City of Somerville Archives

Historic Preservation Collection, HisPre145.

15-17 Stone Avenue, photographed circa 1978. Historic Preservation Collection: HisPre144

14-16 Stone Avenue,  photographed circa 1978. Historic Preservation Collection: HisPre143

10-12 Stone Place, photographed 1978. Historic Preservation Collection HisPre-142

100 Years Ago - Somerville's Public Safety Committee was drawing up plans to prepare for World War I. From the Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes March 29,1917.

100 Years Ago in Somerville- The Board of Aldermen remembered the first native born Somerville Mayor.

• Mayor Knox raised funds to send a Somerville girl to compete in the Olympics in 1936.

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Happy President's Day! President Taft visited Somerville in 1910. Here is an excerpt regarding Tufts visit from the Board of Aldermen Meeting Minutes.

417-433 Somerville Avenue photographed circa 1978. Somerville Historic Preservation: HisPre-135

Happy Valentine's Day!  Don't forget to pick up something sweet for someone special.   Law Department, Closed Case Files  2501-LAW-009-0045 Deluxe Candy Shop, 11 Davis Square, photographed May 7, 1952.

417-433 Somerville Avenue photographed circa 1978. Historic Preservation Collection: HISPRE135

• Mayor Murphy proposed that a golf course to be located in Somerville include a large orange dinosaur, and when the proposal was voted down, the dinosaur became a legendary landmark in a course along Route 1 in Massachusetts.

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• In his Inaugural Address of 1924, Webster proposed re-uniting with Charlestown and once again becoming part of Boston proper.

27 School Street photographed circa 1978. Historic Preservation Collection: HISPRE132