Watertown Miscellaneous

description - Water Department truck, DPW yard, Orchard Street. subject - Water Department -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 2648

description - Water Department truck, DPW yard, Orchard Street. subject - Water Department -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 2647

description - Water Department truck, DPW yard, Orchard Street. subject - Water Department -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 2646

description - A still from the movie "On the Beach". Series presented by the Watertown Living History Project. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. On the Beach (1959) is a post-apocalyptic drama film starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred… subject - Film posters -- Pictorial works.; Film posters, American.; relation - Identifier - figure 2635

description - A still from the movie "Sergeant York". Series presented by the Watertown Living History Project. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The film was based on the diary of Sergeant Alvin York. Gary Cooper for the title role. Cooper… subject - Film posters -- Pictorial works.; Film posters, American.; relation - Identifier - figure 2634

description - A still from the movie "Hester Street". Series presented by the Watertown Living History Project. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Hester Street tells the story of Jewish immigrants who come to the Lower East side of New York City… subject - Film posters -- Pictorial works.; Film posters, American.; relation - Identifier - figure 2633

description - A still from the movie "The Grapes of Wrath". Series presented by the Watertown Living History Project. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Set during the Great Depression, the movie focuses on the Joads, a poor family of tenant… subject - Film posters -- Pictorial works.; Film posters, American.; relation - Identifier - figure 2632

description - Painting -- The Battle of Bunker Hill by John Trumbull, depicting the death of Dr. Joseph Warren. To explain it in Trumbull?s own words: ". . . This painting represents the moment when (the Americans having expended their ammunition) the British… subject - Trumbull, John -- 1756-1843.; Warren, Joseph -- 1741-1775.; relation - Identifier - figure 2563

description - Sail boat that belonged to Asa Green Seattle, Washington, 1893. subject - Green, Asa.; relation - Identifier - figure 2557

description - Zenobia in Chains by Harriet Hosmer. Hosmer was encouraged by the actress Fanny Kemble to pursue her natural talent in the art of sculpture. She established a studio at home and made what progress she could on her own, while furthering her knowledge… subject - Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908.; Sculpture, American.; Women sculptors.; relation - Identifier - figure 2491

description - Bust of Keats by Anne Whitney. A well known supporter of both the abolitionist and suffragette movements, Whitney herself was to publicly feel the brunt of the sexism of the day when, in 1875, the commission for a statue of Charles Sumner that won a… subject - Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915.; Sculpture, American.; Women sculptors.; relation - Identifier - figure 2484

description - Legion information booth of Post No. 99 located at Watertown Square. The Tercentenary Committee, which erected the booth, dispensed tourist information and directed visitors to historic spots from the building. subject - Anniversaries.; Festivals -- Watertown (Mass.).; Watertown (Mass.) -- Social life and customs.; relation - Identifier - figure 2463

description - "Puck and the Owl" by Harriet Hosmer in the Boston Athenaeum. Harriet Hosmer was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, and completed a course of study in Lenox, Massachusetts. She was a delicate child, and was encouraged by her father, a physician, to… subject - Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908.; Sculpture, American.; Women sculptors.; Women artists -- Exhibitions.; relation - Identifier - figure 2389

description - Puck by Harriet Hosmer in Metropolitan Museum. Notice the use of the bat wings, shell hat, beetle and lizard - a real imp ready for action. An amusing figure of Puck (1855), proved a great success: 50 copies were sold, including one to the prince of… subject - Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908.; Sculpture, American.; Women sculptors.; Women artists -- Exhibitions.; relation - Identifier - figure 2388

description - From a glass negative in a collection at Boston Edison. Shows damage to the Edison system by an ice and sleet storm, November 29, 1921. subject - Snow storms.; relation - Identifier - figure 2361

description - From a glass negative in a collection at Boston Edison. Shows damage to the Edison system by an ice and sleet storm, November 29, 1921. subject - Snow storms.; relation - Identifier - figure 2360

description - Middlesex and Boston street railway car #137. Closed body. Built by Jones in 1902. 33 feet long. Side seats. Seating capacity: 34. Trucks -- Taylor SB2. Controller: K10. Air brakes. Motors: two GE67. Waltham division. This car was operated from… subject - Trolley Car.; Public Transportation.; relation - Identifier - figure 2326

description - Beaver Brook, Waverly Oaks, 1956. Waltham/Belmont, MA W.C. Woodman, mechanical engineer and photographer who lived in Watertown, Massachusetts. subject - Woodman, W.C. -- 1903-1979.; Nature photography.; relation - Identifier - figure 2223

description - Beaver Brook, Waverly Oaks Falls, Waltham/Belmont, MA. 1953. W.C. Woodman, mechanical engineer and photographer who lived in Watertown, Massachusetts. subject - Woodman, W.C. -- 1903-1979.; Nature photography.; relation - Identifier - figure 2222

description - Beaver Brook, Waverly Oaks Falls, Waltham/Belmont, MA 1953. W.C. Woodman, mechanical engineer and photographer who lived in Watertown, Massachusetts. subject - Woodman, W.C. -- 1903-1979.; Nature photography.; relation - Identifier - figure 2221