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Herbert Wendell
Gleason (1855-1937)
Inventory of Thoreau Society Prints of Herbert W. Gleason
Photographs
ca.
1899-1937
Scope and Content Note:
This portion of The Thoreau Society Archives
consists of three boxes of modern prints of Gleason photographs of
“Thoreau Country” procured from either Roland Robbins or Nick Mills.
Roland Robbins, a past President of the Thoreau Society, purchased
the glass negatives of the Gleason images from the print house of John
Handy when it closed. He
preserved and reproduced them for publication and purchase.
The collection was later sold to Nick Mills who continued to
reproduce and market the images.
The glass plate negatives have recently been purchased by the Concord
Free Public Library for their collection.
Herbert W. Gleason Photographs : Box 1
Large Tree, heavy snow-laden by path from Brister’s Spring?” B&W 7.25” x 10”. Feb. 17, 1902. Written in pencil on verso: “deep snow in Walden Woods p. 242.”
Untitled. (Along shore from Thoreau’s Cove toward Railroad at Walden). B&W 7.25”x9.5”. Dated “Feb. 9.”
Untitled. (Skunk Cabbage). B&W 7.75”x9.5”. N.d. Written in pencil on verso: “2/13 1851.”
B&W 9.75”x7.25”. N.d. Written in pencil on verso: “8/31/1855”.
Untitled. (Frost on windows). B&W 7.25”x9”. 12-15-37.
Ox-eyed Daisies. B&W 9.5”x7.75”. 6-26-1917. Written in pencil on verso: “6-24-1856.”
Fringed Polygala. (Gay Wings). B&W 9.5”x7”.Written in pencil on verso: “5-17-1853.”
Barrett’s Mill Pond. B&W 9.5”x7.5”. 11-7-1899. Written in pencil on verso: “4-11-1852, 11-7-1899.”
Lady’s Slipper. B&W 7.25”x9.5”. N.d. Written in pencil on verso: “6-5-1856.”
Untitled. (View of pond). B&W 6.75”x9.75”. N.d.
Untitled. (View of pond at either sunrise or sunset). B&W 6.75”x9.75”. N.d.
Large Tree, heavy snow-laden by path from Brister’s Spring?” B&W 7.25” x 10”. Feb. 17, 1902. Written in pencil on verso: “deep snow in Walden Woods p. 242.”
Herbert W. Gleason Photographs : Box
2
Untitled. (Island at “Eddy Bend,” Concord, Mass.). B&W 9.5”x6.5”. N.d.
Southegan Brook, From Railroad Bridge, Merrimack New Hampshire. B&W 6.5”x9.5”. N.d. Stamped: Roland Robbins Collection At Lincoln, Mass. 01773. Print #428.
Up River. Village Spire in distance from riverbank below Billerica Center. B&W 9.5”x6.5”. N.d.
Untitled. (View of bay from hilltop). B&W 6.5”x8.5”. N.d.
Untitled. (View from hilltop). B&W 6.75”x9”..” N.d.
Untitled. (Beech (?) seedling). B&W 6”x7.75”. N.d.
Untitled. (Sunrise from harbor, Chatham, Cape Cod). B&W 5.5”x6/75”. N.d.
Untitled. (River bend). B&W 6.5”x9.5.” N.d.
Untitled. (River bend). B&W 6.5”x9.5.” N.d.
Untitled. (Body of water with two banks). B&W 9.5”x6.5.” N.d.
Mount Temple, Canadian Rockies (Herbert W. Gleason in foreground) taken July 6 1905, by Herbert W. Gleason (1855-1937); a rare and talented early wilderness Photographer. Off-set lithography. Unknown publication. Image of Herbert Gleason standing viewing the Canadian Rockies.
Untitled. (View from Fairhaven Hill, Concord) B&W 9.5”x6.5.” February 9, 1901.
Untitled. (large base tree with pachysandra-like growth around the base). B&W 9”x6.5”. N.d.
Herbert W. Gleason Photographs : Box
3
Untitled. (A dirt road with trees along side and a prominent white birch). B&W 13.5”x10.75”. N.d.
Untitled. (A farmer, three children in a wagon pulled by two oxen in front of a barn). 12.125”x10.75”. N.d.
Untitled. (Light house on rocky coast) B&W 10.75”x12.5”. N.d.
Untitled. (Twig with leaves and berries). B&W 10.5”x13.5”.” N.d.
Untitled. (Woodland scene). B&W 10.5”x13.5”. N.d.
Untitled. (Woodland scene). B&W 10.5”x14”. N.d.
Untitled. (Pond with barrel in foreground). B&W 8.5”x6”. N.d.
Untitled. (Pond with banks consisting of thick black trees). Black & whit. 5.125”x7.25”. N.d.
Untitled. (A field or a marsh). B&W. 6”x8”. N.d.
Untitled. (Ground in the forest). B&W 7”x8”. N.d.
Untitled. (Walden Pond?). B&W 7”x8”. N.d.
Untitled. (View of Mt. Ktaadn). B&W 6/5”x8.5”. N.d.
Untitled. (River falls). B&W 8.5”x6.5”. N.d.
Untitled. (Swamp maples in blossom). B&W 7.5”x9.5”. Written in pencil on verso: “vol. 12, p. 244, f.6, 7/19/1859.”
Untitled. (Snow scene with twigs and berries popping out of the snow). B&W 9.5”x7.25”. N.d.
Untitled. (Swamp pink and pine tree). B&W 7.25”x9.75”. Written on verso: 6-23-1853.
Wood anemones. B&W 7.25”x9.2”. 5 11/1912. Written on verso: 5-4 cm x 39 ¼
Brister’s Spring. B&W 7”x9.5”. N.d. Written in pencil on verso: “commonly I rested an hour or two in the shade at noon.”
Untitled. (Hilltop view). B&W 6.35”x9”. N.d.
Old windmill. Chatham, Cape Cod. B&W 13”x9.5”. Nov. 19, 1903. Reproduced by Nick Mills 8-22-72, Gleason Neg. # cc2.
Untitled / Photo 1 of 2. (Hilltop view). B&W Two 8”x6.5” attached to backing to for panoramic view. N.d.
Untitled / Photo 2 of 2. (Hilltop view). B&W Two 8”x6.5” attached to backing to for panoramic view. N.d.
Untitled. (A dirt road with trees along side and a prominent white birch). B&W 13.5”x10.75”. N.d.
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may be
reproduced without
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