Far right: Captain George M. Barnard, born 1835 in Brookline

In 1861, three young Brookline friends began forming a company of volunteers from the town to fight in the Civil War. They were Edward Wild, the young Brookline physician and ardent abolitionist; William Candler, who lived right across from Wild on Washington St.; and Charles Chandler. Daily training and drilling began and the townspeople joined in the preparations for going to war. The men also organized the “Brookline Rifles” a group of older boys, many from the high school, to prepare future recruits. The group became well-known for its proficiency in drilling and gave demonstrations throughout the state, like this one in Bridgewater. The leader of the group was sixteen-year old Moses Williams, a future town leader in Brookline and president of the State Street Trust Company.

Photographer: David T. Burrell, Bridgewater, Massachusetts

A physician who started in the practice of his physician father, Charles Wild; Brigadier-General in the Civil War who lost his left arm in the battle of South Mountain and who later commanded an African-American regiment; a swashbuckling figure in foreign escapades.

The 101st Field Signal Battalion Corps was a unit in the 26th Yankee Division of the National Guard of Massachusetts. They reported for WWI duty on July 25th, 1917. In preparation for their deployment to France, they set up camp in this open field bounded by Dummer St. and Egmont St. that was then the playground of the Noble and Greenough School (located one block to the south). In the center of the photo is the house of James and Nora Ryan at 127 Egmont St. At the extreme right of the photo, barely visible above the tent, is a building on Dummer St., corner of Pleasant St., that still stands today, albeit greatly modified. The photographer would have been standing in the area of St. Paul St. looking west. The unit left its encampment for France in early September.

The Stephen F. Rutledge V.F.W Post #864. P. H. Tonra, Commander. Lower Washington St., Brookline Village. Stores are no longer standing. Current fire house visible, right rear. Edward Moloney is standing under the "JT Driscoll Plumbing" sign, he is the one in a hat instead of a helmet.

At the Old Burying Ground on Walnut St.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Top of Summit Ave., looking north to the left. In the upper right is 141 Summit Ave., no longer standing.

See also: Brookline in the Flu Pandemic of 1918-19
[Source: National Archives]

Top of Summit Ave., looking northeast toward Harvard St.

See also: Brookline in the Flu Pandemic of 1918-19
[Source: National Archives]

See also: Brookline in the Flu Pandemic of 1918-19
[Source: National Archives]

Top of Summit Ave., looking north. The house at 186 Summit Ave., still standing, is in the rear.

See also: Brookline in the Flu Pandemic of 1918-19
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Top of Summit Ave., looking north.

See also: Brookline in the Flu Pandemic of 1918-19
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

The procession passes in front of Town Hall.

One of a series of photos taken for the The Suburban newspaper.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The procession passes in front of Town Hall.

One of a series of photos taken for the The Suburban newspaper. A cropped version entitled “Review of the Troops by the Selectmen in Front of Town Hall” appeared on page 2 of the July 8, 1899 issue.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

The procession passes in front of Town Hall.

One of a series of photos taken for The Suburban newspaper.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Washington St. next to Public Library. Brookline Savings Bank in the background.
[Source: Joel Shield]

This deceptively-flat panoramic photo captures a 180-degree semicircle of the ceremony. The photographer is shooting east from the apex of School and Washington streets. On the left are 101, 89 (still standing) and 87 School St. On the right at the other end of the semicircle are houses on Washington St.: 358/360, 362, the old Brookline Bank at 366, 372, and 376 (the latter three still standing).
[Source: Robert Farrell]

This is one of two photos showing an annual competition among high school drill battalions held on the Cypress St. playground every Memorial Day. Looking north at Davis Ave., all the houses are still standing. From left to right:

• 201 Davis Ave., hidden behind trees
• 195 Davis Ave., partial view.
• 191 Davis Ave. with the double towers
• 185 Davis Ave.
• 181 Davis Ave.
• 179 Davis Ave.

Behind the crowd, center photo, is a wagon advertising “Ball’s Homemade Bread”. J. G. Ball was a baker in Cambridgeport from the 1870s into the early 1900s.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

This is one of two photos showing an annual competition among high school drill battalions held on the Cypress St. playground every Memorial Day. Looking north at Davis Ave., all the houses are still standing. From left to right:

• 201 Davis Ave., hidden behind trees
• 195 Davis Ave., partial view.
• 191 Davis Ave. with the double towers
• 185 Davis Ave.
• 181 Davis Ave.
• 179 Davis Ave.

Behind the crowd, center photo, is a wagon advertising “Ball’s Homemade Bread”. J. G. Ball was a baker in Cambridgeport from the 1870s into the early 1900s.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]