Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - West Newton Houses and Mill -

Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - West Newton Houses and Mill -

Newell family -- Portraits - Newton (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works -

Description ca. 225 photos. (in album). - Note Majority of photographs of West Newton with handwritten captions describing photographs - The Newell family moved from Colrain, Massachusetts to West Newton, leaving their farming roots to become successful merchants, inventors, and manufacturers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The family photograph album shows family members, their houses (interior, exterior and grounds), family homesteads, farms, mills, views from their Boston offices, and their West Newton neighborhood. - View overlooking two houses with mansard roofs, one of which was the home of Rufus H. Dalton, salesman, 76 Chestnut St., West Newton, mill building and water tower in background, caption: Dalton residence (cor. Austin & Chestnut Sts.) from roof of #87 Chestnut St. -

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