ca. 1896-1900
Guide to the Photograph Collection
Abstract
Photographs of members of the Massachusetts General Court between 1896 and 1900.
Sources
A Souvenir of Massachusetts Legislators, 1896-1900, vol. 5-9. Stoughton: A. M. Bridgman, 1896-1900.
Collection Description
Cabinet photographs of 139 members of the Massachusetts House and Senate during the years 1896-1900. Most are identified by inscriptions on the photograph. The collection also includes a few miscellaneous portraits. Identified photographers include Elmer Chickering and Notman Photographic Company of Boston.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Dianne Cross and Robert Jefferson, January 2018.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Massachusetts General Court members, 1896-1900
Arranged alphabetically.
Adams, Austin F. (b. 1840)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1899, Barre Plains, Mass.
Attwill, Henry C. (1872-1936)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1899, Lynn, Mass.
Austin, Waldo E. (1839-1930)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1896, Holden, Mass.
Bailey, George W. (b. 1848)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1895-1896, Pittsfield, Mass.
Barber, Harding R. (1839-1903)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1895-1896, Senate 1897, Athol, Mass.
Bates, John L. (1859-1946)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1894-1896, Speaker of the House 1897, Boston, Mass.
Bates, John L. (1859-1946)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1894-1896, Speaker of the House 1897, Boston, Mass.
Black, William R. (1830-1915)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1897-1898, Taunton, Mass.
Blood, Avander N. (1838-1906)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1896, Pepperell, Mass.
Boutwell, Harvey L. (1860-1929)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1895-1897, Malden, Mass.
Bradford, Cary C. (1855-1934)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1897, Southbridge, Mass.
Brigham, William H. (b. 1863)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1892-1893, Senate 1897-1898, Hudson, Mass.
Brown, Charles D. (b. 1862)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1895-1897, Gloucester, Mass.
Brown, Charles E. (b. 1850)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1897, Concord, Mass.
Brown, George A. (b. 1854)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Everett, Mass.
Burgess, Albert H. (b. 1843)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1899, Fitchburg, Mass.
Calkins, Ernest W. (1855-1923)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896-1897, North Abington, Mass.
Carberry, James F. (b. 1868)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1898, Worcester, Mass.
Carroll, Patrick J. (b. 1865)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Boston, Mass.
Chamberlain, Loyed E. (1856-1937)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898, Brockton, Mass.
Chandler, Leonard B. (1851-1927)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1897-1898, Somerville, Mass.
Clarke, Albert (b. 1840)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Wellesley Hills, Mass.
Clemence, George L. (1852-1907)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1900, Southbridge, Mass.
Cole, Samuel (b. 1856)
Taken by Purdy.House of Representatives 1897, Beverly, Mass.
Cook, William H. (1843-1900)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1896-1898, Milford, Mass.
Cook, William H. (1843-1900)
Taken by Willis Studios, Milford.Senate 1896-1898, Milford, Mass.
Coolidge, Henry Dingley (1858-1922)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Clerk, Senate 1898, Concord, Mass.
Crane, Winthrop Murray (1853-1920)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Lieutenant Governor 1896-1899, Dalton, Mass.
Crosby, Alfred R. (1838-1923)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1897, Attleboro, Mass.
Crouch, Charles S. (d. 1901)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1898, Northampton, Mass.
Dallinger, Frederick (b. 1871)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898, Cambridge, Mass.
Davis, William R. (1862-1925)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Senate 1898, Cambridge, Mass.
Donovan, William J. (b. 1862)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1893-1895, Senate 1899, East Boston, Mass.
Drake, Frederic P. (b. 1851)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1899, Canton, Mass.
Feneno, John J. (b. 1866)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1897-1898, Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.
Fillmore, Wellington (b. 1850)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896, Cambridge, Mass.
Flynn, Joseph J. (b. 1862)
Taken by Kenefick, Lawrence, Mass.Senate 1898, Lawrence, Mass.
Gay, Richard Lewis (1837-1919)
Taken by Hardy, Boston.Secretary, Massachusetts Board of Trade 1901, Boston, Mass.
George, Samuel W. (b. 1862)
Taken by Warren, Boston.Senate 1898, Haverhill, Mass.
Gilman, Moses Dudley (b. 1846)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1897, Worcester, Mass.
Gleason, Samuel S. (1841-1911)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1898, Senate 1899, Gardner, Mass.
Gove, Otis M. (1851-1931)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1897, Waltham, Mass.
Grimes, James W. (b. 1865)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1897-1899, Reading, Mass.
Hamlin, Edward F. (b. 1846)
Taken by James Notman.Executive Clerk 1877-, Newton, Mass.
Hanson, Frederick (b. 1835)
Taken by Hardy, Boston.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Brockton, Mass.
Harding, Edward H. (b. 1854)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Orange, Mass.
Harrington, Francis A. (b. 1846)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1899, Worcester, Mass.
Harwood, Albert L. (b. 1847)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Senate 1899, Newton, Mass.
Haskins, Leander M. (1842-1905)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1898-1899, Rockport, Mass.
Hawes, Martin Eldridge (b. 1834)
Unidentified photographer.House of Representatives 1898-1899, Weymouth, Mass.
Hiscox, Albert F. (b. 1852)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1898, Dudley, Mass.
Hodgkins, William H. (1840-1905)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898, Somerville, Mass.
Holden, Joshua B. (b. 1850)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896, Senate 1897-1898, Boston, Mass.
Hollis, J. Edward (b. 1840)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1895-1896, Newton, Mass.
Howard, Walter F. (b. 1855)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1897, Clinton, Mass.
Huse, Caleb R. (1833-1906)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896, Newburyport, Mass.
Ives, Dwight H. (1836-1924)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1897, Holyoke, Mass.
Joy, Fred (1859-1924)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Senate 1899, Winchester, Mass.
Keenan, Thomas F. (b. 1854)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Boston, Mass.
Keith, Charles P. (b. 1843)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1898-1899, Cambridge, Mass.
Kenefick, Thomas W. (b. 1855)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Palmer, Mass.
Kimball, James W. (b. 1858)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Clerk, House of Representatives 1897.
King, Charles W. (b. 1861)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896, Monson, Mass.
Langford, John T. (b. 1842)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1899, Newton, Mass.
Leach, Warren S. (b. 1847)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1895, Senate 1899, Raynham, Mass.
Leach, William W. (b. 1856)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Senate 1899, Palmer, Mass.
Livermore, Warren J. (b. 1835)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Spencer, Mass.
Lott, William H. (b. 1852)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.
Lowell, Francis C. (1855-1911)
Taken by H. G. Smith.House of Representatives 1898, Boston, Mass.
Luscombe, Walter O. (1851-1939)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1899, Falmouth, Mass.
Mahoney, William B. (b. 1857)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898, Westfield, Mass.
Maxwell, Arthur A. (b. 1858)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.
McCarthy, Jeremiah J. (1852-1917)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1898, Boston, Mass.
Meyer, George von Lengerke (1858-1918)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Speaker, House of Representatives 1894-1896, Boston, Mass.
Miller, Calvin S. (b. 1833)
Taken by Emily Stokes.House of Representatives 1896, Southwick, Mass.
Monroe, Charles D. (b. 1856)
Taken by Glines, Boston.House of Representatives 1896, Southbridge, Mass.
Moore, James S. (b. 1842)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1899, West Stockbridge, Mass.
Moriarty, Eugene M. (1849-1907)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Worcester, Mass.
Nevin, Edward B. (b. 1858)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1897-1898, Weymouth, Mass.
Newton, Phinehas S. (b. 1833)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1899, Royalston, Mass.
Parsons, Henry (b. 1841)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898, Marlboro, Mass.
Patch, Frank A. (b. 1844)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1899, Boxboro, Mass.
Porter, Burrill (1832-1914)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1898, North Attleboro, Mass.
Post, Thomas (b. 1864)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1899, Lenox, Mass.
Prendergast, D. L.
Taken by Frank B. Conlin, Boston.Putnam, George E. (b. 1851)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1897-1898, Lowell, Mass.
Quirk, Charles I. (b. 1871)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898, Boston, Mass.
Remington, David T. (b. 1846)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate doorkeeper 1898, Northampton, Mass.
Reynolds, William (b. 1843)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Senate 1899, Marblehead, Mass.
Richmond, Clinton Q. (b. 1859)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1896-1897, North Adams, Mass.
Roberts, Ernest W. (b. 1858)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1894-1895, Senate 1897-1898, Chelsea, Mass.
Roe, Alfred S. (1844-1917)
Taken by Warren, Boston.Senate 1898, Worcester, Mass.
Rogers, Atherton W. (b. 1848)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896, Sudbury, Mass.
Rourke, Daniel D. (b. 1869)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1895-1897, Senate 1898, Boston, Mass.
Sanderson, Howard K. (b. 1865)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Lynn, Mass.
Sargent, Charles F. (b. 1858)
Taken by G. H. Leck, Lawrence, Mass.Senate 1899, Lawrence, Mass.
Schofield, William (b. 1857)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1899, Malden, Mass.
Slocum, John O. (b. 1842)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896, Dartmouth, Mass.
Smith, Harvey C. (b. 1847)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1897, Gloucester, Mass.
Smith, Henry R. (b. 1842)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Leominster, Mass.
Snow, Andrew R. (b. 1844)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1898, Webster, Mass.
Soule, Rufus A. (1839-1913)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Senate 1897, New Bedford, Mass.
Spaulding, Cyrus (b. 1835)
Taken by C. L. Ross, Webster, Mass.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Webster, Mass.
Stanley, Fred D. (b. 1863)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1895-1897, New Bedford, Mass.
Storrs, George D. (b. 1866)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896, Ware, Mass.
Tague, Peter F. (b. 1871)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.
Taylor, Karl T. (b. 1874)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Clerical assistant, Senate 1898.
Thompson, James (b. 1848)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Quincy, Mass.
Tyner, George N. (1848-1904)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1899, Holyoke, Mass.
Utley, Charles H. (1857-1916)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1894-1896, Brookline, Mass.
Vose, Harold P.
Taken by G. B. Webber, Brunswick, Maine.Wallace, Silas Ives (b. 1864)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1899, Clinton, Mass.
Washburn, Charles G. (1857-1928)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898, Worcester, Mass.
Whipple, John J. (1847-1921)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1899, Brockton, Mass.
White, Zadoc Long (1854-1925)
Taken by Purdy, Boston.House of Representatives 1897, Winchendon, Mass.
Whittlesey, William A. (1849-1906)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Senate 1898-1899, Pittsfield, Mass.
Whittlesey, William A. (1849-1906)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898-1899, Pittsfield, Mass.
Williams, Fred H.
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Senate 1898, Brookline, Mass.
Williams, George Fenelon (b. 1856)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1898, Foxborough, Mass.
Witt, Charles T. (b. 1848)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1898-1899, Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.
Wolcott, Roger (1847-1900)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Governor, 1896-1900, Boston, Mass.
Woodsum, B. Herbert (1857-1917)
Taken by Elmer Chickering.House of Representatives 1891-1892, Senate 1899, South Braintree, Mass.
Young, Willie C. (1848-1909)
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.House of Representatives 1896-1897, Worcester, Mass.
Unidentified men, probably members of the Massachusetts General Court
Taken by Elmer Chickering and Notman Photographic Co.Miscellaneous portraits
John L. Bates,1902
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Governor Bates and wife at St. Louis, 1904
Taken by William H. Pau, official photographer, St. Louis Exposition.Governor John L. Bates of Massachusetts, his wife Clara, and three unidentified persons.
Margaret Amidon Blair, 16 1/2 months old, Dec. 1888
Taken by Rice, Worcester, Mass.Albert U. Blodgett, undated
Unidentified photographer.Sumner Crosby, 1908
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Helen B. Maxcy, Squirrel Island age 13, 13 Aug. 1897
Taken by A. T. Reynolds, Gardiner, Maine.Charles M. Reeves, St. Louis, Mo., 1904
Unidentified photographer.Unidentified man
Taken by Notman Photographic Co.Unidentified young man
Taken by Schirver, Worcester, Mass.Unidentified group of men
Taken by Lee Gallery, Richmond, Va.Unidentified man.
Taken by Davis & Sanford, New York.Unidentified man
Taken by Elmer Chickering.Unidentified man
Unidentified photographer.Unidentified group of men
Unidentified photographer.Preferred Citation
Massachusetts General Court photographs, Photo. Coll. 263, Massachusetts Historical Society Photo Archives.
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