The house in the foreground with the label was that of Joseph Nelson Manning and family. Daughter, Charlotte, was 3 ¾ years old at the time of the photo which perfectly matches the little girl standing in front. The younger boy is unidentified.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west on Clinton Rd. Dean Rd. crosses from left to right. Foreground left is 204 Clinton Rd. followed by 78 Dean Rd., then a small corner of 73 Dean Rd., and 233 Clinton Rd. obscured in the distance. The lead car has an MDC license plate.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Standing on Cypress St. looking west at the station. Tappan St. goes west right behind the station. This precedes the 1891 construction of the bridge over the tracks that still stands today.

Heading east at the Brookline Hills Station. The Manual Training School is behind the station The High School is on the right..

(ID) 121
(Slide ID) P-25-18
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

The vantage point is from the Blake Estate on the hill above the high school. Stanton Rd. is coming in from the left. In the distance from left to right:

• 80 Greenough St. barely visible through the trees
• Manual Training School barely visible through the trees
• Outbuildings on the Blake Estate, no longer standing but roughly located on the east side of today’s Lowell Rd.
• High School

(ID) 106
(Slide ID) P-69-23
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

Standing in the Blake Estate looking across the rear of estate outbuildings and the high school to houses on Tappan St.

(ID) 107
(Slide ID) P-6-8
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

In the vicinity of the high school but the exact location is not identified

(ID) 108
(Slide ID) P-6-11
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

Looking north as it feeds into Gardner Rd. Photo by the town engineer, Henry Varney, whose car is parked next to the hydrant.

(ID) 096
(Slide ID) P-125-15
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

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]

Looking west on Boylston St. from the Village Square. On the right is the only known image of the removal of the south side of the Guild Building to accommodate the widening of Boylston St. The building remained a controversial eyesore in the following years. The removal was the final step in 1912 widening of Boylston St. When this photo was taken the tracks were in their new position and the other buildings had been moved back.

Also viewed from left to right:

• The saw horses of the Simpson Brothers Co. They performed a number of paving jobs in the town.
• 48 Boylston St.: the low stone wall and the two-story brick building still in use in 2026 as a restaurant.
• 50 Boylston St.: apartment building, still standing
• 21 Boylston St.: John H. Shea, Horse Shoer
• 19 Boylston St.: J. O'Day, Stables
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• 7 – 11 Boylston St. has just been constructed at the new set back.

(ID) 012
(Slide ID) P-6-4
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

Looking at the north side of Boylston St., the Village is just to the right. From left to right:

• 21 Boylston St., Napolean L. Walker, Builder
• 21 Boylston St., John H. Shea, Horse Shoer
• 19 Boylston St., J O'Day, Stable (in the rear; office hut in front)
• 11 Boylston St., partial view; O. R. S. Isbister, Sign Painting, Glazing and Window Glass

(ID) 008
(Slide ID) P-5-1
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

O. R. S. Isbister, Sign Painting, Glazing, and Window Glass

(ID) 068
(Slide ID) P 6-3
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

Looking at the north side of Boylston St. From left to right:

• 59 Boylston St., the house of James Healy, partial view, and the entrance to his livery In October, 1912, they were granted a permit to move their house back away from the street.
• 55 Boylston St..
• 51 Boylston St.

(ID) 004
(Slide ID) ?
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

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 1912 for relocation were numbers 41, 45, 49, 59, 75, 91, 95, 99, 103, 105, 107, 109, 115 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]

Looking at the north side of Boylston St. From left to right:

• 135/137 Boylston St., the grocery store of Bridget Glynn, partial view. It has already been moved back to accommodate the upcoming widening of Boylston St. Glynn, 50, widowed in 1904, lived with her five children.
• Unexplained band playing for the children
• 133 Boylston St. Not visible in this photo, the house is already being prepared in the rear for the move back to accommodate the upcoming widening of Boylston St. There were two women listed at the address in 1912: Catherine Keenan, 46, and Alice Dawson, 57.
• Driveway leading to the stables and hen house of 133 Boylston St.
• 115 Boylston St., partial view

(ID) 007
(Slide ID) ?
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

Looking at the north side of Boylston St. during the widening of Boylston St. The presence of what appear to be "Y" connectors in the tracks is not understood. From left to right:

• 145 Boylston St., partial view. This building has an ambiguous identity. There had been a larger rooming house there that was no longer listed after 1901. This smaller structure appears in subsequent atlases but there are no records of it in town directories and, notably, no record of the grocery store that is evident. It needed to move back for the widening of Boylston St. and it appears that it was torn down instead, possibly due to the lack of available expansion room - it was right up against a house behind it on Kerrigan Place.
• Entrance to Kerrigan Place
• 137/135 Boylston St. The house has already been moved back from the street and a wooden walkway is visible over the gap.
• 133 Boylston St. Note the open basement walls - the house is already being prepared for a move back to accommodate the upcoming widening of Boylston St. There is a woman in the doorway – there were two women listed at the address in 1912: Catherine Keenan, 46, and Alice Dawson, 57.

(ID) 002
(Slide ID) P-5-10
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]

Looking at the north side of Boylston St. From left to right:

• Rear of house on Kerrigan Place, partial view
• 145 Boylston St. has a complex history. See the following section
• Entrance to Kerrigan Place
• 135/137 Boylston St., the grocery store of Bridget Glynn. It has already been moved back to accommodate the upcoming widening of Boylston St. Glynn, 50, widowed in 1904, lived with her five children there.
• 133 Boylston St., partial view

145 (aka 161) Boylston St. Details:

• 1901: it is located further west at 161 Boylston St. next to the Boylston School. It is the home of James Henry and Ellen McGivney, he is the assistant chief of the fire department.
• June 1901: the town takes possession of the house and land
• circa 1901-2 The McGivneys purchase 145 Boylston St. and the house on Kerrigan Place behind it (speculative)
• circa 1902: 145 Boylston St., a large rooming house, is taken down and #161 is moved there. Oddly, it retains its numbering of 161 in the town directory while it maintains the correct numbering of 145 on the atlas.
• 1903: James McGivney dies
• 1906: Emily J. Smith opens a variety store on the first floor right next door to Bridget Glynn’s grocery store.
• 1909: Ellen McGivney dies
• 1912: the house needs to move back for the widening of Boylston St. but there is not enough room - it was right up against a house behind it on Kerrigan Place. It is torn down.
• Delivery wagon. The name “Curran” displayed on the side but no identification has been made.

(ID) 006
(Slide ID) P-5-3
[Source: William Robert Murphy Collection]