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43 Upland Rd.
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Lounge at the Beaconsfield Hotel, 1912
Built in 1903 by Henry Whitney. Initially a luxurious 200-room apartment hotel at 1731 Beacon St., it apparently fell on hard times by the 1950s and was demolished after a fire in 1966. The photo is from a postcard mailed to a friend by Peter F. Cormier, a clerk at the hotel.
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Clubhouse, Chestnut Hill Country Club
Addressed as number 1023 on Boylston St. which runs right behind the clubhouse.
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Clubhouse, Chestnut Hill Country Club
Addressed as number 1023 on Boylston St. which runs right behind the clubhouse.
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112 High St.
The house is sandwiched between two side roads: Edgehill Rd. on the right and Cumberland Ave. on the left. The house and the stone wall shown are still standing
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Home of Amos Lawrence, Prescott St.
Looking east on Ivy St. to the right.
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92-100 Washington St.
The final building at 104-108 Washington St. has recently been demolished and replaced by a gas station (off photo)
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55 Lee St.
Looking west across the Brookline reservoir (drained)
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45 Warren St., 1925
Looking northeast at the Brookline reservoir (drained) gatehouse. On the right is 45 Warren St.
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Amory Park and Cottage Farm
Looking north across Amory Park from 1236 Beacon St. (no longer standing). Background left, the rear of 200 Ivy St. is viewed and, on the right, 21 Mason St.
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Town Meeting, March 19, 1935
Held in town hall. The large posters illustrate the sites of the various proposals being voting on.
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WashingtonSq., circa 1950
Damage to the right front end of the car on the trolley tracks is noted. From right to left on the northwest corner:
  • [top row, left] Shows Ayr Rd. for the proposed zoning change that would allow stores to be erected and the existing apartment buildings torn down. The owner’s complaint was that the noise from the existing stores on the Boston side of Ayr. Rd made her apartments difficult to rent. It was voted down.
  • 1634A Beacon St. – The Studio, beauty shop.
  • 1636 Beacon St. – William Segal, realtor
  • [middle row, center] Add the extensions shown to Bonad Rd. and Russet Rd.
  • 1638 Beacon St. – Colvin’s Bakery
  • 1640 Beacon St. – The Beaconsfield, Tailor and Furrier
  • 1640A Beacon St. Barber Shop, unidentified, recently operated as the barbershop of John A. Seufert
  • 1642 Beacon St.
  • 1642A Beacon St.
  • 1644 Beacon St. – Sargent Inc., record shop
  • 1644A Beacon St.
  • 1646 Beacon St. – R & H Cleansers and Dyers
  • 1646A Beacon St. – Laundereze, laundromat which opened in November 1949
  • 1648 Beacon St. – Rex Grill

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The Michael Driscoll School, 64 Westbourne Terrace
This photo was probably taken at the time of the late-1911 opening of the school. On the left, the rear of 747 Washington St. is viewed. On the right is 16 Bartlett St., both still standing.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
University Rd.
Looking west from #63 on the left
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124 Winthrop Rd.
The photographer is standing on Addington Rd. looking east. On the right is 124 Winthrop Rd. On the left is a partial view of the apartment buildings at 119-127 Winthrop Rd. followed by 111 Winthrop Rd. All are still standing.
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Lower Washington St.
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Map of Brookline and Surrounding Area, 1852
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Lapham Brown Oil Co., 20 Washington St.
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Public Baths, Tappan St.
Note the slide coming from the second floor and the quote from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” engraved above.
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Public Baths, Tappan St.
On the left the rear of 41 Clark St. can be viewed.
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