Photographs at the Historical Society

The Historical Society has a very large collection of photographs of buildings, businesses, scenery, and people.  We are in the process of scanning the entire photo collection and creating finding aids so that people will be able to connect more easily with their relatives' images in our collections.

Some of our wonderful pictures, unfortunately, are either completely unidentified or lacking in contextual details.  Can you help us to learn more about them?

The photos below are linked to information about our photograph holdings.  Our lists are under construction; please check back for updates.  If you have an interest in a specific person, place or subject, please contact us.

In addition to our photo pages, check out our blog to discover research that has been inspired by some of the photos in our collection.

Index to People in Photos

Lists of Classes Photographed

Unidentified People & Scenes

Links to Cemetery Photos

A Plea for Photos

During this hiatus from our usual Jenks Library open hours, we have been working on long-standing projects to improve access to our collections.  One of those projects is digitizing the wonderful photos that have been donated by individuals with Acton roots.

Do you have photos of Acton houses, scenes, people or events?  If you do not want to give up precious originals, we would be delighted to have good resolution  scans of your Acton photos.  We are very grateful to those who have preserved and shared their family's memories.  Please join them in making Acton's history accessible to others.  Please Contact us if you can help. 

Long-gone West Acton view