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Illustrated, full-page article about remodeling of home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sena.

"Fund Drive Nets $1.500 for Worthington Library; Land for Expansion Purchased" about fundraising and purchase of land on Buffington Hill Road. Mentioned are Cullen S. Packard (Pete), Olive Cole, Chris Henry, Philip Sheridan Dodge, Harry L. Bates,…

Four color photographs showing before and after for CHildren's Room renovations at the Worthington Library

Color photo of a sugar eat at the Town Hall. Maple Syrup was boiled down to the soft ball stage and then served on snow with sour pickles and saltines. The man in the red shirt at table on left is Eben Shaw. Large crowd, Town hall is decorated…

Current home of Robert and Sandy Epperly on Huntington Road. Ca. 1890.

Black and white photograph of Walter Tower tapping maple trees. Photo shows Tower pounding spigot into maple tree for sugaring. Also, 2 page plus article about Tower accompanied by color photos about sugaring and producing maple syrup.

Black and white photograph of William Trow, Alfred Trow's father Trow Family headed for the Cummington Fair: Digital copy of sepia snapshot from Nancy Trow's photo album.
Nancy Trow (1892-1985) was born in Worthington
and was the daughter of…

Blue toned image on matte paper pasted onto ledger sheet titled Hotel Register. Shows front of Worthington Inn across common area near Post Office and General Store. Image is soiled, looks like coffee cup was placed on it.

This weather report is from Washington, D.C. and dates from 8/10/1899. 'Showers and thunder storms tonight, probably Friday'

Materials related to distribution of Thrift Stamps offered by Katharine McDowell Rice to all the students of Worthington. Includes sample Thrift Card, lists of students, and a non-complimentary comment about the Cudworth family. Wilmer Cudworth rote…

Invoices associated with the C.K. Brewster General Store located at Worthington Center. 2024-101a=Chase&Sanborn , coffee and tea, $41.05; 101b=George C. Goodwin, patent medicines $20,29;101c=Forbes and Wallace Dry Goods & Millinery, $43.89;…

Newsprint - Advertisement for Rice Publications (see notes) Pasted on the front side is an advertisement for "The Lights of Home," "Christmas," "Easter Day," and "Over Here" all by Josephine Rice Creelman. Pasted on the back side is an advertisement…

The view from Mrs. Drury's east door. The handwriting on the paper envelope is Katherine Rice's. She is most likely the photographer. The date would be between 1895 and 1905.

Village Times (precursor of the Country Journal) article about Clement Burr (1849-1939) at his 90th birthday, oldest resident of Worthington at the time. Also mentioned are his mother, Persis Knapp Burr (1816-1889), father, Franklin (1808-1869) and…

Newspaper article about Floyd McAuslan (1929-2005) and his "Fare Thee Well" ministry. At the time of this article, the ministry was located in a Huntington home (Watkins family) on Allencoit Rd. The article describes the creed and underlying…

'Black and white lithograph postcard titled 'The Common, Worthington, Mass.' and 'W.M. Shaw's Series.' It is a W. M. Shaw's Series photograph. View south from Congregational Church on Huntington Road (Rte. 112). The roads aren't paved. The…

Black and white photographic post card with image on 3/4 of the front. Title: 'Post Office Corner, Worthington, Mass. - W. M. Shaw's Store' View includes Cole house on the corner (Cole) and shows sidewalk in what is now known as Packard Park. There…

Blue line surveyor's plan showing boundaries of property owned by Olive Cole and Clarissa Henry . On Buffington Hill Road, the property was eventually purchased by the library and serves as a parking area.

This sepia tone photograph representes the monument to 41 commanders of the Civil War 'not hitherto memorialized.' This memorial (please also see Granite Block in non photograph Data Base #2006a-269) was unvelied on September 9th, 1925. Designed by…

Postcard of a drawing by Walter T. Owen, architect in New York City. (see Box 24f) The architecture of the 'New Congregational Church' was influenced by the Rices due to their predilection for English Architecture of the time, possibly done in 1921,…