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Lynn Public Library, Lynn, Mass.

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Historic images of homes and businesses in Lynn, Mass.

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Institution: Lynn Public Library

Coverage

Massachusetts--Essex (county)--Lynn

Items

Public library, City Hall, reference room, 1892-99

Public library, City Hall, trustees' room, 1892-1899

Public library, north gallery, City Hall

Public library. City Hall. Delivery Room. 1898. Jane L. Benson. Eliz. E. Rule. Helen Austin.

Public library, librarians' room, City Hall, 1898

Public library, City Hall, reading room, 1892-1899

Public library, site of new building, shows all houses standing, 1897

Public library construction work, front and side views

Public library construction work, front and side views

Public library, construction work, pillars (rough)

Laying cornerstone of public library, July 23, 1898

Public library, excavations

Public library, excavations

Public library, construction, raising columns

Public library, construction, raising columns

Public library, site of public library before removal of buildings

Public library, construction work

Public library, construction and laying of the corner stone

Public library, construction and laying of the corner stone

Public library, construction and laying of the corner stone

Public library, excavating for building

Public library construction work, 1900-1902, corner views

Public library construction work 1900-1902, corner views

Lynn Public Library

Public library, showing Soldiers and Sailors Monument in the foreground

Public library, showing intersection of North Common and Franklin Streets, 1928

Public library, showing close-up of Revolutionary monument on lawn

Public library, Illuminated

Public library, 1928

Public library, columns, From West Side.

Public library before building of Boys' Club

Public library, front & east side

Public library in Lynn City Hall,. W.T. Bowers' Collection

Public library, Matthews Branch

Public library, Matthews Branch

Public library, Matthews Branch

Public library, Matthews

Public library, Matthews

Public library, Matthews

Public library, Matthews Branch

Public library, Matthews Branch

Public library, Matthews Branch

Public library, Matthews Branch

Public library, Matthews Branch

Public library, Shute Branch

Public library, Shute Branch, Interior

Public library, Shute Branch, children's room, fireplace

Public library, Shute Branch, children's room

Public library, Wyoma Branch, 1950

Harriet L. Matthews, librarian of Lynn Public Library, 1904-1916

Public library float, Centennial Parade, June 17, 1950

Public library float, Centennial Parade, June 17, 1950

Public library, children's room, first floor, 1910-20

Public Library, 1917

Public Library, stairway to Reference Department, 1920

Public library, reading room, showing mural

Public Library, central desk Dec. 13, 1946

Public library, rotunda dome before redecorating, Nov. 1960

Public library rotunda, main desk additional lights

Public Library, rotunda, looking toward public catalog

Public library, reference room

Public library, reference room (front), 1927?

Public library, reference room, columns of rotunda

Public library, reference room, columns (close-up), 1928

Public Library, reference, 1906

Public Library, reference, 1906

Public library, reference room, 1950

Public Library, boy's & girl's Department, Jan. 31, 1920

Public library, reference room, 1928

Public library, reference room

Public Library, boys & girls department; new room opened Jan. 31, 1920

Public Library, boys and girls department, opened Jan. 31, 1920

Public Library, catalog room, 1950

Public library, fiction room, 1975

Public library, office 1900-14 (Trustees' Room)

Public library, newspaper room, 1900-1920

Iron Kettle at library

Public library shut-in service, 1950

Public library, readers' advisor, Louise Boudreau, 1950

Blind readers of Lynn Public Library, 1907

Public Library, Houghton Branch

Public Library, Houghton Branch, 1950

Public Library, Matthews Branch, 1914

City Hall, 1890's

Old Tavern, Lynnfield

Blood's Market, 1911

U.S. Post Office

Highland Fire House

Fire Apparatus at Center Steet and Market Square, circa 1890

Item building and south side of Mount Vernon Street

Police Station, Central

Broad Street Fire Station

Chestnut Street Fire Station, corner of Pond Street.

Commercial Street Fire Station

Fire apparatus, Tower Hill Fire Station, 1985

Fayette Street Fire Station

Federal Street fire Station

Fire Apparatus, 1914

Court House, Lynn District

City Hall, decorations for the Trade Carnival, Oct. 4-9, 1897

City Hall, showing some of the square

City Hall, showing iron fence, 1898

Memorial City Hall, 1959

City Hall, 1903

City Hall, First Methodist Church and Rhodes Building in background

Franklin Street Fire Station

Post Office building; Lynn Business College; Lynn Historical Society

Highland Fire Station

Ladder Truck in front of Broad Street Station, 1950

Ladder #4 of Lynn, circa 1906

Lewis Street Fire Station

Tower Hill Fire Station

Wyoma Fire Station, Broadway

Lynn Hospital, Boston Street, 1985

Machine Shop, Cliff and Walnut Streets

Otis Mill, Boston Street

Elks Building, corner of Spring and Exchange Street July, 27, 1959

New England telephone and telegraph company building, Oxford Street

Fuller Building, Central Square

Tolman Building, north corner of Market and Liberty Streets

Osborne Block, west corner of Centre Street and Market Square

Lee Hall Building, City Hall Square

Elk's building, south corner of Spring and Exchange Street

Tewksbury and Caldwell Storage Warehouse, South Street

Hammond and Armour Packing Co., Pleasant Street

Tewksbury and Caldwell Storage Warehouse, Office, 55 South Street

D.B.P. Power Store, Central Avenue and Blake Street, east corner

Boscobel, Old Arcade, Market Square

Mildred Range, Market Square

Pumping Station Lynn Works Walnut Street, circa 1879

Beden Hardware, 93 Munroe Street, 1985

Beden Hardware, 93 Munroe Street, 1985

Beden Hardware, 93 Munroe Street, 1985

Shoe factories: old and new

General Electric Co., River Works from Fox Hill Bridge

Hiram N. Breed Shoe Shop

Shoemaker's shop of Joseph Lye, sometime before 1800

Lye Shoe Shop, Essex Street, interior

Bay State Wheel Co., corner Western Avenue and Federal Street

P.P. Tapley, & Co., Kid and Morocco Manufactory, 114 Broad Street

Parrott Shoe Shop, Olive Street

Hoague-Sprague Shoe factories (exteriors)

A.E. Little and Company, shoe manufacturer; stitching room, 70 Blake Street : view 3

A.E. Little and Company, shoe manufacturer; stitching room, 70 Blake Street: View 6

A.E. Little and Company, shoe manufacturer; stitching room, 70 Blake Street

A.E. Little and Company, shoe manufacturer; stitching room, 70 Blake Street: View 4

A.E. Little and Company, shoe manufacturer; stitching room, 70 Blake Street: View 1

A.E. Little and Company, shoe manufacturer; stitching room, 70 Blake Street: View 5

A.E. Little and Company, shoe manufacturer; stitching room, 70 Blake Street: View 7

A.E. Little and Company, shoe manufacturer; stitching room, 70 Blake Street: View 2

Lennox, Patrick and Co., Kid, Goat, and Morocco, 162 Market Street, 1890

Lover's Leap Spring Water Co., Forest Avenue

Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham home and laboratory, 233-235 Western Avenue, 1879

Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham laboratory, Western Avenue

Central Square Theatre, Union Street

Hospital for treatment of tuberculosis

Intervale Club, Glenmere Square

Odd Fellows' Hall, East Lynn

Lynn Hospital, 1985

Lynn Hospital, 1985

Oxford Club, showing delta of Washington Square

Casino, Summer Steet

Auditorium Theatre, 21 Andrew Street

City Hall, 1929

First Post Office

Policemen and patrol wagon

Father Mathew building, Summer Street

Women's Union, office industrial relief laundry, Olive Street

Women's Club House, Washington Street

Hospital for contagious diseases, Holyoke Street

Dirigo Clubhouse, Chatham Street

Swift's Plant, Market Street

Post Office until 1934

Lynn Policeman with callbox

Blacksmith shop

Buffum's Shoe Factory

Fuller buildings on Liberty Square and Union Street

Fuller buildings on Liberty Square and Union Street

Moulton's Factory Marion Street

Standard Cement Works, West Lynn

Stevens & Newhall Coal Co., Sea Street, south side, from Market Street

Lynn Hospital, 1898

Lynn Hospital, about 1911

Lynn Hospital, Annex

City Home, Tower Hill, 1902

Home for aged women, North Common Street, 1898

City Home, Old Almshouse, Chestnut Street

City Home (old), Tower Hill

Home for aged women, North Common Street

Lynn City Home, Tower Hill

Lynn Theatre, Summer Street

Lynn Theatre, interior : stage, pit and balconies, 40 Summer Street

Olympia Theatre, 408 Washington Street

Theatre Comique, 95 Monroe Street

Old Lyceum building, corner of Summer and Market Streets

Boys' Club of Lynn, Massachusetts, 169 Liberty Street

Dirigo Club, corner of Chathum and Clarendon Streets

Odd Fellow's building, East Lynn

Odd Fellow's building, West Lynn

Dreamland Theatre, Andrew Street

Oxford Club House

General Electric Co., holdings on west side of Federal Street

Witt House, Market Square

Waite House, North Bend Street

Cyrus Tracy House, Linwood Road, Pine Hill

Thompson House: "Black Mash"

Amos P. Tapley House, corner of mall and north Common Streets

Sweetser Estate, Ocean Street

Spinney Houses, corner of Church and South Common Streets

Benjamin F. Spinney Residence, Ocean Street

Joseph N. Smith Residence, Ocean Street

Ammi Smith House, North Common Street

Reynolds House, Boston Street

Rand House, Boston Street

Moll Pitcher House

Moll Pitcher House

Philip Chase's residence, situated on Pleasant Street at corner of Bond Street, 1928

Isaac Organ House, Strawberry Avenue

Old House, Boston Street near Hudson Square

Joseph Fuller House, Liberty Square

Mary Baker Eddy's room in Broad Street home

William Johnson House, while he was mayor, Centre Street

George Hood House while he was mayor, Essex Street

Home of Mary Baker Eddy, Broad Street

Holder House, Tapley Street, Pine Hill

Judge Harmon House, corner of Baker and north Common Streets

Flagg-Gray House, Marion Street, south of Boston Street

Hawthorne House, site of Lynn Hospital

Flagg-Gray House Marion Street.

Franklin Street, corner Cobbet Place

Guild Homestead

Joseph Fuller House, corner of Liberty Square and Front Street (now Broad), about 1800

Lawrence House, Ocean Street

Dr. Little House corner of Washington Square and Nahant Street

Lawrence House, Ocean Street : quaint wallpaper

Lawrence House, Ocean Street: staircase

Mansfield or Breed House, corner of Boston and Cedar Streets

Squire James Newhall House

Judge Newhall House, Walnut and Holyoke Streets

Mansfield-Moulton House, Boston Street

Moulton House, corner of Boston and Moulton Streets

A.E. Little residence, 264 Ocean Street : view of Ocean from rear

A.E. Little residence, 264 Ocean Street : view of grounds.

A.E. Little residence, 264 Ocean Street : view from boulevard.

Mansfield (or Graves) House, Western Avenue

Augustus B. Martin House, 7 High Rock Avenue, 1879

30 Franklin Street

Flagg-Gray House Marion Street: rear view

Mansfield-Moulton House, 397 Boston Street

Arthur J. Northrup House, 20 Baker Street

A.E. Little residence, 264 Ocean Street, Winter : view 1

Stephen R. Davis Residence, 28 Eastern Avenue

Building on street corner

Sagamore Hotel, Union Square

Lynn Hotel, junction of Western Avenue and North Common Street, circa 1880

Home of Mary Baker Eddy, Broad Street

Littlefield building, showing High Rock Tower in the background

Adams building, corner Summer and George Streets

Kirtland House, Summer Street

Breed Tavern (old) Federal Square

John Wooldridge House, Wave Street

Wood and Tebbitts House, Franklin Street

Sorosis annex, 83 Broad Street : view from rear

Sorosis annex, 83 Broad Street : side view

Sorosis annex, Broad Street and Washington Square, Coffin Estate

Charles A. Coffin House, Ocean Street

North Congregational Church parsonage

Birth Place of Lt. Gov. William Gray; also of Dr. John Flagg of revolutionary fame

Aunt Mary Breed House, Breed's Square

Attwill House, Whiting Street, 1681

Nathan Breed House, Broad Street

J.N. Buffum House, while he was mayor, Lawton Avenue

John Chase House, Franklin Street

Collins House (old), Maple Street

William Connery House, while he was mayor, Wheeler Street

Hiram Breed House, while he was mayor; corner of Breed and Lewis Streets

Bacheller House, 51 Franklin Street

Breed House, corner of Summer and Orchard Streets

William L. Baird House on Elm Street, lived here when mayor

Bacheller House

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