Brookline Historical Society
Photo Collection

Brookline Gold Star Mothers
Mothers who lost a son in WWII. Katherine Moloney, who lost her son Lawrence in WWII, was active in the group, she is in the second row, second from the left.
Priests, likely from St. Mary of the Assumption Church
Lincoln School, 1927
Margaret "Mardi" Robinson, daughter of Margaret (Moloney) Robinson is at the end of the second row (There is a hole in the photo at her left arm).
St. Mary's Class of 1937, William Ward
Billy Ward was a classmate of Lawrence Moloney, Jr. and lived at 90 Brook St. The William Billy Ward Playground, located between Aspinwall Ave. and Brook St., is named for him.
St. Mary's High School, Class of 1945
Senior class photo of Pauline Moloney, daughter of Lawrence T. Moloney.
390 Harvard St., circa 1894
Jonathan Lambert Dexter worked for many years as a partner at Sands, Furber & Co., a large wholesale fruit and produce dealer in Faneuil Hall Market, Boston. His wife, Mary L. Seaverns, was the sister of Henry Seaverns of H. G. Seaverns & Co., also a wholesale fruit dealer in Faneuil Hall Market. They married in 1875 and moved in with her widowed stepmother, Lucy S. Seaverns, whose house was on Harvard St. just north of the Coolidge & Brother store. Lucy Seaverns died at the end of 1885 and the Dexters moved into their new house at 390 Harvard St., two blocks away between Williams St. and Fuller St. Mary Dexter died in 1901 and Jonathan Dexter remained in the house until his death in 1926.

Shown in the photo are Lucy Amelia Dexter (1876-1940), who married and lived for years on nearby Stetson St., and Frank Seaverns Dexter (1891-1959), who remained in the house along with his sister, Mary, until his death in 1959, both were unmarried. The house was then torn down and the property acquired by Congregation Kehillath Israel which was next door at 380 Harvard St.
Harvard St. Across From Naples Rd., circa 1920
Looking southeast from Fuller St. toward Coolidge Corner. Only the storefronts at 398-402 Harvard St. are still standing. From left to right:
  • 370 Harvard St., partial view
  • 384 Harvard St.
  • 390 Harvard St.
  • 396 Harvard St.
  • 398 Harvard St, Chung Wing Laundry and Angelo Leone, shoe repair
  • 400 Harvard St, Krensky Bros., grocers
  • 402 Harvard St., Krotki’s Pharmacy
  • 406 Harvard St.

[Source: Olmsted]
Harvard St., circa 1929
  • The corner of Morgan Bros. Creamery at 435 Harvard St.
  • Coolidge St.
  • The house of John Nathan at 429 Harvard St., no longer standing.
  • The House of Liederman, Cleansers, 425 Harvard St., still standing
  • William Epstein, meats, at 423A Harvard St., still standing
  • M. Winer and Co., grocers, at 423 Harvard St., still standing
  • H. and B. Browner, grocers, at 421 Harvard St., still standing

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Texaco Station, 455 Harvard St.
The station was run by Samuel Rosenblatt. On the right are 81/83 and 87 Thorndike St. On the left is 27 Lawton St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Beals St.
Beals St.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
Beals St.
[Source: Joel Shield]
Beals St., 1935
Looking toward Harvard St. from #57
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
House and Farm of Joshua Griggs, Later David Coolidge
At about today's 446 Harvard St. between Thorndike and Coolidge Sts.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
David Sullivan Coolidge House, 470 Harvard St.
Located between today’s Columbia and Henry streets. Coolidge's Corner, the original name of Coolidge Corner, was named for the Coolidge & Brother store he built for his younger brothers William and George on the northwest corner Harvard and Beacon Streets. David's son, Henry, lived at 488 Harvard St.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
Browne St., November 1915
Looking north toward Freeman St.
[Source: Olmsted]
41 Winslow Rd.
41 Winslow Rd. with the rears of 26 and 22 Osborne Rd. in the background.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
41 Winslow Rd.
In the rear is 22 Osborne Rd. and on the left is 51 Winslow Rd.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
41 Winslow Rd.
House of W. J. Sullivan, still standing. Houses on Osborne Rd., still standing, are visible to the left.
[Source: Historic New England]
Babcock St.
Looking north from Abbottsford Rd. Photo by town engineer, Henry A. Varney, whose car is in the photo, foreground right. Varney routinely parked his car within the range of his photos, often with a door open.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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