Posts Tagged ‘Cambridgeport’
Series II: Cambridgeport
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Read MoreWhen Sweet Flavors Filled the Air
by Michael Kenney When Orra L. Stone compiled his History of Massachusetts Industry in 1930, he counted no less than 29 candy-manufacturing firms in Cambridge. There were giants like the New England Confectionary Co., whose 1,400 workers produced some 500 varieties of candy, including the iconic NECCO wafers, at its plant on Massachusetts Avenue, and…
Read MoreCars in Cambridge by Doug Brown
With air bags, anti–lock brakes, traction control, and GPS, the Uber driver of today operates a very different machine from the family chauffeur’s open–topped horseless carriage of 100 years ago. But regardless of the generation, Cantabrigians have always loved working on cars. Today that tinkering is just as likely to occur in a university lab…
Read MoreBill Cavellini Papers, 1945-2002
Administrative Information Biographical Sketch Scope and Content Note Library of Congress Subject Headings Series Description and Folder Listing 2 cartons, ½ file box 2.21 linear feet Processor: Joseph Marceda Date: November 2010 Revised by: Su Ciampa, April 2011 Acquisition: The Bill Cavellini Papers were donated to the Cambridge Historical Society by Bill Cavellini in 2009.…
Read MoreIf This House Could Talk
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Read MoreFort Washington, 1775-1975, and Other Cambridge Fortifications
By Douglas Payne Adams and Charles Sullivan, with an introduction by Charles W. Eliot, 2nd Presented June 1, 1975 Mr. Eliot Of the fortifications which were constructed in Cambridge two hundred years ago, a single battery—Fort Washington —still exists. Lieutenant-Governor Oliver had been forced to resign on September 2, 1774, and by the following spring—after…
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