Looking east on Beacon, standing at today's Strathmore Rd. Seen from left to right:

• Englewood Ave entering on the left directly across from the hotel
• The Reservoir Hotel complex. Note two people standing in the rear. The hotel was opened circa 1870 and gained notoriety after a number of raids for illegally selling “intoxicating liquors” and even, in 1889, a number of men from neighboring towns were rounded up while attending a dog fight there. The property was cleared in 1891.
• The tracks of the Boston and Albany Railroad running along the ridge

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
incl. Streets

Lantern Slide Collection #34