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	Longwood Ave., circa 1898 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]
	Longwood Ave., circa 1898 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]
	Ruhl Family, 37 Hyslop Rd. 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.
	Hyslop Rd. at Druce St., circa 1906 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.
	Hyslop Rd. at Druce St., circa 1906 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.
	172 Buckminster Rd., circa 1902 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.
	172 Buckminster Rd., circa 1903 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.
	169 Buckminster Rd., circa 1903 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.
	Health Clinic, Brookline Friendly Society, 10 Walter Ave., 1943 The Brookline Friendly Society was a health and human services agency located at 10 Walter Ave. in the area known as The Farm.
	Pierce School Graduation, 1908 Identities inscribed with the photo were: Front Row Fay -- from Cuba Irene Taylor Elizabeth Walsh Edith C Robinson Ruth Litchfield Sara Emerson Snell Christine Merrick Ayars Helen Margaret Leard Lillian Agnes Meany Viola Bassett Handy Row Two Katherine G Sullivan Frances A Jefferson Ada E. Chevalier (teacher) Mary McSkimmon (principal) Maria F. Gardner (teacher) Marie Katherine Kelly Helena von Ladau Frances Converse McCormick Row Three Vienna Francis Edwards Sarah M I Messer Annie ??? Lillian Woodard Alice M. Potter Katharine Riley Esther A Richardson Emily Grace Smith (?) Gladys Florence Creaser Donna M. George Louise Cheney Row Four Walter Kelley Harry H. Denning Karl Leavitt Thielscher George Francis McGillen Philip Ignatius Johnson Robert J. Rowe ? Dillingham Row Five Arvin Edward Case Elwood B. Merritt Philip Leard William Walizer Antonio Nesmith Guimaraes Edward Estey Mason Philip R. G. Nordell Elliott W Hirshberg Edward A Manning Not identified above but listed in the June 27th, 1908 issue of The Chronicle as receiving diplomas were: Edith M Barrett, Mabel Louise Blair, Annah May Colby, Etta May Coyne, Annie R. Cross, Elsie May Danckert, James Walter Dane, Katherine Margaret Duffy, George C Dunlevy, Edward M Emery, Charles Ultin Farley, Chester R. Fowler, Pae Fowler, Florence A Gottschalk, Manon Lloyd Grant, Elmer Philip Hatch, Florence May Hunter, Edward Charles Kelley, Adelbert Libby Kilmer, E Lewis Little, Agnes J Lynch, Grace Edith Mosher, Owen Leo McGillen, Emma Jane McNeilly, Philip E Nason, Frank Sewall Owen, Everett D Phillips, Vera Belle Purdy, Joseph A Richardson, William James Rix, May Watson Shillady, Jane E Smith, Francis P Wall, Elizabeth Margaret Walsh, Harold M Watson
	Pierce School Class This photograph was annotated with a date of 1905 and the names Lillian Scheinfein and “Teacher – Lunt”. No Lillian Scheinfein or a Lunt could be identified in that era or with the Pierce schools.
	High School, Manual Training School, Bath House
	The Coolidge Apartment Building Northeast Corner Sewall Ave and Stearns Rd.
	Hotel Beaconsfield, 1731 Beacon St. Built in 1903 by Henry Whitney. Initially a luxurious 200-room apartment hotel, it apparently fell on hard times by the 1950s and was demolished after a fire in 1966.
	Brookline Motor Hotel, 1211-1217 Beacon St. Formerly Richmond Court Apartments
	Boy Scout Troop 4, United Parish Church, circa 1927, With Annotations Troop 4 was affiliated with the First Parish Church and was one of a number of Boy Scout troops in Brookline. Troop 4 was largely populated at the time by boys from wealthy families. [Source: First Parish Brookline]
	Boy Scout Troop 4, United Parish Church, circa 1927 Troop 4 was affiliated with the First Parish Church and was one of a number of Boy Scout troops in Brookline. Troop 4 was largely populated at the time by boys from wealthy families. From left to right: Front row Robert Mason Whittemore Delano Wight John Moore Morse Robert Churchill Vose Richard Goodwin Edward Wiggin Robinson Charles Ogden Little Crocker Wight Second row Henry Law Petri Robert Ware Bridgeman William Bond Wheelwright Richard Bent Richard Wentworth Pentecost Robert Schacht Seth Morton Vose Charles Storrow Denny Russell Hastings Unidentified Oliver Kennard Scott Third row Richard Victor Prouty Irving Minot Shepard Andrew Marshall Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard John M. Little Cranford Rogers Unidentified Unidentified Herbert Phelps Vose Wendell Morse Hastings Unidentified [Source: First Parish Brookline]
	Boy Scout Troop 4, United Parish Church, circa 1927 With Annotations Troop 4 was affiliated with the First Parish Church and was one of a number of Boy Scout troops in Brookline. The troop, shown here at the church, was largely populated at the time by boys from wealthy families. [Source: First Parish Brookline]
	Boy Scout Troop 4, United Parish Church, circa 1927 Troop 4 was affiliated with the First Parish Church and was one of a number of Boy Scout troops in Brookline. The troop, shown here at the church, was largely populated at the time by boys from wealthy families. From left to right: Front row Unidentified Robert Mason Whittemore John Moore Morse Robert Churchill Vose Richard Goodwin Edward Wiggin Robinson Delano Wight Crocker Wight Second row Robert H. Schacht Robert Ware Bridgeman Richard Bent Richard Wentworth Pentecost Seth Morton Vose Charles Storrow Denny Russell Hastings Henry Waite Bigelow Third row Richard Victor Prouty Andrew Marshall Irving Minot Shepard Cranford Rogers Edward Fisk Andrews Timothy Rhodes Herbert Phelps Vose Wendell Morse Hastings Anthony Donald Hall Fourth row Robert Hey Rawson Cortlandt Van Dyke Hubbard Richard Bruce Harding [Source: First Parish Brookline]
	Reservoir Station Trolley Barn Looking east from Chestnut Hill Ave. [Source: Joel Shield]

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