Photographs

Worcester Portrait Photographs Collection

The Society's collection of Worcester Portrait Photographs contains just over twelve hundred images of prominent citizens of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, including members of the Barton, Paine, and Washburn families. The photographs are arranged by size and include cabinet photographs (C), standard (S), and folio sizes (F). Carte-de-viste photographs of Worcester residents will be found in the carte-de-viste collection. The Worcester Portrait Photograph collection ranges in date from about 1870 to 1930 and includes many photographs of local clergy, industrial leaders and members of the American Antiquarian Society. For additional images of Worcester residents, be sure to search the Worcester Portrait Prints collection, as well. The inventory of the Worcester Portrait Photographs collection was compiled in 2008.

- Lauren B. Hewes, Assistant Curator of Graphic Arts

Charles H. Doe, c. 1900. Doe was the publisher and editor of the Worcester Evening Gazette. Photograph by William Willard, 1819-1904, of Worcester.

Nathaniel Paine, 1832-1917, c. 1880. Paine was a member, officer and generous benefactor of the American Antiquarian Society. Cabinet photograph by F. H. Rice, 311 Main St., Worcester.

Sarah Reed Lawson at her harp, with harpists Edmund Schuecker, 1860-1911, and Heinrich Schuecker, 1867-1913, c. 1890. Photographer unknown.

Joseph H. Greenwood, 1857-1927, at his easel, 1893. Photographer unknown.

Benjamin Tabor Hammond at home with his family, c. 1880. Cabinet photograph by Blair & Son, 411 Main St., Worcester.

Edith Hamilton, Kitty Bent and Elizabeth Pratt with croquet mallets, 1888. Cabinet photograph by Claflin, 377 Main St., Worcester.

Additional
Information

Online inventory for this collection

For more images of Worcester residents, check the Worcester Portrait Prints Collection