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Larz Anderson, Gardens
From postcard
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Larz Anderson, Japanese Gardens
From postcard
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Larz Anderson mansion, fire
The estate was given to the town of Brookline in 1948. The then unoccupied mansion became a frequent object of vandalism and the rear was damaged by fire, shown here. The house was deemed too expensive to restore and it was torn down by the town in 1955.
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Map of Brookline Marshes, 1818
Drawn up by well-known area surveyor, Mather Withington. This plan and others by Withington would be used in court cases involving land ownership disputes.
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1822 Map of Brookline
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Map of Brookline and Surrounding Area, 1852
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]
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Map, 1871, Southwest Half
Item Number: 900-1; Job #900, Boston Parks through 950, Boston, MA (plans)
[Source: Olmsted]
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Map, 1871, Northeast Half
Item Number: 900-1; Job #900, Boston Parks through 950, Boston, MA (plans)
[Source: Olmsted]
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Cypress St. and Kendall St., 1937
Cypress St. to the left. Section of the old town trolley barn visible.
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Cypress St. and Foley's Market, 1937
Looking north from Rice St. toward Boylston St. Foley's Market is on the right in the same building that houses Foley's Liquors today at 228 Cypress St. Just off-screen to the right is the Lawrence T. Moloney package store. The houses center rear border Mulford St. and are still standing.
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230 and 232 Cypress St.
The house built by James Moloney, Sr. where he and wife, Maria, raised their family of 10 children. Son, Lawrence T. Moloney, owned the package store on right. Circa 1940
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232 Cypress St., Lawrence Moloney Package Store, 1941
Corner Cypress St. and Rice St., next to Foley's Market.
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Lawrence Moloney Package Store
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Cypress Liquors, Boylston St.
New location of Lawrence Moloney Package Store, after WWII. Pictured on the left is Paul J. Moloney (son of owner, Lawrence T Moloney).
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James Moloney Citizenship, 1905
His family emigrated from Clare, Ireland to England. He was born in Wales in 1846 as his family traveled there and he grew up in England. He left for the United States in 1866, at the age of 19. He built his home at 230 Cypress St, Brookline and operated a business as a mason/plasterer there.
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James Moloney and daughter, Margaret Robinson.
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Margaret (Moloney) Robinson with children Preston and W. Lawrence, circa 1907
One of ten children of James Moloney, she and her family lived at 230 Cypress St. with her parents. She served as chair of the Democratic Town Committee; was elected as a member of the School Committee in 1925 and served for six years; and was a Town Meeting member, president of the American Legion Auxiliary of the Brookline Post, and a member of the National Civic Foundation. In 1939, a playground was created at Cypress and Franklin Streets and named the Margaret Robinson Playground.
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Brookline Wheelmen, 1899
Bicycling club. James Moloney, Jr. was president in 1904
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Police Baseball Champions, 1916
Rear: Duke Connelly, Mike Cunniff, Tim Killion, Fred Fleming, Pat Rutledge, Sgt. Connors, Jim Casey, George Driscoll, Ed Mac Murray
Front: Joe O’Connell, Walter Johnson, Jim Ward, Eddie Moloney, John Donovan
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Edward Moloney in his Brookline police uniform, circa 1918
Son of James Moloney, Sr., brother to Margaret and James Jr. who are also featured in this collection.
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