Wakefield Then

description - "This venerable old home has undergone renovations and improvements but is still quite recognizable from the early image. It stands in its neighborhood as a symbol of growth and progress within a context of stability and timelessness." - caption… subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11884 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard182_4967c12b9c.jpg http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakthen_now_2010_loren_hill_2_431ef3db2b.jpg

description - "I like this picture and copied it because it's next to Yale Ave where I live. The town hall has changed a lot but the rest looks the same." - caption provided by Sofia Bruce (age 7), contest winner.;Winner of photo contest, Second Place, Kids… subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11883 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakymca_f70d3f0988.jpg http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakthen_now_2010_sophia_bruce_81d3981481.jpg

description - "The reason I chose to take a now picture of the YMCA is because of how much the YMCA has been involved in my life during my childhood. Since I moved to Wakefield in the 2nd grade my mom has sent me and my sister to the YMCA to be watched after while… subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11882 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakymca_59dfdddbbb.jpg http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakthen_now_2010_julia_macdonald_c8cdff53b3.jpg

description - "I walk my dog past this house all the time. I chose this photo because it was one of the only photos that did not change much." - caption provided by Emma Kraus, contest winner.;Winner of photo contest, Third Place, Teen category. subject - Upham, Elizabeth V., 1912-2006. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11881 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakupham_house_c9fbacd5c6.jpg http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakthen_now_2010_emma_kraus_2_f48af6e699.jpg

description - "No longer standing are the historic buildings that the founder of our town used for many years as rattan factories. The open space that once had cows roaming in the foreground now remains somewhat open in the form of two baseball fields and a small… subject - Heywood-Wakefield Company (Wakefield, Mass.) -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11880 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakfactory1_e0bfaa86a7.jpg http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakthen_now_2010_annette_dupon_eb0d541199.jpg

description - "As Sofia and I walked around town, taking pictures for the Library's Wakefield Then & Now Photo Contest, I thought of the original picture postcard of The Rockery, postmarked 1914, with a young boy in his coat and cap posed near the historical… subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11879 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard48_8b26d27a27.jpg http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakthen_now_2010_david_bruce_2_b5af01c102.jpg

description - "Attached is my photo from February of the old YMCA building, when Artichokes had the "Christmas Tree" decorated for Valentine's Day. I was happy that the renovations into Artichokes and condos didn't change the look of the front of the building… subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11878 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard39_b0f89732a1.jpg http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakthen_now_2010_maryanne_power_e81ec3bed4.jpg

description - "Attached is my entry for the "Then and Now" contest. I chose "Park Gates -- Wakefield, Massachusetts" for my subject. The gates on Chestnut Street form the entrance to Wakefield Park, on the west side of town. I have been interested in the Park's… subject - Wakefield Park (Wakefield, Mass.) relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11877 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard152_b7d9be5102.jpg http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakthen_now_2010_doug_heath_c22d7e1c67.jpg