Image Galleries
Gallery Category: Early Workers
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Mary Baker Eddy's Household at Chestnut Hill, Part Two
September 13, 2010
This gallery (continued from the June 2010 image gallery, Mary Baker Eddy’s Household at Chestnut Hill, Part One) presents images of historic photographs from Longyear's collection. It introduces more of the people who staffed Mrs. Eddy's home and headquarters at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. View This Gallery »
Mary Baker Eddy's Household at Chestnut Hill, Part One
June 21, 2010
In this gallery of images from Longyear's collection of historic photographs, you'll meet a number of the people who staffed Mrs. Eddy's home and headquarters at Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, where she lived from January 1908 to December 1910. View This Gallery »
Pioneer Portraits: Christian Science Pioneers in the American Midwest
January 18, 2010
Through this gallery of images from Longyear's collection of portraits and historic photographs you'll meet a pioneering group of Christian Scientists in the American Midwest. These images represent a blend of spiritual conviction, rugged individualism, and courage that enabled them to introduce Christian Science along the American frontier in the 1880s. The stories of these and other courageous Christian Science pioneers are told in this Image Gallery and also in Longyear's documentary film, "The Onward and Upward Chain." View This Gallery »
Imparting a Fresh Impulse: Mary Baker Eddy's Class of 1898
September 21, 2009
This Image Gallery (September 2009) tells the story of Mary Baker Eddy’s 1898 class. She said that her work with that class “changed the character of the entire Field.” The picture-story includes portraits, documents, photographs, and artifacts from Longyear’s collection that are on display in the Museum’s exhibit: Imparting a Fresh Impulse – Mary Baker Eddy Teaches the Class of 1898. View This Gallery »
Christian Scientist Association Picnic, July 1885: A Study in Contrasts
July 20, 2009
The faces in the remarkable photograph of the Point of Pines picnic are a study in contrasts. Taken July 16, 1885, the image depicts members of the Christian Scientist Association — students of Mary Baker Eddy — celebrating its ninth anniversary. Seated side by side are those who would stand resolutely with their teacher – and those who would break away from her and even attack her. View This Gallery »
Mrs. Eddy's Household at Pleasant View
May 19, 2009
Mrs. Eddy directed those who were interviewing prospects for her household to send her workers “who will stand.” Scrapbook photos in this gallery recall eight of the steadfast helpers who stayed the course, watching and working. View This Gallery »