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Logan Airport – 1966. April 24, 2016. Logan Airport Wikipedia page. January 27, 2013. The Gay Head was built in 1891 in Philadelphia for the New Bedford, Martha’s Vineyard, and Nantucket Steamboat Co. The Gay Head was 701 tons, 203 feet long, 34 foot beam, a draft of 5 feet, with encased paddlewheels. It was the largest sidewheeler ever operated by the company. According to a 1961 Vineyard Gazette article:. The Gay Head operated until 1924, after 33 years of operation. July 04, 2012. But the car runs thr...
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A Postcard from Canton: April 2014
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A Postcard from Canton. Stories and images from another time and place in Canton, Massachusetts. Saturday, April 5, 2014. Round and Round the Mulberry Bush. The Seavey, Foster and Bowman. Eureka Silk Mill circa 1878. The weeds are pretty thick tho so you'll have a tough time getting ur bait down to the fish. Instead, fishing the edges of the lily pads will allow you to get the bait to their level and within their range.”. Imagine Canton in the early 1800’s –Paul Revere is making copper, Leona...When you ...
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A Postcard from Canton: June 2011
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A Postcard from Canton. Stories and images from another time and place in Canton, Massachusetts. Sunday, June 19, 2011. Dottie Shaw Takes Wing. Dorothy Shaw’s formal portrait. In full pilot regalia, circa 1940s. Courtesy of the Canton Historical Society). Fannie Shaw, Dottie’s mother, was born in 1878, and her parents died shortly after she was born. Adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cushman, the girl thrived at the Crane School and was married at age 19 to Walter Shaw in 1897. On Thursday, June 8, 1933, Dot...
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A Postcard from Canton: October 2014
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A Postcard from Canton. Stories and images from another time and place in Canton, Massachusetts. Thursday, October 30, 2014. Canton’s Infantryman at the. Turn of the 20. Group of Canton High School girls. This soldier, Infantryman. Andreotti helped us remember the sacrifice of this amazing hero. What was there was trivial, what is now there today is proper. And I went after the money and fortunately the town was receptive.”. Canton’s Civil War Monument has a name – known simply as Infantryman. The statue...
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A Postcard from Canton: April 2011
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A Postcard from Canton. Stories and images from another time and place in Canton, Massachusetts. Sunday, April 24, 2011. Massapoag House from an 1848 sheet music cover. Collection of the author). Today, as a new hotel goes up near the foot of the Great Blue Hill, it turns out that this is our first new hotel since the Massapoag House was built in 1789. And while there is a long history of taverns and boarding houses in Canton, indeed the Massapoag House was a true “hotel” by all standards. Century, and t...
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A Postcard from Canton: May 2011
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A Postcard from Canton. Stories and images from another time and place in Canton, Massachusetts. Tuesday, May 24, 2011. You probably drive by them all the time without noticing. They sit by the side of the road, silent necessities of our Colonial era that are no longer needed in a modern age. The small stone mile markers, milestones, have been marking the distance from Boston since the early 1700s. For our purposes, let’s start our journey at the Milton line as we cross in front of the Blue Hills&#...
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A Postcard from Canton: Dear children,
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A Postcard from Canton. Stories and images from another time and place in Canton, Massachusetts. Thursday, November 13, 2014. The Advice of Jonathan Keny Jr. to his. Children was published soon after. The Ensign’s death in 1756. And, while we may think propaganda is a modern invention, it is in fact an ancient art. If the letter home from Sullivan Ballou stands out, it is because the emotions are real, deep, and intensely personal. In response, the French began construction in October 1755 of Carillon (l...
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A Postcard from Canton: December 2010
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A Postcard from Canton. Stories and images from another time and place in Canton, Massachusetts. Thursday, December 23, 2010. James Dunbar's Poem "Santa Claus" in the collection. Of the Canton Historical Society (photo by George T. Comeau). Samuel B. Noyes, prominent Canton attorney. And local historian. (Courtesy of the Canton. Distribute these presents, begin right away! Interior view of St. John the Evangelist Church in 1912. Courtesy of the Canton Historical Society). Here since 1831 at least once a ...
