Needham History: Needham’s Naturalist
Still climbing trees at the age of 67 "Lapland Longspur," a detail from Timothy Otis Fuller's 1912 journal. The 1912 journal is by far the...
Needham History: Needham’s Road to Revolution
There we were - right in the thick of things. "Paul Revere" by NC Wyeth. Wyeth used his grandfather Zirngiebel's house at 178 South Street...
Needham History: How Did Needham Get Its Name?
No one was named 'Needham' A detail from the Dedham Farmers’ Petition, showing the very first written use of our new town name. Note the...
Needham History: “To Rule with Gentle Hand”
"Just so let women have the right, to rule with gentle hand..." Twin Oaks, the home of Eliza LaCroix, overlooking Rosemary Lake. The Needham Women...
Needham History: Fireworks! Illuminations! Cheers!
Progress comes to the somewhat sleepy burgh of Needham. “Keep Your EYE on Needham.” A billboard posted by the Needham Board of Trade around 1920...
Needham History: What Will History Say About Us?
And the present? That’s up to us now. Free Soil and Free Men! A broadside announcing a meeting in Needham’s Town Hall to elect Free...