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Photograph taken on July 19,1931.;"This willow tree grew from a stake driven in the ground 4 ft. x 2" by road builders about 1906. #87 Water Street at left." - Text from back of photograph.
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Photo shows Walsh's Diner, located at the corner of Main and West Water Streets, on what is now the parking lot of Eastern Bank. It operated from 1936 until 1950.
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Photograph shows L.B. Evans' Son Co. Shoe Manufacturers on Water Street. Also visible is the Arthur H. Saunders Gulf service station. The factory building was sold in 1979 and the company phased out its operations. It has since been converted for office use.
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Photo shows the Princess Theatre, which opened on Mechanic Street (later Princess Street) in 1912. The building was torn down in 1971.
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Photo shows Fred's gas station, located at the corner of Main and West Water Streets, on what is now the parking lot of Eastern Bank.
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Photo shows Walsh's Diner, located at the corner of Main and West Water Streets, on what is now the parking lot of Eastern Bank. It operated from 1936 until 1950.
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Image is a portion of a drawn aerial map showing the Cyrus Wakefield estate once located on Main Street on the site of the present Galvin Middle School. The mansion was sited approximately opposite Richardson Street, on what is now the school parking lot. The Wakefield estate covered hundreds of acres on both sides of Main Street, and included most of the land bounded by West Water Street, Main Street, and North Avenue, as well as most of the land between Water Street and Bennett Street. The large stone mansion was built in the early 1860s in Second Empire mansard style, and was complemented by a barn, gazebo, greenhouses, canals and orchards on the grounds which extended back to North Avenue. Cyrus Wakefield died in 1873, and the house was then occupied by his widow, Eliza Bancroft Wakefield, who died in 1877. The estate passed into the hands of relatives, as Cyrus and Eliza had no children. The Town voted to buy the property in 1913 at a cost of $25,000. A few years later, the town voted to use the property as the site for a new school building. The mansion, which had fallen into disrepair, was torn down on October 17, 1921.
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Image is a portion of a map showing the Cyrus Wakefield estate once located on Main Street on the site of the present Galvin Middle School. The mansion was sited approximately opposite Richardson Street, on what is now the school parking lot. The Wakefield estate covered hundreds of acres on both sides of Main Street, and included most of the land bounded by West Water Street, Main Street, and North Avenue, as well as most of the land between Water Street and Bennett Street. The large stone mansion was built in the early 1860s in Second Empire mansard style, and was complemented by a barn, gazebo, greenhouses, canals and orchards on the grounds which extended back to North Avenue. Cyrus Wakefield died in 1873, and the house was then occupied by his widow, Eliza Bancroft Wakefield, who died in 1877. The estate passed into the hands of relatives, as Cyrus and Eliza had no children. The Town voted to buy the property in 1913 at a cost of $25,000. A few years later, the town voted to use the property as the site for a new school building. The mansion, which had fallen into disrepair, was torn down on October 17, 1921.;Image is from a map presumed to be a sheet (page 61) from an atlas of Middlesex County, published by George H. Walker of Boston.
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Undated photograph looking west shows the Vernon Market at the corner of Vernon Street and Lawrence Street. The building now contains apartments.
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Photograph taken on May 8, 1936 shows a flag raising ceremony at the school of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church on Gould Street.
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Photograph taken in November, 1909 shows three members of the Payro family being "photographed" by their cat: Edmund, age 12, Ernest, age 8, and Cecilia, age 5.
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Photograph taken in 1895 shows a rear view, looking north, of the car barns and power house for the street railway cars on Water Street.
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Photograph taken in 1900 shows a man on top of the remains of the chimney of the Wakefield Rattan Company factory on Water Street. The approximately 180-foot chimney had been struck by lightning on March 12, 1899.
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Photograph taken on December 24, 1939 shows a locomotive heading south towards Melrose along the shore of Crystal Lake in Greenwood. The Harts Hill forest fire watch tower is visible in the upper right.
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Photograph taken in 1916 shows a locomotive heading south towards Melrose along the shore of Crystal Lake in Greenwood.
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Photograph taken on February 21, 1938 at 10 a.m. shows a railroad lococomotive at Wakefield's Center Depot on Water Street.
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Photograph taken on August 5, 1905 shows the Lincoln School at the corner of Crescent and Otis Streets. The school was built in 1892 and is now used for elderly housing.
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Detailed entry in building survey, "The cultural resources of Wakefield", pA4.;Photo courtesy of the Bayrd family.
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Photographs shows members of the Wakefield Rifle Range, formerly Camp Plunkett, with animal mascots. In one photo a goat, and in the other a parrot.
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Photograph taken on December 3, 1936 shows L.B. Evans' Son Co. Shoe Manufacturers on Water Street. Also visible is the Arthur H. Saunders Gulf service station. The factory building was sold in 1979 and the company phased out its operations. It has since been converted for office use.
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Photograph taken on December 5, 1943 shows L.B. Evans' Son Co. Shoe Manufacturers and adjacent railroad tracks on Water Street. The factory building was sold in 1979 and the company phased out its operations. It has since been converted for office use.
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Photograph shows the bugler, Charles Lamont, outside his tent at the Wakefield Rifle Range, formerly Camp Plunkett.
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Collection of photographs showing various buildings and members of the Wakefield Rifle Range, formerly Camp Plunkett.
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Photographs shows members of the Wakefield Rifle Range, formerly Camp Plunkett, marching in various settings.
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Photograph shows the mess hall line at the Wakefield Rifle Range, formerly Camp Plunkett.
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Photograph shows the buglers Bentley and Charles Lamont at the Wakefield Rifle Range, formerly Camp Plunkett.
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Photograph shows the former bank building at the corner of North Avenue and Albion Streets. It housed several banks over the years including the South Reading Mechanic and Agricultural Institution, the National Bank of South Reading, the Wakefield National Bank, and the Wakefield Trust Company. Also visible in the photo is a sign for Beasley's Variety Store.
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