Brookline Photograph Collection

description - Three children sit on a stoop on Kent Street. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-116 Houses and Estates; Neighborhoods. Brookline Village http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1945

description - Brick-and-limestone stepped, gabled Washington Square fire station was designed by G. Fred Crosby in 1898. Photograph shows fire apparatus with two firemen and three horses. One horse, Brownie, retired in 1906 at the age of 15, having served the fire… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-54 Fire station, horses, Washington Square, firemen http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1944

description - View of Village Square looking up Washington Street, depicting commercial businesses draped in patriotic bunting . Several men are congregated in front of a store selling whiskey. Note the brick sidewalks, electrical wires, and automobiles. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-49 Village Square, Washington Street, Buildings commercial, automobiles http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1943

description - Firemen, horses, and firefighting equipment posed in front of the fire station on Washington Street near Washington Square. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-63 Fire Department, Fire Station, Horses, Firemen, Washington Square, Washington Street http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1942

description - Exterior of the 1868 public library's front entrance. The building has been raised on cribbing and moved from its original position. Washington Street is in the foreground. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-41 Buildings Public and Commercial, Public Library http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1941

description - House built at 80 Seaver Street by Joseph White for his daughter and son-in law John Batchelder in 1893. The Jacobethian style was designed by Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge, Architects. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-96 Houses and Estates; http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1940

description - Photograph depicts military drill at Cypress Field with soldiers being reviewed. Spectators line the field in front of the several homes and trees. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-17 Patriotic Celebrations, military, Cypress Field, parade http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1939

description - At left, two commuters pose in front of the first Longwood railroad station. Christ's Church can be seen in the distance behind the bridge that crosses the railroad tracks. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-68 Churches, Christ's Church, Longwood, Railroad Station, Transportation http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1938

description - Washington Street looking toward the intersection with Boylston Street. At left, the Village Square Boarding House. From far right toward the center, Lyceum Hall; a fruit dealer whose name is obscured; William F. Young Grocer; and the Guild Block,… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-48 Boylston Street, Buildings Public and Commercial, Guild Block, Lyceum Hall, Washington Street http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1937

description - Built in 1888 by the Boston architectural firm, Peabody & Stearns (John Goddard Stearns and Robert Swain Peabody, Brookline residents), the L. Shannon Davis residence 36 Sumner Road in this spring 1898 photograph features well landscaped grounds,… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-36 Sumner Road, Houses and Estates, http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1936

description - Originally the Cox Estate, designed for Mr. and Mrs. William E. Cox, built between 1889 and 1891 on Heath Street, included stables, barns, and other outbuildings. Historically called Roughwood, it was enlarged in the early 1900s by Ernest B. Dane.… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-88 Houses and Estates; Dane, Ernest B. http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1935

description - The ivy-covered Amos Lawrence House, circa 1896, located at 135 Ivy Street. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-2 Amos Lawrence House, Houses and Estates, Ivy Street http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1934

description - Elegant stone and fire proof Brookline Savings Bank located on Washington Street and Godwin Place opened November 30, 1898. The selection and purchase of the site and creation of this first separate home office at 366 Washington Street had received a… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-45 Washington Street, Godwin Place http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1933

description - Cypress Street Railroad crossing before bridge. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-195 Transportation; Railroad; http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1932

description - Exterior of the 1868 public library's front entrance. The building has been raised on cribbing, but has not yet been moved. Washington Street, a fire hydrant and a stone wall are in the foreground. The Pierce School is behind the library to the… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-42 Buildings Public and Commercial, Public Library http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1931

description - View looking south from Babcock Pond towards Fire Station and Devotion School. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-108 Schools. Devotion School; Fire Department; Babcock Pond. http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1930

description - The Washington Street Fire Station draped in bunting with a sign 1705-1905 celebrating Brookline's bicentennial. The fire station was built in 1873 and is the town's oldest surviving fire station. To the right of the fire station was the shop of… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-65 Washington Street, Fire Station, O.B. Delano Contractor shop, buildings public and commercial http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1929

description - Runkle School, named for John D. Runkle, an incorporator and second president of MIT and a member of the Brookline School Committee. Designed by Cabot, Everett & Mead, the six room brick schoolhouse opened in 1897. The school was demolished in 1962… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-106 Schools. Runkle; Schools. Buildings http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1928

description - The third Town Hall was built in 1873. The Victorian Gothic structure was designed by the architect J.F. Thayer. The granite came from Blue Hill, Maine. The building was demolished in 1963 when a new and modern building was built. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-141 Town Hall; Buildings, Public and Commercial http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1927

description - Exterior view of the Brookline Public Library taken from the driveway on Washington Street focusing on the pillared front entrance, depicting the open awnings, mansard roof, and woman with baby carriage in front of the steps. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-161 Public Library; Buildings, Public and Commercial http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1926