Exhibit Tags: 3 selected - The Magnet and the Iron: John Brown and George L. Stearns

1. Stock photos of the Medford/Somerville campus, including the MIDI lab in Halligan Hall, Aidekman Arts Center, the front of Cousens Gym and the athletic fields. Photo 043

Creator:: Schutzengel, Aaron
Exhibit Description:: Cousens Gymnasium as it appeared in 2005. Image taken from the parking lot across College Avenue.
Exhibit Tags:: Cousens Gymnasium Tufts University photographs Tufts DCA Medford buildings College Avenue

2. Pansy Park, ca. 1910

Exhibit Description:: View towards Medford Square from the top of College Hill (Tufts College), ca. 1910. The tree-lined Avenue stretching left to right is College Avenue, also known as The Willows. The Boston & Maine Railroad parallels the bottom of the image, with College Hill Station appearing at the bottom left. Behind the station is Pansy Park, a pansy nursery. To the left of Pansy Park is property belonging to the Stearns Estate. Across College Avenue are the clay pits.
Exhibit Tags:: Stearns Estate Medford photographs College Avenue Tufts DCA

3. Construction of Counsens Gymnasium, 1931

Creator:: Munro, Melville S.
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts DCA Medford photographs Cousens Gymnasium Tufts University buildings College Avenue

4. Old College Hill Railroad Station site now occupied by Tufts College Press

Creator:: Unknown
Exhibit Description:: Photograph of College Station at the corner of the Boston & Maine Railroad (foreground) and College Avenue (left). When the new Tufts College Station was built to the south, this building became occupied by Tufts College Press.
Exhibit Tags:: College Avenue Medford photographs College Hill Station Tufts DCA buildings Tufts University

5. College Avenue Bridge and College Hill Station, 1885

Exhibit Description:: View of College Avenue Bridge looking northeast towards the Willows. To the left is College Hill Station. UA021.001.010.00004.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: College Avenue College Hill Station Tufts University Tufts DCA photographs Medford

6. College Avenue, 1870

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of a wagon in the distance on College Avenue in Medford near Tufts College, circa 1870. The trees lining the street gave its nickname "The Willows." The Stearns Estate bordered College Avenue.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts DCA Tufts University College Avenue Medford photographs

7. College Avenue, 1910?

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of College Avenue, possibly in 1910. This stretch of the road was known as "The Willows" for its romantic arc of willow trees. The Stearns Estate bordered College Avenue to the north.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts DCA photographs Medford College Avenue

8. College Hill Station, 1886

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of College Hill Station and the College Avenue Bridge, circa 1886.
Attribution Statement:: Tufts Digital Collections and Archives
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts DCA photographs Medford College Hill Station College Avenue

9. Tufts College, 1899

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of Tufts College from the clay pits on the southeast side of College Avenue. Visible in the center are the willows trees that lined College Avenue. Also visible is the College Avenue bridge over the railroad tracks. Visible Tufts buildings are Curtis Hall, Paige Hall, Goddard Chapel, East Hall, Ballou Hall, Packard Hall, and West Hall.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: Tufts University photographs Curtis Hall Paige Hall Ballou Hall Goddard Chapel East Hall Packard Hall West Hall College Avenue Medford Historical Society and Museum Medford

10. Old Windmill Tower on the Stearns Estate

Exhibit Description:: Photograph of several people near the old windmill tower on the Stearns Estate off of College Avenue.
Attribution:: Davenport, George E.
Attribution Statement:: Courtesy of the Medford Historical Society & Museum
Exhibit Tags:: photographs College Avenue Stearns Estate Medford Medford Historical Society and Museum

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1. Stock photos of the Medford/Somerville campus, including the MIDI lab in Halligan Hall, Aidekman Arts Center, the front of Cousens Gym and the athletic fields. Photo 043

2. Pansy Park, ca. 1910

3. Construction of Counsens Gymnasium, 1931

4. Old College Hill Railroad Station site now occupied by Tufts College Press

5. College Avenue Bridge and College Hill Station, 1885

6. College Avenue, 1870

7. College Avenue, 1910?

8. College Hill Station, 1886

9. Tufts College, 1899

10. Old Windmill Tower on the Stearns Estate

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1. Stock photos of the Medford/Somerville campus, including the MIDI lab in Halligan Hall, Aidekman Arts Center, the front of Cousens Gym and the athletic fields. Photo 043

2. Pansy Park, ca. 1910

3. Construction of Counsens Gymnasium, 1931

4. Old College Hill Railroad Station site now occupied by Tufts College Press

5. College Avenue Bridge and College Hill Station, 1885

6. College Avenue, 1870

7. College Avenue, 1910?

8. College Hill Station, 1886

9. Tufts College, 1899

10. Old Windmill Tower on the Stearns Estate