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Published by A.M. Simon, Union Square, New York, this postcard was sent by Mrs Parker, who wrote only “Regards from” when she mailed it from Newtown on November 4, 1921, to Mrs A.B. Morton in Springfield, Mass. Now a private home on Main Street, the beautiful bungalow-style building was constructed in 1900 as the town library. The Beach family donated the land to the town. The cornerstone was laid on July 23, 1900, by John Francis Beach. The Beach Memorial Library was dedicated and opened on December 11, 1900, and remained the town library until 1932 when Cyrenius H. Booth Library opened at 25 Main Street. —postcard image courtesy George Lowell
