Robert Bayard Severy Brookline Photograph Collection, 1998-2010

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: BRV-1616-0510

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Four volumes of black and white photographs with handwritten or typewritten captions and dates. Mostly black and white 4 x 6 images of houses, streets, churches, schools and businesses in Brookline. Four letters from the photographer accompany the albums and are included at the end of v. 1 in a back pocket. The photographs made in honor of Mary, Margaret, and Tom Taylor, who were Robert Bayard Severy's cousins.

Dates

1998-2002, 2010

Creator

Severy, Robert Bayard, 1944- (Photographer, Person)

Biographical / Historical

Mary Taylor (1883-1970) and Margaret Taylor (1888-1977) were residents of Brookline who lived at 294 Walnut Street and were Robert Bayard Severy's grandfather's first cousins. Their parents were Irving Taylor (1840-1917) and Ann Maria Bellamy Taylor (1849-1950). Mary was a lifelong resident of Brookline was an early graduate of Simmons College. Margaret lived in Brookline for most of her life and was an graduated of Smith College.

Tom Taylor (1922-2009) was a resident of Brookline and Robert Bayard Severy's mother's second cousin. He was a World War II vetern who fought in and was wounded at the Battle of the Bulge and lived most of his adult life in California.