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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, eastern shore, Stone House Point (south of Old Pepe's Cove), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Basket Cove / Morning Meadow (Kingfisher Hill and Basket Cove); verso, "from boat; shows the poor bushy maples along the shore and the openness of the meadows stretching toward the high road", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Spring Cove (from Melrose Pumping Station pier), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, verso, "from land; shows a very few of the fine oaks and tupelos as described; in the distance are the trees--a different portion of which are seen again in no. 18", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Double Ditch Rock area or Thrumb Cap (Bold Point); verso, "from boat; toward Bear Hill; note the elevation of 5 feet on the rock; elevation of camera is 3.5 feet", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore near Hub Hill (Storm Shore); verso, "from boat; a characteristic shore line of much of the region; note small size of trees and the abundance of waterline vegetation; the leafy thatch is seen to be broken in pieces; a rise of water would produce a . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, pine grove, eastern shore, south of Old Pepe's Cove (interior of Bullet Point), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Hadley Cove [Ice Boat Cove?] (near Ellen Dale Dyke on shore), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, old Medford Pumping Station area (south shore, between Pickerel Rock and Hadley Cove) (Mortar Cove); verso, "from a rock on the shore; the placard on the tree in the middle of the picture has an elevation of 6 feet; the elevation of camera = 2 feet; the changes produced by a new water level . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, verso, "from pile of logs; elevation of camera = 5.5 feet; shows a growth of splendid trees; these trees have a poor backing of tall pine and black birch", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Old Pepe's Cove, willows; verso, "from boat; note glimpse of house", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, east of Porter Cove, Spot Pond Grove (Spot Pond Grove); verso, "from boat; shows the open character of the woods and the absence of waterline thatch and indeed of any considerable thatch; a rise of water will hurt the aspect of the grove very little except at the right of . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore, south of Ben's Cove (Eastern Deer Hill shore); verso, "from boat; shows poor trees but a dense stretch of trees and waterline bushes; a characteristic picture of the greater part of these Deer Hill shores; note that these trees are a little better than those shown . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, looking towards Stone House Point (looking northeast from opposite Melrose Pump), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, near site of the old icehouse, Pond Street shore [The Knuckles?], Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Hammer Neck / Deacon's Point (Hammer Neck); verso, "from boat; shows half of the fine trees on the point; the pasture or orchard land beyond the waterscreen is plainly to be seen; this is not a characteristic view of the western shore of Spot Pond; it is an echo . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore near Hub Hill (Storm Shore), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Basket Cove / Morning Meadow (Kingfisher Hill and Basket Cove), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, south side of Old Pepe's Cove, old gravel pit; verso, "taken from shore; shows a gravel bank which would be reached by a rise of 4 feet in water level; this gravel bank is only slightly screened at present by rapidly growing willows and elms on the shore", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Hammer Neck / Deacon's Point (Hammer Neck), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, verso, "height of camera objective = 6.5 feet; note that a rise of water level will expose a new but excellent front", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, north of Watch House Cove, looking east (Bullet Point), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Pond Street shore, northwest of Old Pepe's Cove; verso, "from boat; shows part of the long line of shore drive; note the height of vegetation across the street above the level of the road; a place where a rise of 6 feet would work little injury", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Spring Cove (from Melrose Pumping Station pier); verso, "from end of pier; shows character of these fine trees and the open land behind them", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, looking towards Stone House Point (looking northeast from opposite Melrose Pump); verso, "from boat; shows the fine trees characteristic of these shores and the poorer trees behind in the private estates; note the spruce trees on private estates which are characteristic of none of the present shores", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Stone House Point, looking east; old willows (south of Old Pepe's Cove, looking north), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, verso, "wood interior; shows the poor character of the woods clothing this shore at a distance of 30 feet from water; elevation of water = 5 feet, 10 inches; the immediate waterline trees are much better than the . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, verso, "from shore; shows wood interior behind Pickerell Rock; elevation of objective = 6 feet; note the beautiful waterline thatch", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Old Pepe's Cove, willows, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, north of Watch House Cove, looking east (Bullet Point); verso, "from boat; elevation of base of birch at the right is about 1.5 feet; compare with interior no. 11", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore, south of Ben's Cove (Eastern Deer Hill shore), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, eastern shore, Spring Cove area (from near Langwood), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, south side of Old Pepe's Cove, old gravel pit, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore, north of Antler Rock (Southern Deer Hill shore), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Stone House Point, looking east; old willows (south of Old Pepe's Cove, looking north); verso, "from land; shows splendid timber and open land behind it", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Pickerel Rock, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, verso, "from private land in front of Langwood Hotel; shows the open fields to be exposed by a rise of over 2 feet", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, pine grove, eastern shore, south of Old Pepe's Cove (interior of Bullet Point); verso, "elevation of camera is about 4 feet; the picture is not tipped", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, verso, "from top of dyke; the figure '2' is resting on the ground in the middle of the dyke; elevation of camera is 4.5 feet; shows the fine interior trees and the excellent thatch growing on the dyke", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, east of Porter Cove / Spot Pond Grove (Spot Pond Grove), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, western shore, north of Antler Rock (Southern Deer Hill shore); verso, "from boat; shows the dense leafy thatch of the shore and the small size of trees; note density of waterline vegetation; this is characteristic of at least one-half of the Deer Hill shore; that is the reason so . . .", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Pond Street shore, northwest of Old Pepe's Cove, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, eastern shore, Stone House Point (south of Old Pepe's Cove); verso, "from the point of land; elevation of camera 3 feet, 9 inches; note beautiful overhang; removal of these trees exposes a cultivated field", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Pickerel Rock; verso, "from a rock; elevation of camera 2 feet; shows Pickerell Rock and its graceful drooping thatch; compare with no. 28 interior", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, from Spring Cove looking west toward Great Island, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Double Ditch Rock area or Thrumb Cap (Bold Point), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Hadley Cove [Ice Boat Cove?] (near Ellen Dale Dyke on shore); verso, "from boat; elevation of the two parallel black marks on the birch tree is 5 feet", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, looking towards Lark Meadows from Cranberry Cove [Hammer Neck?] (Lark Meadows from southeast); verso, "from boat; shows the line of fine trees on the edge of extensive fields; elevation of the bases of these trees is 1.5 - 2 feet. The dyke should keep outside the line of trees if possible", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, near site of the old icehouse, Pond Street shore [The Knuckles?]; verso, "from boat; site of old ice house; a place where a rise of water up to 4 feet would be an improvement; 6 feet will hurt some of the lowest trees on the knob", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, looking towards Lark Meadows from Cranberry Cove [Hammer Neck?] (Lark Meadows from southeast), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, looking towards Lark Meadows from Cranberry Cove [Hammer Neck?] (Lark Meadows from southeast); verso, "from boat; shows poor bushy maples on the shore, and the open meadows beyond toward the highway; a rise of water would make a quick healing scar; the underbrush which is remarkably dense is well shown", Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Low Service Spot Pond Reservoir, Sheep Pasture Point area [Basket Cove?] (Kingfisher Hill), Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 1898

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Distribution Department, Spot Pond, annotated map of Spot Pond, showing location of photo numbers and direction of photos, Stoneham, Mass., Dec. 1900

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Map of the existing and proposed radial thoroughfares of the district and their connections

A comprehensive plan for improving traffic in the growing Boston urban area was submitted to the Metropolitan Improvements Commission in 1909 by Shurtleff, a visionary landscape architect. His scheme was simple More

Map of the existing and proposed circumferential thoroughfares of the district

A comprehensive plan for improving traffic in the growing Boston urban area was submitted to the Metropolitan Improvements Commission in 1909 by Shurtleff, a visionary landscape architect. His scheme was simple More