1Folder 2#440.2
"N. E. Annis, Co. C. 8th Vt. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 3#440.3
"Allen Bailey, Co. G. 6th Mass. Vols."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 4#440.4
"Fred A. Baron, Co. G. 6th Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 5#440.5
"S. M. Bell, Co. A. 1st Frontier Cav."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 6#440.6
"Albert J. Bixby, Co. F. 4th Mass. Cav."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 7#440.7
"Dan'l A. Brown, Co. L. 3d Mass. Cav."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 8#440.8
"Jerome B. Brown Co. A. 33rd Mass. & C. C. 1st Frontier Cav."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 9#440.9
"Geo. P. Buckman Co. D. 4th Vt. Vols."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 10#440.10
"N. Homer Burnham"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 11#440.11
"Geo. A. Byam Co. K, 6th Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 12#440.12
"Wm. P. Canning, Co. K. 33d Mass: 41st Mass. 3d Mass. Cav."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 13#440.13
"William H. Cargill. Co. H. 6th Mass. Reg't."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 14#440.14
"Sam Chapin. Co. G. 6th Mass."
Box 1Folder 15#440.15
"B. G. Chatfield Co. G. 10th Vt. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 16#440.16
"Bertie Clark Worcester"
Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 17#440.17
"Wm. H. Dorr. Co. C. 6th Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 18#440.18
"E. L. E. Drake, E.H.S. '87"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 19#440.19
"Chas. F. Emerson, Co. A. 26 Mass. Vol."
Mounted photograph.
Box 1Folder 20#440.20
"James P. Emerson Co. H. 6th Mass. Vols."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 21#440.21
"J. Q. A. Ferguson Co. C. 19 Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 22#440.22
"Chas. F. Fish Co. K 36th Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 23#440.23
"J. P. B. Fisk Auburndale friend"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 24#440.24
"J. R. Fletcher Co. K 6th Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 25#440.25
"Robert Fletcher. Co. E. 26th Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 26#440.26
"Segt. F. G. Floyd. Co. A. 1st Bat. E.H.S. '87"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 27#440.27
"Chas. C. Foote Co. G. 6th Mass."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 28#440.28
"William R. Fowle 11th Mass. Battery L.A."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 29#440.29
"Albert I. Gilman Co. F. 1st Mass. H.A."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 30#440.30
"Gardner S. Gilman 2. M. Dept."
Box 1Folder 31#440.31
"Lt. Albert A. Gleason 1st Mass. Artillery U.S.V.," 1898
Mounted photograph of Gleason outside his tent.
Box 1Folder 32#440.32
"Nathaniel Goodhue Chelsea, Mass."
Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 33#440.33
"Frank B. Hawes Co. F. 10th Mass. Vol. Inft."
Mounted photograph.
Box 1Folder 34#440.34
"A. J. Howe. Co. A. 6th Mass. Infy."
Box 1Folder 35#440.35
"Jones 4/3/1890"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 36#440.36
"Gardner W. King Co. C. 6th Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 37#440.37
"Joel Knapp. Co. C. 6th Mass. Reg't."
Mounted photograph.
Box 1Folder 38#440.38
"H. L. Knowlton Co. H. 4th Vt. Infy. Died March 21 1912."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 39#440.39
"A. J. Lamphear. Co. E. 26th Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 40#440.40
"Andrew Liddell. Co. G. 6th Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 41#440.41
"R. M. Lovett '87"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 42#440.42
"Geo. E. Maher 'Sabine' Navy"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 43#440.43
"William H. Morgan 12th U.S. Inf. Co. F. 2nd N.Y.H.L. Cav. Co. E."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 44#440.44
"Osborn Co. I. 56"
Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 45#440.45
"G. H. Palmer"
Mounted photograph.
Box 1Folder 46#440.46
"Geo. A. Parkhurst. Co. K. 6th Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 47#440.47
"Frank B. Peabody. Co. C 6th Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 48#440.48
"Oscar Pearson. Co. F. 2nd Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 49#440.49
"F. S. Pevey. Co. G [illeg.] Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 50#440.50
"James A. Pevey Co. A. Frontier Cav."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 51#440.51
"Chas. E. Poor. Co. H. 38th U.S. Col'd"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 52#440.52
"Royal M. Pulsifer"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 53#440.53
"Sergt. A. H. Remillard Co. I 2nd Inf MVM"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 54#440.54
"Chas. H. Richardson. Co. G. 6th Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 55#440.55
"Edward A. Robinson Asst. Engineer, U.S.N."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 56#440.56
"F. G. Rundlett. Ship 'Portsmouth.' Navy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 57#440.57
Winfield Scott
Carte de visite.
Box 1Folder 58#440.58
"Chas. J. Searles. Co. C. 16 Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 59#440.59
"Col. E. R. Shumway"
Mounted photograph.
Box 1Folder 60#440.60
"Fred J. Small Co. H. 6th Mass. Inf."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 61#440.61
"Samu'l A. Smith. Co. D. 6th Mass. Vols."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 62#440.62
"T. E. Stratton Co. C. 6th Mass."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 63#440.63
"Maj. [John J.] Sullivan Old 9th"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 1Folder 64#440.64
"W. Sweetser Stoneham"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 1#440.65
"John F. Thorning 7th Mass. Batty."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 2#440.66
"Geo. F. Tilton Co. D 6th Mass. Vols."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 3#440.67
"Charlie Torrey"
Carte de visite of a child with hula hoop.
Box 2Folder 4#440.68
"J. B. Trueworthy Co. C 6th Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 5#440.69
"Geo. Walsh friend of Ma"
Cabinet photograph of soldier holding trombone.
Box 2Folder 6#440.70
"W. H. Ward Co. H. 1st Me. Vols."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 7#440.71
"Jack Watts (blue army blankets)"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 8#440.72
"John R. Whipple C. H. B. 1887"
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 9#440.73
"Edmund Whitcomb. Co. B. 13th Vt. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 10#440.74
"Joseph Whitely Co. F. 1st Mass. H.A."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 11#440.75
"J. B. Wilson. Co. A. 26th Mass. Infy."
Cabinet photograph.
Box 2Folder 12#440.76
"Alfred Wright U.S. Navy"
Cabinet photograph.II. Unidentified photographs
Box 2Folder 13#440.77-440.78
Unidentified cartes de visite of children
Box 2Folder 14#440.79-440.90
Unidentified cartes de visite of men
Box 2Folder 15#440.91-440.101
Unidentified cartes de visite of soldiers
Box 2Folder 16#440.102-440.113
Unidentified cartes de visite of women
Box 2Folder 17-51#440.114-440.173
Unidentified cabinet and mounted photographs of soldiers, 1870s-1918
Primarily studio photographs of individual soldiers from Massachusetts units or taken by Massachusetts photographers.
Box 3Folder 1-18#440.174-440.205
Unidentified cabinet and mounted photographs of soldiers, 1870s-1918
Primarily studio photographs of individual soldiers from Massachusetts units or taken by Massachusetts photographers.
Box 3Folder 19#440.206
Unidentified firefighter
Box 3Folder 20-22#440.207-440.210
Unidentified military musicians
Box 3Folder 23-25#440.211-440.216
Unidentified sailors
III. Groups
Box 3Folder 26#440.217
Unidentified M.V.M. unit in camp
Box 3Folder 27#440.218
Unidentified M.V.M. officers
Box 3Folder 28#440.219
Soldiers in formation, along a town street, possibly Marlboro, Mass.
Taken by Wade, photographer, Marlboro, Mass.
Box 3Folder 29#440.220
General W. H. Brigham, Capt. H. S. Moore, Lieut. H. C. Moore, Herman Farenholtz, in camp, Duxbury, Mass., 1903
Box 3Folder 30#440.221
8th Regiment M.V.M. band
Box 3Folder 31#440.222
151st Division Infantry, Camp Devens, 1918
Box 3Folder 32#440.223
U.S.V. Cavalry officers in camp
Box 3Folder 33#440.224
Unidentified soldier in parade uniform
Taken by Joseph Ward, Boston.Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 34#440.225
"Crimmins boys"
Taken by Barrett, Hyde Park.Cabinet photograph of two soldiers.
Box 3Folder 35#440.226
M.V.M. band at "Camp Brown at Quonset Point, July 8 to 13 1895"
Band members identified as James Smith, Howard Prior, Albert Forster, and Frank M. Shaw.
Box 3Folder 36#440.227
Unidentified militia unit lining the street of unidentified town
Taken by Chas. O. Hodgman, Bedford, Mass.
Box 3Folder 37#440.228
New Bedford military band
Taken by J. N. Chamberlain, Woonsocket, R.I. & Cottage City, Mass.
Box 3Folder 38#440.229
Three unidentified members of Co. L., 1st Mass. Infantry
Box 3Folder 39#440.230
"Morning glories"
Stereoview photograph of 12 babies taken by R. B. Lewis of Hudson and described by him on the reverse as "A photographic feat unparalleled." The babies are identified on the reverse.
IV. Views
Box 3Folder 40#440.231-440.233
Mantanzas, Cuba, 8th Regiment Camp
Box 3Folder 41#440.234
Boston[?], Mass. church interior, "Welcome Home" arch in front of the altar
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 42#440.235
Boston Coliseum, interior
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 43#440.236
Boston Common, 1889
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 44#440.237
Boston Custom House
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 45#440.238
Boston? floral tribute to a fallen soldier Coliseum, interior
Taken by Prescott & Whiting, Boston.
Box 3Folder 46#440.239
Boston, Horticultural Building
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 47#440.240
Boston, Music Hall, organ
Carte de visite.
Box 3Folder 48#440.241
Boston, Public Garden, Washington equestrian statue
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 49#440.242
Charlestown, Bunker Hill Monument
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 50#440.243
Lowell, bird's eye view
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 51#440.244
Lowell, Whitney Monument
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 52#440.245
Lowell, Statue of Victory
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 53#440.246
Lowell, Pawtucket Falls
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 54#440.247
Martha's Vineyard, boats
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 55#440.248
Northampton, Prospect House, Mt. Holyoke
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 56#440.249
Northampton, The Big Elm
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 57#440.250
South Hadley, Titan's Pass
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 58#440.251
New Hampshire, hanging boulder at "The Flume"
Carte de visite.
Box 3Folder 59#440.252
Pennsylvania, 12th Mass. Infantry monument at Gettysburg
Stereoview.
Box 3Folder 60#440.253
Unidentified harbor view
Carte de visite.V. Oversize photographs
OS Box 1Folder 1#440.254
Unidentified officer resting in his tent
OS Box 1Folder 2#440.255
Unidentified officer, dress uniform, 1903
OS Box 1Folder 3#440.256
Unidentified Massachusetts soldiers in camp, 20th century
OS Box 1Folder 4#440.257
Massachusetts officers on the muster field, 1902
Some of the subjects are identified in ink on the mount.
OS Box 1Folder 5#440.258
Three unidentified Mass. soldiers in camp
OS Box 1Folder 6#440.259
Unidentified Mass. 1st artillery, Company L soldiers
OS Box 1Folder 7#440.260
Co. B. 1st. Corps Cadets, M.V.M. at Camp Hingham, 1897
OS Box 1Folder 8#440.261
Troop A, 1st Squadron Cavalry, M.V.M.
OS Box 1Folder 9#440.262
Unidentified military unit, 20th century
The names of the unit's men are on the reverse of the photograph.
OS Box 1Folder 10#440.263
Unidentified soldiers dining in the field
OS Box 1Folder 11#440.264
Unidentified officer
OS Box 1Folder 12#440.265
Unidentified artillery unit in camp
OS Box 1Folder 13#440.266
Co. L 8th Mass. Vol. Mantanzas Cuba, 17 March 1899
OS Box 1Folder 14#440.267
Fifth Regiment Mass Infantry, on elementary drill at Hudson, 14 July 1875
OS Box 1Folder 15#440.268
Five unidentified Mass. officers outside their tent
OS Box 1Folder 16#440.269
Unidentified officers, NCS insignia on hats
OS Box 1Folder 17#440.270
"Westfield, Mass. Co. F. Cooking Squad"
Preferred Citation
Jacques N. Jacobsen, Jr. Massachusetts militia photographs, 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.
Organizations:
Massachusetts. Militia--Photographs.
Subjects:
Cabinet photographs.
Cartes de visite.
Military uniforms--Photographs.
Soldiers--Massachusetts--Photographs.
Spanish American War, 1898--Photographs.
Stereographs.
World War, 1914-1918--Photographs.
United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Veterans--Massachusetts--Photographs.