Old Photographs of Wakefield

description - Postcard shows the Rockery on Main Street, looking north toward the Common. The First Parish Congregational Church is visible in the background. subject - Rockery (Wakefield, Mass.) relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11186 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard41_6625ba6c31.jpg

description - Postcard shows the Rockery on Main Street, looking north. subject - Rockery (Wakefield, Mass.) relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11185 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard50_3b87f5730e.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view of the 1860 Richardson Block on the northwest corner of Main Street and Richardson Avenue. The Wakefield Post Office was located in the building from 1901 until 1924, when it moved to a building on Albion Street. Card is undated… subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works; Postal service -- Wakefield (Mass.) relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11184 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard12_47fb02fc1c.jpg

description - "The famous and colorful Red Men's Band of Wakefield, Massachusetts. Wahpatuck Tribe No. 54 Improved Order of Red Men." -- Text from back of postcard. subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11183 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard194_cbbee67f57.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view of the dock at the boathouse at the end of Lake Street on the southern shore of Lake Quannapowitt. subject - Quannapowitt, Lake -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield; Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11182 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard83_1dc2ac28c0.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view looking west from Main Street across the Common toward the boathouse at the end of Lake Street on the southern shore of Lake Quannapowitt. Card is undated but bears a postmark of 1909. subject - Quannapowitt, Lake -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield; Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11181 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard77_06ee7e164b.jpg

description - Photo shows the Princess Theatre, which opened on Mechanic Street (later Princess Street) in 1912. The building was torn down in 1971. subject - Motion picture theaters -- Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11180 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard192_bd595e74bb.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view of the 1860 Richardson Block on the northwest corner of Main Street and Richardson Avenue. The Wakefield Post Office was located in the building from 1901 until 1924, when it moved to a building on Albion Street. subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- Pictorial works; Postal service -- Wakefield (Mass.) relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11179 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard92_1226e30057.jpg

description - Photograph taken in November, 1909 shows three members of the Payro family being "photographed" by their cat: Edmund, age 12, Ernest, age 8, and Cecilia, age 5. subject - Payro Family -- Pictorial works; relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11177 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakpayro_cat_fd2ebcd484.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view of the bandstand on the Common, built in 1885 at a cost of $2,500 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bandstand. The new bandstand was also known as the Pagoda and the Music Pavilion. subject - Bandstands -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11176 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard107_408f0621c2.jpg

description - Postcard shows a horse-drawn fire engine of the Wakefield Fire Department. The fire house on Princess Street is visible in the background. subject - Wakefield (Mass.) Fire dept. -- Pictorial works; Fire departments -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11175 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard144_20dcdf225b.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view of the bandstand on the Common, built in 1885 at a cost of $2,500 as a replacement for an earlier wooden bandstand. The new band stand was also known as the Pagoda and the Music Pavilion. subject - Bandstands -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11174 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard104_7fafc9a6df.jpg

description - Photograph taken in 1895 shows a rear view, looking north, of the car barns and power house for the street railway cars on Water Street. subject - Wakefield (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11173 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakold_streetcar_barns_0d3c6a3082.jpg

description - Photograph shows the former bank building at the corner of North Avenue and Albion Streets. It housed several banks over the years including the South Reading Mechanic and Agricultural Institution, the National Bank of South Reading, the Wakefield… subject - Payro family -- Pictorial works; relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11171 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakbank_building_north_ave-albion_4eac0b08cd.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view over Crystal Lake looking north from the top of Hart's Hill. Main Street is visible in the foreground. On the far shore the Crystal Lake water filtration plant can be seen. At the upper right the buildings of the Harvard… subject - Crystal Lake (Wakefield, Mass.) relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11170 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard1_529e1c8f3e.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view of the new hospital building located at the corner of Porter and Lebanon Streets. Built around 1911 at a cost of around $60,000, the new building could accommodate 75 patients. The Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, considerably… subject - Melrose, Mass. -- Pictorial works; Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Association; Hospitals -- Massachusetts -- Melrose. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11168 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard181_ec7ab193f6.jpg

description - Postcard shows a view of Wakefield High School on Main Street at the location of the current Galvin Middle School parking lot. The building was opened in 1923 and was later known as the Atwell building in honor of Superintendent of Schools Willard B.… subject - Schools -- Massachusetts -- Wakefield -- Pictorial works. relation - Identifier - http://heritage.noblenet.org/items/show/11167 http://heritage.noblenet.org/archive/files/httpisnoblenetorgimageswakwalsh_postcard162_bc46bf199b.jpg