(Note: There is strong evidence that the five photos shown here were taken by Lowell photographer Annie Powell. For more about Annie Powell, please visit https://byanniepowell.org/)
December 4,1915
CE#0035.0P 382 Merrimack Street and Maiden Lane
Lowell City Engineers Collection - UMASS Lowell
April 20, 1916
CE#0038.0G Merrimack Street at Maiden Lane
Lowell City Engineers Collection - UMASS Lowell
(Note the "ghost images" in this photo. This is a characteristic found in many of Annie Powell's photographs.)
Detail from 1879 Atlas of Lowell
Before the new City Hall was built
Detail from 1892 Lowell Atlas
While the new City Hall was being built
Detail from 1906 Atlas of Lowell
The project was first thought of as an extension of Dummer Street
Lowell Sun, July 19, 1916, p. 17
September 1, 1916
CE #099.5P bx 28 Dummer Street [UML]
Lowell City Engineers Collection - UMASS Lowell
Lowell Sun, May 5, 1917, p. 6
Detail from 1924 Atlas of Lowell
April 17, 1918
CE #249 Cardinal_O'Connell_Parkway_at_Market_Street_1918-04-17_print_[UML]
