During normal tour seasons, we pass copies of historic photos around for the group to look at. In an effort to avoid contact - we are offering these electronic images to accompany the tour instead.

Images for Jamaica Pond Tour

Men at Jamaica Pond stand with horse-drawn sleds used to move the ice blocks to the icehouses. Photograph courtesy of the Boston Public Library.

Men at Jamaica Pond stand with plows used to cut grooves in ice in preparation for parting into blocks and floating to conveyors at the foot of the warehouses.Photograph courtesy of the Boston Public Library.

Francis Parkman in his garden at Sunnyside circa 1890. Image courtesy of Harvard Magazine.

Francis Parkman in his garden at Sunnyside circa 1890. Image courtesy of Harvard Magazine.

Skating on Jamaica Pond, 1922. Photograph by Leslie Jones. All rights reserved. Courtesy of Boston Public Library.

Skating on Jamaica Pond, 1922. Photograph by Leslie Jones. All rights reserved. Courtesy of Boston Public Library.

Perkins' Cove was once located on Jamaica Pond below Pinebank. It was filled in before World War I.

Perkins' Cove was once located on Jamaica Pond below Pinebank. It was filled in before World War I.

Courtesy Digital Commonwealth.

Courtesy Digital Commonwealth.

View of boat house at Jamaica Pond sometime before 1911. Image from photo postcard.

View of boat house at Jamaica Pond sometime before 1911. Image from photo postcard.

Articles to learn more about this area of Jamaica Plain:

Francis Parkman Memorial

Pinebank

Ice Harvesting

James Michael Curley

James Michael Curley, from the JMC negative collection owned by the JPHS

James Michael Curley, from the JMC negative collection owned by the JPHS