1866-ca.1900
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs taken or purchased by Henry Adams that document his travels to England, Egypt, Tahiti, Japan, Fiji, and Wyoming from 1870-1894.
Biographical Sketch
Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) was the son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-1886) and Abigail (Brooks) Adams (1808-1889), the grandson of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), and the great-grandson of John Adams (1735-1826). Henry Adams (HA) was a journalist, professor, historian, and political observer. From 1860-1868, HA worked for his father as a secretary and accompanied him to Europe. HA was then a professor at Harvard College between 1870-1877 and later moved to Washington, D.C., although he maintained a house in Beverly, Mass. In 1872, HA married Marian "Clover" Hooper; they had no children. Throughout his life, HA traveled extensively and spent time in Europe, Egypt, Japan, Cuba, and the South Pacific. His books include: History of the United States, vols. 1-9; Mont Saint Michel and Chartres; and The Education of Henry Adams.
Sources
The following are some of the available biographical sources containing more detailed information about Henry Adams: Ernest Samuels, The Young Henry Adams (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1948); Ernest Samuels, Henry Adams: The Middle Years (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1958); Ernest Samuels, Henry Adams: The Major Phase (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1964); Edward Chalfant, Both Sides of the Ocean: A Biography of Henry Adams, His First Life, 1838-1862 (Hamden, CT: Archon Books, 1982); Edward Chalfant, Better in Darkness: A Biography of Henry Adams: His Second Life, 1862-1891 (Hamden, CT: Archin Books, 1982).
Collection Description
The Henry Adams photograph collection contains 423 photographs in five albums (in boxes or cases) and 6 narrow boxes. The bulk of the collection documents Henry Adams's travels to England in 1870 and 1873; Egypt in 1872-1873 and 1888; Tahiti in 1891; Japan in 1886; Fiji in 1891; and Wyoming in 1894. The subjects of these travel photographs include, among others, landscape views of Papeete, Tahiti, Japan, and Wyoming; Fijian natives; Japanese and Egyptian antiquities; and Wenlock Abbey and Acton, England. Also featured in the photographs are Henry Adams and various travel companions such as John La Farge and John Hay.
Many of the photographs of Egypt, Japan, and Fiji were commercial photos that Henry Adams purchased or had made for himself abroad. These commercial photographers include, where noted, J. Pascal Sebah; Antonio Beato; Dufty Bros. of Levuka, Fiji; and F. H. Dufty of Suva, Fiji. Others were taken by friends and travel companions such as Joseph Paxson Iddings, and Frank Doyle. It is also possible that Henry Adams himself took a number of photographs in this collection.
Also included in the collection is an album that contains thirteen portraits taken in 1900, most likely by Henry Adams. Its subjects include, among others, Elizabeth Ogden Adams (1873-1945), Louisa Chapin Hooper (b. 1874), Mary Hooper Warner (b. 1879), John Hay, Charles Warren Stoddard (1843-1909), and Henry Adams himself. These same subjects are also represented in the miscellaneous loose portraits at the end of the collection; it is probable that they were alternate takes for the images that Adams finally chose to include his portrait album. Duplicate copies of many of both the loose portraits and the portraits in the album are also contained in this collection.
There is also one album belonging to Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams that contains commercial photographs of France, England, Scotland, and Switzerland. It is inscribed "Clover Hooper London March 29, 1866," and the photos are captioned in her hand.
Photographs by and of Marian Hooper Adams were removed from this collection and made into a separate collection, the Marian Hooper Adams photographs (Photo. Coll. 50) in May 2002.
Acquisition Information
The Henry Adams Photographs were removed from the Henry Adams Papers. The entire collection was donated to the Massachusetts Historical Society as a bequest from Henry Adams in 1919.
Photographs 40.418-40.421 were given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Mrs. Ward Thoron in 1957 and added to the Henry Adams Papers.
Detailed Description of the Collection
With the exception of Album 5, most of the photographs in the albums have captions in the hand of Henry Adams. In the following list of photographs, initials in brackets after the captions indicate who wrote the caption: [HA] = Henry Adams; [MHA] = Marian Hooper Adams. Descriptions in brackets [ ] were supplied by the cataloger. The identification of the locations of the photographs in Album 4 and the loose photographs of Fiji, Tahiti, and Samoa were provided in October of 1997 by James L. Yarnall, Director of La Farge Catalogue Raisonné Inc.
Each photograph entry in the following list also indicates the assigned number for that photograph, its page and album or box number, its caption and/or description, and the name of the photographer (if known). Any additional information, such as a the donor, is also noted. The Photograph Albums are identified by the numbers given them on the inside front cover.
I. Photograph albums
This series has been arranged in the numerical order in which the albums were labeled by Henry Adams.
A. Album 1: Egypt, 1888.
34 photographs of Egypt, 1888. They appear to have been purchased as a sequence and are labeled by Henry Adams.
"Wooden statue in the Boulay Museum. Supposed to be about 5000 years old." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Stone figures from a tomb at Memphis (Boulay Museum). Supposed to be 3000 years old." [HA]
Photographer unknown."No. 46 Le Sphynx Armachis àGyzeh"
Photographer unknown."Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Dea[?] in upper [ware?]. Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Fruit and vegetables. Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Cabinet maker. Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Latice windows. Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Wooden latice work. Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."No. 8 Rue de la Citadelle au Caire." [inscription on photo]
Photographer unknown."No. 30. Mosquée et tombeau, Kaït-Bey." "A.D. 1463. Lee Ferguson, ii, 389." [HA]
by P. Sébah, Phot. [J. Pascal Sebah]"Tombs of the Chalifs. Cairo." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Dancing girl." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Study for arrangement of Kufia." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Bringing water." [HA]
Photographer unknown."No 59. Temple de KARNAK. Avenue Centrale de la Salle Kypostile."
by P. Sebah, Phot. [J. Pascal Sebah]"Karnak." [HA]
by A. Beato [Antonio Beato]"Outer Pylons at Phyloe." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Phyloe looking down the Cataract." [HA]
Photographer unknown."No. 112. Habitautp de [?]"
by P. Sebah, Phot. [J. Pascal Sebah]"No. 97. Cataracte de Assouan. Grande Porte." "El Bab." [HA]
by P. Sebah, Phot. [J. Pascal Sebah]"Ramses the Great. Aboo Simbel." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Robert Louis Stevenson's house at Vailumiax where shell from H.M.S. Porpoise struck."
Photographer unknown."Stevenson's grave." [HA]
Photographer unknown."From. Temple at Selinos. destroyed. B. C. 409." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Selinos. Artemis and Aetaeon." [HA]
Photographer unknown."From Selinos." [HA]
Photographer unknown.Album 2
Album 2 has been disbound. See Series II, Disbound Album.B. Album 3: Portraits, 1900.
13 portraits, most likely taken by Henry Adams. Includes portraits of Elizabeth Ogden Adams, Abigail Adams Homans, Mary Warner Hooper, Louisa Chapin Hooper, John Hay, Charles Warren Stoddard, and others. The first is a self-portrait taken by Henry Adams.
"Henry Adams 1900 taken by himself."
Taken by Henry Adams."Looly Hooper.
March 1900." [HA]
[Probably a photo of Louisa Chapin
Hooper (b.1874)]
Taken by Henry Adams."Helen Hay. March 1900." [HA]
Taken by Henry Adams."Molly Hooper.
March 1900." [HA]
[Photo of Mary Hooper Warner
(b.1879)]
Taken by Henry Adams.3 loose duplicate photographs in
collection."Abigail Adams.
March, 1900. (Mrs. Robert Homans.)" [HA]
[Photo of
Abigail Adams Homans (1879-1974)]
Taken by Henry Adams."H. Blaine Beale.
March, 1900." [HA]
[Photo of Harriet S. Blaine
Beale]
Taken by Henry Adams.2 loose duplicate photographs in
collection."Mrs Hay. March, 1900." [HA]
Taken by Henry Adams."Charles Warren Stoddard. April, 1900." [HA]
Taken by Henry Adams.3 loose duplicate photographs in collection (1 cyantope)."Rebecca Rae. April, 1900." [HA]
Taken by Henry Adams.6 loose duplicate photographs in collection."Elsie Adams.
April, 1900." [HA]
[Photo of Elizabeth Ogden Adams
(1873-1945)]
Taken by Henry Adams.1 loose duplicate photograph of Photo. #40.44 and 3 loose
duplicate photographs of Photo. #40.45 in collection."John Hay. April, 1900."
Taken by Henry Adams.5 loose duplicate photographs in collection."Alfred L. Hartwell of Hawaii. April 1900." [HA]
Taken by Henry Adams.C. Album 4: Tahiti, 1891.
50 photographs of tropical scenes in the South Pacific, probably in and around Papeete, Tahiti and other places in Tahiti during 1891. These were acquired during Henry Adams's visit with John La Farge during that time. The photographs depict Papeete; the Tahitian coastline; waterfalls; Diadem and Aori Mountains; and natives, including the Tevas, the Tahitian royal family. None of the photographs are identified, and the photographer is unknown.
D. Album 5: Marian Hooper Adams photograph album, ca. 1866.
61 photographs, taken by unidentified commercial photographers, of France, England, Scotland, and Switzerland, collected by Marian "Clover" Hooper Adams during her tour of Europe ca. 1866. The album is inscribed "Clover Hooper London March 29, 1866." All captions are in the hand of Marian "Clover" Hooper. The photographers are unidentified.
"Rue de Rivoli," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Louvre," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Arc de l'étoile," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Notre Dame," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Palais de l'Industrie," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."La Madeleine," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Place de la Concorde," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Fontaine St. Michel," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown.[Boat on the Seine, Paris, France.]
Photographer unknown."Champs Elysées," Paris, France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Palais du Luxembourg," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Place Carousel," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Le petit Trianon à Marie Antoinette," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Versailles," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."St Olien à Rouen," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."The house where Joan of Arc passed her last night," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Palais de Justice à Rouen," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."The square at Rouen where Joan of Arc was burned to death," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Rue de la [Grosse?] Horlage, Rouen," France. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Houses of Parliament," London, England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."St Paul's," London, England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Houses of Parliament & Westminster Abbey," London, England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey," London, England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Radcliffe Library. Oxford," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Old tower of New College. Oxford," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Theatre. Oxford," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Merton dining-hall. Oxford," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."House in which Shakespeare was born. Stratford on Avon," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Ann Hathaway's Cottage," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Room in which Shakespeare was born," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Kenilworth Castle," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Church at Stratford on Avon," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Stonehenge," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Salisbury Cathedral," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Shanklin. Isle of Wight," England. [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Beach at Shanklin." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Tintern Abbey - Wales." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."God's Providence House, Chester." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Ambleside." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Grasmere." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Rothay river, Rydal." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Kirkstone Pass." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Head of Ullswater." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Holyrood Palace." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Edinburgh Castle. & Grass Market." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Trossacks." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Lake Katsine." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Loch Achray & Benvenue" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Peterborough Cathedral" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Ely Cathedral" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Interior of Ely." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Geneva." [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Vevey" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Head of Lake Geneva" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Chillon" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Valley of the Rhone" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Pass of the Tëte Noire" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Mount Blanc from Tëte Noire" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Mer de Glace & l'Arguille du [Géant?]" [MHA]
Photographer unknown."Chamounix," [MHA]
Photographer unknown.E. Album 6: Egypt and England, 1870-1873.
31 photographs collected by Henry Adams during travels his to England in 1870 and 1873 and Egypt in 1872-1873. Some of the photographs of Egypt were taken by undientified commercial photographers; others may have been taken by Henry Adams. The photographs of England include photos of Adams with friends and possibly his wife, Marian Hooper Adams, at Wenlock Abbey, taken by Francis Grenville Doyle, and photographs of Acton, England, taken by an unknown photographer. All captions written in the hand of Henry Adams.
"First photograph. [Dabieh?] Isis. December 1872." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Interior of Dahabieh 'Isis'," Egypt, 1873. [HA]
Possibly taken by Henry Adams."Sicrit pottery," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Great Hall of Karnak. Built B.C. 1300. Columns 62 feet in height," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Polygonal columns of Osirtasen I at Karnak. Built B.C. 2000," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Kom Ombos," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."The Gates of the Nile at Assouan. Elephantine and the Nilometer on the right," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Lyene, from Elephantine," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."The Governor of Assouan at his official duties," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Philoe," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Philoe looking down the Cataract," Egypt. [HA]
Possibly taken by Henry Adams.1 loose duplicate photo in collection"Philoe. Square temple," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."The Lotus and Isis at Philoe, in January," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Portrait of Hassan, the dragoman who chose Aboo Simbel for a background," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Aboo Simbel. The Colossi of Ramses II, sixty two feet high," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Aboo Simbe," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."The Dahabieh 'Lotus' at El Bab of Kalabshee.
9 Feby. 1873," Egypt. [caption in HA's hand]
"El Bab
of Kalebshee. Nubia. 9 Feby. 1873," Egypt. [on print in HA's hand]
Probably taken by Henry Adams"The 'Dahabieh Isis.' 9 Feby. 1873," Egypt. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Across the nave at Wenlock Abbey [England]. Photographed by Frank Doyle. 1870." [HA]
Taken by Francis Grenville Doyle."Court of Wenlock Abbey [England]. By F. Doyle. 1870" [HA]
Taken by Francis Grenville Doyle."Before the Chapter House at Wenlock [Abbey, England]. By F. Doyle.
1870." [HA]
Picturing, left to right: "Gaskell. Boyle.
H.A."
[Charles Milnes Gaskell, Mr. Boyle, and Henry Adams, seated in
foreground]
Taken by Francis Grenville Doyle."R. C. in the park at Acton [England]. By F. Doyle,
1870." [HA]
[Photo of Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe
(1839-1905)]
Taken by Francis Grenville Doyle."Acton," England. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Dining room at Acton," England. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Library at Acton," England. [HA]
Photographer unknown."Before the Chapter House at Wenlock [Abbey, England]. 1873."
[HA]
[Lady Pollington, Lady Eleanor Leigh Cunliffe, possibly Marian Hooper
Adams, Charles Milnes Gaskell, Henry Adams, Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, and
Lord Pollington,
24 July 1873.]
Photographer unknown."Before the Chapter House at Wenlock [Abbey, England]. 1873." [HA]
[Lady Pollington, Lady Eleanor Leigh Cunliffe, possibly Marian Hooper
Adams, Charles Milnes Gaskell, Henry Adams, Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, and
Lord Pollington,
24 July 1873.]
Photographer unknown."On the ruined stair [Wenlock Abbey, England], 1873." [HA]
[Lady Pollington, Lady Eleanor Leigh Cunliffe, possibly Marian Hooper
Adams, Charles Milnes Gaskell, Henry Adams, Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, and
Lord Pollington,
24 July 1873.]
Photographer unknown."Wenlock market and church," England. [HA]
Photographer unknown.Albums 7-9
Albums 7-9 were removed to the Marian Hooper Adams photographs (Photo. Coll. 50) in May of 2002. Consult the Guide to that collection for further details.
II. Disbound Photograph Album 2: Japan, 1886.
161 albumen photographs acquired or taken by Henry Adams on a trip he made to Japan in the company of John La Farge, July-October, 1886. Many of the photographs have captions written by Henry Adams, and a small number are identified as having been taken by him. The photographs that are inscribed with Japanese characters or English identifcations and/or numbers are apparently commercial views by unidentified photographers that Henry Adams acquired in Japan. The paper on which the photographs are mounted is watermarked, "J Whatman 1868." At least one photograph (Photo. #40.193) is hand-tinted. NOTE: The album was disbound and foldered in May of 2002. The original album cover is housed in a separate oversize box.
Folder 1 contains photocopies of the front cover, spine, and bookplate of the original album, after it was disbound in May of 2002.
"Entrance to Nikko." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Bridges and steps at Nikko." [HA]
"Nikko 268" [inscription on
photo, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Red lacquer bridge over the Daiya gawa at Nikko" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Red lacquer bridge" [HA]
Hand-tintedPhotographer unknown."Our garden at Nikko"
Photographer unknown.[View of garden at Nikko]
Photographer unknown."From verandah at Nikko" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Small temple in woods ar Nikko" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Nikko" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Entrance to temple of Iye-yasu. Nikko" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Stable of white pony. Nikko" [HA]
"Onmaya Nikko 78"
[inscription on photo, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Water cistern. Ise-yasu." [HA]
"20" [inscription on
photo]
Photographer unknown."Yo-mei mon. Gate in temple of Iye-yasu." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Kara mon. Gate and inner temple of Iye-yasu" [HA]
"34."
[inscription on photo]
Photographer unknown."Ni-o mon. Outer gate of Iye-mitsu's temple. Nikko." [HA]
"55."
[inscription on photo]
Photographer unknown."Ni-o mon from within." [HA]
"Omotemon Toshiocu Nikko"
[inscription on photo, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Path within the Ni-o mon." [HA]
"Sandaikoo Nikko" [inscription
on photo, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Water basin. Iye-mitsu" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Waterbasin. Iye-mitsu" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Water-basin. Iye-mitsu" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Water basin" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Gateway and entrance to inner temple of Iye-mitsu." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Iye-mitsu." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Iye-mitsu." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Ceiling of gateway at Iye-mitsu" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Gate of inner temple of Iye-mitsu" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Court before inner temple of Iye mitsu" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Tomb of Iye-mitsu" [HA]
"39." [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Priests of Iye mitsu" [HA]
Photographer unknown.[View of priests of Iye-mitsu]
Photographer unknown."So-men no taki. Vermicelli cascade. Nikko" [HA]
Photographer unknown."So-men no taki." [HA]
Photographer unknown."So-men no taki." [HA]
"Oonikat Nikko 59" [inscription on photo,
with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Sacred tree of the Gon-gen of Nikko." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Temple of the Gon-gen." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Avenue of the Buddhas. Nikko" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Garden of Dainichido, Nikko." [HA]
"Dainichi Nikko"
[inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown.[View of Garden of Dainichido, Nikko]
"Dainichido Nikko"
[inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Mma [sic -- 'Yuma'] gayeshi. Road from Nikko to Yumoto." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Chiusenji" [HA]
"Tsiucushi Nikko" [inscription on photograph,
with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Chiusenji Lake" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Chiusenji Lake" [HA]
"Tsiucushi Nikko 98" [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Sen-jo-ga-hara. Nikko to Yumoto. Moor of the battle-field."
[HA]
"Senjiocahara Nikko" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese
characters]
Photographer unknown."Cascade. Nikko to Yumoto." [HA]
"93." [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Yumoto Lake." [HA]
"96." [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Yumoto Lake and Kon-sei Pass." [HA]
"97." [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Yumoto." [HA]
"102." [inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown."End of Yumoto Lake" [HA]
"100." [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Yumoto village." [HA]
"100 Yumoto Nikko" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Hotel at Yumoto" [HA]
"Yumoto Nikko" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of hotel at Yumoto]
"Yumoto Nikko" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yumoto. Sulphur baths." [HA]
"Yumoto Nikko" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yokohama." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Yokohama." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Castle moat. Tokio" [HA]
"NO. 18" [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Garden. Tokio."
Photographer unknown.[View of boats, buildings, and bridge along a small river]
"154"
[inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown."Tokio. Cherries in flower." [HA]
Photographer unknown.[View of cherry trees in flower, Tokyo]
"1." [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Shiba temples" [HA]
Photographer unknown.[View of Shiba temples, Tokyo]
"119" [inscription on photograph,
with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of Shiba temples, Tokyo]
Photographer unknown.[View of Shiba temples]
"138" [inscription on photograph, with
Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[Steps to Bronze Gate of tomb of Iye-nobu, Shiba, Tokyo]
Photographer unknown."Bronze gate of the tomb of Iye-nobu. (Bun-sho-in) Shiba. Tokio"
[HA]
"81." [inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown."Bronze doors and panels of tomb at Shiba. Iye-nobu. This and
several other plates were done for H.A." [HA]
"82." [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Iye-nobu" [HA]
"147" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese
characters]
Photographer unknown."Bronze gate and tomb of the __ Shogun. Shiba." [HA]
"83."
[inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown.[View of the same gate as photo number 63]
"142" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Bronze gate and tomb of the __ Shogun. Shiba. Tokio." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Lacquer gate of the 12th Shogun's tomb. Shiba." [HA]
"79."
[inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown.[View of Lacquer gate of the 12th Shigun's tomb, Shiba.]
"84."
[inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown.[View of priest at Lacquer gate, Shiba]
Photographer unknown."Shiba." [HA]
"131" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese
characters]
Photographer unknown."Shiba." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Shiba." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Shoku gaku mon. Temple of 7th Shogun. Shiba." [HA]
Photographer unknown.[View of gate to Temple of 7th Shogun, Shiba]
Photographer unknown.[View of gate to Temple of 7th Shogun, Shiba][View of gate to Temple
of 7th Shogun, Shiba]
"71." [inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown."Shiba." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Shiba." [HA]
"76." [inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown.[View of interior of a temple]
Photographer unknown.[View of exterior of a temple]
Photographer unknown.[View of exterior of a temple]
"72" [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Dai butsu. Kamakura." [HA]
"68. Daibustsu of Anoshima."
[inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown.[View of Daibutsu. Kamakura.]
"312" [inscription on photograph,
with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Daibutsu. Kamakura." [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of Daibutsu. Kamakura.]
Photographer unknown."Daibutsu Kamakura 324" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of Daibutsu. Kamakura.]
"Taken by H.A. for J.L.F." [HA,
taken by Henry Adams for John La Farge]
Taken by Henry Adams.[View of Daibutsu. Kamakura.]
"Taken by H.A. for J.L.F." [HA,
taken by Henry Adams for John La Farge]
Taken by Henry Adams[View of Daibutsu. Kamakura.]
"Taken by H.A. for J.L.F." [HA,
taken by Henry Adams for John La Farge]
Taken by Henry Adams.[View of Daibutsu. Kamakura.]
"Taken by H.A. for J.L.F." [HA,
taken by Henry Adams for John La Farge]
Taken by Henry Adams."Hakoni. Road to Nagoye & Kioto." [HA]
"Hakoni "; "248"
[inscriptions on photograph]
Photographer unknown."Hakoni"; "247"[inscriptions on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Hakoni 246" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Hakoni 245" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Hakoni 244" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Hakoni 243" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Hakoni 242" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."View on road to Nagoye and Kioto" [HA]
"194" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View on road to Nagoye and Kyoto?]
"197" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View on road to Nagoye and Kyoto?]
Photographer unknown."Fugeyama"; "199" [inscriptions on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View on road to Nagoye and Kyoto?]
"201" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of Mount Fuji]
"202" [inscription on photograph, with
Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of Mount Fuji]
"229" [inscription on photograph, with
Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.Click here to view this photograph online.
[View on road to Nagoye and Kyoto?]
"24" [inscription on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of Mount Fuji and workers in a field]
"206" [inscription
on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of rider on a horse with Mount Fuji in the
background]
"25" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese
characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of Mount Fuji]
"210" [inscription on photograph, with
Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of village and fields around below Mount Fuji]
"212"
[inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yoshi Naraohashi. 214" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Tagonowrabashi. 217" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Sundohashi. 218" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yoshiwara. 219" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yoshiwara. 240" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of Mount Fuji above village buildings]
"213" [inscription
on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yoshiwara. 235" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.Yoshiwara. 236" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Motoechiba." [inscription on photograph]
Photographer unknown.[View of river, buildings, and Mount Fuji on the horizon]"231" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Emaezumi." [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown."Emaezumi. 225" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Motoechiba. 227" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Tagonowra. 220" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yuwabuchi. 221" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of four people sitting on ground in front of low building]
Photographer unknown."Fugeyama. 193" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Kashibara. 241" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Kashiwabara. 216" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Kashiwabara. 226" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of two men in a boat below Mount Fuji]
"196" [inscription
on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[View of fishing boat with sail in water below Mount Fuji]
"228" [inscription on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Crossing of the Fuji gawa" [HA]
"Yuwabuchi. 238" [inscriptions
on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yuwabuchi. 239" [inscriptions on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Tuwabuchi. 233" [inscriptions on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Kanbara. 223" [inscriptions on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Satatowge. 215" [inscriptions on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Yuwabuchi. 234" [inscriptions on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Mihonowura. 230" [inscriptions on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Mihonowura. 232" [inscriptions on photographs, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Nagoye" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Cormorant fishing at Gifu." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Gifu" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Gifu" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Kioto" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Kioto" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Temple of Kiyomidzu, Kioto." [HA]
"Kiyomizu 860" [inscriptions
on photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown."Avenue of temples at Nara." [HA]
"475 Nara" [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown."Temple of Dai butsu. Nara." [HA]
"469 Nara." [inscriptions on
photograph, with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[Portrait of a Geisha girl]
Photographer unknown.[Portrait of five Geisha girls]
Photographer unknown.[Portrait of two Geisha girls]
Photographer unknown.[View of two Geisha girls and a servant]
Photographer unknown.[Landscape of two waterfalls]
"198" [inscription on photograph,
with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[Landscape of waterfalls]
"203" [inscription on photograph,
with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.[Landscape of waterfalls]
"208" [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown.[Landscape of waterfalls]
"209" [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown.[Landscape of a waterfall]
"76." [inscription on
photograph]
Photographer unknown.[Landscape of a waterfall]
"211" [inscription on photograph,
with Japanese characters]
Photographer unknown.III. Loose Photographs
This series is arranged into five subseries: Wyoming camp scenes, 1894; Fiji photographs, 1891; Other Pacific Island photographs; Miscellaneous portraits and views; and Duplicate photographs.
A. Wyoming camp scenes, 1894.
23 photos of Wyoming camp scenes and landscapes, taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings during Henry Adams's and John Hay's trip to the Yellowstone in 1894.
[Henry Adams and John Hay in Wyoming, August 1894]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings[Henry Adams in Wyoming, August 1894]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings[Wyoming camp, August 1894: Henry Adams at center of photograph, with pipe, John Hay to the left of him.]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings[Wyoming camp, August 1894: Henry Adams at center of photograph, with pipe, John Hay to the left of him.]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings[Pack train, Wyoming, 1894]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Snake River Camp Coulters
Mountain Camp 10 23Aug. 1894." [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Snake River Coulter's
Mountain Camp
23 Aug. [1894]" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Snake River Coulter's
Mountain Camp"
[1894] [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Mosquito Camp Aug.1" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings[Wyoming camp: tents, two men, and a horse, 1894]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Source of the Yellowstone Camp" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Coulter's Mountain Camp Buffalo Fort Camp" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Source of the Yellowstone" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Mountain Lake Camp" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Mountain Lake Camp" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Pacific Creek Camp" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Coulter's Mountain" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Source of the Yellowstone Camp Aug. 19, 1894" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Source of the Yellowstone Camp 19 Aug. 1894" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings[View of the Tetons, Wyoming; 1894]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Pacific Creek Camp." [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Pacific Creek Camp." [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson Iddings"Coulter's Mountain Camp" [HA]
Taken by Joseph Paxson IddingsB. Fiji photographs, 1891.
21 photographs of Fiji, purchased and taken during Henry Adams and John La Farge's trip there in 1891. Some of the photos were taken by commercial photographers, including Dufty Bros. of Luvuka, Fiji and F. H. Dufty of Suva, Fiji; others were taken by members of Henry Adams' party, including [Captain] Grenfell, Mer Berry, John La Farge, and possibly by Adams himself.
"J.L.F. and H.A. sitting at the door of their palace." [HA]
Photographer unknown.[John LaFarge and Henry Adams sitting at the door to their dwelling, Fiji, 1891.]
Photographer unknown."Native house such as we stay in on expeditions" [HA]
Taken by Dufty Bro. (Luvuka, Fiji)."Conical house of the hill tribes" [HA]
Photographer unknown."Our house at Nailaga on the [Noba?] River" [HA]
Photographer unknown."A figure in the meke-meke (dance)." [HA]
Photographer unknown."Captain Grenfell's photograph. The meke-meke at Rewa. Taken of the spectators, from where we sat. The dancers just beginning, on the left. The musicians drumming with their banboos on the right." [HA]
Taken by [Captain] Grenfell"No. 1. Style of head-dress" [HA]
Taken by Dufty Bros. (Levuka, Fiji)."No. 2. Style of headdress." [HA]
Taken by F.H. Dufty (Suva, Fiji)."No.3. Styles of headdress." [HA]
Taken by F.H. Dufty (Suva, Fiji)."No. 4. Styles of headdress." [HA]
Taken by F.H. Dufty (Suva, Fiji)."No. 5. Dance costume"[HA]
Taken by F.H. Dufty (Suva, Fiji)."No. 6. Women's coiffure." [HA]
Taken by F.H. Dufty (Suva, Fiji)."No. 7. Womens coiffure." [HA]
Taken by F.H. Dufty (Suva, Fiji)."A handsome old cannibal. Mer Berry's photograph." [HA]
Taken by Mer Berry."Suva harbor. The Cordelia giving salute with the gun that afterwards burst and killed poor Gordon and Hell[ ]. Mer Berry's photograph." [HA]
Taken by Mer Berry."Sir John's photograph of his party going up the bed of the Wai-something. On the extreme right of is Careu and his dog Thag. Next comes La Farge in his litter; then H.A. in his litter; behind H.A. is Joske with helmet and knickerbockers; on the left is the diminutive Awoki. The rest are natives: -- armed guards accompanying chiefs, or carriers." [HA]
Taken by Sir John [La Farge?]."Sir John wigging the natives. H.A. behind, enjoying it" [HA]
duplicate of 40.380Probably taken by Mer Berry."Mer Berry's photograph. Sir John wigging the chiefs at Undu for heathenish practices. Sir John sitting in the centre under the tree. I am directly behind him, Joske and Careu on his right. Servant holds umbrella over him." [HA]
duplicate of 40.379Taken by Mer Berry."Captain Grenfell's photograph. The meke-meke at Rewa. The dancers sitting to be photographed after the dance." [HA]
Taken by [Captain] Grenfell."Capt. Grenfell's photograph. The dance at Rewa. The dancers standing to be photographed, after the dance." [HA]
Taken by [Captain] Grenfell.C. Other Pacific Island photographs.
2 photographs of Tahiti and Samoa, taken by Charles Spitz and an unidentified photographer. These photographs were probably collected by Henry Adams during his travels there.
"Tautira River." [HA]
Tautira River Valley in
Tahiti
Taken by Charles Spitz."The beach opposite our house." [HA]
Coast of Apia, near the
village of Vaiala, Samoa
Photographer unknown. Removed from the Henry Cabot Lodge papers.
D. Miscellaneous portraits and views
16 portraits of many of the same subjects as in Album 3, taken by Henry Adams, as well as Clarence King. There are also 9 views of such places as Wenlock Abbey, England; the Adams's home in Washington, D.C.; and Beverly Farms, Mass.
"Elsie Adams
1900" [HA]
[Photo of Elizabeth Ogden Adams
(1873-1945)]
Taken by Henry Adams."Mrs Hay" [HA]
[March 1900.]
[Photo
of Clara Louise Hay (1849-1914)]
Taken by Henry Adams."Helen Hay" [HA]
[March 1900]
Taken by Henry Adams."John Hay Nov. 21, [1890]."
Photographer unknown.Cyanotype"Loulie Hooper" [HA]
[March 1900]
[Photo of Louisa Chapin Hooper (b.1874)]
Taken by Henry Adams.Reverse image of Photo. #40.36."Molly Hooper" [HA]
[March 1900]
[Photo of Mary Hooper Warner (b.1879)]
Taken by Henry Adams.Cyanotype."Clarence King Nov. 21, [1890]."
Photographer unknown.Cyanotype"Dolly Rockhill?" [HA]
[1900.]
Taken by Henry Adams.[Charles Warren Stoddard, April 1900.]
Taken by Henry Adams.3 duplicate photographs.Includes 1 cyanotype.[Portrait of unidentfied woman sitting in a chair outside]
Inscription on back: "Hooper Family"
Photographer unknown.[Portrait of unidentified woman sitting in a chair
outside]
Inscription on back: "Hooper Family"
Photographer unknown.[La Reine Maran]
Photographer unknown."Richard Cabot, Summer, 1875."
Photographer unknown.Carte de visiteRemoved from the pages of Plutarch's Lives, Vol. V, in the Henry Adams Library, June 2002.
[West Beach, Beverly, Mass., n.d.]
Photographer unknown.[Front arch of Henry Adams's house at 1603 H St., Washington, D.C., n.d.]
Photographer unknown."Acton Hall," England. [HA]
Photographer unknown.See also Album 6, Photos. #'40.182-185 for more photos of Acton Hall.
[Unidentified English house, ca. 1870-1880.]
Photographer unknown."Buildwas Abbey 1872," England. [HA]
Photographer unknown.[Wenlock Abbey in England.]
Photographer unknown.Gift of Mrs. Ward Thoron, 1957.
[Wenlock Abbey in England.]
Photographer unknown.Gift of Mrs. Ward Thoron, 1957.
"Wenlock Abbey, Shropshire," England. [HA]
"2210" [inscription
on photograph]
Photographer unknown.Gift of Mrs. Ward Thoron, 1957.
"Wenlock Abbey, Shropshire," England. [HA]
Photographer unknown.Gift of Mrs. Ward Thoron, 1957.
"One of the rooms in the Adams home on H Street."
[Probably
taken at 1607 H Street, Washington, DC]
probably taken by Henry AdamsNOTE: In Sept. 2003, Photo. #40.422 was removed from the collection due to irreparable physical damage and preservation concerns.
Gift of Mrs. Ward Thoron, 1957.
[Portrait of unidentified man.]
Photographer unknown.Removed from the pages of The Life of Albert Gallitin (1880) in the Henry Adams Library, Sept. 2002.
E. Duplicate photographs
Duplicate photographs of images from Album 3 and 6. These photos are listed with their originals in the Photograph List.
Preferred Citation
Henry Adams photographs, Photo. Coll. 40, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.
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.