Brookline Historical Society
Coolidge Corner Area Photos

Pleasant St., 1934
Looking towards Beacon St. Photo by Henry A. Varney, Brookline town engineer.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Pleasant St., 1934
Looking from Beacon St. A & P Grocery store is on the left. Photo by Henry A. Varney, Brookline town engineer.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Coolidge Corner, 1930
[Source: Historic New England]
Coolidge Corner: Coolidge & Brother General Store, Close-Up
Coolidge Corner District School
Removed with the widening of Beacon. Replaced by the Devotion School.
Coolidge Corner
Coolidge Apartment Building, 1913
N.E. Corner Sewall Ave and Stearns Rd.
Coolidge Corner, Early 1900s
Coolidge Corner, circa 1901
Harvard St. feeds in off-photo to the left of the transfer platforms. A Harvard St. trolley coming from the north toward Beacon St. can be viewed in the distance between the platforms. The house at 278 Harvard St. is visible.
[Source: MBTA]
Coolidge Corner, 1908
Coolidge Corner, 1905
Coolidge Corner, 1906
Three-car Train on Today's “C”
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.
Coolidge Corner
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Coolidge Corner, S.S. Pierce Building
Coolidge Corner
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
Coolidge Corner, 1913
Coolidge Corner
[Source: Olmsted]
Coolidge Corner, Coolidge & Brother Store, 1887
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]
Coolidge Corner, 1915(?)
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