Princeton Common, Princeton, MA view looking South, c!900

Princeton Common, Princeton, MA view looking South, c!900

Commons--Massachusetts--Princeton; Princeton (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works; Hotels--Massachusetts--Princeton; Croquet

A view of the Princeton Common in Princeton, Massachusetts looking South. On the left can be seen the Prospect House, also known as the Princeton Inn, that burned in 1923. In the distance on the right is the Wachusett House which burned in 1910. In front of the Wachusett House are a group of people playing croquet, a favorite pastime for the summer tourists who visited Mount Wachusett in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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1880-1900?

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.

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