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Sepia postcard from sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1884-1927), photographer. Titled: "The Old Indian Oven, said to be over five hundred years old. Worthington, Mass., Mass. (#30)". Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman…

Sepia tone photograph of 'The old Indian oven near the cross road leading from Witt Hill? to the old Thrasher place. Mr. T. C. Martin standing.'
'This belongs to Frank Hitchcock. Give back to Liz' This will orient 2006-040, now in same envelope.

Sepia postcard from sample book of Herbert Berniss Thrasher (1884-1927), photographer. Titled: ‘The Nutshell, West Chesterfield, Mass. ‘. (#90).

Thrasher was the son of George M. and Hattie Lyman Thrasher. Guy Thrasher was his brother. The…

Black and white photographic post card of 'The Middle Branch of the Westfield River, Worthington, Mass.' This is also called Smith Hollow.

Black and white photo, matte finish, postally unused, with picture of The Maples (senior housing). On back: 'Worthington, Massachusetts, photographed by David N. Fisk'

United Church of Christ (UCC) publication, The Lord's Day Service with Explanatory Notes

Benefit concert given for the Worthington Health Association as a fundraiser by Arlo Guthrie

Black and white photograph of the Jones Mill, owned by Willard Jones in 1905. The mill was built by Russell Bartlett and Willard's father in 1905 and was used for the manufacture of whip butts. Willard purchased Bartlett's share in the mill in 1871.…

Home originally built by one of the Brewsters. Bessie Ames (1856-1951), a nurse who work with sex workers in Springfield, took in borders. Was Lyn Horton residence as of 1986, sold in 2022. On back: "Worthington - Mass. Miss Ames House. 1986 - John…

Card donated by Mrs. Minerva Zarr noted as donor on back of sepia photo postcard. Miss Ames took in borders after hotel burned in 1931. Currently Lyn Horton residence as of 1986. Written on back: Worthington - Mass. Miss Ames House. 1986 - John…

Black and white photograph taken in early spring of the Bates/Cottrell House ('The Heritage') on Buffington Hill Road, showing front and side view and stone wall.

Bates House, 'Heritage' - Black and white photo showing front of house with man in doorway. Vines on porch. Was Harry Bates's house, currently lived in by Jeffrey and Delores Racz (11/2019).

Harry L. Bates's House (Heritage) located at 11 Buffington Hill Road. Owned by Jeffrey and Delores Racz (2019)

The Hampshire History: Celebrating 300 Years of Hampshire County Massachusetts, compiled by L. E. Wikander, H. Terry, and Mark Kiley, hampshire County Commissioners, 1964. 364 pp. with index. Article about Worthington by Lois Ashe Brown and Carl…

'The great changes 1840-1972'; Dedication of the Gateway Regional Middle School/High School Complex; Sunday November 12, 1972 at 1:30 PM.

Memoir by Rose Sherman (1937-2024) recounting history at Granger farm in west worthington

On page 8 of booklet called "The First White House of the Confederacy, at Montgomery Alabama" there is a phoptograph and description of "The four-post bed made in New York 1790-1795. During General Lafayette's triumphal tour of America in 1825 when…

Two black and white photographic post cards of 'The First Parsonage.' The first parsonage was the home of the first minister, Reverend Jonathan Huntington, 1771-1781. Above stood the first meeting house, 1764-1792. Jerrilee (Bunce) Cain restored this…

The first Bartletts lived here.'.Copied from scrapbook of Helen Magargal

'The Farm'. Uncle Sam, W. G. R. Jr., and 'Bale'.' Shown is William G. Rice Jr. (Uncle Sam) is shoveling snow from the SE side of 'The Farm.' Includs Bale (the dog). Appears to be the same dog depicted in several photographs sleeping in front of a…