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Historical Materials

This section of the website contains information on people, places, events, and industries related to Lane's pictures. Historical documents, photographs, and objects are categorized by subject. Click on a name from a list below to see an entry.

Subscription List and Mailing for "Castine, From Hospital Island" 1855

Filed under: Lithography (Sales & Exhibitions) »

Dorothy Little Stevens to F. H. Lane, Castine, 10.16.1851

Filed under: Castine – Stevens Home »   //  Chronology »   //  Letters »   //  Owl's Head »   //  Rockland Harbor, Maine – Owl's Head Light »   //  Stevens, Joseph, Sr. and Dorothy Little »

Architectural plans for Pavilion Hotel, front elevation

Filed under: Pavilion Hotel »

Gloucester Buildings & Businesses
Alex Patillo Dry Goods
Babson House
Baptist Church (Old, First, 1830) (Pleasant Street)
Baptist Church (Second, 1851) (Pleasant Street)
Brick Houses / Gloucester House Hotel
Brookbank
Burnham Brothers Marine Railway
Center & Co.
Collins's, William (estate wharf)
Eastern Railroad
Flake Yard
Gloucester Bank
Gloucester Lyceum
Gloucester – City Views
Gloucester, Mass. - Citizen's Cheap Cash Store (68 Front Street)
Harbor Methodist Church (Prospect Street)
Hovey, Charles House
Isaac A. P. Smith store
J. C. Calef Dry Goods
John Trask Paint Store
Lane's Stone House, Duncan's Point
Low (David) House
Low (Frederick G.) wharves
Marine Insurance Company
Old First Parish / Subsequent Fourth Parish Church (at the Green)
Pavilion Hotel
Procter Brothers
Riggs School
Riverdale Methodist Church (Washington Street)
Riverdale Mills
Rogers's (George H.) wharves
Ropewalk
Sanders-Davidson House
Sawyer Free Library
Second Parish Meeting House (West Gloucester)
Steepbank
Town House
Trinity Congregational Church (Middle Street at School)
Union School
Unitarian Church / First Parish Church (Middle Street)
Universalist (Original) Meeting House (Sargent)
Universalist Church (Middle and Church Streets)
White-Ellery House
Windmill
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Cape Ann Locales
Annisquam River
Brace's Cove / Rock
Coffin's Beach
Cut, The (Stacy Blvd.)
Davis' Neck
Dolliver's Neck
Done Fudging
Duncan's Point
Eastern Point
Field Beach / Crescent (or Cressy's) Beach / Long Beach
Five Pound Island
Flagpole above Freshwater Cove
Folly Cove
Fort (The) and Fort Point
Fresh Water Cove
Gloucester Harbor, Inner / Harbor Cove
Gloucester Harbor, Outer
Good Harbor Beach / Bass Rocks
Half Moon Beach
Harbor Rocks
Loaf, The
Lone Pine
Meetinghouse Green
Norman's Woe
Pavilion (Publick) Beach
Pole's Hill
Rafe's Chasm
Riverdale / Town Parish
Rocky Neck
Salt Island
Site Photographs
Stage Rocks / Stage Fort / Stage Head
Ten Pound Island
Thacher Island
Town / Public Landings
Vincent's Cove
Waterfront, Gloucester
West Gloucester – Little River
Western Shore
Wolf Hill
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Maine Locales & Buildings
Bangor
Bear Island
Blue Hill
Brooksville / Ram Island / Indian Bar
Camden Mountains
Castine
Castine – Dresser's Ropewalk
Castine – First Parish Church (1790) / Unitarian Universalist Church
Castine – Fort George
Castine – Hospital Island
Castine – Millard Dennett's Sail Loft
Castine – School
Castine – Stevens Home
Castine – Trinitarian Congregational (Second) Parish (1829)
Castine – Witherle & Co.'s Store
Christmas Cove
Isle Au Haut
Kennebec River
Mount Desert Island & Rock
Negro (Curtis) Island, Camden Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Owl's Head
Penobscot Bay
Portland Harbor
Site Photographs
Somes Sound
Southwest Harbor
The Graves
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Boston Locales, Businesses, & Buildings
Adams' Express
Baker & Morrill
Balch, William Y.
Boston City Views
Boston Harbor
Boston Light Infantry
Fulton Iron Foundry
Horticultural Hall
India Wharf
New England Guards
Oak Hall
Old Feather Store
Site Photographs
State House
Tiger Boat Club
Tremont Temple
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New York City Locales, Businesses, & Buildings
Castle Garden
New York Harbor
New-York Yacht Club
Site Photographs
Trinity Church
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Other Locales
Baltimore, Md.
Barnstable, Mass.
Beverly, Mass.
Burbankville, Mass.
Georges Bank, Mass.
Grand Bank, Newfoundland, Canada
Lowell, Mass.
Lowell, Mass. – Middlesex Mills
Manchester, Mass.
Nahant, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass.
Newburyport, Mass.
Portsmouth, N.H.
Providence, R.I.
Puerto Rico
Salem Harbor, Mass.
Site Photographs
St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Washington, D.C.
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Vessels (Specific / Named)
"America" (Schooner Yacht)
"Antelope" (Brig)
"Antelope" (Steam Demi-Bark)
"Bessie Neal" (Schooner)
"Boston" (Packet Ship)
"Britannia" (Cunard Steamship)
"Cadet" (Brig)
"Caledonia" (Cunard Steamship)
"California" (Full-Rigged Ship)
"Constitution" (U.S. Frigate)
"Eastern Star" (Bark)
"Emblem" (Schooner)
"General Gates" (New England Boat; Casco Bay Boat)
"Golden Rule" (Clipper Ship)
"Golden State" (Clipper Ship)
"Harvest Moon" (Side-Wheel Steamer)
"Hibernia" (Steam Ship)
"Jamestown" (U.S. Sloop of War)
"Julia" (Sloop Yacht)
"Mary Ann" (Packet Ship)
"Mary" (Bark)
"Massachusetts" (Auxiliary Steam Packet Ship)
"Matilda" (Ship)
"McLane" (Cutter; Steam Vessel)
"Michael Angelo" (Packet Ship)
"National Eagle" (Clipper Ship)
"Nightingale" (Clipper Ship)
"Northern Light" (Yacht)
"Ohio" (Ship)
"Orazimbo" (Whaler)
"Phantom" (Cruising Yawl)
"R. B. Forbes" (Tow Boat)
"Samuel Lawrence" (Packet Ship)
"Southern Cross" (Clipper Ship)
"Spitfire" (Clipper Ship)
"Star Light" (Clipper)
"Starr King" (Clipper)
"Superior" (Sloop)
"Sweepstakes" (Clipper Ship)
"T. F. Secor" (Steamboat)
"Tarterno" (Half Brig)
"Unicorn" (Cunard Steamship)
"Widgeon" (Sloop Yacht)
"Winged Arrow" (Clipper Ship)
"Yacht" (Side-Wheel Steamboat)
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Vessel Types
An Overview of All Rigging and Vessel Types
Bark / Barkentine or Demi-Bark
Brig
Brig (Hermaphrodite or Half)
Chebacco Boat / Dogbody / Pinky
Gundalow / Scow
Naval / Government Vessel
New England Boat / Shallop (ancestral type)
Party Boat
Pilot Canoes and Pilot Yawls
Schooner (Coasting / Lumber / Topsail / Packet / Marsh Hay)
Schooner (Fishing)
Schooner (Pilot)
Schooner (Whaling)
Ship (Full-Rigged)
Ship Models
Sloop
Small Craft – Wherries, and Dories
Steamship / Engine-Powered Vessel / Coastal Steamer
Tow Boat / Tug Boat
Whitehall Boat
Yacht & Small Pleasure Craft
Yawl Boat
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Flags, Lighthouses, & Navigation Aids
American ensign / flag
Beacons / Monuments / Spindles
Camden, Maine – Negro (Curtis) Island Light
Castine, Maine – Dice (Dyce) Head Lighthouse
Gloucester, Mass. - "Ten Pound Island Light
Gloucester, Mass. – Annisquam Harbor Lighthouse
Gloucester, Mass. – Eastern Point Light
Mount Desert, Maine – Mount Desert Rock Light
New Bedford, Mass. - Clarks Point Light
Northeast Harbor, Maine – Bear Island Lighthouse
Portland Harbor, Maine – Portland Head Light
Rockland Harbor, Maine – Owl's Head Light
Rockport, Mass. - Thacher Island Twin Lighthouses
Signal Systems (Flags & Maritime Codes)
Vinalhaven, Maine – Saddleback Ledge Light
York, Maine – Boon Island Light
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Maritime & Other Industries & Facilities
Bird Hunting
Blizzard of 1839
California Gold Rush
Clothing and Gear
Cob / Crib Wharf
Cod / Cod Fishing
Drying Fish
Fishing
Georges Bank, Mass.
Gill Netting
Gloucester Harbor – Use
Grand Bank, Newfoundland, Canada
Granite Quarrying / Shipping
Graving Beach
Hand-lining
Lobstering
Lumber Industry
Mackerel Fishing
Marine Railways
Packet Shipping
Regattas
Ropewalks
Salt
Salt Marsh Hay / English Hay
Shipbuilding / Repair
Statistics
Steamers
Surinam Trade
Tourist Industry
Trade Routes and Statistics
Vessel Details: Decorations / Ship Carvings
Vessel Details: Parts / Fittings
Vessel details: Rigging and Sails
Whale Fishery
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People
Adams, Samuel, Jr.
Armsby, Dr. James H.
Babson, Amanda Stanwood
Babson, Annette
Babson, Edward
Babson, Emmeline (Emma) Rogers (Mrs. William Friend)
Babson, John J.
Babson, Maria
Babson, Nathaniel
Balch, William Y.
Blanchard, George S.
Bowles, Ada[line] Chartine (Burpee)
Boyd, David. I.
Bradford, L. H.
Bradford, William
Bradish, P. P.
Brooks, Noah
Burnett, J.
Burnham: Parker (Jr.), Joseph & Elias
Center, Addison
Center, Henry
Champney, Benjamin
Clark, Charles Peter
Cleland, Captain Richard
Coffin, William E.
Collamore, Ebenezer
Collins, William
Cores [Cowes?] Mrs.
Corning, E.
Cushman, Charlotte
Dale, Capt. and Mrs. Frank
Dale, Eben B.
Davidson, Dr. Herman Elvas
Davidson, Mrs. Herman Elvas
Davis, Harriet Phena (Mason) (Mrs. William F.)
Dumaresq, Philip
Edwards, Alfred
Emery, James
Falkland, F.
Fears, Robert
Fessenden, C. B.
Fitz, Capt. Charles
Forbes, John Murray
Forbes, Robert Bennet
Foster, Florence
Fremont, Major General and Mrs. John C.
Friend, Joseph Sayward
Friend, Thaddeus
Galacar, Elizabeth
Gough, John B.
Haskell, Leonidas
Haughton, James
Herring, Thomas J.
Hill, William W.
Hitchings, H.
Hooper, Joseph S.
Hough, Benjamin Kent
Hovey, Charles
Howard, Capt. W. A.
Jacobus, Nicholas
Jacquith, Aaron
Johnson, J. H.
Johnson, Joseph
Kearny, Major Philip
Knight, Elias Davis
Lancaster, T. Sewall
Lang, J.H.B.
Low, Capt. Frederick Gilman
Low, Capt., and Mrs. Gorham Parsons
Low, Colonel David
Lucas, Mr.
Mackay, Capt. Harvey Coffin and Mrs. Sarah Somes
Mansfield, James
Marsh, George
Mason, John
Mason, Sidney
Mayo, Reverend Amory Dwight
Mellen, Mary Blood
Miller, William Hoffman
Morse, Nathan P.
Mountford, William
Newton, I.
Noyes, Samuel
Page, Eben
Parsons, William 2nd
Patillo, Alex
Peters, Edw. D.
Piper, John J.
Pool, Solomon
Presson, Alfred
Procter, Elizabeth C.
Quincy, Mrs. Josiah, Jr.
Richardson, Joseph
Rogers, Allen
Rogers, George H.
Rogers, Mrs. S. G.
Rogers, Rev. Richard P.
Ropes, C. A.
Ropes, Ripley
Sanford, Horatio G.
Sawyer, Samuel
Scott, John W. A.
Senter, William
Silsbee, Nathaniel, Jr.
Smith, A. B.
Smith, Benjamin H.
Somes, Capt. John
Stacy, Eben Hough
Stacy, Mr. and Mrs. John Hancock
Stanley, Mrs. John
Stevens, Caroline Foster
Stevens, Helen (Helen Stevens Babson)
Stevens, Joseph, Jr.
Stevens, Joseph, Sr. and Dorothy Little
Stott, Mrs. Alex
Tilden, George
Tilden, Rev. William Phillips
Trask, John
Tuckerman, Stephen Salisbury
Upton, G. B.
Wales, G. W.
Webber, John Somes
Wheeler, W. H.
Whidden, John H.
White, G. G.
Wigglesworth, Thomas, Jr.
Wilbur, Horace B.
Winchester, William D.
Winter, Fitz Henry
Winter, Ignatius
Witherle, William Howe
Woodbury, Capt. Obadiah
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Fitz Henry Lane Biography
Babson History of the Town of Gloucester
Biographical information
Chronology
Documents / Objects
Funeral & Burial
Gloucester Community / Participation / Other projects
Lane & Scott's, Lith. – Boston
Letters / Manuscripts
Portraits of Lane
Professional
Residences
Signature / Name change
Studio Descriptions
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Lithography
Anderson, Peter – Mass.
Bouvé & Sharp, Lith. – Boston
Bouvé, E. W., Lith. – Boston
Bradford, L. H., Lith. – Boston
Bufford, J. H. Lith. – Boston
Clegg and Dodge – Gloucester, Mass.
Conant, Albert - Boston
Cook, C., Lith. – Boston
Currier (& Ives) – New York
De Vaudricourt, Augustus
Griffin, Joseph, Pub. – Maine
Ives and Putnam, Pub. – Salem, Mass.
Lane & Scott's, Lith. – Boston
Lithography (Sales & Exhibitions)
M. M. Tidd, Lith. – Boston
Moore's, T. - Lith. - Boston
Oakes and Swan, Pub. – Boston
Parker & Ditson, Pub. – Boston
Pendleton's, Lith. – Boston
Procter Brothers – Gloucester, Mass.
Reed, Geo. P., Pub. – Boston
Rice, E. A. & Co. – Lowell, Mass.
Sarony & Major, Lith. – New York
Sharp & Michelin, Printers – Boston
Sharp's, J. C., Lith. – Boston
Sheet Music by other artists
Thayer's, Lith. – Boston
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Prints & Illustrations after Lane
Babson History of the Town of Gloucester
Cape Ann Advertiser Masthead
Gloucester, Mass. Town Seal
Goode, The Fisheries and Fishing Industries of the United States
Horticultural Hall
Landing at Cape Anne
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19th-Century Exhibitions
Albany, N.Y. – 1864 Palmer's Sculpture
Albany, N.Y. – Albany Gallery of Fine Arts
Baltimore, Md. – 1856 Maryland Historical Society
Boston - 1860 New Hall at Bumstead Place
Boston - 1862 Leonard & Co. Auction
Boston - Harding's Gallery
Boston – 1864 Joseph Leonard & Co.
Boston – 1864 Sailors' Fair
Boston – Boston Artists Association
Boston – Boston Athenaeum
Boston – Boston Mechanics' Association
Boston – New England Art Union
Boston – Oakes Music Store
Brooklyn – 1864 Taylor House Sanitary Fair
Castine, Maine – 1856 Witherle & Co.
Gloucester - Center & Co.
Gloucester, Mass. - Citizen's Cheap Cash Store (68 Front Street)
Gloucester, Mass. – 1856 Lyceum Fair
Gloucester, Mass. – 1863 Sanitary Fair
Gloucester, Mass. – Gloucester Bank
Gloucester, Mass. – Marine Insurance Company
Gloucester, Mass. – Procter Brothers
New York – American Art Union
New York – Apollo Association
New York – National Academy of Design
Portland, Maine – 1859 Maine Mechanical Association
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19th-Century Criticism
Newspaper / Journal articles
Personal Reviews
Contemporary Artists
Allston, Washington
Bradford, William
Buttersworth, James Edward
Center, Addison
Champney, Benjamin
Conant, Albert - Boston
Cooke, Robert
Curtis, George
De Vaudricourt, Augustus
Elwell, D. Jerome
Homan, S.V.
Johnston, David Claypoole
Mellen, Mary Blood
Merchant, G., Jr.
Roux, Ange-Joseph Antoine
Salmon, Robert
Savory, Thomas C.
Scott, John W. A.
Tidd, M.M.
Trask, John
Tuckerman, Stephen Salisbury
Walters, Samuel
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Drawing Technique
Artists' Materials Trade Catalogues
Drawing Manuals
Graphite (and the Borrowdale Mine)
Mechanical vs. Free Hand
Modern Graphite Pencil
Whatman Paper
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19th-Century Documentation
Diaries / Ledgers / Etc.
Historic Photographs
Letters
Maps
Newspaper / Journal Articles
Objects
Publications
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