Wading Women, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Two women in waders from the rear, c. 1900s...Image number: A31-14a
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
Surfside Lifesaving Station, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Probably shortly after the station opened in 1874, before uniforms were required. ..Image number: P4531
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Siasconset Casino, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
View of the Siasconset Casino tennis courts with many spectators watching the games, c. 1900s...Image number: p9353
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
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
Red Rover?, c. 1900s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Boys and young men in the water at Jetties Beach. c. 1900s...Image number: F13
33 Main Street, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The shop at the 33 Main Street, decorated with bunting and flags...Image number: GPN2447
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
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
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
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
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
Nantucket Shoals Lightship no. 66, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
1904, photo Alanson S. Barney...Lightships were "floating lighthouses." Between 1820 and 1983, 116 lightships were established by the U.S. Government...Image number: P14137
Family at Jetties Beach, 1906, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
A group of people at Jetties Beach, some in bathing suits. Label states: "Mother in the black suit with white collar, and her sister, Aunt Fan, in all white dress. Fat Aunt Fan never appeared in a bathing suit.... More
Surfside Lifesaving Station, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
1906..Image number: A11-32
Central Market, Siasconset, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The Central Market on Broadway in Siasconset, 1907..Image number: GPN4165
Surfside Life Saving Station, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
The Surfside Life Saving Station, with two boats on wheeled cradles, c. 1910s...Image number: P16233
The Bug and the Birdcage, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
The Bug and the Birdcage. Two railroad cars with passengers, stopped at the head of North Wharf on Easy Street. ..From 1907 until 1913 a tiny gasoline-powered car and its companion baggage car (affectionately k... More
The Bug and the Birdcage, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
The Bug and the Birdcage. From 1907 until 1913 a tiny gasoline-powered car and its companion baggage car (affectionately known as the "Bug" and "Birdcage," respectively) plied the rails to 'Sconset, including w... More
Muskeget Lifesaving Crew, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Lifesaving station captain and crew from Muskeget, with some of their equipment. Includes Capt. Albert Rohdin (d. 1935), standing second from right is Arthur P. Dunham; far right standing is Erastus Chapel; sit... More
Siasconset Book Store - Public domain dedication image
Siasconset Book Store at Post Office Square in Sconset, c. 1910s...Image number: F6655
New Railroad Cars, c. 1910s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Nantucket railroad: arrival of new cars. Arrival and unloading of the the new railroad cars, watched by a large crowd, c. 1910s...Image number: F1376
Congdon's Pharmacy, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Interior view of Congdon's Pharmacy, showing the soda fountain, employees, and a patron, c. 1910s..Image number: F6811
Captain Albert Rohdin, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Life Saving Captain Albert Rohdin, of the Muskeget Station, 1910. Rohdin was reassigned to the Surfside Lifesaving Station in 1915, where he would serve until it closed in 1921; he was then reassigned to Coskat... More
Congdon's Pharmacy, c. 1910s, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusett...
Interior view of Congdon's Pharmacy, showing the soda fountain, employees, and a patron. c. 1910s..Image number: F6811
Monument Square Grocery, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
The Monument Square Grocery, 106 Main Street, Whittemore Gardner, proprietor, and delivery wagon, c. 1910s...Image number: GPN4019
Sleigh on Main Street, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
View of a horse drawn sleigh, pulled by two horses, stopped at Main and Federal Streets, 1911...Image number: F4306
Iced in Steamer, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Steamer Nantucket in ice off Brant Point in February.1912...Image number: P16109
"Motor Vehicles are Excluded from this Street," 1913, Nantucket Island...
Orison Hull (left) and Joseph Terry posting an automobile exclusion notice on a tree at the corner of Federal and Broad Streets. The notice reads: Motor vehicles are excluded from this street, 1913...Image number: P14804
Henry Todd's Ice Cream and Confectionery
Henry Todd's Ice Cream and Confectionery store,.formerly located at 3 Lower Pearl Street, 1914. The Nantucket Atheneum is on the left...Image number: F6264
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop at 9 Pearl Street, 1914...Image number: A69-16
Tower View, 1915, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
View from the Unitarian Church tower overlooking Old North Wharf, Steamboat Wharf and Brant Point. Note the end of the railroad tracks on Steamboat Wharf, left center. Several houses on the Easton Street shore ... More
Sunday School Picnic Ladies, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Close up of five women at the Congregational Church Sunday School Picnic held at the fair grounds. Seated on a bench, l to r: Eunice Brooks, Ann W. Chase, Elizabeth Davis (wife of James), Lydia Bunker Gardner,... More
Muskeget Lifesaving Station, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
1917..Image number: P16230
Easy Street, 1918, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
View looking northeast over Easy Street basin shows cars and tracks of the Nantucket Railroad...Elevated view of the Steamship Wharf railroad station, Adam's Slip (right), Brant Point Light, the Coast Guard sta... More
Brant Point Seaplanes, 1918, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
A crowd gathered at Brant Point to see the first landing of aircraft, two seaplanes. 17 April 1918..Image number: 4286
Breeches Buoy, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Man riding breeches buoy at picnic, 1920s...Image number: P1755
Sunbathers, 1920, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Jetties Beach, 20 August 1920. Sunbathers, with a few swimmers and the jetties in the background...Image number: F4673
Mason's Picnic, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Masons picnic, man eating melon other watching, 1920s...Image number: P1751
Siasconset Baseball Team, Jr., Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Baseball team of unidentified children, c. 1920s..Image number: A21-7a
Coffin's Dry Goods, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Main Street looking east from Fair Street. Coffin's Dry Goods store in the foreground, 1928...Image number: A71-88
Siasconset Beach House Hotel Staff, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Five young women and one young man in bathing suits, summer staff at the Beach House Hotel in Siasconset. 1929...Mabel Peterson Bristol, front center..Image number: P21664
Cross Rip Lightship, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
c. 1930s..Image number: P16269
Great Point Lighthouse, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Great Point Lighthouse and keeper's house, c. 1930s...The first lighthouse at Great Point was wooden, built in 1784, with Captain Paul Pinkham as the keeper. It burnt down in 1816, and this stone tower was buil... More
Tower view, 1930s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Tower view of downtown Nantucket, 1930s, showing Main Street, the Skipper Restaurant, and Brant Point...Image number: P21975
Walter Coffin Hardware, 1930s, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachuset...
Marguerite Jewett Roy and Myrtle Thurston Jewett talking in front of Walter Coffin Hardware...Image number: P19193
Brant Point Lighthouse, c. 1930s, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
The ninth Brant Point Lighthouse was built in 1901 and remains there today. ..Image number: SC628-8
Picnic, 1931, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Group of women on the beach in casual attire having a picnic, summer 1931, third bend on Coatue. ..Left to right: Shirley Carpenter, Nettie Carpenter, Kay Bruce, Kay Davidson; Miss Williams (seated). ..Image nu... More
First Surfboard on Nantucket, 1932., Nantucket Island Massachusetts
Constance Viola Greene Haroldson (1906-1996?) posing with a surfboard on Siasconset beach. 1932...Image number: A72-4
Cady's Food Shop, 1933, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Walter and Anna Cady behind the counter of their store, Cady's Food Shop at 25 Main Street. Store is decorated with many signs and baked goods are behind the counter. 1933..Image number: SC472
Harvey A. Young's Bicycle Shop, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachuse...
Harvey A. Young's bicycle shop on Broad Street. Pictured from the left are Mr. Haskell, Harvey and Roger Young. The shop sign reads: Harvey A. Young's Bicycle Shop the cycle-logical way to see Nantucket - Renti... More
Flight Students, 1939, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
A group of women posed around an airplane - summer 1939. Dave Raub's female flight students...Left to right: (standing) Jean Adams Cook (airport manager), Anne Beach, Grace Larkin Coffin, Edith Jenney, Kathryn ... More
Atlantic & Pacific (A&P), c. 1940s
View of the interior of the Atlantic & Pacific market, at 45 Main Street, with manager Melford Small standing by the counter. Note the Christmas decorations. c. 1940s..Image number: F6247
Sylvia's Antique Shop, Nantucket Island, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Sylvia's antique shop on South Water Street, with a fisherman walking past, c. 1940s. ..Image number: F2312
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
The A & P grocery on the north side of Main Street, 1940s...Image number: F1425
Brant Point Lighthouse, c. 1940, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
The ninth Brant Point Lighthouse was built in 1901 and remains there today. Photo by James Barker...Image number: P16205
Cliffside Beach Bus, 1941, Nantucket Island Massachusetts
View of the beach "bus" at the parking lot of the Cliffside Beach Club, with a full load of passengers. The Galley restaurant is in the background and there are a few other people in the view, including two wom... More