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Black and white lithograph postcard, white border, not mailed. Shows the Sevenars building (formerly the Conwell Academy) in South Worthington. On back: "Photographed by David N. Fisk" WHS has duplicates of this postcard

Sepia tone (with spots) - bust length three-quarter view of 7 year old Josephine Thorp Rice. Taken by Denison's of Albany NY. This was Josephine's native city. The oval photograph is mounted in a card. It came from Mrs. Josephine Creelman.

$25.00 ticket to Cabaret Alive V, July 23, 2016 at the Pollard home on Huntington Road. The cabaret was a fundraiser for the Worthington Historical Society

Index of names and recipes in the Worthington Cookbook, ca. 1911 as well as possibly later. Index includes some thumbnails showing the contributors

11 pages of color photographs documenting deterioration and environmental pollution at the Albert Farm property on Huntington Road.

Donald Ives wrote this extensive weather report for the town complete with 6 charts to summer 2007 for inclusion in the republication of Papers on the History of Worthington

Advertising card for Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil [sic], color lithograph. The oil was a cure-all. On back, stamped: 'Presented by C. K. Brewster. Worthington, Mass.' Presumably this was sold at the Brewster Store in Worthington Center. The item was…

Black and white photographic postcard of 32 Williamsburg rd. Worthington, Ma.

Work behind Maples Senior Housing in 2008

The E.C. Ring manufacturing company which was located in South Worthington produced hand tools for use in the carpentry and related trades. This item is an example of a plane produced in the mid 19c by E.C. Ring.

End of logging operation converting woodland to grazable fields on the east side of SH-143.

Steeple and part of NE façade of S. Worthington Methodist church. Photographed by Ed Lewis. Church was built in 1848

SE portico, S. Worthington Methodist church.

November 2021 photograph of the east façade of the First Congregational Church. Processed with Adobe Photoshop 2022 (r) 'oil paint' filter. Planned for use in a Worthington Library publication.

Video. Saplings and brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped in anticipation of transportation off site.

This video depicts the mechanical harvesting of a spruce plantation that was planted in the 1930's as part of a 'make work' project on the part of a wealthy landowner.

Video. Brush resulting from a logging operation is mechanically chipped and put into a box truck for transportation off site.

The first of an estimated 1,700 trees is coming down. It snowed last night; powder snow has shaken off the tree as it is being cut.

The 'feller buncher' consists of a boom, grabbing hooks and a disc. The disc has teeth that are about 1-in x 1-in x 1-in, far larger (as expected) than a chainsaw. The hydraulically-driven disc is visible at the end of the boom. The operator just…

Cutting spruce plantation. The 'feller buncher' with one operator has been working for about 1.5 hours; he has taken down about 50 trees or so. The machine can cut a 12-inch tree in about 1 second! This is extremely efficient timber harvesting!