Young Men's Assembly at the home of Albert O. Davidson, manger of Aetna Mills.

Young Men's Assembly at the home of Albert O. Davidson, manger of Aetna Mills.

Young Men's Assembly -- Watertown (Mass.).; Davidson, Albert O.; Robbins, John L.; Priest, George E.; Richardson, William G. Rev.; Crawford, Fred E.; Mason, Charles.; Emerson, Thomas P.; Whiting, Moses.; Whitney, Solon F. ; Cleveland, L. Sidney.; Porter, Edward F.; Dadmun, Harry.; Gilkey, Royal -- b. 1821.; Cobb, Freeman H.; Chase, Henry.; Robinson, George Frederick -- 1859-1949.; Rollins, Charles H.; Porter, Lewis B.; Brigham, Charles -- 1841-1925.; Hartford, Nathan B.; Hodges, Cornelius C.; Shaw, Linus Allen; McLauthlin, Wallace.; Ham, Charles G.; Hartwell, Albert H.; Pollock, Henry.; Perkins, William H.; Teele, Arthur.; Livermore, Herbert J.; Perkins, Thomas J.; Powell, Herbert H.; Fewkes, Jesse.; Porter, Andrew.; Cobb, Freeman.; Tarlton, Frank D.; Bixby, Curtis W.; Critchett, Frederick E.; Sawyer, Herbert H.; Barker, Fred G.; Benton, C. E.; Collins, Henry.; Lingham, William A.; Dadmun, Arthur H.; Abbott, Charles W.; Prior, Matthew.; Lunt, George C.; Campbell, George C.; Livermore, Charles E.; Brigham, Harry W.; Gleason, Samuel S.; Farwell, William E.; Otis, Horace.; Pierce, Charles Q.; Cole, Alton.; Fletcher, Albion C.;

Started in 1888, a group of men who met monthly to attract businesses to Watertown including Hood Rubber Company, much like a combination of a chamber of commerce and the Rotary Club. The goal was to encourage "social and business betterment." 60 men are posed in front of porch, all but 5 are named. Circa 1890.: 1. John L. Robbins, 2. George E. Priest, 3. Rev. William G. Richardson, 4. F.E. Crawford, 5. Charles Mason, 6. T. P. Emerson, 7. Moses Whiting, 8. Solon F. Whitney, 9. L. Sidney Cleveland, 10. A. O. Davidson, 11. E. F. Porter, 12. Harry Dadmun, 13. Royal Gilkey, 14. Freeman H. Cobb, 15. Henry Chase, 16. George F. Robinson, 17. C. H. Rollins, 18. L. B. Porter, 19. Charles Brigham, 20. N. B. Hartford, 21. C. C. Hodges, 22. L. A. Shaw, 23. Wallace McLauthlin, 24. Unidentified, 25. Unidentified, 26. Charles G. Ham, 27. A. H. Hartwell, 28. Henry Pollock, 29. W. H. Perkins, 30. Arthur Teele, 31. H. J. Livermore, 32. T. J. Perkins, 33. H. H. Powell, 34. Jesse Fewkes, 35. Andrew Porter, 36. Freeman Cobb, 37. Unidentified, 38. Frank D. Tarlton, 39. Curtis W. Bixby, 40. F. E. Critchett, 41. H. H. Sawyer, 42. Fred G. Barker, 43. C. E. Benton, 44. Henry Collins, 45. W. A. Lingham, 46. Arthur H. Dadmun, 47. Charles W. Abbott, 48. Matthew Prior, 49. George C. Lunt, 50. George C. Campbell, 51. C. E. Livermore, 52. H. W. Brigham, 53. Unidentified, 54. S. S. Gleason, 55. W. E. Farwell, 56. Horace Otis, 57. C. Q. Pierce, 58. Alton Cole, 59. A. C. Fletcher, 60. Unidentified

1888 ca.

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