Plimpton Press - Then and Now

Originally established in Boston, MA in 1882 by Herbert M. Plimpton but moved to Norwood, MA in 1897. Not much has changed with the overall look of the building with the tower recently restored, but the tenants have changed much over the last 113 years.

Plimpton Press Then

And the Plimpton Press Now

Bandstand on the Common Then and Now

Here are two nice shots of the Norwood bandstand - one as a picture postcard and one as a modern shot.

This is the premise for the book. Your help as a Backer will make this book possible! Pledge today! And check out the awesome rewards for your backing support here!

Ready to Roll

Greetings! We are Ready to Roll on this project! Call your friends and let's get this project BACKED! The video has been slightly delayed. Thanks for hanging in there. We went through the postcards this weekend and have started taking some great modern photo-shots of the same locations. At the end here, is a shot of Norwood, MA town hall.

Please tell your friends about our project! Your backing will enable this book to be published - saving the way Norwood MA looked and the way it looks today.

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Kickstarter.com Project for Then and Now

Our Kickstarter.com project for Then and Now is located here! Please tell your friends to check out the link, the project, and to back our project to bring this exciting coffee table book to reality! There are some great rewards for backing the project. Check the Rewards out here. And thanks!

Summary of Then and Now, Norwood MA

We have collected picture postcards of a town located in Massachusetts known as Norwood. We are putting together a book of those picture post cards and what each location looks like now in the early 21st Century. Backers from Kickstarter will allow us to self publish this book using US Trade Case Wrap with about 100 color pages in hardcover.

Our summary of the project is:

“Near this spot, Capt. Aaron Guild on April 19, 1775 left plow in furrow, oxen standing and departing for Lexington arrived in time to fire upon the retreating British.” (Aaron Guild Memorial Stone outside the Norwood Public Library.) This is a picture postcard history of this American Town from the early postcard days of the mid 1800s to the modern days of photo postcards. Each page contains two pictures: shot of “then” taken from the postcard, and “now” as the location is in the early 21st Century. All of the postcards used in this book are from existing stock…some used postally and some preserved without a postage stamp.

Every person enjoys seeing what a town looked like 100 years or more ago, and what it looks like now. Putting the two views side by side is what this book captures. Visit this American Town with us, through the eyes of the artist and camera then, and now.

And the title of the book will be:
Norwood Massachusetts, Then and Now. Picture Postcard History of an American Town.