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Black and white glass slide: 'South Worthington Methodist Church' (#89). Out of focus. Undated but during period Russell H. Conwell was in residence. Around 1915.

Black and white glass slide: 'Miller's Saw Mill' (#98)

Black and white glass slide: 'Unidentified Persons Husking Corn' (#96). Undated, but from the clothing of the farmers, ca. 1915

Black and white glass slide: 'Sheep' (#95) Unidentified farm but possibly Curtis Farm at 544 West Street which features in several of these glass slides.

Black and white glass slide: 'Miller Sisler of North Chester' (#94).

Black and white glass slide: 'Miller Sisler of North Chester' (#93).

Black and white glass slide: 'Old Parsonage' (#92). This is 188 Huntington Road. As Daniel Porter stated in his Forty Houses book: 'The W. B. S. built the house [in 1894] in an appropriately severe Queen Anne style with cross gables,
without much…

Color slide indicating 'Intermission' during slide shows. Slide has name 'Kansas City Slide Co.' at bottom.

Black and white class slide: 'Curtis Farm with Sheep' (#6). 544 West Street, South Worthington

Black and white glass slide: Ring Road, Ringville. Unknown photographer, unknown date, but ca. 1910. This is #22. Lucey farm (#12 Ring Road) on the right.

Black and white glass slide: Covered Bridge, Huntington Road (#20). The Norwich Bridge was built in 1856 and spanned the Middle Branch of the Westfield River at the location where Montgomery Road intersects with what is now Rte 112 (Worthington…

Black and white glass slide: 'Horse-Drawn Cart with Apple Barrels' (#16). Part of a series that suggest this may have been was taken at Curtis Farm, 544 West Steet, South Worthington

Black and white glass slide showing sow with piglets at Curtis Farm at 544 West Street, South Worthington. with Pigs. This is slide #10

These are all Glass Slides made by Franklyn Hitchcock, resident of Worthington. The numbers on each slide refer to the numbering system used by Hitchcock. This is 1. Worthington, Mass. and Vicinity B.C. - 1947 (not scanned)

Black and white glass slide: 'Lyceum Hall' (#1). This building was used as a library (before 1916), as a school house (The Corners School), the Worthington Library, he Grange Hall, and as the Health Center building before it moved to Old North…

Black and white glass slide: 'Pierce Tavern and the Lafayette Elm' (#32). The Pierce (also Peerce) Tavern(also Lafayette Hotel) was on the site now occupied by the Worthington Library. Purportedly Lafayette stayed overnight at the inn during his…

Black and white glass slide 'Peru Congregational Church'
(#19). Located on Rte. 143 in Peru.

Black and white glass slide: 'Unidentified Road.' (#107).

Black and white glass slide: The Creamery (#23). The Creamery was built in 1894 and is currently a private home at 734 Huntington Road. It was a cooperative with 100 shares sold at $25/share. Milo Bates (1868-1936) was the butter-maker.

Black and white glass slide titled: Dr. Whitcomb's Home' (#L30). Austin E Whitcomb (1908-1973) was the son of Mary Dodge. The house is located at 190 Witt Hill Road, known also as 'Cemetery Road.'