Thursday, September 8, 2016

Mt.Tom - Whiting Street Reservoir - early 1900s



A family poses for a picture on the cliffs of Mt.Tom around 1915. This photo was taken near the Tea Pavilion on the east side of the mountain with the Summit House in the background.



A wide angle view of the Mt.Tom Summit House just above the Tea Pavilion on the east side of the Mt.Tom summit. The stone foundation of the house still stands, part of the radio communications building.


 Looking southwest towards Ashley Reservoir from the western cliffs of Mt.Tom.

 

 The basalt cliffs on the west side of Mt.Tom just below the MM Trail of the Mt.Tom Range.


A southwest view of Mt.Tom with Whiting Street Reservoir in the foreground taken from Mountain Park near the trolley line to Lower Station  in the early 1900s.  (Photos courtesy of the Seminole Bailey Archive)

Thursday, September 1, 2016

C. H. Tower Residence

The home of C.H. Tower at the southeast corner of Lincoln and Pleasant Streets in the winter of 1911. (The Seminole Bailey Archives)