Stories from Acton

A picture of a derailed engine led to research into its origins and its photographer.

Photos apparently from an East Acton family included scenes and events in Boston.

Pictures found in a Kinsley Road, Acton attic show employees of Hall Brothers and members of the large Beach & Wamboldt family.

A photograph of an early baseball team needs identification.

Digitizing and enlarging old photographs revealed details and personality that had been missed.

Photos in the Acton Historical Society may be from the family of the singing Turner Sisters.

Research into a tintype of a peddler in front of John Cosgrove's West India Goods store

A mystery photograph in our collection shows a horse pulling an unknown object, possibly a street sweeper.

Searching for an Acton photographer named Taylor yielded not only F. J. Taylor but Margaret as well.

Photos from the Cash family may all be of Mary Elizabeth Cash or a close relative. Can anyone identify them?