Image Galleries

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »