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12 St. Paul St., circa 1907
No longer standing.
[Source: Historic New England]
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Aspinwall Ave. & St. Paul St., St. Paul's Church
Aspinwall Ave. to the right, looking east
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St. Paul St.
Looking north from Aspinwall Ave. On the left side, from left to right, numbers 30 and 40 can be partially viewed, no longer standing. In the distance on the right the triple decker of 43-45 St. Paul St. can be glimpsed, still standing.
[Source: Brookline Public Library]
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Aspinwall Ave., circa 1888
The south side of Aspinwall Ave. with Toxteth St. just to the right. From left to right:
- [#193] Partial view
- [#189]
- [#183] The wooden plank over the front steps, presumably for the carpenters, and the for-sale sign indicate that the house is just being finished. It was sold in September, 1888
- [#179] An empty plot, the house will be built in 1891
- An out building is visible on Brook St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Fourth of July Parade, 1899
Passing 194 Aspinwall Ave. at the corner of Harrison St. The parade route: begin Harvard Sq., north on Washington St., right on Park St., right on Beacon St., right on Charles St., left on Sewall Ave., right on Kent St., right on Aspinwall Ave., left on Harvard St., continue south on Washington St. to the Village Sq., right on Boylston St., right on Cypress St. to the playground by Davis Ave.
[ref. The Suburban, July 8, 1899, pg. 3]
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Aspinwall Ave.
Looking east. Entrance to Harrison St. is on the left.
[Source: Joel Shield]
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Aspinwall Ave., 1920s
Looking east from Harrison St. 194 Aspinwall Ave is the first house on the left.
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Aspinwall Ave. & Harrison St., November 1915
Looking west. Horse-drawn cart is in front of #194, Harrison St. comes in after that.
[Source: Olmsted]
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Aspinwall Ave. & Toxteth St., November 1915
Looking west just before Toxteth St. #168 Aspinwall Ave. is the first house on the right.
[Source: Olmsted]
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Second Aspinwall House, Aspinwall Hill, Winthrop Rd.
Dr. William Aspinwall moved here from his former house on Aspinwall Ave.. Rear view of the house on the hill looking down toward Washington St. Front of the house is on Winthrop Rd. at the corner of Gardner Rd..The house was built in 1803 by Dr. William Aspinwall and later occupied by two subsequent generations of the family. It was razed at the end of 1900.
This school was located in a small triangle of land in Coolidge Corner formed by Beacon St., the short extension of Pleasant St. running southwest of Beacon St. and Harvard St. running southeast of Beacon St. completing the triangle. It was built shortly after the 1851 extension into Brookline of Beacon St. With the widening of Beacon St. in 1887/88 the school was demolished and the new brick Cabot School was built on nearby Marion St.
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Second Aspinwall House, Aspinwall Hill, Winthrop Rd.
Intersection with Gardner Rd. is just to the right. The house was built in 1803 by Dr. William Aspinwall and later occupied by two subsequent generations of the family. It was razed at the end of 1900.
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Second Aspinwall House, Aspinwall Hill, Winthrop Rd., 1897
The house was built in 1803 by Dr. William Aspinwall and later occupied by two subsequent generations of the family. It was razed at the end of 1900.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Hillcrest Guest House
111 Winthrop Rd., Aspinwall Hill; circa 1927
It was Hillcrest Guest House from the early 1920s until 1943, run by Harriet W. Pray and William C. Pray. (William died in 1932).
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16 and 18 Bowker St., Early 1900s
Note room-to-let sign
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16 and 18 Bowker St., Early 1900s
14 Bowker St. is to the left, the rear of 44/46 Brook St. is to the right. 22 Bowker St., built in 1912, is not present. Both doors of 16 Bowker St. are open with a family out front. No families matching the four people present could be identified. The extended Horton family lived at 16 Bowker from 1906 1910. Maud Horton and husband, George Lewis Coleman, lived there with one young daughter.
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Brookline Trust Baseball team, 1934
This photo appeared on page 5 of the June 21, 1934 issue of the Brookline Chronicle.
Front row from left to right:
- Charles Haley, catcher
- Clifford Gittens, second base and manager; auditor at Brookline Trust
- Charles Foster, Jr. - mascot
- Charles Gittens - pitcher
- Thomas Ford short stop; teller at Brookline Trust
Back row from left to right:
- Leonard Rowe coach; chaffeur at Brookline Trust
- James Ferguson left field; teller at Brookline Trust
- R. Larson right field
- Charles Foster center field; bookkeeper at Brookline Trust
- Paul Meade third base; teller at Brookline Trust
- James Donnelly first base; assistant bookkeeper at Brookline Trust
- Arthur Peterson right field; teller at Brookline Trust
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Beacon St. at St. Mary's St., circa 1910
#999 Beacon St., C. H. Hitchcock, Druggist, which first opened circa 1907 and remianed at this location for sixty years. #1001 Beacon St., B.A. Freeman, Provisions is partially visible.
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999 - 1003 Beacon St.
The storefronts from 999-1007 Beacon St. were constructed by Charles Hitchcock in 1906 and still stand. From left to right:
- #999 Beacon St., C. H. Hitchcock, Druggist which first opened 1906 and remained at this location for sixty years.
- #1001 Beacon St., B.A. Freeman, Provisions opened in late 1906. The most recent record available shows the "Freeman Grocery still there in 1955
- #1003 Beacon St., Coolidge Cleansers Inc.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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1070 Beacon St., circa 1910
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Bird's Stationery Shop
Mellen True Bird (1860 1945) opened a Brookline branch of his Boston stationery store in 1932 at 1286 Beacon St. at the corner of Pleasant St. The business was later taken over by his children and remained at that location for over twenty years.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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