This is the next release in Waltham Museum’s vintage “This Was Waltham” slideshows series available to view on our Youtube channel. This has been made possible through the support of…
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Waltham City of Dreams
Perhaps it was something in the water that, when Francis Cabot Lowell returned from England over two hundred years ago in 1812, drew him to Waltham. The something in the…
Read MoreHarry Elks and the Orient Bicycle
One of the Metz bicycle racers was Harry Elks. Using an Orient bicycle, with a “pacer”* to break the wind, he traveled the mile in one minute and 30 seconds….
Read MoreWaltham Colonels at Bunker Hill
There were two Colonels from Waltham at the Battle of Bunker Hill on June 17, 1775. Colonel Thomas Gardner led a regiment which included the company from Waltham and one…
Read MoreWaltham native to support Super Bowl flyover conducted by all-women crew
WALTHAM – A Waltham native will be part of a history-making flyover at the Super Bowl. Lt. Jacqueline Drew, a pilot, will support the flyover conducted by an all-women crew…
Read MoreJ. C.Penny’s and the “Lamson Cash Railway”
J. C. Penny’s at the corner of Moody and Pine Street. How about the strange way you paid for an item. Penny’s used the “Lamson Cash Railway.” The purpose of…
Read MoreSome history about 25 Lexington St.
The Daily Free Press, April 21, 1890, announced that the Board of Alderman had approved plans submitted by Hartwell & Richardson for a new police station. To be “handsome and…
Read MoreJohn Robbins Farnum
John R. Farnum was born in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire on May 12, 1823. He was of six children. Later his family moved to Newton where he bought a horse…
Read More(final post on) Excerpts from Waltham, Past and Present by Walter A Livermore
General N. P. Banks house was built in 1798. On November 16, 1830, the Boston Manufacturing Company presented the library, owned by them, to the town of Waltham which was…
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