Sylvia Plath: A life in photographs: 1942-1950

Wellesley was an improvement from life in Winthrop for the Plath's. The quality of life and education were much improved in this western suburb of Boston. Plath spent a portion of each summer from 1943-1949 away at various camps. She began writing poetry and short stories too, publishing her works in school newspapers. In addition to creative writing, Plath began writing a diary. In the summer of 1950, Plath worked at a farm in nearby Dover. The next photograph gallery covers the period of 1950-1955, when Plath was an undergraduate at Smith College in Northampton.

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	Caption: Elmwood Road Wellesley, Mass.	Reference: A quite suburban street off Weston Road.
	Caption: 26 Elmwood Road Wellesley, Mass.	Reference: Plath's primary home from 1942 to 1950.
	Caption: The breezeway	Reference: Plath set a scene of The Bell Jar in the breezeway. See Chapter 10.
	Caption: Alice L. Phillips Junior High School Wellesley, Mass.	Reference: Plath attended from 1944 to 1947. Now called Wellesley Middle School.
	Caption: Wellesley High School Wellesley, Mass.	Reference: Formerly called the Gamaliel Bradford Senior High School. Plath attended from 1947 to 1950.
	Caption: A plaque showing the former school name.	Reference: This is just inside the main doors of the school.
	Caption: Oceanic Hotel Star Island, N.H.	Reference: Plath attended a Unitarian conference here in June and July 1949. Plath's journals and letters from this time are at the Lilly Library.
	Caption: Lookout Farm South Natick, Mass.	Reference: Plath worked at Lookout Farm during the summer of 1950. See Plath's Journals, pages 10-12
	Caption: Lookout Farm South Natick, Mass.	Reference: The barn which features prominently in Plath's Journals. See pages 10-12 specifically.
	Caption: The grave of Aurelia Plath Woodlawn Cemetery Wellesley, Mass.	Reference: Aurelia Plath passed away in 1994, the same year as Wilbury Crockett.
	Caption: The grave of Frank & Aurelia Schober Woodlawn Cemetery Wellesley, Mass.	Reference: Plath's maternal grandparents. Aurelia passed away in 1956, during Plath's first year at Cambridge. See Letters Home.