LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY ARCHIVES/ SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

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1 LINCOLN PUBLIC LIBRARY Bedford Road, Lincoln, Massachusetts ARCHIVES/ SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Ted Polumbaum Collection Processed by William F. Carroll, CA February 2003

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Series Subseries Page Box Collection Information 3 Historical/Biographical Notes 4 Scope and Content 4 Series Description 4 1 Lincoln Nursery School 1 Work Day School Dance Committee Lincoln Public Schools 1 Lincoln Schools Miscellaneous Parades 1 July 4, July 4, Codman Farm Fair DeCordova Museum 1 Festival of Oregon Trail Children's Concert Peace Demonstrations 1 Washington, D.C., Lincoln, Mass. (cd) Charles Poor Kindleberger 16 1

3 Collection Information Abstract : Negatives of photographs of Lincoln Fourth of July parade, 1976; Lincoln Nursery School, peace marches, etc., taken by photographer Ted Polumbaum Finding Aid : Finding Aid in print form is available in the Repository Preferred Citation : Ted Polumbaum, 326 Harvard Street, Cambridge MA 02139, reproduction without permission prohibited. Provenance : Gift to Lincoln Historical Society of Nyna B. Polumbaum, August 18, Restrictions : Photographs may be reproduced and/or exhibited without restriction for the purposes of the Town of Lincoln or the Lincoln Historical Society. Reproductions must be labeled. Any other reproduction requires written permission of Polumbaum family. MARC Access: Collection is catalogued in MARC under the following subject headings (lcsh, aat, gmgpc, etc.) Photograph collections -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln. lcsh Photographs -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln. lcsh Lincoln (Mass.) -- Photographs. Parades -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln -- Photographs. Demonstrations -- Washington, D.C. -- Photographs. Peace movements -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln -- Photographs. Nursery schools -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln -- Photographs. Schools -- Massachusetts -- Lincoln -- Photographs. Kindleberger, Charles Poor, Photographs. Polumbaum, Ted -- Photographer. Lincoln Historical Society (Lincoln, Mass.)

4 Historical/Biographical Notes Photographer Theodore Polumbaum, Cambridge, Mass., photographed a variety of activities in Lincoln between 1957 and 1976, including Lincoln residents at the 1969 peace demonstrations in Washington, D.C. Scope and Content The collection comprises negatives, primarily 35 mm., of photographs taken by photographer Ted Polumbaum of local events, , including photographs of Lincoln residents at peace demonstrations in Washington D.C. in 1969, and photographs of Charles Poor Kindleberger, Lincoln resident and former government economist and professor at M.I.T. Series Descriptions Series 1: Lincoln Nursery School, divided into three subseries: Subseries 1: Dad's Work Day, (10 items) Subseries 2: Lincoln Nursery School, (34 items) Subseries 3: Dance Committee, (12 items) Series 2: Lincoln Public Schools, divided into two subseries: Subseries 1: Lincoln Schools, (70 items) Subseries 2: Miscellaneous. (66 items) Series 3: Lincoln Parades, divided into two subseries: Subseries 1: July 4, (71 items) Subseries 2: July 4, (609 items) Series 4: Codman Farm Fair, (72 items) Series 5: DeCordova Museum, divided into two subseries: Subseries 1: Festival of Oregon Trail. (65 items) Subseries 2: Children's Concert, (45 items) Series 6: Peace Demonstrations, divided into two subseries: Subseries 1: Washington D.C., (52 items) Subseries 2: Lincoln, Massachusetts. (1 item, cd) Series 7: Charles Poor Kindleberger, former government economist and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (30 items)

5 Series 1, Lincoln Nursery School Subseries 1, "Dad's Work Day" Unidentified man nailing floor : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. / (2 items) Three unidentified people, ladder and picnic table : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in / (2 items) Two unidentified men assembling playground equipment : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. / (2 items) Two men and boy assembling slide : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. / (2 items) Assembling play equipment : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. / (2 items) 5

6 Series 1, Lincoln Nursery School Subseries 2, Lincoln Nursery School Nursery school scenes, children and adults doing various projects : 35 mm negatives in strips of three / Missing (34 items) 6

7 Series 1, Lincoln Nursery School Subseries 3, Dance Committee Two women and one man holding dance decorations, star and spheres : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. in strips of two / (12 items) 7

8 Series 2, Lincoln Public Schools Subseries 1, Lincoln Schools Missing/illegible Group of students with adult (teacher) outside of school building, mostly walking in a line : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 3 / ca (35 items) Group of students outside of school building, various activities : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 3 / ca (Second roll, negative numbers 3A-37A) (35 items) 8

9 Series 2, Lincoln Public Schools Subseries 2, Miscellaneous Students and boa constrictor, South School, Lincoln, science teacher Dave Webster : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. in groups of two / nd. (Photographer's roll number 984) (12 items) Students and boa constrictor, South School, Lincoln, science teacher Dave Webster : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. in groups of two / nd. (Photographer's roll number 985) (12 items) Students looking for lost boa constrictor, South School, Lincoln, science teacher Dave Webster : negative, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. in groups of two / nd. (Photographer's roll number 987) (9 items) Students and boa constrictor, South School, Lincoln, science teacher Dave Webster : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / nd. (Photographer's roll number 986) (33 items) 9

10 Series 3, Parades Subseries 1, July 4, Fourth of July parade, Lincoln, Mass., showing marching groups, individuals, floats, etc. : 35 mm. negatives, 12 images per strip / July 4, (71 images) 10

11 Series 3, Parades Subseries 2, July 4, Tennis players, swimmers; events related to July July 4 celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-1) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-2) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-3) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.137 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-4) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.174 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-5) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.210 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-6) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.247 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-7) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.284 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-8) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.319 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-9) 11

12 Series 3, Subseries 2, continued Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.354 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-10) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.391 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-11) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.428 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-12) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.465 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-13) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.499 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-14) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.536 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-15) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.572 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-16) Events related to July 4, 1976 parade and.609 bicentennial celebration : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 45-17) 12

13 Series 4, Codman Farm Fair Codman Farm Fair, April 28, 1975, groups of people and events : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 16-1) (36 items) Codman Farm Fair, April 28, 1975, groups of people and events : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Roll 16-2) (36 items) 13

14 Series 5, DeCordova Museum Subseries 1, Festival of Oregon Trail Various events at DeCordova Museum festival of Oregon Train : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 3 / nd. (Roll number 521) (29 items) Various events at DeCordova Museum festival of Oregon Train : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 3 / nd. (Roll number 522) (36 items) Ted Polumbaum Collection Series 5, DeCordova Museum Subseries 2, Children's Concert Scenes at DeCordova Museum Children's Concert : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 3 / (Roll number 981) (45 items) 14

15 Series 6, Peace Demonstrations Subseries 1, Washington, D.C "Lincoln marches at D.C. Peace demonstration" : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Photographers Roll number 848-1) (20 images) "Lincoln marches at D.C. Peace demonstration" : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 6 / (Photographers Roll number 859-3) (32 images) Ted Polumbaum Collection Series 6, Peace Demonstrations Subseries 2, Lincoln, Massachusetts Peace Rally in Lincoln Massachusetts, at Pierce Park and Flint's Field : nine images on compact disc /

16 Series 7, Charles Kindleberger Photographs of Charles Poor Kindleberger, Lincoln, Mass. : 35 mm. negatives in strips of 5 / nd. (30 images) 16