Mount Wachusett, Princeton, MA -scenic spot, Wachusett Lake, c!900

Mount Wachusett, Princeton, MA -scenic spot, Wachusett Lake, c!900

Wachusett Mountain (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works; Wachusett Lake Reservoir (Mass.)--History--Pictorial works; Mountains--Massachusetts--Princeton; Lakes--Massachusetts--Princeton

View of Mount Wachusett with Wachusett Lake in the foreground. The photograph is taken from Princeton road in Princeton, Massachusetts's "Everettville". The lake is a mile and a half long and was a favorite destination for swimming, fishing and even steamboat rides in the late 19th century. Mount Wachusett rises about 1,000 feet above the lake.

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1900-1910?

Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.

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