Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Channing and His Snow House -
Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Channing and His Snow House -
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Photograph Album of the Newell Family of Newton, Massachusetts - Channing and His Snow House -
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Description ca. 225 photos. (in album). - Note Majority of photographs of West Newton with handwritten captions describing photographs - The Newell family moved from Colrain, Massachusetts to West Newton, leaving their farming roots to become successful merchants, inventors, and manufacturers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The family photograph album shows family members, their houses (interior, exterior and grounds), family homesteads, farms, mills, views from their Boston offices, and their West Newton neighborhood. - Boy standing in deep snow holding shovel beside snow house, caption: Channing and his snow house, 153 Webster St. Roberts residence in background -
