Melrose Postcard Collection: Melrose, Mass.
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Melrose Postcard Collection: Melrose, Mass.
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Having a great time… wish you were here. Visit historic Melrose and surrounding communitites via the library's digital collection of scenic postcards.
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The collection includes images of municipal buildings, churches, schools, historic homes, and other current and long ago scenes of Melrose, in addition to a few postcards from Stoneham, Malden, Medford and Saugus. From Ell Pond to Mount Hood and trolleys to shoe factories, the circa 1900-1955 postcards preserve a unique pictorial glimpse of days gone by. The bulk of this postcard collection was kindly donated to the Melrose Public Library by Kenneth Gloss of the Brattle Book Shop.
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Institution: Melrose Public Library
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Gloss, Kenneth
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Massachusetts--Middlesex (county)--Melrose
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1880-1959
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Melrose (Mass.) -- History
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Picturesque Melrose: Melrose, Mass.
A collection of photographs of Foster Street, Main Street Semi-Centennial Decorations, and High School, Melrose, Mass. -
Picturesque Melrose: Melrose, Mass.
A collection of photographs of City Hall, Lincoln School, and Central Fire Station, Melrose, Mass. -
Glimpses of Spot Pond: Stoneham, Mass.
A collection of photographs of various views of Spot Pond, Stoneham, Mass. -
Picturesque Melrose: Melrose, Mass.
A collection of photographs of Pumping Station, Spot Pond, Rustic Bridge off Washington Street, and In the Fells of Washington St, Melrose, Mass. -
Picturesque Melrose: Melrose, Mass.
Collection of photographs of Ravine Road, Pine Banks Lodge, and Bellevue Golf Club House, Melrose, Mass. -
Spot Pond Road from Melrose, Mass. to Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked August 1, 1907. -
Highlands Congregational Church, Melrose Highlands: Melrose, Mass.
Church was torn down in the 1950s. Present church dedicated in 1956. -
Trinity Church Episcopal: Melrose, Mass.
Trinity Episcopal Church located at 131 West Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. -
First Congregational Church: Melrose, Mass.
Original First Congregational Church destroyed by fire in 1967. Present building rebuilt 1968-69. -
First Baptist Church: Melrose, Mass.
First Baptist Church located at 561 Main Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Melrose Hospital: Melrose, Mass.
Melrose Wakefield Hospital located at 585 Lebanon Street, Melrose, Mass. -
The Tower, Mt. Hood: Melrose, Mass.
Mount Hood Tower located in Mount Hood Memorial Park and Golf Course, Melrose, Mass. -
Jerry Jingle Road: Melrose, Mass.
"The construction of this road was sponsored by the Rotary Club - early '30s." -
Highlands Congregational Church, Melrose Highlands: Melrose, Mass.
Highlands Congregational Church located at 355 Franklin Street, Melrose, Mass. was torn down in the 1950s and rebuilt in 1956. -
First Church of Christ Scientist: Melrose, Mass.
Church is now the Seven Mile Road Church located on 84 Green Street, Melrose, Mass. -
First Congregational Church: Melrose, Mass.
First Congregational Church destroyed by fire November 1967. Rebuilt 1968-9 at same location, 121 West Foster Street, Melrose, Mass. -
St. Mary's Catholic Church: Melrose, Mass.
St. Mary's Catholic Church located at 9 Herbert Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Melrose Hospital: Melrose, Mass.
Melrose Wakefield Hospital located at 585 Lebanon Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Methodist Parsonage and High School, Main Street looking South: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked September 1, 1907. -
Road to Spot Pond: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked July 10, 1907. -
Spot Pond Cascade: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked July 3, 1907. -
Falls Neat Spot Pond: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked July 9, 1907. -
Bridge at Pine Banks: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked February 11, 1908. -
Spot Pond, Melrose, Mass.: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked July 10, 1907. -
Reservoir: Malden, Mass.
"How is Minnie and the family Ruth Hersey." -
Railroad Station: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked April 27, 1914. -
B. & M. Station, Melrose Highlands: Melrose, Mass.
"Frank A. Crowell from Aunt Lydia." -
Entrance to Pine Banks Park: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked April 29, 1916. -
Cement Bridge and a Glimpse of Spot Pond, Melrose: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked September 11, 1911. -
Cascade Cliff, Middlesex Fells: Melrose, Mass.
Cascade Cliff located on Washington Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Middlesex Fells Road Scene showing Spot Pond: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked October 2, [19 ]. -
Middlesex Fells: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked September 21, 1920. -
Spot Pond, Melrose, Mass.: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked July 5, 1906. -
Spot Pond, Middlesex Reservation, Melrose, Mass.: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked August 10, 1949. -
Scene at Spot Pond, Middlesex Fells, Mass.: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked August 18, 1911. -
Spot Pond from the Bridge, Melrose, Mass.: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked November 22, 1916. -
Pumping Station, Spot Pond: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked October 22, 1907. -
Spot Pond and Pumping Station, Middlesex Fells Reservation: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked May 1, 1916. -
West Side Spot Pont, Middlesex Fells: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked September 26, 1907. -
Duck Pond and Stoneham Road, Middlesex Fells Reservation: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked August 1, 1912. -
Spot Pond (East Side): Stoneham, Mass.
Made in Germany. -
Spot Pond and Boulevard: Stoneham, Mass.
Made in Germany. -
Scene at Spot Pond, Middlesex Fells: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked August 22, 1908. -
Causeway, Middlesex Fells: Stoneham, Mass.
The Albertype Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. -
Middlesex Fells in Winter: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked November 18, 1906. -
Browning Memorial, New England Sanitarium and Hospital, Melrose: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked October 4, 1923. -
Jerry Jingle Road: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked February 27, 1959. -
Lynn Fells Parkway: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked July 25, 1925. -
Boston Rubber Shoes Co.'s, Factory no. 2, Melrose: Stoneham, Mass.
Postmarked August 9, 1918. -
Undercliff Terrace, Melrose Highlands: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked September 13, 1917. -
Old Upham Homestead: Melrose, Mass.
Upham Homestead located at 255 Upham Street, Melrose, Mass. -
The Old Boardman House between Melrose and Saugus: Saugus, Mass.
Boardman House located at 17 Howard Street, Saugus, Mass. -
Bellevue Avenue from Porter Street: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked May 25, 1906. -
Old Upham Homestead: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked September 28, 1920. -
Ye Old Upham House, 1703: Melrose, Mass.
Upham House located at 255 Upham Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Old Upham House, oldest house in Melrose: Melrose, Mass.
Upham House located at 255 Upham Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Old Upham Homestead: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked August 20, 1912. -
Residence of Mary A. Livermore: Melrose, Mass.
Mary A. Livermore residence located at 21 West Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Lynde Farm House: Melrose, Mass.
John Lynde Homestead? -
The Mary A. Livermore Residence: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked August 9, [1909]. -
Mary A. Livermore Residence: Melrose, Mass.
Mary A. Livermore house located at 21 West Emerson Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Look Out Tower: Melrose, Mass.
Tower built after 1907 and later destroyed by fire. Replaced by The Slayton Memorial Tower in 1934. -
Club House, Mt. Hood: Melrose, Mass.
Club house located at 100 Slayton Road, Melrose, Mass. -
The Tower, Mt. Hood: Melrose, Mass.
The Slayton Memorial Tower built in 1934 replaced the original tower that burnt down. -
Bellevue Golf Club House: Melrose, Mass.
Bellevue golf club house located at 320 Porter Street, Melrose, Mass. -
Ell Pond from West Shore: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked April 27, 1925. -
Ell Pond from the Boathouse: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked August 16, 1906. -
Ell Pond: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked July 10, 1907. -
Melrose Hospital from Ell Pond: Melrose, Mass.
View of Melrose Wakefield Hospital from across Ell Pond. Boat house on the left. -
Ell Pond from Tremont Street: Melrose, Mass.
Not postmarked. On front "I used to skate and row on this pond." -
Emerson St. & Church: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked July 26, 1912. -
City Hospital from Ell Pond: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked August 14, 1913. -
Grove Street East from Lebanon Street: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked January 17, 1912. -
Bellevue Ave. from Porter Street: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked July 20, 1906. -
Wyoming B. & M. Station: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked January 15, 1907. -
The Public Library: Melrose, Mass.
Est. 1904, Inc. 1911. -
Public Library: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked September 3, 1909. -
Public Library: Melrose, Mass.
Postmarked November 16, 1908.