World War II, Princeton, MA -tower on Princeton Common
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Title
World War II, Princeton, MA -tower on Princeton Common
Subject
World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Massachusetts; Watchtowers; Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton; Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works
Description
Tower used to spot planes during World War II on the Princeton Town Common in Princeton, Massachusetts. It was used as a back-up to the tower on Mount Wachusett during foggy weather. Inside was a telephone to alert Hanscom Air Force Base. The tower was manned mostly by women and children.
Source
Image is taken from page 43 of Images of America: Princeton and Wachusett Mountain by Joyce Bailey Anderson.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
1940-1950?
Relation
Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
Format
image/jpg
Language
en-US
Type
Image
Files
Collection
Citation
“World War II, Princeton, MA -tower on Princeton Common,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 22, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1021.
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