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Hughes, Albert E., portrait of, 358.
Huntley, L. Herbert, portrait of, 156.
Hurn, Mrs. Florence, paper by, 401 ; portrait of, 402.
Industries of Somerville, history of the, 29, 77, 93, 94, 452.
Ireland, George W., portrait of, 124.
Ivaloo (Rebekah) Lodge, history of, 394.
Jaques, Col. Samuel, as owner of Ten Hills Farm, 41, 77.
John Abbot Lodge, F. A. & A. M., 378.
Jones, Melville D., portrait of, 155; William P., portrait of, 476.
Journal Building, illustration of the, 473.
Kaan, Frank W., portrait of, 381.
Kelley, John, portrait of, 573.
Kellogg, Dr. Frederick L., portrait of, 574. Kennard, John F., portrait of, 399.
Keyes, Amos, portrait of, 35; Emma S., paper by, on the Associated Charities, 351. Kimball, Fred M., portrait of, 104; George A., portrait of, 240.
Kinsley, Willard C., record of, 361; Post, G. A. R., history of the, 361; Relief Corps, history of the, 365.
Knapp, Oren S., portrait of, 191.
Knights of Honor, Mt. Benedict Lodge, 404.
Lacount, Eugene D., portrait of, 96.
Lamont, Andrew A., portrait of, 391.
Landmarks, old, described, 141, 142.
Lapham, F. De Witt, portrait of, 579.
Last board of selectmen, portraits of, 127.
Lawrence, Bernard W., portrait of, 275; res- idence of, 276.
Leavitt, Rev. Horace H., church history by, 294; portrait of, 295.
Lee, Gen. Charles, headquarters of, 61. Lexington, battle of, 50, 51.
Library, public, growth of the, 153, 261, 265; history of the, 149, 153, 258, 265; illustra- tion of the, 260; officers of the, 265.
Lincoln, Charles S., portraits of, 192, 263. Little Sisters of the Poor, history of, 438. Locke, Marshall II., portrait of, 31.
Lockhart, Charles H., residence of, 580.
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SOMERVILLE, PAST AND PRESENT.
Lombard, Frank G., portrait of, 248; Henry [ Nichols, G. Leslie, portrait of, 100. F., portrait of. 99.
Longfellow Lodge, Odd Ladies, 403.
Loring, George F., residence of, 583.
Lovejoy, Benjamin P., portrait of, 585; res- idence of, 586.
Lowell, C. W., residence of, 587; Howard, portrait of, 588; Joseph Q., portrait of, 590.
Lowe, Mrs. Martha P., portrait of, 439; re- miniscenes of Somerville by, 439; Rev. Charles, portrait of, 440.
Loyal Orange Institution, 445.
Luce, Robert, paper by, on Sons of Maine Club, 415; portrait of, 413.
Macomber, George A., residence of. 592.
MacQueen, Rev. Peter, church history by, 297; portrait of, 298.
Magoun, John C., portrait of, 44.
Mann, Alfred E., portrait of, 594; Jairus, por- trait of, 148.
Map of Somerville as it was in 1830, 72.
Martyr roll, the, in the civil war, 117.
Mayor, powers and duties of the, 169.
McLean Asylum, establishment of the, 81.
Meleney, Clarence E., portrait of, 148; su- perintendency of schools of, 194, 233.
Memorial tablets, erection of, 141, 142, 157.
Mentzer, Walter C., portrait of, 135; resi- dence of, 136.
Mercer, William L., residence of, 595.
Merrill, Dr. Arthur E., portrait of, 68; Frank E., history of the water-works by, 237; portrait of, 236.
Methodist Episcopal Church, First, history of the, 317; illustration of the, 320; Park Ave., history of the, 318; illustration of the, 321.
Metropolitan water system to be established, 249.
Middlesex bleachery, history of the, 78, 94. Middlesex Canal, history of the, 78.
Middlesex street railway, history of the, 471. Military prowess of the pioneers, 33.
Miller's river, description of in early times, 21; nuisance of, 136, 146; pollution of, I 34.
Mink, Louis, residence of, 596.
Moore, Henry M., portrait of, 63; Howard D., portrait of, 163.
Morse, Enoch R., portrait of, 192.
Moulton, Rev. Edwin P., church history by, 286; portrait of, 287. Mount Benedict Lodge, K. H., 404.
Mount IToreb Lodge, L. O. I., 444.
Mystic Lake, description of, 238.
Mystic River in early times, 21.
Nathan Tufts Park, history of, 137.
New Day Street Congregational Church, il- lustration of, 13.
New residences on Highland Avenue, 564; on Westwood Road, 482, 483.
Newton, Dr. Frank L., portrait of, 345.
Nickerson, Alvano T., portrait of, 27; John F., portrait of, 23.
Niles, Louville V., residence of, 664.
Noddle's Island, battle of, 58, 59.
Norcross, J. Leland, portrait of, 601.
North Packing and Provision Co., 452, 454. Nourse, Mrs. J. C., portrait of, 602.
Noyes, Frank A., portrait of, 392; Rev. Charles, church history by, 306.
Oasis Lodge, I. O.O. F., history of, 390.
O'Brien, Rev. James J., church history by, 310. Odd Fellows' Building, illustration of, 386.
Old landmarks, description of, 141, 142;
powder-house, history of the, 41, 42, 157, 158; illustration of the, 43.
Orient Council Royal and Select Masters, 378. Origin and early settlement of Somerville, 17, 18.
Orthodox Congregational Church, First, his- tory of the, 303; illustration of the, 304. Osgood, Dr. H. D., residence of, 112.
Parker, Frederick W., portrait of, 606.
Park Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church,
history of the, 318; illustration of the, 321. Park, Elbridge G., portrait of, 604.
Parkhurst, Melville C., portrait of, 255.
Parks and boulevards, 122, 134, 137, 157.
Parks, C. E., paper by, on Central Club, 415. Parsons, Capt. Horace M., portrait of, 411.
Paul Revere Lodge, I. O. O. F., history of, 390, 393.
Paul Revere's ride, 49, 50.
Peasley, Dr. Emma J., paper by, 347; por- trait of, 348.
Perkins, George W., portrait of, 212.
Perkins Street Baptist Church, history of, 102, 289; illustration of, 330.
Perry, Albion A., administration of as mayor, 165; portrait of, 143; Oliver H., portrait of, 450.
Phillips, Dr. Eugenie M., portrait of, 350; Franklin F., portrait of, 609.
Pierson, Rev. William H., portrait of, 301. Pioneer settlers of Somerville, 18, 22, 26. Pillsbury, Luther B., portrait of, 232.
Pitman, Henry W., history of Somerville
Light Infantry by, 409; portrait of, 408. Plan of fortifications around Boston in 1775, 15; in Somerville, 71.
Police Court, history of the, 256.
Police department, history of the, 253, 257; signal system, introduction of the, 154; station, illustration of the, 257.
Poole, George S., residence of, 220.
Poor, Franklin N., portrait of, 32.
Pope, Charles G., administration of as mayor, 154 : portrait of, 191.
Post 139, G. A. R., history of, 361.
Potterton, Rev. T. E., church history by, 327. Powder house, old, history of the, 41, 157; illustration of the, 43.
Powers, Rev. Levi M., church history by, 324.
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Pratt, Josiah N., portrait of, 160.
Preston, Fred, portrait of, 431.
Prichard, John P., portrait of, 612.
Proctor, George O., portrait of, 228.
Prospect Hill Congregational Church, history of, 306; illustration of, 330.
Prospect Ilill Station, 467.
Public Library. See Library.
Railroad facilities of Somerville, 133, 465, 471.
Railroads, first through Somerville, 78. 79. Railroads and street railways, history of, 78, 90, 125, 130, 133, 393, 465, 471.
Ralph, Mrs. Harriet A., paper by, 393; por- trait of, 395; William H., portrait of, 387. Ramona (Rebekah) Lodge, history of, 397.
Randall Memorial Free Will Baptist Church, history of, 286; illustration of, 288.
Raymond, Francis H., portrait of, 211; Mar- cus M., portrait of, 171.
Rebellion, Somerville's record in the, 105, III, 114, 361, 365.
Reed, Nathan H., residence of, 353.
Reminiscences of Somerville, by Martha P. Lowe, 339.
Reservoir for water, description of the, 241. Residences on Highland Ave., new, 564; on Westwood Road, new, 481, 482, 483.
Revere, Paul, ride of, through Somerville, 49, 50.
Revolution, beginning of the, 45.
Rich, Capt. Lyman B., residence of, 615; Wilfred B., portrait of, 616.
Robinson, Enoch, residence of the late, 39. Rowell, Cromwell G., portrait of, 24.
Russ, George H. portrait of, 388.
Russell, Irving L., portrait of, 132.
Rymes, Christopher E., portrait of, 264. Samaritan Society, history of the, 355.
Sanborn, Alexander A., portrait of, 108; Caleb L., portrait of, 64; Charles B., resi- dence of, III; Daniel W., portrait of, 95; David A., portrait of, 271; Dr. Edwin A., portrait of, 87; Frank S., portrait of, 622; Helen J., paper by, on the Hillside Club, 425; portrait of, 424; James S., portrait of, 369; residence of, 370; William A., por- trait of, 461.
Sargent, Aaron, portrait of, 148.
Sawyer, Charles W., portrait of, 267.
School Boards, prominent men on, 230.
School exhibits, 210; statistics, 205, 213, 214, 221 ; superintendents, 177, 194, 202, 218.
Schools, history of the, 33, 85, 98, 101, 154, 177, 189, 229; illustrations of, 207, 208, 215, 216, 219.
Selectmen, last board of, portraits of, 127. Semi-centennial anniversary, celebration of the, 158.
Sewers, history of the, 121, 122, 165.
Shattuck, Frederick W., portrait of, 200. Siege of Boston, 57, 58, 63, 69.
Simonds, Edwin N., portrait of, 432. Sinking fund, application of the, 154. Smith, Dr. Frederick G., portrait of, 55. Soley Lodge, F. A. & A. M., history of, 383. Somerville, as it was in 1830, map of, 72; banks of, 446, 451; Chapter, R. A. M., history of, 377; Churches and schools, early, 33, 85: " Citizen," building, illustra- tration of, 477; "Citizen," history of the, 479; Co-operative bank, history of the, 451; Council, Home Circle, 444; Council, Royal Arcanum, 406; Encamp. I. O. O. F., 385; Guard in the Rebellion, 113; Iligh- lands Station, illustration of, 464; Hos- pital, history of the, 331, 341; illustration of the, 331 ; industries of, 29, 77, 78, 452; " Journal " history of the, 475; "Journal" building, illustration of the, 473; Light Infantry, history of the, 97, 110, 409, 412; Literary Association, history of the, 436; Lodge, A. O. U. W., history of, 404; Na- tional bank, history of the, 445; reminis- cences of, 339; separation of, from Charles- town, 85; Savings bank, history of the, 445.
Sons of Maine Club, history of the, 415.
Souther, Ezra D., portrait of, 131.
Southworth, Amasa E., portrait of, 384; Gor- don A., portrait of, 180; superintendency of schools of, 202, 233.
Sparrow, Edmund S., portrait of, 231.
Sprague & Hathaway Co., history of the, 455. Squire, John P., portrait of, 626.
St. Ann's Catholic Church, history of, 309; St. Catherine's Catholic Church, history of, 310; St. James Episcopal Church, history of, 317; St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, history of, 314; illustration of, 330; St. Vincent de Paul Society, history of the, 437.
Starbird, George M., portrait of, 628.
Statistics of travel on the B. & M. R. R. sys- tem, 468; on the West End Street Rail- way system, 471.
Stockwell, Fred F., residence of, 630.
Stodder, Frederick M., portrait of, 116. Story, Isaac, portrait of, 251.
Sturtevant, George F., portrait of, 107; Lind- ley J., portrait of, 80; Richard H., resi- dence of, 272.
Suffrage League, history of the, 436.
Tank Cars, N. E. Oil Co., illustration of, 463.
Tarbox, F. O. J., portrait of, 174.
Taylor, Charles H., portrait of, 140.
Tead, Rev. Edward S., Church history by, 306.
Teele, Frank A., portrait of, 92; Samuel, portrait of, 633.
Ten Hills Farm, description and owners of, 21, 22, 26, 37, 38, 41, 77.
Thorpe, Herbert, portrait of, 634.
Troops furnished by Somerville in the Civil War, 105, 106, 110, 409, 410.
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Tufts College, history of, 138, 141; illustra- tion of, 139.
Tufts, Francis, portrait of, 47; House, head- quarters of Gen. Lee, illustration of, 61; Nathan, heirs of, donation of land to the city by, 157; Park, establishment of the, 157, 158.
Union Glass Works, history of the, 94, 457; Square Baptist Church, history of the, 290; illustration, of the, 330; Presbyterian Church, history of, 324; illustration of, 325.
Unitarian, First Congregational Church, his- tory of the, 299; illustrations of the, 300, 302.
Universalist Church, First, history of the, 324; illustration of the, 326; Third, history of the, 327; Winter Hill, history of the, 328; illustration of the, 329.
Ursuline Convent, destruction of the, 81, 82. Vacations and holidays, 193, 194. View on Broadway, Frontispiece.
Vincent, George I., history of the city govern- inent by, 145, 173; portrait of, 144.
Wade, Rufus R., portrait of, 638.
Wadleigh, William Y., residence of, 75.
Wadsworth, George M., portrait of, 216a.
Ware, Frank A., portrait of, 88.
Water Supply of Somerville, history of the, 121, 153, 154, 237, 249.
Waters, Elizabeth A., paper by, on the Sa- maritan Society, 355; portrait of, 357.
Webcowit Club, history of the, 428.
Weld, William E., portrait of, 59.
Wellington, J. Frank, portrait of, 266.
Wemyss, George D., portrait of, 239.
Wendell, Mina J., portrait of, 203.
Wentworth, Thomas S., portrait of, 183.
West End Street Railway, history of the,
133, 471, 472; electric car, illustration of an, 469; car-house, 470.
West, Mrs. Anna D., portrait of, 422.
West Somerville, Baptist Church, illustration of the, 330; Co-operative bank, history of the, 451.
Westwood Road, history of, 480; residences on, 482, 483.
White, Dr. Emory L., portrait of, 354; Dr. Horace C., history of the hospital by, 333; portrait of, 332.
Whiting, Dr. G. W .W., portrait of, 343; resi- dence of, 344.
Whitcomb, Charles T. C., portrait of, 224; Irvine A., residence of, 426.
Wild, B. Frank, portrait of, 651.
Wiley, Isaiah H., portrait of, 647.
Wilkins, G. Franklin, portrait of, 648.
Willard C. Kinsley Post, G. A. R., history of,
361 ; Relief Corps, history of, 365.
Willey, Clarence H., portrait of, 652.
Williams, Charles, Jr., portrait of, 67.
Willis, Dr. Reuben, portrait of, 336.
Wilson, Francis M., portrait of, 654.
Winship, Rev. Albert E., paper by, on Ed- ucational Interests, 226; portrait of, 227. Winter Hill Baptist Church, history of the, 290; illustration of the, 292.
Winter Hill, Club, history of the, 433; Con- gregational Church, history of, 306; illus- tration of, 308; Encampment, I. O. O. F., history of, 385; Station, 466; Universalist Church, history of, 328; illlustration of, 329.
Winthrop, Governor, domiciled on Ten Hills Farm, 26, 37, 38.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 371.
Woodberry, William H., portrait of, 382.
Woodcock, Shephard S., portrait of, 91.
Woods, Edward F., portrait of, 656.
Wright, Henry E., residence of, 40; Robert S., residence of, 168.
Wyman, Charles B., residence of, 655.
Yard and Sheds of Fresh Pond Ice Co., 459. Young Men's Christian Association, 372.
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