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Longmeadow Family and Day School for Girls

Have you ever wanted to have automatic admission to an excellent college? If so, then you might have enrolled at the Longmeadow Family...

Braided Straw Hat

In the photo below Dennis Picard is holding an example of a seven strand straw plait (flat braid), known as Dunstable work, after the...

Longmeadow Country Day School for Younger Boys

I. Mansur Beard, a Harvard graduate, believed that boys should be taught by men (not women) in classes of 15 students or less in order to...

One More Face of 734 Longmeadow Street

One additional "face" of the Brewer-Young mansion that lasted for almost 60 years was the one shown in the above photo in which the...

The Many Faces of 734 Longmeadow Street

Recently the Longmeadow Historical Society was able to acquire a previously unknown photo of the Wolcott mansion as it appeared in 1890s....

Charles Birnie- Horse Breeder

Have you ever wanted to own a horse farm? Charles Birnie did. In 1889, Charles Birnie bought the old Thomas Hale house (corner Booth...

Charcoal Iron

Local historian Dennis Picard holding a charcoal box iron This charcoal or charcoal box iron is of a style developed in the 19th century...

Georgiana Bliss McQueen

Have you ever wanted to travel to distant lands? Georgiana Bliss did. The daughter of Ebenezer and Marilla Bliss, grew up in Longmeadow...

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