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Wading Women, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Two women in waders from the rear, c. 1900s...Image number: A31-14a

[Chart of Nantucket Island and the eastern half of Martha's Vineyard.

Scale ca. 1:51,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes navigational notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 976 Available also through the Library of Congress Web si... More

[Chart of Nantucket Island and the eastern half of Martha's Vineyard.

Scale ca. 1:51,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. LC copy imperfect: Deteriorated along fold and margins. Includes navigational notes. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 977 Available a... More

Buzzards Bay and shoals of Nantucket. nautical chart

Scale ca. 1:100,000. Title on verso: Nantucket Shoals and Buzzards's Bay by Lieutt. Knight, 1778. Soundings shown in fathoms. Manuscript, pen-and-ink, pencil, and watercolor. Watermark: Large fleur-de-lis in a ... More

Part of Long Island; and the coast eastward to the shoals of Nantucket...

Scale ca. 1:600,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Has watermarks. Soundings shown in fathoms. Includes view of "Sancoty Head S.S.W. 10 miles distant." LC Maps of North Amer... More

Map of the island of Nantucket. - Public domain old map

Document of indenture: Servant: McKenzie, Thomas. Master: Wallcut, Ben...

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A new chart of Nantucket Shoals & George's Bank with the adjacent coas...

Depths shown by soundings. Includes navigational notes. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy imperfect: Torn along edges, stained, darkened, creased, backed by cloth. ... More

Ladle. American decorative arts. - Art Institute of Chicago

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[Embossed map of Nantucket Island and vicinity].

Tactile map for the blind. Accompanied by text: Sixth annual report of the trustees of the New-England Institution for the Education of the Blind, to the Corporation : January 8, 1838. 22 p. ; 23 cm. Available ... More

Map of the island of Nantucket, including Tuckernuck

The island of Nantucket is home to the easternmost site cared for by The Trustees. Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, located on two peninsulas on the northeast coast of the island, is both a popular destination f... More

Letter from Charlotte Austin Joy, Nantucket, [Mass.], to Maria Weston ...

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Map of that section of the town of Nantucket, which was destroyed by t...

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Nantucket Beach, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Library...

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North Mill, Nantucket Mass., Stereoscope Card

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map from "Papers relating to the Island of Nantucket, with documents r...

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coat of arms from "Papers relating to the Island of Nantucket, with do...

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manuscript from "Papers relating to the Island of Nantucket, with docu...

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Shipwreck off Nantucket (Wreck off Nantucket after a Storm)

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Nantucket, New Bedford Massachusetts

Street in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Atlantic coast of the United States (in four sheets) : sheet no. II, N...

LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 47.37 Description derived from published bibliography. At head of title: U.S. Coast Survey, A. D. Bache, Supt. From its Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, showing the... More

Atlantic coast of the United States (in four sheets), sheet no. II, Na...

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Historical map of Nantucket - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collect...

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Plan of Sherburne Bluffs, Nantucket, Mass - Vintage map, Norman B. Lev...

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River Queen and Island Home at Steamboat Wharf, 1870s, Nantucket Islan...

Image of the River Queen and steamer Island Home at Steamboat Wharf, Nantucket ,1870s..Image number: SC459

Capt. Joseph Winslow, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Capt. Joseph Winslow in front of the Surfside Lifesaving Station, dressed in lifesaving suit. Francis Life Car in background, c. 1870s...Winslow was the first keeper at Surfside Station, serving from 1874 to 18... More

Rooftop view, 1870s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

View from rooftop of building on Main Street looking over Federal Street, northeast toward the harbor and Brant Point. The Nantucket Atheneum is on the left. Photo by J. Freeman, c. 1870s...Image number: P6440

Map of Surf-Side, the property of the Nantucket Surf-Side Company

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Surfside Lifesaving Station, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Probably shortly after the station opened in 1874, before uniforms were required. ..Image number: P4531

Nantucket from "[Popular Resorts and how to reach them, etc. (Second e...

This image has been taken from scan 000112 from "[Popular Resorts and how to reach them, etc. (Second edition.)]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of th... More

Eastman Johnson - Corn Husking at Nantucket

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Eastman Johnson - Husking Bee, Island of Nantucket

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Surfside Lifesaving Station, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Surfside lifesaving station. Note the Francis Metallic Life-Car on the boat ramp. Photo by J. Freeman, c. 1878...Image number: P4534

Massachusetts - on the crest of the wave - a Nantucket fisherman retur...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 49, no. 1252 (1879 Sept. 27), p. 57. Reference copy may be in SSF (Graphic) - Fishing Misc. 187... More

Massachusettsachusetts - attractions of the summer season at Nantucket...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 49, no. 1250 (1879 Sept. 13), p. 24. Reference copies may be in GEOG FILE (Graphic) - Mass. Nantu... More

1. Massachusetts - Summer life in Nantucket - Giving warning of the ap...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 49, no. 1254 (1879 Oct. 11), p. 92. Reference copy may be in GEOG FILE (Graphic) - Mass. Nantucke... More

Massachusetts - attractions of the summer season at Nantucket - catchi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 48, no. 1248 (1879 Aug. 30), p. 429. Reference copy may be in SSF (Graphic) - Sports Fishing Blue... More

Map of property of the Surf Side Syndicate, Nantucket, Mass.

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La Petite Cottage, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Interior of "La Petite Cottage: Dry and Fancy Goods and Wyer's View & Souvenirs." in Siasconset. c 1880s..Image numbers: GPN4352

Petticoat Row Shop, c. 1880s, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusett...

Interior of a Petticoat Row shop, with three shop keepers standing below a large Bric-A-Brac sign. The shop offers general household goods. Note the Nantucket baskets on the left. c. 1880s..In the early and mid... More

Surfside Lifesaving Station, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Lifesaving crew, c. 1880s. This station was built in 1874 and closed in 1921...Image number: P16232

Mary H. Nye, Dry and Fancy Goods Shop

View of the Mary H. Nye, Dry and Fancy Goods shop, on Centre Street, with Mary posed in the doorway, c. 1880s...In the early and middle years of the 19th century, the preponderance of women merchants, selling e... More

Mary Nye Shop, 1880s, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Interior, Mary Nye shop on "Petticoat Row" showing three women sitting in shop with souvenirs, andirons, china, etc. Photo by Henry S. Wyer, c. 1880s...In the early and middle years of the 19th century, the pre... More

Leaning against a dory, c. 1880s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

View of three women and four children at the beach,.sitting and leaning on a dory. Beach unknown. c. 1880s...Image number: F4802

India House, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

A yard filled with diversions, c. 1880s...Image number: GPN3903

Platt's Views, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Photographer Harry Platt, Nantucket photographer, standing in the doorway of his store, most likely on Centre Street, c. 1880s...Image number: P14431

Tower Views, c. 1880s., Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Tower view from the Unitarian Church, looking south..On the left is Orange Street, right is Fair Street and the Old Mill, c. 1880s...Image number: GPN4252

Bird's eye view of the town of Nantucket in the State of Massachusetts...

Perspective map not drawn to scale. "Looking southwest." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 312 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes illus., index to points of interest,... More

Sarah Chauncey Woolsey autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Hig...

Thanking him for his letter of condolence about her mother; speaking of Mrs. Ingelow's poems; regretting Helen Hunt Jackson's continued illness, etc. Old folder #: 150. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Umbrellas at Jetties Beach, c. 1890s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

A large crowd at Jetties beach, both spectators and swimmers. Many umbrellas are in view and one carriage is parked on the beach. c. 1890s...Image number: GPN4279

Covic & Pease, Main Street, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Covic & Pease's grocery store on Main Street, c. 1890s..Image number: F700

Sconset Gully, Cary's Fish House, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Two men, seated outside a shanty in Codfish Park, one is playing the banjo, and the other the fiddle, c. 1890s...Image number: GPN4062

`Sconset Baseball Club, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Baseball players, 1890s..Image number: P1669 Public domain scan of the vintage baseball memorabilia, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jetties Beach, c. 1890s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Cyanotype of crowd at Jetties Beach. c. 1890s...Image number: P10301

Main Street, c. 1890s, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

North side of Main Street. Businesses in the background are the Covic & Pease Fruits; F.J. Crosby, First Class Groceries & Table Supplies; Troy Laundry; and the Hatch & Co. Express Office...Image number: P3374

Folger Block, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

The Folger Block, 60 Main Street, with Bezazian Brothers Oriental Rugs, c. 1890s..Image number: GPN2079

Kenney's Choice Groceries & Fruit, Fishermen's, Gunners' & Yacht Suppl...

Kenney's grocery on the south side of Main Street, c. 1890s..Image number: F6523

Sankaty Head Lighthouse, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Sankaty Light was a popular destination for island visitors. 1890s, photo by Harry Platt...Image number: PH34-3

The Boston Store, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

The Boston Store, at 54 Main Street, offering dry and fancy goods for sale, with a group of women and two children posed in front. Most likely, several of the women are employees of the store. Note the Nantucke... More

Nantucket Employment Society, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusett...

Nantucket Employment Society, 50 Main Street, c. 1890s..Image number: GPN2077

Map of Cape Cod and vicinity - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collec...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

The village blacksmith - Public domain portrait print

Blacksmith at work, Nantucket, Mass., 1892(?). J131112 U.S. Copyright Office. "Photo by Henry S. Wyer(?)."

Cyclists on Easton St., Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Bicyclists enjoying the island, 1893...Image number: P7130

Steamship Island Home Stuck in the Ice, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Steamship Island Home stuck in the ice. A dory is being hauled towards the steamer, to transport freight back to shore, 1893...Image number: F3059

Dry Goods Store, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

62 Main Street, 1895..Image number: GPN4492 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brant Point Lighthouse, black, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

The eight Brant Point Lighthouse was built in 1856 and was painted white around 1895. Photo by J. Freeman, probably taken in the 1880s...Image number: P6409

Nantucket from Brant Point, 1895, Panoramic Photograph

39461A2 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; H. S. Wyer; August 1, 1895.

No 1 Nantucket New South Shoal Lightship, Nantucket Island Massachuset...

Nantucket New South Shoal Lightship No. 11 was on station from 1854 to 1855; No. 1 from 1856 to 1892; No. 54 from 1892 to 1894; No. 5 from 1894 to 1896. New South Shoal lies 20 miles south of Nantucket...Image ... More

Town crier, Nantucket, Massachusetts.. 19th century, Library of Congre...

Photograph shows William "Billy" Clark standing in a doorway holding papers and blowing a horn. Copyright 1897 by H. S. Wyer.

Orange Street. Nantucket, Massachusetts

Photo by H.S. Wyer. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Main Street. East. Nantucket, Massachusetts

Photo by H.S. Wyer. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Auction sale of the old mill. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Photograph shows a large crowd gathered outside at Nantucket, Massachusetts. Copyright 1897 by H. S. Wyer.

Bathing, Nantucket vicinity, Massachusetts., 1897

Group of people in water, on beach, and seated on rocks. C27478 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by H.S. Wyer, Nantucket, Mass. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card t... More

Sea Cliff Inn. Nantucket, Massachusetts

Photo by H.S. Wyer. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Bon Ton Fish Market, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

"Bon-Ton Fish Market John P. Taber Proprietor"..Image number: P22077

Bicyclist on Adam's Slip, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

A young woman with a bicycle on Adam's Slip, off Steamboat Wharf, c. 1900s. ..Image number: F6497

Bathing Beauties at Jetties Beach, c. 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachu...

Group of four women and one man in bathing costumes, at Jetties Beach. c. 1900s.

Jetties Beach, 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Jetties Beach with a crowd onshore and in the water. Photographer: Henry S. Wyer. c. 1900s...Image number: P15979

Poet's Corner, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Elisha Pope Fearing Gardner, standing in front of Poet's Corner, c. 1900s...Image number: MS35-13-2

Tourist Baggage, c. 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

The Steamboat Wharf baggage shed, with a large crowd milling through numerous trunks, c. 1900s...Image number: F6490

Siasconset Casino, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

View of the Siasconset Casino tennis courts with many spectators watching the games, c. 1900s...Image number: p9353

Nantucket Railroad, c. 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Nantucket Railroad; train leaving for Siasconset on Easy Street. ..Image number: F614

Easy Street, c. 1900., Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Old North Wharf, Steamboat Wharf, and the Brant Point area. Note the railroad station on Steamboat Wharf. Taken between 1896 and 1901...Image number: P16334

33 Main Street, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

The shop at the 33 Main Street, decorated with bunting and flags...Image number: GPN2447

Red Rover?, c. 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Boys and young men in the water at Jetties Beach. c. 1900s...Image number: F13

Instruments inside Marconi power station, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

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Line of Taxis, c. 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Horse-drawn taxis and train at Steamboat Wharf, c. 1900s...Image number: F706

Lifesaving Drill, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

U.S. Lifesaving Service crew on drill, c. 1900s...Image number: P16214

Marconi poser and sending station, Nantucket, Massachusetts.

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Tennis players, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Seven girls, ready to play tennis or badminton, probably in Siasconset...Image number: P12595

Brant Point Lighthouse, white, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

The eight Brant Point Lighthouse was built in 1856 and was painted white around 1895. This photo was probably taken between 1895 and 1901...Image number: PH34-12

Beer, Ale, Light Wines & Cigars

Looking south on South Water Street from the intersection of Cambridge Street, c. 1900s...Image number: F3019a

Muskeget lifesaving crew, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Lifesavers pulling in a boat, c. 1900s...Image number: P16266 Public domain photograph of people with a small paddle boat, or canoe, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Patrician Specialty Shoppe, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

View of the store window of the Patrician Specialty Shoppe on Petticoat Row, Centre Street, c. 1900s...Image number: GPN3179

Siasconset Central Market, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Maria T. Folger Holden, seated at her desk in the Siasconset Central Market, September 1900...Image number: GPN4024

Clinton Folger's "Horsemobile", Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Clinton Folger's "Horsemobile" delivering mail, on South Beach Street, at Hayden's Bath House entrance...For nearly twenty years, from 1900 to 1918, Nantucket was the only place in the nation that successfully ... More

Crowd at Jetties Beach, c. 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Crowds at Jetties Beach, with a few people in bathing costumes. Note the baby carriage in the center of the image. c. 1900s...Image number: P3498

Tower View, 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Looking northwest from the Unitarian Church, also known as the south tower. Main Street runs through the center of the image. The large building on the left is the Atlantic Hall. Academy Hill school is in the b... More

Brant Point Lighthouse, white, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

The eight Brant Point Lighthouse was built in 1856 and was painted white around 1895. This photo was probably taken between 1895 and 1901...Image number: P11713

Nantucket Railroad Engine "No 1", 1901, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Nantucket Railroad Engine "No 1", leaving Steamboat Wharf via Easy Street on its first run on July 5, 1901, bedecked with flags for Independence Day.. .Image number: GPN3921