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Black and white glass slide: The front porch of the Hewitt House at 4 Sam Hill Road. The house was originally built by pioneer Daniel Hewitt in the 1790s and expanded and modernized by his son, Cyprian Parsons Hewitt and his wife, Adelia Benjamin…

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Glass slide showing three golfers with their golf clubs. Slide is numbered 39. There is a woman golfing in a long white dress. The Golf Club was founded in 1905 and served as one of the amenities offered by the Lafayette Lodge.

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Black and white glass slide: The barn at the rear of the Hewitt house at 4 Sam Hill Road. The house was originally built by pioneer Daniel Hewitt in the 1790s and expanded and modernized by his son, Cyprian Parsons Hewitt and his wife, Adelia…

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Black and white glass slide: Brewster Store,Worthington Center. . This is numbered 35. This property is on the corner of Harvey Road and Huntington Rd. (Rte 112)

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Black and white glass slide: South Worthington Mill (#27). Unknown photographer, ca. 1908. This property later owned by George Dodge.

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

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Black and white glass slide: Old Dodge House (#24). The property is now 21 Ring Road later owned by Walter Wright and Sara Buie.

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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.'

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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.

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

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

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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…

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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…

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)

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

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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

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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…

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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.

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

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