Needham History: Needham Declares Independence in June. Nation Follows 11 Days Later
“If the Honorable Congress … of the United Colonies Declare them independent of the kingdom of Great Britain, they the Said Inhabitants [of Needham] will...
Needham History: To the Ends of the Earth-and Beyond!
Our explorers’ flags are more than just pieces of cloth – they represented courage and adventure, and a journey to the farthest reaches of their...
Needham History: Fly Needham!
It seemed like a good idea – but it is hard to know, nearly 80 years later, whether a Needham municipal airport would have been...
Needham History: The Saga of “The Wounded Indian”
But where was it all those years? The Wounded Indian, by Peter Stephenson (1850), on display at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, VA....
Needham History: Hair Work
Unique, intimate, and incredibly durable. The unframed hair wreath, showing a range of colors, from white to black. The hair was woven into flowers, buds,...
Needham History: “Photograph Copyright by Elizabeth A. Ladd”
A brief career - so far as we know. Maybe not? " 'A Glimpse of the Charles River in Spring,' Photo Copyright 1908 by Elizabeth...