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Curtis Farm, Gate in Winter.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 9. See also GS 057. This shows the stone wall in winter…

Curtis Farm. 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 14 This shows the stone wall in winter scene

Curtis Farm and Cow. 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 12. This shows a cow under a tree

Curtis Farm in Winter. 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 5. This shows road to farm during the winter.

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

Black and white glass slide: Curtis Home (#13). This property later owned by Mary Kartashevich on Chester Road' (West Street).

Curtis/Kartashevich House. Black and white glossy marked #18 Curtis 1816, currently owned by Paul Strasburg. These photographs were scanned from original film strip for republication of the Forty Worthington Houses Book by Dan Porter.

The first of an estimated 1,700 trees is coming down. It snowed last night; powder snow has shaken off the tree as it is being cut.

The 'feller buncher' consists of a boom, grabbing hooks and a disc. The disc has teeth that are about 1-in x 1-in x 1-in, far larger (as expected) than a chainsaw. The hydraulically-driven disc is visible at the end of the boom. The operator just…

Cutting spruce plantation. The 'feller buncher' with one operator has been working for about 1.5 hours; he has taken down about 50 trees or so. The machine can cut a 12-inch tree in about 1 second! This is extremely efficient timber harvesting!

March 22, 1928: death notice and obituary for Cynthia L. Tower. Also mentioned: Walter S. ALlen, Henrietta Harrington Allen, James Corbett, Henry L. Tower, Herbert L. Tower, Cullen B. Tower, Mrs. Ralph Curley

Daily Hampshire Gazette article: Worthington Congregational Church to observe bicentennial July 11th. Article by Lucie Mollison. Pictured are present church painted white, drawing of third church by Jerrilee Bunce Cain, parsonage on Huntington Road…

The 150th Anniversary of the Town of Dalton, Massachusetts, 1784-1934,' Eagle Press, Pittsfield, 103 pp., no index

Black and white photograph of Damon's Mill. As of 1905, the mill was run by B. Witherell and was formerly run by F. Damon. It was situated at the mouth of 'Dead stream' (probably referring to the confluence of the 'Dead Branch' tributary of the…

Obituary from the Hampshire Gazette dated 2015/03/14. Includes photograph . Daniel Fitzgibbons (1951-2015).

Brief description of the family tree of Dan Pease (b. 1802) and Mary Root Pease prepared as part of Worthington's 250th celebration. Mentioned are James Pease, Edwin M. Pease (b. 1868), Nettie Barlett Pease (Mrs. Edwin), florence Maynard Pease…

Biographic sketch of Daniel Reed Porter II (1903-1965) and Eleanor Carolyn (Parsons) Porter (1906-1976). Mentioned are Edward Kingsley Parsons, Carra May Chapin Parsons, Herbert G. Porter. Daniel Porter III, Edward K. Porter, Janice E. Porter.

'Dan Porter in his driveway.' Winter scene. Mr. Porter stands with an early 1940s Ford automobile.

3 black and white photos of the foundation for Dan Porter's house on Sam Hill Road. Included in photographs are Harry Bates, Ted Porter, John Ames and Janice Porter (Ted Porter's Mother, Mrs Dan Porter)

Black and white photograph of (l-r): Daniel N. Wood and Isaac Percival. Daniel N. Wood (b. Lanesboro, MA, August 11th, 1831), a carpenter by trade, married Martha Oviatt (b. April 17th, 1840) on March 6th, 1859. The couple moved from Lanesboro to…