Teddy Roosevelt at South Lawrence Train Station
These negatives were donated the Special Collections of the Lawrence Public Library July 5, 2011 by the grandson (Glen) of Gilbert Aspeslagh. Family legend declares that this collection was payment for a bar tab to the brother of Gilbert’s mother.
This collection of negatives came with some remnants of the sleeves that originally held the negatives. There is no sign of the name of the photographer. Two sleeves had dates (1907 and 1909). All the negatives are glass with the exception of number 31 which was possibly cellulose acetate. Number 31 shows an image of Theodore Roosevelt standing at the back of a railroad car stationed in the South Lawrence Train Station. There is a large crowd and the spires of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church are in the background. TR stopped in Lawrence twice: 1902 and 1912. I believe this image is from 1902. The glass plate negatives are 5 x 7 inches; the single cellulose negative is 2 x 3 inches. The rest of the images are landscape views of buildings and other local sights. Besides the City of Lawrence there are images from Andover, Methuen, and Windham, NH.
1. Soldiers’ Monument Lawrence Common
2. Great Stone Dam
3. Reservoir and water tower
4. Memorial Arch West Andover
5. Hood School
6. Reservoir and water tower
7. Searles estate Windham, NH
8. LGH in the snow
9. Morrison Rd. Windham, NH
10. Arlington Mill
11. Great Stone Dam
12. Andover mills
13. Armory
14. Franklin House
15. Ayer Mill
16. Tarbox School
17. Lawrence Public Library
18. Bruce School
19. Union Street Bridge
20. Lawrence General Hospital
21. Lawrence General Hospital
22. Nevins Home for the Aged, Methuen
23. Bay State Building
24. Rollins School
25. Lawrence High School
26. East Street, Methuen
27. Nevins Home for the Aged
28. Lawrence General Hospital grounds in the snow
29. Den Rock
30. Union Street Bridge
31. Teddy Roosevelt at South Lawrence Train Station
The entire collection was digitally scanned and edited and is now available in tifs and jpgs. View entire collection.
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