Blog, PHS and the Community
February is Black History Month. Carter G. Woodson, a distinguished Black author and journalist, advocated for a Black History Week in 1924. Woodson felt that the lives and accomplishments of Black Americans were not being properly recorded or celebrated. This idea...
Blog, PHS and the Community
From 1947 to 1961, the West Peabody Speedway captivated audiences with stock car races, demolition derbies and even llama races! Just to name a few! The track was located between Lake and Pine Streets. The City of Peabody took over the land in 1963 for the...
Blog, PHS and the Community
Horse drawn carriage, Peabody Square, Circa 1900 Snow roller image, Lowell Street area, Circa 1890 Today, many of us will be out with our shovels, snow blowers or plows.In looking at the snow roller image above, we wondered how our ancestors managed big snow storms...
Blog, PHS and the Community
Yes, but not in the way you are thinking. From 1921 to 1936, the University of Peabody was a semi-professional football team based in Peabody. It started as an outlet for, post-high school and in some cases former collegiate, athletes to continue playing at a...
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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...
