The house at 720 Longmeadow Street in Longmeadow, on November 4, 1916. Image courtesy of the Longmeadow Historical Society, Paesiello Emerson Collection. The scene in 2023: As explained in more detail in the previous post, this house was evidently built sometime in the early 19th century. It was originally the home of Calvin and Experience … Read more
The house at the corner of Longmeadow Street and Cooley Drive in Longmeadow, on June 12, 1910. Image courtesy of the Longmeadow Historical Society, Paesiello Emerson Collection. The house in 2023: This house is one of a number of homes in this part of Longmeadow that were once owned by the Cooley family. It was … Read more
A self portrait of photographer Paesiello Emerson, in the south parlor of his house in Longmeadow, in June 1916. Image courtesy of the Longmeadow Historical Society, Paesiello Emerson Collection. The scene in 2023: As with the previous post, these two photos show the south parlor of the Josiah Cooley house, a colonial-era home that was … Read more
The south parlor of the Josiah Cooley House in Longmeadow, probably sometime in the 1910s or 1920s. Photo from author’s collection. Probably photographed by Paesiello Emerson. The scene in 2023: These two photos show a view that is nearly identical to the ones in the previous post. But, while the early 20th century photo in … Read more
The house at the northwest corner of Longmeadow Street and Emerson Road in Longmeadow, on August 1, 1924. Image courtesy of the Longmeadow Historical Society, Paesiello Emerson Collection. The house in 2023: This house was the subject of the past two posts, including one that provides a detailed account of its history. The house … Read more
The house at the northwest corner of Longmeadow Street and Emerson Road in Longmeadow, around the 1910s or 1920s. Image courtesy of the Longmeadow Historical Society, Paesiello Emerson Collection. The house in 2024: As explained in more detail in the previous post, this house was built around 1760 as the home of Josiah Cooley (1716-1778), … Read more