West Boylston Collection

description - View of Central Street beginning at the Common with the First Congregation Church on the right. The maple and elm trees lining the street are decorated with flags. subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; West Boylston (Mass.) - Parades, 1908; West Boylston (Mass.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; West Boylston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc. relation - Is part of an album of post cards assembled immediately following the Centennial celebration parade from the archives of the Beaman Memorial Public Library, West Boylston, Massachusetts. http://beamanlibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,26

description - View of Central Street at the junction with Prospect Street beginning with the A. Ward & Co. building, followed by the Tatro Blacksmith Shop. Both buildings are decorated with large flags and bunting. The Electric Light Co. occupied the upper floor… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; West Boylston (Mass.) - Parades, 1908; West Boylston (Mass.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; West Boylston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc. relation - Is part of an album of post cards assembled immediately following the Centennial celebration parade from the archives of the Beaman Memorial Public Library, West Boylston, Massachusetts. http://beamanlibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,25

description - View of the A. Ward & Co. building on Central Street decorated with large flags and bunting. The original building was moved on runners to this site from the Lower Village during the building of the Wachusett Reservoir and was later remodeled with a… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; West Boylston (Mass.) - Parades, 1908; West Boylston (Mass.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; West Boylston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc. relation - Is part of an album of post cards assembled immediately following the Centennial celebration parade from the archives of the Beaman Memorial Public Library, West Boylston, Massachusetts. http://beamanlibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,24

description - View of the First Congregational Church Parish. Built in 1902 and facing the Common, the wooden building stands decorated with flags and bunting including strings of pennants up the steeple stopping just below the clock faces at the very top. subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; West Boylston (Mass.) - Parades, 1908; West Boylston (Mass.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; West Boylston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; First Congregational Church, U.C.C. - West Boylston (Mass.) - History relation - Is part of an album of post cards assembled immediately following the Centennial celebration parade from the archives of the Beaman Memorial Public Library, West Boylston, Massachusetts. http://beamanlibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,23

description - View of the Fraternity of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Hall decked in bunting with large American flags framing the front entrance. There is a wooden fence along the property line. subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; West Boylston (Mass.) - Parades, 1908; West Boylston (Mass.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; West Boylston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; Fraternity of Odd Fellows (West Boylston, Mass.) relation - Is part of an album of post cards assembled immediately following the Centennial celebration parade from the archives of the Beaman Memorial Public Library, West Boylston, Massachusetts. http://beamanlibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,22

description - View of the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Hall, George C. Wells Post, decked in bunting with large American flags hanging from the upper story and framing the front entrance. There is a wooden fence along the property line. subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; West Boylston (Mass.) - Parades, 1908; West Boylston (Mass.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; West Boylston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; GAR Hall (West Boylston, Mass.) relation - Is part of an album of post cards assembled immediately following the Centennial celebration parade from the archives of the Beaman Memorial Public Library, West Boylston, Massachusetts. http://beamanlibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,21

description - View of the West Boylston Town Hall decked in bunting with a large American flag hanging from the upper story balcony. This building was along the route of the Coaching Parade beginning at the High School. The route was then by the way of Crescent,… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; West Boylston (Mass.) - Parades, 1908; West Boylston (Mass.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; West Boylston (Mass.) - Buildings, structures, etc.; relation - Is part of an album of post cards assembled immediately following the Centennial celebration parade from the archives of the Beaman Memorial Public Library, West Boylston, Massachusetts. http://beamanlibrary.org/ Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,20

description - A lithographic representation of the Town of West





Boylston, Mass., its roads and buildings, and landscape as of 1891 prior to





the land-taking by the State of Massachusetts to construct the Wachusett





Reservoir
subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - 19th century - Maps relation - Part of a two lithograph set of maps detailing West Boylston and the Oakdale district published in 1891 by D.H. Bailey & Co. of Boston, Mass. Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,19

description - View of the valley after the Wachusett Reservoir filled to capacity. The





causeway in the middle of the image carries State Road (Route) 12 towards





Sterling from West Boylston from right to left. There is a line of





people on the… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Wachusett Reservoir (Mass.) - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,18

description - View along East Main Street with an unidentified man


driving a horse-drawn wagon. In the lower left-hand corner of the image


is the split-rail fencing that surrounds the Lower Common. Circa


1895-1905 subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Dwellings - Massachusetts -


West


Boylston - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps


detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during


the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,17

description - View of the Lower Common at the junction of Prospect Street and Clarendon Street. To the left of the image is the Common surrounded by a distinctive split rail fence. The first building on the right housed Provision Market, operated by Antoine Snow,… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Dwellings - Massachusetts - WestBoylston - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,16

description - View from Lower Prospect Street showing the area of the


valley with the beginnings of the deconstruction of the buildings to


make way for the Wachusett Reservoir. Note the stacked lumber and piles


of tree lengths surrounding the farm in the… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Dwellings - Massachusetts -


West


Boylston - History; Massachusetts Central Railroad - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps


detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during


the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,15

description - View from across the South Branch of the Nashua River


from the site of the remains of Holbrook Mill on the left bank looking


towards the Cowee Grist Mill on the right bank. The Holbrook Mill, owned


by Eli W. Holbrook, Oliver Eldridge, and… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Gristmills - Massachusetts


- West Boylston relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps


detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during


the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,14

description - View across the valley below the Baptist (Old Stone)


Church. To the left of the image are the buildings of the Cowee Grist


Mill, owned by Edward A. Cowee, and the Cowee Bridge over which passes


Holbrook Street and under which passes the… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Dwellings - Massachusetts -


West


Boylston - History; First Baptist Church (West


Boylston, Mass.) - History; Gristmills - Massachusetts - West Boylston relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps


detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during


the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,13

description - View across the Common from East Main Street. In the





middle of the image is the First Congregational Church known as the Brick





Church built in 1832. At the far left of the image is Thomas Hall,





named for Town benefactor, Robert B.… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; First Congregational Church (West Boylston, Mass.) - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,12

description - View across the valley towards East Main Street. In the


middle of the image through the valley flows the Nashua River spanned


by one of two trestles for the Massachusetts Central Railroad. In the


image there is a train crossing from right… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Railroads - Massachusetts -


West Boylston - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and


hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West


Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,11

description - View across the valley towards East Main Street. In the


middle of the image through the valley flows the Nashua River spanned


by one of two trestles for the Massachusetts Central Railroad. On the


hill above the valley in the center of the… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Railroads - Massachusetts -


West Boylston - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and


hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West


Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,10

description - View across the valley towards East Main Street In the





middle of the image through the valley flows the Nashua River spanned





by one of two trestles for the Massachusetts Central Railroad. On the





hill above the valley from left to… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Railroads - Massachusetts - West Boylston - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass., West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,9

description - View across the valley from Prospect Street towards East





Main Street In the middle of the image through the valley flows the





Nashua River spanned by the trestle for the Massachusetts Central





Railroad on the far right. On the hill… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Railroads - Massachusetts - West Boylston - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,8

description - View towards East Main Street and the valley beyond





taken from the hill behind the District Eight School and the Odd Fellows





Hall. In the middle of the image is the High School. The first library in town was established in 1878 and housed… subject - West Boylston (Mass.) - History; Railroads - Massachusetts - West Boylston - History relation - Is part of the Sargent collection of photographs and hand-drawn maps detailing the buildings surrounding the center of West Boylston during the period of 1895-1905. Presented to the Beaman Memorial Library, West Boylston, Mass., West Boylston, Mass.… Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/w_boylston,7