Posts Tagged ‘East Cambridge’
How the highlighter was invented in Cambridge by Carter’s Ink, an innovator back to the 1800s
By Michael Kuchta, 2025 History Cambridge is spending 2025 focused on the history of East Cambridge, including the people who have inhabited the neighborhood, the occupations that employed them and the buildings, streets and public places they created. This is the story of a company that was based in East Cambridge for decades, Carter’s Ink.…
Read MoreMarch 4: Confectionary Cambridge: Candy-Making in History and Memory
Tuesday, March 46-7 pmCambridge Public Library — O’Connell Branch48 6th Street, East Cambridge You’re invited to this special event with History Cambridge’s Beth Folsom and historian Caitlin Hopkins. The local candy-making industry goes back to the 1760s, when an Irish immigrant named John Hannon built a chocolate mill on the Neponset River in Dorchester. For…
Read MoreMarch 27 History Café: “Once Almost an Island”
“Once Almost an Island”: Changes in the East Cambridge Landscape Thursday, March 27 Program from 6-7 pm First Street Market, 59 First Street Over the course of several centuries, the East Cambridge neighborhood has undergone many changes, especially its landscape and topography. Once a “near-island” separated from the rest of Cambridge by rivers and tidal…
Read MoreFeb 22: Foundry Festival
Saturday, February 22, 202511 am-1 pmThe Foundry101 Rogers Street, East Cambridge This year’s Foundry Festival focuses on the theme of “Resilience.” How has the East Cambridge community faced and overcome past challenges, and how can we react to the current climate of uncertainty in ways that will help our community not only survive but thrive?…
Read MoreJanuary 16: History Hang
Thursday, January 1611 am-12 pmO’Connell Branch of the Cambridge Public Library48 6th St, Cambridge, MA 02141Free; just show up! We hope you’ll join us for a new 2025 initative: History Hang. This new program is designed to foster a sense of community among local history enthusiasts. These informal gatherings provide an opportunity for people curious…
Read MoreOur Year of East Cambridge
Over the past two years, History Cambridge has chosen one of Cambridge’s thirteen neighborhoods to explore in depth. Following our examinations of Cambridgeport (2023) and North Cambridge (2024), we will be spending 2025 in East Cambridge, and we welcome the community’s ideas and questions about the neighborhood’s rich history. While we are busy behind the…
Read MoreIn 2025, History Cambridge Explores the East Cambridge Neighborhood
By Beth Folsom, January 2025 Over the past two years, History Cambridge has chosen one of Cambridge’s thirteen neighborhoods to explore in depth. Following our examinations of Cambridgeport (2023) and North Cambridge (2024), we will be spending 2025 in East Cambridge, and we welcome the community’s ideas and questions about the neighborhood’s rich history. The…
Read MoreEast Cambridge History Hub
2025 is our year of East Cambridge See what events we’ve got planned! A Brief History of East Cambridge The area that we now know as East Cambridge was for many centuries largely salt marshes and mud flats which, at low tide, virtually cut the area off from other parts of the city, as well…
Read MoreNew play at Foundry explores a century-old story of women, work and immigration in Cambridge
Women workers at Blake & Knowles Steam Pump in East Cambridge were controversial in 1911. Their story will be staged at that same Foundry this year.
Read MoreCourthouse Seafood (Restaurant & Fish Market)
Years 1912 – 2024 (market); 1987-present (restaurant) Location 498 Cambridge St., East Cambridge Website: https://www.courthouseseafood.com/ History Just a gavel’s throw from the Cambridge Court House used to stand Cambridge’s oldest operating fish market. In the equally-inconspicuous storefront next door, is the restaurant, which opened in 1987 and continues to serve up everything from fish chowder to…
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