Station G at 665 Washington St. was opened in late 1899 and is still active today as Fire Station No. 7. It housed three companies: Hook and Ladder #1, Combination Company #4, and Steam Engine #2.

The tall fire fighter seated on the right is John F. (“Jack”) Norton who worked as a ladderman at the station between 1905 and 1908.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Source: Historic New England]

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]

Historic roads and buildings are overlaid on a modern map.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

A medical office building since 1978, it actually started in 1915 as a 15-unit residential apartment building.

Looking north from the rotary at the intersection of Williston, Evans, and Downing roads. In the foreground is Penny, unidentified. From left to right:

• 14 Orchard Rd., rear
• 9 Downing Rd.
• Orchard Rd. intersection
• 25 Downing Rd.

From the photo album of Edith Draper Steinmetz, 31 Evans Rd.
[Source: Daniel Coston Collection]

Viewed are Terry, unidentified, and Spencer Steinmetz who lived at 31 Evans Rd. just off screen to the right. Looking from right to left are the rears of 25, 15, and 11 Evans Rd.

From the photo album of Edith Draper Steinmetz, 31 Evans Rd.
[Source: Daniel Coston Collection]

Emma Roland Gilliams Steinmetz holding Pete the dog outside her home at 31 Evans Rd.

From the photo album of Edith Draper Steinmetz, 31 Evans Rd.
[Source: Daniel Coston Collection]

Looking northeast on Downing Rd. toward Washington St. From left to right:

• 9 Downing Rd.
• Orchard Rd. intersection
• 25 Downing Rd.
• 797 Washington St. opposite Downing Rd.

From the photo album of Edith Draper Steinmetz, 31 Evans Rd.
[Source: Daniel Coston Collection]

[Source: Historic New England]

[Source: Historic New England]

Standing at 197/199 Longwood Ave. looking east at the old wooden bridge at Chapel St. The bridge is closed which most likely indicates that construction of the new stone bridge is about to commence. Note two people seated in the hill in the distance on the right.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east at the old wooden bridge at Chapel St. The bridge is closed which most likely indicates that construction of the new stone bridge is about to commence. .
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking east on Hyslop Rd. from the Ruhl house at 37 Hyslop Rd. 29 Hyslop Rd. is under construction. The Ruhls moved to their new house, then oddly addressed as 88 Druce St., in 1905. The three younger daughters of Edward and Mary Ruhl - Elsie, Louise, and Mary - are standing across the street.

Looking west on Hyslop Rd. at the corner with Druce St. Most likely shown are Edward Ruhl, one of his daughters, and his son, In the distance on the right is 70 Hyslop Rd. and, in the middle, 125 Holland Rd., both still standing.

Looking west on Hyslop Rd. Most likely shown are Edward Ruhl and two of his daughters at the corner with Druce St. The houses in the photo are no longer standing.

Viewed from the side of 172 Buckminster Rd. with 169 Buckminster Rd. in the background. Mary and Edward Ruhl and their five children moved from Boston and began leasing this house in late 1901. Probably shown here, from left to right, are the three youngest daughters: Elsie, Louise, and Mary.

Mary and Edward Ruhl and their five children moved from Boston and began leasing this house in late 1901. Ruhl, a German emigrant, was Secretary of the newly-formed conglomeration of brewers known as the Massachusetts Breweries Company. The Ruhls would purchase a nearby home in 1905.

Looking at 169 Buckminster Rd. from the front lawn of 172 Buckminster Rd., the home of Edward Ruhl, both houses are still standing. The girl is unidentified.

The Brookline Friendly Society was a health and human services agency located at 10 Walter Ave. in the area known as The Farm.