Coolidge Corner Area Photos


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Parade, Coolidge Corner, September 14, 1935
Looking north on Harvard St. Some 15,000 veterans of the 101st Infantry American Expeditionary Forces held their annual reunion in Brookline and this is their parade. The route started at Harvard and Stedman Streets and proceeded south on Harvard Street to the Village Square, west on the Worcester Turnpike to Cypress Street, south on Cypress to High St. ending at the Brookline Field on Jamaica Rd. and Pond Ave.

Viewed on the western side of Harvard St. from left to right:
  • The T. C. Baker Ford dealership at 1331 Beacon St.
  • S. S. Pierce and Co. on the northwest corner of Beacon and Harvard streets.
Viewed on the eastern side of Harvard St. from left to right:
  • 289 Harvard St. The awning of Gurley’s Bakery
  • Green St.
  • 285-287 Harvard St. The Edison Shop, sellers of home appliances.
  • 283a Harvard St. The Fanny Farmer Candy Shop
  • 283 Harvard St. The Faneuil Hall Fruit Store
  • 281a Harvard St. Carroll’s Cut-Rate Perfumer
  • 279 Harvard St. The First National Stores, groceries
  • 275 Harvard St. Brookline Savings Bank
  • 273 Harvard St. Frank W. Savage, real estate
  • 271 Harvard St. The Dorothy Muriel Shop, deli and liquors
  • 269 Harvard St. Entrance to the upstairs offices
  • 267 Harvard St. Alice Merrill, florist (beneath the Red Cab office)

incl. Streets

[Courtesy of the Digital Commonwealth (CC BY-NC-ND). From the Brookline Photograph Collection published by the Public Library of Brookline]