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Lenny Shaker
Jan 162 min read
Dr. Hazel Richards: World War II Doctor
Dr. Hazel Richards Inspecting an X-Ray, Springfield Armory, NHS When you think of an Army medical doctor during World War II, you...
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Lenny Shaker
Jan 113 min read
Grassy Gutter
Our town of Longmeadow is filled with street names that reflect its history such as Bliss Road, Williams Street, King Philip Drive, and...
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Beth Hoff
Sep 12, 20245 min read
Letter from Call Field
Recently, a fellow researcher discovered and alerted me to a letter in our archives from Berkeley Taylor to his friend, James D. Booth of...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Jun 14, 20247 min read
Longmeadow High School Reunion Group 1957-1960
Happy Graduation Season! Last week, on the first Thursday in June, I had the opportunity to sit down with a very special group of...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
May 18, 20244 min read
King Philip's Stockade
King Philip’s Stockade is neither a stockade, nor was it King Philip’s. So what’s the story? Entering or exiting I-91 from the...
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Beth Hoff
May 2, 20243 min read
Lost Ponds of Longmeadow
Who doesn’t love relaxing next to (or swimming in) a body of water on a beautiful summer day? Longmeadow is blessed with an abundance of...
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Lenny Shaker
Mar 2, 20242 min read
Mary Ann Booth: Photomicroscopist
Mary Ann Allard Booth was born on September 8, 1843 to Rhoda and Samuel Colton Booth of Longmeadow. She was a direct descendant of the...
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Beth Hoff
Jan 24, 20243 min read
Old Town Hall
Across Longmeadow Street from Alex’s Bagels sits an unimposing small brick building – 417 Longmeadow Street. Originally a one-room...
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Betsy McKee
Sep 7, 20233 min read
As the Cock Crows: Longmeadow's Rooster
Have you ever wondered about the rooster on the top of First Church’s steeple? Did you think that it was a simple weathervane, helping...
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Lenny Shaker
Aug 31, 20232 min read
William C. Pease
I found these photographs in the Emerson file on Digital Commonwealth and it stirred my curiosity to learn more about the subject. The...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Jul 13, 20232 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...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Dogs of Longmeadow
Any morning and any late afternoon in Longmeadow you are sure to see promenading down the sidewalks and side streets of our town the...
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Lenny Shaker
Jun 29, 20233 min read
Gettysburg 1913: A 50th Anniversary Reunion
One hundred and sixty years ago, Union and Confederate armies fought The Battle of Gettysburg from July 1-3, 1863. The Union victory is...
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Lenny Shaker
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Seven Acres
While most properties in Longmeadow today clock in at well under an acre of land, that hasn’t always been the case, particularly along...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Jun 8, 20233 min read
Blueberry Hill School
Longmeadow Annual Town Report, 1960 Another week, another school visit! This week, Blueberry Hill School’s 3rd graders had a visit from...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Wolf Swamp Road and School
Wolf Swamp Road School c. 1956 Longmeadow Historical Society Archives Who among us has not wondered about the name “Wolf Swamp?” In...
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Betsy McKee
May 18, 20232 min read
Alice F. Willard
Alice F. Willard 1866-1946 Alice Faith Willard, daughter of Mason and Aurelia Coomes Willard, was born in 1866 and was a lifelong...
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Melissa M. Cybulski
May 4, 20232 min read
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...
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Lenny Shaker
Mar 23, 20233 min read
Bowles’ Farm Postcard
While exploring eBay for Longmeadow memorabilia I discovered this 1907 Bowles’ Farm postcard and purchased it for the Longmeadow...
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Tim Casey/ Beth Hoff
Feb 23, 20235 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...
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