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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 290 290 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 32 32 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 19 19 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 15 15 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Henry Walcott Boynton, Reader's History of American Literature 13 13 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 2. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 9 9 Browse Search
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army 8 8 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 8 8 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 6 6 Browse Search
D. H. Hill, Jr., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 4, North Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 5 5 Browse Search
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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Views of Medford. (search)
aph and heliotype process. But one of the latter, Grace Church, is to be found in the Usher work. His illustrations are mainly wood cuts of varying styles and merit. But there are some, found perhaps nowhere else,—the Stearns mansion, the railroad stations and the second Brooks schoolhouse. The birthplace of John Brooks and his last residence when governor of Massachusetts are well shown, and some of these later views we do well to compare with the earlier for the facts they reveal. In 1881 or ‘82 Mr. Henry Brooks secured photographic views, numbering twenty-eight, in various parts of Medford, ten of which are of the western portion. These were reproduced by the heliotype process (in size about eight by ten inches) in two brochures with one page of historical notes as introduction. Medford square and High street is the first, but with exception of two persons (indistinctly seen)it is utterly devoid of life, human or animal. No car tracks, for this was before the advent of th
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 25., Mr. Stetson's notes on information wanted. (search)
till remain—fine examples of old-time construction. H, the Richard Hall house, was demolished, and stood on the site of the Telephone Exchange. I was later the home of Dr. Daniel Swan, after his death the property of the town of Medford. In 1881 it was sold; the purchaser moved it to Mystic avenue, where it now stands. Only recently it has undergone extensive renovation and is now (at number 41) a three-apartment house. An excellent transparent photograph of this house is in the Historith the title he used. The point of view is on the southerly side of High street and the tract in view was owned by the town. Upon it had been the home of Dr. Daniel Swan, which during its municipal ownership had been rented for $200 a year. In 1881 it was sold and moved away. There was a barn in the rear, in which the highway department for a time kept its horses, to the annoyance of the immediate neighbors. It also dug out gravel in quantity for the repair of the streets. We never heard