1916 Memorial Day
Same day, same parade, here’s a view looking north on Concord St. You can see the top of the Kendall says “The NEW KENDALL “. Look at the wagons and cars, and it looks like one horse. There were lots of telephone wires overhead at that intersection at the time. Thanks to the Public Library, for having this in their files.
hcapet said,
January 5, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Amazing pics. How much stuff does the public library have? i am gonna have to go down there and look through all this good stuff. Is this from a book you can take out? if not, how do you scan it?
dave said,
January 5, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Most of my photos are from years of collecting from various sources, especially antique shops, estate sales, yard sales, etc. The pictures I found in the library were in the local history section. I promised to give credit and I think they appreciate the efforts to spread historical awareness. I used to visit there daily, browsing the historical books, microfilm, reading special collections, etc. I would bring a high quality digital camera, and take pictures of pictures. If someone were to donate a color copier to them, I think it would be a huge improvement.
The local libraries are a great resource for lots of information too. Right now, I’d like find out where the Trowbridge was located. Do any readers know?
hcapet said,
January 9, 2007 at 4:16 am
there was a theater named the Elmwood Opera House on Hollis St in early 1900s that was owned by a fellow named Trowbridge. I don’t know, might not be the one you are talking about though.
hcapet said,
January 9, 2007 at 1:15 pm
behind that “opera” house, there was the armory for company E of 6th Mass regiment (time of spanish american war), which would later be home to the Casino dance hall. The casino was also located at some point in Simpson’s cottage on elm street in Saxonville (which is a tad odd but read it in the images of america booklet). i don’t know anymore about this but i am still halfway through Herring’s book so i should know more in a few days.
The 2 Herring books are must-read btw, the one about south middlesex has tons of pixies.
Dave said,
January 9, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Thanks for letting us know about this. The current Police Station used to be an armory too.
iougs said,
January 10, 2007 at 2:12 pm
the Casino was also owned by Trowbridge btw. That armory was also used as town hall before memorial was built. It burnt down and was rebuilt where the police station is. Now, there is a Trowbridge block building Mr. Trowbridge built after the Casino thing. Were you referring to a theater when you mentioned ‘Trowbridge’?
The weirtd thing about that Casino is that there was apparently another one in Saxonville, housed inside the Chestnut Cottage, the former Simpson mansion. That seems very odd.
Dave said,
January 10, 2007 at 3:04 pm
There was a postcard available on ebay for the Trowbridge, which looked like it could have been a hotel or rooming house, with storefronts on the street level. That’s what I was curious about. Where would that have been?
iougs said,
January 10, 2007 at 4:28 pm
it was probably the ‘Trowbridge Block’ built by Mr. Trowbridge … i’ll check the location tonight but i think it was on/near Hollis St, probably where the old armory was. ebay is great for old pictures.
iougs said,
January 11, 2007 at 3:38 am
Trowbridge Block replaced the Opera House that burnt to the ground, so was on Hollis St. It did have store fronts ,so that seems to correspond to your description of the ebay postcard, it seems.