Stereograph of Lake Quannapowitt :circa 1880s
Item
- Title
- Stereograph of Lake Quannapowitt :circa 1880s
- Description
- This photograph is identified as having been taken by C.F. Richardson at Prospect and Elm Streets. In "Wakefield As It Is", a promotional booklet published by Chester W. Eaton's Real Estate Agency in 1880, the Boston Globe noted on May 2, 1880, "Eaton's real estate exchange reports an active demand for houses in the beautiful town of Wakefield., which is full of charming locations and various attractions. This agency, which is located at Wakefield, has houses and estates of every description ranging in price from $1,000 to $12,000 and building lots at reasonable figures. No suburban town is more popular for residential purposes than Wakefield, and its growth is sure and steady."
- Image from the Wakefield Municipal Gas and Light Department annual calendar, 2019
- 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
- Quannapowitt, Lake
- Date
- 1800-1889
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Language
- eng
- Publisher
- Wakefield, Mass. : Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department
- Type
- still image
- Photographs
- Original Format
- 1 picture :black & white
- Extent
- 19 x 22 cm.
