Sylvia Plath: A life in photographs: 1932-1942

The photographs on this page show images of Plath's childhood Jamaica Plain and Winthrop, Massachusetts. When the Plath's moved to Winthrop in 1936, they lived on the bay side of Boston Harbor, where the water is tidal, but mostly calm. Plath's maternal grandparents lived on a house which backs onto the rougher, open waters of Massachusetts Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Otto Plath died in 1940, but the family remained in Winthrop until 1942. The next photograph gallery covers the period of 1942-1950, when Plath lived in Wellesley.

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	Caption: Robinson Memorial Stoughton Street & Harrison Avenue Boston, Mass.	Reference: The building where Plath was born. Now a part of the Boston University Medical Center.
	Caption: 24 Prince Street Jamaica Plain, Mass.	Reference: Plath's first home.
	Caption: Aerial view of Winthrop.	Reference: Winthrop is a peninsula east of Boston.
	Caption: 92 Johnson Avenue Winthrop, Mass.	Reference: Plath's home from 1936-1942.
	Caption: The beach behind 92 Johnson Avenue.	Reference: Plath played here as a child.
	Caption: View of Point Shirley from a plane.	Reference: Visible are the Water Tower and a portion of Deer Island.
	Caption: 892 Shirley Street, Winthrop, Mass.	Reference: The house of Francis and Aurelia Schober.
	Caption: 892 Shirley Street, Winthrop, Mass.	Reference: See Plath's poem "Point Shirley" for a description of these stones.
	Caption: Yirrel Beach on the Atlantic Ocean.	Reference: The beach behind the house at 892 Shirely Street.
	Caption: Deer Island.	Reference: Former prison site. Plath wrote about Deer Island in The Bell Jar.
	Caption: Winthrop Landing.	Reference: On the bay side of Winthrop.
	Caption: Water Tower Hill	Reference: Read Plath's poem "Point Shirley" and Chapter 12 of The Bell Jar.
	Caption: Sunshine School 77 Bartlett Road Winthrop, Mass.	Reference: Plath attended pre-school here starting in 1937.
	Caption: E. B. Newton School Winthrop, Mass.	Reference: Plath attended from 1940 to 1942.
	Caption: Methodist Church Winthrop, Mass.	Reference: In the town center. Location of Otto Plath's funeral.
	Caption: Winthrop Cemetery.	Reference: See Plath's Journals, page 473, Chapter 12 of The Bell Jar, and the poem "Electra on Azelea Path".
	Caption: Winthrop Cemetery.	Reference: See Plath's Journals, page 473, Chapter 12 of The Bell Jar, and the poem "Electra on Azelea Path".
	Caption: Otto Plath's grave marker.	Reference: See Plath's Journals, page 473 and Chapter 12 of The Bell Jar.
	Caption: Azalea Path Winthrop Cemetery.	Reference: See Plath's poem "Electra on Azelea Path", as well as the Journals, page 473, and Chapter 12 of The Bell Jar.