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Cypress St. Playgound, Annual High School Battalion Drills
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.

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