1860-1912
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Abstract
This collection consists of diaries kept by portrait painter Sarah G. Putnam from the age of nine (26 November 1860) until near her death at the age of 61 (10 April 1912). The diaries document her career as a portrait painter and her extensive travels. Putnam also used the diaries as scrapbooks for programs, playbills, letters, postcards, and newspaper clippings, and lists of books read. Her career as an artist is documented through ink and pencil sketches and approximately 400 pasted-in watercolors, with lists and programs of her exhibited paintings. Pasted into the diaries are also 526 photographs corresponding to Putnam's written and painted entries.
Biographical Sketch
Sarah Gooll Putnam, a Boston portrait painter, was born in 1851 to Harriet and John Pickering Putnam. Born into a wealthy family with old Boston ties, Putnam lived most of her life in Boston and in summer homes in Andover and Nahant, Mass. In her youth, Putnam moved into the newly filled Back Bay, where she lived for the remainder of her life.
As a young girl, Putnam did sketches and later progressed to more sophisticated work, including oils and watercolors. She studied art in New York, Munich, and Holland. She painted many portraits in oil of family, friends, and other Bostonians of her social standing. During her career, she exhibited her paintings to critical success in Boston, New York, and Chicago, including two shows at Boston's St. Botolph Club. In addition to oil portraits, Putnam used watercolor, pencil, and ink for landscapes, still lifes, cartoons, and sketches.
Putnam kept her diary from age nine until near her death at age sixty-one in 1912. From age fifteen until late in life, she traveled extensively, visiting the American south and west and Europe many times. Sarah Putnam never married.
Diary Description
Sarah G. Putnam kept her twenty-seven volume diary from 26 November 1860 until 10 April 1912. The diary contains both daily and monthly entries, some written in the form of letters sent home while traveling.
In addition to her diary entries, the volumes contain Putnam's artwork, beginning with sketches done as a child. The volumes are heavily illustrated with Putnam's watercolors, probably removed from a sketchbook. Some sketches and drawings illustrate specific entries, while other work has been pasted in without textual reference. Putnam numbered her illustrations in the first ten volumes.
Putnam also used the volumes as scrapbooks containing photographs, postcards, correspondence, place cards, magazine illustrations, fabric swatches, playbills, dinner party guest lists, and newspaper clippings.
At the end of each of the first several volumes, Putnam recorded books she had read and gifts received from family members for holidays and birthdays. Later volumes contain lists of sitters, dates of sittings, and prices for her portraits.
The final volume in the collection contains photographs of her portraits, including the catalogs of five exhibitions. The captions identify dates and subjects of most paintings. A ledger of her paintings from 1877 to 1911 can be found at the end of this volume.
Acquisition Information
This collection was a gift of Mrs. Harold Buckminster Hayden, May 1964.
Restrictions on Access
Use of originals is restricted. Microfilm is available for use in the Reading Room and digital images are available online. Consult reference librarian for more information.
Other Formats
The 28 diaries of Sarah Gooll Putnam are available in their entirety in two other formats: microfilm and digital images. The volumes are located on microfilm (P-792) as follows:
| Reel | Volumes |
| Reel 1 | Vol. 1-8 |
| Reel 2 | Vol. 9-13 |
| Reel 3 | Vol. 14-16 |
| Reel 4 | Vol. 17-18 |
| Reel 5 | Vol. 19-22 |
| Reel 6 | Vol. 23-28 |
Sarah Gooll Putnam's diaries are available online via the MHS website. Use the links in the Detailed Description of the Collection below to view these digital reproductions. All pages containing color have been digitized in color and collated with grayscale images from the microfilm to create a complete digital copy of each volume. Loose pages from the volumes have also been digitized and included in their corresponding locations.
Use of the microfilm is restricted to the MHS Reading Room.
Digital images of all 28 diaries are available via the collection guide. Images of diaries 2-7 are also available individually via the MHS image database and are linked separately.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Expand all26 November 1860 - 26 June 1861
Includes a preface written by Sarah G. Putnam's mother, Harriet Upham Putnam, about Sarah's infancy, illness, and inoculations. Entries refer to school, her best friend Helen Paine, and brother John Pickering Putnam. Includes letters pasted in.
27 June 1861 - 18 March 1862
Records daily events and contains list of schoolmates. Includes letters to her grandmother Putnam.
20 March - 10 October 1862
Entries detail daily events. Includes references to the Civil War.
11 October 1862 - 4 May 1863
Daily events and Civil War.
5 May - 23 August 1863
Daily events.
24 August 1863 - 6 August 1864
Daily events.
8 August 1864 - 11 December 1865
Daily events. Travel to Liverpool, London, Rome, and Paris. Contains list of books read
Items removed from Vols. 1-7
Loose items removed from volumes 1-7, arranged by volume in the order in which they were removed.
19 December 1865 - 31 August 1866
Travels in Paris, Lyons, Avignon, Marseilles, Nice, Geneva, Angelica, Genoa, Naples, Pompeii, Caprice, Rome (at Easter), Bologna, Florence, and Bern. Paris wedding of her sister Mary Upham Putnam to Charles Frederick Fearing on 9 July 1866. Contains photographs, color inserts, pressed flowers.
1 September 1866 - 30 May 1868
Continued travels in Europe to Baden-Baden and Lake Lucerne. Returns to Boston 17 February 1868.
Items removed from Vols. 8-9
Loose items removed from volumes 8-9, arranged by volume in the order in which they were removed.
1 June 1868 - 30 March 1871
Important birth dates listed on page 1. Participates in many formal balls. Gives a party and lists attendees. Portrays Grandmother Bustle in the play "The Greatest Plague in Life" at 83 Mount Vernon St. Numbered illustrations end.
1 April 1871 - 17 March 1873
Travels to south with her ill sister Hattie via train to New York City and steamer to Charleston, South Carolina. Her travels continued to Savannah and several Florida stops including Magnolia and St. Augustine. Putnam's entries include sketches of African Americans. On her return, visited Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Pa., Niagara Falls, and Toronto.
24 March 1873 - 1 June 1876
Daily entries skip around. Traveling in Canada and the Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia in June 1876. Contains two sketches Taken by John P. Putnam. Includes a photo of Hans Christian Andersen sent to her because she illustrated some of his translated stories.
3 June 1876 - 18 January 1879
Philadelphia Centennial continued. Illustrated with program guides to the exhibit.
2 February 1879 - 31 January 1882
Visits Montreal. Takes course in oil painting (p. 83). Daily entries skip around.
31 January 1882 - February 1886
Travels to Mount Desert, Albany, and Montreal for winter carnival. Exhibits two paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts (p. 208). Brother John marries Grace Cornelia Stevens.
16 February 1886 - 6 August 1887
Takes watercolor lessons. European travels. SGP's letters from Europe hinged in and make up half of the volume.
August 1887 - February 1888
Entire volume made up of letters from her travels in Europe. Watercolors include portraits, boats, windmills, and birds. Cumulative page numbering ends.
February 1888 - August 1890
Entire volume made up of letters from Europe. Photos of city sites. SGP declares on 18 November 1888 that diary will be include only "important or interesting things."
August 1890 - 10 August 1893
Vacation in Adirondacks. Newspaper clippings about her paintings and shows. Exhibits with others in Chicago. Visits Colombian Exhibition in Chicago and then travels to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Sioux City, Denver, Provo, Salt Lake City, and Kansas City. Lists travels and mileage via railroad.
Items removed from Vols. 10-19
Loose items removed from volumes 10-19, arranged by volume in the order in which they were removed.
21 August 1893 - 13 February 1896
Chicago Columbian Exhibition recorded. Includes brochures. Exhibition catalog from SGP's Chase Gallery show. Visits sulfur springs in Richfield Springs, N.Y.
14 February 1895 - 15 July 1898
Visits Richfield Springs, N.Y. and Dublin, N.H. Doll and Richards Gallery show. Newspaper clippings on the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine and the Spanish-American War.
16 July 1898 - 9 December 1900
Newspaper clippings of Spanish surrender in Spanish-American War and letters to the editor from Putnam family members. Anti-sparrow campaign, anti-imperialism strong in Boston. Paris 1900 Exhibition stamps.
14 January 1901 - 21 May 1904
Chase Gallery and Cobb's Gallery shows of SGP's portraits. Newspaper articles on McKinley assassination and Great Chicago Fire.
23 May 1904 - 30 September 1905
Includes sketches SGP did not like but did not want to throw away. Extensive description of caretaking of her mother at bedside and her deteriorating condition; mother dies on 21 May 1905. Includes letters of condolence. Sails for Europe on 18 July 1905. Describes and reviews museum art she sees in many cities.
30 September 1905 - 1 June 1907
In Europe. Moves father's remains from Montreaux to Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. Describes favorite paintings at Louvre and London museums. Returns to Boston in December 1905. Sails again for Europe on 20 October 1906 and studies in France with American painter Richard E. Miller. Newspaper clippings of eruption at Mt. Vesuvius and earthquake in California.
May 1907 - 14 June 1911
Exhibits Taken by SGP at Charles E. Cobb Gallery and Twentieth Century Club. Great Chelsea fire, 12 April 1908. Suffrage clippings.
June 1911 - 10 April 1912
Walking becomes harder for SGP, using crutches, then wheelchair. Includes many watercolors. More sketches from memory as she does not get outside as much. Last watercolor shows her empty wheelchair.
Photographs of Portraits
Catalogues and photographs shown at five exhibits. Captions identify dates and subjects of most paintings. Includes painting ledger from 1877 to 1911.
Items removed from Vols. 20-28
Loose items removed from volumes 20-28, arranged by volume in the order in which they were removed.
Index to Photographs
Expand allDiary, 26 November 1860 - 26 June 1861
"Entrance to Pemberton Square, where we lived until May 1855 when we moved for good to Andover," ca. 1860.
Photographer unknown.Bought 26 November 1860
Hand-colored silhouette of Sarah Gooll Putnam, 10 May 1852.
Cut by an unknown artist.
Sarah Gooll Putnam and her dog, 1860.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "1860 / Dark Maroon Silk Dress."
Sarah Gooll Putnam, 1861.
Photographer unknown.Partial caption: "Blue Maroon Plaid Dress."
Sarah Gooll Putnam, ca. 1857.
Photographer unknown (Lowell, Mass.)."Old House in Dock Square, Boston, Mass. Built in 1680 and taken down in 1860" [Old Feather Store, Boston, Mass.], ca. 1860.
Photographer unknown.Mrs. [S.] Putnam, ca. 1860-1861.
Photographer unknown.Harriet, Mary, and John Putnam, ca. 1860-1861.
Photographer unknown."Harriet Putnam. Winter of 1860-'61- at Agassiz' school. Claret colored thibet dress," ca. 1860-1861.
Photographer unknown."Sally G. Putnam [Sarah Gooll Putnam], taken in a family group," ca. 1860-1861.
Photographer unknown.George Upham, ca. 1860-1861.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 27 June 1861 - 18 March 1862
These photographs have been digitized with the rest of the volume.
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"Aunt Lucy Parker," ca. 1861-1862.
Photographer unknown.Ben Crowninshield, ca. 1861-1864. Taken by John Adams Whipple (Boston, Mass.).
Photographer unknown.Diary, 20 March - 10 October 1862
This photograph has been digitized with the rest of the volume.
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Harriet Putnam, ca. 1862.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 11 October 1862 - 4 May 1863
This photograph has been digitized with the rest of the volume.
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Sarah Gooll Putnam, 7 Feb. 1863.
Probably taken by James E. Treat (Boston, Mass.).Tintype.Diary, 5 May - 23 August 1863
This photograph has been digitized with the rest of the volume.
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John Pickering Putnam, 1865.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 24 August 1863 - 6 August 1864
These photographs have been digitized with the rest of the volume.
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Photographs of [Mr.] and [Mrs.] Walton, ca. 1860-1865.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "These photographs of Mr Walton & his wife, were sent to us, in the early part of 1867, but I put them in this book, as Mr Walton was our farmer at Andover before we went abroad."
Sarah Gooll Putnam, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Diary, 8 August 1864 - 11 December 1865
"Uncle Charles Putnam," ca. 1861.
Taken by John Putnam.John Putnam, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Caption: "Taken with John's photograph machine / Winter of '64- 65'-"
"Grandmother Upham," winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Caption: "Taken with John's photograph machine / Winter of '64- 65'-"
Harriet and Mary Putnam, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Sarah Gooll Putnam, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam."Father [John Pickering Putnam], taken in 1865 probably, we think," ca. 1865.
Photographer unknown."View from our House, 32 Marlborough Street," 1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Unidentified girl, probably Sarah Gooll Putnam, 1865.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified building in Rouen, France, ca. 1860-1865.
Photographer unknown.Palais de Justice, Rouen, France, ca. 1860-1865.
Photographer unknown.Miriam Phillips, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Annie Phillips, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Clara and Libby Gardner, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Marian Jackson, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Lily Sohier, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Fannie Bradlee, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Julia Hayden, winter of 1864-1865.
Taken by John Putnam.Diary, 19 December 1865 - 31 August 1866
Sarah Gooll Putnam, Feb. 1866.
Taken by Pierre Petit (Nice, France).Carte de visite.Pompei-Strada Di Mercurio, ca. 1865-1866.
Photographer unknown.Olga Ossani and unidentified girl, 3 Mar. 1866.
Photographer unknown.Caption written in Italian.
Photographs of various paintings, n.d.
Photographer(s) unknown.All identified and captioned by Sarah Gooll Putnam.
Pope Pius IX, ca. 1860-1866.
Photographer unknown.Photographs of various paintings and sculpture, n.d.
Photographer(s) unknown; original artists unknown.All identified and captioned by Sarah Gooll Putnam.
Photograph of a painting of a view of the Grand Hotel De La Paix, n.d.
Photographer unknown.Sarah Gooll Putnam, Feb. 1866.
Photographer unknown (Nice, France).Mary U. Putnam, 1866.
Photographer unknown (Nice, France).John P. Putnam, 1866.
Photographer unknown.Mary U. Putnam, 1866.
Photographer unknown (Nice, France).Diary, 1 September 1866 - 30 May 1868
"School Group, Madame [Grosshenn's?] School at Montreux - Fall of '66'", 1866.
Photographer unknown.View of Interlaken, Switzerland, ca. 1865-1868.
Photographer unknown.Harriet Putnam, ca. 1867-1868.
Photographer unknown."Marlboro St. in 1867. & Our House. Church not finished until 1868," ca. 1867.
Photographer unknown.Public Garden, Boston, Mass., ca. 1865-1868.
Photographer unknown.Maud Dexter, ca. 1866-1868. Photographer unknown.
[John?] P. Putnam, ca. 1866-1868.
Photographer unknown.Annie Thwing, ca. 1866-1868.
Photographer unknown.Louisa Loring, May 1867.
Photographer unknown.Lottie Garden & Nellie Barland, May 1867.
Photographer unknown.Helen Paine, 29 Apr. 1867.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 1 June 1868 - 30 March 1871
"Grandmother Upham, taken in '61,' or Winter of '64'-'65'- probably," ca. 1861 1865.
Photographer unknown."The Brewer Fountain, Boston. Began to play, June 1868," ca. 1868.
Photographer unknown.Hatty and Sarah Gooll Putnam, Oct. 1869.
Taken by James Wallace Black (Boston, Mass.).May Parker, ca. 1870.
Photographer unknown.Lottie Upham, ca. 1870.
Photographer unknown.George Upham, ca. 1870.
Photographer unknown.John Pickering Putnam, 1871.
Photographer unknown (Dresden, Germany).Diary, 1 April 1871 - 17 March 1873
Horace John Hayden, ca. 1871.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "Taken a little while before his marriage - in 1871? I received the photograph in July, 1871."
"Street in St. Augustine, Fla.," ca. 1871-1873.
Photographer unknown."Garden in St. Augustine, Fla.," ca. 1870-1871.
Photographer unknown."Drawbridge of Fort San Marco, St. Augustine, Fla. Which we saw April 20th 1871. Florida. Thurs.," ca. 1870-1871.
Photographer unknown.Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa., ca. 1870-1871.
Photographer unknown.The German Trades Procession, Philadelphia, Pa., 15 May 1871.
Photographer unknown.Old State House, Boston, Mass., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.Quincy Market, Boston, Mass., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown."Watering Cart, Beacon Street. Just below Joy Street," ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown."Stone Chapel [Kings Chapel]. Corner School and Tremont Streets. Boston, Mass.," ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.[Gebert] Cottage, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.[Miss] Cushman's House, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.Appleton family house, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "Hurst - Architect."
D'Hauteville family house, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "Peabody - Architect."
Bacon family house, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872. Photographer unknown.
Bedlow family house, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.Wheatland family house, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified house, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.Matthews family house, Newport, R.I., ca. 1871-1872.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "Peabody - Architects."
"Winter Street, looking down to Summer Street..." [Boston, Mass.], ca. 1870 1871.
Photographer unknown."Washington Street..." [Boston, Mass.], ca. 1870-1871.
Photographer unknown."Old Brattle Square Church..." [Boston, Mass.], ca. 1870-1871.
Photographer unknown."Park Square and Old Providence Railroad Station," ca. 1870-1871.
Photographer unknown.Philip Van Rensselaer, 28 July 1872.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 24 March 1873-1 June 1876
Sarah Gooll Putnam, ca. 1873-1876. Photographer unknown.
"Saguenay River, Canada," ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown."Old Corner Book Store, corner Washington & School Street..." [Boston, Mass.], ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown."The Old Elm Tree..." [Boston Common, Boston, Mass.], ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown."Mall, Park Street" [Boston Common, Boston, Mass.], ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown."Frog Pond" [Boston Common, Boston, Mass.], ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown."Mary Hayden's Hand," ca. 1874-1875.
Photographer unknown.Park Street, Boston, Mass., ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown."Quebec, Upper Town" [Canada], ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown."Quebec, Lower Town" [Canada], ca. 1870-1876. Photographer unknown.
"Grand Duchess," ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown."Wanda," ca. 1870-1876.
Photographer unknown.Hans Christian Andersen, ca. 1865-1874.
Taken by Georg E. Hansen.Partial caption: "Photograph he sent to me through Mr Horace Scudder, April 27th 1874..."
Susie Travers, Apr. 1873.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 2 February 1879 - 31 January 1882
"View of our Nahant house," summer 1879.
Photographer unknown."Our Nahant house," summer 1879.
Photographer unknown.Sarah Gooll Putnam, ca. 1879.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of a crayon self-portrait by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Unidentified woman, ca. 1875-1880
Photographer unknown.Carte de visite."The Giant, from Beede House, Keene Valley, [N.H.]," ca. 1875-1882.
Photographer unknown. Stereograph (unmounted)."Noon Mark from Beede House, Keene Valley, [N.H.]," ca. 1875-1882.
Photographer unknown.Stereograph (unmounted)."Ausable Pass, from Beede House, Keene Valley, [N.H.]," ca. 1875-1882.
Photographer unknown. Stereograph (unmounted)."Johnny," ca. 1879.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of a crayon self-portrait by Sarah Gooll Putnam."Mary," ca. 1879.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of a crayon self-portrait by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Unidentified group, ca. 1879-1882.
Photographer unknown.Tintype.Two unidentified women, ca. 1879-1882.
Photographer unknown. Tintype."Our 'parlor' - Keene Valley, [N.H.]," ca. 1880.
Taken by [Mr.] Atkinson.Siasconset, Nantucket, Mass., ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown.Shipwreck, ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown.Sankaty Head Light, Nantucket, Mass., ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown.Sankaty Head Bluff, Nantucket, Mass., ca. 1879-1880
Photographer unknown.[Waurrinet?] House & Pier, Nantucket, Mass., ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown."Sharking at the Haulover," ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown."Black fish" [beached whales], ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown."Street in Cottage City, Oak Bluffs, [Mass.]," ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown.Cottage City, Oak Bluffs, Mass., ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown.Cottage City, Oak Bluffs, Mass., ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown."Interior of a house, Cottage City, Oak Bluffs, [Mass.]," ca. 1879-1880.
Two photographs.Photographer(s) unknown."Cottage City house interior," ca. 1879-1880.
Photographer unknown."Provincetown 'Fish Flakes'...," ca. 1879-1882.
Photographer unknown."Nahant house," summer of 1879.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 31 January 1882 - February 1886
"[Strattors?] child," ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown."View from our old Andover place, taken when Phillipses were there," ca. 1882.
Photographer unknown.View of the Senate Chamber, Albany, N.Y., Aug. 1883.
Photographer unknown."Tobogganing at Montreal," ca. 1882-1883.
Taken by Notman (Montreal, Canada).Tobogganing party, ca. 1882-1883.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "This is a photograph Alice Russell gave me, of a tobaggen [sic] party. One of the girls she thought looked like me."
Ice Palace at Montreal, Canada, 1884.
Photographer unknown."Snow shoer at Montreal," ca. 1882-1884.
Taken by Notman (Montreal, Canada).George Fuller, ca. 1882-1884.
Photographer unknown.View of cabins in Adirondacks, N.Y.., ca. 1884.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "'The Pen.' Phil Wynne stands outside. Mr & Mrs Emerson, Lizzie, Amy White, and Rafe(?) are on the piazza."
View of cabins in Adirondacks, N.Y., ca. 1884.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "The 'Shanty', and the 'Stoop.' Mary Loring standing - Hat Shaw sitting on ground. Mr Emerson, and Lizzie, on steps & Mrs Emerson standing above."
"Rogers' Slide, Lake George [N.Y.]," ca. 1882-1886.
Photographer unknown."Crosbyside, front, Lake George [N.Y.]," ca. 1882-1886.
Photographer unknown."Shelving Rock from Black Mountain Point, Lake George [N.Y.]," ca. 1882- 1886.
Photographer unknown.Lake George, N.Y., ca. 1882-1886.
Photographer unknown."Twin Mountains from Sabbath Day Point [Lake George, N.Y.]," ca. 1882-1886.
Photographer unknown.View of farm in Adirondacks, N.Y., ca. 1884.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "View of Farm house & chalet, on the left are the barn + Dr. Bowditch's house. The bath house (old one) is this side of the bridge in the foreground."
"View of 'Noon Marks' from close by the farmhouse, Adirondacks [N.Y.]," 1884.
Photographer unknown."Adirondack brook and woods," 1885.
Photographer unknown."Shanty boulders, farm house on left and top of Dr. Bowditch's new house on right" [Adirondacks, N.Y.], 1885.
Photographer unknown."Lower Au Sable Lake. Taken from near the place where we take the boats across," ca. 1882-1885.
Photographer unknown."Lower Au Sable Lake, Adirondacks [N.Y.]," 1884.
Photographer unknown."Looking up towards the Shanty from the road by brook" [Adirondacks, N.Y.], ca. 1884-1885.
Photographer unknown."The maples near Shanty, Adirondacks [N.Y.]", ca. 1884-1885.
Photographer unknown."Shanty group on stoop steps, September 1885, Adirondacks [N.Y.]," Sept. 1885.
Photographer unknown."View of the Adirondacks [N.Y.] woods...," Sept. 1885.
Photographer unknown."Old House at Dedham [Mass.]," ca. 1882-1886.
Photographer unknown.View of group at the "Shanty" in the Adirondacks, N.Y., ca. 1882-1886.
Photographer unknown."Lower Au Sable Lake, Adirondacks [N.Y.]," ca. 1882-1886.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 16 Feb. 1886 - 6 August 1887.
NOTE: The numbering of the pages in Volume 16 is not continuous; each letter tipped into the volume has its own numbering system. The letters themselves are numbered in chronological order as they appear in the volume also referred to by Putnam. The letter numbers appear in brackets with the page numbers below.
Sarah Gooll Putnam, ca. 1886-1887.
Photographer unknown.Cherie Loring, ca. 1886-1887.
Photographer unknown.Cabinet card photograph of a drawing by Sarah Gooll Putnam."After breakfast or lunch" [Group photograph in the Adirondacks, N.Y.], September 1886.
Taken by [Mr.] Storrow."Shanty party at stoop" [Group photograph in the Adirondacks, N.Y.], Sept. 1886.
Taken by Bessie Hooper.View of group at waterfall, Adirondacks, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1886.
Taken by Rafe Emerson.View of a stream, Adirondacks, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1886.
Taken by Rafe Emerson."Painting Ellen Putnam in the 'barn,' Adirondacks [N.Y.]," Sept. 1886.
Photographer unknown.View of stream and forest in the Adirondacks, N.Y., ca. Sept. 1886.
Taken by Rafe Emerson."One of Selma Bowditch's 'twins,' photographed in the Shanty barn," Sept. 1886.
Photographer unknown.Cyanotype."Photograph Bessie Hooper gave me of herself, Jeannie H[ooper], Mary Ware, & Miss [ ]," ca. Sept. 1886.
Photographer unknown."Mary Eliot and Dr. E[ ] in 'stoop,' Adirondacks [N.Y.]," Sept. 1886.
Taken by Bessie H[ooper]."Photographed from the portrait I painted of Mr Bradford," ca. 1887. Photographer unknown. Photograph of a painting by Sarah Gooll Putnam.
"Photograph of a crayon I took of Mrs. Chester Inches. Finished just before I sailed for Europe," ca. 1886-1887.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of crayon drawing by Sarah Gooll Putnam."Photograph John took of Grace [S. Putnam]. Before I went away," ca. 1886-1887.
Taken by John Putnam.Cyanotype."Entrance to church where Shakespeare was born," 1887.
Photographer unknown."Le jube de l'Eglise Saint Etienne du Mont" [Paris, France], ca. 1887.
Taken by X Phot. (Paris, France).L'Avenue de L'Opera, Paris, France, ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown.Partial caption: "We walked down upon it from one of our rooms - Paris, July '87'."
"Panorama sur la Seine, vue prise du Louvre" [Paris, France], ca. 1887.
Taken by X. Phot. (Paris, France).Painting of Vierge Consolatrice, originally painted 1887 and photographed ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown originally painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau."The Seine, and one of the Seine boats..." [Paris, France], ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown.Painting of portrait of Jasp. Sevaerts, undated painting, photographed ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown."Anvers. La rue des Crabbes," ca. 1885-1887.
Photographer unknown."Anvers Maison De Charles-Quint," ca. 1885-1887.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "This is on the Grand Plaice. The Hotel de Ville is on the left. Antwerp. August, '87'."
"House in Broadway - England ," ca. 1886-1887.
Photographer unknown.Diary, August 1887 - February 1888
NOTE: The numbering of the pages in Volume 17 is not continuous; each letter tipped into the volume has its own numbering system. The letters themselves are numbered in chronological order as they appear in the volume also referred to by Putnam. The letter numbers appear in brackets with the page numbers below.
"Grace S. Putnam, and little Elsa. (about 18 months old.) Lizzie the nurse, stands on left...," 1888.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of portrait painting of Anne Wake, undated painting, photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Van Dyke."Old Gate at Dordrecht, next to our hotel. It leads from the quai..." [Dordrecht, Holland], ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown.Jozef Israels, ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown."Sohereningen. 'La Plage.' Holland," ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown."Portraits de Frans Halls et de sa seconde épouse Lysbeth Reiniers (?)...," portrait painted ca. 1610-1666, and photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; original artist unknown.Photograph of painting entitled, "Le Fon," portrait painted ca.1610-1666 and photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Franz Hals.Photograph of painting entitled, "La fiancée [Suive?]," originally painted ca. 1626-1669 and photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn.Photograph of painting entitled, "Seule au Monde," undated painting, photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Jozef Israels.Corresponds to letter of 28 Aug. 1887.
"Heildelberg Castle. This photograph may have been taken from the Molkeneur, 288 feet above," ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown."Le Staurbach (Vallée de Lauterbrunnen)," ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown."Hotel Bellevue. Wengern Alp...," ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown."Grindelwald. Wetterhorn mountain in background," ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown.Putnam family at Peterboro, N.H., summer 1887. .
Taken by [Mis] Morison.Partial caption: "Mother with sunshade, Mary next on the left, then Miss Winsor. Johnny Hayden in foreground, Harriet behind him. Miss Howard, and Mary Hayden on extreme right." Corresponds to letter of October 2, 1887
"Grace and the baby-," fall 1887.
Taken by John Putnam.Partial caption: "See page 3rd of 26th letter."
"Lizzie ('Joy') and the baby," fall 1887
Taken by John Putnam.Partial caption: "See page 3rd of 26th letter."
"Mantreux, Claren &c. (Clarens is in the foreground.)," ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown."Photograph which was sent to me. Taken at the Shanty, Fall of '87' / George Goddard as 'Bluebeard,' Jamie Hooper, Misses Wadsworth, White as 'wives'," fall 1887.
Photographer unknown."Another 'Bluebeard' photograph. (Received while I was in Munich.) Miss Gracie Minns is the 'wife' in the foreground," fall 1887.
Photographer unknown."3rd family photograph sent to me. May Whitwell, Mr. Edward Lowell,\ Dr Wadsworth, and others," ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown."Photograph of shanty dining room. Received by me while I was in Munich," ca. 1887.
Photographer unknown.Photographs of the Bavarian royalty, ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer(s) unknown. Three photographs.Fran, Paula, and Minna Fischer, Muchich, Germany, ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer(s) unknown (Munich, Germany)."Susan M. S. Wales," ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown.Sarah Gooll Putnam, 1887.
Photographer unknown (Munich, Germany). Two photographs."Munich. Old Pinakothek-Bildness des Carl Malery-von A. von Dyck-," undated, photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; original artist unknown.Photograph of painting.Photograph of a portrait painting of P. P. Rubens' mother, undated, ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Rubens.Photograph of a painting, entitled, "St. Sebastian wird an einen Baum gebunden," undated, photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by A. Van Dyck.Photograph of a painting entitled, "Selbstbildniss," undated, photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Rembrandt van Ryn.Photograph of a painting entitled, "Der Burgermeister von Antwerpen," undated, photographed ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by A. van Dyke."Hof. Theater" [Munich, Germany], ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown."Odeon Platz" [Munich, Germany], ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown."Siegesthor" [Munich, Germany], ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown."Maximilian strasse" [Munich, Germany], ca. 1880-1887.
Photographer unknown.Corresponds to "31st letter" [31 Dec. 1887].
"Emperor William," ca. 1880-1888.
Photographer unknown."Propylaen. (Gates from east side.) Brienner Strasse" [Munich, Germany], ca. 1880-1888.
Photographer unknown."Marien Platz" [Munich, Germany], ca. 1880-1888.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of painting entitled, " Seni before the corpse of Wallenstein," undated, photographed ca. 1880-1888.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Karl Piloty.Photograph of portrait painting entitled, "Furst Bismark," undated, photographed ca. 1880-1888.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Fr. V. Lenbach."Photograph John tool while I was abroad, of Mother, Mary Fearing, and Mary Hayden, in dining room at 277 Dartmouth St." [Boston, Mass.], ca. 1887-1888.
Taken by John Putnam."Mother, Mary Fearing, and Mary Hayden, in dining room of 277 Dartmouth St. [Boston, Mass.], photographed by John Putnam, when I was abroad," ca. 1887-1888.
Taken by John Putnam.Diary, August 1887-February 1888
NOTE: The numbering of the pages in Volume 18 is not continuous; each letter tipped into the volume has its own numbering system. The letters themselves are numbered in chronological order as they appear in the volume also referred to by Putnam. The letter numbers appear in brackets with the page numbers below.
"Venitian gondola," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Tomb in church of Giovanni, C. Pabolo in Venice," ca. 1885-1887.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of painting entitled, "Il Patriarca di Grado libera un ossesso...," undated, photographed ca. 1885-1888.
Taken by C. Naya (Venice, Italy); original painter unknown.Caption: "Photograph bought in Venice, June '1888.' See 56th letter."
"Isar Thor," ca. 1885-1887.
Photographer unknown."Herr Richter, Actor," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Nürnberg. City walls...," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Nürnberg, The Nassaurer Haus...," 1888.
Photographer unknown."Albrecht Dührer's house" [Nürnberg], 1888.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of a painting entitled, "Die Einbringung der Reichskleinodien in Nürnberg in Jahre 1424," undated, photographed ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by P. [Ritter?]."Schloss Amras. Innsbruck in distance on opposite Side of the valley," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."The 'Inn' River. Innsbruck - Tyrol," ca. 1885-1888 Photographer unknown.
"Hof Kirche - Innsbruck - Tyrol," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Theresien strasse - Innsbruck," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."The 'Golden Dachl' - Innsbruck...," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.Friedrichstrasse - Innsbruck - Looking towards the 'Golden Dachl'," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Firenze. Lung' Arno Acciajoli col Ponte Vecchio. (Veduta Animata)," ca. 1885-1888.
Taken by Edizioni Brogi (Florence, Italy)."Firenze. Tergo della Via degl' Archibusieri," ca. 1885-1888.
Taken by Edizoini Brogi."Ponte Vecchio - looking towards our side of the river...," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.Piazza San Marco, Venice Italy, ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Interno S. Marco - Scorcio," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Venice - Italy," 1888.
Photographer unknown."Piazza of St. Mark" [Venice, Italy], ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Venice - St. Mark's and piazetta," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Desdemona's House. Venice" [Italy], ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."The Piazzetta..." [Venice, Italy], ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Campanile - Piazzetta - Doges' Palace - Domes of St. Marks' behind," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Riva degli Schiaroni" [Venice, Italy], ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Venice - The bridge of Sighs" [Italy], ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Entrance to Doge's Palace - from the piazzetta. The Porta della Carta. Dome of St Marks on left," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Rialto. Venice - June '88.' Grande Canal," 1888.
Photographer unknown."Palace on the Grande Canal, Venice" [Italy], ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.Gondola on the Grande Canal, Venice, Italy, ca.1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Conversation dans la rue - Ile de Chioggia près Venise," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.View of street and buildings, Rothenburg, Germany, ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.View of tower in Rothenburg, Germany, ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.View of a portion of the old wall, Rothenburg, Germany, ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.Street view and tower, Rothenburg, Germany, ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.Water pump and the front of a house, Rothenburg, Germany, ca. 1885 1888.
Photographer unknown.Views of buildings in Rothenburg, Germany, ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer(s) unknown. 12 photographs.[Miss] Just, ca. 1888.
Photographer unknown.View of Nuremberg, ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."König's See," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Photograph of Berchtesgaden Costume given to me by Dr. Parks," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Sachs. Schweiz. Bastei mit dem Restaurationsgebaude," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Rembrandt's portrait of his wife Saskia as a young girl...," undated painting, photographed ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."The Bastei, Saxon Switzerland," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown."Prague. The Teyn Kirche in the "Alte Ring" or in the Bohemian Praha...," ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of unidentified portrait painting, undated, photographed ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown; possibly painted by Virginia Le Brun."Le Brun's portrait of herself...," undated painting, photographed ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Virginia Le Brun.Photograph of portrait painting."Murillo's Assumption...," undated painting, photographed ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Murillo.Unidentified painting of woman and child, undated, photographed ca. 1885-1888.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Murillo."Shanty Group," Sept. 1889.
Photographer unknown."Adirondack view," ca. 1889.
Photographer unknown."[Sarah Gooll Putnam] in peasant's costume, Adirondacks," 1889.
Photographer unknown."Adirondack View, 1889."
Photographer unknown.Sarah Gooll Putnam in peasant costume, Adirondacks, 1889.
Photographer unknown."Shanty Group, Adirondacks, 1889."
Photographer unknown."Newmark Ledges, Adirondacks, Sept. 1889 / Miss Slade, Mr. Richd Hodgson & [Sarah Gooll Putnam]."
Photographer unknown."Photograph of my portrait of Mr. George Partridge Bradford. Finished March, 1889...," 1889.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam. Photograph of a portrait painting.Portrait painting of Frank Boalt, painted spring 1889 and photographed ca. 1889.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam. Photograph of portrait painting.Copy of a painting of a "Dachau Peasant," painted winter 1887-1888 and photographed ca. 1889-1890.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam. Photograph of a portrait painting."Portrait of Harriet, painted in Nelly Stone's studio. New York...," painted Nov. 1889 and photographed ca. 1890.
Photographer unknown."Selma, Lily, and Dora Bowditch - Tabarz. Thüringen, Aug. 1889..."
Photographer unknown."Photograph of Susie Wales, in a fancy dress, sent to me sometime in 1889-90?," ca. 1889-1890.
Photographer unknown."Hayden Family, Spring of [1888]."
Photographer unknown.Diary, August 1890 - 10 August 1893
East Portal. Castle Gate. Price Canon. Utah," ca. 1885-1890.
Photographer unknown.Carley Putnam, ca. 1892-1893.
Photographer unknown."The 'stoop.' P & B Camp" [Adirondacks, N.Y.], ca. 1885-1890.
Photographer unknown."Dora Bowditch. Shanty [Adirondacks, N.Y.] - '1892'."
Photographer unknown."Herr Von Westernhagen. Sept. 1892. 'The Shanty.' [Adirondacks, N.Y.]."
Photographer unknown."Elsa [Bowditch]. Photographed Spring (?) of 1891."
Photographer unknown."Lucy Putnam & her baby," ca. 1890.
Photographer unknown."Mr. James McMurrick," ca. 1890.
Photographer unknown.View of Beacon Street, and Common, Boston," ca. 1890-1891.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified girl, ca. 1891.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "Photograph taken close by house of Charles Loring, Beverly Farms."
"Parlor in Charles Loring's house, Beverly Farms," ca. 1891.
Photographer unknown."Dining room at Charles G. Loring's - 1 Mt Vernon Place," ca. 1891.
Photographer unknown."Parlor at Charles G. Loring's - 1 Mt Vernon Place," ca. 1891.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of painting of Amy Lowell, painted in April 1892 and photographed ca. 1892.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Photograph of painting of "Elsa," undated, photographed ca. 1892.
Taken by John J. Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam."Group on piazza of 'Farm House', Adirondacks [N.Y.]," ca. 1892.
Photographer unknown.Partial caption: "Madeleine Wynne, Mr George Weld, Grace Minns, Rhetta C. Cummings, Lou Wadsworth, Mr Osborne Howes, and Jeannie Hooper."
Jeannie Hooper, Sept. 1892.
Photographer unknown.[Mrs.] Ritchie, Sept. 1892.
Photographer unknown.Sarah Gooll Putnam, Sept. 1892.
Photographer unknown.Edith M. Howes, Sept. 1892.
Photographer unknown."Beaver Meadow Falls, Adirondacks [N.Y.]," ca. 1892.
Photographer unknown."Group at top of Beaver Meadow Falls" [Adirondacks, N.Y.], ca. 1892.
Photographer unknown.Partial caption: Jeannie Hooper, Selma Bowditch, Dora, and Harold Bowditch, Mr Howes, Lu Wadsworth, Dr Bowditch, [Sarah Gooll Putnam], Herr von Westernhagen, & Mr & Mrs Ritchie."
"Dancing adieu to Grace Minns - at the shanty..." [Adirondacks, N.Y.], Sept. 1892.
Photographer unknown."One of Carrie Dixwell Clement's twins...," ca. 1892-1893.
Photographer unknown."Gate Rocks" [Colorado], ca. 1880-1890.
Photographer unknown."Tower of Bable, Garden of the Gods" [Colorado], ca. 1880-1890.
Photographer unknown."Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods" [Colorado], ca. 1880-1890.
Photographer unknown.Eleanora Duse, ca. 1885-1893. Taken by Carl & Theo Rosenfeld.
Diary, 21 August 1893 - 13 February 1896
"Grace, and little John, taken Spring of 1893."
Attributed to John Putnam."The Charlesgate. Corner of Beacon St. and Charlesgate East. Built by John Pickering Outnam," ca. 1890-1893.
Photographer unknown."Photograph of our Nahant house," ca. 1890-1893.
Taken by Dr. R. H. Hodges. Cyanotype."Group by door of Mr J. Arthur Beebe's house, at Falmouth...," Aug. 1894.
Photographer unknown."Mrs Gardiner Hammond, and her baby," ca. 1894.
Photographer unknown."Group back of farmhouse - Putnam + Bowditch camp..." [Adirondacks, N.Y.], Sept. 1894.
Photographer unknown."Farm house group - Adirondacks..." [N.Y.], Sept. 1894.
Photographer unknown."A. [C.?] Putnam, and little Martha...," Sept. 1894.
Photographer unknown."Shanty procession - Dining room festivities" [Adirondacks, N.Y.], Sept. 1894.
Photographer unknown."Group at the top of the falls, Adirondacks..." [N.Y.], Sept. 1894.
Photographer unknown."Coming home from shanty. Bessie, Jeannie Hooper, and I [Sarah Gooll Putnam]" [Adirondacks, N.Y.], ca. Sept. 1894.
Photographer unknown."A. C. Putman," ca. Sept. 1894.
Photographer unknown."Coming from shanty..." [Adirondacks, N.Y.], Sept. 1894.
Taken by George Weld.Photographs of portraits painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam and exhibited at Chase's Gallery in Jan. 1895, painted 1884-1894 and photographed ca. 1895.
Photographer(s) unknown.16 photographs.Subjects include: Jane G. Hooper, Eugenia Gardiner, Lorin F. Deland, Elizabeth R. Hooper, Elizabeth Putnam, Amy Lowell, Charles G. Loring, Mrs. William Sohier, Isa Coolidge, Mary Dexter, Seth Sprague, Lucy Lowell, Natalie Hooper, Charles F. Sprague, Edward A Silsbee, and Alice Parker.
"Corner of Chase's Gallery - showing some of my portraits...", Jan. 1895.
Photographer unknown."Lucy Putnam's baby," ca. 1895.
Photographer unknown."Herr Josef Israels," ca. 1895.
Photographer unknown."Mr. J. Arthur Beebe, given me Oct. '95'," ca. 1895.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 14 February 1895 - 15 July 1898
"Elsa, and John Putnam, taken by their Father...," fall 1895.
Taken by John Putnam.Photograph of painting of Oliver Wendell Holmes, undated, photographed ca. 1895.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Billings.Partial caption: "Given me by Dr Blake..."
"Portrait of 'Joe,' Mr. Pierson Beebe's dog...," ca. 1893.
Photographer unknown."Little John Putnam," ca. spring 1895.
Taken by John Putnam.Photograph of a portrait of [Mrs. Frank] Balch, painted May 1895 and photographed ca. 1896.
Taken by John Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Photograph of a painting of "Cousin Jane Gray," painted April 1896 and photographed ca. 1896.
Taken by John Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.William G. Russell, ca. 1896.
Photographer unknown.Partial caption: "Photograph from which I began a portrait, in April, '96'."
Photograph of a painting of Cora Bowditch, painted Apr. 1896 and photographed ca. 1896.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.John Hayden, spring 1896.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of a painting of K.P. Bowditch, painted May 1896 and photographed ca. 1896.
Taken by John Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Photograph of painting of Madeleine Mixter, painted May 1896 and photographed ca. 1896.
Taken by John Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Photograph of an unfinished painting of [Mrs. Causten] Browne, painted and photographed May 1896.
Taken by John Putnam; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Profiles of Selma Bowditch's children, ca. 1892-1895.
Photographer unknown.Harriet P. Hayden, spring 1896.
Photographer unknown."Elsa Putnam, and little John P[utnam]...," Oct. 1896.
Taken by John Putnam."Little John Putnam," fall 1896.
Taken by John Putnam.Elsa Putnam, fall 1896.
Taken by John Putnam.Elsa Putnam, fall 1896.
Taken by John Putnam.Photographs of Mary P. Fearing, John P. Hayden, Harriet Putnam, John Pickering Putnam, Sarah Gooll Putnam, fall 1896.
Taken by John Putnam.5 photographs.Sarah Gooll Putnam, ca. summer 1895.
Photographer unknown (Falmouth, Mass.).Harold B. Hayden, ca. 1896-1897.
Photographer unknown.Harriet Putnam, originally photographed ca. 1887-1888 and enlarged ca. 1896-1897.
Taken by John Putnam."Photograph of Margaret Leupp, and sisters, and Mrs. Foote [on camel back at the Pyramids]...,: ca. 1897.
Photographer unknown.Marian Jackson and Alice Bradlee, 1864.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam.Marian Phillips, 1864.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam.Alice Bradlee, 1864.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam.Sarah Gooll Putnam, 1866.
Photographer unknown.May Parker, ca. 1864-1866.
Photographer unknown.Annie C. Putnam, ca. 1878.
Photographer unknown.H. John Hayden, 1888.
Photographer unknown."Grace, and little Elsa," 1887.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 16 July 1898 - 9 December 1900
"View in Adirondacks [N.Y.]," ca. 1898.
Photographer unknown."Charley & Lucy sending with an 'anonymous' basket of fruit to me. Shanty...," Sept. 1898.
Photographer unknown."Photograph Alice took of Mr. [Tom] Plummer, and of me, at Chocorua [N.H.]...," 1898.
Taken by Alice [Putnam?].Miss Emily Healey, ca. 1898.
Photographer unknown.George A Goddard, Marian Jackson, Sarah Gooll Putnam, A.C. Putnam, Charles P. Putnam, [Miss] Weld, and Lizzie Perkins by the lake, Sept. 1898.
Photographer unknown."Back View of our Nahant house," ca. 1899.
Taken by C.C. Cole."'Sir Guy.' Adirondacks [N.Y.]. Created by Messrs E. Emerson and M. Storey," ca. 1899.
Photographer unknown."Little Frances Putman. Xmas card sent by Marian P[utnam]," ca. Dec. 1899.
Photographer unknown."Elsa, and John Putnam, in their mother's room in the Charlesgate" [Boston, Mass.], ca. 1900.
Photographer unknown."May Parker's bicycle, photograph she sent me from England," ca. 1900.
Photographer unknown.The Charlesgate, Boston, Mass., 1900.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam. Cyanotype.View from the Charlesgate, Boston, Mass., 1900.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam. Cyanotype.Entrance to the Charlesgate from Beacon Street, Boston, Mass., 1900.
Taken by John Pickering Putnam.Cyanotype.Sarah Gooll Putnam in Berchtesgaden costume, Adirondacks, N.Y., Sept. 1900.
Taken by Dr. H. P. Bowditch.2 photographs."View from our Nahant house piazza...," Sept. 1900.
Taken by Harriet Hayden."View from East piazza of our Nahant house. It was here we sat, to watch the birds bathing and eating...," Sept. 1900.
Taken by Harriet Hayden."Tall Elm, Maple and Catalpa, at the foot of lawn, Nahant, Mass...," Sept. 1900.
Taken by Harriet Hayden."Band of trees on West side of our lawn at Nahant...," Sept. 1900.
Taken by Harriet Hayden."Looking down Spring Road, from our gate at Nahant...," Sept. 1900.
Taken by Harriet Hayden."Looking down Pond Street from our gate at Nahant...," Sept. 1900.
Taken by Harriet Hayden."Haydens' house, 337 West 76th Street, New York, N.Y...," ca. 1900.
Taken by Harold Hayden.Sarah Gooll Putnam, ca. 1900.
Photographer unknown.John P. Hayden, and Harold B. Hayden, on board 'St Louis' en route for Europe...," Nov. 1900.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 14 January 1901 - 21 May 1904
Harriet, Mary, and Sarah Gooll Putnam on the piazza of the Putnam family house in Nahant, Mass., summer 1901.
Taken by Harold B. Hayden.Harriet, Mary, and Sarah Gooll Putnam on the piazza of the Putnam family house in Nahant, Mass., summer 1901.
Taken by Harold B. Hayden.Mr. John Ritchie's house at Cottage City, Mass., ca. 1901.
Photographer unknown."Miss Marianne Bachrecke, [Mrs] Ritchie & [Mr] Ritchie, [in front.] Cottage City" [Mass.], ca. 1901.
Photographer unknown.Francis Boott, ca. 1901.
Photographer unknown.Cyanotype.Partial caption: "Given to me by him"
Harriet Putnam on piazza of Putnam family house in Nahant, Mass., summer 1901
Taken by Harold B. Hayden.Harriet, Mary, and Sarah Gooll Putnam on grounds of Putnam family house, Nahant, Mass., summer 1901.
Taken by Harold B. Hayden. 2 photographs.Harriet Putnam on piazza of Putnam family house in Nahant, Mass., summer 1901.
Taken by Harold B. Hayden."Photograph of Aunt Lucy Parker in her carriage sent us by May, after her mother's date," ca. 1901-1902.
Photographer unknown."Photograph of Aunt Lucy Parker, a little while before her death (Jan. 1902)," ca. 1901-1902.
Photographer unknown.Amory Goddard, ca. 1901-1902.
Photographer unknown. 4 photographs.George Upham Baylies and Walter Ray Baylies at 10 weeks old, July 1902.
Photographer unknown."'Old Mayhew House.' 1697. Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard" [Mass.], ca. 1901-1902.
Photographer unknown.May Parker holding a cat, summer 1902.
Photographer unknown.Caption: "Photograph May Parker sent me this summer."
"Grace & Nurse in Atlantic City, N.J.," ca. 1903.
Photographer unknown."May Parker in her automobile...," ca. summer 1903.
Photographer unknown."Photograph of Mr [Francis] Boott, and Mrs Prof. Robinson, sent me after his death," ca. 1900-1903.
Photographer unknown."Mrs. Ritchie's mother's house in Dresden, Bergstrasse 22," ca. 1904.
Photographer unknown.Diary, 23 May 1904 - 30 September 1905
"Postal sent me from Dresden by Marienne Bachrecke," ca. 1900- 1904.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Raphael Sanzio.Postcard of artwork.Unidentified woman with oranges, ca. 1904.
Photographer unknown.Caption: Photograph given me by Miss [Bayard?]. Oranges in California."
"Mr MacFarlane. Chief Engineer. Saxonia," ca. 1905.
Photographer unknown.May Parker, ca. 1905.
Photographer unknown.Exterior view of York Cathedral, ca. 1903-1905.
Photographer unknown.Interior of York Cathedral, ca. 1903-1905.
Photographer unknown."Durham Cathedral. Nave looking east...," ca. 1903-1905.
Photographer unknown.Exterior view of Durham Cathedral, ca. 1903-1905.
Photographer unknown.The Shanty, Adirondacks, N.Y., ca. 1905.
Taken by Selma Bowditch.Caption: "Photograph sent me from shanty by Selma Bowditch. Sept. 1905, with greetings from members of the shanty party."
Diary, 30 September 1905 - 1 June 1907
Harriet Putnam, originally taken ca. 1842 and re-photographed 1905.
Photographers unknown. Copy photograph of a daguerreotype.Partial caption: "Photograph taken in 1905 from a little daguerreotype of Mother taken about the time of her marriage - 1842 and put in little locket for Father."
Charles Voysey, ca. 1890-1905.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of a painting of Alfred [E.?] Hall, originally painted 1905 and photographed ca. 1905-1906.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Diary, May 1907 - 14 June 1911
Rev. Mr. Kirkwood of Kelso, Scotland, ca. 1907.
Photographer unknown."View from Page Hill, Chocorua, N.H.," ca. 1907.
Photographer unknown.[Mrs.] Wilson, ca. 1908.
Photographer unknown."Aunt Mary Gordon," ca. 1908.
Photographer unknown."May Parker, with her chauffeur, in her automobile," ca. 1908.
Photographer unknown.Chocorua Lake, N.H., ca. 1909.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of a painting of Professor E. [Chunder?] Bose, painted spring 1909 and photographed ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Photograph of a painting of [Mrs E. Chunder] Bose, painted spring 1909 and photographed ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam.Alice Fitz Gerald, [Mr.] Fitz Gerald, and Mary Bullard Day, ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown.Alice Fitz Gerald and Mary Bullard Day outside the Fitz Gerald house in Surrey, England, ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown.Alice Fitz Gerald's house in Surrey, England, ca. 1910.
Photographer unknown.View of 93 Upper Circ. Road, Calcutta, India, 1910.
Photographer unknown. Christmas card sent to Sarah Gooll Putnam by the Bose family."Photograph sent me by Alice Fitz Gerald in January, of her place at Egham Park, Surrey," Jan. 1911.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified woman and Samuel Powell, Jr., ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown.Samuel Powell, Samuel Powell, Jr., [Mrs.] Powell, and Tom Powell, ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown. 2 photographs.Samuel Powell, Jr., ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown.Diary, June 1911 - 10 April 1912
"Alice Tinkham on her place at W[illegible?]," ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown.Group photograph of mountain climbers in Switzerland, ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown. Photo-postcard.Partial caption: "Jim is at the back of the picture - next to him is Marian, next Elizabeth, Molly, Louisa, Frances, Louise Richardson (a cousin) and lastly Jamie at the end of the rope."
View of Brookhurst, Lenox, Mass., ca. 1911.
Photographer unknown.Photograph of a painting of Sister [Juredita?], undated painting, photographed ca. 1912.
Taken by [Mr.] Pierce; originally painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam."Lady Reid and 'Libbie,' in her pergola at Hillylands, Oakhill, Somerset, England, ca. 1912.
Photographer unknown.Front of Reid family house at Hillylands, Somerset, England, ca. 1912.
Photographer unknown.Photographs of the buildings and grounds at Hillylands, Somerset, England, ca. 1912.
Photographer unknown.5 photographs."Reids' beech avenue and house, from lawn" [Hillylands, Somerset, England], ca. 1912.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified woman and child in front of a house, ca. 1912.
Photographer unknown.Unidentified beach view, ca. 1912.
Photographer unknown.Diary, Photographs of Portraits
This volume contains photographs of portraits painted by Sarah Gooll Putnam. All of the photographers are unknown, and all are undated. Some photos were individually numbered by Putnam herself, and do not represent an MHS photo call number. They appear in the volume in the order below:
1. Miss Roetha
2. Annie Amory
3. Mrs. J. P. Putnam
4. S.G. Putnam
5. Mrs. G. P. Upham
6. Emily Sohier
7. Mary P. Hayden
8. John P. Hayden
9. Mrs. Chester Inches
10. Mr. George P. Bradford
11. Mr. George P. Bradford
12. Mr. Francis Boott
13. Jeanie Hooper
14. Mrs. H. J. Hayden
15. Dachau Peasant
16. Elsa Putnam
17. Bessie Hooper
18. Eugenia Gardner
19. Mrs. Louis F. Deland
20. Elizabeth Putnam
21. Amy Lowell
22. Charles G. Loring
23. Mrs. William Sohier
24. Ida Coolidge
25. Mary Dexter
26. Mrs. Seth Sprague
27. Lucy Lowell, Jr.
28. Nathalie Hooper
29. Mrs. Charles F. Sprague
30. John P. Putnam
31. Mr. Edward Silsbee
32. Horace John Hayden
33. Alice Parker
34. Corner of Chase's Gallery
[ Blank]
36. Cora Bowditch
37. Jane Gray
38. Lucy Bowditch Black
39. Katie B[owditch]
John Putnam, Jr. [image deterioration]
Madeline Mixter
Helen Loring
Ailene Murphy (clipping)
Mr. J. [Chunder?] Bose
Mrs. J. [Chunder?] Bose
Mr. Alfred B. Hall
Unidentified woman holding a cup
Unidentified woman holding an apple
Unidentified man seated holding two books
Unidentified child seated in chair
Two photographs of Samuel [Powell?], Jr.
Two photographs of an unidentified woman's head
Preferred Citation
Sarah Gooll Putnam diaries, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Access Terms
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