Ethel Stanwood (1873 - 1954); married, 1897, Charles Knowles Bolton; parents: Edward Stanwood and Eliza Maxwell Topliff; lived on High St.

Ethel Stanwood created the two albums of 1886 tintypes in which are presented this photo of her as well as those of her, brother, Edward, and cousin, Maud. Graduated from Wellesley College, 1894. She was a Registrar for the Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames, authored books and articles about local history, and was an amateur artist. Her husband is the author of Brookline, The History of a Favored Town and other books, graduated from Harvard in 1890, was Librarian of the Brookline Public Library from 1893-1898, and spent the remainder of his career as Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum.

1879 - 1920; married, 1904, Malcolm Donald; parents: Moorfield Storey and Anna Gertrude Cutts; lived at 44 Edge Hill Road, in a house that still stands.

Her sister, Elizabeth, is also featured in this album. Her husband graduated from Harvard Law School in 1902 and practiced in Boston, they lived in Milton with their two children.

1879 - 1920; married, 1904, Malcolm Donald; parents: Moorfield Storey and Anna Gertrude Cutts; lived at 44 Edge Hill Road, in a house that still stands.

The family house at 44 Edgehill Road was designed by Robert Peabody, a well-known architect who had been her father’s college roommate and lived next door. Moorfield Storey was a president of the American Bar Association and the president for most of its existence of the Anti-Imperialist League, an organization founded to oppose the annexation of the Philippines as a colony and to support free trade and the gold standard. Its members included Jane Addams, Andrew Carnegie, Grover Cleveland, Mark Twain, Samuel Gompers, and John Dewey, among many notables. Later, Storey became the first president of the NAACP, a role he served in from 1910 until his death in 1929. Katherine’s husband graduated from Harvard Law School in 1902 and practiced in Boston, they lived in Milton with their two children.

1876- 1939; married Marion Evans; parents: Edward Stanwood and Eliza Maxwell Topliff; lived at 76 High St.

Younger brother of Ethel and cousin of Maud who also appear in this album. He graduated from Bowdoin College, the alma mater of his father, and Harvard Law School. Worked in Boston.

Ethel Stanwood (1873 - 1954); married, 1897, Charles Knowles Bolton; parents: Edward Stanwood and Eliza Maxwell Topliff; lived on High St.

Ethel Stanwood created the two albums of 1886 tintypes in which are presented this photo of her as well as those of her, brother, Edward, and cousin, Maud and many of the young people who lived in her Pill Hill neighborhood in 1886. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1894. She was a Registrar for the Massachusetts Society of the Colonial Dames, authored books and articles about local history, and was an amateur artist. Her husband is the author of Brookline, The History of a Favored Town and other books, was Librarian of the Brookline Public Library from 1893-1898, and spent the remainder of his career as Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum.

The family house remains one of the most unusual buildings in Brookline. Built for Edward Stanwood and designed by Clarence Luce, it is a true example of the English Victorian Queen Anne style, which inspired the American version of Queen Anne. Its gargoyles embarrassed Stanwood, publisher of the extremely influential The Youth’s Companion, who became known as the man with "the house of sunflowers and devils."

1868 - 1958; never married; parents: Isaac Augustus Stanwood, Isabel Frances Sturgis.

Her father was brother to the father of Ethel Stanwood, who created this album, and her brother, Edward. He was a wealthy manufacturer of paper in Maine.

1874 - 1924; parents:Edward Austin Flint and Lucy Whitwell Parker; married, 1919, Charles Wendell Townsend (Harvard College, 1881); lived at Carlton St., Walnut St. and later, 35 Allerton St.

Sarah is the sister of John and Gertrude Flint who also appear in this album. She was an artist, pyrographer, and Assistant in Charge of the Textile Collection of the MFA where she worked from 1905 - 1923. She lived with Gertrude and Gertrude's husband, Charles Wendell Townsend, on Marlborough St. in the Back Bay and was the maid of honor at their 1891 wedding (First Parish Church, Walnut St.) at which Roger Tileston and Henry Ware, also included in this album, were ushers. When Gertrude died in 1917, Sarah and Dr. Townsend married. The Flint’s grandfather was a prominent physician in Boston. Their father started as a second lieutenant in the civil war with the First Massachusetts Cavalry and was a major when he mustered out. He was a civil engineer who worked on projects around the world. Both John and Sarah were born in Peru, Gertrude in Oregon when he was working for the Northern Pacific Raliroad. He died of pneumonia in 1886 when his children were young.

1877 - 1960 ; parents: Alfred Winsor and Linda Kennard; married, 1903, Charles Collins (1873-1956) (at some point the family name was changed to Collens); lived at 24 Walnut Place (formerly 204 Walnut Street).

1877 - 1960 ; parents: Alfred Winsor and Linda Kennard; married, 1903, Charles Collins (1873-1956) (at some point the family name was changed to Collens); lived on Walnut St. between Cypress and Walnut Place.

Her father, a Civil War veteran, was the president of the Boston Towboat Company and the Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Company. Her maternal grandfather, Martin P. Kennard, was a jeweler, customs house collector, and sub treasurer of the United States in Boston. His home at 25 Kennard Street is now the Brookline Music School. Margaret’s husband was a prominent architect with the firms Allen & Collens and Allen, Pelton & Collens. Among their designs were the Cloisters and the Riverside Church in New York, the Lindsey Chapel of Emmanuel Church in the Back Bay, and the Newton Town Hall and War Memorial.

1873 - 1909; parents: Henry Rogers Dalton and Florence Dwight Chapman;

Henry Dalton was a wealthy insurance broker and had been a captain in the Civil War. After the war he returned to Boston and married Elizabeth Lowell Dutton Russell in 1865. They had two children before she died in 1869, the second was Elizabeth who is also featured in this album. In 1872 he married Florence Chapman and moved to 288 Marlborough, Boston. Alice was their first child together. In 1908 he purchased 181 Beacon St., Boston, steps from his brother’s house at 189. Alice died in New Mexico in 1909 of typhoid fever while visiting her sister Susan whose husband was a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court and a former United States Assistant Attorney General.

1873 - 1909; parents: Henry Rogers Dalton and Florence Dwight Chapman;

Henry Dalton was a wealthy insurance broker and had been a captain in the Civil War. After the war he returned to Boston and married Elizabeth Lowell Dutton Russell in 1865. They had two children before she died in 1869, the second was Elizabeth who is also featured in this album. In 1872 he married Florence Chapman and moved to 288 Marlborough, Boston. Alice was their first child together. In 1908 he purchased 181 Beacon St., Boston, steps from his brother’s house at 189. Alice died in New Mexico in 1909 of typhoid fever while visiting her sister Susan whose husband was a justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court and a former United States Assistant Attorney General.

1873 - 1949; Her parents were Thomas Hart Clay Jr. and Annie Gratz. The family lived at 94 Upland Rd. (Walley Ave. at the time), which is still standing, from approximately 1887 to 1892. In 1905, she married Dr. William Cogswell.

Miriam is the older sister of Anna who is also featured in the tintype album of Ethel Stanwood. The sisters were descendants of generations of prominent Kentucky families and a direct descendant of Henry Clay, former Speaker of the House and Senator from Kentucky. Their father was the Boston editor of The Youth's Companion, published by Edward Stanwood, father of the photo album's creator.

1874 - 1951; married Maria (last name unknown); parents: Cadwallader Curry and Mary Abby Lane; lived at 100 High St. at Cumberland.

His father was in the wool business and served as a banking commissioner in Massachusetts. His mother was a music teacher. The family moved to Europe in 1890 and Sebastian lived at various times in Switzerland, Italy, and Austria, but primarily in the town of Riederau-on-the-Ammersee, Germany, near Munich, where he was a farmer. Here is how he described his path to Riederau (in an affidavit accompanying his 1915 U.S. passport application): "Went to Europe in order to take up the study of chemistry & languages, but, on account of hard work my health broke down and, on the physicians’ advice, I went into farming in order to have my health restored. Subsequently my mother bought a farm which I have been running ever since 1906. My health has greatly improved but not yet sufficiently to permit a change of climate and surroundings. " His father died in 1918 and his mother in 1932, both in Munich. Sebastian died in 1951 in Kufstein, Austria where he is buried. He was still an American citizen. His occupation was listed on the death certificate as "farmer".

1874 - 1951; married Maria Schilling; parents: Cadwallader Curry and Mary Abby Lane; lived at 100 High St. at Cumberland Ave.

He was born in Brookline and lived at 100 High St. His father was in the wool business and served as a banking commissioner in Massachusetts. His mother was a music teacher. In 1890, she moved to Europe with 3 of her 5 sons (Waldemar, Robert, and Sebastian). Another son, Charles, was already in Europe studying in Göttingen. The oldest son, Harry, opted to remain in the States along with their father who visited the family in Europe often and for months at a time. The 100 High Street house was rented to BSO conductor Arthur Nikisch and Cadwallader Curry moved to Sharon.

Sebastian lived at various times in Switzerland, Italy, and Austria, but primarily in the town of Riederau-on-the-Ammersee, Germany, near Munich, where his vocation was that of a farmer or, more accurately according to the family, that of a gentleman farmer who directed the work of others. Here is how he described his path to Riederau (in an affidavit accompanying his 1915 U.S. passport application): "Went to Europe in order to take up the study of chemistry & languages, but, on account of hard work my health broke down and, on the physicians’ advice, I went into farming in order to have my health restored. Subsequently my mother bought a farm which I have been running ever since 1906. My health has greatly improved but not yet sufficiently to permit a change of climate and surroundings. "

His father died in 1918 and his mother in 1931, both in Munich. It is reported that his mother had rejected all of Sebastian's prospective mates while she was alive. In the year following her death, Sebastian married Maria Schilling, thirty-two years his junior. They had met while Maria served as a nurse to Sebastian's mother beginning in 1924. Sebastian died in 1951 in Kufstein, Austria where he is buried. He was still an American citizen. His occupation was listed on the death certificate as "farmer".

[Updated 2020 with information from his grandson]

1874 - 1924; parents:Edward Austin Flint and Lucy Whitwell Parker; married, 1919, Charles Wendell Townsend (Harvard College, 1881); lived at Carlton St., 205 Walnut St., and 35 Allerton St.

Sarah is the sister of John and Gertrude Flint who also appear in this album. She was an artist, pyrographer, and Assistant in Charge of the Textile Collection of the MFA where she worked from 1905 - 1923. She lived with Gertrude and Gertrude's husband, Charles Wendell Townsend, on Marlborough St. in the Back Bay and was the maid of honor at their 1891 wedding (First Parish Church, Walnut St.) at which Roger Tileston and Henry Ware, also included in this album, were ushers. When Gertrude died in 1917, Sarah and Dr. Townsend married. The Flint’s grandfather was a prominent physician in Boston. Their father started as a second lieutenant in the civil war with the First Massachusetts Cavalry and was a major when he mustered out. He was a civil engineer who worked on projects around the world. Both John and Sarah were born in Peru, Gertrude in Oregon when he was working for the Northern Pacific Railroad.

Prior to 1886, Edward Austin Flint and Lucy Whitwell Parker, their four children, Lucy's mother, and two of Lucy's siblings lived together on Carlton St. In 1886, Edward Flint died suddenly, of pneumonia. The oldest Flint child, William P., was starting at M.I.T., the three youngest are pictured in this album. The family moved to 205 Walnut St. and lived there from approximately 1886 to 1892. (The city directories of 1880s Brookline often listed addresses without house numbers. We are choosing 205 Walnut St. as the most likely location for "Walnut St. nearly opposite Walnut Place").

1876 - 1911; parents:Edward Austin Flint and Lucy Whitwell Parker; lived at Carlton St., 205 Walnut St., 35 Allerton St.

John is the younger brother of Sarah and Gertrude Flint who also appear in this album. Their grandfather was a prominent physician in Boston. Their father was a second lieutenant in the civil war with the First Massachusetts Cavalry, was a major when he mustered out. He was a civil engineer who worked on projects around the world (both John and Sarah were born in Peru) and he died of pneumonia in 1886 when his children were young. John graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1903 and also died early, of pneumonia, in 1911.

Prior to 1886, Edward Austin Flint and Lucy Whitwell Parker, their four children, Lucy's mother, and two of Lucy's siblings lived together on Carlton St. In 1886, Edward Flint died suddenly, of pneumonia. The oldest Flint child, William P., was starting at M.I.T., the three youngest are pictured in this album. The family moved to 205 Walnut St. and lived there from approximately 1886 to 1892. (The city directories of 1880s Brookline often listed addresses without house numbers. We are choosing 205 Walnut St. as the most likely location for "Walnut St. nearly opposite Walnut Place").

1871 - 1917; married, 1891, Charles W. Townsend; parents: Edward Austin Flint and Lucy Whitwell Parker; lived at Carlton St., 205 Walnut St., and 35 Allerton St.

Gertrude is the older sister of John and Sarah Flint who also appear in this album. Sarah lived with Gertrude and her husband, Charles Wendell Townsend, on Marlborough St. in the Back Bay and was the maid of honor at their 1891 wedding (First Parish Church, Walnut St.) at which Roger Tileston and Henry Ware, also included in this album, were ushers. When Gertrude died in 1917, Sarah and Dr. Townsend married. The Flint’s grandfather was a prominent physician in Boston. Their father started as a second lieutenant in the civil war with the First Massachusetts Cavalry and was a major when he mustered out. He was a civil engineer who worked on projects around the world. Both John and Sarah were born in Peru, Gertrude in Oregon when he was working for the Northern Pacific Railroad. He died of pneumonia in 1886 when his children were young.

Prior to 1886, Edward Austin Flint and Lucy Whitwell Parker, their four children, Lucy's mother, and two of Lucy's siblings lived together on Carlton St. In 1886, Edward Flint died suddenly, of pneumonia. The oldest Flint child, William P., was starting at M.I.T., the three youngest are pictured in this album. The family moved to 205 Walnut St. and lived there from approximately 1886 to 1892. (The city directories of 1880s Brookline often listed addresses without house numbers. We are choosing 205 Walnut St. as the most likely location for "Walnut St. nearly opposite Walnut Place").

1873 - 1959; parents: John Prentiss Hopkinson and Mary Elizabeth Bessie Watson ; married, 1893, George Pierce Baker (Harvard College, 1887); lived in Cambridge, MA

She graduated from Radcliffe in 1893; was an acting dean and trustee there; was a lecturer, historian and genealogist who authored several books. She also lived in New Haven where her husband, a renowned drama teacher and critic who had been a member of the famous 47 Club in Cambridge, was a professor and creator of the Drama Department at Yale.

1875 - ; married, 1911, Edward Francis McClennen; parents: Joshua Crane and Annie Eliza Jose; lived at 123 High St.

Upon graduation from Harvard Law School in 1895, her husband joined the law office of Louis Brandeis who later became the first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court. Mary Crane’s marriage was not without some intrigue:


Mary Crane would find herself in the middle of a high-society scandal that was featured in a front-page double-type-headlined article (Boston Post, October 28, 1910). At the time she had been the close friend of Mary Bigelow Young, the wife of Edward McClennen, a prominent lawyer with the well-know law firm of Brandeis, Dunbar & Nutter. When Mrs. McClennen was away, Mary Crane often stayed at the McClennen’s house and cared for the children. The McClennens, who had recently completed a custom home at 35 Lakeview Ave., Cambridge, were close friends with Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer, he, a law associate of Mr. McClennen who lived around the corner at 77 Larch Rd. with his then pregnant wife and their two boys. Mary Young abrupty ran off with Robert Sawyer and Edward McClennen filed suit for divorce soon thereafter. Mary Crane cared for the children after the elopement and, ten months later, after the divorce was finalized, she and Mr. McClennen married.

1881 - 1981; married, 1910, Henry Russell Scott; parents Robert Swain Peabody and Annie Putnam; lived on Edge Hill Rd.

Her grandfather was a minister of King’s Chapel, Boston and her father was a well-known architect. Her sister, Katherine, is also featured in this album.