ca. 1870-1981; bulk: 1898-1940
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs of Hilda Chase Foster and the Foster family, taken between ca. 1870-1981. There are also a large number of photographs, color slides, and film reels taken by and postcards collected by Foster during her travels in Europe, Asia, India, Ireland, and Mexico between 1908 and 1950, as well as photographs of Foster's Red Cross service jobs in Europe during World War I and of her work as an ambulance driver in Cambridge, England during World War II.
Biographical Sketches
Hilda Chase Foster
Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974) was born in Brookline, Mass., the daughter of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster (1859-1955) and Mabel Chase Hill Foster (1864-1925). She was the fourth of nine children. Her siblings were Charles O. (1887-1933), Catherine H. (1888-1975), Reginald C. (1889-1945), Edith H. (1893-1977), Ruth M. (1894-1896), Caroline W. (b. 1896), Barbara (1899-1952), and John W. Foster (1907-1913).
The family moved from Brookline to Charles River Village in Needham, Mass. in 1901. Their home became known as Castle Farm. Hilda attended school in Chestnut Hill until the age of twelve, when she transferred to Miss Winsor's School on Beacon Street in Boston. After attending Miss Low and Miss Heywood's School in Stamford, Conn., Hilda made her debut on 7 Oct. 1910.
Hilda's parents maintained a summer home in Marblehead, Mass. for many years, and her father was the owner of numerous yachts and sailing vessels. Hilda and her siblings grew up around the water and were all avid sailors.
In 1915, Hilda's brother Reginald went to Germany and Poland. He was employed by the Rockefeller Foundation and organized the care of orphans during World War I. He eventually joined the Red Cross in Europe and convinced Hilda to do the same. She joined at the end of World War I and arrived in Paris on Armistice Day, 11 Nov. 1918. She remained abroad for some time performing various Red Cross service jobs in France, Germany, and Poland. Reginald remained in Europe, as well, and the two saw each other and traveled on occasion.
After Hilda returned to the United States, she was briefly engaged to a man named "Bill" Wanton Dunnell. He was a family friend whom Hilda met in Squam Lake, N.H. The engagement was called off, and Hilda never married, but Wanton's mother, Mrs. W. W. Dunnell, remained her traveling companion, close friend, and correspondent.
Hilda spent a great part of the 1920s and 1930s traveling. She spent time in Westmeath, Ireland, where she took part in fox hunting, and from 1934-1935, she embarked on a trek through Kashmir, traveled throughout Asia, and visited Australia and New Zealand.
When war was declared in Europe in 1939, Hilda returned to work as an ambulance driver in Cambridge, England. Her brother Reginald also returned to Europe.
Upon her return to the United States in 1942, she continued her work for the war effort. She worked on the assembly line at the Hood Rubber Company in Watertown, Mass., and at the Commercial Filters Corporation in Boston.
In 1957, she made her home in Norwich, Vt., where she died in 1974.
Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster and Mabel Hill Foster
Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster was born in 1859 in Brookline, Mass. He was the second son of Charles Orin Foster and Caroline Blanchard Candler Foster. The family briefly lived in Cuba, but returned to Brookline where Caroline gave birth to three daughters.
His father was president of Oriental Powder Mills and president of the Boston Sugar Refinery Company. Charles went to the William N. Eayrs School in Brookline, and then to Harvard, where he graduated in 1881. He immediately entered his father's business, rising to become superintendent of the sugar refinery. He was a sportsman at college and a lifelong sailing and polo enthusiast. He died in 1955.
Mabel Hill was born in 1864, one of four daughters of William Henry Hill and Catherine Cogswell Chase Hill. Her father was a director of the First National Bank of Boston and a railroad investor. Mabel died in 1925.
Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster and Mabel Hill were married on 7 Oct. 1885 at Saint Paul's Church in Brookline, Mass.
Please note the Family Tree on pages 224-225 of The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster.
Sources
Morris, Anne Farlow. The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster, 1891-1974. Nashua: Puritan Press, 1982.
Winsor School. Graduate Club. The Overseas War Record of the Winsor School, 1914-1919. [Boston? : s.n., 1919?]
Collection Description
The Hilda Chase Foster photographs, ca. 1870-1981, consist of 9 boxes and 1 oversize box containing 2,064 photographs, 1,044 film photonegatives, 20 color phototransparencies, 4 Kodachrome reels, and 146 color slides. The collection also contains 92 postcards and 9 film reels that are stored onsite in separate collections, the Hilda Chase Foster postcards (Photo. Coll. 16.1) and the Hilda Chase Foster films (Photo. Coll. 22.1).
These photographs were gathered to supply information for The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster, written by Anne Farlow Morris, a grandniece of Hilda Chase Foster. The memoir was privately printed in 1982 for the Foster family and friends. A copy of the memoir is in the book collection of the MHS. Some of the photographs in this collection are copy prints made by Anne Farlow Morris from original negatives and photographs taken by Hilda Chase Foster.
The bulk of the collection dates from 1898-1940. Eight albums of photographs taken by Hilda Chase Foster between 1898 and 1934 depict her childhood in Brookline, Needham, and Marblehead, Mass., as well as her travels to Squam Lake, N.H. and her time spent living in Ireland from 1929-1934. The loose photographs in the collection include individual and group portraits of various members of the Foster family, including Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster, Mabel Chase Hill Foster, Hilda Chase Foster, and Hilda's brothers and sisters. There are also a number of loose photographs, color slides, and film reels from Hilda's travels abroad in Ireland, India, Europe, Mexico, Asia, and the western United States between 1908 and 1950. The collection also includes photographs and Kodachrome reels of the Foster family's homes at Brookline, Mass., at Castle Farm and the "Pink House" in Needham, Mass., and at the Foster family summer homes in Marblehead, Mass., including photos of sailing and sailboats. There are also a number of photos of Hilda's Red Cross service jobs in Europe during World War I and work as an ambulance driver in England during World War II, as well as of her home in Norwich, Vt.
Most of the photographs in this collection were taken by Hilda Chase Foster.
This collection includes cabinet cards, tintypes, color slides, Kodachrome reels (dye coupler phototransparencies), film negatives, color film phototransparencies, film reels, and paper-based photographs.
Acquisition Information
This collection was removed from the Hilda Chase Foster papers, which were given to the Massachusetts Historical Society by Anne Farlow Morris, May 2001. Additions were given by Anne Farlow Morris in Nov. 2013 and in May 2014.
Detailed Description of the Collection
I. Photograph albums, ca. 1898-1977
10 volumesThis series contains photograph albums relating to Hilda Chase Foster's childhood, as well as her time spent living in Ireland and her travels in the western United States. Four volumes, dating from ca. 1900-1922, contain snapshots taken by Hilda Chase Foster of her family members and their homes in Brookline, Mass., at Castle Farm in Charles River, Mass., and at their summer home in Marblehead, Mass., as well as vacationing at Squam Lake, N.H. Three volumes, dating from 1929-1934, document Hilda's involvement with the Westmeath Hunting Club in Ireland through photographs and newspaper clippings, as well as her home at Mount Murray, Ireland. One additional volume consists of snapshot photographs taken by Hilda Chase Foster vacation with the Farwell family to the Nordquist Ranch in Cody, Wyo. in 1931, as well as their travels in Yellowstone National Park and the Tetons. The series also includes a Tappan family photograph album and a 1977 Foster family reunion album.
A. Vol. 1: Foster family photograph album, ca. 1898-1902
None of the photographers in this album have been identified. It is probable that they were all taken by Hilda Chase Foster.
Unidentified woman and child, n.d.
Unidentified woman and child next to Christmas tree, n.d.
Inscription on verso: "Jackie, I like your picture. Let's be chums. Andrew."
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: Unidentified group sitting on beach at Marblehead, Mass.]
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: Hilda Chase Foster and Edith Hill Foster (later Farwell), ca. 1903.]
Photographer unknown.Foster, Mabel Chase Hill, n.d.
Foster family daughters, n.d.
Unidentified man, n.d.
Edith H. and Caroline W. Foster, with nurse, ca. 1898-1899.
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: One of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster's dairy cows at Henderson's Dairy.]
Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster's dairy cows at Henderson's Dairy, n.d.
Unidentified infant, n.d.
Group picnic at the beach, possibly in Marblehead, Mass., n.d.
From left to right: unidentified woman, Ethel Crane, Mabel Chase Hill Foster, unidentified woman, Joshua Crane, unidentified woman.
Foster, Hilda Chase, Caroline W., and Edith H., ca. 1898.
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: May and Sue Foster (sisters of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster), with their mother, Caroline Blanchard Candler Foster, sitting on the beach at Marblehead, Mass.]
Caroline W. Foster, ca. 1902
"Lillian Woodruff" (boat), n.d.
Unidentified ship, n.d.
B. Vol. 2: Foster family photograph album, 1901
Inscription on inside cover: "Hilda Foster book I". All of the photographs were taken by Hilda Chase Foster.
[Photo missing. Inscription: "1901 Brookline Mamma."]
[Photo missing. Inscription: 1901 Brookline Reginald."]
Reginald C. Foster.
[Photo missing. Inscription: 1901 Brookline Barbara."]
[Photo missing: label "2-7."]
Edith H. Foster.
[Margaret Blaney?]
[Photo missing. Inscription: "1901 Brookline Caroline."]
Peggy [ ].
[Photo missing. Inscription: "1901 Brookline Jack."]
Jack [ ].
Upland Road, Brookline.
[Photo missing. Inscription: "1901 Upland Road Brookline."]
View of trees, Brookline, Mass.
View of trees, Brookline, Mass. Inscription: "1901 Pear tree."
Unidentified girl and bicycle.
Inscription illegible.Unidentified boy and bicycle.
Inscription illegible.View of house, Brookline, Mass.
Inscription illegible.[Blank page]
View of doll in baby carriage.
Inscription illegible.Unidentified children pushing baby carriage.
Inscription illegible.[Blank page]
Possibly Edith E. Foster.
Unidentified man, at Foster family home in Marblehead, Mass.
Unidentified man and woman in front of house.
Two unidentified women.
Foster family house at 78 Upland Rd., Brookline, Mass.
View of Foster family home in Marblehead, Mass.
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: View of Foster family house at 78 Upland Rd., Brookline, Mass.]
View of the "Music Room," Foster family home in Marblehead, Mass.
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: View of Foster family house at 78 Upland Rd., Brookline, Mass.]
View of trees.
View of unidentified house and driveway.
Unidentified girl on porch of the Foster family home in Marblehead, Mass.
Unidentified boy on road in front of Foster family home at 78 Upland Rd., Brookline, Mass.
Marblehead, Mass.
Ships.
[Photo missing.]
Unidentified man on deck on ship.
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: View of Foster family house in Marblehead, Mass.]
[Blank page.]
Unidentified.
Sailboat, possibly either the "Nip" or the "Tuck," owned by the Foster family.
Sailboats and ships.
Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster in boat.
Edith Hill Foster, Mabel Chase Hill Foster, and Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster in boat.
Caroline Blanchard Candler Foster in boat.
Caroline Blanchard Candler Foster, Mabel Chase Hill Foster, and Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster in boat.
Entrance to Marblehead, Mass. harbor, taken from boat.
Unidentified sailboat.
Mabel Chase Hill Foster on boat.
Unidentified Foster family members on boat.
Unidentified children, possibly taken in Marblehead, Mass.
Unidentified man.
[Blank page.]
Upland Road, Brookline, Mass.
Steamship.
Unidentified girl on porch of Foster family home, Marblehead, Mass.
Unidentified Foster family children at Marblehead, Mass.
Dock at Foster family home in Marblehead, Mass.
Unidentified Foster family members swimming in harbor at Marblehead, Mass.
Sailboats.
Foster family children at Marblehead, Mass., including Edith H. and Caroline W. Foster (at left).
Foster family children at Marblehead, Mass., including Edith H. Foster (standing at back).
Two unidentified Foster family children at Marblehead, Mass.
[Photo missing.]
Interior views of rooms at unidentified Foster family home, possibly in Marblehead, Mass.
Catherine H. Foster, reading in chair.
Mabel Chase Hill Foster, reading in chair.
Unidentified Foster family members in rowboats in harbor of Marblehead, Mass.
Foster family home at 78 Upland Road, Brookline, Mass.
C. Vol. 3: Foster family photograph album, 1902
The photographs in this album were probably taken by Hilda Chase Foster.
Wiley Nichols in horse-drawn carriage, 1902.
Tennis courts at Castle Farm, 1902.
Group portrait of Foster and Crane children at Castle Farm, 1902.
From left to right: back row, Emory Crane, Walter Crane, Caroline W. Foster; middle row: Dorothy [ ], Edith H. Foster, [Cath?] Crane (on Edith's lap), Josh Crane; front row, Barbara Foster and Priscilla Crane.
View of Castle Farm house, 1902.
Barbara Foster, June 1902.
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: Barbara Foster, June 1902.]
Schooner "Barbara," July 1902.
Mabel Chase Hill Foster on deck of sailboat, with "Captain Sam" at the helm, July 1902.
Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster and Mabel Chase Hill Foster at the wheel of sailboat, July 1902.
Deck of sailboat.
Amelia and Everett Peabody playing tennis in Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 1902.
Barbara Foster on deck of sailboat, Aug. 1902.
Carl [ ] on deck of sailboat, Aug. 1902.
Views of the harbor at Marblehead, Mass., Aug. 1902.
Unidentified group sitting on deck of sailboat, Aug. 1902.
Views of Castle Farm in winter, Dec. 1902.
Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster and Mabel Chase Hill Foster at the wheel of sailboat, [Aug. 1902].
Mabel Chase Hill Foster on deck of sailboat, [Aug. 1902].
View of sailboat.
[Blank page.]
Tennis matches at Castle Farm, 3 Oct. 1902.
Players unidentified.
Unidentified group watching the tennis matches at Castle Farm, 3 Oct. 1902.
Unidentified group of women standing outside of the Castle Farm house, 3 Oct. 1902.
This photograph is damaged; a portion of it has been cut out with scissors.Catherine H. Foster standing in the snow at Castle Farm, Dec. 1902.
Christmas Tree inside the house at Castle Farm, Dec. 1902.
[Photo removed to Carton 2. Series II: Loose photographs, A. Photographs removed from albums: Edith Hill Foster, Hilda Chase Foster, Caroline Wheelwright Foster, Reginald Candler Foster, and Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster in snow in front of house, ca. Dec. 1902.]
[Blank pages.]
Charles River dam, Needham, Mass., ca. 1902.
Group portrait of Foster and Crane children at Castle Farm, 1902.
From left to right: back row, Emory Crane, Walter Crane, Caroline W. Foster; middle row: Dorothy [ ], Edith H. Foster, [Cath?] Crane (on Edith's lap), Josh Crane; front row, Barbara Foster and Priscilla Crane.
D. Vol. 4: Foster family photograph album, 1918-1922
Snapshot photographs taken by Hilda Chase Foster from 1918-1922. Most of the photographs in this album are unidentified. Subjects include the Foster family's visits to Squam Lake, N.H. during this time, Foster family members sailing on the "Winsome," views of Castle Farm in winter, and various snapshots portraits of some of Hilda's siblings, including Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer, Edith Hill Foster Farwell, Reginald Candler Foster, and Catherine Hill Foster Tappan, as well as their spouses and children.
E. Vol. 5: Mount Murray, Ireland photograph album, 1929
Mostly snapshot photographs taken by Hilda Chase Foster during her time spent living at Mount Murray in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland. Subjects include views of the Mount Murray house and grounds and snapshots of hunting and Hilda Chase Foster on horseback.
F. Vol. 6: Westmeath Hunting Club, Ireland photograph album, 1931
Scrapbook of photographs and clippings relating to Hilda Chase Foster's time spent living and foxhunting in Westmeath, Ireland during 1931. Subjects include views of Belmont, Westmeath, and ruins in the Irish countryside, as well as snapshots of hunting, all taken by Hilda Chase Foster. There are also several photos taken by professional photographers of Hilda Chase Foster on horseback and with her hunting group.
G. Vol. 7: Nordquist Ranch, Cody, Wyo. photograph album, 1931
All photographs taken by Hilda Chase Foster, except where noted; inscriptions are also in her hand.
"Main house" at the L-T Ranch, Cody, Wyo.
"Road in": View of dirt road in to the L-T Ranch.
"Path to cabins."
"Corral": View of barn, corral, horses, and ranch hands.
"E.H.F. - R.W.F. - H.C.F. - M.F.F. Cabin": View of cabin shared by Edith Hill Farwell, Ruth Wentworth Foster, Hilda Chase Foster, and Marian Foster Farwell.
"A.D.F. - E.F.F. - F.C.F. - F.D.F. Cabin": View of cabin shared by Albert Day Farwell, Edith Foster Farwell, Francis Cooley Farwell, and Fanny Day Farwell.
"View from above cabin": View of the Tetons from the L-T Ranch.
"View from above cabin": View of mountains.
"F.C.F. A.D.F. Guide at Corral": Francis Cooley Farwell, Albert Day Farwell, and guide with horse at the corral on the L-T Ranch.
"Hill's Cochran's R.W.F. at Corral": Ruth Wentworth Foster standing at corral with various Hill and Cochran family children and ranch hands.
"Hill's and Cochran's starting off": Hill and Cochran family members on horses, leaving corral.
"Guide Ivan at corral."
"Wrangled horses coming thru gate in A.M."
Same as #143.466.
"Horses driven on at night": View of horses being driven back down the road to the ranch.
"Pack mule Piccolo Pete."
Albert Day Farwell on horse.
Edith Foster Farwell and Albert Day Farwell on horses.
Edith Foster Farwell on horse.
Hilda Chase Foster on horse.
Possibly taken by Edith Foster Farwell or Albert Day Farwell.Ruth Wentworth Foster on horse.
Marian Foster Farwell and Albert Day Farwell on horses.
Edith Hill Foster on horse.
Francis Cooley Farwell on horse.
Edith Hill Foster on horse.
Ruth Wentworth Foster and Edith Foster Farwell standing with Fanny Day Farwell (on horse).
"Ivon the Guide."
Hilda Chase Foster on horse.
Photographer unknown.Lawrence Nordquist petting dog.
Eleanor Cochran.
Donald McPherson.
Group sitting on porch of cabin.
Photographer unknown.Left to right: Marian Foster Farwell, Edith Foster Farwell, Eliza Hill, Hilda Chase Foster, Eleanor Cochran, Cyrus Hill, and Albert Day Farlow (in chair).
Susie and Cyrus Hill on horse.
"Cart": View of three unidentified people in horse-drawn cart.
"Pilot & Index Mts."
"Looking over Ranch at Mountains."
"View": View of valley.
"Bear Tooth Mountain."
"Trail Bridge": View of unidentified person standing at bank of river.
"E.H.F. at Trail Bridge": Edith Hill Farwell fishing at bank of river.
"Trail Bridge."
"Picnic. H.C.F. Cochran family Hollis Guide": Hilda Chase Foster and members of the Cochran family having a picnic on a hillside in the mountains, with a guide cooking the meal on a campfire.
Photographer unknown."Ivon - Guide."
[Photo missing. Inscription: "ADF. EHF. F.C.F. HCF. FCF. EFF. MFF. R.W.F."]
Hilda Chase Foster and Farwell family members dressed up in costume.
[Photo missing. Inscription: "E.F.F. H.C.F."]
Ruth Wentworth Foster, Albert Day Farwell, and Marian Foster Farwell dressed up in costume.
"Cabin."
"Pilot & Index Mts."
View of Pilot and Index Mountains.
View of Pilot and Index Mountains.
Albert Day Farwell on horse at edge of lake.
Ruth Wentworth Foster on horse.
Hilda Chase Foster on horse.
Photographer unknown.Hilda Chase Foster on horse.
Photographer unknown.Francis Cooley Farwell on horse.
Marian Foster Farwell with horse.
Edith Hill Farwell standing with Fanny Day Farlow (on horse).
Marian Foster Farwell.
Ruth Wentworth Foster.
Lawrence Nordquist and Eleanor Cochran.
"Group at corral."
View of horses grazing in grass.
Unidentified girl on horse.
Horses tethered in trees.
Unidentified girl on horse.
Francis Cooley Farwell, Albert Day Farwell, and Marian Foster Farwell standing on hillside with view of mountains behind them.
Marian Foster Farwell, Albert Day Farwell, Francis Cooley Farwell, Edith Foster Farwell, and Ivan (guide) standing on hillside with horses.
"Copeland Tablet": Unidentified person, Francis Cooley Farwell, Albert Day Farwell, and Edith Hill Farwell sitting on hillside with view of mountains behind them.
Views of horses grazing in mountains.
Views of mountains and valleys.
Views of Farwell family members and guide cooking over campfire in the woods.
Edith Hill Farwell lying on rock in the woods.
Photo postcards of the Nordquist Ranch, Cody, Wyo.
Views of Reno Lake.
Marian Foster Farwell, Ruth Wentworth Foster, and Edith Hill Farwell in Bear Tooth Lake.
Marian Foster Farwell in Bear Tooth Lake.
Hilda Chase Foster at Nordquist Ranch.
Photographer unknown.Edith Hill Farwell at Nordquist Ranch.
Albert Day Farwell on horse.
View of horses hitched to cart at Nordquist Ranch.
Dog at Nordquist Ranch.
Dog sitting in saddle on horse.
Photo postcards of Nordquist Ranch.
Hilda Chase Foster in automobile, on auto tour of Yellowstone National Park.
Photographer unknown.Bear walking next to automobiles, Yellowstone National Park.
Hilda Chase Foster standing next to bear on road, Yellowstone National Park.
Photographer unknown.Bears at Yellowstone National Park.
Views of geysers erupting at Yellowstone National Park.
View of Bridal Veil Falls, Yellowstone National Park.
View of walls of Yellowstone Canyon, Yellowstone National Park.
Views of Yellowstone Canyon and river, Yellowstone National Park.
Views of waterfalls, Yellowstone National Park.
View of valley from mountain top.
View of lake.
Hilda Chase Foster standing in front of lake.
Photographer unknown.Views of lake and mountains.
View of ptarmigan.
Hilda Chase Foster sitting on ground with ptarmigan.
H. Vol. 8: Westmeath Hunting Club, Ireland scrapbook, 1932-1934
One folder of photocopies of loose clippings have been removed from Vol. 8 and are stored in Box 1. For the original clippings, please see the Hilda Chase Foster papers.
Postcard and clipping, 17 Nov. [ca. 1932-1934].
Group photo of Westmeath Hunting Club at Mearescourt, dressed in riding outfits.
Photographer unknown.Group photo of Westmeath Hunting Club, in formal attire.
Taken by the Irish Times.Snapshots of hunting and riders.
Hilda Chase Foster on horse.
Photographer unknown.Snapshots of hunting and riders.
Snapshots of unidentified house and family in Ireland.
Programs for Westmeath Hounds, 1931-1932.
[Blank page.]
Hilda Chase Foster in riding dress with an unidentified man.
Taken by the Irish Times.Unidentified views of the Irish countryside, ruins, and house.
Unidentified woman and Major Anthony Loftus Bryan.
Unidentified woman and Major Anthony Loftus Bryan laying out a picnic.
Major Anthony Loftus Bryan.
Hilda Chase Foster and unidentified woman, sitting outside.
Major Anthony Loftus Bryan and unidentified woman in boat.
Major Anthony Loftus Bryan fishing in boat.
Views of unidentified house.
Views of parade.
Unidentified man on horse blowing horn.
Taken by the Irish Times.Programs for Westmeath Hounds, Feb.-Apr. 1933.
Snapshots of hunting and riders.
Views of unidentified house in winter.
Unidentified riders on horseback.
Group of people gathered to watch riders in unidentified location.
Snapshots of picnic on lakeshore with unidentified man and woman and Major Anthony Loftus Bryan.
[Blank page.]
Views of people gathered at stadium [horse races?].
Unidentified boy on horse, with unidentified man holding reins.
Unidentified boy.
Programs for The Islands Hounds, Jan. and Mar. 1934.
Views of riders and hounds before the hunt.
Hilda Chase Foster in hunting attire on horse.
Photographer unknown.Riders on horseback.
Hilda Chase Foster in hunting attire on horse.
Photographer unknown.Snapshots of riders.
Unidentified rider on horseback with hounds.
View of unidentified house.
Unidentified woman on horseback.
Unidentified woman, possibly Hilda Chase Foster, on horseback.
Photographer unknown.Home and gardens of Major Anthony Loftus Bryan, at Nature Cure Seaside Residential Hydro, Upton, Gorey, Ireland.
Hilda Chase Foster in the gardens of Major Anthony Loftus Bryan's home at Nature Cure Seaside Residential Hydro, Upton, Gorey, Ireland.
Possibly taken by Major Anthony Loftus Bryan.Interior of home, possibly Major Anthony Loftus Bryan's home at Nature Cure Seaside Residential Hydro, Upton, Gorey, Ireland.
Hilda Chase Foster in the doorway of Major Anthony Loftus Bryan's home at Nature Cure Seaside Residential Hydro, Upton, Gorey, Ireland.
Possibly taken by Major Anthony Loftus Bryan.Unidentified views, Ireland.
Donkeys.
Views of Major Anthony Loftus Bryan's tobacco gardens.
Hilda Chase Foster standing in tobacco gardens.
Possibly taken by Major Anthony Loftus Bryan.Major Anthony Loftus Bryan in automobile at Upton, Gorey, Ireland.
[Blank pages; photos missing.]
Views of unidentified streets.
Views of donkeys on road.
Views of unidentified house and grounds.
Snapshots of unidentified people.
[Blank pages.]
Unidentified views of Ireland.
[Blank pages.]
Programs for Westmeath Hounds, n.d.
Clippings relating to hunting.
[Blank pages.]
Views of Foster family home and grounds at Castle Farm, Charles River, Mass.
Views of harbor at Marblehead, Mass.
View of sailboats racing at Marblehead, Mass.
Photo postcard of miniature yacht racing, Marblehead, Mass.
Taken by Fred B. Litchman.I. Vol. 9: Tappan family photograph album, 1912-1919
All photographs are of Catherine Hill (Foster) Tappan, her husband Robert Meredith Tappan, and their daughter Catherine Hill Tappan, except for three photographs which include other extended family members and/or friends.
J. Vol. 10: Foster family reunion album, 1977
This album was assembled and labeled by Catherine (Tappan) Farlow. All people are descendants (and their spouses) of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster and his wife Mabel, except as shown in one photograph listing some cousins from Mabel Hill Foster's side of the family.
II. Loose photographs
This series is organized into seven subseries: photographs removed from albums for The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster; loose photographs from albums; portraits; travel photographs; work war photographs; photographs of Foster family homes; photographs of sailboats; miscellaneous photographs; and copy photographs made for The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster.
A. Photographs removed from volumes for The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster
This subseries contains photographs that were originally pasted into the photograph albums. They were removed from Volumes 1-3 by Anne Farlow Morris for inclusion in The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster. These photographs have been numbered in the order in which they originally appeared in the photograph albums.
B. Loose photographs from albums
Arranged by volume.
This subseries contains photographs that were originally found loose between the pages of the photograph albums. Includes one folder of photocopies of loose clippings removed from Vol. 8.
Snapshot of Barbara Foster, 1901.
Probably taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Removed from Volume 2.Unidentified man, ca. 1918-1922.
Photographer unknown.Removed from Volume 4.Photographs of Foster and Farwell family members at the Nordquist Ranch in Cody, Wyo., 1931.
Probably taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Removed from Volume 7.Includes 14 black-and-white film photonegatives.Photographs of Ireland, 1932-1934.
Probably taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Removed from Volume 8. Includes 9 black-and-white film photonegatives.Subjects include views of the Ireland countryside, Hilda Chase Foster on horseback, and Major Anthony Loftus Bryan.
C. Portraits
Arranged alphabetically and by Individuals and Groups.
This subseries contains individual and group portrait and snapshot photographs taken of Hilda Chase Foster, her parents and siblings, and other Foster family members, ca. 1870-1975. There are also many photographs of Foster family friends. Photographers include Dexter B. Vickery (Haverhill, Mass.), Partridge (Boston, Mass.), among others; most photographers are unidentified.
Individuals
Divoky, Bette Anne (b. 1963), 1973.
Photographer unknown.School portrait.Ecklund, Mary Theodora Sizer (1921-1973), ca. 1940.
Photographer unknown.Farwell, Edith Hill Foster (1893-1977), ca. 1896.
Photographer unknown.4 portrait photographs mounted on one backing.Farwell, Edith Hill Foster (1893-1977), ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown.Farwell, Edith Hill Foster (1893-1977), ca. 1911.
Taken by Halton.Foster, Catherine Blanchard Candler, ca. 1870-1880.
Taken by Melander Bro. (Chicago, Ill.).Carte de visite.Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright (1859-1955), ca. 1883-1885.
Taken by Ritz & Hastings (Boston, Mass.).Trimmed cabinet card.Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright (1859-1955), in automobile, ca. 1930s.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright (1859-1955), on camel, ca. 1930s.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright (1859-1955), ca. 1930-1940.
Photographers unknown.Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright (1859-1955), ca. 1940.
Taken by Berkeley Studio (Boston, Mass.).Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright (1859-1955), at desk, ca. 1949-1950.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Charles Orin, ca. 1881-1886.
Taken by Partridge (Boston, Mass.).Foster, Charles Orin (1887-1933), ca. 1887-1888.
Taken by Andrew B. Cross (Salem, Mass.).Foster, Charles Orin (1887-1933), ca. 1898.
Photographer unknown.Hand-tinted tintype.Foster, Charles Orin (1887-1933), ca. 1930.
Taken by Theodore Sizer.Silhouette.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), ca. 1902.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), standing on rock, ca. 1905.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), ca. 1912-1916.
Photographer unknown.2 photo-postcards.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), ca. 1915-1920.
Photographer unknown.Three strips of instantaneous snapshots.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), in Red Cross uniform, ca. 1918-1919.
Photographer unknown.Photo-postcard.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), on camel in the Mediterranean, 1920.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), 1926.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), with dog, ca. 1930s.
Photographer unknown.Includes 1 film photonegative.2 snapshots.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), in automobile, ca. 1930s.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), in automobile with dog, ca. 1930s.
Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), possibly in Switzerland, ca. 1930s.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), lying in chair at the Hacienda, Mexico City, Mexico, ca. 1930-1944.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), on horse at the Norfolk Hunt, Ireland, 1931.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), ca. 1932.
Photographer unknown.Published by the Boston Herald, 1 May 1932.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), ca. 1932.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), sitting on a bench, possibly in Sweden or Mexico, ca. 1936.
Photographer unknown.3 duplicate copies.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), ca. 1940s.
Photographer unknown.2 photographs.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), ca. 1940s.
Photographer unknown.4 duplicate photographs.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), 1941.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), 1942.
Photographer unknown.Passport picture.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), in her Crosby automobile, 1942.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), and budgie on Tappan family porch, ca. 1950s.
Photographer unknown.Includes 2 black-and-white film photonegatives.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), at home in Norwich, Vt., ca. 1958.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), with camera at wedding, ca. 1960s.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974), sitting in chair in her house in Norwich, Vermont, 1973.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), 1908.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), running towards automobile, ca. 1909.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), sitting on lawn with Teddy bear, ca. 1909.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), Dec. 1909.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), standing on lawn of Foster family home at Marblehead, Mass., ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), Dec. 1910.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), standing on lawn with rake, ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright (1907-1913), standing at window, 1912.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Mabel Chase Hill (1864-1925), ca. 1876.
Photographer unknown.With attached note.
Foster, Mabel Chase Hill (1864-1925), ca. 1877.
Taken by Dexter B. Vickery (Haverhill, Mass.).Cabinet card.Foster, Mabel Chase Hill (1864-1925), ca. 1915-1920.
Photographer unknown.Strip of 4 instantaneous photographs.Foster, Mabel Chase Hill (1864-1925), 1922.
Photographer unknown.Passport photograph.Foster, Mabel Chase Hill (1864-1925).
3 duplicate photographs of Photo. 143.876Foster, Mabel Chase Hill (1864-1925), n.d.
Taken by various photographers.Foster, Reginald Candler (1889-1945) on dock at Marblehead, Mass., ca. 1900.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Rockwood ("Adam") Hoar (b. 1923), in military uniform, ca. 1943.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Sue, ca. 1869-1877.
Taken by Howard A. Richardson (Boston, Mass.).Haight, John ("Terry") McVickar (b. 1947), Dec. 1947.
Photographer unknown.Hill, Catherine Cogswell Chase, ca. 1871-1877.
Taken by Dexter B. Vickery (Haverhill, Mass.).Cabinet card.Hill, William Henry, ca. 1881-1887.
Taken by Charles M. Litchfield (Boston, Mass.).Cabinet card.Sizer, Caroline Wheelwright Foster (b. 1896), 1899.
Photographer unknown.Sizer, Caroline Wheelwright Foster (b. 1896), 1915.
Taken by Holton.Tappan, Catherine Hill Foster (1888-1975), May 1889.
Taken by Partridge (Boston, Mass.).Tappan, Catherine Hill Foster (1888-1975), in basket, ca. 1891.
Photographer unknown.Tappan, Catherine Hill Foster (1888-1975), ca. 1892.
Taken by Partridge (Boston, Mass.).Tappan, Catherine Hill Foster (1888-1975), in wedding dress, 9 Oct. 1912.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified child, n.d.
Photographer unknown. 25 snapshots.Unidentified children, n.d.
Photographer(s) unknown.Unidentified boy, ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified girl reading in chair on porch, ca. 1920s.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified man with horses, ca. 1930s.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified girl on horseback, possibly a member of the Foster family, ca. 1930s.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified woman on doorstep of house, ca. 1960s.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified girl, 1978.
Photographer unknown.Groups
Bellingham, Andrew Michael and father, ca. 1943-1944.
Photographer unknown.Brown siblings: Louisa Shepard Brown (b. 1956), Elizabeth Weld Brown (b. 1963), Shepard Brown (b. 1961), and John Linzee Brown (b. 1958), ca. 1965.
Photographer unknown.Day, Fanny and Frank, ca. 1940s.
Photographer unknown.Inscription on back in unknown hand: "Fanny Day & Frank in the tent at Lake Forest."
Ecklund, Mary Theodora Sizer (1923-1973) holding Hilda Ecklund (later Ollman) (b. 1944), 1944.
Photographer unknown.Includes 2 black-and-white film photonegatives.Farlow, Anne Burr (later Morris) (b. 1938) and John Smith Farlow (b. 1935), 28 Nov. 1940.
Photographer unknown.Farlow, Anne Burr (later Morris) (b. 1938), John Smith Farlow (b. 1935) and Catherine Hill Farlow (later Hitchings) (b. 1941), ca. 1943.
Photographer unknown.Farlow, Catherine Hill Farlow (later Hitchings) (b. 1941) and Frances Nichols, ca. 1943.
Photographer unknown.Farwell, Marian Foster (1917-1940) and Edith Hill Farlow (later Haight) (1919-1947), ca. 1922.
Photographer unknown.3 snapshots.Farwell family on Long Island, N.Y., ca. 1919.
Probably taken by Edith Hill Foster Farwell.Four photographs sent to Hilda Chase Foster while she was working for the American Red Cross in St. Nazaire, France. Envelope included.
Foster, Alice (later Bowditch?), Ethel Hill, and unidentified man, 22 Mar. 1888.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright (1859-1955) and Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), ca. 1902.
Photographer unknown.Foster family, ca. 1898.
Photographer unknown.Clockwise from left: Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945), Mabel Chase Hill Foster (1864-1925), Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster (1859-1955), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), and Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896).
Foster family, 1899.
Photographer unknown.Clockwise from left: Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), Mabel Chase Hill Foster (1864-1925), Barbara Foster Weld (1899-1952), Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster (1859-1955), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), and Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945).
Foster family, at Marblehead, Mass., ca. 1902.
Photographer unknown.Clockwise from left: Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), Barbara Foster Weld (1899-1952), Caroline Blanchard Candler Foster, Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945), Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), unidentified boy, Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), and Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974).
Foster family, at Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster's 90th birthday, 1949.
Photographer unknown.Family members identified on back of photograph.
Foster family, ca. 1955.
Photographer unknown.Left to right: Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster (1859-1955), Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), and Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974).
Foster family siblings, ca. 1888.
Photographer unknown.Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933) and Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1973) next to the clothes yard fence, Foster family home at 78 Upland Road, Brookline, Mass.
Foster family siblings, ca. 1889.
Photographer unknown.Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1973), and Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945).
Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright children, ca. 1890.
Photographer unknown.Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1973), and Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945) in cart on front steps of Foster family home at Foster family home at 78 Upland Road, Brookline, Mass.
Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright children, ca. 1890.
Photographer unknown.Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1973), and Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945), with Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster (1859-1955), in cart on front steps of Foster family home at Foster family home at 78 Upland Road, Brookline, Mass.
Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright children, Oct. 1892.
Taken by William H. Partridge (Boston, Mass.).Clockwise from bottom left: Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945), Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), two unidentified Foster family nurses, Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), and Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1973).
Foster family siblings, 1893.
Photographer unknown.Left to right: Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945), and Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1973).
Foster family siblings, ca. 1894.
Taken by William H. Partridge (Boston, Mass.).From left to right: Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1973), Mabel Chase Hill Foster (1864-1925), Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), and Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945).
Foster family siblings, ca. 1896.
Photographer unknown.Left to right: Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Mabel Chase Hill Foster (1864-1925), Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), and Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974).
Foster family siblings, ca. 1898.
Photographer unknown.Left to right: Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), and Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977).
Foster family siblings, 1901.
Photographer unknown.Barbara Foster Weld (1899-1952) and Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896).
Foster family siblings, 1901.
Photographer unknown.From left to right: Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), and Barbara Foster Weld (1899-1952).
Foster family siblings, ca. 1905.
Photographer unknown.From left to right: Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Reginald Candler Foster (1889-1945), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), Barbara Foster Weld (1899-1952), and Charles Orin Foster (1887-1933).
Foster family siblings, with friends on deck of sailboat, ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown.From left to right: Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Ruth Haydock, Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), and Amy Peabody.
Foster family siblings, ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown.From left to right: Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Barbara Foster Weld (1899-1952), Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), and Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896).
Foster family siblings, ca. 1913.
Photographer unknown.Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977) and Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974).
Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright children, ca. 1915.
Photographer unknown.Barbara Weld Foster (1899-1952) in Mabel Chase Hill Foster's wedding dress, Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974) in Caroline Blanchard Candler Foster's wedding dress, and Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975) in her own wedding dress.
Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright children, at Hilda Chase Foster's home in Norwich, Vt., ca. 1958.
Photos. 143.965-966 taken by Theodore Sizer and Photos. 143.966-967 taken by Albert Farwell.Includes 18 black-and-white film photonegatives.Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Caroline Wheelwright Foster Sizer (b. 1896), and Catherine Hill Foster Tappan (1888-1975), with Albert Day Farwell (1888-1977) and Theodore Sizer (1892-1967).
Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) and Mabel Chase Hill Foster (1864-1925), ca. 1891.
Taken by William H. Partridge (Boston, Mass.).Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) at school in Brookline, with (from left to right) Dorothy Chester, Eliot Thompson, Natalie Walker, Harry Minot, and [Celie?] Thompson, 1895.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) with unidentified friends, ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) with Gertrude Hunnewell in Cuba, 1911.
Photographer unknown.Photo-postcard.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) with unidentified friend on board ship, ca. 1920s.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) with Gertrude Hunnewell on board ship during Mediterranean trip, 1920.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) and Pauli Fanno on tennis courts, 1923.
Photographer unknown.Inscription on back of photograph: "Winners of the tennis tournament."
Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) and Mrs. W. W. Dunnell in automobile, ca. 1930s.
Photographer unknown.3 duplicate photographs.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974) and Robert Meredith Tappan (1885-1953) in the goldfish pool at the Tappan's home in Needham, Mass., ca. 1930-1940.
Possibly taken by Catherine Hill Foster Tappan.Includes 8 black-and-white film photonegatives.Foster, John ("Jackie") Wheelwright Foster with Mabel Chase Hill Foster (1864-1925), 1907.
Photographer unknown.Foster, Mabel Chase Hill (1864-1925) on deck of boat with two unidentified women, ca. 1900.
Photographer unknown.Hitchings and Morris family children wearing clothes belonging to Hilda Chase Foster, ca. 1975.
Photographer unknown.Sizer, Caroline Wheelwright Foster (b. 1896) and Mr. Sampson, the gardener, 1902.
Photographer unknown.Sizer, Caroline Wheelwright Foster (b. 1896) wedding of, 1916.
Photographer unknown.From left to right: Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), Edith Hill Foster Farwell (1893-1977), Edith Nagle, CWFS, Barbara Foster Weld (1899-1952), Emmaline Sizer, and Esther [Hoamer?].
Sizer, Caroline (later Cochran) (b. 1917) and Hilda Foster Sizer (b. 1918), ca. 1922.
Photographer unknown.Tappan, Catherine Hill Foster (1888-1975) held by Eliza King, ca. 1890.
Photographer unknown.Weld, Barbara Foster (1899-1952) with Patrick Crane and Margaret Blaney, ca. 1900.
Photographer unknown.Group portrait of Marblehead, Mass. school children, ca. 1880.
Taken by A. E. Alden (Boston, Mass.).Unidentified friends and Foster family members, n.d.
Various photographers.D. Travel photographs
Arranged alphabetically by country.
This subseries contains photographs of Hilda Chase Foster's travels from ca. 1908-1950. These photographs include images from Hilda's "Round the World" trip in 1934-1935, during which she traveled to Australia, Bali, Burma, Malaysia, and India, including Kashmir. There are also photos from her life and travels in Ireland from 1930-1933 and other travels in France, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Majorca, and the western United States from ca. 1908-1940, among other places. Most of the photographs were taken by Hilda Chase Foster.
Australia, July-Sep. 1935.
Includes 44 black-and-white film photonegatives.Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster while traveling from Melbourne to Darwin and back across the interior of Australia by car, camping.
Bali, May 1935.
Includes 42 black-and-white film photonegatives.Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Burma, Mar. 1935.
Includes 7 black-and-white film photonegatives.Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Taken while traveling up the Irrawaddy River by bazaar boat.
Canada: Nova Scotia, 1921.
Photographer unknown.Taken during canoe trip.
France and Switzerland, 1919.
Taken by Robert H. Cook.Includes photograph of Hilda Chase Foster (Photo. 143.1174) and envelope.
Germany, 1919.
Photographer unknown.Hilda Chase Foster and an unidentified man standing by a lake in winter with Cochem in the background.
Germany, 1931.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Sizer and Farwell children.
India: Trek in Kashmir, Aug. 1934.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.India: Living on houseboat in Srinagar, Kashmir, Sep.-Dec. 1934.
Includes duplicate photographs.Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.India: Various locations, Dec. 1934.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 121 black-and-white film photonegatives.Ireland: Glencara, County Westmeath, ca. 1930s.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 8 black-and-white film photonegatives.Ireland: Upton, Gorey, County Wexford, ca. 1929-1934.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster or Major Anthony Loftus Bryan.Includes duplicate photographs and 17 black-and-white film photonegatives.Includes snapshots of Hilda Chase Foster and Bryan, as well as views of his Nature Cure Seaside Residential Hydro.
Ireland: County Westmeath, ca. 1929-1932.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 8 black-and-white film photonegatives.Ireland: Westmeath Hunting Club, County Westmeath, ca. 1929-1932.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 91 black-and-white film photonegatives.Ireland: Various places, ca. 1930s.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 32 black-and-white film photonegatives.Ireland: Various places, 1931.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 24 black-and-white film photonegatives.Ireland: Various places, 1932.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Also includes 54 black-and-white film photonegatives.Includes snapshots of horses, riders, and hunting.
Ireland: Various places, 1933.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Also includes 38 black-and-white film photonegatives.Includes snapshots of horses, riders, and hunting.
Majorca, 1932.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 12 black-and-white film photonegatives.Malaysia: Penang, Apr.-May 1935.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 5 black-and-white film photonegatives.Mexico, ca. 1938-1939.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes duplicate photographs.Mexico, ca. 1938-1939.
Photographers unknown.Commercial photo-postcards.Mexico, Dec. 1938-Jan. 1939.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Also includes 91 black-and-white film photonegatives. Photos. 1485-1517 include some duplicate photographs of Photos. 143.1460-1482.Includes views of Mexico City, rodeos, bull-fights, and the Pan-American Highway.
Panama, ca. 1908.
Photographer(s) unknown.Poland, ca. 1920.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Poland, ca. 1920.
Possibly taken by Reginald Candler Foster.Scotland: Rosemont, ca. 1930.
Photographer unknown.Inscription on back of photograph: "Jean Arthur Bellinghams family place."
Sweden, 1936.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 16 black-and-white film photonegatives.Switzerland: Gstaad, ca. 1936-1937.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes duplicate photographs and 16 black-and-white film photonegatives.Includes views of skiing and skating.
Switzerland: St. Moritz, Jan. 1933.
Photographer unknown.United States: Connecticut, ca. 1930-1931.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Photographs of Hilda's visit to the Caroline and Theodore Sizer home in Bethany, Conn.
United States: Florida, Dec. 1938.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Photographs of Betty Foster Avenue in Arlington, Fla.
United States: Michigan, ca. 1940-1950.
Photographer unknown.Includes 16 black-and-white film photonegatives.Photographs of the Farwell and Tappan families at the Dodwell Camp at Huron Mountain, Mich.
United States: New Hampshire, ca. 1912-1916.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Photographs of Squam Lake.
United States: New York, ca. 1935.
Photographer unknown.Photographs of the Sizer family at Niagara Falls.
United States: Wyoming, 1914.
Photographer unknown.Includes duplicate photographs.Photographs of the Fosters at Yellowstone National Park.
United States: Wyoming, ca. 1928.
Photographer unknown.Photographs of Hilda Chase Foster and Mary Hunnewell at Jackson Hole, Wyo.
United States: Wyoming, 1931.
Various photographers.Views of the Teton Mountains.
Unidentified places from Hilda Chase Foster's "Round the World" travels, 1934-1935.
E. War work photographs
Arranged chronologically.
This subseries includes photographs of Hilda Chase Foster's service with the Red Cross during World War I in France, Germany, and Poland from 1918-1919 and of her work as an ambulance driver in Cambridge, England during World War II, ca. 1939-1942. Photographers include Hilda Chase Foster, among others.
World War I: Dijon, France, ca. 1918-1919.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.World War I: Various people and places, 1918-1919.
Various photographers.Includes duplicate photographs.Subjects include portraits of Hilda Chase Foster in Red Cross uniform and Reginald Candler Foster in military dress.
World War II: Cambridge, England, 1940.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 36 black-and-white film photonegatives.Subjects include views of Hilda Chase Foster with the Air Raid Precautions ambulance, views of King's College, and her flat at 3 Harvey Road.
World War II: Photographs of Hilda Chase Foster, ca. 1940-1942.
Photographer unknown.Includes views of Hilda wearing a gas mask.
F. Photographs of Foster family homes
Arranged by place.
This subseries contains photographs of various homes lived in by Foster family members, including Hilda Chase Foster, from ca. 1880-1981. There are photos of the Foster family's first home in Brookline, Mass., as well as Castle Farm in Charles River, Mass., the home to which they moved in 1901. In addition, there are photos of the Foster family's summer homes in Marblehead, Mass., as well as of the "Pink House," in Charles River, Mass., home of Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster and his second wife, Mary Speiden Van Winkle Foster. There are also a number of photos of Hilda's home in Norwich, Vt. Photographers include Hilda Chase Foster; most photographers are unidentified.
78 Upland Road house, Brookline, Mass., July 1981.
Photographer unknown.Castle Farm, Needham, Mass.: Interior views, ca. 1930s.
Possibly taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes duplicate photographs and 23 black-and-white film photonegatives.Castle Farm, Needham, Mass.: Exterior views, ca. 1930s.
Possibly taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Castle Farm, Needham, Mass.: Exterior views, Oct. 1946.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 4 black-and-white film photonegatives.Castle Farm, Needham, Mass.: Exterior view, July 1981.
Photographer unknown.Foster family summer home, Marblehead, Mass., ca. 1880s.
Inscription on back of photograph: "Marblehead CHWF cottage when first built for him."
Foster family summer home, Marblehead, Mass., July 1981.
Photographer unknown.Ship's Cabin, Marblehead, Mass., ca. 1920-1934.
Various photographers.Ship's Cabin, Marblehead, Mass., July 1981.
Photographer unknown."Pink House," Needham, Mass., 1937.
Taken by Margaret [Blayne?]."Pink House," Needham, Mass., 5 Oct. 1939.
Taken by [Mrs.] Geyer.Hilda Chase Foster home, Norwich, Vt., 1957.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Hilda Chase Foster home, Norwich, Vt., ca. 1960s..
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 10 black-and-white film photonegatives.Hilda Chase Foster home, Norwich, Vt., Sep. 1964.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes 15 color photo-transparencies.G. Photographs of sailboats
This subseries includes photographs of sailboats owned by Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster, as well as others, taken from 1885-1946. There are a number of photographs of sailboats in and around Marblehead, Mass., as well as images of "Captain Sam" on one of the Foster family sailboat, the "Puritan." Most of the photographers are unknown.
Sailboats owned by Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster, ca. 1905-1946.
Photographers unknown.Sailboats owned by others: "Meteor V," ca. 1914.
Photographers unknown.Sailboats owned by others: Various sailboats, 1885-1930.
Various photographers.Subjects include the U.S.S. Constitution and J. C. Morgan's yacht the "Corsair."
Photographs of "Captain Sam" on the "Puritan," ca. 1902-1905.
Photographer(s) unknown.Includes 1 black-and-white film photonegative.H. Miscellaneous photographs
This subseries contains miscellaneous photographs, taken from 1887-ca.1940, including photos of the Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Co., views of the Boston Sugar refinery, views of Marblehead, Mass., unidentified photographs of a wedding, and other unidentified photographs. Photographers include N. L. Stebbins (Boston, Mass.), among others.
Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Co. cars, 1887.
Taken by N. L. Stebbins (Boston, Mass.).2 photographs.Unidentified photographs of a wedding, ca. 1920s.
Photographer unknown.Miscellaneous identified views, 1881-ca. 1940.
Various photographers.Includes views of the Boston Sugar Refinery; Marblehead, Mass.; and the Old Man of the Mountain, N.H., among other subjects.
Miscellaneous unidentified views, ca. 1910-1939.
Photographers unknown.I. Copy photographs made for The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster
This subseries includes 33 copy photographs made in 1978 and 1980 from original prints and film photonegatives in the Hilda Chase Foster photographs. These photographs were made for inclusion in the book, The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster, 1891-1974. They are not numbered with the rest of the collection, as most are duplicate reproductions of original photographs and negatives that appear elsewhere in the collection.
III. Oversize loose photographs, 1879-1955
This series contains loose oversize portraits of various Foster family members, taken between 1915-ca. 1955, and also loose oversize photographs of sailboats, taken between 1879-1888. Photographers include Fabian Bachrach and Lenare (London, England), among others.
Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright (1859-1955), ca. 1950-1955.
Taken by Fabian Bachrach.Foster, Hilda Chase (1891-1974): Court presentation photograph at Buckingham Palace, 11 May 1932.
Taken by Lenare (London, England).Group portrait: Caroline Blanchard Candler Foster, Charles Henry Wheelwright Foster (1859-1955), Mabel Chase Hill Foster (1864-1925), and Caroline Foster Sizer (b. 1896) on the day of her wedding to Theodore Sizer, 1916.
Taken by [Frizell?] (Boston, Mass.).New York Yacht Club Fleet, Newport Harbor, Newport, R.I., 11 Aug. 1888.
Photographer unknown.Inscription on back of photograph: "Mr. Henry Taggard."
Dr. Loveland, Benjamin Knapp, and two unidentified men on a sailboat, 20 Nov. 1879.
Photographer unknown.Inscription on back of photograph: "Mr. Henry Taggard."
Unidentified sailboat, ca. 1880s.
Photographer unknown.Catherine Hill (Foster) Tappan on her wedding day, 1907.
Taken by John H. Garo.IV. Film negatives
This series contains 276 loose film negatives and 5 color photo-transparencies taken by Hilda Chase Foster that do not appear to correspond to prints within the collection. Subjects include various members of the Foster family; her travels in Australia, Ireland, and Switzerland; and views of the Charles River, Castle Farm, Marblehead, Mass., among other places.
Various Foster family members in Brookline and Marblehead, Mass., ca. 1902.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.9 black-and-white negatives.Portrait of the Foster family, 1924.
Photographer unknown.1 black-and-white negative.Hilda Chase Foster and unidentified woman at Tappan family house, Needham, Mass., ca. 1950s.
Photographer unknown.2 color negatives.Unidentified people, ca. 1920-1940.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.47 black-and-white negatives.Views of Castle Farm, Needham, Mass., ca. 1930s.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.4 black-and-white negatives.Views of flooded Charles River, Needham, Mass., ca. 1930s.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.7 black-and-white negatives.Views of Charles River, Needham, Mass., ca. 1950s.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.2 color negatives.County Westmeath, Ireland, ca. 1930s.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.7 black-and-white negatives.Includes negatives of hunting.
Upton, Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland, ca. 1929-1934.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.69 black-and-white negatives.Unidentified views of Ireland, ca. 1930s.
Most taken by Hilda Chase Foster.40 black-and-white negatives.Switzerland, ca. 1930-1940.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.4 black-and-white negatives.Views of sailboats, ca. 1940.
Photographer unknown.6 black-and-white negatives.View of unidentified house, ca. 1930-1940.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.1 color negative.Unidentified places, ca. 1930-1940.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.56 black-and-white negatives.Miscellaneous unidentified negatives, ca. 1930-1940.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.23 black-and-white negatives.Negatives of original photographs within the Hilda Chase Foster photographs (Photo. Coll. 143) and of manuscripts within the Hilda Chase Foster papers.
Made by Anne Farlow Morris for the publication of The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster. 3 black-and-white negatives.V. Postcards, ca. 1934-1936
These postcards are stored in a separate collection: the Hilda Chase Foster postcards (Photo. Coll. 16.1).When requesting postcards, please use that call number, NOT Photo. Coll. 143.
This series includes picture postcards collected by Hilda Chase Foster during her travels to Bali, Germany, Ireland, India, New Zealand, and Sweden, among other places, from 1934-1936. There are also photographs of various places in the United States, as well as postcards of ships and artwork. These postcards do not contain any correspondence written by Hilda Chase Foster; for manuscript postcards from her travels, see the Hilda Chase Foster papers.
Africa.
Bali.
British Columbia.
England.
Finland.
Germany.
India.
Ireland.
New Zealand.
Sweden.
United States: Massachusetts.
United States: New Hampshire.
United States: New Mexico.
United States: New York.
United States: Wyoming.
Ships.
Artwork.
VI. Photograph greeting cards, ca. 1940s
This series contains 5 Christmas greeting cards with attached photographs, from Hilda Chase Foster and other Foster family. The photographers are unknown.
VII. Kodachrome reels, ca. 1940-1950
This series contains four metal cylinders of 35mm Kodachrome color dye coupler phototransparency reels taken by Hilda Chase Foster, ca. 1940s. The reels depict images of Castle Farm and the Charles River at Charles River, Mass.
VIII. Color slides, ca. 1938-1942
This series contains 146 color slides taken by Hilda Chase Foster of her travels in Mexico, ca. 1938-1939, as well as of Castle Farm in Charles River, Mass. and various members of the Foster family in 1942.
Mexico: Mexico City, ca. 1938-1939.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes slides of bull fighting.
Mexico: Oaxaca, ca. 1938-1939.
Mexico: Patzcuaro, ca. 1938-1939.
Mexico: Puebla, ca. 1939-1939.
Mexico: Pyramids (unidentified location), ca. 1939-1939.
Mexico: San Jose del Cabo, ca. 1938-1939.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Includes slides of Hilda's "Hacienda."
Mexico: Taxco de Alarcon, ca. 1938-1939.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.Mexico: Unidentified slides, ca. 1938-1939.
Taken by Hilda Chase Foster.United States: Castle Farm, Needham, Mass., 1942.
Various members of the Foster family, 1942.
IX. Film reels, 1926-1939
These film reels are stored in a separate collection: the Hilda Chase Foster film reels (Photo. Coll. 22.1).When requesting film reels, please use that call number, NOT Photo. Coll. 143.
This series contains 9 reels of moving-image film in boxes, taken by Hilda Chase Foster during 1926-1939. The films depict her travels in Mexico, as well as a hunting trip in Ireland. There are several unidentified reels in this series.
"Hunting," 1926-1927.
Probably filmed in Ireland by Hilda Chase Foster."Autumn - colonial [illegible]," 1937.
Filmed by Hilda Chase Foster."Bull Fight Mexico I," ca. 1938-1939.
Filmed by Hilda Chase Foster."Bull Fight Mexico II," ca. 1938-1939.
Filmed by Hilda Chase Foster."Hacienda" [Mexico], ca. 1938-1939.
Filmed by Hilda Chase Foster."Patzcuaro, Mexico," ca. 1938-1939.
Filmed by Hilda Chase Foster."Ireland - Birds on Sattee Island - Breaking young horse at Glencara, Ireland," 1939.
Filmed by Hilda Chase Foster.Unidentified film reels, n.d.
Creator unknown.X. Additions, ca. 1870-ca. 1970
Mabel Chase Hill (later Foster), ca. 1870.
Taken by G. C. Robinson, Haverhill, Mass.Carte-de-visite.Charles O. Foster and Catherine H. Foster, May 1889.
Taken by Partridge Studios, Boston and Roxbury, Mass.Cabinet card.Charles O. Foster and Catherine H. Foster, Mar. 1890.
Taken by Partridge Studios, Boston and Roxbury, Mass.Carte-de-visite.Catherine H. Foster, 1891.
Unknown photographer.Photograph of a portrait by Phoebe Jenks.Charles O. Foster, 1892.
Taken by Partridge Studios, Boston and Brookline, Mass.Carte-de-visite.Ruth Mallard Foster, Mar. 1895.
Taken by Partridge Studios, Boston and Brookline, Mass.Carte-de-visite.Catherine H. Foster Tappan, Oct. 1912.
Unknown photographer.Catherine H. Foster Tappan and Robert M. Tappan, Oct. 1912.
Unknown photographer.Charles O. Foster, ca. 1920.
Unknown photographer.Catherine Hill Tappan, ca. 1920.
Unknown photographer.Photograph in a diascope viewer.Mabel Chase Hill Foster, ca. 1923.
Unknown photographer.Hilda Chase Foster (1891-1974), ca. 1970.
Unknown photographer.Catherine Hill Foster, 1891.
Unknown photographer.Carte-de-visite.Captain Sam Doliber, ca. 1910.
Unknown photographer.Snapshot.Catherine Tappan (baby), 1915.
Unknown photographer.Snapshot.Catherine Tappan (baby, different view), 1915.
Unknown photographer.Snapshot.Catherine Hill (Foster) Tappan and Catherine Tappan (toddler), 1916.
Unknown photographer.Catherine Hill Tappan (young girl), 1918.
Unknown photographer.Snapshot.Catherine Hill (Foster) Tappan, Catherine Hill (Tappan) Farlow, John S. Farlow III (baby), and C. H. W. Foster, 1936.
Unknown photographer.Unidentified girl playing croquet, n.d.
Unknown photographer.Snapshot.Foster-Bowditch house, Marblehead Neck, Mass., n.d.
Unknown photographer.Snapshot.Preferred Citation
Hilda Chase Foster photographs, Photo. Coll. 143, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.
Access Terms
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