Holmes Public Library (Halifax) Halifax Historical Society

description - Planting Christmas Tree, 1938. Front of Town Hall. Erected by the Halifax Grange. Left to Right: Jared B. Baker, Edwin Dutton, William Ladd, Master of the Halifax Grange, Rev. Warren Leonard, Charles T. Nicol. subject - Christmas Tree Planting (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_0125b http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1469 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F751b6538c56ebb8735976748cf1b668f.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=217%2F8hWb7kEGYKL%2B5JBkoDA7aE4%3D

description - Dedication of live Christmas Tree in front of Town Hall. The tree was planted by the Halifax Grange on December 5, 1938. subject - Christmas Tree Planting (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_0125 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1468 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F13ecc8daff46c1e664ffa494d2cd5e63.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=zIfBzW33%2Bg9jft%2BK%2Bt6p%2BJW3UJo%3D

description - Halifax Farm Team. The Mayflower League was organized in 1920. Shown are the 1923 champions.
First Row: Pat Willett and Arthur Heinonen. Second Row: Alan Braddock, Louis Billings, Clarence Devitt, James Baker, and Ed Hayward.
Third Row: Harry… subject - Mayflower League (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_049 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1467 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F7fb2942fb9206d3f768eff7a380eb631.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=RivO6OjX%2Bf72Z0iZfvX8ulkxmZk%3D

description - Church and original Meeting House, prior to 1906. At the time this was considered the center of town. The Civil War Monument and the Halifax Town Hall (original Meeting House) can be seen from the intersection of Plymouth Street and South Street. subject - Halifax Congregational Church (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_039 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1466 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F29496419af3440008a239333f8455040.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=qP2acMvRqDej6Whs5T0awmzdKXg%3D

description - Halifax Congregational Church and the "new" Town Hall with carriage sheds in back, wrought iron fence around Civil War Monument. The new Town Hall was built in 1907 near the site of the First Meeting House. subject - Halifax Congregational Church (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_020 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1465 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F340c1ffc9219aa2e101a05ee3fcfffd7.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=ZZQaj2Ph7O3B1rrswKLRvT%2FXKME%3D

description - Holmes Street looking north with Monponsett Pond (East Lake) on the left. subject - Holmes Street (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_017_A http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1464 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2Fb8a40c70cbd8fc5ecb5029757fb9925e.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=1L2hMi4fX5vNaM%2F%2B%2FBqtabqTN%2BU%3D

description - Halifax Congregational Church, with iron fence, carriage sheds and hay scales, circa 1900. The Congregational Church was built in 1852. The fence around the church was designed from a fence in Kingston. subject - Halifax Congregational Church relation - Identifier - 78_01_0012 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1463 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2Fb6bbe75eaf34d559522e007da922268b.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=YbQZQrh%2BEeHCIKslBFpaaiSZhBI%3D

description - Hanson State Guard, 1943. Captain Wyman Briggs, Privates Albert Kiernan, Leon Newcomb and Warren Kiernan. Dorothy Briggs and her son, David, are in the middle subject - Hanson State Guard -- History relation - Identifier - 10_78_028 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1462 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F7ec9e25ed0ec0de09621cc7d10d51cd8.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=qLrtnpxqXxydiip1ILj1GwUylmA%3D

description - Winter Scene of the Monponsett Hotel subject - Monponsett Hotel (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_0026 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1461 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2Ff563221ecacc3f528a64aa04a65711a4.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=Kk78J5KSdT5VmLsnfJPc6uooI9A%3D

description - Moritz Schindler standing on the porch of the Monponsett Inn. subject - Monponsett Hotel (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_0025 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1460 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F66d54be9b2e38060fc8a587ca09dd1d1.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=WReS%2Btjp8MlECgUbuauZS5KH1zo%3D

description - The Boston Store on Monponsett Street. Albert Willett standing in the front. This was a "summer" store open for the families and visitors that arrived from Boston on the train to spend the summer months. Arthur Willett and his father Watson also… subject - Boston Store (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_025_B http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1459 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F94491a9c680c217047494b24c2b1ed53.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=Zns1ehz4Ef4Q6lCpShyhygsQA2Y%3D

description - Barbara Selien from South Boston, friend of Flossie Hayward with Flossie's son Edwin III, circa 1920 on Franklin Street across from their house. The charcoal pit is in the background. subject - Charcoal Pit relation - Identifier - 10_78_021 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1458 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F5f113bdecf0eded439a58d5530fb28f6.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=gQ2xtD2lCqr9eKM5rfWscbRmEQE%3D

description - Traditional wood pile used to make charcoal. It took weeks of burning slowly to turn the wood pile into charcoal. A tent can be seen where the man attending the fire slept. Someone had to be there 24 hours a day. subject - Charcoal Pit relation - Identifier - 10_78_020 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1457 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F229d7eca05d3f699f8e0e6c92572b1fa.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=QSUMJKgndUmz1ANddJ7vu1DXilA%3D

description - On December 18, 1921, a heavy gale tore the steeple off of its foundation. subject - Halifax Congregational Church (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_017_A http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1456 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F6a4d34a53e85253b2acd1f07d576aae3.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=Db4UQ8t1c4ZQwT%2FN7NNcQbkdlFc%3D

description - Trunk Meeting House (1853-1913) The Trunk Meeting House got its name from the ceiling that "rounded like the lid on an old-fashioned steamer trunk." The church was located in South Halifax on the corner of Fuller, Wood and Cedar Streets and burned… subject - Trunk Meeting House (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_017_B http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1455 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F8867e6d7c1d7976159bead220ad54b50.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176038&Signature=jfuoULNN4hrpRdeZm9p276C6Q%2Bw%3D

description - First Memorial Day Celebration after the War. Left to Right: Daniel Bosworth, Albert Kiernan, Warren Kiernan, Kenneth Holmes, all from Halifax. subject - Memorial Day celebration (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_0013 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1454 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F9930206f60ac1ca9ba92c182abd183e2.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176025&Signature=Vpr9yTyRsYjMOz%2BIWVf7E4gErkE%3D

description - Postcard view of Holmes Street, near East Lake. Man can be seen looking out at the water. subject - Holmes Street (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_0009 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1453 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F260101e29d0b84351b2df53a4aa6615e.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176025&Signature=w4SRTXMmnfMGM7B5MbJtyOs6vto%3D

description - Bridge over rural area crossing Winnetuxet River. subject - Winnetuxet River (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 97_64_0001 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1452 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F0eaf335f4c214937f64c0fa9d1250f73.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176025&Signature=Q4%2Bjdv3TbI%2F%2BP8wrATHrougM8V8%3D

description - Clyde O. Bosworth's garage was located at the intersection of Plymouth and Carver Streets. Mr. Bosworth not only provided full service garage work but also town school bus service and the buses were parked behind the garage. subject - Bosworth Garage (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 95_34_0416 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1451 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F1131a815f5b4bd173153c56bc7fac051.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176025&Signature=tXHvf53qQ0w2ymIvHkbJU8pzv4g%3D

description - Man with wagon heading onto White's Island. subject - White's Island (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 85_05_0344 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1450 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2Fc5e72fadd014fab4ccb1a76878468a79.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176025&Signature=id2cykzR8dvRh09saQWFSiTHhi0%3D