Digital Commonwealth in the News
The Beacon Hill Times reported on historic iron fences in Boston central neighborhoods on August 22, 2019. In addition to explaining how to care for existing iron fences, the Times advised readers: If a historic fence is non-existent, he [Joe Cornish, Director of Design Review for the Boston Landmarks Commission] suggested looking for historic images…
New Collections added to Digital Commonwealth in July
One of our favorite contributors, Lawrence Public Library, added to several existing collections as well as added new collections in July. One of which is the Lawrence, Mass. Before Urban Renewal Photograph Collection. Lawrence hired a photography studio to document the first area targeted for urban renewal, so we have photos like the one of…
Spotlight On…Frank Cousins Collection of Glass Negatives
Written by Anne Berard, Reference & Outreach Services Librarian, Milford Town Library The Frank Cousins Glass Plate Photography Collection, containing over 2500 images, became accessible via the Digital Commonwealth in June. Simply put, it is incredible. Frank Cousins (1851-1925), a merchant and…
New Collections added to Digital Commonwealth in June
Digital Commonwealth uploaded several outstanding photograph collections in June. But it’s not all photos, there are maps from Phillips Academy in Andover and a painting from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. But the photos are this month’s find. Like the unusual Massachusetts Metropolitan District Water Supply Commission, Quabbin Reservoir, Photographs of Cemeteries, 1928-1945…
A Closer Look: Cape Verdean Beneficent Association, New Bedford
By Jodi Goodman, Head of Special Collections New Bedford Free Public Library This photo of the Cape Verdean Beneficent Association, New Bedford, is in the recently added Oliveira Photograph Collection (New Bedford Free Public Library), which highlights New Bedford’s Portuguese community in the early twentieth century. Established in 1916, the Cape Verdean Beneficent Association (Associação Beneficente Caboverdeana)…