[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Seen here traveling east in Coolidge Corner, these cars were manufactured as part of a group of center-entrance cars, numbered from 6100 to 6299, that were introduced in1919/20. They were reduced in service by the late 1930s but briefly returned to service during periods of increased demand during World War Two.

[Source: Olmsted]

Going east on Beacon to the right. Hay barn on the left, horse drinking at the watering fountain to the right.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The identifiable stores were collectively present from 1909 to 1912. From left to right:

• 1340 Beacon St., J. G. Miller, Fruit, a partial view
• 1338 Beacon St., David Quinn, Florist
• 1330 Beacon St., Brookline Art Union, Photographers; oddly numbered for its position
• 1334 Post Office
• 1330 Beacon St., entrance to Whitney Hall
• 1324 Beacon St., S. S. Pierce

[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Stores from left to right:

• 1352 Beacon St. – Coleman Furniture Co.
• 1350 Beacon St. – (Unidentified)
• 1346 Beacon St. – Old Corner Bookstore
• 1342-44 Beacon St. – Simon’s Shoe Shop
• 1340 Beacon St. – Stone Bros., Men’s Furnishings
• 1338 Beacon St. – Miss Ayer Shop, Gifts
• 1336 Beacon St. – (Unidentified)
• 1334 Beacon St. – Lillian E. Kendall, Dry Goods
• 1332 Beacon St. – Holmberg and Douglas, Jewelers

[Source: Historic New England]

A number of To Let signs can be seen in the store windows on the left. It can be deduced that the building, replacing the previous building that was destroyed by fire in January 1913, has recently opened. The storefront, where this brown-brick building joins with the Pierce Building to its right, has the window lettering for the real estate firm of Harold G. King, at 1336 Beacon.

On the right, the automobile of Clarence Howes is parked outside his business, C. G. Howes, Cleaners at 1341a Beacon St.
[Source: Historic New England]

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Storefronts visible on the north side of Beacon St. include two businesses that were likely initial tenants in the newly-constucted (1913) building known as the "Pierce Block": the Stone Bros. at #1340 and A. M. Johnstone, tailor, at #1348. McElroy Bros. Real Estate, at 1352 Beacon, is first listed in the town directory of 1920. At the extreme left of the photo are the trailing letters from the sign of Simon's Shoe & Boot Shop, which opened in 1916 at #1350 and expanded in 1923 to include #1354 Beacon.

On the south side of Beacon, the third car from the left is identified as a Dodge Brothers Model Touring car, a model first introduced in 1914 and manufactured into the 1920s.

Visible on the northeast corner of Beacon and Harvard are Harvard Taxi, Poulin Bros. and Rexall.
[Source: Historic New England]

Looking at the south side of Coolidge Corner just west of Harvard St. All the buildings are still standing except for the church. From left to right:

• 1341 Beacon St.: Brookline Trust Co.
• 1343 Beacon St.: Thomas Fish Market
• 1345 Beacon St.: Coolidge Corner Woman's Exchange
• 1349 Beacon St.: Morgan Bros. Creamery
• 1351 Beacon St.: C. G. Howes, Cleaners
• 1351A Beacon St.: Personal Bookshop and Lending Library
• 1353 Beacon St.: entrance to upstairs apartments
• 1353A Beacon St.: appears empty. The Brookline Beauty Shoppe was there until the end of 1929; the Brookline Chamber of Commerce opened there in September, 1930.
• 1355 Beacon St.: Beacon Market (Joseph F. Heald, proprietor)
• 1357 Beacon St.: Kidder, Peabody & Co. Investments and Securities
• 1361 Beacon St.: Wilfred L. Steeves, Hardware, Electricians, Locksmiths
• 1363 Beacon St.: Gammon Drug Co.
• 1373 Beacon St.: Baptist Church
• 1375 Beacon St.: J. W. Rogers, Florist
• 1397 Beacon St.: side of the apartment building

Looking east from Park St.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west on Beacon St. The water trough is at corner of Harvard St. in front of the Coolidge & Brother Store. Across the street is the Andrew J. Harrington house which was moved to Longwood Ave. after the widening of Beacon St. To its right is the house of Glidden W. Joy.

From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]