Walsh's Diner, winter, 1936

Title: Walsh's Diner, winter, 1936
Description: "Walsh's Diner was located at the corner of Main and West Water Streets, on what is now the parking lot of Eastern Bank. It opened in the Fall of 1936, and remained in operation until June, 1950 when a larger diner was built on the back of the site, facing Main Street. Walsh's Dinner [i.e. Diner] was sold by Joseph Walsh to the Gillis family who moved the diner to Newburyport, where it became Gillis' Diner. It remained open until it was destroyed by fire in the mid-1960's. Wakefield residents frequented the diner 'for a bite that's right, day or night'." -- Text from calendar by Jayne M. D'Onofrio.; Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 1993; Photo courtesy of the Joseph Walsh, Jr.
Contributor: Institution: Lucius Beebe Memorial Library; Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (Wakefield, Mass.); D'Onofrio, Jayne M.
Coverage: Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Wakefield
Date: 1936
Format: image/jpeg
Publisher: Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
Subject: Walsh's Diner (Wakefield, Mass.); Diners (Restaurants)
Type: still image; Photographs
Original Format: 1 picture : b&w
Extent: 13 x 28 cm.