This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own.

Health & Fitness

Continuing to Walk a Hundred Years Ago

I have been working on a project to identify some of the early 1900s glass plate negatives at the Newton Main Library and comparing them to modern views of the same location.

This is another piece of my project involving the glass plate photographs at the Newton Main Library.

I have attached a copy of an early 1900s glass plate negative of the corner of Elm St. and Washington St. in West Newton Square and a modern digital photograph of approximately the same location. Both scenes were photographed from the intersection of Elm and Washington St. looking down Elm St., in a northerly direction, toward Waltham.  The ornate multistory brick building on the corner (with a date on the facade 1884) has  been replaced by a single story concrete structure which is now occupied by a bakery, a restaurant and an insurance agency.  In the future I hope to take a walk down Elm St. and see its tranformation from the early 1900s to the 21st century

We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here

The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Want to post on Patch?