Aerial 17 items

1 Aerial view of the town common ca. 1980s 1 photograph : color.
[Catalog record in progress.] Photograph by Louis Nocca of MIT (per note on verso).

25 Exterior of second high school ca. 1970s 1 photograph : b&w.

Built in 1961, this building is located at 114 Winn St.; the building now houses the Marshall Simonds Middle School. The building was rechristened with Marshall Simonds' name in 1973. According to Fogelberg, the ca. 1970s photo does not show ten temporary classrooms, which connected the two wings and which now face Winn St. Note the Fred F. Walker house is still standing, pictured in the lower left hand corner; the St. Margaret's School of Religion replaced it in 1964. For more information on the Fred Freeland Walker house, see Historic homes and farms: item 145.

81 Town common 1973 1 photograph : b&w.

[Catalog record in progress]. Photograph taken by Lester Treworgy.

281 Aerial view of Spaulding and Slye Corp., showing Rt. 128, Middlesex Bank, and Burlington Mall area 1974 1 photograph : b&w.

[Catalog record in progress].

282 Aerial photograph of High Voltage Engineering ca. 1960s 1 photograph : b&w.

Photograph by Photo International (Brookline, Mass.) High Voltage Engineering was located in the north part of the Northwest Industrial Park. Rt. 3 is in the foreground. Fogelberg notes on verso that this was one of the first big industrial buildings built here and that it bordered Rt. 128 [Catalog record in progress].

296 Aerial view of the Northwest Industrial Park and gravel pit on Middlesex Turnpike ca. 1960s 1 photograph : b&w.

Northwest Industrial Park was built in the early 1960s; by the 1970s, it was one of the largest office-industrial complex developments in Massachusetts. The Northwest Industrial Park was a joint effort of Nordblom Corporation, Real Estate of Boston, and George B. H. Macomber (Allston, Mass.
By 1974 the following companies were located in the Northwest Industrial Park: Technical Operations, Inc.; Microwave Associates, Inc.; Sylvania Electric Products, Inc.; George T. Johnson Co.; Advanced Metals Research; Raytheon Company; Continental Can Co.; Saum Systems, Inc.; Hybrid Systems Corp.; Astro Dynamics, Inc.; Associated Testing Laboratories; Gould, Inc.; Pacer Systems, Inc.; Lexington Computer, Inc.; Hooper-Holmes Bureau, Inc.; Itek Corp.; TRW, Inc.; Federated Business Services, Inc.; Bridgeport Brass Company; Standard Office Systems; Centronics Leasing Corp.; P. R. Mallory and Comp., Inc.; Applicon, Inc.; W. H. W. Teele Company; Thomson General Corp.; Micronetic Systems, Inc.; G. C. A. Corp.; Kaman Corp.; Entrex, Inc.; Visidyne Inc.; Infoton, Inc.; Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Co.; Collins Radio Company; N.E. Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Inc.; Semicon, Inc.; Control Data Corp.; Inforex, Inc.; W. R. Grace Company; Dynatrend Corp.; McGraw-Edison Company; New England Telephone; American District Telegraph Co.; Adar Associates, Inc.; and Alto-Tronics Corp. Many of these businesses were already located in Burlington in the 1950s (Fogelberg, pp. 334, 340).
Photograph shows view looking northwest. Rt. 128 is at the bottom of the photograph, Rt. 3 is on the left side of the photograph, and the Middlesex Turnpike is on the right side of the photograph. The gravel pit at the right side of the photograph is the current location of the Burlington Mall. As of July 2000, 1=Burlington Mall; 2=Dept. of Public Works garage; 3=Town of Burlington Water Treatment Plant; 4=General Cinema (previously Technical Operations Inc. and Wang Computer data processing unit; 5=Burlington Dodge Inc.

419 View from the top of the Middlesex Bank bank building looking toward Mall Rd. ca. 1978 1 photograph : b&w.

For more information, see Buildings: item 21.

420 Corner of Wilmington Rd. and Cambridge St. ca. mid-20th century 2 photographs : b&w.

De Haart Machine Shop (12 Wilmington Rd.) appears in the upper left corner of the photograph; Cambridge Electrical Supply appears in the upper right hand corner of the photograph.The area that is now Alma Rd. is reported to be in the foreground.
One of the photographs (item 420b) has Mr. And Mrs. M. P. Peterson, 14 Taylor Avenue, Burlington, Mass. 01803 stamped on the verso.

421 Unidentified aerial photograph n.d. 2 photographs : b&w.

[Catalog record in progress.] One of the photographs (item 421b) has Mr. And Mrs. M. P. Peterson, 14 Taylor Avenue, Burlington, Mass. 01803 stamped on the verso.

422 Aerial photograph of the town common ca. mid-20th century 2 photographs : b&w.

For more information and for another view, see the photograph description for Landscapes: item 205.
Per August 2000 interview with Herbert Crawford, the barn behind the Wood Tavern was the location of the Burlington Agricultural Fair; exhibits took place on the town commons. In 1938, the Fire Dept. began using the carrige shed of the second town hall for the fire station.
One of the photographs (item 422b) has Mr. And Mrs. M. P. Peterson, 14 Taylor Avenue, Burlington, Mass. 01803 stamped on the verso.

423 Aerial photograph of Rt. 128, Raytheon Spencer Laboratory, and Houghton Mifflin Company ca. 1960s 1 photograph : b&w.

Photograph shows Raytheon Spencer Laboratory and Rt. 128 in the foreground; Houghton Mifflin is in the distance. Wayside Rd. is in between Spencer Laboratory and Houghton Mifflin and the military housing on South Bedford is in the far distance.

424 Aerial view of Technical Operations, Inc. ca. 1960s 1 photograph : b&w.

Middlesex Turnpike is at the right of the photograph. For more information, see photograph description for Aerial: item 296.
Photograph shows Middlesex Turnpike on the left and Rt. 3 on the right; Rt. 128 is in the distance. Photograph view is looking southeast. For more information, see photograph description for Aerial: item 296.

454 Aerial photograph of Rt. 3, Middlesex Turnpike and Bedford Street [ca. 1960s?] 2 photographs : b&w.

[Catalog record in progress.]

478 Aerial photograph of Center and Cambridge Street, with Forbes Avenue in the distance ca. 1952 2 photographs : b&w.

Note of verso reads: picture taken by Rodney Peterson's brother about 1952-1953. Shows the Dearborn house, Charlie's [Dearborn] store building, and the new store building where the drugstore was. In the center stands the Doherty house; the IGA [current location of Building 19-1/2 as of 2000 and initially operated by Mr. Colovson] has not been built. At the top can be seen Forbes Avenue. Item 478a is stamped Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Peterson, 14 Taylor Ave., Burlington, Mass. 01803.

501 Aerial photograph of the second high school 1961 1 photograph : b&w.

For more information, see the photograph description for Aerial: item 25; this is a slightly different view than item 25. Note on verso reads: aerial view of Burlington high school taken just after the school opened in September 1961. Note the Fred F. Walker house is still standing, pictured in the lower left hand corner; the St. Margaret's School of Religion replaced it in 1964. Now Marshall Simonds Middle School.
For more information on the Fred Freeland Walker house, see Historic homes and farms: item 145.

509 Aerial photograph of Cambridge Street and Winn Street 1950s 1 photograph : b&w.

Butters' farmhouse and barns (later the Joman auction house) are at the left of the photograph; a drive-in restaurant is at the lower right. For more information, see Historic homes and farms: item 172 and 363.
The white building across from the Butters' farmhouse is the approximate location of Cheng's Wok (184 Cambridge St.) as of 2000; slightly north of that building is Skilton Lane. Murray's Real Estate office (27 Cambridge St.) is north of the Butters' farmhouse, on the right-hand side of Cambridge St.
The drive-in was the Flying Saucer, operated by Joe Galipeau; the drive-in was located approximately where Dunkin' Donuts (182A Cambridge St.) is located as of 2000. According to Fogelberg's article, "Joe's Diner," Theodore Murray (who owned the land the diner was located on) was formerly a sandwich shop next to the old Wilmington High School; when Wilmington buuilt a cafeteria, the building became obsolete. TM bought the building and moved it to Burlington, renting it to Joe Galipeau as a diner. Fogelberg noted that "local high school students met there in the afternoons, politicians frequented the place in the evening, and truck drivers soon found it a good place to get a cup of coffee and a donut" (Daily Times Chronicle, Burlington edition, October 20, 1992). The drive-in later operated as Kemps' Hamburgers.
Mr. And Mrs. M. P. Peterson, 14 Taylor Avenue, Burlington, Mass. 01803 is stamped on the verso.

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