Dorothy and Adrian Wright

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Identifier

2016-008

Title

Dorothy and Adrian Wright

Subject

People

Description

Sepia toned portrait photograph showing Dorothy and Adrian Wright. Their parents, Joseph and Minnie Wright had moved with their family to "The Farm" on Old Post Road, where they raised and sold chickens. Dorothy and Adrian purchased 28 acres across the road in 1926 and lived in a tent while their 2-room home ("The Little Green House" was being built. Adrian worked for the WPA building roads and driving a gravel truck during the building of Knightville Dam. In 1934 the house got too small and Adrian bought land on Rte. 112 to build the house now identified as 106 Huntington Road. The house on Old Post Road was sold to Dave McEwan for $300. The Wright family moved to Westfield in 1942 to be closer to their war work.

Type

Still Image

Date

ca. 1935

Date Available

2016-12-08

Medium

Paper

Coverage

Massachusetts - Other

Mediator

db, entered Dec 08, 2016

Has Part

Box 03d

Provenance

Donated by Deborah Samwell, niece by marriage of Edward Wright, one of Adrian and Dorothy's sons.

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Original Format

Still Image - Black and White Photograph

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