The majority of these pictures are from the collection of Ed Nelson Eames (b. 1858), who was a prominent member of one of Wilmington’s oldest families. He was a lumber broker and also served as selectman in the early 1900s, moderator from 1909-35, state representative from 1923-24, and was a library trustee for 50 years.  Around the turn of the century, he bought a camera and began taking photos. The photos are currently in the possession of Larz Neilson.

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  • The Boutwell place with branches in the left top foreground and part of a stone wall in the bottom left foreground. Dense bushes behind the house.
  • Mattie Nichols Eames Standing to the right of a seated Ed Nelson Eames with a kneeling Harold Eames with an unknown women between the two men and an unknown women seated in front of Ed. Big Rocks behidn them all.
  • Gowing Swain's house from across the street with a tree in front and left of it and a taller tree behind right.
  • The Boutwell palce with a disorganized pile of wooden planks in front of the house to the left.
  • Nichols Funeral Home between two trees with no leaves and a rope fence in the foreground
  • Ed Nelson Eames sitting on a couch with the bottom of a picture above him
  • Sam Rice's, formerly Billy Eames, House on the corner of Middlesex Ave and Clark Street
  • Harold Eames and Robert Carter standing on a raft in the water with a dog. Trees in the background.
  • Harrison Lincoln "Link" Sheldon holding a cow by the head
  • Mattie Nichols Eames standing in front of some trees with a streetcar pole in the background
  • Group of people, with Walter Rollins in the middle back, in front of a lake with a tree to the rear left of the picture. Circa 1903
  • Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sheldon sitting on steps in front of a house.
  • Three girls and a guy at a beach. The second from the left is Mattie Nichols.
  • The Reverend Isaac Morrill house.
  • The Aquaduct at Shawsheen Ave over the Shawsheen River looking upstream. Circa 1905
  • The Jaquith Hemlock off Alrich St was believed to have been the largest in New England. It was cut down in 1953.
  • A Horse and Buggy going over the Shawsheen bridge on Shawsheen Ave near the Wilmignton/Billerica Line with the Aquaduct in the background. Circa 1905
  • Harold Eames and Robert Carter sitting on abuttment of aquaduct of the Middlesex Canal on Shawsheen Ave at the Billerica Line. Circa 1905.
  • Clapp's Mill view somewhere on Wood Hill at Wilmington/Burlington Line near Mill Road. There's a group of people in the background.
  • The Middlesex Canal Aquaduct at the Town Farm
  • The Remains of Clapp's Mill on Mill Rd off Chestnut St circa 1900
  • Masonic Lodge Outing at Salisbury Beach Circa 1900
  • Ed Nelson Eames and Bishop houses on the corner of Woburn street taken 100 yards south of Wildwood street
  • The Parsonage at the corner of Wildwood and Middlesex around 1900
  • Picture of the Wilmington High School Baseball team circa 1900 on the Town Common
  • John Perry inside Asa Sheldon's Blacksmith shop in fron of a chimney
  • Asa Sheldon's Blacksmith shop on Perry's Corner
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