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Manton-Gaulin exhibits a homogenizer at the Everett Industrial Expo in 1951. Manton-Gaulin manufactured commercial food processing equipment in Everett for many years.

Eagle Shoe Co.

Eagle Shoe shows off their latest models at the Everett Industrial Exposition in 1951. Eagle Shoe manufactured shoes until 1970, when foreign imports drove them out of business.

C.E. Clarke Co.

Two employees of the C.E. Clarke Co. show their wares at the Everett Industrial Exposition at Everett Armory (now the Connolly Center)

Everett Boy Scouts

Everett Boy scouts at the 1951 Industrial Exposition at Everett Armory (now the Connolly Center), October 1951

1961 Babe Ruth League Opening Day

Mayor Philip Crowley throws out the first pitch of the opening game of the Everett Babe Ruth League at Glendale Park

Everett Day at Amusement Park

For many years, the children of Everett were treated to a free day at an area amusement park. Among the parks were Lincoln Park in North Dartmouth, Canobie Lake Park in Salem, NH, and Whalom Park in Lunenberg.

Boston Fire Department Band

The Boston Fire Department Band visited the Everett Fire Station in December, 1951

Shute Library 1959

The Shute Memorial Library as it looked in 1959. The Shute was opened in 1897, expanded in 1913 and 1961, and completely renovated in 2015.

Taken from top of Evans Building in Everett Square

Santa and Friend

Santa poses with a young friend on top of the Evans Building in Everett Square. In the background you can see the Enterprise Department Store, which later changed it's name to J.M Fields. When Fields moved out, the store was replaced by Gorin's, which was there until the late 1980s

Santa on Chimney

Santa gets ready to go down the chimney on top of the Evans Building on Broadway.

Everett Stadium Interior

Everett Memorial Stadium was expended into a 10,000 seat bowl in 1948. Over the years it hosted football, baseball, drum and bugle concerts, celebrity softball games, High School graduations, and many other events. The stadium was renovated and downsized to its present form in the 1980s.

Everett Babe Ruth League 1961

1961 Everett Babe Ruth League players and coaches pose for team pictures.

WBZ Quiz Down - Centre School

Students from Everett were featured on WBZ Radio "Quiz Down" on the evening of Feb. 27, 1952. Representing the Centre School are, standing, Janet Stella, Anthony Dascoli, Albert Poste, William Orlandi, Robert Horner, and Jean D'Orlando. Seated are hosts former major league pitcher Irving "Bump" Hadley and "Quiz Master" Verne Williams

Valley Club Fire

A three alarm fire destroyed the Valley Club on Third St. early in the morning of Feb. 19, 1956. The blaze caused $75,000 worth of damage and sent 3 firefighters to the hospital.

Everett rec field day 1950

Everett Recreation Department field day. August, 1950. Held in the old Marine Corps League Park, current site of the Everett Skating Rink.

St. Anthony's Church

St. Anthony's moonlight sail committee. Front row, Bob Caramanica, unk., Horace Rocco, Fr. Peter Bortolazzo, Mr. Romboli, unk., Angelo D'Agostino. Back row, unk., Billy DiNardo, Richard Rocco, unk., Frank Striano

St. Joseph's minstrel show

Cast photo from the St. Joseph's Parish minstrel show

Shore Side opening 1958

Opening of the Shore Side restaurant and nightclub on Revere Beach Parkway

Mayor Crowley at July 4 bonfire

Mayor Crowley poses at site of July 4 1951 bonfire

Parlin Library 1961

A busy children's room at the Parlin Library 1961

Parlin Library 1961

Children crowd the circulation desk at the Parlin Library

Parlin Library 1961

Helen Cook at the Woodlawn branch of the Parlin Library

Parlin Library 1961

Gertrude Matoon (L) and Ruby Jackson (R) at Parlin Library circulation desk

Parlin Library 1961

Library Director Helen Currier and Louise Quigley

Parlin Library 1961

Helen Cook, Information Librarian, helps a patron.

Kiwanis talent show

Talent show presented by the Everett Kiwanis Club at Everett High School, 1954

July 4, 1963 parade

Independence Day parade on Broadway, 1963.

Christmas pageant

Parlin School Christmas pageant

Vocational students

Everett Vocational High School students work on projects

Glendale Park Flood

Children play in flooded Glendale Park 1949

WBZ Quiz Down at Horace Mann School

Students from Everett were featured on WBZ Radio "Quiz Down" on the evening of Feb. 27, 1952. Representing the Horace Mann School are, Standing, Ruth Skane, Richard O'Brien, Richard Talbot, David Herlihy, Nancy King, and Nancy Styles. Seated are hosts former major league pitcher Irving "Bump" Hadley and "Quiz Master" Verne Williams

Mayor Crowley and Danny Doherty

Mayor Crowley poses with Danny Doherty, owner of a local driving school

Lower Broadway

Lower Broadway July 13, 1959

Heart Fund 1952

Heart Fund 1952 Mayor Crowley and Tom Schatz

Hancock St. and Central Ave. 1956

Corner of Hancock St. and Central Ave. after a snowstorm April 1956

French Club Outing

French Club outing to Fenway Park July 27, 1960

William P. Canty

William P. Canty spent 45 years in the Everett school system. He retired as Superintendent in 1967

Victoria St. Parking Lot

Victoria St. parking lot before paving, early 1950s

Parlin School Basketball

Parlin School basketball team poses with trophy, early 1950s

Mayor Crowley and Ambrose English

Philip Crowley, Mayor of Everett from 1949 to 1965, shakes hands with longtime City Councillor Ambrose English, acting Mayor in 1948, following the death of Mayor Frank E. Lewis

Everett City Yards

The headquarters for building services and public works was located at the City Yards on East Elm St. It was replaced by a new facility on Tileston St. in the early 2000s

Franklin School

Students at the Franklin School probably early 1950s. The Franklin School was a wooden schoolhouse built in the late 1800s on Thorndike St. in the "Lynde" section of Everett

Fashion Show

St. Therese CYO fashion show circa 1955-1960

Expo 1951 Everett Vocational High School

Everett Vocational High School Print Shop booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951

Expo 1951 Terminal Motors

Terminal Motors booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951

Expo 1951 Red Cross Bond Brothers

Bond Brothers Construction sponsored a Red Cross booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. Bond Brothers was founded in Everett in 1909 and has grown into a major regional construction company.

Expo 1951 New England Bolt

New England Bolt Company booth at the Everett Industrial Expo 1951

Expo 1951 New England Tank and Tower

New England Tank and Tower Co. booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. According to their 1912 catalog, they were "manufacturers of wood tanks, dye tubs, and special equipment"

Expo 1951 Monsanto Chemical

Monsanto came to Everett in 1929, and left in the early 1990s. The Encore casino occupies that spot today.

Expo 1951 Met Lithograph

Met Lithograph booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951

Expo 1951 Haley Cate

Haley Cate booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951

Expo 1951 H.R. Grant Catering

H.R. Grant Catering booth at the Everett Industrial Expo 1951

Expo 1951 General Electric

General Electric Foundry booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. GE had a plant in Everett for many years and was a vital part of the war effort in World War II

Expo 1951 Everett Tire Co.

Everett Tire Co. booth at the Everett Industrial Expo 1951

Expo 1951 Everett Co-Operative Bank

Everett Co-Operative Bank booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951

Expo 1951 Esso

Esso Standard Oil Company booth at Everett Industrial Expo 1951. Esso (now Exxon) had one of the few oil refineries located outside of the South for many years.

Expo 1951 DuPont

DuPont Paints booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951

Expo 1951 CPC Engineering

CPC Engineering booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951

Expo 1951 Coe Chevrolet

Coe Chevrolet booth at Everett Industrial Expo 1951

Expo 1951 City of Everett

City of Everett booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951

Expo 1951 C.B. Sawyer Tires

C.B. Sawyer Tires booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. C.B. Sawyer Tires was located on Chelsea St., at the corner of Clinton St.

Expo 1951 Bunny Bear

Bunny Bear booth at Everett Industrial Exposition 1951. Bunny Bear made baby furniture in Everett for many years.

Expo 1951 Boy Scouts/Everett National Bank

The Everett National Bank sponsored a Boy Scouts booth at the Everett Industrial Expo in 1951

Expo 1951 Borden Company

Borden Company booth at Everett Industrial Exposition, 1951

Expo 1951 Acme Printing

Acme Printing booth at the Everett Industrial Exposition, October 1951.

Everett Stadium 1959

In 1948, Everett Stadium was expanded into a horseshoe-type stadium which seated 10,000 spectators. Events such as EHS football, drum and bugle competitions, and guest appearances by WBZ-TV's Rex Trailer, among others, would draw capacity crowds. The stadium was renovated and capacity was reduced in the early 1990s

Everett Schools art exhibit

Everett students celebrate American Art Week in November, 1958

Everett School Committee 1958

Members include front row: Dr. William H. Gerety, Letty R. Russo, Dr. William H. Harrington, Joseph A. Curnane. back row: Mabel Curnane, Dr. LeRoy Kelley, Albert E. Morris, Charles E. Brickley, Margaret Denny

Little League All-Stars

Everett Little League American League all-stars at Everett Stadium, circa 1960

Everett fire dispatch

Everett fire officials show off the control center on Elm St.

Everett Bargain Days

Mayor Crowley (c) and store owner Eli Raphael (r) during Everett Bargain Days c.1950-1960

Enterprise Stores "grand opening"

Enterprise Stores, a long time fixture in Everett staged a "grand reopening" in the early 1950s. Eventually, they changed their name to J.M. Fields and left Everett in the early 1960s. The building was then taken over by Gorin's, and stayed in Everett until the late 1980s. The building was destroyed by fire in November, 1991

Everett High School science fair

Mayor Crowley (R) with students at the EHS Science Fair in 1959

Everett High School graduation 1951

Everett High School graduation at Everett Stadium 1951

Everett High School history class

History class at Everett High School

Everett High School geography class

Geography class at Everett High School

Everett High School biology class

Biology class at Everett High, 1951

Cities Service station

Cities Service station on Chelsea St. looking west toward Everett Square. Cities Service changed its name to Citgo in 1964, and is the source of the famous sign overlooking Fenway Park

Bow St. and Lynde St. 1959

Cars parked at the triangle where Lynde St., Bow St., and Broadway come together. Sordillo's Lunch was a fixture at the "Lynde" for many years.

Barber shop display 1960

Display honoring war veterans, Nov. 11, 1960

Barber shop display 1960

Mayor Crowley (second R) and onlookers observe a display honoring war veterans on Vetrerans Day 1960

Sweetser Circle dedication

Veterans meet outside of Everett Square at Sweetser Circle dedication. Sept. 25, 1958

Sweetser Circle dedication

Sweetser Circle dedication 1958

Sweetser Circle dedication

E. Leroy Sweetser's granddaughter (L) and widow (C) with Mayor Philip Crowley

Sweetser Circle dedication

Sweetser Circle dedication 1958. Sweetser Circle, named for General E. Leroy Sweetser, is the rotary located at the foot of Broadway, coming into Everett Square

Ted Williams presentation

Ronald Silverio of Everett presents a Jimmy Fund donation to Red Sox legend Ted Williams on WBZ-TV's Big Brother Bob Emery show. Unk, Bob Emery Ronald Silverio, Ted Williams, Fire Commissioner Adrian Bax, Richard B. Callahan, president of Everett Veteran Firemmen Association

City hall groundbreaking

City Hall Groundbreaking Tony Carraciolo, Francis Pelosi, Billy Doyle, Kevin Dunn, unk, Arthur Zackular, Paul Ellard, Bob Lucci, unk., Richard Vendola

City hall groundbreaking

City Hall Building Commission members, standing left to right are Atty. Frank DiMento, Maurice Freedman, Contractor Sebastian Volpe, Mayor Philip Crowley, Chairman Sydney S. Rosen, James Mulrennan and Harvey Mason

Yeomen of the guard, 1951, Everett High School

Everett High School production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Yeomen of the Guard, 1951. Among the cast members flanking EHS Music Director Ottavio DiVivo (bow tie) and Mayor Philip Crowley (grey suit) are Jessie Forsey (kneeling front), Sandy Veniere (front, 2nd R.), Marge Dacko (front, R), and Lou Bertolami (rear, just left of masked man)