Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Austin Street, West Newton, Massachusetts -
Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Austin Street, West Newton, Massachusetts -
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Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Austin Street, West Newton, Massachusetts -
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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. - Neighborhood street with houses obscured by trees, flower garden, curved walkway, fire plug, caption names current residents and previous residents, caption: (Sleeper before Dr. Fisher), Dalton, Mead before Dr. Jack, entrance to Austin St. off of Chestnut St. - Page 85 -
