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• Campfire day

  "Campfire Day" at the Parlin Library as the Campfire Girls pose with library director Avis Schroeder (L)
• Nativity display

  Nativity display at Parlin Library 1955. Mark Philip Lany (L) and Barbara Casali (R)
• Nativity display

  Nativity display at Parlin Library 1955. Mark Phillip Lany (L) and Barbara Casali (R)
• Mock trial

  Mock trial, staged at Parlin Library, Jan. 30, 1970
• Everett highway safety

  Parlin Library Director with Boy Scout Donald Kerr, taken during Everett Highway Safety campaign, August 31-Sept. 7, 1953
• Living Pictures

  Margaret Brooks as "Mary Poppins" in the "living pictures" program at the Parlin Library, 1956
• Ellen VanDalinda

  Ellen VanDalinda. Children's Librarian at Parlin and Shute libraries, 1984-2015
• Parlin Dedication

  Mayor John McCarthy (behind podium) dedicates the Parlin Library extension, 1991. Library Director John Adams stands far right
• Sumner Whittier

  Sumner G. Whittier (R) with Library Director Deborah Abraham (L)
• Everett rec field day 1950

  Everett Recreation Department field day. August, 1950. Held in the old Marine Corps League Park, current site of the Everett Skating Rink.
• Living Pictures

  Diane Lambros is Cinterella in the Parlin Library's "Living Pictures" program, 1956
• Franklin Park Zoo Trip

  Pre-schoolers get ready for a field trip to the Franklin Park Zoo, May, 1969
• Living Pictures

  Jane Tiernan portrays "The Proud Princess" at the Parlin Library's "Living Pictures" program in 1956
• Living Pictures

  Annett Cardillo portrays "The Pirate's Doll" at the Parlin Library's "Living Pictures" program in 1956
• Living Pictures

  Ruth Ann Iovanni is "The Little Lame Prince" in the Living Pictures progeam at the Parlin Library in 1956
• Living Pictures

  Mary Moreschi and Theresa Moreschi are "Lady and the Tramp" at the Parlin Library's "Living Pictures" program in 1956
• Living Pictures

  Robert Brooks, as "The Enormous Egg", part of a "Living Pictures" tableaux held at the Parlin Library in Spring, 1956
• Story Hour

  Helen Currier conducts Parlin Library story hour.
• Summer Reading 1956

  Summer reading prize winners. Front row,, l to r, Elaine Bosco, Joan O'Neil,. Middle row, Suzanne Malino, Marilyn Blea, Theophelia Panchyshyn, Carolyn Braczyk. Back row, Claudia Oliveri, Yvonne Mallett, and Peggy Madden, who read 51 books and wrote the winning essay.
• St. Anthony's Church

  St. Anthony's moonlight sail committee. Front row, Bob Caramanica, unk., Horace Rocco, Fr. Peter Bortolazzo, Mr. Romboli, unk., Angelo D'Agostino. Back row, unk., Billy DiNardo, Richard Rocco, unk., Frank Striano
• St. Joseph's minstrel show

  Cast photo from the St. Joseph's Parish minstrel show
• Shore Side opening 1958

  Opening of the Shore Side restaurant and nightclub on Revere Beach Parkway
• Mayor Crowley at July 4 bonfire

  Mayor Crowley poses at site of July 4 1951 bonfire
• 1921 Everett High Football

  The 1921 EHS football team poses in front of the old high school on Summer St. Seated front and center is team captain Andrew J. "Swede" Oberlander, who would be named Boston Globe All Scholastic at Left Tackle. Swede would go on to play at Dartmouth, and would eventually be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.
• Parlin Library 1961

  A busy children's room at the Parlin Library 1961
• Parlin Library 1961

  Children crowd the circulation desk at the Parlin Library
• Parlin Library 1961

  Helen Cook at the Woodlawn branch of the Parlin Library
• Parlin Library 1961

  Gertrude Matoon (L) and Ruby Jackson (R) at Parlin Library circulation desk
• Parlin Library 1961

  Library Director Helen Currier and Louise Quigley
• Parlin Library 1961

  Helen Cook, Information Librarian, helps a patron.
• Kiwanis talent show

  Talent show presented by the Everett Kiwanis Club at Everett High School, 1954
• July 4, 1963 parade

  Independence Day parade on Broadway, 1963.
• Christmas pageant

  Parlin School Christmas pageant
• Vocational students

  Everett Vocational High School students work on projects
• Glendale Park Flood

  Children play in flooded Glendale Park 1949
• WBZ Quiz Down at Horace Mann School

  Students from Everett were featured on WBZ Radio "Quiz Down" on the evening of Feb. 27, 1952. Representing the Horace Mann School are, Standing, Ruth Skane, Richard O'Brien, Richard Talbot, David Herlihy, Nancy King, and Nancy Styles. Seated are hosts former major league pitcher Irving "Bump" Hadley and "Quiz Master" Verne Williams
• Mayor Crowley and Danny Doherty

  Mayor Crowley poses with Danny Doherty, owner of a local driving school
• Lower Broadway

  Lower Broadway July 13, 1959
• Heart Fund 1952

  Heart Fund 1952 Mayor Crowley and Tom Schatz
• Hancock St. and Central Ave. 1956

  Corner of Hancock St. and Central Ave. after a snowstorm April 1956
• French Club Outing

  French Club outing to Fenway Park July 27, 1960
• William P. Canty

  William P. Canty spent 45 years in the Everett school system. He retired as Superintendent in 1967
• Victoria St. Parking Lot

  Victoria St. parking lot before paving, early 1950s
• Parlin School Basketball

  Parlin School basketball team poses with trophy, early 1950s
• Mayor Crowley and Ambrose English

  Philip Crowley, Mayor of Everett from 1949 to 1965, shakes hands with longtime City Councillor Ambrose English, acting Mayor in 1948, following the death of Mayor Frank E. Lewis
• Everett City Yards

  The headquarters for building services and public works was located at the City Yards on East Elm St. It was replaced by a new facility on Tileston St. in the early 2000s
• Franklin School

  Students at the Franklin School probably early 1950s. The Franklin School was a wooden schoolhouse built in the late 1800s on Thorndike St. in the "Lynde" section of Everett
• Fashion Show

  St. Therese CYO fashion show circa 1955-1960
• Expo 1951 Everett Vocational High School

  Everett Vocational High School Print Shop booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951
• Expo 1951 Terminal Motors

  Terminal Motors booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951
• Expo 1951 Red Cross Bond Brothers

  Bond Brothers Construction sponsored a Red Cross booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. Bond Brothers was founded in Everett in 1909 and has grown into a major regional construction company.
• Expo 1951 New England Bolt

  New England Bolt Company booth at the Everett Industrial Expo 1951
• Expo 1951 New England Tank and Tower

  New England Tank and Tower Co. booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. According to their 1912 catalog, they were "manufacturers of wood tanks, dye tubs, and special equipment"
• Expo 1951 Monsanto Chemical

  Monsanto came to Everett in 1929, and left in the early 1990s. The Encore casino occupies that spot today.
• Expo 1951 Met Lithograph

  Met Lithograph booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951
• Expo 1951 Haley Cate

  Haley Cate booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951
• Expo 1951 H.R. Grant Catering

  H.R. Grant Catering booth at the Everett Industrial Expo 1951
• Expo 1951 General Electric

  General Electric Foundry booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. GE had a plant in Everett for many years and was a vital part of the war effort in World War II
• Expo 1951 Everett Tire Co.

  Everett Tire Co. booth at the Everett Industrial Expo 1951
• Expo 1951 Everett Co-Operative Bank

  Everett Co-Operative Bank booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951
• Expo 1951 Esso

  Esso Standard Oil Company booth at Everett Industrial Expo 1951. Esso (now Exxon) had one of the few oil refineries located outside of the South for many years.
• Expo 1951 DuPont

  DuPont Paints booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951
• Expo 1951 CPC Engineering

  CPC Engineering booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951
• Expo 1951 Coe Chevrolet

  Coe Chevrolet booth at Everett Industrial Expo 1951
• Expo 1951 City of Everett

  City of Everett booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951
• Expo 1951 C.B. Sawyer Tires

  C.B. Sawyer Tires booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. C.B. Sawyer Tires was located on Chelsea St., at the corner of Clinton St.
• Expo 1951 Bunny Bear

  Bunny Bear booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. Bunny Bear made baby furniture in Everett for many years.
• Expo 1951 Boy Scouts/Everett National Bank

  The Everett National Bank sponsored a Boy Scouts booth at the Everett Industrial Expo in 1951
• Expo 1951 Borden Company

  Borden Company booth at Everett Industrial Exposition, 1951
• Expo 1951 Acme Printing

  Acme Printing booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition, October 1951.
• Everett Square after snowstorm looking north

  Snow snarls traffic on Broadway going north after a snowstorm circa 1930. This was before cities had widespread plowing and road treatment.
• Everett Square after snowstorm looking south

  A line of streetcars lines Broadway going south after a snowstorm, circa 1930
• Everett Stadium 1959

  In 1948, Everett Stadium was expanded into a horseshoe-type stadium which seated 10,000 spectators. Events such as EHS football, drum and bugle competitions, and guest appearances by WBZ-TV's Rex Trailer, among others, would draw capacity crowds. The stadium was renovated and capacity was reduced in the early 1990s
• Everett Schools art exhibit

  Everett students celebrate American Art Week in November, 1958
• Everett School Committee 1958

  Members include front row: Dr. William H. Gerety, Letty R. Russo, Dr. William H. Harrington, Joseph A. Curnane. back row: Mabel Curnane, Dr. LeRoy Kelley, Albert E. Morris, Charles E. Brickley, Margaret Denny
• Little League All-Stars

  Everett Little League American League all-stars at Everett Stadium, circa 1960
• Everett fire dispatch

  Everett fire officials show off the control center on Elm St.
• Everett Bargain Days

  Mayor Crowley (c) and store owner Eli Raphael (r) during Everett Bargain Days c.1950-1960
• Enterprise Stores "grand opening"

  Enterprise Stores, a long time fixture in Everett staged a "grand reopening" in the early 1950s. Eventually, they changed their name to J.M. Fields and left Everett in the early 1960s. The building was then taken over by Gorin's, and stayed in Everett until the late 1980s. The building was destroyed by fire in November, 1991
• Everett High School science fair

  Mayor Crowley (R) with students at the EHS Science Fair in 1959
• Everett High School graduation 1951

  Everett High School graduation at Everett Stadium 1951
• Everett High School history class

  History class at Everett High School
• Everett High School geography class

  Geography class at Everett High School
• Everett High School biology class

  Biology class at Everett High, 1951
• Cities Service station

  Cities Service station on Chelsea St. looking west toward Everett Square. Cities Service changed its name to Citgo in 1964, and is the source of the famous sign overlooking Fenway Park
• Bow St. and Lynde St. 1959

  Cars parked at the triangle where Lynde St., Bow St., and Broadway come together. Sordillo's Lunch was a fixture at the "Lynde" for many years.
• Barber shop display 1960

  Display honoring war veterans, Nov. 11, 1960
• Barber shop display 1960

  Mayor Crowley (second R) and onlookers observe a display honoring war veterans on Vetrerans Day 1960
• Model T

  A man poses next to his Ford Model T on Wolcott St.
• Wolcott St.

  Houses on Wolcott St., looking nothing like the thickly settled street of today.
• Whittemore House

  House owned by William Whittemore, a local shoemaker on what is now Norwood St. Originally part of Chelsea St., Norwood St. was a residential street until the 1920s, when many of the dwellings were demolished to make way for storefronts.
• West side of Everett Ave. at Chelsea St.

  West side of Everett Ave. at Chelsea St.
• Walnut St. and Morris St.

  The store front at the corner of Walnut and Morris Streets would later be home to "Luigi's Market", and would be there for more than a half century before closing in 2019
• School and Main St.

  The intersection where School St. meets Main St.
• Florence and Nichols Streets

  Corner of Florence and Nichols Streets. A playground now occupies this site.
• Church and Liberty St.

  A storefront at the corner of Church and Liberty St. The Everett Leader Herald newspaper has occupied this building since the 1950s
• Broadway and Second St.

  Nearly everything in this photograph of the corner of Broadway and Second Street was razed to make room for a U.S. Post Office in 1938. The Post Office moved to Norwood St. some time ago, but the building is still standing.
• Dollar Day

  Excited customers crowd in front of J.W. Philbrick's "dry goods" store at the corner of Broadway and Norwood St. for "dollar day". Many may remember that corner from when the S.S. Kresge store occupied the space.
• Everett Springs

  Fresh springs ran underground in the area of Chelsea and Ferry Streets for many years. The Everett Crystal Springs Bottling company sold fresh spring water from that corner until the early part of the 20th century.
• Everett car barns

  The Everett car barns were located in North Everett near the Malden line from the early 20th century until 1964, when "trackless trolleys" were replaced by buses. The Archdiocese of Boston later purchased the property and built Pope Jon XXIII High School.