Below are a map from 1947, aerial photograph from 2001, and street directories from 1933, 1938, 1954, and 1964 of Brookline Avenue, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
ALDRICH, ALLEN, BARRY, BEMBEN, BOND, BOYLAN, BROBERG, BUSCHMANN, BYERS, CANTELL, CONDON, COTTER, COUCH, DAWICKI, DAY, DEMING, FALLON, FARR, GADOMSKI, GALLO, GORHAM, HAMER, HAWLEY, HICKSON, HILLIARD, JACHYM, KOHRS, LAFORGE, LAMB, LEFEBVRE, LYDIARD, MARTIN, MASKE, MCGRIEVEY, MERRILL, NEIDINGER, NICHOLS, OLESAK [OLEKSAK], OTTO, OUIMET, PALMER, PLAICE, POMEROY, PRINCE, PROUT, REED, RICE, ROBINSON, SEVEY, SIMMONS, SISKA, STEWART, STREMBLE, TARNAUSKAS, TOMASINI, TRESNAK, WARREN, WHITTEMORE, WISE
Brookline Avenue was constructed sometime between 1912 and 1920 (there are no references to it in a 1912 Westfield directory, and there is a reference to it in the 1920 U.S. Federal census).
The map is a piece of the northeast section of the 1947 Southwick quadrangle from the UNH collection, Historic USGS Maps of New England & New York.
The 2001 aerial photograph is from MassGIS.
Citations for the city directories:
Ancestry.com. Westfield and Vicinity, Massachusetts City Directory, 1933 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Original data: Westfield Directory 1933. Springfield, MA: The Price & Lee Co., 1933.
Ancestry.com. Westfield Area, Massachusetts City Directory, 1938 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2003. Original data: Westfield Directory 1938. New Haven, CT: The Price & Lee Co., 1938.
Ancestry.com. "Westfield and Vicinity, Massachusetts City Directory, 1954" [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Westfield Directory 1954 Including Blandford, Chester, Crescent Mills, Granville, Huntington, Montgomery, Russell, Southwick and Woronoco, Mass. New Haven: Price & Lee, 1954.
Ancestry.com. "Westfield, Massachusetts City Directory, 1964" [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Price & Lee's Westfield (Hampden County, Mass.) City Directory 1964. New Haven: Price & Lee, 1964.
Abbreviations used in the directories:
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Left: 1947 USGS topographic map; part of the Southwick quadrangle. In the left center Brookline Ave. runs parallel to, and one block south of, W. Silver St. (North is at the top.) Right: 2001 MassGIS aerial photograph showing the east half of Brookline Ave. |  |
| 1933 | 1938 | 1954 | |
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| 2 | Condon, Mary A clk 34 N Elm Condon, Michael J (Mary A) capt police and pres Pioneer Loan & Finance Corp (4) 5 Main Cotter, Charles J (Electrical Appliance Co-Frigidaire) 69 Elm (Cotter's North Side Pharmacy) 34 N Elm and (Cotter's South Side Pharmacy) 71 Elm |
Cantell, Luther D (Veronica A) (Cantell's Foods) 166 Elm |
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| 6 | Barry, Elizabeth A wid Lawrence P Couch, Henry W (Pauline B) steamfitter W Spfd Stewart, Harold E (Evelyn T) head gardener W State Sanatorium |
Barry, Elizabeth A wid Lawrence P Couch, Henry W (Pauline B) steamfitter W Spfd |
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| 16 | Condon, Mary A wid Michael J Cotter, Robert E Cotter, William J |
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| 17 | Dawicki, Perry H (Ruth M) gardener 17 Brookline av Whittemore, Howard M (Kathleen M) state fire insp Whittemore, James H (Emma M) |
Day, Perry H (Ruth M) gardener 17 Brookline av Whittemore, Howard M (Kathleen M) state fire insp Pittsfield Whittemore, James H (Emma M) real est and ins (19) 80 Elm and emp 17 Brookline av Whittemore's Greenhouse (Mrs Ethel M Robinson) florists |
Bemben, Mary Bemben, Michael J (Lottie J) (Bemben's Greenhouses) 17 Brookline av |
| 20 | Hickson, Charles A (Mary T) treas and mgr Home Finance Corporation (7-8) third fl Professional Bdg 80 Elm Hickson, Edward C clk (7) 80 Elm |
Hickson, Charles A (Mary T) Hickson, Edward C |
Siska, Jeanne L student Siska, Stephen J (Elizabeth B) pres Teahan [?] Siska Package Store Inc 250 Elm |
| 28 | Barry, Elizabeth A wid Lawrence P |
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| 35 | Byers, George C (Anna C) fireman WFD |
Byers, George C (Anna C) fireman WFD |
Byers, George C (Anna G) mach W Spfd |
| 38 | Tresnak, Frank C (Angelina M) mach W Spfd |
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| 39 | Farr, George (Evelyn) asst supt A&PCo |
Warren, William B (Margaret W) treas W Warren Thread Works ft 8 Broad |
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| 41 | Buschmann, Emily M wid William K |
Tarnauskas, John J (Doris M) supt S Hadley Falls |
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| 48 | Allen, Bessie A Mrs Allen, Lloyd N truckdriver PO |
Allen, Doris A Mrs (The Booke Room) 3 Court Allen, Lloyd N (Doris A) chauf Spfd |
Allen, Lloyd N (Doris T) (Hescock & Johnson) Southwick rd |
| 49 | Fallon, Stephen J (Mary B) (Whip City Tire Co) 69 Main |
Fallon, Stephen J (Mary B) |
Fallon, Stephen J (Mary B) trucking Fallon, Stephen R clk PO |
| 50 | Rice, Percy O (Euphemia M) foreman WWTWks |
Rice, Percy O (Euphemia M) foreman WWTWks |
Rice, Percy O (Euphemia M) emp WWTWks |
| 52 | Otto, Eva wid Philip Palmer, Stephen A (Myrtle M) letter carrier |
Otto, Eva wid Philip Palmer, Stephen A (Myrtle M) letter carrier |
Robinson, Lester L (Helen L) office mgr Easthampton Robinson, Lois R clk TelCo Robinson, Robert P |
| 53 | Stremble, Anthony J (Ida A) draftsman FMCo |
Stremble, Anthony J (Ida A) draftsman FMCo |
Lydiard, Charles W (Marjorie M) ins agt Spfd |
| 54 | Hawley, Edward R supv of music public schools Nichols, Florence V tchr Prince, Edith K wid Clarence K |
Gorham, Joseph E (Mary F) slsman 125 N Elm |
Martin, Thomas D (Helen L) clk Spfd |
| 59 | Lamb, Hugh A (Clovis A) line assigner TelCo Reed, John H (Lucy H) patternmkr HBSCo |
Lamb, Hugh A (Clovis E) line assigner TelCo Reed, John H (Lucy H) foreman HBSCo |
Lamb, Hugh A (Clovis E) line assigner TelCo Lamb, Hugh A Jr (Mildred F) dir Woronoco |
| 60 | LaForge, Wilfred J (Mary J) asst mgr Met Life Ins Co (20) 97 Elm |
LaForge, Wilfred J (Mary J) asst mgr Met Life Ins Co (21) 97 Elm |
Kohrs, Irving F (Marguerite G) office mgr 125 N Elm |
| 63 | Hamer, Derwin G (Grace H) |
Hamer, Derwin G (Grace H) |
Sevey, Marie A wid Glenn C |
| 64 | Aldrich, Raymond C (Eva M) foreman HBSCo |
Aldrich, Raymond C (Eva M) draftsman HBSCo |
Aldrich, Raymond C (Eva M) eng HBSCo |
| 67 | Hilliard, Clarence (Alice) trk driver McClure Lumber Co Neidinger, Charles |
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| 68 | Stewart, Edward G (Sophia M) dyer WWTWks |
Stewart, Edward G (Sophia M) dyer WWTWks |
Stewart, Edward G (Sophia M) fireman FMCo |
| 69 | Neidinger, Charles carp FMCo Neidinger, Richard assembler FMCo |
Neidinger, Charles carp FMCo Neidinger, Richard C assembler FMCo |
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| 75 | Boylan, Andrew L emp 50 Main Boylan, Frances R sorter OCEnvCo Boylan, Norma T Boylan, Patrick H (Nora R) janitor PO |
Boylan, Andrew L emp 171 Elm Boylan, Patrick H (Nora R) janitor PO |
Broberg, Gustave T (Ruth E) factory mgr 125 N Elm |
| 76 | Pomeroy, Frederick C (Annie M) Robinson, Lester J (Helen L) paymaster HBSCo |
Robinson, Lester J (Helen L) paymaster HBSCo |
Merrill, Florence L wid Frank L Merrill, William L (Martha) in US Navy Ouimet, Jean X-ray tech Noble Hospital |
| 80 | Prout, Elizabeth J Prout, Mary |
Deming, Edward H (Dorothy G) lineman TelCo |
Olesak [sic, Oleksak], Thomas M (Susan M) foreman FMCo |
| 1964 | |
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| 16 | Condon Mary A wid Michael J Cotter Robert E |
| 17 | Bemben Joan E emp Bemben's Greenhouses Bemben Michael J (Lottie J) (Bemben's Greenhouses) 17 Brookline av |
| 20 | Siska Steven J (Elizabeth B) pres Teaham-Siska Package Store Inc |
| 28 | LeFebvre Percy A |
| 35 | Byers Anna C wid George C |
| 38 | Tomasini Thomas C (Doris E) 2d class fireman CMfgCoInc |
| 39 | Reed Irene M Mrs clk of corp Reed's Variety Store Inc 35 Mill Reed John T (Irene M) pres-treas Reed's Variety Store Inc 35 Mill |
| 41 | Maske James L Jr (Nancy P) underwriter Guardian Life Ins Co Spfd |
| 48 | Jachym Helen V Mrs clk CMfgCoInc Jachym Joseph J (Helen V) coach-physical dir and instr Westfield Trade High School |
| 49 | Fallon Mary B wid Steven J |
| 50 | Rice Percy O (Euphemia M) |
| 52 | Robinson Lester J office mgr Pomeroy Dairy Inc Ehamp |
| 53 | Wise Ann E Mrs tchr Prospect Hill School Wise Joseph F (Ann E) (Westfield Realty Co) 36 Arnold |
| 54 | Martin Helen L Mrs receptionist Noble Hosp |
| 59 | Lamb Hugh A (Clovis E) head line assigner TelCo Lamb Hugh A Jr (Mildred F) physical instr Southwick Junior High School and Southwick Consolidated School |
| 60 | Gallo John J (Polly C) (The Highland Barber Shop) 3 Harrison av |
| 63 | Plaice Effie S wid Stanley L clk FMCo |
| 64 | Aldrich Eva M wid Raymond C |
| 67 | Hilliard Clarence (Alice) yardman Marcoullier Brothers Lumber Co |
| 68 | Stewart Sophia M wid Edward |
| 75 | McGrievey F Clark (Margaret E) slsman Troy NY |
| 76 | Bond Mary Mrs nurse Noble Hosp Merrill Florence L wid Frank L Simmons Bernard tchr Westfield Junior High School Simmons John tchr Westfield Junior High School |
| 80 | Gadomski Monica G Mrs office sec 51 E Mountain rd Oleksak Thomas M (Susan M) foreman FMCo |
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