Peabody Glass Plate Photographs

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Title
Peabody Glass Plate Photographs
Description
These images, taken from the original glass plate photographs, depict scenes from Peabody's history.
Contributor
Institution: Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
Format
image/jpeg
Type
still image
Photographs
Coverage
Massachusetts--Essex (county)--Peabody

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  • George Peabody House
    George Peabody House. Picket fence in front of house. Telegraph wires running down street. Unhitched carriage in yard before carriage house.
  • Triple Decker, 1912
    Peabody Triple Decker Apartment Building. Telegraph wires in photo, people before building. Vacant lot across street.
  • Cider Mill
    Peabody Cider Mill. Seen at railroad crossing two shingled buildings with trees. Dirt Road. Cider Mill in photograph could be in one of two locations, The Corner of Lowell and Newbury or the corner of Lowell and Prospect Street (Proctor's Crossing). The Cider Mill at the corner of Lowell and Newbury was owned by Joseph S. Needham. The Mill at Proctor's Crossing was owned by Charles S. Emmerton in 1888-9 or by Augustine L. Babbidge in 1899. Both were near railroad tracks.
  • 1899 Baseball Team
    Peabody baseball team. Eleven men in photo, five sitting in mismatching uniforms in front, six men standing behind them, four in uniforms, two in suits and hats. Two men hold baseball bats, one wears a catching glove. Fence and Telegraph pole in rear of photo.
  • Congregational Church
    Peabody Center with Congregational Church at middle with Civil War Monument before it. Church burned down in 19--. Carriages and trolleys in picture, as well as crisscrossing telegraph wires.
  • Peabody City Hall
    Peabody City Hall in center of photo. To left is the Peter O'Neil Boots, Shoes & Rubbers Store. Telegraph wire visible, as well as several people walking. To left, before store is blurred image of carriage going by.
  • Cornfield, Brown Farm
    Brown Farm. Corn field where young man stands. Box of picked corn at his feet.
  • Brown Farm
    Brown Farm. Corn field where corn stalks are stacked in shorn field with man looking at one of them. Two houses are in the background.
  • Center School
    Center School. Thirty children standing before the doorway of the school.
  • Interior of George Jacobs Store
    George H. Jacobs, Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher Store. Interior of Store. Boxed shirts on display, folded pants behind it.
  • Exterior of George Jacobs Store
    George H. Jacobs, Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher Store. Exterior of Store where three men stand in doorway. Before store is hitching post and fire hydrant.
  • Peabody fire chief
    Fire Chief Thomas F. Murray, date uncertain.
  • Peabody fire department
    Peabody Fire Department, 1896. 10 Firemen standing before horse-drawn fire truck with one fireman in truck. Standing before doors of fire department, Steamer 1, Hook & Ladder 1. Wearing white belts.
  • Peabody fire department
    Peabody Fire Department, 1896. 16 Firemen are standing before horse-drawn fire truck. One fireman is sitting on truck. All are standing to have their picture taken before the fire department, Steamer 1, Hook & Ladder 1. Two white horses are hitched to truck and to the right are several onlookers.