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A Modern Kitchen of 1933
Advertisement from the 1933 Longmeadow Sesquicentennial Program Book The Official Souvenir Program Book of Longmeadow’s 1933...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 19, 20221 min read
Olmsted’s Longmeadow
This week mark's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Law Olmsted who is considered the father of American landscape...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 19, 20223 min read
Deerfield Sculpture
ETA: This 2022 article by an LHS Class of '22 graduate was the culminating project for an internship he completed as part of his...
Christopher Cummings LHS '22
Nov 17, 20227 min read
Gravestone in the Basement!
I found a gravestone in my basement! What would you think if you found a gravestone in your basement? This happened to a new owner of an...
Betsy McKee
Nov 17, 20224 min read
The Mansions of Bay Path University
Longmeadow is filled with numerous majestic historic homes. The tales of many of these homes are well known. Other homes have fascinating...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Duncan vs. Flynn- A Story of Mid-20th Century Housing Discrimination
During the years that followed the second world war, many white Americans experienced unprecedented prosperity in large part due to...
Tim Casey
Nov 16, 20226 min read
Turner Park- A Photographic History
Turner Park on Williams Street has 84 acres of wooded terrain, two baseball diamonds, one softball diamond, walking trails and a two acre...
Lenny Shaker
Nov 16, 20223 min read
Shaker Plaza
In light of the recent tragedy during which the shopping plaza located at 901 Shaker Road in town was destroyed by a fire (November 23,...
Tim Casey
Nov 13, 20224 min read
Home Sweet Homing Pigeon
Home Sweet Homing Pigeons Believe it or not, there were people in the area who used to raise and race pigeons! Thomas Edward Cordis...
Betsy McKee
Nov 13, 20222 min read
Norway Street School
Cover of Norway Street School Memory Book In honor of Longmeadow’s students returning to school this week, we thought we’d invite you to...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 12, 20221 min read
Fridays with Zoe- Documenting Black Lives in Longmeadow
This summer the Longmeadow Historical Society has been participating in a project called “Documenting the Early History of Black Lives in...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 12, 20224 min read
WWII Air Raid Wardens in Longmeadow
Alice Atkinson's resignation letter from her Air Raid Warden position February 1942 The “Longmeadow Civilian Defense Committee”...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 4, 20222 min read
Epidemics of 100 Years Ago
Past Epidemics in Longmeadow at the Doane Orphanage The town of Longmeadow has dealt with epidemics before the COVID-19 pandemic changed...
Betsy McKee
Nov 2, 20223 min read
Cats of Longmeadow
perhaps Tommy Cordis (b.1884) Cordis Family Collection Upon hearing that the Dogs of Longmeadow were highlighted in a recent History...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Nov 2, 20222 min read
Dogs of Longmeadow
Today's History Note celebrates the real champions of a quarantine lifestyle - dogs! Any morning and any late afternoon in Longmeadow you...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Oct 31, 20222 min read
Early Center School Kindergarten
Center School Kindergarten (undated) One look at this busy classroom scene evokes memories of past Decembers when teachers and students...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Oct 27, 20222 min read
Gottlieb Baer of Longmeadow
Gottlieb Baer Longmeadow has benefitted from the talents of immigrants in our community. Gottlieb Baer and his family are just one...
Beth Hoff
Oct 27, 20222 min read
Grace Trowbridge Smith's Scrapbook
This History Note shares a page or two from a scrapbook in our collection once belonging to Miss Grace Trowbridge Smith. It sheds light...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Oct 25, 20222 min read
Longmeadow During the 1918 Influenza Epidemic
Area schools, including Longmeadow, closed their doors on September 27th, 1918 in an effort to stop the spread of the deadly illness. ...
Melissa M. Cybulski
Oct 24, 20221 min read
The Hurricane of '38
Photo courtesy of Alan and Molly Harwood (David Booth collection) Brewer-Young Mansion/ 734 Longmeadow St in background In the past,...
Betsy McKee
Oct 24, 20222 min read
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