Thursday, December 22, 2011
Here is the answer to our latest "Then and Now" historical photo contest.
The latest "Then and Now" historical photo feature shows workers installing wire poles in anticipation of the arrival of electric streetcars along Main Street in Wenham. The photo was taken on May 27, 1886. The first electric streetcar rolled up Main Street in 1897. Both the “old” photo and the “new” photo are attached to this story. The exact location of the old photo may not match the new photo, but a home just out of view in the new photo matches the home in the old photo. There's a new historical photo posted every Tuesday. Check the site next Tuesday for the latest one. Special thanks to Arthur "Butch" Crosbie and the Hamilton Historical Society and the Wenham Museum for providing the photos we use for this feature. Plus, if you have …
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Here is the answer to our latest "Then and Now" historical photo contest.
The latest "Then and Now" historical photo feature shows the area of Route 1A in Wenham known as "Pond Hill." Both the “old” photo and the “new” photo are attached to this story. The photo, looking south, was taken taken on Nov. 13, 1891. Wenham Lake is off to the right in the photo. There's a new historical photo posted every Tuesday. Check the site next Tuesday for the latest one. Special thanks to Arthur "Butch" Crosbie and the Hamilton Historical Society and the Wenham Museum for providing the photos we use for this feature. Plus, if you have a picture that was taken somewhere it Hamilton and Wenham more than 50 years ago that you want to submit for use in Then and Now, e-mail it to Editor Bobby Gates at hamilton-wenham@patch.com or …
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
In this week's edition of Then and Now, we show you a photo of a stretch of road in Hamilton and Wenham from the 1800s. Tell us in the comments section what the stretch of road is called and where it is located.
Here is the latest edition of the regular feature "Then and Now.” We'll start on Tuesday by showing you a picture from the past in either Hamilton or Wenham. Then you'll have a chance to guess where it was taken and can come back to get the answer on Thursday. Plus, you will see a picture of it as it looks today. In this week’s photo, where was this photo taken? When was the photo taken? What is the colloquial name for this area, which is still used today? And the main building in this photo burned down. As a bonus, what year did it burn? Please make all guesses in the comments section below.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
In this week's edition of Then and Now, we ask who is in the photo? What is in the photo? What is it called? When was the photo taken?
Here is the latest edition of the regular feature "Then and Now.” We'll start on Tuesday by showing you a picture from the past in either Hamilton or Wenham. Then you'll have a chance to guess where it was taken and can come back to get the answer on Thursday. Plus, you will see a picture of it as it looks today. In this week’s photo, who is in the photo? What is in the photo? What is it called? When was the photo taken? Please make all guesses in the comments section below.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Here's the answer to the most recent "Then and Now" historical photo, which was taken in downtown Hamilton nearly 120 years ago.
The latest "Then and Now" historical photo feature shows the Smith Block on Railroad Avenue in Hamilton on April 5, 1892. Both the “old” photo and the “new” photo are attached to this story. The building burned in 1934. We were also told that it suffeered a less destrictiuve fire in the 1920s. The building today is home to Timeless Interiors and Marybeth's, plus a new flower shop that is planned to open next month. Next door, the building that is currently is home to Winfrey's, looks much the same today than it did 120 years ago. There's a new historical photo posted every Tuesday. Check the site next Tuesday for the latest one. Special thanks to Arthur "Butch" Crosbie and the Hamilton Historical Society and the Wenham Museum for providing…
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Timeless Interiors
52 Railroad Ave, South Hamilton, MA
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Marybeth's
58 Railroad Ave, South Hamilton, MA
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Winfrey's Fudge & Chocolates
44 Railroad Ave, South Hamilton, MA
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
In this week's edition of Then and Now, we show you a photo of a building that is no longer standing. Where was it? And when did it burn?
Here is the latest edition of the regular feature "Then and Now.” We'll start on Tuesday by showing you a picture from the past in either Hamilton or Wenham. Then you'll have a chance to guess where it was taken and can come back to get the answer on Thursday. Plus, you will see a picture of it as it looks today. In this week’s photo, where was this photo taken? When was the photo taken? And the main building in this photo burned down. As a bonus, what year did it burn? Please make all guesses in the comments section below.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Take a guess at this week's "Then and Now" historical photo. Where was it taken? What is going on in it? When was it taken?
Here is the latest edition of the popular regular feature "Then and Now.” We'll start on Tuesday by showing you a picture from the past in either Hamilton or Wenham. Then you'll have a chance to guess where it was taken and can come back to get the answer on Thursday. Plus, you will see a picture of it as it looks today. In this week’s photo, where was it taken? What is going on? Who is in it? When was it taken? Please make all guesses in the comments section below.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The historical photo in the most recent "Then and Now" photo contest was taken nearly 100 years ago looking north on Main Street in Wenham.
The latest "Then and Now" historical photo feature is looking north on Main Street (Route 1A) in Wenham. The photo was taken on May 23, 1903. The trolley car barn is on the left and the Main Street shops are on the right. Thomas S. Luxton answered correctly. Congratulations! There's a new historical photo posted on Tuesdays. Check Hamilton-Wenham Patch next Tuesday for the latest one. Special thanks to Arthur "Butch" Crosbie and the Hamilton Historical Society and the Wenham Museum for providing the photos we'll use for the feature in the coming weeks. This week’s photo came from Wenham Museum. Plus, if you have a picture that was taken somewhere it Hamilton and Wenham more than 50 years ago that you want to submit for use in Then and Now…
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Arbor St & Main St, Wenham, MA
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Wenham Museum
132 Main St, Wenham, MA
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
The answer to this week's "Then and Now" historical photo was that it was a home on the northern end of Bay Road in Hamilton.
Our latest "Then and Now" historical photo feature was a home on Bay Road in Hamilton. It was 946 Bay Road. The home is still there today but does not have a porch on the front any longer. It is an apartment building today. The woman in the photo was Eileen Waterhouse Poole and was taken in 1945. There were no correct guesses. The photos show the existing view across Bay Road to where there was a field when the photo was taken in the 1940s. There's a new historical photo posted every Tuesday. Check the site on Tuesday for the latest one. If you know where it was taken, guess in the comments section at the bottom. Special thanks to Arthur "Butch" Crosbie and the Hamilton Historical Society an Mary Barthelmes at the Wenham Museum for …
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946 Bay Rd, South Hamilton, MA
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Christine Castro Mackey
6:58 am on Thursday, December 15, 2011
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