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This tool was used to stretch barbed wire at the Burr Farm probably during the late 1800s. It is wooden with metal pivots and end caps.

When corn was harvested, this knife severed the stalk; it has a wood handle. The knife is metal and rusted. Currently on display in main room in display case.

Once belonged to Franklin Burr. Crude wood handle, sophisticated hook and chain. George Ashley, October 15, 2006, said that the metal locking device on the staff was put into the ring in the nose of the bull so the worker didn't need to get too close…

Originally owned by Franklin Burr. This tool is used to cut small brush; it has a wooden handle, which appears to have been painted green, and a metal knife. Currently on display in main room in display case.

This tool has a wood handle; the spud is iron. It was used to peel bark from hemlocks in the tanning industry. Currently on display in main room in display case.

This axe was used to build the first log house in Worthington on the place later known as the Elihu Squires Farm. Zephaniah Hatch, the early settler on this farm, came from Scituate on horseback and built the first log house in 1764. It is now known…

Metal bit and wood handle.

This is currently on display in the main room. The yoke was used to carry sap to the sugar house in gathering buckets which hung from the chains.

Poster advertising Farm for Sale in North part of Worthington (Sampsonville, a.k.a. 'The Dingle') . Dated Dec. 1847.

The Selectmen present this farce comedy in 3 acts at Worthington Town Hall, Friday, August 12, 1938 8:30 p.m. Written by Jay Tobias, directed by HUGO ADDY. Assisted by Elizabeth Torrey and Henry H. Snyder. Cast included Edith Packard, Dick…

Musical notation notebook with hymns notated by Fanny Crowel of West Brookfield (1790-1863)

Black and white photos of Archer Fitzgerald's family at various dates. Included are father Archer William Fitzgerald (1889-1949), mother Mary Farrington Fitzgerald (1888-1983), sister Marjorie Fitzgerald (1912-?)

Sepia tone family portrait of two older men, one woman, four middle-aged children, one young boy on tricycle, and one young girl on rocking horse, assembled on porch in summer time. Possibly Rice family but house is unfamiliar as well).

Magargal House - The Spruces, with tree down, winter 1949

Fair records by individual tables of 1957 and 1958

Black and white photograph of the home of F.J. Robinson (d. November 4th, 1886) and Ruth Granger (b. October 23rd, 1833, 'on Mrs. Osgood's place'). The couple married on December 12th, 1855 and as of 1905 had three living children - Frank (b.…

Lithographed advertisement featuring a fancily dressed woman with an eye for the well-dressed man. Advertisement for Taylor Clothes that were sold at the Burr store in Worthington Center.

Sepia photograph showing unidentified woman standing looking at trees from back door porch. On front ''The Maples' June 1904 - Locust in Bloom'. On back: Worthington, The Maples, June 1904, When the Locust Blooms. H.L.P.R.' [Harriet Rice]. The Maples…

Black and white photo on gray cardboard backing showing 'The Maples, Rice homestead' at Worthington 4 Corners.

Black and white photograph on gray background. Shows exterior of The Maples. 'A section of the walk in front of The Maples -- The Rice Homestead at Worthington, Mass.' In the main intersection of Worthington Four Corners.