Hyde Park, incorporated as an individual town for a

mere fifty years before being annexed to Boston, is

a picturesque and vibrant neighborhood of considerable

natural charm. This remarkable new photographic history

chronicles the development of the area from its earliest

days through the mid-twentieth century.

T he development of Hyde Park began under the

direction of a group of well-to-do businessmen who

plotted the course of streets and built their own homes

along Fairmont Avenue. By the turn of the century,

Hyde Park was a bustling community with many local

industries: the American Tool & Machine Company,

the Brainard Milling Machine Company, and the paper

mills of Tileston & Hollingsworth were all located here.

Despite the existence of this strong industrial base,

however, Hyde Park never sacrificed the natural beauty

of attractions like the Neponset River, the Blue Hills,

and Stony Brook Valley. Mr. Sammarco’s book celebrates

the coexistence of industry and natural surroundings

throughout Hyde Park’s rich past.