Newton St. runs left to right. Partial view of the Larz Anderson estate on the right.
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Newton St. runs left to right.
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Cottage St. on the left.
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[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking south from the Babcock Pond waters. Babcock Pond was part of a creek system flowing south from Commonwealth Ave. and was filled in soon after this photo was taken. From left to right:

• Carriage house of 63 Babcock St. (speculative)
• 63 Babcock St. (speculative)
• The duplex house at 9/11 Devotion St., still standing
• Devotion fire house on the north side of Devotion St.
• Rear of houses and carriage houses on Babcock St.

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Edward Finnerty, not pictured, was the son of an Irish immigrant. By 1885 he and his family were living in the area of Boylston St. and Hammond St., an area with a number of other Irish families. He was an “ice-man” working for the Jamaica Pond Ice Company in the days before refrigerators when ice blocks were delivered to houses. In 1892, the Finnerty family moved to this house at 1198 Boylston St. where they remained in various iterations until 1924.

In the photo are the following:

• Catherine (Kit) J. Finnerty (b. 1892)
• Helen Francis (Ellen) Finnerty (b. 1889)
• Edward J. Finnerty (b. 1883), he later worked as a driver for an ice company
• John Joseph Finnerty (b. 1879)
• Mary T. Finnerty (b. 1877)
• Nellie Walsh, details unknown

Contributor: Mary Ellen Carney
[Source: University of Massachusetts Boston]

The “Brookline Theater”, a movie theater, is under construction and the first show will occur on January 9, 1938. Awaiting demolition are Mullaney's Tobacco Store (111 Washington St.), O'Reilly's Lunch (109 Washington St.), and upstairs, the Lyceum Hall (107 Washington St.).
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]

Looking northwest on Waverly St. On the left are #28 and #34 Emerson St. across from Emerson Park. On the corner at the right is 25 Waverly St.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

This location is speculatively identified as Grove St. just southwest of the intersection with South St. Note the children behind the large tree.
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Standing on Claflin Rd. looking at the north side of Garrison Rd. The buildings were constructed circa 1891-1892 and all are still standing.
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Looking north across Boylston St. In the foreground on the left is 617 Boylston with 71 Leicester St. behind it. On the right is 575 Boylston St., with 80 Leicester St. behind it. At the top of the hill is 120 Seaver St., the former estate of Mary Baker Eddy. All are still standing.
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Looking west on lower Washington St. toward the start of Boylston St. In the center of the photo, situated across High St. from the fire station, the Ford sign of T. C. Baker, a Ford dealership at 2 Boylston St., is visible. This is one of three photos taken of this block.
[Source: Historic New England]

This is one of three photos taken of this block. Looking west toward the start of Boylston St. From left to right:

• The fire house, still standing
• The Brookline Savings Bank, building still standing
• The tall brick building known as the “Sagamore” which housed Burns Drug Co. at 127 Washington St., visible on the right side
• The Davis Candy Shop at 121 Washington St.
• The van of Leslie W. Whalen, a Brookline mover
• A car advertising Brick Bradford, a science-fiction comic strip in Boston’s Daily Record newspaper
• Partial view of The Village Spa at 115 Washington St., run by the Rozantes family who lived upstairs above the store.

[Source: Historic New England]

The estate comprised a large amount of land on the hill above today’s high school. The house itself was located approximately at the southeast corner of today’s Blake Rd. and Gardner Rd. It was owned by two generations of the Blake family and was originally purchased from Lewis Tappan. It was torn down in 1941 and the land developed as today’s Blake Park.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west on Beacon St. The building viewed is at 1680 Beacon St., still standing, opposite Winthrop Rd.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Looking west on Beacon St. just before the intersection with Washington St. From left to right:

• South side of Beacon St.: unidentified apartment building
• 1680 Beacon St., still standing, opposite Winthrop Rd.
• 1668 Beacon St.: the white house, no longer standing.
• Center photo, the northwest corner of Washington St.: a small one-room building with large lettering on three sides
• Right, obscured by trees: three houses possibly on the northeast corner with Washington St.
• Near right, behind the pipes: the pedestrian stairs by Lancaster Terrace

[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

Viewed in the foreground abutting the reservoir, from left to right, are #146, #154, #166 Hyslop Rd. On the other side of Hyslop Rd. are #147 and #161. On the right is #170 Hyslop Rd. All are still standing.
[Source: Digital Commonwealth]

[Source: Historic New England]

Looking from Beacon St. A & P Grocery store is on the left. Photo by Henry A. Varney, Brookline town engineer.
[Source: Brookline Preservation Department]