Watertown People

description - 1. Mrs. William H. Coolidge, 2. Irma I. Coolidge, 3. Ethel Coolidge Ambye, 4. Doris E. Coolidge, 5. Doris G. Ambye, 6. Robert C. Davenport, 7. Richard R. Davenport, 8. Helen Coolidge, 9. Mrs. D.F. Carpenter, 10. Alfred M. Davenport, Jr., 11. Leon… subject - Coolidge family.; Genealogy -- Watertown (Mass.).; Coolidge, Lucy Annette Woodman -- b.1854.; Coolidge, Irma Inez -- b.1908.; Ambye, Ethel Ruth Coolidge -- b. 1902.; Coolidge, Doris Edwards -- b. 1906.; Davenport, Robert C. -- b. 1921.; Davenport,… relation - Identifier - figure 664

description - Watertown High School class of 1903. subject - Portraits; Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Caney, Ethel S.; relation - Identifier - figure 658

description - An influential citizen with several real estate properties in town. subject - Portraits.; Bright, Henry.; Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; relation - Identifier - figure 654

description - Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, 1860 -- 1867. He was also a college roommate to Oliver Wendell Holmes. When George Tyler Bigelow graduated from Harvard in the class of 1839 at age 19, he was deemed too young to begin a career in law… subject - Portraits; Bigelow, George Tyler -- 1810- 1878.; relation - Identifier - figure 651

description - At the Locusts, Staatsburg on the Hudson, NY. President U.S. Grant visiting the Dinsmore family. Playing chess with the president is Mrs. W.B. Dinsmore, born Helen Frances Adams. She is the daughter of Alvin, President of Adams Express Company, and… subject - relation - Identifier - figure 4348

description - Charcoal or pencil drawing, gift to the Watertown Free Public Library by Harriet Hosmer Carr., 1923. Harriet Hosmer was born at Watertown, Massachusetts, and completed a course of study in Lenox, Massachusetts. She was a delicate child, and was… subject - Portraits.; Hosmer, Harriet Goodhue, 1830-1908.; Sculpture, American.; Women sculptors.; relation - Identifier - figure 4320

description - Founder of the Earnshaw Knitting Company, maker of Vanta infant clothing. Earnshaw began to produce what was to be his most lasting legacy: a magazine called "The Infants' Department". George Frederick Earnshaw was born in West Roxbury, MA, on July… subject - Earnshaw, George Frederick -- 1871 - 1940.; relation - Identifier - figure 4270

description - Camp Augustus - part 3 of a long photograph. subject - Massachusetts State Guard.; relation - Identifier - figure 4215

description - Camp Augustus - part 2 of a long photograph. subject - Massachusetts State Guard.; relation - Identifier - figure 4212

description - Camp Augustus - part 1 of a long photograph. subject - Massachusetts State Guard.; relation - Identifier - figure 4209

description - Left to right:, Augustin, 6, Anna, 36, Mary, 6 mos., Carmelo, 44, Angelo, 2, Roy, 4, Catharine, 13, Domenic, 16, "Josephine and John still to come". subject - Portraits.; Papalia family.; relation - Identifier - figure 4188

description - Collegian Basketball Team, circa 1934. subject - Basketball.; relation - Identifier - figure 4182

description - Presenting Mr. Mays automobile at Victory Field.Who is "Mr. Mays" and why was he given an automobile? subject - Victory Field -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 4171

description - Married Levi Lincoln Thaxter of Watertown, MA. Celia Laighton Thaxter was an American writer of poetry and stories. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Thaxter grew up in the Isles of Shoals, first on White Island, where her father, Thomas… subject - Thaxter, Celia -- 1836-1894,; Painting, American -- 19th century.; Watercolor painting, American -- 19th century.; Flowers in art.; Women artists -- United States.; relation - Identifier - figure 357

description - Drawing of Roger Clap exchanging a biscuit for a bass with a native person (used in Town Seal). In May 1630, an exploring party of Englishmen came ashore at what is now Watertown. Roger Clapp recorded their experiences:" We went up Charles River,… subject - Town seal -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 2910

description - Left to right:, Fred, Frank, Father Frank A., Mother Julia, Leo (in chair), Josephine, Angelina, Marie. Frank A. worked at the Hood Rubber Company. subject - Portraits.; Egizio Family -- Watertown (Mass.).; relation - Identifier - figure 2639

description - The town is 1067 meters above sea level. Location was called, prior to the foundation of the city, as Mezra by the Turkish, Zaza , and Kurdish -speaking inhabitants of the region, which simply means "the hamlet." "Mezra" still remains the Kurdish… subject - Portraits.; Armenians.; relation - Identifier - figure 2637

description - Youngest son of Seth Bemis, at the age of 13, passed the entrance exam to Harvard College in 1839. He had a passion for international law. Founder Chair of International Law, Harvard Law School. During the later years of his life he lived much in… subject - Portraits; Bemis, George -- 1816- 1878.; relation - Identifier - figure 646

description - Owner of Bemis Mills, which manufactured cotton cloth. Seth graduated from Harvard in 1795 and worked as a lawyer for a brief time. Luke and Seth Bemis inherited from their father, Seth Bemis, a grist mill, a paper mill and a snuff mill. About 1796,… subject - Portraits; Bemis, Seth -- 1775-1851.; Alexander, Francis -- 1800 -- 1881.; Bemis, Sarah Wheeler -- d.1849.Bemis, Seth -- d. 1849.; Bemis, Luke.; relation - Identifier - figure 643

description - Minister at Watertown 1686 -- 1690. Portrait owned by Massachusetts Historical Society. John Bailey was born near Blackburn England in 1644. His religious mother influenced his future endeavors. He began to preach at the age of twenty-two. His… subject - Portraits; Bailey, John -- 1644-1697.; relation - Identifier - figure 633