Newton Times photographs. 1972-1979. Children, Camps, Day Care, Children at Play
(Mixed Material)

Box 15 of 51; Photographs 2658-2847.

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Collection consists of black and white and color photographs.

Newton Times photographs : Children, Camps, Day Care, Children at Play. Special Collections, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA.

Newton Free Library (330 Homer St., Newton, MA 02459), Special Collections.

Gift;,The Newton Times newspaper.

The Newton Times was a prize-winning, liberal weekly newspaper which published in Newton, Massachusetts from 1971 to 1980. It was an alternative voice created by anti-war activists who weren't content with coverage of the issues by local newspapers. It served as a force in the community as it reported on social issues, analyzed city and public school budgets, assessed and endorsed political candidates and published a voters' guide before each election. It pushed for removal of asbestos in Newton North High School and raised awareness of Newton's distinctive neighborhoods. It was forced to close because of reduced advertising revenue taken by competing weeklies. The Newton Free Library has the Newton Times on microfilm (v. 1, #1, Sept. 8, 1971-v. 9, #22, Jan. 23, 1980), as well as 51 boxes of photographs from the newspaper's archive and a collection of mock-up maps used with articles. Collection includes children engaged in recreational or educational activities at Newton Community Service Centers, YMCA, Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Camp Frank A. Day in Southbridge, and at various Newton schools: Beethoven School, Little People's School, Eliot Nursery School, Pierce School, Emerson School, Lincoln-Eliot School, F. A. Day Junior High School Nursery School, Ecole Bilingue, Murray Road pre-school, Clubs and organizations include Boy's Club, Splinter Club (beginners woodworking), Chess Club, Scene & Heard, Women's Industrial Union, Totem Pole Braves baseball team. Children are pictured being read to, being introduced to various animals, participating in Halloween and Christmas parties, playground activities, craft fairs, book sales, pet shows, puppet shows, Oshima's Horror Show, bike rodeo. They are shown swinging, biking, eating, tending gardens, canoeing, napping, playing basketball, checkers, cards, pool, playing with hula hoops and toys.

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