The Trolley to Yesterday (annotations)
A
- All our yesterdays (phrase)
- American League
- Angel of Light
- Aqueduct (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Arthur, King
- Atlantic Ocean
- Atwater Kent radio
- Aventine (Rome)
B
- Balkan Sobranie (tobacco)
- Baltoghlu, Suleimã
- Basilica Cistern (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Bear Went Over the Mountain, The (song)
- Black Sea
- Boston Braves (baseball team)
- Boston Red Sox (baseball team)
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Brandy, Napoleon
- Brewster (Horus)
- Caelian (Rome)
C
- Capen House (Topsfield, Massachusetts)
- Capitoline (Rome)
- Cave Canem (phrase)
- Champagne
- Chess (game)
- Childermass Grandfather (Roderick's)
- Childermass House (Duston Heights, Massachusetts)
- Childermass, Marcus
- Childermass, Roderick Random
- Church, Ruined (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Clark candy bar
- Coca-Cola (beverage)
- Cognac
- Constantine I
- Constantine XI Dragases Palaeologus
- Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Coote, Charles
D
- DiMaggio, Dominic (Dom)
- Dimension X (radio program)
- Dixon, Henry (Grampa)
- Dixon, Johnny (John Michael)
- Dixon, Kate (Gramma)
- Duston Heights Athletic Field (Duston Heights, Massachussets)
- Duston Heights, Massachusetts
E
- Egypt
- Emitte lucem tuam et vertitatem tuam, Domine (phrase)
- Esquiline (Rome)
F
- Fedora (headgear)
- Ferguson, Byron Q. "Fergie"
- Ferguson, Grampa
- Fillmore Street (Duston Heights, Massachusetts)
- Flies and grounders (game)
- Ford Model-T (automobile)
- Forum of Theodosios (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Franciscan order
- Fuss Closet (Childermass House)
G
- Gate of the Lighthouse (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Geranium (plant)
- Goebel's Beer
- Great Middle Way (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Guardian of the Sunken Palace
H
- Haggstrum College (Duston Heights, Massachusetts)
- Hagia Sophia Church (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Heavenly Days (film)
- Hellespont (Dardanelles) (Turkey)
- Hills of Rome, Seven
- Hippodrome (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Hodegetria (icon)
- Holes of Time
- Horus (deity)
I
- Iliad (story)
- Insulin shot
- Isis (deity)
- Isle of the Dead (Sea of Marmara)
J
K
- Kings of Columbus sword
- Knights Templar
- Kontoscalion, Gate of
- KontoRome, Seven
- Knightsscalion, Harbor of
L
- Leander (mythological figure)
- Leander's Tower (Maiden's Tower) (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Life preserver (blackjack, weapon)
- Lighthouse (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
M
- Madrid, Spain
- Magneto (electrical generator)
- Maine
- Man (at Capen House)
- Mark, Saint
- Marmara, Sea of
- Mary, Blessed Virgin
- Mays, Willie
- McKinley, William
- Mediterranean Sea
- Mehmed II
- Merrimack Sporting Goods Shop (Duston Heights, Massachussets)
- Middle Ages
- Mocenigo, Piero (Admiral)
- Monastery of the Panaghia Hodegetria (Constantinople) (Istanbul, Turkey)
- Monk, elderly (unnamed)
- Monroe, Marilyn
- Moon (Luna)
- Mounds bar
N
- Napoleon I of France
- Nimrod pipe lighter
- Numa Pompilius
O
- Osiris (Egyptian deity)
- Our Father (prayer)
P
- Palatine (Rome)
- Peter's Sweet Shop (Duston Heights, Massachusetts)
- Pipe Tamper(s)
- Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)
Q
R
- Rack (torture)
- Regina Polyphon music box
- REO Motor Car (automobile)
- Rhegium, Italy
- Rome, Italy
- Romulus
S
- Schermerhorn, Carl
- Servius Tullius
- Sherman Tank
- Spain
T
- Tabergan
- Tarquinius Superbus (the Proud)
- Temple of Abu Simbel (Egypt)
- Ten Commandments
- Theodosius II
- Thoth (deity)
- Tilt-A-Whirl
- Time Trolley
- Topsfield, Massachusetts
- Torgeson, Earl
- Townsend, Aurelian
- Townsend's Sister, Aurelian
- Turks (subject of the Ottoman Empire)
U
- University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire)
V
- Vacuum tubes
- Venice, Republic of (Italy)
- Victoria, Queen
- Viewmaster
- Viminal (Rome)
W
Y
- Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)