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Record 345/784
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Collection Postcard Collection
Date 01/17/1914
Description Color Postcard, "South Framingham, Mass. Waushakum Lake, Boat Landing, View from Hollis Street."
Addressed with message to Miss Marcia E. Little of Newburyport, Mass
The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME USA L-2299

The privately owned Waushakum Park along Hollis St. shore offered boating, playgrounds, sports and a ballroom, c.1900-1920. Trolleys ran nearby. Between the two trees, left, is a ramp that led to one of the several icehouses then on the lake.
Year Range from 1907
Year range to 1925
Object ID 2002.701.197
Object Name Postcard
Recfrom Haranas, Ellen
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Last modified on: October 26, 2011