fbpx

Noddle Island Ferry, East Boston, Mass., 1911

Update Our ticketing, donations, and membership sales portal is down for scheduled maintenance on the afternoon of 4/11.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1911

GUSN

GUSN-189793

You can find this within

Browse Collection

Description

This cyanotype depicts the ferry "Noddle Island" loaded with cars, carriages and pedestrians. The ship's bridge is decorated with a large eagle and the captain can be seen inside. On the shore a building painted with an advertisement for a fish freezer, stands out from other factories.

Details

Descriptive Terms

transportation
ferries
cyanotypes (photographic prints)
photographs

Physical Description

1 cyanotype

Collection Code

PC055

Collection Name

General marine photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1989

Reference Code

PC055.TMP.004

Image Dimensions

6.25 x 8.25 (HxW)(inches)

Places

East Boston (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Boston (Mass.). Department of Public Works. Bridge and Ferry Division (Photographer)

Material Type

cyanotypes (photographic prints)
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 80. Original in Subjects - Transportation Marine - East Boston Ferries

Description Level

Item

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].