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Coolidge Corner Area Photos
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Coolidge Corner
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]
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Coolidge Corner, 1917
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Boulevard Trust Co., Coolidge Corner
Shown from left to right:
- Partial view of a street-watering cart
- Inbound trolley stand
- Boulevard Trust building at 1319 Beacon St.
- Rear of Charles Stearns' house
- Street-watering cart
- Harvard St. looking south
[Source: Joel Shield]
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Beacon St., 1930
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
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Beacon St., 1909
Looking east from Park St.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Coolidge Corner, 1937
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Beacon St. Looking West From Coolidge Corner, 1887
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]
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Coolidge Corner, 1940s
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Andrew J. Harrington House
Beacon St. midway between Harvard St. and Webster Ave. at about #1339. House was later moved to Longwood Ave. after the widening of Beacon St. Steeple of the Harvard Congregational Church visible in upper right.
From the 1887 photo series taken just before the widening of Beacon St., most likely by Augustine H. Folsom, a Boston photographer.
[Source: Joel Shield]
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1339 Beacon St.
House of Dr. J. Herbert Moore, built in 1901. The house was later bought by Ernest B. Dane, torn down, and the Brookline Trust Co. building erected, which still stands.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Harvard St. at Babcock St., circa 1912
Looking south toward Coolidge Corner. Babcock St. foreground left.
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Harvard St. At Babcock St., 1933
Looking south toward Coolidge Corner.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Harvard St. at Babcock St., 1936
Looking south from Babcock St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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308-312 Harvard. St.
Building still standing. From left to right:
- The Kirby Co. Plumbing and Heating, 308 Harvard St. on the side of the building
- 310 Harvard St., Coolidge Corner Bowling Alleys, basement
- 310 Harvard St., 20thCentury Billiards, second floor
- Carroll Cut-rate Perfumer, 310A Harvard
- Marvel System Beauty Shop, 312 Harvard
- Mills Gents Furnishings, 312A Harvard
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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S. S. Pierce Building, February 5, 1927
Looking at the S. S. Pierce building from Green St. Visible at 276 Harvard St. is Frey's Hairdressing Parlors, run by Louisa Frey and later by her son, Douglas C. Frey. The shop had recently moved from across the street and remained there into the 1940s.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Coolidge Corner Universalist Church
Built 1906; Coolidge Corner Theater today
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Harvard St.
Shown is the building that today houses a movie theater. On the left, at #284 Harvard St. is the delivery wagon of the Samuel Buxbaum provisions store. The store was a family affair with several of his children working there. In the center is the Beacon Universalist Church. On the right, at #290 Harvard St. is the shop of Louis White, tailor.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Harvard St., August 22, 1918
This is the one-story building in the middle of what was known as the “Rooney Block” and still stands today. Henry Collins and Thomas H. Dyer were partners at this location from about 1873 – 1877. Dyer left to work at the provisions store of Hartwell & Skinner in Boston's New Faneuil Hall Market and, by 1883, had returned to Brookline to open his own store in the nearby Panter Building. When Dyer left, this store became Henry Collins & Co., Provisions.
In the window, the reflection of the Seaman’s Co. building, situated directly across Washington St. on the northwest corner with Davis Ave , is clearly visible.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Harvard St., Coolidge Corner, February 5, 1927
From left to right:
::284 Harvard St. – S. Buxbaum & Co. Provisions
::286 Harvard St. – Beacon Universalist Church
::288 Harvard St. – M. Malmrose, Printing and Coolidge Corner Moving
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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Green St., Coolidge Corner, February 5, 1927
Looking down Green St. from Harvard St. Gurley’s Bakery on the corner. The two boys are delivering the February 5, 1927 issue of Liberty Magazine (a copy is partially visible held under an arm).
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]
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