Photo order page/most requested images from the Special Collections at the Concord Free Public Library.

PHOTOGRAPH ORDERS / REPRODUCTION PERMISSIONS /
MOST REQUESTED IMAGES

Concord Free Public Library Special Collections

Photograph Orders
Reproduction Permissions
Most Requested Images

Photograph Orders

For research and publication purposes, the Concord Free Public Library holds and provides access to tens of thousands of images documenting the Concord landscape (natural and built), the town’s people and life, and its historical, cultural, and literary heritage, as well as photographs of unique items—manuscripts and artwork—in the Library collections. On-site access to the Library’s photographic collections is staff-assisted—patrons are not permitted to browse holdings—and by appointment only (call 978-318-3342 to make appointments). To facilitate the search process, staff members provide such finding aids and inventories as are available for collections relevant to areas of patron interest and pull specific files, albums, microfilm reels, etc., for supervised use within the Special Collections reading room.

Those unable to visit the Library may contact Photo Archivist and Staff Assistant Constance Manoli-Skocay (cmanoli@minlib.net) for assistance in identifying potentially useful images. In addition, the Special Collections pages of the CFPL Web site (and especially Most Requested Images, below) include many representative examples of our visual holdings, which may aid those looking for particular types of images. We do not scan images specifically for individual selection purposes, but will photocopy and mail or fax a limited number for patron consideration.

Patrons who wish to obtain a copy of a CFPL image should make their requests in writing (by email or U.S. mail), including address and telephone contact information. We do not fill photo orders placed by telephone.

Images are available in 8” x 10” print form (archival quality ink on archival quality matte paper or premium glossy photographic paper) or in electronic form. The cost per image, regardless of form in which provided, is $15.00 (plus postage, when applicable) . 12” x 18” prints on matte paper are also available at a cost of $25.00, plus postage.

Visitors may not bring their own photographic equipment or scanners into the Special Collections to make copies of images held by the CFPL, nor may they remove holdings for copy work outside the Library. Moreover, works of art in the Library may not be photographed without permission from the Curator of Special Collections.

Please be aware that we do not accept rush orders, which necessitate moving earlier-placed orders out of queue. Since the CFPL fills many photo orders yearly, rush orders unfairly inconvenience others. Under the best of circumstances, a patron may receive an order within a week of requesting an image. Often, however, the process takes about two weeks, possibly longer if the order is for multiple images.

The Photo Archivist will mail a bill along with the completed order, or, if the order is sent by email, separately. We accept checks made out to the Concord Free Public Library (all foreign checks to be payable in U.S. funds). We do not accept payment by credit card.

Patrons requesting images should provide the following information:

Print, CDROM, or email transmission? We prefer to transmit electronic files on disk, since some email systems cannot accommodate the large files required by high resolution images. If it is necessary to resend an emailed image that has bounced back to us, the requesting patron will be charged an additional $15.00.
If print, what kind of paper (archival matte or premium glossy)?
If electronic file (disk or email), format (.jpg, .tif, or other)? Please be specific. We can provide all formats. For relatively informal purposes, a .jpg file may suffice. Printers and publishers often prefer .tif as it allows easy manipulation without distortion.
If electronic file, resolution? Again, please be specific. Publishers normally require high resolution images—typically 300 dpi (dots per square inch). We can provide higher, if necessary.
If electronic file, size? Unless otherwise directed, we will scan at 8” x 10”, cropping as necessary.
If print or electronic file, black and white or, when applicable, color (the latter including sepia, if that is the color of the original)?

Please direct technical questions to Technical Services Associate Librarian and CFPL Webmaster Robert C.W. Hall, Jr.

Reproduction Permissions

While we are pleased to provide prints for personal reference or home use, patrons should understand that receipt of a photograph from the CFPL does not confer the right to reproduce that image in any form. To use an image in publication or for exhibit other than home display, it is necessary to obtain formal permission.

Obtaining permission to reproduce Concord Free Public Library images (including photographs of unique items held by the Library) in publication, on the Web, or in video productions, or to include Library images in commercial display requires: (a) a written request providing the details of intended use (requests by email are encouraged); (b) inclusion of the clearly visible credit line “Courtesy Concord Free Public Library” adjacent to the image; and (c) payment of a $75.00 per image one-time use reproduction fee.

Permission for the specific use requested is granted upon payment of the reproduction fee (checks to be made out to Concord Free Public Library). Additional use of the image in any other product or form than that specified (for instance, in a separate digital version of a printed book) requires another written request and the payment of an additional reproduction fee.

Display in museum and similar exhibitions usually does not involve payment of reproduction fees (unless an image is to be included in a printed catalog), nor does use in a student presentation, in most teaching situations, or in dissertations (unless the dissertation is to be reproduced by a distribution agency). Such uses nevertheless require written requests and the inclusion of the credit line or verbal acknowledgment, as appropriate. However, all Web uses of CFPL images—even for educational purposes—require payment of the reproduction fee.

We do not distinguish between non-profit and commercial use in assessing reproduction charges for formal publication of images, nor do we grant exclusive rights to any party for use of specific images.

Please direct permissions requests to Photo Archivist Constance Manoli-Skocay (cmanoli@minlib.net), more general permissions questions to Leslie Wilson, Curator of Special Collections, (lwilson@minlib.net).

Reproduction fees help to offset the significant costs involved in maintaining, developing, and providing the services associated with the management of a major archive.

Most Requested Images

The following selection of Concord Free Public Library images is provided to suggest the range of photographs available in the Special Collections and to streamline the ordering process for some of those most frequently requested by patrons. It is—emphatically—not intended to limit patron selection. If you do not see what you are looking for here, please do not hesitate to contact us to explore other possibilities. If you find what you want, you may order it by number (indicating that you saw it on our photo order page), providing all necessary technical information (see the bulleted section, above). If an image is shown in black and white, it is available only in black and white. If it is shown in color (including sepia), please specify whether you want it in black and white or color.

1. Amos Doolittle. A View of the Town of Concord, 1775 (engraving).	2. Amos Doolittle. The Engagement at the North Bridge in Concord, 1775 (engraving).	3. Solemn League and Covenant, 1774 (front, showing printed text).
4. Solemn League and Covenant, 1774 (reverse, showing signatures only).	5. Declaration of Independence (Salem: E. Russell, 1776). Concord’s copy, addressed to William Emerson.	6. North Bridge, 1875, with celebration tents for centennial of Concord Fight in background.
7. T. Lewis. Dining Tent, interior (centennial of Concord Fight), 1875.	8. T. Lewis. Battle Monument, North Bridge, 1875.	9. Residence of Judge Hoar with President Grant and Cabinet (centennial of Concord Fight), 1875.
10. T. Lewis. Concord Square, April 19, 1875 (centennial of Concord Fight).	11. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Daniel Chester French’s Minute Man, ca. 1885-1890.	12. Keith Martin. North Bridge, 1965.
13. Edward Jarvis. Map of Concord Mass. Central Village, as it was 1810 to 1820, 1883 (drawn from memory).	14. Amos Bronson Alcott on steps of Concord School of Philosophy.	15. Amos Bronson Alcott on rustic seat.
16. Louisa May Alcott, writing at desk in Orchard House.	17. Louisa May Alcott, seated, pen in hand.	18. Louisa May Alcott, seated, reading (Conly’s Portraits).
19. Orchard House and Concord School of Philosophy.	20. Ellery Channing (copied by A.W. Hosmer from original photograph).	21. Ralph Waldo Emerson, looking to his right (photograph by Black).
22. Ralph Waldo Emerson, in lecture stance (photograph by Black).	23. Ralph Waldo Emerson, seated (photograph by Black).	24. Ralph Waldo Emerson, head and shoulders (photograph by Black).
25. Ralph Waldo Emerson (Gutekunst).	26. Title-page, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature (Boston: James Munroe, 1836).	27. Wrapper, The Dial, Vol. 1, No. 1, July, 1840.
28. Lidian Emerson holding young son Edward, ca. 1847.	29. T. Lewis. Old Manse (centennial of Concord Fight), 1875.	30. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Old Manse, ca. 1890-1895.
31. Residence of R.W. Emerson, 1875.	32. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Emerson House.	33. Margaret Fuller (copied by A.W. Hosmer from engraving).
34. Mayall (London). Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1860.	35. Wayside, showing Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne.	36. Hawthorne’s Home, “The Wayside,” Concord, Massachusetts.
37. Elizabeth Palmer Peabody.	38. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. William Torrey Harris and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody by the Concord School of Philosophy.	39. Franklin Benjamin Sanborn.
40. Samuel Worcester Rowse. Henry David Thoreau, 1854 (crayon portrait).	41. Benjamin Maxham. Henry David Thoreau, 1856 (A.W. Hosmer copy from one of three daguerreotypes—that originally held by H.G.O. Blake—by Maxham).	42. Edward S. Dunshee. Henry David Thoreau, 1861 (carte de visite copy from original ambrotype).
43. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Thoreau birthplace (Virginia Road, Concord).	44. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Thoreau’s Walden furniture (displayed in the Concord Antiquarian Society building).	45. Henry David Thoreau. Walden Pond, 1846 (manuscript survey, ink on paper).
46. Title-page, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, or, Life in the Woods (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854).	47. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Walden Pond and cairn, ca. 1890-1895.	48. Herbert Wendell Gleason. Overlooking Walden Pond toward Mt. Wachusett, from Pine Hill, Apr. 28, 1906.
49. Herbert Wendell Gleason. Egg Rock, Oct. 31, 1899.	50. Alfred Munroe. Canoe under the Leaning Hemlocks, Assabet River.	51. Monument Square from Lexington Road (showing Wright Tavern, Middlesex Hotel, flagpole, Soldiers’ Monument).
52. Alfred Munroe. First Parish in Concord (before 1900 fire and rebuilding).	53. Alfred Munroe. Wright Tavern.	54. John Warner Barber. Central Part of Concord, Mass., 1839 (engraved by J. Downes; published in 1840 in Barber’s Historical Collections).
55. A.H. Putnam. Soldiers’ Monument, Monument Square.	56. Middlesex Hotel.	57. City Hall (Town House), Concord, Mass., 1875.
58. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Monument Square and Town House, before 1895.	59. Concord Square, Concord, Mass. (looking west; showing trolley).	60. Concord Center, south side, looking west, ca. 1865.
61. Concord Center, looking east (toward Monument Square).	62. Concord Bank building (Concord Center, north side), late 1850s.	63. Concord Free Public Library, ca. 1880.
64. Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.	65. Station, Concord Junction, Mass.	66. Depot, Concord Junction, Mass.
67. Union Square, Concord Junction, Mass.	68. Commonwealth Avenue. Concord Junction, Mass.	69. Buildings of the Allen Chair Co., Concord Junction, Mass.
70. Boston Harness Co., Concord Junction (West Concord), Mass.	71. Alfred Winslow Hosmer. Damon Mill building, Main Street, Damondale (West Concord), Mass., ca. 1895.	72. Concord Reformatory (M.C.I. Concord), 1937.

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