Related Records

1. Advertisement - Advertisement and menu: "Bedford and Billerica Railroad / Opening Day / May 1st, 1885 / Springs House"

   2016.999

   Record Type: Archive

   
2. Advertisement - Set of eight advertising cards for engines, cars, and a switch on the Billerica and Bedford Railroad. Printed by the Heliotype Printing Co., 220 Devonshire St., Boston. Gift of Ellis E. Walker, September 27, 1995. (1) Locomotive Puck. (2) Locomotive Ariel. (3) Passenger car. (4) Excursion car (open sided). (5) Box car. (6) Flat or coal car. (7) Combination car (passenger and baggage.) (8) "Bryant's Patent Switch and Frog." Cover sheet with photographs says, "Billerica and Bedford Railroad, Original Photographs, Presented to the Bedford Historical Society by Ellis E. Walker, September 17, 1995. These photographs were discovered by a friend of mine in some old files being discarded at the Boston and Maine R.R. general offices sometime in the mid 50's. Knowing my interest in narrow gauge railroads he salvaged them for me. I have had the custody of them ever since. As far as I know these are the only original photographs of the Billerica and Bedford Railroad still in existence. It seems only fitting for me now to present these photographs to the Bedford Historical Society where they will be preserved and made available as source material for study. [signed] Ellis E. Walker."

   P1995.30

   Record Type: Photo

   
3. Documents - A variety of documents related to Caroline M. Fitch. - Letter, Amos B. Cutler to Miss C. M. Fitch, February 20, 1877. Concerns roof repairs and a right-of-way for the narrow gauge railway. (Scanned, two pages) - Sketch map of Miss Fitch's neighborhood with a proposed "New Street" that was never built. Shows properties with owners' names. (Scanned)

   2003.034.037

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Drawing, Technical - Technical drawing with back-up email correspondence from David Fletcher, of Ariel. David contacted us through Past Perfect online to get additional information about Ariel's livery. He was doing the drawing to accompany an article that will be published in 2017 in a Railroad magazine.

   2016.999.196

   Record Type: Archive

   
5. Manuscript - Typewritten manuscript, untitled, an overview of Bedford's history. Written on first page: "Talk by Nathan H. Daniels at Bedford 200 year anniversary. May 22, 1952." [Bedford's 200th anniversary was on September 23, 1929.] Talk was apparently given in conjunction with a slide show, perhaps P1993.12.1 ? Subheadings (possibly these correspond with the slides): - Shawshin House - Brother Rocks - Dutton House - Bacon House - Page House - Kenrick House - Dominie Manse - Bedford House - Webber Store - Blake Store - Stearns House - Pickman House - Narrow Gauge Road (railroad) - Old Red House - Bedford Band - An old chaise (with Rev. John F. Gleason) - George Smith Place (Springs Road)

   B822

   Record Type: Archive

   
6. Minuteman Railroad, Boston & Maine's Lexington Branch - Dean, William

   2023.001.001

   Record Type: Library

   
7. Pamphlet - Souvenir menu for the Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which held a Fall Field Day on September 29, 1897. Cover has illustration of aerial view of "Sweetwater, Bedford Springs." Includes railroad stop, several buildings, paths, tower, gardens, Springs Road, Fawn Lake.

   B1737

   Record Type: Archive

   
8. Photograph

   2019.023.123

   Record Type: Archive

   
9. Photograph - a - Bedford Depot Park Freight House b - same c - same d - Bob Slechta with Billerica & Bedford Railroad Engine House 1877 sign e - Bedford Depot Park plaque installed 2011 f - Billerica & Bedford Railroad plaque

   2018.997.341.a-f

   Record Type: Photo

   
10. Photograph - a - Willson Park (The Great Road at North Road and Concord Road) b - 16 North Road (Oliver J Lane House) c - 18 North Road (Formerly North Road #16) d - 21 Concord Road (William Albert Stearns House) e - 22 Concord Road f - 23 Concord Road (Elijah Bacon House) g - 4 The Great Road (Elijah Stearns House) h - 5 The Great Road (Amos B. Cutler House) i - 12 The Great Road (Fitch Tavern) j - 25 The Great Road (First Church of Christ, Congregational) k - 31, 27, 25 The Great Road (Gleason-Lewis-Putnam House) (Congregational parsonage) (First Church in Bedford, Congregational) l - 26 The Great Road (Penniman-Stearns House) m - 36-38 The Great Road (John Webber Simmonds House) n - 75 The Great Road (First Parish in Bedford, Unitarian Universalist) o - 68-84 The Great Road (The Fletcher-Sheldon-Blake Block) p - 90 The Great Road (Hannah Hartwell House) q - 93-101 The Great Road r - Hayden Memorial Fountain The Great Road at Springs Road s - 94 The Great Road t - 75A The Great Road (Town Common) u - 110 The Great Road (Domine Manse) v - 128 The Great Road (Albert W. Clifford House) w - 131 The Great Road x - 131A The Great Road y - 133 The Great Road (Jonathan Bacon Homestead) z - 145-165 The Great Road aa- 1 Mudge Way (Nathaniel K. Brown House) bb - 3 Mudge Way (Richard K. Brown House) cc - 13 School Avenue (Joshua Page House) dd -15 Fletcher Road ee - 34 Fletcher Road (Albert Reed Bacon House) ff - 38 Fletcher Road (Hurd-Diamond House) gg - 39 Fletcher Road (Mary Fletcher House) hh - 42 Fletcher Road (Quincy Cole House) ii - 48 Fletcher Road (Davis-Hosmer House) jj - 49 Fletcher Road (Smith-Prince House) kk - 5 Springs Road (Thomas and Anna Stiles House) ll - 34 Springs Road (Lunt-Bacon House) mm - 44 Springs Road (Abram English Brown House) nn - 48-50 Springs Road (Laws-Butler House) oo - 51 Springs Road Watts-Rowe House) pp - 45 Springs Road qq - 74 Springs Road rr - 82 Springs Road (Johnson Edgston ouse) ss - 6 Hancock Street tt - 24-26 South Road (Nathaniel C. Cutler House) uu - 33 South Road (Reuben Bacon House) v v - 30-38 South Road ww - 43-45 South Road (Elbridge-Bacon Double House) xx - 46-48 South Road (Hosmer-Wilkins Double House) yy - 51 South Road (Merriam-Lane-Blake House) zz - 52 South Road (Butterfield-Wilkins House) aaa - 56-58 South Road (Charles C. Corey House) bbb - 57 South Road (Adams-Blake House) ccc - 60 South Road (Hiram Hutchinson House) ddd - 61 South Road eee - 8 Crescent Avenue fff - 13 Crescent Avenue ggg - 14 Crescent Avenue hhh - 18 Crescent Avenue iii - 9 Bacon Road jjj - Billerica & Bedford Narrow Gauge Right-of-Way at The Great Road adjacent to Hillside Ave. kkk - 18 Hillside Avennue (Paul Webber House) lll - 24 Hillside Avenue (Elmer B. Mason House) mmm - 34 Hillside Avenue (Fairwick) nnn - 37 Hillside Avenue ooo - 48 Hillside Avenue (Rodney Blake House) ppp - 49 Hillside Avenue (Charles W. O'Dowd House) qqq - 53 Hillside Avenue (McDonough House) rrr - 61 Hillside Avenue (Sullivan House)

    2018.997.350.a-rrr

    Record Type: Photo

    
11. Photograph - Photographs of a. Puck and b. Ariel locomotives on Billerica Bedford narrow gauge railway Built by Hinkley Local Works, Boston, 1876

    2023.995.025.a-b

    Record Type: Photo

    
12. Photograph - Photos of Railroad train stations postcards, electronic only

    2013.003.002

    Record Type: Photo

    
13. Postcard

    2019.023.028

    Record Type: Archive

    
14. Print, Photographic - Reprint of an old postcard[?] of "Railway Station, Bedford, Mass." Several ladies and gentlemen on platform.

    1977.20

    Record Type: Photo

    
15. Relic, Historic - Commemorative slice of 2 foot gauge rails from the 1877 Billlerica and Bedford Railroad, mounted on a 3.5" square pedestal.

    Bedford Transportation

    Record Type: Object

    
16. Spike - Railroad spike, approx. 10 cm. long, found on Hartford St. excavation, site of old narrow-gauge railroad. Donated by Robert Pfeiffer, formerly of Bedford.

    Bedford Historical Society Museum Collection

    Record Type: Object

    
17. Tape, Video - Videotapes and DVDs produced by the late Charles Theobald for the Bedford Historical Society. Found among his possessions after his death and turned over to the Society. Mr. Theobald videotaped most of the Society's meetings, using video equipment that belonged to the Society. - Videotape (2006.001.1) and DVD (2006.001.2), program of March 18, 1998, "Quabbin Reservoir/Lost Towns." - Videotape (2006.001.3) and DVD (2006.00142), program of February 24, 1999, "Bedford's Railroad History" presented by Jim Shea. - Videotape (2006.001.5) and DVD (2006.001.6), program of February 11, 1998, "Valentine Program" presented by John Dodge.

    Bedford Historical Society Collection

    Record Type: Object

    
18. Tape, Video - Videotapes and DVDs produced by the late Charles Theobald for the Bedford Historical Society. Found among his possessions after his death and turned over to the Society. Mr. Theobald videotaped most of the Society's meetings, using video equipment that belonged to the Society. - Videotape (2006.001.3) and DVD (2006.00142), program of February 24, 1999, "Bedford's Railroad History" presented by Jim Shea.

    Bedford Historical Society Collection

    Record Type: Object

    
19. Tape, Video - Videotapes and DVDs produced by the late Charles Theobald for the Bedford Historical Society. Found among his possessions after his death and turned over to the Society. Mr. Theobald videotaped most of the Society's meetings, using video equipment that belonged to the Society. - Videotape (2006.001.5) and DVD (2006.001.6), program of February 11, 1998, "Valentine Program" presented by John Dodge.

    Bedford Historical Society Collection

    Record Type: Object

    
20. Ticket - Billerica & Bedford Railroad Stop-Over Check and Ticket

    B708

    Record Type: Archive