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Earliest Painting of Peabody Square area, 1828Looking Towards Today’s Central Street from Foster Street and Main Street What was Main Street called before….Main Street? 1659 Common Land Highway1692 Highway to North Fields1736 Ye Town Common Road...
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Let’s dig into a historical Christmas rumor.Was George Peabody was the inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol? Front Pages of First Edition, A Christmas Carol, Artwork by John Leech, 1843 The first chapter of historian Ron...
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Page Hill was located off Summit Street, next to Route 128.In 1950, Page Hill opened as a local skiing destination with a 1,200-foot ski tow. By the late 1960s, it was open 7 days a week from 9am to 10:30pm during the winter season. The loud speaker played...
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79 years ago, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The United States responded to this aggression by declaring war on the Axis Powers, and formally entering World War II. There were 24 men from Peabody...
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The Strand Theatre opened its doors at 43 Main Street on April 9th, 1912 with a showing of “Across Panama in 1912.” The Strand was built by the Structural Stone Co. of Lynn and designed by EA Earp. It was unique as one of the first public buildings in...
