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	Pierce School Graduation, 1908 Identities inscribed with the photo were: Front Row Fay -- from Cuba Irene Taylor Elizabeth Walsh Edith C Robinson Ruth Litchfield Sara Emerson Snell Christine Merrick Ayars Helen Margaret Leard Lillian Agnes Meany Viola Bassett Handy Row Two Katherine G Sullivan Frances A Jefferson Ada E. Chevalier (teacher) Mary McSkimmon (principal) Maria F. Gardner (teacher) Marie Katherine Kelly Helena von Ladau Frances Converse McCormick Row Three Vienna Francis Edwards Sarah M I Messer Annie ??? Lillian Woodard Alice M. Potter Katharine Riley Esther A Richardson Emily Grace Smith (?) Gladys Florence Creaser Donna M. George Louise Cheney Row Four Walter Kelley Harry H. Denning Karl Leavitt Thielscher George Francis McGillen Philip Ignatius Johnson Robert J. Rowe ? Dillingham Row Five Arvin Edward Case Elwood B. Merritt Philip Leard William Walizer Antonio Nesmith Guimaraes Edward Estey Mason Philip R. G. Nordell Elliott W Hirshberg Edward A Manning Not identified above but listed in the June 27th, 1908 issue of The Chronicle as receiving diplomas were: Edith M Barrett, Mabel Louise Blair, Annah May Colby, Etta May Coyne, Annie R. Cross, Elsie May Danckert, James Walter Dane, Katherine Margaret Duffy, George C Dunlevy, Edward M Emery, Charles Ultin Farley, Chester R. Fowler, Pae Fowler, Florence A Gottschalk, Manon Lloyd Grant, Elmer Philip Hatch, Florence May Hunter, Edward Charles Kelley, Adelbert Libby Kilmer, E Lewis Little, Agnes J Lynch, Grace Edith Mosher, Owen Leo McGillen, Emma Jane McNeilly, Philip E Nason, Frank Sewall Owen, Everett D Phillips, Vera Belle Purdy, Joseph A Richardson, William James Rix, May Watson Shillady, Jane E Smith, Francis P Wall, Elizabeth Margaret Walsh, Harold M Watson
	Pierce School Class This photograph was annotated with a date of 1905 and the names Lillian Scheinfein and “Teacher – Lunt”. No Lillian Scheinfein or a Lunt could be identified in that era or with the Pierce schools.
	High School, Manual Training School, Bath House
	The Coolidge Apartment Building Northeast Corner Sewall Ave and Stearns Rd.
	Hotel Beaconsfield, 1731 Beacon St. Built in 1903 by Henry Whitney. Initially a luxurious 200-room apartment hotel, it apparently fell on hard times by the 1950s and was demolished after a fire in 1966.
	Brookline Motor Hotel, 1211-1217 Beacon St. Formerly Richmond Court Apartments
	Boy Scout Troop 4, United Parish Church, circa 1927, With Annotations Troop 4 was affiliated with the First Parish Church and was one of a number of Boy Scout troops in Brookline. Troop 4 was largely populated at the time by boys from wealthy families. [Source: First Parish Brookline]
	Boy Scout Troop 4, United Parish Church, circa 1927 Troop 4 was affiliated with the First Parish Church and was one of a number of Boy Scout troops in Brookline. Troop 4 was largely populated at the time by boys from wealthy families. From left to right: Front row Robert Mason Whittemore Delano Wight John Moore Morse Robert Churchill Vose Richard Goodwin Edward Wiggin Robinson Charles Ogden Little Crocker Wight Second row Henry Law Petri Robert Ware Bridgeman William Bond Wheelwright Richard Bent Richard Wentworth Pentecost Robert Schacht Seth Morton Vose Charles Storrow Denny Russell Hastings Unidentified Oliver Kennard Scott Third row Richard Victor Prouty Irving Minot Shepard Andrew Marshall Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard John M. Little Cranford Rogers Unidentified Unidentified Herbert Phelps Vose Wendell Morse Hastings Unidentified [Source: First Parish Brookline]
	Boy Scout Troop 4, United Parish Church, circa 1927 With Annotations Troop 4 was affiliated with the First Parish Church and was one of a number of Boy Scout troops in Brookline. The troop, shown here at the church, was largely populated at the time by boys from wealthy families. [Source: First Parish Brookline]
	Boy Scout Troop 4, United Parish Church, circa 1927 Troop 4 was affiliated with the First Parish Church and was one of a number of Boy Scout troops in Brookline. The troop, shown here at the church, was largely populated at the time by boys from wealthy families. From left to right: Front row Unidentified Robert Mason Whittemore John Moore Morse Robert Churchill Vose Richard Goodwin Edward Wiggin Robinson Delano Wight Crocker Wight Second row Robert H. Schacht Robert Ware Bridgeman Richard Bent Richard Wentworth Pentecost Seth Morton Vose Charles Storrow Denny Russell Hastings Henry Waite Bigelow Third row Richard Victor Prouty Andrew Marshall Irving Minot Shepard Cranford Rogers Edward Fisk Andrews Timothy Rhodes Herbert Phelps Vose Wendell Morse Hastings Anthony Donald Hall Fourth row Robert Hey Rawson Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard Richard Bruce Harding [Source: First Parish Brookline]
	Reservoir Station Trolley Barn Looking east from Chestnut Hill Ave. [Source: Joel Shield]
	Reservoir Station Trolley Barn Looking east from Chestnut Hill Ave. [Source: Joel Shield]
	63 Summit Ave. [Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
	Boylston St., 1912 (Unconfimred) These houses are most likely on the north side of Boylston St. just west of the Village Square and are being moved back for the widening of Boylston St. Houses approved in May 1912 for relocation were numbers 75, 91, 95, 99, 107, 109 Boylston St. (ID) 001 (Envelope ID) P-5-8 (Envelope Description) School St. ? (Notes) Broken in two pieces; not archived [Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]
	Bonad Rd. Looking north on Bonad Rd. with Walnut Hill in the distance. C & R Construction, whose equipment is viewed in the photo, won the bid to construct these sewer and drain lines in 1930. On the left side of the road, from left to right are numbers 84, 110, 114,118, 122. (ID) 163 (Slide ID) P-105-21 [Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]
	Police Ambulance, 1930 (ID) 162 (Slide ID) P-98-5 [Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]
	Longwood Ave. Bridge, 1899 Looking toward Boston from Chapel St. The bridge has recently opened and replaced the old wooden bridge there. (ID) 161 (Slide ID) P-27-11 [Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]
	1501 Beacon St. Standing on the south side of Beacon St. looking west. The apartment building at 108-116 Winthrop Rd. is in the upper left corner. In the distance on the right is the six-story apartment building at 1569-1571 Beacon St., still standing. In the foreground is the future location of Brandon Hall at 1501 Beacon St. The pile of debris is unexplained as there was no structure there previously. (ID) 158 (Slide ID) P-1-4 [Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]
	University Rd., 1912 Standing at the eastern end of University Rd. and Washington St. Looking at the rear of houses on Winthrop Rd. Construction of houses on University Rd. has not yet begun. (ID) 157 (Slide ID) P-27-28 [Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]
	University Rd. and Gardner Rd. Junction, 1912 2 Gardner Rd is on the right, still standing. 555 Washington St. is acorss the street, no longer standing. (ID) 156 (Slide ID) P-27-22 [Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

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