Tower collection of glass plate images of primarily of Concord, Mass. [graphic], [ca. 1885?-ca. 1905].

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Tower collection of glass plate images of primarily of Concord, Mass. [graphic], [ca. 1885?-ca. 1905].

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Photographs of Concord, Mass. (homes and bridges, streetscapes and landscape views, river, boating and bridge views, and several views of "Tower's Excursion" train, Boston to Pasadena Calif., ca. 1886). It is unclear whether Fred A. Tower was the photographer or merely the owner of the negatives in the collection. (He would have been only about 15 years old when the "Tower's Excursion" images were made). His father, Alonzo Tower (organizer of several California excursions), may have been the photographer, or perhaps someone else--there is insufficient information to determine this.

33 glass negatives : gelatin dry plate ; 21 x 13 cm. or smaller.

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 7419866

Concord Free Public Library, Special Collection

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Tower Fred A. (Fred Alonzo), 1871-1959

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Postmaster, author, musician, poet, and amateur weather observer of Concord, Mass. Son of Alonzo and Tryphena (Clark) Tower. Born in Concord on Feb. 10, 1871; married Katherine Gookin; died in Concord in Feb. 1959. Concord Postmaster. Author of A History of Trinity Church Concord, Massachusetts. Choirmaster of Trinity Church. Established the United States Weather Bureau Concord Station on July 1, 1890 and remained its volunteer observer for more than 60 years. From the description of...