Five newspaper pages, from the 1850s, with pictures of local scenes. Most of the pictures also include a brief article describing them. A: The Fountain House, Medford. From Ballou's Pictorial, Volume IX, No. 22, December 1, 1855. B: Scene Representing the Late Tornado at Medford, Mass. From Gleason's Pictorical Drawing Room, no date. Tornado occured August 22. C: Ice-Cutting at Fresh Pond, Cambridge, Mass. Does not include an article describing the scene. From Ballou's Pictorical Drawing Room Companion, handwritten note dates it 3/17/55. D: Ice Cutting at Spy Pond, West Cambridge, Mass. From Gleason's Pictorical Drawing Room, handwritten note dates it to Feb. 18, 1854. E: Spy Pond and Taft's Hotel, West Cambridge. Multiple other copies of the engraving are in the collection. From Ballou's Pictorical Drawing Room Companion, no date. Bottom edge of sheet is frayed.