Three postcards: Chesterfield Gorge, along Worthington Road in West Chesterfield, photos by H.B. Thrasher ca. 1908

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Three postcards: Chesterfield Gorge, along Worthington Road in West Chesterfield, photos by H.B. Thrasher ca. 1908

Landscape

Three sepia postcards from sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1884-1927), photographer. Titled: ‘'In the heart of the dear old Berkshire Hills. Looking North in the Gorge at West Chestfield, on the Worthington Road, Worthington, Mass. ‘. (#1); 'In the heart of the dear old Berkshire Hills. Looking South in the Gorge at West Westerfield, on the Worthington Road, Worthington, Mass. (#3); and, 'In the Heart of the Dear Old Berkshire Hills. Looking North in the Gorge Cascades West Chesterfield, Worthington Road, Worthington, Mass' (#4). Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman Thrasher. Guy Thrasher was his brother. The sample book was produced during the 1920s when H. B. Thrasher was living and working in Florida. The images are undated but are probably quite a bit earlier, ca. 1910-1915 or so.

These may be three of the first four photographs taken by Thrasher.

Still Image

each postcard is 3.5 in x 5.5 in

Herbert B. Thrasher

ca. 1910

Sample book postcards donated in 2018 by Barbara Batura and Marjorie Candiano, H. B. Thrasher's grand-nieces. They received it from their brother, Roy. E. Johnson Jr.

2018-12-13

Box 09

Paper

Chesterfield

db, item created 12/13/2018