This Day in Norwood History- August 22, 1949-Norwood Stock Car Racing
Early 1950s: Ray Janelle raced Stock Cars like this one late in his career after a long tenure as a champion motorcycle racer. Janelle was a regular competitor at the … Continue reading Norwood Stock Car Racing-This Day in Norwood History-August 22, 1949
Painting of Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford by Thomas Gainsborough 1783 A letter written in a nut-bark fluid to General Thomas Gage, British leader in the American Revolution, has recently been discovered and … Continue reading Count Von Rumford Branded Spy By Historical Society Speaker-This Day in Norwood History-February 3, 1948
Norwood Historian, Willard "Win" Everett, Dies-This Day In Norwood History-November 9, 1947
This Day In Norwood History-August 1, 1947-Historical Society Features Interesting Possessions The quarterly meeting of the Norwood Historical Society was held recently at the Day House, opening with a box supper on the porch which was followed by a short business meeting and then bv an indoor meeting at which each member exhibited his ‘'most interesting possession" and told the story that went with it
The light of an old "highball lantern” has recently been thrown on the career of an almost-forgotten railroad official of Norwood, Mass, who died in 1913. He was Elias E. … Continue reading Discover of Old “Highball Lantern” Throws Light On Career Of Master Carbuilder Elias E. Pratt-This Day in Norwood History-January 24, 1947
Emily Henry Bush If you want to see a gal who did the impossible in that most impossible of places, Hollywood, and photographed it in color, you can hear her … Continue reading Emily Henry Bush to Tell Private Lives of Film Stars At Day House-This Day in Norwood History-January 17, 1947
Veterans housing was built on Veterans Road next to HIghland Cemetery for WWII veterans and their families. It was replaced in 1953 by the Washington Heights development. (Courtesy Hansen and … Continue reading First of G.I. Homes Ready-This Day in Norwood History-August 20, 1946
Firemen Balk At Ambulance Duty-This Day in Norwood History-October 9, 1945
Norwood Fire Department (Scoop McLean photo, colorized by the Norwood Historical Society) Ask To Be Relieved Of Chore As Of Oct. 15th Selectmen To Call In Chief For Conference Next … Continue reading Firemen Balk At Ambulance Duty-This Day in Norwood History-October 9, 1945
