Gibson Society

The Gibson House Museum will complete digitization of 1,356 images contained in 21 albums, making them widely available to staff and researchers. The project will scan 1,042 historical photographs and add them, with descriptive information, to a database to make them available for exhibit, research, and educational purposes without endangering the originals. The images will be used in the museum’s website, newsletter, and other materials for museum visitors and virtual visitors. The family photos provide significant documentation of the historic home and of life in the second half of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century in the Back Bay. The database will enable sorting of images by topics such as sitter, photographer, and date, and create a report that will serve as a visual catalog.