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In main room. Wooden sewing rocker is in good condition. It has red cloth woven seat and back.

In south vestibule. French cut marble top separates from table base. Table base has irregular scalloped edges with grape carving.

In the south vestibule. Lyn took a picture of this when it was in her house and has left a note in its one drawer with instructions for carrying it if it needs to be moved. The drawer has a brass pull, leg supports are curved.

Square top Table - top is rough hewn and in bad condition; sides and legs handhewn and primitively painted with faux grain decoration. Recovered from Capen/Riverside on 7/31/2006. It is currently in use as a steady base to hold scanner.

This item is wooden and surprisingly small in size. It is currently on display in the main room.

Wooden Cradle made of pine with lead handles on rockers. Good condition. This was used for sick adults. (identify date Bee)

Chauncey Pease is the maker of the piano. Please see F2, piano bench. The piano in the WHS is very much in use, especially by the Hilltown Chorus and the Celebration Singers. Michael McAnulty paid to have it restored in 1999-2000. However, this is…

Crayon colored portrait of Susan Tracy Rice, Age 39, but appearing to be much younger. She is holding snow shoes with a winterscape in the background. It is a full length portrait and she is dressed in an outdoor winter costume of the late 1900s. The…

Original blueprint of location of the current Worthington Historical Society building, color. Wrapped in tissue. Picture of West Worthington Chapel.

Fordyce Sampson (~1796-Aug 24, 1842) of Worthington, April 12, 1816. 'Song of Praise for All'. 'When all thy mercies , O My God/ my rising soul surveys/transported withe view f'm high/in wonder love and praise/ To all my weak complaints &…

Portrait in pastel on grey paper of Lois Ashe Brown by Ann Rausch. Ann Rausch was a prolific artist. Most of her portraits stayed with her subjects and were not accessible to public view. On display in east Vestibule of WHS.

There was talk of land purchase for the library in 1908, the dedication of the FSH Library was in 1914. This pencil drawing appears to be mentioned in early notes of accessions from Arthur Capen's house, also in the accessions book but there is no…

Sketch of Second Congregational Church. This church was built in 1825 and burned in 1889. See Papers on The History of Worthington, page 78. The first church was built on the corner of Sam Hill Road and West Street, later moved to Harvey Road.…

Original pencil drawing of West Street first parsonage; side view (became home of Jerrilee Cain) Please see all other related material by searching source and Jonathan Huntington. What was Jerrilee Cain's source for this drawing? Identify

Original pencil drawing of West Street first parsonage; front view (became home of Jerrilee Cain) Please see all other related material by searching source and Jonathan Huntington.

This two-sided slate board is bound with deteriorating red velvet., It is of unknown date though probably used the Capen School.

This grey tin bread box was acquired in the early years of the Worthington Historical Society (1960s). It was used to house the LaFayette Stevens Diaries as noted on a card taped on the front of the box. These diaries are not in Box 39a. The box…

(Identify Ken Pease) This is a quite ornate, heavy fire extinguisher.

This Lantern Slide Projector could have been used to show the Hitchcock glass slides. It is electrified. See D5 also Basement Shelves and Box 17 and Box 18 Mezzanine.

This seems to be a hand made wooden box with various (10) empty paper boxes within. These 10 boxes contained the Moody plates that are now catalogued in Box 17, or 18, (GS) (GN) in Photo archive. On the boxes is written 'Orthonon, Standard Dry Plate…