On the far left is the rear of 106 Franklin St. Across the street is 101 Franklin St. To the right, behind the tree, is the south side of the school.

In 1903, there was an initiative in town to broaden educational efforts by engaging school students in maintaining gardens. For the Sewall School, a Mr. Kelly, a local landowner, allowed the use of several of his empty housing lots that were directly across Franklin St. from the school. Each student in grades one through four was given a small plot to manage.
[ref. The Brookline Chronicle, November 7, 1903]
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Working in the school gardens. The car barn of the Boston Elevated Railway, corner of Cypress St. and Franklin St., visible in the rear.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

This photo was probably taken at the time of the late-1911 opening of the school. On the left, the rear of 747 Washington St. is viewed. On the right is 16 Bartlett St., both still standing.
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64 Westbourne Terrace

Looking east. Apartment buildings on the north side of Boylston St. are visible on the left, 316 Boylston St. is on the right.

This is one of three experimental school garden projects initiated by the Brookline Education Society. Annie Crocker made the land adjacent to her house available to the Lincoln School. In May 1903, students aged 12 – 15 from the seventh and eighth grade were each given a 7 ft. by 9 ft. plot for growing vegetables. Several of the photos from this series appeared in the newspapers of the time.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

This is one of three experimental school garden projects initiated by the Brookline Education Society. Annie Crocker made the land adjacent to her house available to the Lincoln School. In May 1903, students aged 12 – 15 from the seventh and eighth grade were each given a 7 ft. by 9 ft. plot for growing vegetables. Several of the photos from this series appeared in the newspapers of the time.

The photos on the left are unidentified. The photo on the upper right is looking to the west at the house of Annie B. Crocker at 136 Cypress St. on the southeast corner with Boylston St. The track of the photo on the lower right is shifted slightly to the north with the tops of structures on the north side Boylston St. visible.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

This is the original Lincoln School building which was replaced in 1932. Visible on the far left are 158 and 156 Boylston St., still standing. Partially visible behind the school on the right is 205 Walnut St., still standing.

Page 32, plate 7306. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Page 33, plate 7306.5. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Page 34, plate 7306.75. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Page 35, plate 7307. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

S. C. Griffin is listed on the school roster as the carpentry teacher.

Page 35, plate 7307. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

S. C. Griffin is listed on the school roster as the carpentry teacher.

Page 35, plate 7307. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Miss Stevens and Catherine F. Johnson are listed on the school roster as sewing teachers as of February, 1891.

Page 35, plate 7307. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Page 35, plate 7307. From an album of fifty photographs of Brookline schools, classrooms, and examples of clay modeling, wood-working, and cooking. Produced for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

This is one of three experimental school garden projects initiated by the Brookline Education Society. Annie Crocker made the land adjacent to her house available to the Lincoln School. In May 1903, students aged 12 – 15 from the seventh and eighth grade were each given a 7 ft. by 9 ft. plot for growing vegetables. Several of the photos from this series appeared in the newspapers of the time.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

This is one of three experimental school garden projects initiated in 1903 by the Brookline Education Society. Annie Crocker made the land adjacent to her house on the southeast corner of Boylston St. and Cypress St. available to the Lincoln School. In May 1903, students aged 12 – 15 from the seventh and eighth grade were each given a 7 ft. by 9 ft. plot for growing vegetables. This photo appeared on page five of the November 7, 1903 issue of the Brookline Chronicle.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking southwest from Boylston St. On the right is the house of Annie B. Crocker at 136 Cypress St. In the center is a partial view of 161 Cypress St., still standing. The houses on East Milton St. have not yet been constructed.

This is one of three experimental school garden projects initiated by the Brookline Education Society. Annie Crocker made the land adjacent to her house available to the Lincoln School. In May 1903, students aged 12 – 15 from the seventh and eighth grade were each given a 7 ft. by 9 ft. plot for growing vegetables. Several of the photos from this series appeared in the newspapers of the time.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The man on the left is probably George Louis Farley, principal.

Reprinted from the Brookline Chronicle, June 12, 1986