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1. 1988.020.140 - print, photographic

   2 Copies of 2 photos Top- Fitchburg R.R. Pay Train Lower-"Walking Deligates to Whalom / Why should we Pay 10c to ride to Whalom?"

   Record Type: Photo

   
2. 2000.600.720 - Negative, Film

   Two color negatives of Whalom Park around the 1970's. One negative shows someone driving a motor go cart through the go cart track ride, and the other negative is of a boat of people cruising on Lake Whalom. The boat looks like it is powered by a paddle wheel. The negatives are 3" x 2.5" on Kodak Safety Film.

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. 2000.600.741 - Negative, Glass-plate

   Photo of a YMCA Swimming area at Lake Whalom in 1908. There are many kids swimming and diving from a tall diving platform at a boat house area. There is also a long slide going into the water. A sign on the building states: Read's Ice Cream By the Plate, Pint, or Quart.

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. 2005.123.011 - booklet

   Program for Guy Palmerton's Lake Whalom Playhouse. The Shirley Players Present Guys and Dolls, a Musical Fable of Broadway The Broadway Comes to Whalom schedule of the 1963 season is listed in the back and included such stars as: Mickey Rooney, Spring Byington, John Forsythe, Joan Caulfield, Peggy Cass, Cesar Romero, Tab Hunter, Don DeFore, Sandra Church, and Gloria Swanson.

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. 2005.131.003 - program

   Whalom Breeze program from August - September 1908. Photo of Lake Whalom on the front. The Whalom Opera Company in "A Night in Venice" a comic opera in 3 acts gives the cast, scenario, and synopsis. It includes advertising, prices, jokes, and coming attractions. The back cover lists "Whalom Attractions" which include: Theatre, Skating Rink, Roller Coaster, Merry Go Round, Dance Hall, Bowling Alleys, Boats, Canoes, and the Steamer Margaret....

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. 2021.050.007 - Program

   The Whalom Breeze program from the week of July 29 - Aug. 3, 1901. This is Vol. I., No. 7. On the front page is a picture of the original open-air theater at Lake Whalom. There are also two stories: one about the history of how the name "Whalom" came to be, and another story about Rip Van Winkle. The Theater was doing a presentation of the play "Rip Van Winkle", a comic opera, in three acts, by Planquette. On the back page are some short...

   Record Type: Archive

   
7. 2023.005.001 - Print, Photographic

   26 Black and white photos from neighborhood: Bemis and John Fitch Hwy. intersection with Summer Street. Including 1964 Bicentennial parade photos.

   Record Type: Photo

   
8. E2000.600.016 - Print, Photographic

   A picnic at Whalom 1872-1910. The picture includes a family with their dog on the shore of Lake Whalom with a boat called the Huldah parked near by.

   Record Type: Photo