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1.	Class portrait at the Maple Avenue School, no date	Group portraits; School children; Maple Avenue School	A class, perhaps a combined fifth and sixth grade, poses on the steps of the Maple Avenue School, located at 6 Maple Avenue, around 1914. Russell Loring, a 1920 graduate of Kingston High School, stan

2.	Clambake at Rocky Nook, no date	Celebrations; Boats; Beaches; Crowds; Clambakes	A crowd of people on the shore of Kingston Bay enjoy a clambake during the Kingston Yacht Club's Regatta Day. Several small boats, horse-drawn carriages, and tents or small sheds can be seen. In her

3.	Dedication of the Civil War Soldiers Monument, 1883	Dedications; Training Green; Civil War Soldiers Monument; Carriages & coaches; Spectators; First Parish Church	A crowd, including soldiers in uniform, is gathered on the Town Green (corner of Main Street and Green Street) for the dedication of the Civil War Soldier's Monument, which appears at the center of th

4.	The Stony Brook school, 1890	Stony Brook; Schools; School children	A group of adults and children stand in front of the Stony Brook School, 114 Summer Street, February 22, 1890. An American flag flies from the flagpole on the facade of the small framed schoolhouse; t

5.	Regatta crowd at Rocky Nook, no date	Sailboats; Spectators; Regattas; Yacht clubs	A group of children and adults stand near the shoreline at the Kingston Yacht Club Regatta with masts and sails in the background. The Myles Standish Monument in Duxbury can be seen in the distance.

6.	Riders in the Victory Parade, 1918	Parades & processions; Flags; Victory celebrations; Horseback riding	A group of men on horseback ride, possibly on Green Street, in the Victory Parade, November 12, 1918. The lead rider wears a tophat and sash, another wears a military uniform. Marchers carrying flag

7.	Women marchers in the Victory Parade, 1918	Parades & processions; Flags; Victory celebrations; Marching	A group of women with some children march down Main Street in the Victory Parade, November 12, 1918. Many carry American flags on poles, along with a large version carried horizontally. A Red Cross f

8.	Filming The Uncut Diamond, no date	Carriages & coaches; Motion picture production & direction	A horse and carriage driven by John Watson stand near the front steps to Alexander Holmes' house during the filming of the Kingston High School production The Uncut Diamond. A man holding papers is pa

9.	Locomotive in the snow in Kingston Center, no date	Railroad locomotives; Snow removal; Old Colony Railroad Company;	A steam engine, Number 3006, probably of the Old Colony Railroad, stopped in the snow in Kingston Center. Two men in oilskins, one with a shovel, dig near the front of the locomotive, while four boys

10.	Rectory of St. Joseph's Church, 1972	Rectories	Built around 1806 by Captain Charles Foster, this double-ended brick house stands at 272 Main Street. Originally a Federal style building the house was substantially renovated and transformed into th

11.	Civil War Veterans and sons, 1908	United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans; Families; Grand Army of the Republic -- Martha Sever Post No. 154 (Kingston, Ma.); Group portraits	Civil War Veterans in uniform pose with their sons in front of the Grand Army of the Republic Hall in the Adams Block at 57 Summer Street.

12.	Workers and wagon, no date	Carts & wagons; Laborers; Trees; Horses; Group portraits;	Eleven men pose with a horse-drawn wagon, possibly at work spraying for gypsy moths

13.	The 'Bobstay Club,' no date	Dawes, John C.; Watson, Nathan B.; Adams, Russell; Jones, Henry; Model ships; Boat clubs	Four men, one standing and three sitting, pose before a wall hung with half-hull ship models. Identified on the back of the photograph, they met informally in Captain Dawes' office as the 'Bob Stay C

14.	Spraying for gypsy moths, no date	Pest control; Trees; Forestry; Laborers; Group portraits	In a wooded area, six men hold a hose, while another man directs the spray from the nozzle into the air.

15.	Kingston float in the President's Day Parade in Plymouth, 1921	Parades & processions; Floats (parades); Spectators; Holidays	In the President's Day parade during the Plymouth Tercentenary Celebration, Kingston's float depicts the Mayflower's shallop. Carrying eight men dressed as Pilgrims, the small boat rides atop a decor

16.	Isaac Hedge at the Howland's Lane railroad bridge, no date	Hedge, Isaac; Old Colony Railroad Company; Railroad tracks; Bridges	Isaac Hedge, an incorporator and director of the Old Colony Railroad, stands near the bridge which carries Howland's Lane over the single track into Rocky Nook.

17.	Joseph Lamborghini driving a 1906 Ford in Kingston's 200th Anniversary parade, 1926	Automobiles; Parades & processions; Celebrations; Anniversaries	Joseph Lamborghini, proprietor of the Kingston Motor Mart chauffers two women and two men withparasols, in an open 1906 Ford in the parade celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Kingston's founding. A

18.	Kingston High School football team, 1933	Football players; Group portraits; Athletic fields	Members of the 1933 Kingston High School football team pose in their practice jerseys in front of the goal posts on the field in the Bailey Playground. This small inexperienced team won five games, l

19.	The Adams Block after the fire, 1911	Fires; Stores & shops; Commercial streets	On the night of December 28, 1911, fire destroyed much of the Adams Block, a series of previously free-standing buildings joined together as a continuous retail complex at 66 - 68 Summer Street. In t

20.	The Adams Block after the fire, 1911	Fires; Stores & shops; Commercial streets	On the night of December 28, 1911, fire destroyed much of the Adams Block, a series of previously free-standing buildings joined together as a continuous retail complex at 66 - 68 Summer Street. In t

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