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Sepia postcard from sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1884-1927), photographer. Titled: ‘M. E. Church, So. Worthington, Mass. (#68).

Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman Thrasher. Guy Thrasher was his brother. The sample…

Black and white photographic post card of 'The Methodist Church, S. Worthington, Mass.' Undated, but early 20th century. There is no vegetation except behind the church. WHS has duplicate copies of this postcard.

Black and white glossy marked #33 South Worthington Methodist Parsonage/Bea Mercer House 1903 a.k.a. Moody Parsonage. Photo taken in 2001. These photographs were scanned from original film strip for republication of the Forty Worthington Houses Book…

Black and white glossy marked #8 Brewster/Dalby 1784. Photograph by Dan Porter. (Family of Walter Metzger lives there today (12/2019). These photographs were scanned from original film strip for republication of the Forty Worthington Houses Book by…

Black and white glass slide: Middle Branch of the Westfield River (#109). This shows rocks and stream. Under-exposed.

A History of the Town of Middlefield Massachusetts' by Edward Philip and Theodore Smith, 1924, private publication, 662 pp with index

Middlefield History, A sequal to 'A History of the Town of Middlefield, Massachusetts' published in 1924 by Edward Church Smith and Philip Mack Smith,' by Mary E. Sternagle and Henry S.C. Cummings, Jr., privately printed, hardcover, 1985. 565 pages…

Color photos of migrant farm workers harvesting potatoes for Albert farm. Also

Black and white glass slide showing Stevensville Road with carriages and migrant worker family with parents and children, tents, outdoor stove, etc.Unknown photographer gave this number 75. Slide is cracked. Undated but probably around 1910. Folks…

Daily Hampshire Gazette full page article with photos and story of Grange celebration of Arthur G. Capen. 'This is Your Life' with presentation of portable TV set.

Black and white glass slide: 'Miller Sisler of North Chester' (#93).

Sepia photograph showing water power sawmill on the East Branch of the Westfield River in West Worthington Mass. owned and operated by George Miller in the late 1800s. Copy of original in the collection of the Donald Miller family, Middlefield, MA

Milly Williams running in front of Lyceum Hall. Sepia photo scanned as black and white.

Col. Milton Brewster, died Jan 17, 1859, Aged 63 years.

Scan of color photograph of Milton Higgins with basket, provided by Melissa Lafond. Taken at Basket Shop on Rte. 143 in Chesterfield, Mass. Undated but 1960s

Death notice for Minerva Zarr (1910-1929). Also mentioned are Nelson P. Waterbury, Edwin S. Zarr, Grace Sterling, Carrie Barlow, Edwin S. Zarr, Louis E. Zarr, Ethel C. Pease, Belden R. Greene. Numerous other relatives not from Worthington. Burial in…

Organization, The Friendship Guild, Notebook Loose leaf notebook containing minutes of The Friendship Guild meetings. The Friendship Guild disbanded Nov. 7, 2002. "On November 7, the Guild iheld ts last meeting with six members present. It was…

This is a piece of local stone containing mica that many have called 'fools gold.'

This is a wooden box (in the shape of a tray) used for early voting in the Worthington Grange (info from Ted Porter). If you drew the black ball you didn't get into the grange. There is also a bag of small white clay balls and what appear to be…

This seems to be a hand made wooden box with various (10) empty paper boxes within. These 10 boxes contained the Moody plates that are now catalogued in Box 17, or 18, (GS) (GN) in Photo archive. On the boxes is written 'Orthonon, Standard Dry Plate…