Imagery of Woburn

Welcome to the Imagery of Woburn!  I hope that you enjoy these photos as much as I do!

Some of these historic pictures of Woburn come from the personal collections of Woburn residents - Tom Smith, Ed Johnson, and John McElhiney, Esq., and are used with their permission.

Woburn High School - Class Of 1887 - (See Below)

Stereoscopic Views Of Woburn, Massachusetts - (See Below)

 

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Storefronts - Main & Walnut Streets, c. 1880
Storefronts-
Main & Walnut Streets
 c. 1880

Woburn Square - Main Street South from Walnut Street, c. 1905
Woburn Square 
Main Street South from Walnut Street
c. 1905

250th Anniversary Arch - Pleasant Street at Winn Street, 1892
250th Anniversary Arch 
Pleasant Street at Winn Street
 1892

Linnell's Market - Downtown, 1913
Linnell's Market
 Downtown
 1913

Homecoming of Woburn's Company G - Woburn Common, 21 October 1919
Homecoming of Woburn's 
Company G
Woburn Common
 21 October 1919

The Dow Block - Main & Church Streets, c. 1890
The Dow Block 
Main & Church Streets
 c. 1890

The Common from Pleasant Street, 1895
The Common from 
Pleasant Street 
1895

Horse & Wagon outside of Smith's Market, Main & Salem Streets, c. 1900
Horse & Wagon outside of 
Smith's Market
Main & Salem Streets
 c. 1900

Trolley Car in snowstorm - Pleasant Street at the Common, c. 1900
Trolley car in snowstorm 
Pleasant Street at the Common 
c. 1900

Woburn Depot - Pleasant Street, c. 1890
Woburn Depot
 Pleasant Street
c. 1890


Woburn Homestead - Durenville, c. 1895
   Duren Avenue, original end? 
of Russell Street, 
one mile from Cambridge Street
Courtesy of Nancy E. Schwartz 
and Doug Brown

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Woburn Square
Main Street North
 of Busy Bend
 1865

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Sparrow Horton's Book Store
Main Street Opposite
 Walnut Street
 c. 1880

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Amariah Hayne's Harness Shop
Main Street Opposite 
Everett Street
 c. 1890
 

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Woburn Square
Corner of Main & 
Walnut Streets
 c. 1896

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Owney Doherty's Dog Cart
Diner on wheels
 c. 1930

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Central House Tavern
Main Street Opposite 
Everett Street
 1856

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Woburn Square
Main Street towards
St. Charles Church
 1917

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Alvah Buckman's Shoe Store
Main Street, East of
Busy Bend
 c. 1890

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Woburn Journal
Main Street Opposite Everett Street
 c. 1890

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Main Street 
Across the Common
Montvale Ave. to Busy Bend,
1895

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Old Woburn Armory
Montvale Avenue
 & Prospect Streets
 1892


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Dedication of Civil War Monument
Woburn Common
 14 October 1869

 

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North Woburn Horse
 Trolley Barn
Main Street Opposite
Dexter Avenue,  c. 1880 


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Ellis' Railroad Store
1st Train Station
Main Street & High Streets
c. 1865

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Group of Firemen
c. 1920
 

 

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Steam Engine
Main Street
c. 1900

 

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Jacob Webster
Hose Company
Main Street
North Woburn, 1865
 

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John Cummings 
Hose Company
Cummingsville
 c. 1875
 




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Firehose Wagon
Main Street
c. 1900







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L. W. Perham
Hose Company
c. 1875
 



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Highland Hose Company
c. 1875

 

 

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Fireman's Ball Program
1855
 

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Old North Woburn
Schoolhouse, 1865

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Wyman School Group - 
Taken at left side door, c. 1895

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School Children, Unknown
Woburn School, c. 1900

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Union Street School
Grade 4, 1902



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Morse Street School,  
May 8, 1903



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Woburn High School
Senior Class,
Taken on the steps of 
Public Library, 1894

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High School Classroom,
May 6, 1897
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High School Science Class, 
c. 1889
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High School Football Team, 
Rear of Public Library, 1894
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High School Football Team,
1892
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High School Battalion,
Non-Commissioned Officers, c. 1890
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Hide Vats
American Hide & Leather
Cross Street, 1912
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Workers
American Hide & Leather
Cross Street, 1912
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Curriers
American Hide & Leather
Cross Street, 1912
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Finish Workers
American Hide & Leather
Cross Street, 1912
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Workers
American Hide & Leather
Cross Street, 1912
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American Hide & Leather
Cross Street, 1912
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Blake Tannery
Fowle Street, c. 1876
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James Skinner & Company
Green Street, 1885
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Peterson Merrill Company
1926
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Dow Tannery
South End, c. 1900
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Woburn Machine Company
South End, c. 1900
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Edward A. Dow Tannery
South End, c. 1900

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Eustace Cummings Tannery
Fowle Street, c. 1880
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Leather Workers
John P. Crane Company
Cranes Court, c. 1890



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Loammi Baldwin the Younger
1780-1838
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George Rumford Baldwin
1798-1888
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James Fowle Baldwin
1782-1862
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Colonel Loammi Baldwin
1745-1807
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Sitting Room
Baldwin Mansion
c. 1890


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Library
Baldwin Mansion
c. 1890




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The Baldwin Mansion
Elm Street, North Woburn
c. 1900




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Sir Benjamin Thompson
Count Rumford
1753-1814
(Painted c. 1872)
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Sarah Thompson
Countess of Rumford
1774-1852
(Picture c. 1794)
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Ice cutting
at Horn Pond
c. 1900




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The Ice House
at Horn Pond
c. 1900




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The Steamboat
"Winnie D"
1888
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The Innitou Canoe Club Boathouse
Sturgis Street, Horn Pond
c. 1890
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View of Horn Pond
Arlington Road
1885
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Unknown Stable





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North Congregational Church
View From School Street
North Woburn, 1865
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Handbill of 
North Woburn Railway
1869
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Woburn Machine Shop
c. 1930
Courtesy of Mary (Darling)
Christie*
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Names of men at Woburn
Machine Shop, c. 1930
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Sketch Map of
Woburn Common, 1844

* If you find that you have a relative in the above picture of Woburn Machine Shop, c. 1930, please contact me if you would like a copy of this picture - Courtesy of Mary (Darling) Christie.

Welcome to the Imagery of Woburn!  I hope that you enjoy these photos as much as I do!

Woburn High School
"Class of 1887"

 

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James I. Hanson, 
Principal
Frank M. Bronson, 
Asst. Principal
Sarah Clark, 
Teacher
Ida Jacobs, 
Teacher
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Chauncy B. Conn Harry G. Wyer 
"Prophet"- "Shorty" 
Mabel T. Ellis
"Poet"
Annie B. Seeley
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Emma B. Greenleaf Clarence E. Littlefield
Salutatorian
Charles B. Darling Adaline G. McElroy
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Nora M. Burns George H. Taylor Lizzie F. Clark Elizabeth D. Brown
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M. Emily Perkins Frederick N. Simonds J. Warner Shaw Grace M. Cummings
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A. Blanche Grant Ada R. Thompson Jennie E. Gallagher Nathan W. Perkins
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Emily J. Stewart Mamie F. Haggens John T. McSweeney M. Adelaide Alexander
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Ida L. Ellard Fannie J. Shea Carrie M. Wallace Florence B. Richardson
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Fannie J. Hartwell Historian C. Forrest Richardson Elizabeth C. Shea Agnes M Shaw Valedictorian

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George M. Gerrish

 

Photos of the Class of 1887 were contributed by Laurie Conn Kearney.

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Stereoscopic Views Of Woburn, Massachusetts
Stereographed By Knowlton & Smith

 

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Union Street 
Looking West

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Main Street Looking
North From Near 
Bank Building

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Main Street Looking
North From Near
Bank Building

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Elegant Residences
Stearn's
Warren Street

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Warren Street
Looking West
(Champney's)

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Elegant Residences
(Pratt's)
Warren Street

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Cemetery Views
First Burial Ground or
 Woodbrook Cemetery

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Cemetery Views
Old Grave Yard From
Main Street- John Fowle
Monument

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Cemetery Views
Woodbrook Cemetery

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Woburn Centre
From Littlefield's Village

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Woburn Centre
From Littlefield's Village

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Rag Rock

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Cemetery Views
Woodbrook Cemetery

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Pleasant Street From
North Corner of Common

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Main Street Looking
South From Church Street

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Centre From
Warren Street

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Woburn Centre
From Littlefield's Village

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Elegant Residences
Charles Choate

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Academy Hill

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Elegant Residences
A. E. Thompson
Pleasant Street

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Main Street
North Woburn

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Unknown Location
Woburn

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Orthodox Church
Woburn

Many Thanks To
Greg French, who made
all these pics available!
Thanks, Greg!

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