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Snow-bound Series' 'Interior of old barn - 'The Farm' 1903. US and Wm. Jenk? HLP Rice. 'Meanwhile we did our nightly chores,/ brought in the wood from out of doors,/ littered the stalls, and from the mows,/ raked down the herd's-grass for the cows:/…

Black and white photograph. 'The north barn'. 'The Farm'. This is a copy of the mounted photograph numbered ph99q.

Black and white photograph. Not seemingly part of Snow-Bound. 'The Farm: House in the mowin' Fireplace. Guest House Fireplace' . On Old North Road. Mounted on board

Black and white photograph on board of 'The Farm' and Old North Road. Shown is view to the south along tree-lined dirt road. Poem on bottom front: part of

Black and white possibly with paint flecked snow flakes of 'The Farm' on Old North Road. Poem on bottom front: 'So all night long the storm roared on;/ The morning broke without a sun.' John Greenleaf Whittier part of Snow-bound Series; initialed…

Black and white photograph on board of north front room at 'The Farm' on Old North Road. Shown is interior view, showing spinning wheel and child (William G. Rice, Jr.) reading at window. part of Snowbound Series; initialed H.L.P.R.. Room shows large…

Black and white photograph. Shown is kitchen fireplace (1789) at 'The Farm' on Old North Road. part of Snow-bound Series; initialed H.L.P.R.. Mounted on board. Additional on bottom front left: Kitchen fireplace 1789' Poem on bottom front: 'Sit with…

Black and white photograph. Shown is bridle path where road divides just above W. G. Rice house (owned in 1996 by the Downey family).

Black and white photograph of Calvin Tower. Calvin Tower lived at 'The Farm' before the Rice family owned it. He gave the granite foundation for the church from his property. In the late 18th century 'The Farm' was owned by the Kinne family. See…

Black and white photograph taken at 'The Farm' Shown is dog ('Bale') in front of fireplace. Poem on front of mounted picture: 'The house-dog on his paws outspread/ Laid to the fire his drowsy head.' Part of

Copy of transfer of land from William Coit to Town of Worthington from Registry of Deeds, Book 158, p.19, dated Dec. 25, 1854, rec. Jan. 3, 1855 with special condition that Town of Worthington build a Town Hall on said tract. Price $25. Survey…

The Wedding Dress' was written by Katharine McDowell Rice when she was a student at Radcliffe. This poster announces three plays, of which this is one, to be performed at the Harvard Dramatic Club, Annual Spring Production - Hasty Pudding Theatre,…

News clipping cut out of paper with inscription by Dorothy Potter 'Postmarked 'Ringville, Mass, 1909,' this old card shows the stately Worthington Inn in the small community of Worthington Corners. Near the bustling intersection of Rtes. 143 and 112,…

This does not strictly pertain to the Bicentennial but has reference to 2004a-036. Another copy of this tour is in the Box 30 series.

Rice Family Genealogy. Paper covers. Limited edition (#248). 'An Historical Sketch of Deacon Edmund Rice, the Pilgrim, 1594-1663 by Charles Elmer Rice.' Inscribed to William Jackson Rice. About 100 pages, printed.

This is a block of granite which serves as a sample of the NH granite used for the Gettysburg PA monument to 41 Commanders of the Civil War 'not hitherto memorialized.' This memorial (whose picture is in the Photographic Data Base # 2006-128, please…

This original certificate on what seems to be parchment paper reads: Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety... recognizes the alertness, efficiency, and self sacrifice of the personnel of the Worthington Committee on Public Safety as evidenced by…

Tan, soft-cover book, stapled together, Vol. II, November 1960, Published by: The Progressive Club, Windsor, Mass, 500 copies, $1.50, first printing. Foreword: 'Through the kind encouragement of friends, acquaintances and even strangers, who bore…

Faded green, soft-cover book, stapled together, Vol. III, February 1962, Published by: The Progressive Club, Windsor, Mass, 500 copies, $1.50, first printing. Foreword: 'This volume is a continuation of the work in Volume II (see 2007a-001,…

Salmon colored, soft-cover book, stapled together, Vol. IV, May 1963, Published by: The Progressive Club, Windsor, Mass, 500 copies, $1.50, first printing. Foreword: 'This volume is just another continuation of the work in the fore-going volumes…