History

The following is by Vincent Valentine, the founder of The Telephone Museum: If there were a map showing naturally occurring synergies of proximity, Lowell would be a major nexus point for telephony. While Lowell native Charles Glidden is known as an American telephone pioneer and Moses Greely Parker is credited…

By Steve O’Connor On February 14th, Bobby Lambert died in South Deerfield, MA. at the age of 94. Bobby was a lifelong friend of my father, Jim O’Connor. Both, like Jack Kerouac, were born in Lowell, MA in 1922, and Bobby was later to play football with Jack Kerouac at…

By JIM PETERS Few of us notice  the fantastic Eliot Church.  I have enclosed a picture of it with this blog.  It is dedicated to the Preacher who convinced a Native American god, Passaconaway,  to convert to Episcopalianism, if there is such a word.  He became an Episcopalian.  Now, in…

This past Saturday (January 16, 2016), I visited The Brush Art Gallery & Studios at 256 Market St. in Lowell for a panel discussion on “The Roots of ‘The Brush’ & Lowell’s Cultural Revival” which featured Paul Marion. Rosemary Noon, Fred Faust, and Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord who were all “present…

By Vincent Valentine, founder of the Telephone Museum: In 1877, Boston was the global epicenter of innovation and Lowell was a prominent industrial complex supplying granite for canals and factory foundations. Rudimentary electrical componentry such as telegraph and alarm systems were leading edge. Charles Williams Jr’s electrical shop in Boston…

Coverage of the presidential election is increasing as the first electoral events draw near. The Iowa Caucus is on February 1, 2016, the New Hampshire Primary is on February 9, 2016, and the Massachusetts Primary is on Super Tuesday, March 1, 2016. With that in mind, I decided to review…