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Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department calendars

The Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department has preserved hundreds of images of Wakefield in its annual calendar.

Contributor(s)

Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Coverage

Massachusetts--Middlesex(county)--Wakefield

Items

[Aerial photo of Wakefield business district, 1930s]

[Walton field stadium proposal]

65th Annual Banquet, Company A, October 16, 1916

Building of Veteran's Field, circa 1934

Classen Bros., Inc., 1930

Company A, Sixth Regiment Armory (Richardson Light Guard), Main & Water Street, circa 1895

Dedication of Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Wakefield Common, June 17, 1902

Dedication of the state armory, January 15, 1913

Fish Run, Montrose, 1890

Patrick J. McLaughlin, Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department's first gas supervisor

Railroad Street/North Avenue, circa 1890s

Reading Infantry Company and the Richardson Light Guard

Rink fire, rear of 390 Main Street, July 21, 1900

School department

Spanish War veterans, Richardson Light Guard, 1898

Wakefield Common, Old Home Week pageant, 1934

Wakefield Mothers' Club operetta, October 1930

Ye Barnard Inn, 8 Albion Street, circa 1925

[Band stand on Wakefield Common]

[Cyrus Wakefield mansion]

[Main Street, 1900]

[Walton Field, aerial photo]

111 Albion Street, circa 1880s

40 Salem Street, circa 1875

42nd annual exhibition and prize drill, June 11, 1927

4th of July Parade 1953

Albion Diner, circa 1940

Albion Street at Railroad Avenue, 1908

Albion Street, 1930

Albion Street, circa 1931

American Gasoline & Oil, Co., Wakefield Junction, 1931

American Reed & Willow Company, North Avenue near Main Street, circa 1924

Amoskeag Steamer, circa 1930

Arthur H. Saunders Gasoline Station, 40 Water Street, circa 1930s

Bandstand, circa 1895

Bank building, corner of Albion Street and Railroad Avenue, circa 1868

Bath house, Lake Quannpowitt, 1940

Bay State Military Rifle Association, circa 1906

Bayrd's Indian Trading Post, Main Street, circa 1985

Bear Hill Golf Club, circa 1900

Bessey Livery Stable, corner of Main and Chestnut Streets, September 1923

Bicyclists on the Common, 1890

Boat house and ice houses, Lake Quannapowitt, circa 1906

Bonney & Dutton's Old Corner Drug Store, circa 1907

Boothby's entry, Elks' Carnival, Labor Day, 1920

Boston & Maine Railroad, 1939

Bourdon Block (formerly Kingman Block), March 1946

Boys' Loyalty Day Parade, Thursday, May 1, 1924

Boys' Loyalty Day Parade, Wakefield High School Cadets and Franklin School, May 1, 1924

Boys soccer, 1967

Brown Block, 378 Main Street, December, 1938

C.W. Spear Dairy, Central Street, 1930s

Camp Plunkett, circa 1917

Camp Plunkett, Enfield rifle lecture, circa 1918

Car barns and power house, Water Street, corner of Valley and Melvin Streets, circa 1895

Carriage house at the Beebe Farm, Main Street, circa 1890

Cartland house and icehouses, Lake Avenue, (undated)

Catherine Simpson

Center House, Water Street, east of the railroad crossing, Winter, 1931

Centre Depot Station, Water Street, 1961

Charles E. Walton, Selectmen's office, December 1913

Charles N. Winship

Cheney building and store, 1868

Clipper Cove, Pleasure Island, 1959

Company A, April 7, 1917

Company A, Richardson Light Guard, Main Street circa early 1900s

Cornelius Sweetser

Corner of Main and Albion Street in 1890

Corner of Main and Centre Streets, 1930

Corner of Main and Green Streets, circa 1880

Corner of Main and Mechanic Streets (now Princess Street), circa 1860's

Corner of North Avenue and West Water Street, 1930

Cross country, 1971

Crystal Lake from Harts Hill,1913

Crystal Pharmacy, Greenwood, 1941

Cubby Hole Gift Shop, 380 Main Street, circa 1940s

Cutler Bros. Grocery and Grain, corner of Water and Main Streets, July, 1911

Cyrus Wakefield

Cyrus Wakefield estate, 1886

Departing for war, Company A, Richardson Light Guard, May 6, 1898

Department of Public Works

Diamond Lil Saloon, Pleasure Island, 1959

Downtown Wakefield, 1933

Downtown Wakefield, circa 1895-1900

Downtown Wakefield, January 24, 1935

Downtown Wakefield, July 4, 1922

Downtown Wakefield, Main Street, circa 1890s

Downtown Wakefield, spring, 1959

Dr. Charles Dutton and William Deadman, March 31, 1914

Dr. Curtis Levi Sopher, WMGLD Commissioner

Durant's Motors and Gulf Station, 795 Main Street, Greenwood, 1949

Education in Wakefield

Electric car coming from Lynn, Water Street near Brook Street, late 1890's

Elite Quality Shop, 1933

Elizabeth E. Boit

Elk Spring Beverage Company, 1944

Elks Funfest, 1930

Emmanuel Episcopal Church, parish house and rectory, circa 1905

Engine 2, Greenwood Fire Station, July 3, 1954

F.P. Hurd School, circa 1900

Field hockey, 1980

Fire department

Fire Department and the volunteers

Fire station, circa 1907

First Baptist Church, circa 1918

First Parish Congregational Church

First Parish Congregational Church, February 1909

First Parish Congregational Church, looking east on Church Street, 1909

First settlers' homesteads

Flying Yankee, Boston to Maine

Franklin School, circa 1922

G.W. Eaton, grocer delivery wagon, circa 1900

Gasoline rationing in Wakefield, July 21, 1942

Girls basketball

Girls basketball team, 1928

Girls soccer, 1980

Girls softball, 1983

Giuliano's Barber Shop, circa 1929

Gould/Walton Block, Main and Centre Streets, circa late 1930's

Grand Army Hall, Foster Street, 1905

Green House, Main Street, circa 1800s

Greenwood Block, 1931

Greenwood School, 1910

Greenwood School, grammar school baseball champions, circa early 1930s

Greenwood Station

Greenwood Union Church

Greenwood Union Church, July 31, 1921

Wakefield Upper Common, circa 1890

Wakefield, 1894

Wakefield, circa 1929

Wakefield, circa 1931

Wakefield's electric light plant, North Avenue, circa 1893, circa 1895-1900

Wakefield's history and industry

Wakefield's Volunteer Hose Company, 1894

Walsh's Diner, winter, 1936

Walton-Winship estate, North Avenue & Chestnut Street, 1914

Warren School, circa 1930's

Water festival, Wednesday, August 14, 1935

Water filtration plant - Broadway, 1927

Water Street, 1915

Water Street, looking toward Main Street, circa 1901

Welcome Home Day, October 13, 1919

Welcome home parade, October 13, 1919

Wiley's Boathouse, 1905

Wilkins Shoe Store, circa 1912

William J. Lee and Ruth Woodbury

Winship Mansion, Jordan Avenue, circa 1922

Woodville Chapel, Farm Street, circa 1912

Woodville School, 1930

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