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State capitals of the United States: Albany [NY] · Annapolis [MD] · Atlanta [GA] · Baton Rouge [LA] · Boston [MA] · Columbus [OH] · Des Moines [IA] · Harrisburg [PA] · Hartford [CT] · Indianapolis [IN] · Little Rock [AR] · Montgomery [AL] · Nashville [TN] · Providence [RI] · Richmond [VA] · Sacramento [CA] · Saint Paul [MN] · Salt Lake City [UT] · Santa Fe [NM] · Trenton [NJ] · Federal district: Washington, D.C. [DC] · Insular area of the United States

100 most populous cities of the United States 
1–25 : Boston; Chicago; Columbus; Indianapolis; Jacksonville; Los Angeles; Nashville; New York City; Philadelphia; Portland; San Antonio; San Diego; San Francisco; San Jose; Seattle; Washington, D.C.
26–50 : Atlanta; Baltimore; Detroit; Louisville; Memphis; Minneapolis; Sacramento
51–75 : Cincinnati; New Orleans; Pittsburgh; Saint Paul; St. Louis
76–100 : Baton Rouge; Buffalo; Fort Wayne; Richmond; Toledo

Boston in the 19th century: ◀ · 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s · ▶

Subcategories

This category has the following 39 subcategories, out of 39 total.

1850 in Boston (4 C, 49 F)
1851 in Boston (7 C, 97 F)
1852 in Boston (4 C, 66 F)
1853 in Boston (4 C, 47 F)
1854 in Boston (5 C, 50 F)
1855 in Boston (3 C, 38 F)
1856 in Boston (4 C, 111 F)
1857 in Boston (4 C, 51 F)
1858 in Boston (4 C, 44 F)
1859 in Boston (5 C, 32 F)

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1850s maps of Boston (5 C, 46 F)

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1850s books from Boston (10 C)

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Abiel Smith School (7 F)

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Ballou's Pictorial (2 C, 2 F)
Black and white photographs of Boston in the 1850s (1 F)
Boston Athenaeum by Asa Coolidge Warren (4 F)
Boston Daily Times (2 F)
Boston Vigilance Committee (31 C, 23 F)

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Dorchester, Boston, in the 1850s (3 F)

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Gleason's Pictorial (3 C, 2 F)
Gleason's Publishing Hall (8 F)

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Charles H. Keith (1 C, 10 F)
Kilburn & Mallory (1 C, 7 F)

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Leverett Street Jail (7 F)

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National Theatre, Boston (28 F)
New England Art Union (5 F)

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S

Stephen Alonzo Schoff (1 P, 15 F)
The Ships "Winged Arrow" and "Southern Cross" in Boston Harbor by Fitz Hugh Lane (4 F)
Sketches of Boston, Past and Present (1851) (82 F)
Southworth & Hawes (2 C, 1 P, 204 F)

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W

E.H. Wade (3 F)

Media in category "Boston in the 1850s"

The following 200 files are in this category, out of 231 total.

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'View of Boston Harbor' by John White Allen Scott, 1853 - Old State House Museum, Boston, MA - IMG 6705.JPG 3,087 × 2,390; 2.36 MB
-Students from the Emerson School for Girls- MET 37.14.56.jpg 1,000 × 758; 289 KB
-Students from the Emerson School for Girls- MET 37.14.8.jpg 1,001 × 768; 373 KB
1850 AndersonSt Boston bySusannaHicklingWillard.png 492 × 578; 305 KB
1850 Boston byDeroy.png 700 × 464; 360 KB
1850 Boston map detail.png 825 × 617; 932 KB
1850 BrattleSt map Bachmann Boston BPL10414.png 807 × 714; 1.27 MB
1850 CityHall Boston.png 580 × 352; 226 KB
1850 CustomHouse HinghamPacket Boston MFABoston.png 628 × 413; 269 KB
1850 FederalStChurch BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png 717 × 706; 1.14 MB
1850 FinancialDistrict BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png 966 × 566; 1.25 MB
1850 Giofray Holman UnionSt Boston.png 297 × 455; 99 KB
1850 KneelandSt area BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png 966 × 567; 1.27 MB
1850 MasonicTemple BirdsEyeView Boston byJohnBachmann.png 654 × 541; 825 KB
1850s BostonCommon ARTIC.png 821 × 648; 884 KB
1850s Daguerreotype portrait -Students from the Emerson School for Girls- MET 37.14.8 (cropped).jpg 876 × 657; 272 KB
1850s Muster BostonCommon bySouthworth Hawes MFABoston.jpeg 800 × 610; 75 KB
1850s Muster BostonCommon Southworth Hawes MFABoston.png 819 × 622; 632 KB
1850s Muster BostonCommon2 bySouthworth Hawes MFABoston.jpeg 800 × 611; 73 KB
1850s Niagra EastBoston Southworth Hawes MFABoston.png 818 × 623; 535 KB
1851 Eliaers Cornhill Boston.png 328 × 475; 172 KB
1852 338to483Washingtonstreet,boston.svg 394 × 584; 409 KB
1852 American FlintGlass Boston McIntyre map detail.png 941 × 554; 914 KB
1852 AmericanHouse Boston McIntyre map detail.png 731 × 714; 975 KB
1852 BeaconHill Boston map byJSlatter MatthewDripps.png 671 × 490; 736 KB
1852 BoatRace BostonHarbor byAALawrence MFABoston.png 825 × 601; 589 KB
1852 BostonAthenaeum McIntyre map detail.png 642 × 624; 497 KB
1852 Brooks BlackstoneSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 706 × 648; 521 KB
1852 Chilson BlackstoneSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 580 × 695; 433 KB
1852 CityHall Boston map BPL 12850.png 661 × 697; 650 KB
1852 CityHall Boston McIntyre map detail.png 760 × 541; 486 KB
1852 CustomHouse Boston McIntyre map detail.png 789 × 583; 762 KB
1852 EveningGazette Boston McIntyre map detail.png 878 × 566; 517 KB
1852 Fetridge WashingtonSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 370 × 710; 511 KB
1852 FlourMill CommercialSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 813 × 666; 944 KB
1852 FortHill map Boston bySlatter BPL 12850 detail.png 1,035 × 744; 1.75 MB
1852 Gilbert WashingtonSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 534 × 616; 364 KB
1852 Glendon Boston McIntyre map detail.png 621 × 500; 521 KB
1852 GlobeWorks Boston McIntyre map detail.png 677 × 470; 545 KB
1852 Hallet WashingtonSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 559 × 714; 450 KB
1852 HancockHouse Boston McIntyre map detail.png 539 × 469; 492 KB
1852 HancockHouse map Boston bySlatter BPL 12850 detail.png 1,062 × 744; 1.77 MB
1852 Howe Boston McIntyre map detail.png 583 × 505; 510 KB
1852 Iron GasCo Boston McIntyre map detail.png 783 × 685; 846 KB
1852 IronCo foundry Boston McIntyre map detail.png 794 × 711; 974 KB
1852 jail Boston McIntyre map detail.png 622 × 450; 500 KB
1852 Jones lumber Boston McIntyre map detail.png 825 × 505; 738 KB
1852 Lawrence MilkSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 514 × 522; 288 KB
1852 MarbleWorks WashingtonSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 781 × 668; 578 KB
1852 MerchantsExchange Boston McIntyre map detail.png 759 × 490; 369 KB
1852 MethodistChurch HanoverSt Boston map BPL 12850.png 488 × 640; 403 KB
1852 MilkSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 435 × 567; 287 KB
1852 Monk Boston McIntyre map detail.png 637 × 471; 519 KB
1852 MtWashingtonFemaleSeminary Boston McIntyre map detail.png 697 × 569; 424 KB
1852 NEGlassCo Cambridge McIntyre map detail.png 607 × 479; 494 KB
1852 OldStateHouse Boston McIntyre map detail.png 807 × 712; 1.02 MB
1852 OldStateHouse2 Boston McIntyre map detail.png 731 × 704; 956 KB
1852 Perkins Boston McIntyre map detail.png 727 × 573; 773 KB
1852 QuincyHotel map Boston bySlatter BPL 12850 detail.png 1,062 × 744; 1.77 MB
1852 Redding WashingtonSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 481 × 706; 573 KB
1852 RoxburyChemical Boston McIntyre map detail.png 745 × 554; 646 KB
1852 RR BeachSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 637 × 421; 463 KB
1852 Saroni ElmSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 523 × 696; 366 KB
1852 StateHouse Boston McIntyre map detail.png 907 × 533; 531 KB
1852 Suffolk Lead Boston McIntyre map detail.png 615 × 466; 460 KB
1852 SummerSt UnitarianChurch Boston map BPL 12850.png 509 × 621; 399 KB
1852 Thacher MilkSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 805 × 620; 553 KB
1852 Thayer Hovey Boston McIntyre map detail.png 528 × 618; 626 KB
1852 Towle ElmSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 693 × 592; 749 KB
1852 TremontTemple Boston McIntyre map detail.png 668 × 599; 468 KB
1852 Warren WashingtonSt Boston McIntyre map detail.png 402 × 545; 232 KB
1853 Bogle BostonAlmanac.png 771 × 305; 414 KB
1853 Crosby BostonAlmanac.png 568 × 267; 262 KB
1853 Dickinson BostonAlmanac.png 562 × 228; 249 KB
1853 Emerson BostonAlmanac.png 567 × 301; 268 KB
1853 Gregory BostonAlmanac.png 759 × 289; 364 KB
1853 HammattBillings BostonAlmanac.png 553 × 488; 291 KB
1853 Hews BostonAlmanac.png 552 × 237; 185 KB
1853 Masury Silsbee BostonAlmanac.png 346 × 305; 79 KB
1853 Sumners BostonAlmanac.png 552 × 270; 277 KB
1853 Tewksbury BostonAlmanac.png 297 × 417; 129 KB
1853 View of Boston Harbor by John White Allen Scott Old State House Museum, Boston, MA - IMG 6705.JPG 2,316 × 1,704; 1.73 MB
1853 Wagstaff Andrews BostonAlmanac.png 504 × 462; 308 KB
1853 Woodford BostonAlmanac.png 750 × 281; 166 KB
1854 BoyLaborer byEdwardMTyler Boston DaguerreianSociety.png 209 × 269; 93 KB
1854 Butcher byEdwardMTyler Boston DaguerreianSociety.jpg 247 × 291; 32 KB
1854 JullianOperaticBurlesque May3 BostonMusicHall.png 278 × 464; 282 KB
1854 KnowNothingSoap Boston.png 544 × 640; 868 KB
1854 Lightning BostonClipper byPGiles ARTIC.png 800 × 578; 410 KB
1854 MendelssohnChoralSoc Nov18 BostonMusicHall.png 277 × 460; 224 KB
1855 FranklinPlace Boston.png 370 × 460; 288 KB
1855 FranklinSt Boston BallousPictorial Sept1 color.png 799 × 483; 668 KB
1855 FranklinSt Boston BallousPictorial Sept1.png 1,150 × 596; 1.13 MB
1855 Happy Home v1 no1 Boston.png 231 × 462; 197 KB
1855 pumps Taylor UnionSt Boston detail.png 879 × 552; 282 KB
1855 pumps Taylor UnionSt Boston.png 390 × 507; 127 KB
1855 StabatMater Feb11 HHS Boston.png 333 × 474; 240 KB
1856 IndiaBuilding StateSt Boston.png 387 × 567; 318 KB
1857 BostonCommon byWinslowHomer Ballous.jpg 1,400 × 1,058; 309 KB
1857 BostonMuseum.jpg 2,194 × 3,310; 1.71 MB
1857 ConstitutionWharf Boston byWinslowHomer Ballous.jpg 1,400 × 844; 283 KB
1857 ParkerHouse2 MassHorticulturalSoc.png 620 × 520; 466 KB
1857 QuincyMarket Boston byWinslowHomer Ballous.jpg 1,400 × 1,002; 372 KB
1857 WateringCart byWinslowHomer Ballous.jpg 1,400 × 998; 345 KB
1857 WinterSt Boston byWinslowHomer Ballous.jpg 1,400 × 1,054; 552 KB
1858 BostonCommon HarpersWeekly.png 797 × 553; 610 KB
1858 BromfieldHouse Boston.png 300 × 445; 229 KB
1858 GoldenEgg BostonMuseum.png 559 × 546; 280 KB
1858 SchoolSt Boston.png 369 × 443; 203 KB
1859 BostonStreetCharacters byWinslowHomer Ballous.jpg 987 × 1,400; 265 KB
1859 BostonStreetCharacters byWinslowHomer detail BallousPictorial.png 322 × 390; 200 KB
1859 interior HancockHouse Boston.png 203 × 170; 42 KB
1859 interior2 HancockHouse Boston BallousPictorial.png 223 × 216; 62 KB
1859 Jan1 NationalTheatre Boston.png 480 × 557; 534 KB
1859 Thompson UnionSt Boston.png 725 × 482; 199 KB
484washingtonstreetca1856.jpg 888 × 1,062; 299 KB
AmericanHouse Boston.jpg 1,719 × 1,517; 1.74 MB
Bandbox (USA), ca. 1850 (CH 18187827-2).jpg 4,096 × 3,677; 7.51 MB
Bean WilsonLane BostonDirectory 1850.png 425 × 278; 48 KB
BeeHive CourtSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 359 × 298; 28 KB
Bent CourtSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 324 × 524; 72 KB
Boston firemen. Cleaning the machine, Plate No. 1 LCCN2002725397.jpg 5,116 × 3,695; 3.31 MB
Boston milldam.png 456 × 298; 151 KB
BostonAthenaeum2 BeaconSt 1855.png 1,643 × 1,136; 1.38 MB
BostonAthenaeum3 BeaconSt 1855.png 1,640 × 1,156; 1.25 MB
BostonAtheneum ca1855 bySouthworth Hawes EastmanHouse.png 364 × 484; 274 KB
BostonFusiliers ca1850s byGeorgeDubois BWThayer.png 530 × 387; 366 KB
BostonLowellRR LowellSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 318 × 507; 107 KB
BowdoinSquare BalPict 1855 1856.JPG 3,273 × 2,395; 4.04 MB
BrattleSt ca1850 BostonianSociety.png 499 × 189; 179 KB
BrattleSt ca1850 BostonianSociety2.png 456 × 182; 145 KB
Bricher Warren House.png 787 × 680; 578 KB
ChampionOfTheSeas ca1854 EastBoston Southworth Hawes MFABoston.png 1,210 × 1,600; 1.75 MB
Chase CongressSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 319 × 506; 74 KB
Citizens of Boston! (14381088253).jpg 1,131 × 1,500; 1.52 MB
CitizensOfBoston ca1855 Cornell.jpg 570 × 749; 109 KB
Classroom in the Emerson School for Girls MET 37.14.22.jpg 597 × 768; 183 KB
Cyprus finale.jpg 3,400 × 2,363; 6.26 MB
Damrell DevonshireSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 551 × 462; 69 KB
Damrell DevonshireSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 319 × 525; 331 KB
DanielWebster RevereHouse Boston 1850s.jpg 2,905 × 2,306; 3.71 MB
Days and ways in old Boston (1915) (14596522239).jpg 3,056 × 1,996; 801 KB
Dearborn WashingtonSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 407 × 334; 39 KB
Dearborn WaterSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 328 × 527; 76 KB
Doe, hazelton & co., tavolo, boston 1847-57.jpg 2,836 × 1,904; 2.05 MB
EmersonSchoolForGirls Boston ca1850 bySouthworth and Hawes MetropolitanMuseumArt.png 465 × 623; 538 KB
EnchantedHarp BostonMuseum 1852.jpg 3,452 × 2,562; 6.41 MB
Faneuil BostonDirectory 1850.png 305 × 489; 88 KB
FeatherStore Ballous1855.JPG 2,889 × 1,900; 3.36 MB
Fetridge GleasPict 1852.JPG 3,339 × 2,552; 3.58 MB
First anniversary of the kidnapping of Thomas Sims by the City of Boston ... (14360024844).jpg 1,038 × 1,500; 1.38 MB
Fowler and Wells WashingtonSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 421 × 367; 53 KB
Fowles ca1850s WashingtonSt Boston.png 418 × 657; 567 KB
Fowling MarketSquare BostonDirectory 1850.png 352 × 308; 48 KB
FultonIron LongWharf BostonDirectory 1850.png 313 × 501; 93 KB
Gilbert WashingtonSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 312 × 501; 174 KB
Gloves CourtSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 457 × 119; 24 KB
Hale HaverhillSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 611 × 267; 53 KB
Haley MilkSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 668 × 259; 20 KB
Harrington WashingtonSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 311 × 501; 153 KB
Haymarket Square Boston, Mass., by J. H. Bufford's Lith., 1850s(?), from the Digital Commonwealth - commonwealth nv935f849.jpg 4,848 × 2,663; 2.35 MB
Hews WashingtonSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 615 × 255; 154 KB
Higgins ElmSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 352 × 245; 30 KB
Holman StateSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 454 × 539; 108 KB
Horn HanoverSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 630 × 279; 62 KB
Howard WaterSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 637 × 261; 41 KB
Hubert Sattler Boston.jpg 800 × 525; 70 KB
Immigrants.passing.Boston.png 1,290 × 758; 1.63 MB
Ingalls LincolnSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 638 × 304; 153 KB
Jerome HanoverSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 616 × 272; 170 KB
Jordan PortlandSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 349 × 106; 19 KB
Joy BostonDirectory 1850.png 306 × 488; 85 KB
Kegler WashingtonSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 624 × 467; 230 KB
Kilburn and Mallory WashingtonSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 694 × 309; 57 KB
Kilburn WashingtonStreet BostonDirectory 1852.png 692 × 261; 53 KB
King BroadSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 356 × 292; 29 KB
Klous CourtSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 610 × 498; 93 KB
Fitz Hugh Lane Boston Harbor.jpg 1,600 × 985; 132 KB
Boston Harbor, Sunset LACMA AC1993.229.1.jpg 2,100 × 1,276; 542 KB
Fitz Hugh Lane - Boston Harbor, Sunset.jpg 3,391 × 2,060; 695 KB
Lockwood CourtSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 324 × 501; 159 KB
Lucretia BosTheat.jpg 3,205 × 2,410; 4.81 MB
Macallister Boston GleasonsPictorial.png 596 × 558; 405 KB
MasonicTemple ca1850s Boston.png 477 × 313; 156 KB
MatchDepot UnionSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 697 × 298; 205 KB
McKay Shipyard ca1855 EastBoston Southworth Hawes MFABoston.png 1,600 × 1,237; 1.34 MB
MerchantsExchange BostonDirectory 1850.png 318 × 504; 88 KB
Morey HaverhillSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 680 × 300; 58 KB
OakHall AnnSt BostonDirectory 1850.png 318 × 524; 101 KB
PaperCo BostonDirectory 1850.png 310 × 499; 78 KB
PapierMache SomersetSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 535 × 428; 213 KB
ParkStreet BeaconStreet Boston 1850s.jpg 3,601 × 2,673; 5.6 MB
PasteMan BostonDirectory 1850.png 355 × 102; 15 KB
PhillipsSampsonCo WinterSt Boston 1850s.jpg 2,736 × 3,648; 4.75 MB
Pollard CourtSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 279 × 613; 191 KB
Pond BostonDirectory 1850.png 354 × 298; 32 KB
Porter MaverickSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 417 × 351; 66 KB
Pratt BostonDirectory 1850.png 639 × 277; 69 KB
Rice MerrimacSt BostonDirectory 1852.png 612 × 531; 241 KB
Ring BostonDirectory 1850.png 354 × 210; 22 KB

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