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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, Wakefield, Mass.

Main Street looking south, circa early 1900s

Item

Title
Main Street looking south, circa early 1900s
Description
"This street scene on Main Street was photographed near Chestnut Street. The buildings, at right, include a fish market, the Kingman Block, and the Perkins Block. The Perkins Block housed the Old Corner Drug Store, which was established in 1845 by Dr. Joseph Mansfield and William Willis. Josiah Bonney became a partner with Dr. Mansfield in 1885, eventually becoming the sole owner, and the store was known as Bonney's Drug Store, with its slogan, as noted on the sign, "The Best is as Good as Any." Riberot Dutton, a former clerk, joined him as an owner in 1906, and the name was changed to Bonney & Dutton." - Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Donofrio.
Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 2009
Photo courtesy of the Wakefield Historical Society.
Contributor
Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.)
D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Coverage
Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Date
ca. 1900-1939
Format
image/jpeg
Publisher
[Wakefield, Mass.] : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
Subject
Perkins Block (Wakefield, Mass.)
Commercial buildings
Type
still image
Photographs
Original Format
1 picture : b&w
Extent
21 x 33 cm.