COLLECTION GUIDES

ca. 1896-1900

Guide to the Photograph Collection


Collection Summary

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.

Box 1Folder 1#263.01

Adams, Austin F. (b. 1840)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1899, Barre Plains, Mass.

Box 1Folder 2#263.02

Attwill, Henry C. (1872-1936)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1899, Lynn, Mass.

Box 1Folder 3#263.03

Austin, Waldo E. (1839-1930)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1896, Holden, Mass.

Box 1Folder 4#263.04

Bailey, George W. (b. 1848)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1895-1896, Pittsfield, Mass.

Box 1Folder 5#263.05

Barber, Harding R. (1839-1903)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1895-1896, Senate 1897, Athol, Mass.

Box 1Folder 6#263.06

Bates, John L. (1859-1946)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1894-1896, Speaker of the House 1897, Boston, Mass.

Box 1Folder 6#263.07

Bates, John L. (1859-1946)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1894-1896, Speaker of the House 1897, Boston, Mass.

Box 1Folder 7#263.08

Black, William R. (1830-1915)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1897-1898, Taunton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 8#263.09

Blood, Avander N. (1838-1906)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1896, Pepperell, Mass.

Box 1Folder 9#263.10

Boutwell, Harvey L. (1860-1929)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1895-1897, Malden, Mass.

Box 1Folder 10#263.11

Bradford, Cary C. (1855-1934)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1897, Southbridge, Mass.

Box 1Folder 11#263.12

Brigham, William H. (b. 1863)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1892-1893, Senate 1897-1898, Hudson, Mass.

Box 1Folder 12#263.13

Brown, Charles D. (b. 1862)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1895-1897, Gloucester, Mass.

Box 1Folder 13#263.14

Brown, Charles E. (b. 1850)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1897, Concord, Mass.

Box 1Folder 14#263.15

Brown, George A. (b. 1854)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Everett, Mass.

Box 1Folder 15#263.16

Burgess, Albert H. (b. 1843)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1899, Fitchburg, Mass.

Box 1Folder 16#263.17

Calkins, Ernest W. (1855-1923)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, North Abington, Mass.

Box 1Folder 17#263.18

Carberry, James F. (b. 1868)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1898, Worcester, Mass.

Box 1Folder 18#263.19

Carroll, Patrick J. (b. 1865)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Boston, Mass.

Box 1Folder 19#263.20

Chamberlain, Loyed E. (1856-1937)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898, Brockton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 20#263.21

Chandler, Leonard B. (1851-1927)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1897-1898, Somerville, Mass.

Box 1Folder 21#263.22

Clarke, Albert (b. 1840)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Box 1Folder 22#263.23

Clemence, George L. (1852-1907)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1900, Southbridge, Mass.

Box 1Folder 23#263.24

Cole, Samuel (b. 1856)

Taken by Purdy.

House of Representatives 1897, Beverly, Mass.

Box 1Folder 24#263.25

Cook, William H. (1843-1900)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1896-1898, Milford, Mass.

Box 1Folder 24#263.26

Cook, William H. (1843-1900)

Taken by Willis Studios, Milford.

Senate 1896-1898, Milford, Mass.

Box 1Folder 25#263.27

Coolidge, Henry Dingley (1858-1922)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Clerk, Senate 1898, Concord, Mass.

Box 1Folder 26#263.28

Crane, Winthrop Murray (1853-1920)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Lieutenant Governor 1896-1899, Dalton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 27#263.29

Crosby, Alfred R. (1838-1923)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1897, Attleboro, Mass.

Box 1Folder 28#263.30

Crouch, Charles S. (d. 1901)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1898, Northampton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 29#263.31

Dallinger, Frederick (b. 1871)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898, Cambridge, Mass.

Box 1Folder 30#263.32

Davis, William R. (1862-1925)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Senate 1898, Cambridge, Mass.

Box 1Folder 31#263.33

Donovan, William J. (b. 1862)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1893-1895, Senate 1899, East Boston, Mass.

Box 1Folder 32#263.34

Drake, Frederic P. (b. 1851)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1899, Canton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 33#263.35

Feneno, John J. (b. 1866)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1897-1898, Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.

Box 1Folder 34#263.36

Fillmore, Wellington (b. 1850)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896, Cambridge, Mass.

Box 1Folder 35#263.37

Flynn, Joseph J. (b. 1862)

Taken by Kenefick, Lawrence, Mass.

Senate 1898, Lawrence, Mass.

Box 1Folder 36#263.38

Gay, Richard Lewis (1837-1919)

Taken by Hardy, Boston.

Secretary, Massachusetts Board of Trade 1901, Boston, Mass.

Box 1Folder 37#263.39

George, Samuel W. (b. 1862)

Taken by Warren, Boston.

Senate 1898, Haverhill, Mass.

Box 1Folder 38#263.40

Gilman, Moses Dudley (b. 1846)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1897, Worcester, Mass.

Box 1Folder 39#263.41

Gleason, Samuel S. (1841-1911)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1898, Senate 1899, Gardner, Mass.

Box 1Folder 40#263.42

Gove, Otis M. (1851-1931)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1897, Waltham, Mass.

Box 1Folder 41#263.43

Grimes, James W. (b. 1865)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1897-1899, Reading, Mass.

Box 1Folder 42#263.44

Hamlin, Edward F. (b. 1846)

Taken by James Notman.

Executive Clerk 1877-, Newton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 43#263.45

Hanson, Frederick (b. 1835)

Taken by Hardy, Boston.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Brockton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 44#263.46

Harding, Edward H. (b. 1854)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Orange, Mass.

Box 1Folder 45#263.47

Harrington, Francis A. (b. 1846)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1899, Worcester, Mass.

Box 1Folder 46#263.48

Harwood, Albert L. (b. 1847)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Senate 1899, Newton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 47#263.49

Haskins, Leander M. (1842-1905)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1898-1899, Rockport, Mass.

Box 1Folder 48#263.50

Hawes, Martin Eldridge (b. 1834)

Unidentified photographer.

House of Representatives 1898-1899, Weymouth, Mass.

Box 1Folder 49#263.51

Hiscox, Albert F. (b. 1852)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1898, Dudley, Mass.

Box 1Folder 50#263.52

Hodgkins, William H. (1840-1905)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898, Somerville, Mass.

Box 1Folder 51#263.53-263.55

Holden, Joshua B. (b. 1850)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896, Senate 1897-1898, Boston, Mass.

Box 1Folder 52#263.56

Hollis, J. Edward (b. 1840)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1895-1896, Newton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 53#263.57

Howard, Walter F. (b. 1855)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1897, Clinton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 54#263.58

Huse, Caleb R. (1833-1906)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896, Newburyport, Mass.

Box 1Folder 55#263.59

Ives, Dwight H. (1836-1924)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1897, Holyoke, Mass.

Box 1Folder 56#263.60

Joy, Fred (1859-1924)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Senate 1899, Winchester, Mass.

Box 1Folder 57#263.61

Keenan, Thomas F. (b. 1854)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Boston, Mass.

Box 1Folder 58#263.62

Keith, Charles P. (b. 1843)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1898-1899, Cambridge, Mass.

Box 1Folder 59#263.63

Kenefick, Thomas W. (b. 1855)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Palmer, Mass.

Box 1Folder 60#263.64

Kimball, James W. (b. 1858)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Clerk, House of Representatives 1897.

Box 1Folder 61#263.65

King, Charles W. (b. 1861)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896, Monson, Mass.

Box 1Folder 62#263.66

Langford, John T. (b. 1842)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1899, Newton, Mass.

Box 1Folder 63#263.67

Leach, Warren S. (b. 1847)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1895, Senate 1899, Raynham, Mass.

Box 1Folder 64#263.68

Leach, William W. (b. 1856)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Senate 1899, Palmer, Mass.

Box 1Folder 65#263.69

Livermore, Warren J. (b. 1835)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Spencer, Mass.

Box 2Folder 66#263.70

Lott, William H. (b. 1852)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 67#263.71

Lowell, Francis C. (1855-1911)

Taken by H. G. Smith.

House of Representatives 1898, Boston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 68#263.72

Luscombe, Walter O. (1851-1939)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1899, Falmouth, Mass.

Box 2Folder 69#263.73

Mahoney, William B. (b. 1857)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898, Westfield, Mass.

Box 2Folder 70#263.74

Maxwell, Arthur A. (b. 1858)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 71#263.75

McCarthy, Jeremiah J. (1852-1917)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1898, Boston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 72#263.76

Meyer, George von Lengerke (1858-1918)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Speaker, House of Representatives 1894-1896, Boston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 73#263.77

Miller, Calvin S. (b. 1833)

Taken by Emily Stokes.

House of Representatives 1896, Southwick, Mass.

Box 2Folder 74#263.78

Monroe, Charles D. (b. 1856)

Taken by Glines, Boston.

House of Representatives 1896, Southbridge, Mass.

Box 2Folder 75#263.79

Moore, James S. (b. 1842)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1899, West Stockbridge, Mass.

Box 2Folder 76#263.80

Moriarty, Eugene M. (1849-1907)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Worcester, Mass.

Box 2Folder 77#263.81

Nevin, Edward B. (b. 1858)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1897-1898, Weymouth, Mass.

Box 2Folder 78#263.82

Newton, Phinehas S. (b. 1833)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1899, Royalston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 79#263.83

Parsons, Henry (b. 1841)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898, Marlboro, Mass.

Box 2Folder 80#263.84

Patch, Frank A. (b. 1844)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1899, Boxboro, Mass.

Box 2Folder 81#263.85

Porter, Burrill (1832-1914)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1898, North Attleboro, Mass.

Box 2Folder 82#263.86

Post, Thomas (b. 1864)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1899, Lenox, Mass.

Box 2Folder 83#263.87

Prendergast, D. L.

Taken by Frank B. Conlin, Boston.
Box 2Folder 84#263.88

Putnam, George E. (b. 1851)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1897-1898, Lowell, Mass.

Box 2Folder 85#263.89

Quirk, Charles I. (b. 1871)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898, Boston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 86#263.90-263.91

Remington, David T. (b. 1846)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate doorkeeper 1898, Northampton, Mass.

Box 2Folder 87#263.92

Reynolds, William (b. 1843)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Senate 1899, Marblehead, Mass.

Box 2Folder 88#263.93

Richmond, Clinton Q. (b. 1859)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, North Adams, Mass.

Box 2Folder 89#263.94-263.95

Roberts, Ernest W. (b. 1858)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1894-1895, Senate 1897-1898, Chelsea, Mass.

Box 2Folder 90#263.96

Roe, Alfred S. (1844-1917)

Taken by Warren, Boston.

Senate 1898, Worcester, Mass.

Box 2Folder 91#263.97

Rogers, Atherton W. (b. 1848)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896, Sudbury, Mass.

Box 2Folder 92#263.98

Rourke, Daniel D. (b. 1869)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1895-1897, Senate 1898, Boston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 93#263.99-263.100

Sanderson, Howard K. (b. 1865)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Lynn, Mass.

Box 2Folder 94#263.101

Sargent, Charles F. (b. 1858)

Taken by G. H. Leck, Lawrence, Mass.

Senate 1899, Lawrence, Mass.

Box 2Folder 95#263.102

Schofield, William (b. 1857)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1899, Malden, Mass.

Box 2Folder 96#263.103

Slocum, John O. (b. 1842)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896, Dartmouth, Mass.

Box 2Folder 97#263.104

Smith, Harvey C. (b. 1847)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1897, Gloucester, Mass.

Box 2Folder 98#263.105

Smith, Henry R. (b. 1842)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Leominster, Mass.

Box 2Folder 99#263.106

Snow, Andrew R. (b. 1844)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1898, Webster, Mass.

Box 2Folder 100#263.107

Soule, Rufus A. (1839-1913)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Senate 1897, New Bedford, Mass.

Box 2Folder 101#263.108

Spaulding, Cyrus (b. 1835)

Taken by C. L. Ross, Webster, Mass.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Webster, Mass.

Box 2Folder 102#263.109

Stanley, Fred D. (b. 1863)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1895-1897, New Bedford, Mass.

Box 2Folder 103#263.110

Storrs, George D. (b. 1866)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896, Ware, Mass.

Box 2Folder 104#263.111

Tague, Peter F. (b. 1871)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.

Box 2Folder 105#263.112

Taylor, Karl T. (b. 1874)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Clerical assistant, Senate 1898.

Box 2Folder 106#263.113

Thompson, James (b. 1848)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Quincy, Mass.

Box 2Folder 107#263.114

Tyner, George N. (1848-1904)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1899, Holyoke, Mass.

Box 2Folder 108#263.115

Utley, Charles H. (1857-1916)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1894-1896, Brookline, Mass.

Box 2Folder 109#263.116

Vose, Harold P.

Taken by G. B. Webber, Brunswick, Maine.
Box 2Folder 110#263.117

Wallace, Silas Ives (b. 1864)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1899, Clinton, Mass.

Box 2Folder 111#263.118-263.119

Washburn, Charles G. (1857-1928)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898, Worcester, Mass.

Box 2Folder 112#263.120

Whipple, John J. (1847-1921)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1899, Brockton, Mass.

Box 3Folder 113#263.121

White, Zadoc Long (1854-1925)

Taken by Purdy, Boston.

House of Representatives 1897, Winchendon, Mass.

Box 3Folder 114#263.122

Whittlesey, William A. (1849-1906)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

Senate 1898-1899, Pittsfield, Mass.

Box 3Folder 114#263.123

Whittlesey, William A. (1849-1906)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898-1899, Pittsfield, Mass.

Box 3Folder 115#263.124

Williams, Fred H.

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Senate 1898, Brookline, Mass.

Box 3Folder 116#263.125

Williams, George Fenelon (b. 1856)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1898, Foxborough, Mass.

Box 3Folder 117#263.126

Witt, Charles T. (b. 1848)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1898-1899, Senate 1899, Boston, Mass.

Box 3Folder 118#263.127

Wolcott, Roger (1847-1900)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

Governor, 1896-1900, Boston, Mass.

Box 3Folder 119#263.128

Woodsum, B. Herbert (1857-1917)

Taken by Elmer Chickering.

House of Representatives 1891-1892, Senate 1899, South Braintree, Mass.

Box 3Folder 120#263.129

Young, Willie C. (1848-1909)

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.

House of Representatives 1896-1897, Worcester, Mass.

Box 3Folder 121#263.130-263.139

Unidentified men, probably members of the Massachusetts General Court

Taken by Elmer Chickering and Notman Photographic Co.

Miscellaneous portraits

Box 3Folder 122#263.140

John L. Bates,1902

Taken by Elmer Chickering.
O.S. Box 1#263.148

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.

Box 3Folder 124#263.142

Margaret Amidon Blair, 16 1/2 months old, Dec. 1888

Taken by Rice, Worcester, Mass.
Box 3Folder 123#263.141

Albert U. Blodgett, undated

Unidentified photographer.
Box 3Folder 125#263.143

Sumner Crosby, 1908

Taken by Elmer Chickering.
Box 3Folder 126#263.144

Helen B. Maxcy, Squirrel Island age 13, 13 Aug. 1897

Taken by A. T. Reynolds, Gardiner, Maine.
O.S. Box 1#263.149

Charles M. Reeves, St. Louis, Mo., 1904

Unidentified photographer.
Box 3Folder 127#263.145

Unidentified man

Taken by Notman Photographic Co.
Box 3Folder 128#263.146

Unidentified young man

Taken by Schirver, Worcester, Mass.
Box 3Folder 129#263.147

Unidentified group of men

Taken by Lee Gallery, Richmond, Va.
O.S. Box 1#263.150

Unidentified man.

Taken by Davis & Sanford, New York.
OS Box 1#263.151

Unidentified man

Taken by Elmer Chickering.
O.S. Box 1#263.152

Unidentified man

Unidentified photographer.
O.S. Box 1#263.153

Unidentified group of men

Unidentified photographer.

Preferred Citation

Massachusetts General Court photographs, Photo. Coll. 263, 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.

Persons:

Chickering, Elmer, photographer.

Organizations:

Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives--Photographs.
Massachusetts. General Court--Photographs.
Massachusetts. General Court. Senate--Photographs.
Notman Photographic Company (Boston, Mass.), photographers.

Subjects:

Cabinet photographs.
Legislators--Massachusetts--Photographs.
Politicians--Massachusetts--Photographs.

Materials Removed from the Collection

Printed materials from this collection have been removed to the MHS printed collection.