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According to text on the back of the photograph, this house was built by John Sheldon about 1690 and razed in 1848. This photograph was copied from the only daguerreotype of the house in existence, belonging to the late Professor Aaron Warner (of…

A bearded white man stands near the shore of a river fishing while a young girl sits on a box next to him. There is a log in the water near him and some broken planks nearby.

An wooden mill with stone foundations and a large wooden wheel surrounded by trees.

The ruins of the Newgate Prison. Two women and a man stand in the arched gate looking at the camera while a second man sits looking off to the distance. They are identified as Anna Johnson, Dr. and Mrs. Dawson and Irving Johnson. A wheel of an…

Two women and a man stand looking at the guard tower at the ruins of Newgate Prison.

Two boys stand on a road looking at the remains of the Newgate Prison while a girl looks at them. Utility poles run along the road and a large tree grows on the left foreground.

Front of Jones Library with planting work in progress. Slide caption reads, "4/77 Jones Library old planting removed"

A wide, tree-lined street with substantial homes along both sides. Two carriages are parked near the trees and one is coming down the middle of the street.

Two men standing near the entrance of a two story building with an observation tower doing repairs. Another house is in the background and some bare trees are seen around. A clothesline is attached to a tree and a ladder leaning against the house…

A large, barrel-roofed church with a three story, slightly smaller addition. Stone steps lead up to the entrance in the front and the side and a woman is walking down the steps on the side. Some trees grow on the side of the church.

This is the original South College building and was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building…

This is the original South College building and was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building…

This is the original South College building and was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building…

This is the original South College building and was used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building…

View of the remains of the original South College building, lined with a crowd of students, after the fire in 1885. The walls which remain standing were incorporated into the new South College building.