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As we all prepare for Thanksgiving, we are digging into a delicious part of Peabody’s history – Klemm’s Bakery! Advertisement, The Peabody Enterprise, August 2, 1910 Photographs of Klemm Brothers from 1909 from Bakers and Baking in...
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College Yearbook, 1925 Virginia Carten was born on March 23rd, 1903 in Beverly, Massachusetts. Her family moved shortly thereafter to Peabody where they had a dairy and cattle farm – known as the Carten Farm. Carten was a talented artist and she attended Mass...
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Image, The Boston Herald, 1941 On September 6, 1882, Boston hosted the nation’s first 100-mile bicycle race. Americans simply went bicycle crazy from the 1880s to the 1910s, loving the sense of independence it gave them.Peabody’s own James (Jim) F....
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This summer, Peabody has experienced 2 earthquakes, a tornado warning, heavy rains, flooding and Tropical Storm Henri. So, we thought it was time to revisit another major weather event – the Hurricane of 1938. Proctor’s Crossing 218 Lynn Street, near...
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Peabody’s first train line was built in 1846 by the Essex Railroad, ultimately connecting Salem, Peabody, Danvers and Lawrence. On July 4, 1848, 3,000 people traveled the Peabody to Danvers section of the journey and marveled at the innovation. Train Ticket,...
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Ye Olde Pepper Candy Companie in Salem is the oldest, continuously operated candy company in America, and much of its early history was rooted in Peabody. In 1806, Mrs. Spencer began selling gibralters, a hard sugar candy, from her wagon in Salem. Upon her death, the...
