Watertown People

description - Front row, left to right: Sebastian Tangusso (state appointee), William E. Maloney, Chairman, Charles F. Shaw, Treasurer. Rear: Charles F. Gately. subject - Housing Authority-- Watertown (Mass.).; Town government -- Watertown (Mass.).; Tangusso, Sebastian T.; Maloney, William E.; Shaw Charles F.; Gately, Charles F.; relation - Identifier - figure PB82

description - Frank Lightbody, left rear. C.F. Shaw, right front. Others are Charles J. De Marais, Chairman, William E. Mahoney, and Maurice J. Sheehan. subject - Housing Authority -- Watertown (Mass.).; Town government -- Watertown (Mass.).; Shaw Charles F.; Maloney, William E.; De Marais, Charles J.; Sheehan, Maurice J.; relation - Identifier - figure PB6

description - Group at Wentworth by the Sea, New Castle, New Hampshire, June 28, 1957. subject - Wentworth by the Sea -- New Castle N.H.; relation - Identifier - figure PB128

description - Harold F. Welsh, chairman, Thomas F. May Jr., secretary, Warren M. Griffin, William E. Bettencourt, Donald Given. subject - Planning Board -- Watertown (Mass.).; Town government -- Watertown (Mass.).; Welsh, Harold F.; May, Thomas F. Jr.; Griffin, Warren M.; Bettencourt, William E.; Given, Donald.; relation - Identifier - figure PB124

description - In conversation in front of Mr. Brigham's house on Garfield St. Thomas Gavin was a contractor and coal dealer with Charles Brigham who was an architect. Brigham designed many private and public buildings in Watertown. He was on the School Committee,… subject - Brigham, Charles -- 1841-1925.; Gavin, Thomas -- 1857-1917.; relation - Identifier - figure 997

description - First librarian, Watertown Free Public Library (1868 -- 1917). He was also a principal and teacher at the high school in both Watertown and Cambridge, MA. He was one of the founders of the Historical Society of Watertown of which he was the first… subject - Portraits.; Whitney, Solon-- 1831-1917.; Watertown Free Public Library -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 869

description - This design was submitted to a Boston Committee anonymously and was rejected when it was discovered that the sculptor was a woman. The work was later commissioned by a group of friends and was placed in Harvard Square. This statue resides at… subject - Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915.; Women artists -- United States.; Sculpture, American.; Women sculptors.; Sculpture -- History.; Sumner, Charles -- 1811 - 1874.; relation - Identifier - figure 863

description - Built a mansion in 1845 on the corner of Church and Marshall Streets. He once entertained Charles Dickens here. "Whiting had a strong personality, gruff and outspoken and not making many friends." Cofounded a bank in the Noyes Block on Main Street.… subject - Portraits.; Whiting, Nathaniel -- 1789-1871.; relation - Identifier - figure 862

description - Mrs. Arthur Lithgow Devens. Arthur Devens graduated from Harvard in 1840, admitted to the bar, 1842, agent for the Otis Manufacturing Co., partner in J.W. Page and Co. of Boston and treasurer of Hamilton Manufacturing Co. Edward Stieglitz listed… subject - Portraits.; White, Agnes Howard-- 1839-1866.; Devens, Arthur Lithgow -- 1821-1867.; relation - Identifier - figure 859

description - Grew up on Galen Street in the John Hunt house. Celebrated sculptor whose works include Sam Adams in front of Faneuil Hall and Charles Sumner at the delta in Harvard Square, Cambridge. subject - Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915.; Women artists -- United States.; Painting, American -- 19th century.; relation - Identifier - figure 857

description - Lucy Dana is the daughter of Abijah White. Geroge Richardson graduated at Harvard College, 1829. One of his class- mates was George Tyler Bigelow, a judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts; another was Benjamin Robbins Curtis, of the supreme… subject - Portraits.; Richardson, George Washington -- 1814-1875.; White, Lucy Dana -- b.1814-1875.; relation - Identifier - figure 855

description - Graduated from Harvard 1838 and was an avid temperance worker. Born September 2. 1818 and died October 10, 1856. He married Harriet Sturgis. He had a national reputation as a spokesman for the temperance and antislavery movements. White had been a… subject - Portraits.; White, William Abijah -- 1818-1856.; relation - Identifier - figure 853

description - Born December 29, 1826. Married Charles W. Elliott from Connecticut, July 25, 1835. subject - Portraits.; White, Mary Greene -- 1821-1853.; relation - Identifier - figure 852

description - Poetess and abolitionist. First wife of poet James Russell Lowell, from portrait owned by her niece, Lilley Howe, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. subject - Portraits.; Lowell, Maria White -- 1821-1853.; relation - Identifier - figure 850

description - Daughter of Samuel Howard who participated in the Boston Tea Party. Wife of Abijah White and mother of William Abijah White and Ann Maria White Lowell (Mrs. James Russell Lowell). subject - Portraits.; White, Ann Maria (Howard) -- 1791-1848.; relation - Identifier - figure 848

description - Lois Lilly married Dr. Estes Howe of Cambridge. Born August 23, 1824. Daughter of Abijah and Ann Maria (Howard) White. subject - Portraits.; White, Lois Lilly -- 1824-1911.; relation - Identifier - figure 846

description - Mrs. Montgomery Davis Parker, born July 2, 1843. Daughter of Abijah and Ann Maria (Howard) White. subject - Portraits.; White, Caroline Dana -- b.1843.; relation - Identifier - figure 845

description - First headmaster, Watertown High School, October, 1853 and the first master of Pequossette Lodge, Order of Freemasons, 1858-1859. subject - Portraits.; Webster, William.; relation - Identifier - figure 842

description - Married poet Celia Laighton in 1852. Levi L. Thaxter was Harvard educated, a lawyer, well known in the literary circles as a man of culture and refinement. Levi, always in search of a career, was best known for his readings of poetry by Robert… subject - Portraits.; Thaxter, Levi Lincoln -- 1824-1888.; relation - Identifier - figure 837