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• Drug stores - Prescription Shoppe

  When the Prescription Shoppe closed in 2013, it was the last independent drug store in Everett. As of 2022, of the 4 drug stores operating in Everett, two are Walgreens, one is a CVS in the Target store, and one is in Costco.
• Drug stores - Gill's Rexall

  Gill's Rexall store lasted into the 1970's in Everett Square
• Drug Stores - Liggett's

  Liggett's was part of the Rexall system where individual merchants would pool their resources and buy in bulk in order to get better prices, similar to today's True Value and Ace hardware stores. Rexall was eventually pushed out by large discounters like Walgreens and CVS.
• Drug Stores - Shattuck Pharmacy

  Shattuck Pharmacy opened in the early 1890s as the Glendale Pharmacy. Later it was acquired by C.H. Shattuck and kept the name until the 1970s. The building was eventually torn down and replaced by a bank.
• Drug Stores - Harding's Drug

  Harding's Drugs started out when J.T. Harding took over Litch's Drug Store in 1911. They occupied the corner of Broadway and Hosmer St. until the 1990s, when W.F. McKinnon's took over the corner and made it part of their grocery store.
• Drug stores - Square Drug

  Paul Cohen operated Square Drug from 1958 to the early 2000's. When he retired there had been a drug store on the corner of Broadway and Chelsea St. for 130 years !
• Drug Stores - Whelan's

  Not every drug store in Everett was owned by mom and pop. Whelan's Drug store was a national chain along the lines of Walgreens. They took up the corner of Chelsea St. and Broadway in the 1920's and stayed there until 1958.
• Movie theatres - Park Theatre 1928-1987

  The Park Theatre most of us remember opened to great fanfare on Sept. 17, 1928, advertised as a state-of-the-art facility. The new owners forgot one major point. Talking films were beginning to take hold, and the Park was only set up to show silents. The Capitol and Rialto were ready to go with the new technology, and took full advantage. The Park finally re-tooled, but took awhile to catch up to the other Everett theaters. They eventually outlasted all the competition and stayed open until 1985. Two years later it was demolished to make way for a condo development.
• Movie theatres - Capitol Theatre

  The Capitol Theatre opened in the mid-1920s as the "Mark Capitol" Theatre. It was Everett's largest movie theatre, seating nearly 2000. As with the Rialto, the Capitol closed down in 1957, another victim of television. Soon afterwards, a church purchased the building and was there until the early 2000's
• Drug stores - Kimball's

  George Kimball settled in Everett in 1871. He purchased the Everett Drug Store in 1876 and renamed it after himself. In addition to being a druggist, he was a trustee of the Everett Public Library. The drug store carrying his name continued after his death in 1892.
• Drug Stores - J.B Everett

  Dr. J.B. Everett owned the earliest known drug store in Everett, opening in 1871, in the Masonic Building. Drug stores occupied the space at the corner of Broadway and Chelsea St. for the next 130 years !
• Movie theatres - Rialto Theatre

  The Rialto Theatre was located on Broadway, just north of Glendale Square. Originally the Home Theatre, the Rialto was one of three theatres that helped Everett get through the Great Depression. The Rialto closed in 1957, a victim of television.
• Everett Movie Theatres - Park Theatre 1914-1928

  The building eventually known as the Park Theatre opened on Saturday, June 6, 1914 as the Crown Theatre. They featured both live vaudeville as well as the latest moving pictures. They were not, however, an instant success. The theatre changed hands several times and underwent three name changes. First, the Olympia. Next, the Strand, and finally, the Park in 1928.
• Everett Movie Theatres - Broadway Theatre

  When the Broadway Theatre opened in 1909, most theatres featured both live and filmed entertainment, and the Broadway was no exception. The Broadway continued until 1926, when the new St. Anthony's Church purchased it and used it until 1951 as their main chapel. It was used as a parish hall until 1958, when the St. Anthony's School opened. The building was demolished in 1959.
• Movie theatres - Scenic Temple

  Everett's first movie theatre opened in 1907, on the second floor of the Masonic Building, on the corner of Chelsea St. and Broadway. It didn't last long. The Masonic Building burned to the ground in January, 1908, so Everett had to wait awhile for another movie theatre.
• WHIL Radio

  Everett used to have a radio station. In 1952 WHIL-AM signed on from a one room shack next to the Medford city dump (the present site of Wellington Station). In the beginning WHIL carried live events in Everett, Malden, and Medford, including store openings, news events, and sports. WHIL was also the first area station to broadcast rock & roll music on a full time basis. Over the years the local events were fewer and fewer and the station was sold in the late 1970s. The new owner took their FM station, which was lying nearly dormant for years, started playing a popular form of music called disco and changed the call letters to WXKS-FM. Over the years, "Kiss 108" has been one of the most popular radio stations in the Boston area, and is now part of the "I Heart Radio" chain of stations.
• Early Everett Businesses

  Early Everett businesses included Livery stables, blacksmiths, hay and grain dealers, grocers and coal dealers.
• The Domino Club

  Where else could you go to see a jazz legend, dance all night, and get his autograph all for a few bucks !
• Everett Square Sporting Goods

  Everett Square Sporting Goods was a fixture in Everett from December, 1947 to the early 2000s. Originally located on School Street, the business withstood a devastating fire in 1969, after which they set up shop on Broadway and flourished for decades.
• Playing on swings

  Children play on swings in back of old Webster School on Elm St., across from Glendale Park c.1957
• Parlin students

  Parlin students pose in front of "Character". Probably Parlin "P" winners c.1955
• Parlin Science Fair 1959

  Parlin Science Fair view from the balcony, May 6-9, 1959
• Parlin Science Fair 1959

  Parlin School Science fair 9th grade 2nd place winner 1959
• Parlin Science Fair 1959

  Parlin Science Fair 8th grade 3rd place winner 1959
• Parlin Science Fair 1959

  Parlin Science Fair 8th grade 1st place winner
• Parlin Science Fair 1959

  Parlin Science Fair 7th grade 1st place winner 1959
• Parlin Science Fair 1959

  Parlin School Science Fair 7th grade 2nd place winners.
• Parlin Science Fair 1959

  9th grade 3rd place award Parlin science fair 1959
• Old City Yards

  The old Everett City Yards on East Elm St. City services were headquartered here until the early 2000s
• Industrial Expo ribbon cutting

  Mayor Crowley cuts the ribbon to open the Everett Industrial Exposition at the old Everett Armory
• MDC Pool site

  Mayor Crowley and MDC officials at future site of pool and skating rink Oct. 20, 1959
• Ice skating

  Ice skating in back of the old Webster School, current site of the police station.
• Kaiser Fraser Dealer

  Wanna buy a new Kaiser-Fraser? Despite what the sign says, they stopped making them in 1953, three years before this photo was taken. This was one of several used car lots on Revere Beach Parkway.
• Immaculate Conception CYO Show 1953

  For many years CYO shows were an annual event. the 1953 edition was held at Everett High's Rockwood Auditorium
• Furniture making

  Furniture shop at Everett Vocational High School
• First baby in Everett 1954

  Margaret Harry, first baby born in Everett, with mother, Jan. 2, 1954
• Firemen and balloons

  Firemen blow up balloons in preparation for event.
• Boy Scouts

  A Fire Dept. Captain swears in Boy Scouts
• Fellsway Motors

  Fellsway Motors, one of several auto dealers located on Revere Beach Parkway
• Visiting Nurses

  Visiting Nurses booth at Everett International Business Expo.
• Awards presentation

  Award presented to beauty contest winner at Industrial Exposition at Everett Armory.
• Market Forge

  Local officials visit Market Forge booth at International Business Expo at Everett Armory
• GE demonstration

  A representative from General Electric demonstrates an engine to school children at International Business Expo at Everett Armory
• City of Everett Booth

  School children visit City of Everett booth at International Business Expo at Everett Armory
• Capitol Motor Transportation

  Capitol Motor Transportation booth at Industrial Exposition at Everett Armory
• 1951 Exposition

  Harry "Buddy" Coholan of the Everett Chamber of Commerce reads letter at 1951 International Industrial Exposition at Everett Armory
• Upholstery

  Upholstery class at Everett Vocational High School
• Furniture

  A teacher at Everett Vocational High School looks on as a student stencils a pattern on a newly made table
• Small engine repair

  Small engine repair at Everett Vocational High School
• Lathe

  Vocational student works on a lathe.
• Drill press

  An Everett Vocational student works a drill press.
• Photocopier

  An Everett Vocational student works on what is now a long-obsolete copy machine of some kind.
• Sheet metal

  Sheet metal class at Everett Vocational High School
• Engines

  Everett Vocational students work on engines of various types.
• Print shop

  Everett Vocational students tackle an old rotary printing press.
• Everett Vocational High School

  Student tends to an unknown machine
• Machine shop

  Machine shop class at Everett Vocational High School
• Linotype Class

  Vocational High School students learn how to use linotype, a form of typesetting since rendered obsolete with the advent of the computer.
• Mural

  Everett Vocational high school students paint a mural.
• Painting

  Students at Everett Vocational High School paint a ceiling.
• Wallpaper

  Hanging wallpaper at Everett Vocational High School
• Vocational High School gym class

  Gym class at Everett Vocational High School
• Vocational High School electronics class

  Students do electronic testing on then-state of the art electronic equipment
• Vocational High School drafting class

  Drafting class at the old Everett Vocational High School, Summer St., October 1951
• Vocational High School cabinet making

  Cabinet making class at the old Everett Vocational High School on Summer St.
• Vocational High School home economics class.

  Girls study home economics at the old Vocational High School.
• Vocational High School auto repair

  Auto repair class at the old Everett Vocational High School, 1951
• Everett Stadium

  Everett Stadium's glory years were the late 1940s to the early 1980s. The bowl shaped facility held 10,000 spectators who enjoyed sports and entertainment of all types.
• Recreation Dept. outing

  Every year the Everett Recreation Department, led by Sam Gentile, would lead an outing to a local amusement park.
• Veterans Day observance at Everett High School 1960

  Majorettes pose at war memorial in front of Everett High.
• Possemato Square dedication

  Dedication of John J. Possemato Square, corner of Valley and Winslow st., Everett. Nov. 11, 1960. John lost his life in 1944 during World War 2
• Central Wrecking Company

  Central Wrecking Company, in back of Revere Beach Parkway, June 18, 1959
• Softball league opening 1952

  Opening ceremonies at softball league opening April 27 1952
• Charity softball game for amputee veterans 1951

  Team members pose before charity softball game for amputee veterans at Everett Stadium 1951
• Warren Pipe

  Warren Pipe booth at Everett Industrial Expo at Everett Armory
• Touraine Paint

  Touraine Paint booth at Everett Industrial Expo, 1951
• Messinger Insurance

  Messinger Insurance booth at Everett Industrial Expo.
• Market Forge

  Market Forge booth at Everett Industrial Expo 1951. Market Forge manufactured commercial kitchen equipment in Everett for many years. They are now one of many companies who do business under the banner of Middleby Corporation
• Manton-Gaulin

  Manton-Gaulin exhibits a homogenizer at the Everett Industrial Expo in 1951. Manton-Gaulin manufactured commercial food processing equipment in Everett for many years.
• Eagle Shoe Co.

  Eagle Shoe shows off their latest models at the Everett Industrial Exposition in 1951. Eagle Shoe manufactured shoes until 1970, when foreign imports drove them out of business.
• C.E. Clarke Co.

  Two employees of the C.E. Clarke Co. show their wares at the Everett Industrial Exposition at Everett Armory (now the Connolly Center)
• Everett Boy Scouts

  Everett Boy scouts at the 1951 Industrial Exposition at Everett Armory (now the Connolly Center), October 1951
• Everett centennial 1870-1970

  View title in the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/everett-centennial-1970
• 1961 Babe Ruth League Opening Day

  Mayor Philip Crowley throws out the first pitch of the opening game of the Everett Babe Ruth League at Glendale Park
• Everett Day at Amusement Park

  For many years, the children of Everett were treated to a free day at an area amusement park. Among the parks were Lincoln Park in North Dartmouth, Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH, and Whalom Park in Lunenberg.
• Boston Fire Department Band

  The Boston Fire Department Band visited the Everett Fire Station in December, 1951
• Shute Library 1959

  The Shute Memorial Library as it looked in 1959. The Shute was opened in 1897, expanded in 1913 and 1961, and completely renovated in 2015.
• Santa and Friend

  Santa poses with a young friend on top of the Evans Building in Everett Square. In the background you can see the Enterprise Department Store, which later changed it's name to J.M Fields. When Fields moved out, the store was replaced by Gorin's, which was there until the late 1980s
• Santa on Chimney

  Santa gets ready to go down the chimney on top of the Evans Building on Broadway.
• Everett Stadium Interior

  Everett Memorial Stadium was expended into a 10,000 seat bowl in 1948. Over the years it hosted football, baseball, drum and bugle concerts, celebrity softball games, High School graduations, and many other events. The stadium was renovated and downsized to its present form in the 1980s.
• Everett Babe Ruth League 1961

  1961 Everett Babe Ruth League players and coaches pose for team pictures.
• WBZ Quiz Down - Centre School

  Students from Everett were featured on WBZ Radio "Quiz Down" on the evening of Feb. 27, 1952. Representing the Centre School are, standing, Janet Stella, Anthony Dascoli, Albert Poste, William Orlandi, Robert Horner, and Jean D'Orlando. Seated are hosts former major league pitcher Irving "Bump" Hadley and "Quiz Master" Verne Williams
• Valley Club Fire

  A three alarm fire destroyed the Valley Club on Third St. early in the morning of Feb. 19, 1956. The blaze caused $75,000 worth of damage and sent 3 firefighters to the hospital.
• Halloween Program

  Children's Librarian Wanda Coughlin tells scary stories on Halloween, 1987
• West Everett Branch

  Miss Loretta Swain helps a patron at the Parlin Library West Everett Branch
• Parlin addition ground breaking

  Director John Adams addresses gathering at the groundbreaking for the Parlin Library extension in April, 1990. Part of the gathering are Mayor John McCarthy (2nd L), Immaculate Conception Pastor Rev. Edmund Sviokla, and City Councillor G. Joseph Leahy (6th L.)
• Cub Scouts

  Cub Scouts with Mayor David Ragucci (rear, 2nd Left) late 1990s
• Shute staff 1999

  Shute Library staff 1999. Standing:Mark Parisi, Ellen VanDalinda. Seated: Theresa Troy, Susan Jordan
• Parlin staff 1955

  Parlin Library staff Sept. 1955. From left, unk., Helen Currier, unk., Ola George Newman, Helen Schroeder
• Parlin staff 1955

  Parlin Library staff Sept. 1955. From L., Gertrude Mattoon, unk., Millicent Starr, Austina Sennert