Lynn History
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All About the Library
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On May 14, 1920 a short article in the Lynn Daily Evening Item announced business partners H. Allen Durkee and Fred L. Mower would begin to manufacture this sweet product. The factory in East Lynn is located on Empire Street and the product has been made there since 1929. Hint: It pairs great with peanut butter for a sandwich!
Fluff
100
This popular young adult book series sends “tributes” to participate in a televised competition in which they fight to the death.
The Hunger Games
100
This mushroom is a power-up in what Nintendo game franchise?
Super Mario
100
This rap artist's most recent album "The Death of Slim Shady" is concept album centers around a battle between himself and his Slim Shady alter ego.
Eminem
200
A park, which opened in 2017 and is located on Exchange Street, is named after this renowned abolitionist and social reformer who lived in Lynn from 1841 to 1847.
Fredrick Douglass
200
Jacob Black is a character in this Stephenie Meyer book series.
Twilight
200
This video game series, now adapted into an HBO series starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, follows characters Joel and Ellie on a brutal cross-country journey through a post-apocalyptic United States ravaged by a fungal infection.
The Last of Us
200
Before she topped the pop charts singing about her “Drivers License,” this singer-actress starred in Disney’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series."
Olivia Rodrigo
200
The library is haunted by the ghost of Ruth Kelley, who was a librarian at the Lynn Public Library. She is known to have wrote the book which provided the first chronological history of this holiday.
Halloween
300
Jan Matzeliger is the inventor of the automated lasting machine, which revolutionized the production of this product Lynn is known for. Factory production jumped from 50 pairs a day to 750 pairs a of these a day when Matzeliger unveiled his invention in 1885.
Shoes
300
Greg Heffley is a middle-schooler who illustrates his daily life in this children's novel series written by Jeff Kinney.
Diary of the Wimpy Kid
300
The Demogorgon, before featured in the Netflix series Stranger Things, was a monster from this popular tabletop fantasy role-playing game.
Dungeons & Dragons / D&D
300
Before his solo career, Harry Styles was a member of this boy band originally formed on the singing competition show "X Factor" in 2010.
One Direction / 1D
300
Library services in Lynn predate our library building. Before the library we know was constructed in 1900, the city's library collection was housed in this other building starting in 1862.
Old City Hall
400
Lynn is considered home to the first U.S. jet engine which was made in 1942. This company which produced the jet engine has had their facility in Lynn for over 130 years and the Lynn location is recognized as one of the founding sites.
GE (General Electric)
400
This 1949 science fiction book by author George Orwell describes a dystopian world in the future.
1984
400
Colonel Mustard, a retired military officer, and Mrs. White, the housekeeper, are both suspects that may have killed Mr. Boddy in the Billiard Room with a rope in this iconic board game which has been around since 1943.
Clue
400
"Burn," "U Got It Bad," and "Yeah!" are number-one hits by this one-named singer whose stage name is also a role that might be played by friends or family at a wedding.
Usher
400
A life size portrait of this man who served as a United States Senator from 1821-1874 is located at the top of the stairs in the Library's Reference Department
Charles Sumner
500
Lynn Shore Reservation is protected coastal reservation in the city. It includes 22 acres of beaches and recreational areas. From north to south, King's Beach, Red Rock Park and Lynn Beach are located along this historic oceanfront parkway which was completed in 1907.
Lynn Shore Drive
500
The character Paul Atreides is played by Timothee Chalamet in the movie adaptations of this sci-fi series written by Frank Herbert.
Dune
500
"Modern Warfare," "Black Ops," "WWII," and "Vanguard" are all games part of this game franchise that was first released in 2003.
Call of Duty
500
This "DENIAL IS A RIVER" rapper is the third woman in Grammy history to win Best Rap Album for her mixtape "Aligator Bites Never Heal" at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards back in February of this year.
Doechii
500
This mural by F. Luis Mora, located in the Library's Reading Room, is meant to symbolize enlightenment as a winged figure shows a coming era of civilization to six cave dwellers.
Awakening of Ignorance