Historic New England is now the keeper of a collection of over 2,000 images, mostly glass plate negatives, that used to be stored here in a small outbuilding at the Yankee offices in Dublin, New Hampshire. The images were originally purchased by the magazine to be used to illustrate a number of books about early life in […]
Kids sailing their model yacht, New England location unknown.
Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New England
Historic New England is now the keeper of a collection of over 2,000 images, mostly glass plate negatives, that used to be stored here in a small outbuilding at the Yankee offices in Dublin, New Hampshire. The images were originally purchased by the magazine to be used to illustrate a number of books about early life in New England including the titles, This New England and That New England. We are thrilled that Historic New England is now giving new life and light to these photographs and is committed to preserving them. The collection dates from the 1890s to 1930s and many of the photographs are attributed to Alton H. Blackington (1893-1963), a photojournalist with ties to the magazine as well as portrait and landscape photographer Martha Hale Harvey (1862-1949). Please enjoy this small sampling of a few of our favorite images from the collection.
Calvin and Grace Coolidge in the Adams House, Boston, Massachusetts, 1920, after receiving notification of his nomination for Vice President. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandPresident Calvin Coolidge fishing, Vermont. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandPresident Calvin Coolidge farming at the family homestead, Vermont. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandPresident and Mrs. Coolidge and their dog Blackberry in front of the general store, Plymouth, Vermont, 1931. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandKids sailing their model yacht, New England location unknown. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandHampton Beach, New Hampshire, July 1933. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandClam bake, Owl’s Head, Maine, September 3, 1938. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandArt class, Provincetown, Massachusetts, c. 1925. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandHaying, Thomaston, Maine, 1928. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandA New England haying scene, location unknown. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandAmelia Earhart being honored at the Boston airport for being the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight, July 1928. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandAmelia Earhart waving to crowds gathered to honor her for her flight across the Atlantic Ocean, July 1928. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandNorth End of Boston, Massachusetts, c. 1925. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New EnglandParade, Boston, Massachusetts, Thanksgiving Day, 1933. Credit: Yankee Publishing Collection/Historic New England
To see more of the collection or to learn more about Historic New England’s work, please visit their website: http://www.historicnewengland.org
