ROLAND WELLS ROBBINS SLIDE IMAGES OF CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS, PEOPLE, PLACES, AND EVENTS AND OF OTHER LOCATIONS (PRIMARILY IN MASSACHUSETTS), 1947-1981

Pumpkins, Old Bedford Road
Item 1.19, Pumpkins Old Bedford Roland Robbins Concord, MA ... 10/6/47

VAULT B5, UNIT 19

 EXTENT: 341 slides.

ORGANIZATION AND ARRANGEMENT: Organized into three series: I. Concord people, places, and events, 1947-1981, plus undated; II. Non-Concord images (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania): Landscapes and structures, 1947-1968 plus undated; III. Images of unidentified locations, 1948-1954, plus undated.

Concord slides have been divided into the following categories: people (arranged alphabetically by last name), general landscapes (arranged chronologically), Minute Man National Park (arranged chronologically), street scenes (arranged chronologically), cemeteries and churches (arranged chronologically), structures (arranged alphabetically by name), and events (arranged by event and then within each event chronologically).

Slides from other towns in Massachusetts are arranged alphabetically by town name, with the five slides from Pennsylvania grouped together at the end of the series.

The 11 slides of unidentified locations are arranged chronologically.

BIOGRAPHY: Roland Wells Robbins (1908-1987) was a self-styled Thoreauvian and “Pick and Shovel Historian.” With only a high school education, he developed his interests in New England history and archeology into a career excavating and restoring historic sites and lecturing on his work.

Robbins was born on March 21, 1908 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He dropped out of high school and worked a series of odd jobs in Massachusetts and Vermont during the Depression. He settled in Lincoln, Massachusetts in 1934 and began researching local history as a hobby. In 1945 he published The Story of the Minute Man, a history of the Minute Man statue in Concord, and began excavations at Walden Pond to locate the site of Thoreau’s cabin. He delivered his first lecture to The Thoreau Society in 1946 and published Discovery at Walden in 1947, both about his work at Walden Pond.

After excavating the foundation of Thoreau’s Walden cabin, Robbins went on to research and excavate over 60 sites, including sites related to the iron industry in America (most notably the Saugus Iron Works) and the homes of important figures in American history (for example, the John Alden House). Robbins was known for his meticulous recordkeeping and his ability to promote his work. As archeology became more professionalized, he was criticized for some of his techniques, particularly his use of heavy equipment and his focus on physical ruins rather than social and cultural history. He died in Lincoln on February 8, 1987.

SCOPE AND CONTENT:  Collection consists of images by Robbins of a range of subjects in Concord, Massachusetts, and of other (primarily Massachusetts) locations, exclusive of the photographs he took to document his professional work at various archeological sites.  It includes 201 slides of people, places and events in Concord taken between 1948 and 1981. People pictured include Margaret Lothrop, Bill Towler and Ruth Wheeler. Places pictured include landscapes, Minute Man National Park, street scenes, cemeteries and churches, and structures. Events pictured include the 1947, 1959, and 1975 April 19th celebrations, the 1949 Memorial Day service (one slide only), the 1964 100th anniversary of Hawthorne’s death, and the 1970 “Fun Fair” for the Nesan (variously spelled by Robbins Neson, Nason) Fund. The collection also includes 129 non-Concord slides. Most of the images are landscapes taken between 1947 and 1968 in various Massachusetts locations (Acton, Arlington, Ayer, Boxford, Brockton, Carlisle, Charlemont, Groton, Harvard, Lexington, Lincoln, Middleton, Millers Falls, Mohawk Trail, Needham, Pepperell, Stoneham, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Townsend, Waltham, Webster, White Spot, Winchendon, Winchester).  Five slides from Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania are included. 11 images of unidentified locations (mostly landscapes) are also included.

The collection includes 10 images of covered bridges (see Ayer, Boxford, Charlemont and Pepperell slides in Series II.). The collection also includes two images of Roland Robbins: I.7 and II.57.

SOURCE OF ACQUISITION: Gift of Jean Robbins Brown, January 2008.

ASSOCIATED COLLECTIONS:  The Concord Free Public Library collections include extensive holdings of Herbert Wendell Gleason negatives once owned by Roland Wells Robbins (Robbins Collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason Photographic Negatives of Concord, Mass., and Robbins-Mills Collection of Herbert Wendell Gleason Photographic Negatives) and much documentation of Robbins’s promotion of the Gleason negatives.  The Thoreau Society’s Roland Wells Robbins Collection at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods consists of Robbins’ field notes, photographs, and other documentation from the Thoreau site and from other excavated and restored historic sites throughout the eastern United States.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS AND USE:  Slides may be viewed only under the supervision of Special Collections staff.  Copy images may be made for a fee by arrangement with Special Collections, but not by the researcher.  Patrons may not bring personal equipment for making copy images into the reading room.  Requests for permission to use images in publication must be made in writing to the Curator of Special Collections, William Munroe Special Collections, CFPL.

NOTES/COMMENTS:  Accessioned January 16, 2008; AMC 152. The captions are transcribed as they appeared on the slides. The photo notes referred to in some of the captions are not part of the collection.

PROCESSED BY: Tiffany G. Davis; finding aid completed April 2008.

 

CONTAINER LIST

Series 1: Concord People, Places, and Events, 1947-1981, plus undated:

Box 1:

Concord people (arranged alphabetically by last name), 1948-1969:

 

Box 1.1:
Item I.1         Miss Sarah (Sally) Bartlett, at Gladys Hosmer’s home for Thoreau meeting. Sat. evening, 1/23/65
Item I.2         June Burgess in apple blossoms May 16/48
Item I.3         Margaret Lothrop at “Wayside”. Sat. a.m., 7/8/61
Item I.4         Margaret Lothrop at Wayside. Sat. a.m., 7/8/61
Item I.5         Margaret Lothrop at Wayside. Sat. a.m., 7/8/61
Item I.6         Margaret Lothrop at Wayside. Sat. a.m., 7/8/61
Item I.7         Margaret Lothrop & Roland Robbins at Wayside. Sat. p.m., 7/8/61
Item I.8         Margaret Lothrop at the Lothrop cemetery lot. Sat. p.m. 5/23/64 (See photo notes.)
Item I.9         Margaret Lothrop at the Lothrop cemetery lot. Sat. p.m. 5/23/64 (See photo notes.)
Item I.10       Bob Needham & group at Margaret Lothrop grave. Sat. p.m. 5/23/64 (See photo notes.)
Item I.11       Bob Needham leading tour of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. (See photo notes.) Sat. p.m., 5/23/64
Item I.12       Bill Towler at Concord Information Booth. Sat. p.m., 5/31/69
Item I.13       Bill Towler at Concord Information Booth. Sat. p.m., 5/31/69
Item I.14       Ruth Wheeler at possible site of “Iron Works Farm,” at Damon’s Dam, Assabet River, W. Concord P.M. Fri. 11/26/54
Item I.15       Ruth Wheeler at site of Kosher meat packaging plant, Old Stow Rd, W. Concord Fri: p.m. 11/26/54
Item I.16       Ruth Wheeler receiving award for her book at the Ed. Thomas’, Concord. Wed., about 4:15, 12/11/68 Double ex.
Item I.17       Mrs. Ruth Wheeler (middle) being presented an award for her book. At the Ed. Thomas’. Pres. Concord Antiquarian Soc., at right. Wed. about 4:15 p.m., 12/11/68

Concord general landscapes (arranged chronologically), 1947-1949:

Box 1.2:
Item I.18       M.M. [Minute Man] & fence from Buttrick’s meadow 3/11/47
Item I.19       Pumpkins Old Bedford Roland Robbins Concord, MA … 10/6/47
Item I.20       Sunset near Emerson Hospital 11/30/47
Item I.21       Sunset from Concord Turnpike near Emerson hospital 11/30/47
Item I.22       Birches and snow Concord turn. 1/3/48 p.m.
Item I.23       Sleighing Lexington Road Concord 2/29/48 P.M. Austen King &  family
Item I.24       Road to North Bridge 3/1/48 A.M.
Item I.25       Water tower Sudbury Rd 3/1/48 p.m.
Item I.26       Rear M.M. [Minute Man] & North Bridge 3/22/48
Item I.27       Old Bedford Rd 7/8/48
Item I.28       Concord River, July 8, ’48 (upside down)
Item I.29       M.M. [Minute Man] from Buttrick estate Wed 5. P.M., 4/27/49

Concord general landscapes, undated:

Box 1.3:
Item I.30       Fairyland, Concord
Item I.31       Fairyland, Concord
Item I.32       Fairyland, Concord
Item I.33       Fairyland, Concord
Item I.34       Fairyland, Concord
Item I.35       Fairyland, Concord
Item I.36       Fairyland, Concord
Item I.37       Crosby’s Pond
Item I.38       GOOSE POND FLYING SAUCER
Item I.39       110 Goose Pond

Concord landscapes, Minute Man National Park, 1981:

Box 1.4:
Item I.40       Minot Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.41       Minot Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.42       Minot Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.43       Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.44       Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.45       Minot Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.46       Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.47       Pratt’s arborvitae M.M. [Minute Man] Nat. Park Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.48       Minot Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81
Item I.49       Minot Pratt’s arborvitae M.M.N.P. [Minute Man National Park] Tues. by 3:15 p.m. 3/10/81

Concord street scenes (arranged chronologically), 1948-1968, plus undated:

Box 1.5:
Item I.50       From 1st Parish Belfry (Concord) By Gipson [photograph of a postcard?]
Item I.51       Town from First Parish Belfry. By Gipson [photograph of a postcard?]
Item I.52       Main St. Concord 1/26/48 A.M.
Item I.53       Main St. Concord 2/12/48 A.M.
Item I.54       Lexington Road 2/29/48 P.M.
Item I.55       Concord Center view Lexington Rd 3/1/48 A.M.
Item I.56       Old barn & house Garfield & Sudbury road [sic] P.M. 3/1/48
Item I.57       Concord Common, from Belfry of Unitarian Church 3/3/48 a.m.
Item I.58       Business center, Concord, from Unitarian Church Belfry, 3/3/48 a.m.
Item I.59       Lexington Rd. from Unitarian steeple 3/3/48 A.M.
Item I.60       Snow Removal on Mill Dam, Concord, 3/3/48 A.M.
Item I.61       Mill Dam, from entrance to Old Hill Burying Ground. Sun. a.m., 12/1/68

Concord cemeteries and churches (arranged chronologically), 1948-1968, plus undated:

Box 1.6:
Item I.62       First Parish Church, Concord, Mass. Unitarian
Item I.63       Old Hill Burying Ground Concord, Mass
Item I.64       Old Hill Burying Ground Concord, Mass
Item I.65       Old Hill Burying 1/26/48 noon
Item I.66       Trinitarian Congregational Church Concord 1/26/48
Item I.67       First Parish Meeting House Concord 2/12/48 a.m.
Item I.68       First Parish Church Concord, Mass. March 3, ’48 a.m.
Item I.69       Unitarian Church 5/23/48
Item I.70       Sipio [?] Brister [?] 9/8/48
Item I.71       John T. Nicholson Stone aug. [sic] 3, 1892 april [sic] 2, 1943 9/9/48
Item I.72       Unitarian church from cem. 9/18/48
Item I.73       First Parish Church Concord, Mass. 9.45 a.m., Wed. July 26, 1950
Item I.74       Trinitarian Congregational Church, Concord, Mass. Tues. afternoon, 9/28/65
Item I.75       First Parish Meeting House. Sun. a.m., 12/1/68

Concord structures (arranged alphabetically by name), 1948-1970, plus undated:

Box 1.7:
Item I.76       Anderson’s Market 2/12/48 A.M.
Item I.77       Col. Barrett House, Barrett [Barrett’s] Mill Road, Concord. Wed. P.M.,810/14/70
Item I.78       Col. Barrett House, Barrett [Barrett’s] Mill Road, Concord. Wed. P.M., 10/14/70
Item I.79       Colonial Inn full view 3/3/48 A.M.
Item I.80       Concord Antiquarian Society 1/14/48 full view
Item I.81       Concord Antiquarian Society 1/14/48 apple tree
Item I.82       Concord Library 2/12/48 A.M.
Item I.83       Country Store, Concord 1/26/48 a.m.
Item I.84       D.A.R. Concord Chapter House noon, Jan. 26, ’48 (42” of snow on level)
Item I.85       D.A.R. Concord Chapter House April 17, 1948
Item I.86       Emerson House 1/14/48 Closeup [sic] winter
Item I.87       Girl Scout House, Concord 3/1/48 A.M.
Item I.88       [Girl] Scout House from Daniel’s 3/1/48 A.M.
Item I.89       Heywood House 3/1/48

Box 1.8:
Item I.90       Marshall Cox house 2/22/49 Sun. P.M.
Item I.91       Minute Man Statue Jan. 26, ’48 a.m.
Item I.92       Old Manse by Gipson [photograph of a postcard?]
Item I.93       Old Manse by Gipson [photograph of a postcard?]
Item I.94       Old Manse 2/12/48 A.M.
Item I.95       Old (closest) Manse 2/12/48 A.M.
Item I.96       Old Manse (front view) 2/12/48 A.M.
Item I.97       Old Manse & shed 3/1/48 a.m.
Item I.98       Red Barn Monument St. 3/1/48 A.M.
Item I.99       Reuben Brown House, Concord 1/28/48
Item I.100     School of Philosophy 1/14/48 P.M.
Item I.101     Hillside Chapel (Concord School of Philosophy) Jan. 14, 1948

Box 2:

Concord events, April 19th celebration, 1947:

Box 2.1:
Item I.102     April 19, 1947

Concord events, April 19th celebration, 1950:

Box 2.1:
Item I.103     Concord National Bank. Decorated for 175th celebration, Sun. A. M., April 16, 50
Item I.104     Main St. Concord decorated for 175th celebration. Sun. A.M., April 16, ‘50
Item I.105     Looking towards Colonial Inn from belfry Unitarian Church 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.106     Site of 1875 parade route from Hill Burying ground [sic] 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.107     Spirit of ’76 in front of Bullet-hole House 4/19/50
Item I.108     Negro band on Lexington Rd 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.109     Thoreau’s cabin float on Lexington Rd 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.110     Rear view of Gen. Omar Bradley in front of Unitarian Church (only fair) 4/19/50
Item I.111     U.S. Marine Band passing review stand. From Unitarian Church Belfry 4/19/50
Item I.112     Unitarian Church review stand and parade from Old Hill Burying Ground 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.113     Parade review stand from in front of Wright’s Tavern 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.114     Parade, Unitarian church in background from in front of Old Hill Burying Ground 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.115     Gen. Omar Bradley & party in car in front of Wright’s Tavern (Good) 4/19/50
Item I.116     Concord High School Band in Concord Square 4/19/50
Item I.117     Middlesex County Farm Bureau float on Lexington Rd 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.118     Start of parade at parking space at Old North Bridge. 4/19/50
Item I.119     Gen. Omar Bradley & party in front of Unitarian Church (Good) 4/19/50
Item I.120     Looking along Main St. from Snow’s Pharmacy. Balloons in the ground 4/19/50
Item I.121     Profile of Gen. Omar Bradley talking in front of Unitarian Church 4/19/50
Item I.122     Gen. Omar Bradley talking to a Maj-Gen. and a lady—has cap off. 4/19/50
Item I.123     Rev. Daniels in front of Unitarian Church before parade. Concord National Bank. 4/19/50
Item I.124     Gordon Mac Donald Sexton, Unitarian Church 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.125     Little girl in front of Unitarian Church. 4/19/50
Item I.126     Gen. Omar Bradley getting out of automobile in front of review stand from belfry of Unitarian Church 4/19/50
Item I.127     U. S. Marine Band on parade Old Manse in background 4/19/50
Item I.128     Head of parade passing review stand. From Belfry of Unitarian church 4/19/50
Item I.129     Parade forming at parking space at Old North Bridge 4/19/50

Box 2.2:
Item I.130     Permitting a funeral procession to pass reviewing stand from belfry of Unitarian Church 4/19/50
Item I.131     Gen. Omar Bradley talking to a Maj-Gen and lady Wright’s Tavern in background 4/19/50
Item I.132     Gen. Omar Bradley and staff at review stand—just after leaving autos. From belfry Unitarian Church 4/19/50
Item I.133     Gen. Omar Bradley standing in front of Unitarian Church (Flag in background)
Item I.134     U.S. Marine Band passing review stand from Belfry of Unitarian Church 4/19/50
Item I.135     Planes flying over Unitarian church. From belfry 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.136     People gathering to front Unitarian church, before parade. 4/19/50
Item I.137     Looking towards business [sic] of Concord from Unitarian Church belfry 4/19/50
Item I.138     Gen. Omar Bradley & party in parade on Monument St. 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.139     Pilgrims “Thanksgiving Dinner” float Lexington Road at Heywood Hill. 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.140     Woman’s drum corp [sic] on Lexington Road 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.141     Parade to front of the Country Store 4/19/50
Item I.142     Band led by small-fry on Lexington Road, front Marshal Cox House 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.143     Balloon man near review stand, Concord, before parade 4/19/50
Item I.144     Site of 1875 parade course, corner Bedford Road 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.145     Review stand Concord before parade. 4/19/50
Item I.146     Rotary International float, Lexington Rd. 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.147     Gen. Bradley & staff entering review stand From Unitarian Church Belfry 4/19/50
Item I.148     Head of parade near starting place at parking space, Old North Bridge 4/19/50
Item I.149     Looking down from Unitarian Church belfry at parade in Monument Sq. (Good) 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.150     Unitarian Church review stand & parade from Old Hill Burying Ground 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.151     Gen. Omar Bradley talking to a Maj-Gen. and a lady front of Unitarian Church 4/19/50
Item I.152     Gen. Omar Bradley & party in car at Unitarian Church (Fuzzy) 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.153     U. S. Marine Band at start of parade from parking space at North Bridge. 4/19/50
Item I.154     “Shot Heard ‘round the World” float in front of Marshall Cox’s house, Lexington Rd 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.155     Gen. Omar Bradley & party in car front of Unitarian Church 4/19/50 A.M.
Item I.156     Spectators watching parade from steps of Unitarian Church 4/19/50 A.M.

Concord events, April 19th celebration, 1975:

Box 2.3:
Item I.157     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.158     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.159     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.160     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.161     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.162     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. 19th of April 1975. Concord
Item I.163     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. 19th of April Concord
Item I.164     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. 19th of April. Concord
Item I.165     Jim Mercer From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. 4/19/75, Concord Free Public Library
Item I.166     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.167     Review Stand: Sat. a.m., April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.168     Rod & Garth Moss 19th of April 1975 Sat. a.m. parade, Concord, Mass.
Item I.169     Review Stand: 19th of April, 1975, Sat. a.m. Concord
Item I.170     From Review Stand: April 19, 1975, Sat. a.m. Concord
Item I.171     From Review Stand: April 19, 1975, Sat. a.m. Concord
Item I.172     Rev. Dana Greeley in Review Stand. Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975, Concord
Item I.173     From Review Stand: April 19, 1975, Sat. a.m. Concord
Item I.174     From Review Stand: Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.175     19th of April, Sat. a.m., 1975. From Review Stand. Concord.
Item I.176     First Parish Church from Review Stand. Sat. a.m. April 19, 1975 Concord
Item I.177     19th of April, Sat. a.m., 1975. From Review Stand. Concord.

Concord events, Memorial Day services, 1949:

Box 2.3:
Item I.178        Memorial Day Services, Old North Bridge May 29, 1949

Concord events, 100th anniversary of Hawthorne’s death, 1964:

Box 2.4:
Item I.179     At Wayside: Margaret Lothrop making plans for 100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s death. (See photo notes) Fri. evening, 5/8/64
Item I.180     At Wayside: Mary Fenn, planning 100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s death. (See photo notes) Fri. evening, 5/8/64
Item I.181     At Wayside: planning 100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s death. Mary Sherwood, Gladys Hosmer & Ruth Wheeler. (See photo notes) Fri. evening, 5/8/64
Item I.182     At Wayside: planning 100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s death. Mary Sherwood, Gladys Hosmer and Ruth Wheeler. (See photo notes) Friday evening, 5/8/64
Item I.183     At Wayside: Margaret Lothrop making plans for 100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s death. (See photo notes) Fri. evening, 5/8/64
Item I.184     100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s funeral at S.H.C. [Sleepy Hollow Cemetery] Sat. 5 P. M. 5/23/64 (See photo notes)
Item I.185     100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s death & burial, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Sat. 5 P. M. 5/23/64 (See photo notes).
Item I.186     100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s funeral at S.H.C. [Sleepy Hollow Cemetery] Sat. 5 P. M. 5/23/64 (See photo notes)
Item I.187     Mary Fenn participating in 100 anniversary service of Hawthorne’s death & burial. (See photo notes.) 5/23/64
Item I.188     Mary Fenn participating in 100 anniversary service of Hawthorne’s death & burial. Sat. 5 P. M. 5/23/64 (See photo notes)
Item I.189     Ruth Wheeler participating in 100 anniversary services of Hawthorne’s burial. S.H.C. [Sleepy Hollow Cemetery] Sat. 5 P. M. 5/23/64 (See photo notes)
Item I.190     Margaret Lothrop at service for 100 anniversary of Hawthorne’s burial. S.H.C. [Sleepy Hollow Cemetery] Sat. 5 P. M. 5/23/64
Item I.191     100 anniversary service for burial of Hawthorne at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Sat. 5 P. M. 5/23/64 (See photo notes)

Concord events, “Fun Fair” for Nesan (variously spelled by Robbins Neson, Nason)
Fund, 1970:

Box 2.4:
Item I.192     “Fun Fair” Rev. Jackson Smith & Nesan. Sat. P.M., 5/30/70
Item I.193     “Fun Fair” for Neson Fund: Rev. Jackson Smith & friend. Sat. P.M., 5/30/70
Item I.194     “Fun Fair” for Nesan Fund. Rev. Jackson Smith & friend. Sat. P.M., May 30, 1970
Item I.195     “Fun Fair” for Nason Fund. Bill Parks’ mother? Sat. P.M., 5/30/70
Item I.196     “Fun Fair” for Nesan Fund. Sat. P.M., 5/30/70
Item I.197     “Fun Fair” for Nesan Fund Crafts-decorating. Sat. p.m., 5/30/70
Item I.198     “Fun Fair” for Nesan Fund 5/30/70 p.m., Sat.
Item I.199     “Fun Fair” for Nesan Fund. Intruder!  Sat. p.m., 5/30/70
Item I.200     “Fun Fair” for Nesan Fund Sat. p.m., 5/30/70
Item I.201     “Fun Fair” for Nesan Fund Pony Ride. Sat. p.m., 5/30/70

Series 2: Non-Concord Images (Massachusetts and Pennysylvania): Landscapes and structures, 1947-1968, plus undated:

Non-Concord images (Massachusetts): Acton, Arlington, Ayer, 1950-1961:

Box 2.5:
Item II.1        Rt. 2 near turnoff to West Acton & Harvard [Acton] 12:05 Thurs. 9/29/55
Item II.2        Fall Foliage on Rt. 2 near turnoff to [Acton] W. Acton & Harvard. 2:30, Thurs., 9/29/55
Item II.3        Foliage on Rt. 2, near turnoff to W. Acton & Harvard [Acton]. 2:25, Thurs., 9/29/55
Item II.4        Acton: my mother’s school. Main St. Sat. before 4:30, 3/18/61
Item II.5        Acton: Capt. Robbins’ Cellar, Concord Rd. Sat. by 4:30, 3/18/61
Item II.6        Acton: Thomas Wheelers 1668 House site marker, Concord Rd, Sat. before 4:30, 3/18/61
Item II.7        Acton: Capt. Robbins stone monument, Concord Rd, Sat. before 4:30 3/18/61
Item II.8        Acton: 1851 monument. Sat. before, 4:30, 3/18/61
Item II.9        Acton: 1851 monument. Sat., before 4:30, 3/18/61
Item II.10      Acton: 1851 Monument. Sat. before 4:30, 3/18/61
Item II.11      Acton: 1851 Monument. Sat., before 4:30, 3/18/61
Item II.12      Sky writing at A.A. Mill’s Langley Rd, Arlington Sun. P.M. 11/19/50
Item II.13      Country scene near 5 corners (on road to Arlington) 8:45 a.m. Wed. 5/28/52
Item II.14      Maxant’s Covered bridge, Ayer Mass.
Item II.15      Helen Maxant & C.B. [covered bridge] [Ayer] 1/55
Item II.16      Bill Maxant’s C.B. [covered bridge] at Ayer #13 C.B.[covered bridge] in Mass. Smallest in N.E. 1/55
Item II.17      Thru open end of Maxant’s 1945 bridge [Ayer] 1:25, Thurs., 9/29/55
Item II.18      Maxant’s 1945 bridge [Ayer] 1:30, Thurs., 9/29/55
Item II.19      Thru open end of Maxant’s 1945 bridge [Ayer] 1:40, Thurs., 9/29/55
Item II.20      Thru open end of Maxant’s 1945 bridge [Ayer] 2:07, Thurs., 9/29/55

Non-Concord images (Massachusetts): Boxford, Brockton, Carlisle, Charlemont, Groton, Harvard, 1947-68, plus undated:

Box 2.6:
Item II.21      Site of Daniel Andrews Saw & Grist Mill, Boxford. (Supposedly site of Gerry Leonard’s Iron Works). See photo notes. Fri. a.m. 3/25/55
Item II.22      Lura Watkins at old barn (Covered Bridge) site of Daniel Andrews Saw & Grist Mill, Boxford (see photo notes) Sat. a.m. 3/25/55
Item II.23      Sunset: Rt. 24, near Brockton, Mass. By 6.08 p.m., Sat. p.m., 9/7/68
Item II.24      Sunset: Rt. 24, near Brockton, Mass. By 6.08 p.m., Sat. p.m., 9/7/68
Item II.25      Ted Thomas at site of old dam on old Robbins’ property, Carlisle, Mass. Sat. p.m., 2/28/59
Item II.26      Bissell [?] C.B. [covered bridge] over Mill Brook Charlemont Mass. 10/4/48
Item II.27      Tree & mist Groton Fall R.W.R.
Item II.28      Hill Groton barn & house 10/7/47
Item II.29      Barn & hill Groton 10/7/47
Item II.30      Hill, barn & house Groton cloudless 5-6-50-inf. 10/7/47 p.m.
Item II.31      1744 Dudley House, Fruitlands Harvard, Mass. 3.30 p.m. Mon. Sept. 19, ‘49
Item II.32      Farm on Hill across from 1744 Dudley House Fruitlands Harvard, Mass. Mon. 3.30 p.m. 9/19/49
Item II.33      1st Congregational Church, Harvard, Mass. Sat. p.m., 8/15/53

Non-Concord images (Massachusetts): Lexington, 1949-55:

Box 2.7:
Item II.34      Gnarled apple tree and plowed field Lexington Rd Lex. Sunday 10:45 AM; 10/23/49
Item II.35      Scene from Lexington Rd, Lex. (shed, tree at side) Sunday 10:45 AM 10/23/49
Item II.36      Forsythia bush on Lexington-Woburn Rd [Lexington] Thurs. AM 5/4/50
Item II.37      Apple blossoms and dirt road, road from Lex. to Woburn. [Lexington] 6:50 p.m., Tues. May 16, ‘50
Item II.38      Sunset on new rt. [sic] 128, Lexington. (Rays thru clouds) Excellent 5 p.m. Fri, Feb. 1, ‘52
Item II.39      Sunset on new rt. [sic] 128, Lexington (Rays thru clouds) Excellent 5 p.m. Fri., Feb. 1, ‘52
Item II.40      Sunset on new rt. [sic] 128, Lexington. (Cloud stream) (Excellent) 5 p.m., Fri., Feb. 1, ‘52
Item II.41      Sunset on new rt. [sic] 128, Lexington (Light from Heaven) Excellent 5 p.m., Fri., Feb. 1, ‘52
Item II.42      “Day Fingers”, Hobbs Brook Reservoir, Route 128. [Lexington] Mon. 8:45 4/5/54 good
Item II.43      “Day Fingers”, Hobbs Brooke Reservoir, Route 128 [Lexington], Mon.; 8:45, 4/5/54 good
Item II.44      Foliage, rt. 2A, near turnoff to Bedford Airport in Lex. 2 p.m., Sun., 10/2/55

Non-Concord images (Massachusetts): Lincoln, Middleton, 1948-54:

Box 2.8:
Item II.45      Mill St. [Lincoln] Summer June 14, ’48 A.M.
Item II.46      Mill St. [Lincoln] 4/7/48
Item II.47      Mill St. [Lincoln] Summer 6//14/48 A.M.
Item II.48      Mill St. [Lincoln] … 7/22/48 8 A.M.
Item II.49      Mill St. Bridge from Lexington Rd [Lincoln] (good reflection) (Good) Tues. 7:30 a.m. 8/23/49
Item II.50      Shoreline to Mill St. Bridge [Lincoln] (Good upside down shot.) (Good) Tues. 7:30 a.m. 8/23/49
Item II.51      Reflection near Mill St. Bridge From Lexington Rd [Lincoln] 7:50 A.M. Fri. 3/16/51
Item II.52      Reflection on river on Lexington Rd., Lincoln 8:10 a.m., Wed., April 11, ‘51
Item II.53      Tree reflection on River on Lexington Rd. [Lincoln] (Spring scene) 8:10 a.m., Fri., May 4, ‘51
Item II.54      Tree on Lexington Road at water basin. [Lincoln] 8:55, Fri., 10/8/54
Item II.55      Reflection at water basin on Lexington Rd. [Lincoln] 9 p.m., Fri. 10/8/54
Item II.56      Upside down … Fall reflection Mill St. [Lincoln] 8:50, Fri. 10/8/54
Item II.57      R. W. Robbins at field stones used as head-foot stones in Timothy Fuller Burying Ground, Middleton, Mass. Fri. a.m. 3/25/55
Item II.58      Field stones used for head-foot stones in Timothy Fuller Burying Ground Middleton, Mass. Lura Watkins in scene Fri. a.m., 3/25/55
Item II.59      Field stones as head-foot stones in Timothy Fuller Burying Ground, Middleton, Mass. (Lura Watkins in scene) Fri. a.m. 3/25/55
Item II.60      Middleton Cemetery, small stones mark head & foot of graves. (Cemetery has many of these) 11 a.m. Tues., 1/11/55 Dark

Box 3

Non-Concord images (Massachusetts): Millers Falls, Mohawk Trail, Needham, 1948-54:

Box 3.1:
Item II.61      [?], house, and river Rt. 9 [Millers Falls] 10/4/48
Item II.62      [?] & River Millers Falls 10/4/48
Item II.63      Mohawk Trail 10/4/48
Item II.64      Mohawk Trail 10/4/48
Item II.65      Mohawk Trail 10/4/48
Item II.66      Hill & cement bridge, Mohawk Trail 10/4/48
Item II.67      Mohawk Trail Dirt road to mts. 10/4/48
Item II.68      Grand Canyon of N.E. Mohawk Trail 10/4/48
Item II.69      “Colored Icicles” rt [sic] 2, Mohawk Trail (Hairpin curve) 1:40 Tues. 3/6/56
Item II.70      “Colored Icicles” Rt [sic] 2 Mohawk Trail. 1:40 Tues. 3/6/56 (Hairpin curve)
Item II.71      Charles River from the Fisher & Central Sts., Needham, Mass. 8:30, Wed., 5/26/54 Excellent
Item II.72      (Contrast-seasonal) Charles River from Fisher & Central Sts., Needham, Sta., 11:15, 6/5/54
Item II.73      Summer Charles River scene, Fisher St. & Central Ave. Needham. 9 a.m., 6/19/54 good
Item II.74      FALL Charles River Scene at Fisher & Central Sts., Needham. 3:40, Fri. 10/8/54
Item II.75      WINTER Charles River scene at Fisher St. and Central Ave., Needham. Tues., 1:45, 12/7/54
Item II.76      WINTER Charles River at Central Ave. & Fisher St., Needham. 1:45, Tues. 12/7/54

Non-Concord images (Massachusetts): Pepperell, Stoneham, Sturbridge, 1947-52:

Box 3.2:
Item II.77      River scene (Nashua River) Pepperell 10/7/47 P.M.
Item II.78      Walk for pedestrians E. Pepperell C.B. [covered bridge] 8/30/48
Item II.79      Winter scene at brook crossing route 128 near turn off to Stoneham. 9:30 A.M., Feb. 16, ‘51
Item II.80      Winter scene at brook crossing route 128 near turn-off to Stoneham. 9:30 a.m., Fri., Feb. 16, ‘51
Item II.81      Looking W. on route 128 near turn-off to Stoneham. Cement bridge in picture. 8:20 a.m., Fri., Feb. 23, ‘51
Item II.82      Looking upstream from cement bridge on rt [sic] 128 near turn-off to Stoneham. (no snow) 8:20 A.M. Fri., Feb. 23, ‘51
Item II.83      Looking upstream from near cement bridge on rt [sic] 128 near turn-off to Stoneham. (no snow) 8:20 A.M. Fri., Feb. 23, ‘51
Item II.84      Brook scene on rt [sic] 128 near turn-off to Stoneham. 8:40 a.m., Thurs. April 12, ’51 (Spring) (very good)
Item II.85      Brook crossing rt [sic] 128 near road to Stoneham (spring scene) 8:30 a.m., April 27, ’51, Fri.
Item II.86      Brook crossing rt [sic] 128 near road to Stoneham (spring scene) 8:30 a.m., Fri., April 27, ’51
Item II.87      Brook crossing rt [sic] 128 near road to Stoneham  Rd [sic] (spring scene) 10:30 a.m., Wed., May 2, ’51
Item II.88      Brook on old rt [sic] 128 just before turnoff to Stoneham. (Summer Scene) 5 p.m.  Thurs. 8/2/51 (Good)
Item II.89      Fall Scene at brook crossing old route 128 near turnoff to Stoneham. Wed. 9:15 a.m., Oct. 10, ‘51
Item II.90      Fall Brook scene on old rt [sic] 128 near turnoff to Stoneham 9:15 a.m., Wed., 10/10/51
Item II.91      Fall Brook scene off old rt [sic] 128 near turnoff to Stoneham 9:15 a.m., Wed., 10/10/51
Item II.92      Reflection (upside down bridge) Sturbridge Village Sat. 5/30/52 good
Item II.93      Reflection (upside down bridge) Sturbridge Village. Sta. 5/30/52 very good
Item II.94      Reflection (upside down) Sturbridge Village, Sat., 5/30/52
Item II.95      Grist mill & reflection. Sturbridge Village. Sat. 5/30/52 very good

Non-Concord images (Massachusetts): Sudbury, Townsend, Waltham, Webster, 1948-63:

Box 3.3:
Item II.96      Silhouette Martha Mary Church [Martha-Mary Chapel] [Sudbury] 3/1/48 P.M.
Item II.97      Martha Mary Church [Martha-Mary Chapel] [Sudbury] 3/1/48 P.M.
Item II.98      Outhouse Sudbury 3/1/48 P.M.
Item II.99      Redstone School 1798 [Sudbury] 3/1/48 P.M.
Item II.100    Stone mill Sudbury 3/1/48 P.M.
Item II.101    Fall reflection near Country Store, Sudbury. Fri., 4:05, 10/19/56
Item II.102    Fall scene on Rt. 20, at turnoff to Wayside Inn [Sudbury] (See similar pic [sic] for 10/19/56 when there was more foliage) Tues. 2:30, 10/15/63
Item II.103    Fall scene on Rt. 20, at turnoff to Wayside Inn [Sudbury] (See similar pics [sic] for 10/19/56 when there was more foliage) Tues. 2:30, 10/15/63
Item II.104    Fall scene on Rt. 20, at turnoff to Wayside Inn [Sudbury] (See similar pics [sic] for 10/19/56 when there was more foliage) Tues. 2:30, Oct. 15/63
Item II.105    Fall Foliage at Townsend, Mass. 11:10, Sat., 10/12/57
Item II.106    Upside down reflection Cambridge Reservoir [Waltham], Rt. 128 8:20, Fri. 5/14/54
Item II.107    Lake From atop hill on upper Gore Rd, Webster, Mass. 7:40 Tues., 6/8/54

Non-Concord images (Massachusetts): White Spot, Winchendon, Winchester, 1949-51:

Box 3.4:
Item II.108    Scene by roadside on route 128 near White Spot Mon. a.m. Oct. 10, ‘49
Item II.109    Scene by roadside on Rt [sic] 128 near White Spot Mon. a.m. Oct. 10. ‘49
Item II.110    Old House, stone wall, & apple blossoms on Rt [sic]128 near White Spot 5:30 p.m., Sta. 5/20/50
Item II.111    Apple blossoms on Rt [sic] 128 just beyond White Spot. 8:15 A.M. Mon., 5/22/50
Item II.112    Apple blossoms on Rt [sic] 128 just beyond White Spot. 8:15 A.M. Mon., 5/22/50
Item II.113    Old House on rt [sic] 128 near White Spot. Summer Scene. 8 a.m. Sat. 8/12/50
Item II.114    “Apple Harvest” old House on rt [sic] 128 near White Spot 9:30 A.M. Tues., 10/17/50
Item II.115    Old house on route 128 near White Spot. 8:20 a.m. Tues. 12/19/50 “Early Forenoon”
Item II.116    Winter scene of old house on route 128 near White Spot 9 a.m., Mon. 1/8/51
Item II.117    (Winter snow scene). Old House on rt [sic] 128 at White Spot. Wed. 8:40 A.M. 1/10/51
Item II.118    Forsythia at Old House on rt [sic] 128 near White Spot. 8:10 a.m. Tues., May 1, ‘51
Item II.119    Forsythia at old house on rt [sic] 128 near White Spot. 10:20 a.m. Wed., May 2, ‘51
Item II.120    Trees (foliage) on rt [sic] 12, Winchendon, Mass. 2 P.M., Wed. 10/6/54
Item II.121    “Early spring silhouettes” Century Acres Winchester Mon. 8:30 A.M. 5/8/50
Item II.122    Summer at Century Acres. Winchester, Mass. Mon. 9 a.m., 7/31/50
Item II.123    Tree shadows at Century Acres. Winchester, Mass. Mon. 9 a.m. 7/31/50
Item II.124    Summer at Century Acres. Winchester, Mass. 9 a.m. Mon. 7/31/50

Non-Concord images (Pennsylvania), 1955:

Box 3.5:
Item II.125    Anton & Betty in Green House, Longwood Gardens Sat. P.M., 8/20/55
Item II.126    Caretaker, interior of Green House, Longwood Gardens. Sat. p.m., 8/20/55
Item II.127    Fountains as lights (colored) Longwood Gardens. Sat. P.M., 8/20/55
Item II.128    Fountains and color lights at Longwood Gardens Sat. P.M., 8/20/55
Item II.129    Longwood Gardens fountains. Sat. P.M., 8/20/55

Series 3: Images of unidentified locations, 1948-1954, plus undated:

Box 3.6:
Item III.1       Cabin in the wood 3/1/48
Item III.2       Goff’s tree in center Bedded down 5/1/48
Item III.3       Goff’s [?] to protect [?] plants from late frosts 5/1/48
Item III.4       “Atomic” cloud from Jim Diamond’s looking towards airport Thurs. 7:30 P.M. 7/28/49
Item III.5       Atomic cloud Thurs. July 28, ‘49
Item III.6       Atomic cloud 7/28/49
Item III.7       Mary Brigham’s magnolia tree in full blossom. 2 P.M., Thurs. May 4, 1950
Item III.8       Mary Brigham’s magnolia tree in full blossom. 2 P.M., Thurs. May 4, 1950
Item III.9       “The Fountain” “weeping” weeping willow. Rt. 2 Sun., 8 A.M., 5/7/54
Item III.10     Getting dark
Item III.11     [no caption]

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