Mark Twain relaxing on a porch in New Hampshire, 1905.
Source: New York Times photo archive

Mark Twain relaxing on a porch in New Hampshire, 1905.

Source: New York Times photo archive

Samuel Kravitt, Shaker Brother Ricardo Belden, making wooden oval boxes in a workshop at the Hancock Shaker village near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1935.
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Samuel Kravitt, Shaker Brother Ricardo Belden, making wooden oval boxes in a workshop at the Hancock Shaker village near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1935.

Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

DeWolf Hopper at the beach in Nantucket, Massachusetts, ca. 1900s.
Source: Nantucket Historical Assocation

DeWolf Hopper at the beach in Nantucket, Massachusetts, ca. 1900s.

Source: Nantucket Historical Assocation

Pinkerton Academy girls’ basketball team, Derry, New Hampshire, 1925.

Pinkerton Academy girls’ basketball team, Derry, New Hampshire, 1925.

Edward Allen, Panorama of the “Burnt District” of Boston, after the Great Fire, Boston, Massachusetts, 9-10 November 1872.
Source: Boston Public Library

Edward Allen, Panorama of the “Burnt District” of Boston, after the Great Fire, Boston, Massachusetts, 9-10 November 1872.

Source: Boston Public Library

Deloss Barnum, Boston Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1860.

Deloss Barnum, Boston Public Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1860.

Augustine Folsom, Interior of Concord Free Public Library, Concord, Massachusetts, 1873.

Augustine FolsomInterior of Concord Free Public Library, Concord, Massachusetts, 1873.

Amory N. Hardy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1872.

Amory N. Hardy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1872.

Augustine H. Folsom, West End Adult Evening School, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1890.

Augustine H. Folsom, West End Adult Evening School, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1890.