Historical Collections Online

 

ribbon / Honourable Artillery Company of Boston / Childers, 1974

Medal and ribbon of the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company of Boston. Presented to President Erskine Hamilton Childers c.1974 by Officers of the compnay in memory of his father Erskine's visit to the Unit in 1903 with the Honourable Artillery Company of London. Purple, blue and white ribbon,...

 

cabinet card / John Boyle O'Reilly

Photograph of John Boyle O'Reilly. 4.2 inches x 6.5 inches. Taken by Holland, 10 Temple Place, Boston, Massachusetts. about 1880.

 

newspaper / Fenian Volunteer, 1868

Print of heading of the Fenian Volunteer. Boston 1868, a Fenian newspaper depicting an armed soldier and crossed Fenian, Irish, and American flags. 8 x 3 inches.

 

prison art / Gormanstown Camp, 1923

Teaspoon, worked on as prisoner art, Gormanstown Camp, 1923. With letter from donor, Mrs C.J. Scarfe-Cody, whose sister Mollie Barry was married to Charles Harvey who incised the spoon when a Prisoner during the 1921 turmoil. He died at sea on the way home to Boston and was buried there. Address...