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Winter snowstorm, Main Street, 1915
Date:
1915
Description:
"This street railway car traveled to Lynn through the snowy streets of Wakefield during this storm in 1915. The storm may have occurred in December, as the winter of 1915-1916 is recorded as the ninth…[More]
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50th wedding anniversary Dr. and Mrs. Allston Gray Bouvé
Date:
06-1918
Description:
"This is one of the many photos taken during the 50th wedding anniversary celebration for Dr. Allston Gray Bouvé and Delia Carter Bouvé. The photo session itself is also featured in this calendar.…[More]
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Methodist Church, Albion Street, 1922
Date:
1922
Description:
"The Methodist Episcopal Church of Wakefield was organized on June 4, 1865 with a membership of 26. According to the Proceedings of the 250th Anniversary of the Ancient Town of Redding, services were…[More]
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Greenwood Station, circa 1907
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
"Erected in the mid-1870s, the Greenwood Boston & Maine train station was originally planned for a location closer to Forrest Street. There was a contentious debate in 1873, according to the December…[More]
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Hiker Monument dedication, October 12, 1926
Date:
10-12-1926
Description:
"The Spanish War Veterans' Hiker Monument was dedicated on Columbus Day, Tuesday, October 12, 1926 as part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the Richardson Light Guard. The day consisted of a…[More]
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Wakefield High School class of 1917 : 47th year class reunion, September 1944
Date:
09-23-1944
Description:
"Wakefield High School Class of 1917 held its 47th year reunion on Saturday, September 23, 1944 at the Lord Wakefield with 54 (39 classmates and their spouses) in attendance. The evening included a…[More]
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Cyrus Wakefield mansion, Main Street, circa 1870
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
"The home built by Cyrus Wakefield was razed on October 17, 1921 to make way for the new high school on Main Street. An October 18, 1921 Wakefield Daily Item editorial reflected on the once-stately…[More]
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Colonial Statler Hilton Inn, circa 1966
Date:
ca. 1966
Description:
"In an advertisement and listing in the 1970 edition of the Hotel and Motel Red Book, published by the American Hotel Association Directory Corporation, the Colonial Statler Hilton Inn was listed as a…[More]
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50th wedding anniversary, Dr. and Mrs. Allston Gray Bouvé
Date:
06-1918
Description:
"Dr. Allston Gray Bouvé and Delia Carter Bouvé posed for a photograph in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. The celebration took place at their home at 16 Summit Avenue with their son Alan…[More]
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Memorial Day exercises, Tuesday, May 30, 1944
Date:
05-30-1944
Description:
"The annual Memorial Day exercises were held on Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30th on the Upper Common, now the Veterans' Memorial Common. A procession formed at 2 p.m. on Walton Field near the armory,…[More]
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East Main Street, looking south 1908
Date:
1908
Description:
"This picture shows not only how Main Street looked in 1908, but also provides a look at some of the buildings from the early 1900s, all of which are now gone. The site on which the second building…[More]
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Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, April 1923
Date:
04-1923
Description:
"Dedicated on Saturday afternoon, April 14th, 1923, the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library was referred to in the Wakefield Daily Item as a new building "of which the citizens of Wakefield are justly proud…[More]
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First Baptist Church, corner of Crescent and Main Streets, circa 1870
Date:
ca. 1870
Description:
"The first meeting house of the Baptist Society of the First Parish was built in 1800 on Salem Street "near the resident of the late Sylvanus Clark, No. 37 Salem Street." according to the History of…[More]
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Greenwood hose house, Oak Street, circa 1905
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
"The Board of Fire Engineers formed a hose company in Greenwood in September 1886 at the request of local residents, "with but little expense to the town, as apparatus was in storage and members…[More]
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Riberot Dutton home, 7 Avon Street, circa 1923
Date:
ca. 1923
Description:
"Pictured on a snowy January day in front of the Riberot Dutton home at 7 Avon Street are members of the Dutton, Boothby, McMaster and Smith families. The neighborhood children: Helene Smith (front),…[More]
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