Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Florence Newell beside Peonies -
Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Florence Newell beside Peonies -
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Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Florence Newell beside Peonies -
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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. - Adolescent girl in white dress and white parasol standing beside bed of peonies in bloom at 87 Chestnut St., West Newton, caption: Florence Newell - Page 88 -
