hide Matching Documents

The documents where this entity occurs most often are shown below. Click on a document to open it.

Document Max. Freq Min. Freq
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 14. 4 0 Browse Search
Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. 4 0 Browse Search
View all matching documents...

Browsing named entities in Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28.. You can also browse the collection for Samuel A. Walker or search for Samuel A. Walker in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 1 document section:

Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 28., The beginning of a New village. (search)
,000 square feet area. Evidently the day of small house lots had not then come. The plan was by a noted surveyor, J. F. Fuller of Boston. It was lithographed, and announced these lots for sale on Monday, October 29, 1866, at 3.30 P. M. by Samuel A. Walker, auctioneer of Boston, who was famed in his calling, and whose advertising posters were remarkable. This plan had a fine showing of Mr. Brooks' park with its trees, and showed Mr. Brooks' land bordering for some two hundred feet and Heirs ohe promoters had a special train run out from Boston on the occasion. Tables had been set up on the lot where the fire station now is, and a collation of strawberries, ice cream, etc., was furnished the coming throng. Then the same auctioneer, Walker, set up his red flag and began to orate somewhat on the natural beauties and advantages of the locality for homes, and led a procession of onlookers across the field to near the old barn, and stating terms of sale, etc., asked for bids per square