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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

Gus' Home Bakery, 1915

H.M. Warren School and vicinity, circa 1910

Hamilton School, corner of Albion and Lake Streets, circa 1894

Hamilton School, February 25, 1902

Harts Hill forest fire watch tower, 1913

Hartshorne House

Harvard Knitting Mills, Albion and Foundry Streets, looking from Murray Street, circa 1911

Hathaway Stable fire ruins, October 23, 1899

Hathaway Stable, Mechanic (Princess) Street, April, 1925

Hathaway's six-horse barge, 1885

Highway department

Highway Department garage, North Avenue, 1930

Hiker Monument and Rockery, circa 1926

Hill's Boathouse, circa 1930's

Hitchcock Bicycle Shop, circa 1919

Holy Mary del Carmine Society Chapel, 1923

Horse drawn ladder truck, Wakefield rattan factory, 1900

Howard Johnson's Lakeside, circa 1936

Howlett's Mill, Wakefield/Saugus line, circa 1901

Hughes Garage, Main Street at Armory Street, circa 1915

Hurricane damage, 29 Lafayette Street, September 21, 1938

Intersection of North Avenue and Albion Street, June 24, 1930

Ira Wiley House - Main Street, circa 1896

J.J. Newberry Co. fire, December 4, 1938

Joseph C. Payro

Junction railroad station, circa 1907

Junius Beebe's farm, 1908

Kurrachee rugs, Wakefield Rattan Company, Arthur Dulong, driver, circa 1890s

L.B. Evans, Water Street, 1919

Ladies' Day at the Wakefield Elks Home, circa 1915

Lafayette Building, Wakefield High School, 1907

Lake Quannapowitt, a changing landscape

Lakeside Cemetery Chapel, circa 1932

Lakeside, circa 1912

Lane's Drug Store, 1950

Lilley Eaton home, corner of Main and Salem Streets, circa 1912

Lincoln School circa 1910

Lincoln School, circa 1896

Looking up to Albion Street, February 1, 1898

Lowell Street Station, 1929

Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, January 1934

Mail and communications room, American Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1958

Main and Avon Streets, circa 1921

Main Street (east side) looking toward Water Street, 1940

Main Street and Rockery, circa 1909

Main Street at Lawrence Street, circa 1890

Main Street Junction, Main Street & North Avenue, 1940

Main Street looking north, circa 1916

Main Street looking south, circa early 1900s

Main Street, Wakefield

Main Street, Wakefield in 1887

Main Street, Wakefield, spring, 1934

Maj. Suell Winn home, Elm Street

Major James H. Keough & Captain George W. Chesley

Map of Wakefield, 1875

Map of Wakefield, 1889

Members of Post 12, Grand Army of the Republic, 250th Anniversary Parade, Settlers' Day, Monday, May 28, 1894

Meriam Street, early 1900's

Methodist Church, Albion Street, 1927

Middlesex Cycle Club, circa 1890

Mike's Bob Shop, 1935

Miller Piano Company

Montrose Chapel, Salem Street, circa 1895

Montrose Station, 1915

Municipal Light Department

North Avenue, 1898

North corner of Main & Center Street, 1894

Odd Fellows Building, Main and Avon Streets, 1923

Office force, carriers and sub, Wakefield Post Office, 1892

Officer Joe Preston, Corner of Main and Mechanic (Princess) Streets, 1926

Old Home Week, Wednesday, August 15, 1934

Open and covered delivery wagons, Cutler Brothers, Main and Lincoln Streets, 1885

Opening of Route 128, August 1951

Panorama of Wakefield, 1949

Park estate, corner of Bennett and Main Streets, 1893

Peaceful Main Street

Perkins Block, October 9, 1940

Pine Street, 1910

Pitman estate, 840 Main Street, Greenwood, 1923

Pleasure Island

Pleasure Island, 1959

Pleasure Island,circa 1959

Police department

Post Office, Albion and Main Streets, 1894

Post Office, Albion Street, April 1, 1924

Postman on Main Street, 1931

Princess Theatre, 1914

Princess Theatre, circa 1944

Proctor family, circa 1899

Pumping station at Crystal Lake, 1905

Purrington Power Sprayer, circa 1900

Quannapowitt Yacht Club, Linda Road, circa 1948

Reception parade for Company A, August 25, 1917

Removing the street railway tracks, July 1949

Richardson Light Guard, Richardson home, Main and Richardson Avenue, 1877

Rosson's Quannapowitt Grove, circa 1899

Rosson's Quannapowitt Grove, circa 1910

Santoro's Cafe, 1935

Settlers' Day procession

Sons of Italy, Water Street, July 4, 1922

South end of Lake Quannapowitt, August 1948

South Main Street, circa 1930

Spanish War Veterans Welcome Home Day, October 13, 1919

Speedboat regatta, Lake Quannapowitt, summer, 1929

St. Joseph's Church

St. Joseph's Church 100th anniversary banquet, October 12, 1954

St. Joseph's Church, 1899

St. Joseph's Parochial School, circa 1930

Stage of the Wakefield Town Hall, circa 1900

State Armory, Main Street, circa 1912

Steamer Minnie Maria, circa 1873

Stereograph of the First Parish Congregational Church circa 1880s

Stout Building - Wakefield Rattan Company, circa 1866

Stringer Block, 29 Albion Street, 1937

Swimming at Lake Quannapowitt, 1948

Taylor's Hardware, 1942

Testimonial dinner for Felix Pasqualino, February 21, 1934

The altar at St. Joseph's Church, circa early 1900s

The Armory, A Company, 6th Regiment, near the corner of Main and Water Streets, 1906

The Big Freight, 1930

The Motorist's Corner, 1935

The third home of the First Parish Congregational Church, circa 1890

The wharf at Lake Quannapowitt, 1905

Thomas Emerson's Sons Shoe Manufactory Office, circa 1890

Thomas Emerson's Sons Shoe Manufacturers, corner of Yale Avenue and Main Street, May, 1894

Thomas Winship and Joshua Whittemore (1850 to 1900)

Three modes of transportation in Wakefield

Town Farm, Farm Street, 1930

Town Hall, circa 1947

Town taxi, summer, 1943

Track, 1966-1967

Traders' Block, Wakefield Square, 1930

Train #26, May 7, 1903

Tredinnicks - a Wakefield legacy

Universalist Church May Festival, 1910 or 1911

Upper Depot, circa early 1900s

Vestry, Fourth Meeting House, First Parish Congregational Church, before 1909

View from Cowdrey's Hill, circa 1876

Volunteer Hose 2, Chestnut Street at Tuttle Street, May 18, 1894

Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway, circa 1893

Wakefield & Stoneham Street Railway, circa 1907

Wakefield center, 1890

Wakefield Common and Lake Quannapowitt, circa mid-1940s

Wakefield Common, circa 1893

Wakefield Common, circa 1900

Wakefield Common, circa 1900

Wakefield Common, July 4, 1887

Wakefield Council #104, Knights of Columbus, 1923

Wakefield Daily Item, circa 1950

Wakefield Engine 3, 1938 Seagrave fire apparatus, Chief Frederick D. Graham, October 13, 1938

Wakefield filtration plant, Broadway, 1930

Wakefield Fire Department, 1915

Wakefield fire stations

Wakefield High School baseball club, 1900

Wakefield High School boys basketball, 1929-1930

Wakefield High School Cadets, spring, 1886

Wakefield High School co-eds, Church Street, May 28, 1894

Wakefield High School Drum Corps, 1900

Wakefield High School staff, 1898

Wakefield High School students, 1900

Wakefield High School students, Main Street near the Rockery, June 4, 1923

Wakefield High School, 1961 hockey team

Wakefield High School, December 25, 1897

Wakefield High School, football squad, 1927

Wakefield High School, Main Street, circa 1923

Wakefield Highway Department apparatus, Main Street, 1915

Wakefield Historical Society

Wakefield in 1882

Wakefield Light Plant, circa 1893

Wakefield mansion, 1893

Wakefield Mansion, Main Street, circa 1880s

Wakefield Mothers' Club

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department, North Avenue, 1940

Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department, Railroad Street/North Avenue, 1909

Wakefield Municipal Light Department

Wakefield Municipal Light Plant, 1919

Wakefield Municipal Light Plant, September 9, 1905

Wakefield Post Office

Wakefield rattan workers, circa 1906

Wakefield Redskins, 1961

Wakefield Rockery, circa 1910

Wakefield Savings Bank, Main and Chestnut Street, 1923

Wakefield Square as it looked in 1904

Wakefield Square in 1903

Wakefield Square, circa 1940s

Wakefield Theatre

Wakefield Theatre Block circa late 1940s

Wakefield Theatre Building, circa late 1930s

Wakefield Town Hall, 1927

Wakefield Town Hall, Main Street at Water Street, 1893

Wakefield town officials

Wakefield Trust Company, 1924

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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