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A Walk Through the Old Emerson Place
Cooley-Emerson House at 476 Longmeadow Street image courtesy raveis.com It’s not every day you get a complete basement-to-attic tour of...
Melissa M. Cybulski
May 4, 20232 min read
Bowles’ Farm Postcard
While exploring eBay for Longmeadow memorabilia I discovered this 1907 Bowles’ Farm postcard and purchased it for the Longmeadow...
Lenny Shaker
Mar 23, 20233 min read
“…lot shall not be re-sold to a colored person, an Italian or a Polander”
1920 Map of Longmeadow showing the area of the Brookline development “…lot shall not be re-sold to a colored person, an Italian or a...
Tim Casey/ Beth Hoff
Feb 23, 20235 min read
A Funeral, 1909
Longmeadow Historical Society's Emerson Photographic Collection is a treasure trove of photographs documenting Longmeadow in the early...
Lenny Shaker
Jan 19, 20232 min read
Berkeley Taylor and the Barn Fire
On June 9, 1933, brothers Joseph C. and Eugene L. Marcure of Springfield confessed to burning a 300-foot barn in the Longmeadow meadows...
Beth Hoff
Jan 12, 20235 min read
Let it Snow
Do you remember the thrill of a new snowfall, a snow day, and your parents saying "let's go sledding?" This author remembers dragging a...
Betsy McKee
Dec 29, 20222 min read
Cannon on the Green 1926-1942
Image from Annie Emerson Papers, Vol 2 In 1920 it was decided to construct a war memorial to honor the almost 340 Longmeadow veterans who...
Lenny Shaker
Dec 15, 20222 min read
Paying for the Great War
"Over the Top for You" by Sidney H. Riesenberg, 1918. How do you pay for a war? Waging war is expensive and when the United States...
Beth Hoff
Nov 22, 20223 min read
The Trolley Crash of 1905
From the Connecticut Trolley Museum The trolley, or the electric railway, came to Longmeadow in 1896. The Springfield Street Railway...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 22, 20225 min read
Bliss Road Intersection c. 1956
Recent eBay acquisition Longmeadow, 1956 Here’s another neat little eBay find we recently acquired! How do you like this postcard image...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 22, 20221 min read
The Road Through the Meadows
Cover of 1960 Annual Report, Town of Longmeadow, Massachusetts Until the late 1950’s, most vehicles traveling north and south along the...
Beth Hoff
Nov 21, 20225 min read
Longmeadow Street's Hidden Frank Lloyd Wright Inspired Gems
An iconic feature of Longmeadow is “The Green” which is on the National Register of Historic Places primarily because of the historic...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Kenneth B. Page's WWI Service Medals
Service Medals awarded to Pvt. Kenneth Page of Longmeadow during WWI Kenneth Bausman Page was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on June...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Rachel Lawton: Suffragist
Much is written of famous early pioneers of the movement like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Without question, their role...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Sears Homes in Longmeadow
11 Franklin Terrace, Longmeadow, MA Until the turn of the 20th Century, Longmeadow was primarily an agricultural community. That started...
Beth Hoff
Nov 21, 20225 min read
Holdup at Sharkey’s!
Long before MGM built its casino in Springfield, persons interested in gambling had to seek out illegal sites to place their bets. One of...
Beth Hoff
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Longmeadow’s Governor: Foster Furcolo
John Foster Furcolo was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on July 29, 1911. He dropped the use of his first name in the late 1940s. Before...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20223 min read
Longmeadow’s Physician From Kyiv
Jacob Zuslofsky, who became Dr. James Z. Naurison, was an immigrant from Kyiv, Ukraine living much of his life in Longmeadow. He led an...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Longmeadow’s Medal of Honor Recipient: Cpl. Edward G. Wilkin
Col. Wilkin’s Medal of Honor Collection of the Longmeadow Historical Society As we close out a week that began for many with Memorial Day...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 20, 20223 min read
Memorial Day
This coming Monday, May 30th, is Memorial Day. Although the exact origin of the holiday is unclear, it was widely celebrated beginning...
Betsy McKee
Nov 19, 20222 min read
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