Items

• Warren School: Melrose, Mass.

  Warren School class photo, 1893. 2nd from left - girl plaid dress - Maude S. [Hoa].
• Warren School: Melrose, Mass.

  Warren School class photos, 1914 or 1915. Student names listed on back.
• Horace Mann School: Melrose, Mass.

  Horace Mann School class photo, 1880-1882. My father, Edward Theodore Morcombe standing by left-hand side door casing wearing light suit & dark tie. Mrs. Squires, 204 Washington St.
• Horace Mann School Pupils: Melrose, Mass.

  Horace Mann School pupils about 1890. William Thayer Barry in from row center with cap in hand. Son of Royal Pierce Barry, who was grandfather of Royal Barry Wills. Edwin Wood (father of Edwin B. Wood, former Captain of Fire Dept.) is in second row, fourth from the right.
• Horace Mann School: Melrose, Mass.

  Horace Mann School class photo, 1880-1882. A.E. Alden, 63 Court Street, Boston, Mass.
• Hot Topping Winthrop Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Hot topping on Winthrop Street, Melrose, Mass.
• The Monitor Street Sprinkler: Melrose, Mass.

  The monitor street sprinkler at close of nineteenth century.
• Melrose Memorial Hall: Melrose, Mass.

  Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building located at 590 Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose Memorial Hall: Melrose, Mass.

  Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building located at 590 Main Street, Melrose, Mass
• Melrose City Hall: Melrose, Mass.

  Pre-1936 image of Melrose City Hall located at 562 Main Street, Melrose, Mass. The Town Hall was the home of the Library and Reading Room from 1874-1891.
• Melrose City Hall: Melrose, Mass.

  Pre-1936 image of Melrose City Hall located at 562 Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose City Hall: Melrose, Mass.

  Pre-1936 image of Melrose City Hall located at 562 Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose City Hall: Melrose, Mass.

  Melrose City Hall located at 562 Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose City Hall: Melrose, Mass.

  Pre-1936 image of Melrose City Hall located at 562 Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Lyman's Market: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Lyman's Market, Melrose, Mass.
• Goff's Jewelers: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Goff's Jewelers, Melrose, Mass.
• Clement's Dept. Store: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Clement's Dept. Store, Melrose, Mass.
• Bean & Cole Plumbing: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Bean & Cole Plumbing, Melrose, Mass. Chet Wilson behind counter.
• Lillian's Gift Shop: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Lillian's Gift Shop located in Franklin Square, Melrose, Mass.
• Bellevue Shop: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Bellevue Shop, Melrose, Mass.
• Sugar & Spice Bakery: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Sugar & Spice Bakery located on Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Haslam's Drug Store: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Haslam's Drug Store, Melrose, Mass.
• Newhall's Shoe Store: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Newhall's Shoe Store on Main Street, Melrose, Mass. George Newhall standing holding a box of shoes.
• Middlesex Coin and Stamp Shop: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Middlesex and Stamp Shop in Melrose, Mass.
• Karisma Card Shoppe: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Karisma Card Shoppe located at 510 Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose Drug: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Melrose Drug located on Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose Donut Shop: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Donut Shop located on Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Wyoming Bakery: Melrose, Mass.

  Interior of Wyoming Bakery located in Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose Donut Shop: Melrose, Mass.

  Melrose Donut Shop, Laundromat, The [ ]on Gate, Main St., Melrose, Mass.
• 456 Main Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Firestone located at 456 Main Street.
• First National Plaza: Melrose, Mass.

  First National Supermarket, Wellwood, Brooks, Friendly Ice Cream, Anton's Cleaners.
• Franklin Square Business Section: Melrose, Mass.

  Looking north on Main Street from Franklin Square.
• Deering Lumber Co.: Melrose, Mass.

  Deering Lumber Co. was located at 118 Essex Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Deering Lumber Co.: Melrose, Mass.

  Deering Lumber Co. was located at 118 Essex Street, Melrose, Mass. Undated.
• Deering Lumber Co.: Melrose, Mass.

  Deering Lumber Co. was located at 118 Essex Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Carleton's Groceries, Frosted Foods: Melrose, Mass.

  1147 Main Street, Melrose, Mass. Undated.
• C.E. Black, Groceries and Provisions: Melrose, Mass.

  7 West Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. C.E. Black purchased Warren C. Pierce Grocers in 1904, where he first worked at in 1872.
• Second Hand Store and Tenement House: Melrose, Mass.

  Located at 684 Main Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Warren C. Pierce, Grocers: Melrose, Mass.

  7 West Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. Store started by Warren C. Pierce about 1872. Seated in the team is F. O. Silver, next is Warren Pierce, the owner, and A. J. Bonet, a meat cutter. The business was sold to S. O. Eldrige in 1889 and was bought by Mr. Black in the fall of 1904.
• 204 Rear Washington Street: Melrose, Mass.

  "Built in 1859."
• 190 Washington Street: Melrose, Mass.

  "Home of Mr. & Mrs William Scrannage (my grand uncle & aunt). Originally built with smaller piazza. Later changed with larger piazza with cupola. Left to right: Mary Ann (Newhall) Scrannage, Cordelia (Scrannage) Jones, Emma (Scrannage) Cook, Grace (Cook) Baldwin."
• 190 Washington Street: Melrose, Mass. about 1880

  "House built 1859 by my grandfather Henry P. Morcombe. Mr. & Mrs. William Scrannage home (my grand uncle & aunt)."
• 190 Washington Street: Melrose, Mass.

  "My grandfather, Henry Prescott Morcombe built in 1857. Home of my grand uncle & aunt William Scrannage and Mary Ann Andrews (Newhall) Scrannage. Later home of their only daughter Cordelia A. Scrannage (Mrs. Marsellus B. Jones)."
• 178 Washington Street: Melrose, Mass. 1879

  "Little house (Cascade house) torn down shortly about 1879 after picture taken. Jonathan and Mary Lynde house where my grandmother and her two sisters were born. Emma Atkinson & Cordelia Jones in foreground."
• 204 Washington Street: Melrose, Mass. about 1885

  "House built by Henry P. Morcombe in 1859. (Mrs. Pearl Squires grandfather). Her father Edward T. Morcombe on far right wearing high-wheel bicycle cap. Let to right: Albert H. Cass (my first cousin), Mrs. Cloudman, Esther M. (Newhall) Morcombe (my grandmother), Edward T. Morcombe (my father)."
• 178 Washington Street: Melrose, Mass. about 1880

  "Home of Cordelia (Scrannage) Jones and Marsellus B. Jones, built about 1875. Small house torn down shortly after called Cascade House. This small house was only house on land bought in 1836 from Jonathan & Mary Lynde by my great grandparents. My grandmother & her 2 sisters born here. My grandfather Edward G. Newhall died there age 30 yrs. of TB. Cordelia Jones & Emma Atkinson on piazza."
• 190 Washington Street: Melrose, Mass. about 1880

  "190 Washington St., Melrose, Mass. Home (my grand uncle & aunt) Mr. and Mrs. William Scrannage. House built 1859 by Henry Prescott Morcombe (my grandfather)."
• View from Black Rock about 1880

  "House in front far right my grandparent's house 204 Washington St., Melrose, Mass. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Prescott Morcombe."
• 178 Washington Street: Melrose, Mass. about 1880

  "My cousin's house Mrs. M. B. Jones. Small Cascade house to left and this house was only house on land when bought from Jonathan and Mary Lynde in1836 by my great grand parents Edward G. Newhall & Hannah (Atkinson) Newhall."
• View from Black Rock about 1880

  "190 & 178 Washington St, Melrose, Mass. 190 home of Mr. & Mrs. William Scrannage. 178 home of Mr. & Mrs. Marcellus Jones. The Jones horse & buggy by road. Pearl (Morcombe) Squires."
• The Pendleton Residence: Melrose, Mass.

  The Pendleton's, 45 Green Street, Melrose, Mass.
• City/Town of Melrose Directories and List of Persons
• Robinson Funeral Home: Melrose, Mass.

  Robinson Funeral Home at intersection of Main and Green Streets.
• Main Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Looking up Main Street from in front of Ell Pond towards Wakefield.
• Main Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Looking down Main Street from in front of Ell Pond towards Malden.
• Ell Pond: Melrose, Mass.

  Ell Pond from Main St.
• Melrose Hospital: Melrose, Mass.

  Melrose Hospital from Main Street. Lebanon Street on right.
• Melrose Public Library: Melrose, Mass.

  Melrose Public Library, West Emerson Street.
• Trinity Episcopal Church: Melrose, Mass.

  Trinity Episcopal Church West Emerson Street.
• Melrose Station: Melrose, Mass.

  Melrose Station, Boston & Maine Railroad from intersection of Essex and Tremont.
• Wyoming Station: Melrose, Mass.

  Wyoming Station Boston & Maine Railroad looking towards Boston.
• Melrose Center: Melrose, Mass.

  Melrose Center from in front of the 'Y' looking towars Wakefield and Essex and Upham Street crossing,
• Melrose Y.M.C.A.: Melrose, Mass.

  The Melrose Y.M.C.A.
• Melrose Center: Melrose, Mass.

  Melrose Center on Main Street looking towards Malden and with Hopkins, site of my first ice cream date. Foster Street crossing on the right foreground.
• Main Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Looking down Main St. towards the center from in front of the Old High School.
• East Foster Street: Melrose, Mass.

  The old home. We moved to Foster Street in 1920 when I was nine.
• Memorial Hall: Melrose, Mass.

  Memorial Hall opposite High School where I attended my first big dance and where our graduation ceremony was held.
• Old High School: Melrose, Mass.

  Old High School from Main Street, now the Calvin Coolidge School. My name is on the small World War II memorial in front of the school.
• Dell Avenue: Melrose, Mass.

  Dell Avenue from Foster St. to High School which can be seen above the end.
• East Foster Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Looking down Foster St. from '92' showing route to Downtown. Dell Avenue crossing in foreground.
• Cass Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Cass Street from Grove Street still on way home from school.
• Grove Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Grove Street from Lebanon Street showing route home from school.
• Washington School: Melrose, Mass.

  Washington School from 5th to 8th grades. Corner of Lebanon and Grove Streets where I attended then.
• The Common, East Foster Street: Melrose, Mass.

  The Common - on upper East Foster Street - the site of many a baseball game. Larrabee Street on the right.
• Oak Manor: Melrose, Mass.

  Oak Manor where I attended dancing school and then real dances.
• Looking Towards Main Street from East Foster Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Looking towards Main Street from the Oak Manor.
• East Foster Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Looking up East Foster Street from the Oak Manor.
• 92 East Foster Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Still another view of 92 E. Foster Street.
• 92 East Foster Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Another view of 92 E. Foster Street after it was sold.
• 92 East Foster Street: Melrose, Mass.

  92 E. Foster Street where we lived from 1920 to 1954.
• D. W. Gooch School: Melrose, Mass.

  Playground of D. W. Gooch School from Florence Street where I had my first fist fight and with a girl.
• D. W. Gooch School: Melrose, Mass.

  D. W. Gooch School from Vinton Street; my first school from 1st to 3rd grades.
• Hurd Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Hurd Street where I sat on the street in soft tar while wearing my brand new pants.
• Rock Cliff on Maple Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Rock cliff on Maple Street adjacent to Cleveland Street from which I almost fell when I was nine years old.
• Poplar Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Poplar Street from Maple Street, the hill on which I first coasted.
• Sanford Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Looking up Sanford Street. Our house on left; Cutter Street on right.
• 67 Sanford Street: Melrose, Mass.

  67 Sanford street the earliest home I remember. Whitcomb's house on right.
• Sanford Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Again looking down Sanford Street showing Lucy's store at corner of Tappan Street.
• Corner of Cleveland and Sanford Streets: Melrose, Mass.

  My birthplace on the southwest corner of 64 Cleveland and Sanford Streets.
• Florence Street: Melrose, Mass.

  Photograph taken from Florence Street looking down Sanford Street.
• Fred McKenney's House: Melrose, Mass.

  The Fred McKenney's house on Cleveland Street. First friends of Ma and Pa in Melrose.
• Gazebo at Ell Pond: Melrose, Mass

  Gazebo located on Main Street by Ell Pond.
• Ell Pond: Melrose, Mass.

  View of houses across Ell Pond on Lake Avenue, Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose Wakefield Hospital: Melrose, Mass.

  View of Melrose/Wakefield hospital located at 585 Lebanon Street, Melrose, Mass. from across Ell Pond.
• Ell Pond: Melrose, Mass.

  View of houses across Ell Pond on Crystal Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Ell Pond: Melrose, Mass.

  View of houses across Ell Pond on Crystal Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Certified Automotive Solutions: Melrose, Mass.

  Automotive business located at 17 Upham Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Shaw's Grocery Store: Melrose, Mass.

  Shaw's supermarket located at 34 Essex Street. View from corner of Essex and Myrtle Streets, Melrose, Mass.
• Melrose Animal Clinic: Melrose, Mass.

  Animal clinic located at 26 Essex Street, Melrose, Mass.
• Shaw's Grocery Store: Melrose, Mass.

  Shaw's supermarket located at 34 Essex Street. View from corner of Essex and Myrtle Streets, Melrose, Mass.