Brookline Photograph Collection

description - The driveway and lawn in front of the 1868 public library. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-40 Buildings Public and Commercial, Public Library http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1905

description - Close up view of Washington Street businesses- James Driscoll & Son General Contractors, Quinlan's Livery (with a sign for Colonial Theatre) and H. Miller Carpenter & Builder. Note the wooden plank walkway on the right foreground. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-59 Washington Street, Buildings commercial, http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1904

description - The Italian "Garden of Weld" was designed by Charles Platt for Isabel Anderson. This photograph shows the carved pillars of the colonnade and pergola located on the grounds of the Larz Anderson estate now know as Larz Anderson Park. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-24 Pergola, Colonnade, Houses and Estates, Larz Anderson Estate, Garden of Weld http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1903

description - At the corner of Beacon and Harvard Streets, the Coolidge Brothers Italianate storefront in center was on the site of the future S.S. Pierce building. Looking north on Harvard Street . The store was established in 1857 by David Coolidge with his… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-15 Harvard Street, Coolidge Brothers, Buildings Public and Commercial, horse, trough, http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1902

description - These stone and residential blocks were erected in 1891-2 by Fehmer & Page architects and were described as an "experiment in domestic economy." The Beaconsfield development was an early condominium arrangement in which people individually owned… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-111 Houses and Estates. Streets. Garrison Rd. http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1901

description - A panoramic view of the Muddy River. A gravel path is in the foreground, and two stone bridges are situated in the background. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-3 Bridges, Muddy River http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1900

description - Exterior of B.F. Baker paint shop with three men and bicycle in front. Sign behind man on left says "B.F. Baker House, Sign, and Ornamental Painting." Sign above the men says "Painting -- Glazing, Graining & Polishing. -- Decorating, Tinting &… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-49 Buildings Public and Commercial, Small Businesses http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1899

description - Photograph of the Colonnade Building in Harvard Square after a snow storm depicts carriages and horses, people walking on the shoveled sidewalks. The electric wires covered in snow and ice. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-27 Harvard Square, Colonnade Building, winter, snow, carriages, horses, http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1898

description - View of the home of Elizabeth B. Bowditch, widow of Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch on Warren Street. Brookline Reservoir sits in foreground. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-89 Houses and Estates; Bowditch, Elizabeth B.; Streets. Warren Street. http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1897

description - Brick-and-limestone stepped, gabled Washington Square fire station was designed by G. Fred Crosby in 1898. Photograph shows close up of fire apparatus with two firemen on the apparatus and three horses. One horse, Brownie, retired in 1906 at the age… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-47 Washington Square, Fire station, horses, firemen http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1896

description - Cow Bay sits in the West Roxbury district of Dedham and since 1872 had been the source of Brookline's water supply. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-190 Water Supply http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1895

description - Brookline High School Baseball Team. Seated on field on Davis Ave. Coach and nine players in uniform. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-85 Schools. High School; Baseball; Recreation; Sports http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1894

description - The High Service Waterworks, Newton Street, 1884. George Moffette, Jr. was the architect of the building, which has since been demolished. The Putterham School is visible to the right of the waterworks building. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-28 Buildings public and commercial, High Service Waterworks, Newton Street, Putterham School http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1893

description - Side view of the Riverdale Casino on Francis Street. Originally a clubhouse for young bachelors it later became a family clubhouse. Note the trees and landscaping; the Shingle Style structure was designed to look like a house which fit into the… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-56 Riverdale Casino, Francis Street, Clubs http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1892

description - View of Charles Eliot Place on Heath Hill near the junction of Warren and Dudley Streets. Eliot was a landscape architect and in 1893 became a partner in Olmsted, Olmsted, & Eliot. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-90 Houses and Estates; Eliot, Charles; http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1891

description - The Brookline Lyceum Hall, with Washington Street in the foreground (across from where Washington Street intersects with Walnut Street). The Lyceum Hall Pharmacy occupies the left side of the first floor, and the Lyceum Café occupies the right side.… subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_NS-11 Buildings Public and Commercial, Lyceum Hall, Washington Street http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1890

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-30 Ernest B. and Helen P. Dane House, Ferry Administration Building Pine Manor College http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1889

description - Three men in front of a shed at Singletree Hill residence. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-208 Houses and Estates. http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1888

description - View of houses on Gardner Road. Note the widows walk on the house on the left. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-60 Gardner Road, Houses and Estates http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1887

description - View of the court house and school taken from the top of the old Town Hall. Many buildings are visible in the background. subject - relation - Identifier - BrooklinePL_GPN-39 Court House, Schools, http://repository.digitalcommonwealth.org/handle/10240/1886