Drawings by Mary Owanesian at the Bancroft Library. |
Trolley bridge abutment near Little Red Shop. |
Click on the photo of the highway barn to see some of the highway department vehicles of long ago. |
Drawing by Dick Volpe for a patent application for an improvement to the bobbin battery for Draper's Northrop loom. Click here to read Dick's memories of growing up in Milford, service in the Navy, and working for Draper Corporation, Whitin Machine and Data General. I have a large number of Dick's drawings. Inventors names on them, in addition to Philip Cenedella above, include Harry Thatcher, John Cugini, Paul Consoletti, Wesley Tinkham, Ralph Brown, Randell Sample, Joseph DuBois, George Noll, John Nydam, Joseph Budyzna, Frederick Sprague, Joseph Evans, Gordon Robinson, Edward Nichols, Guthrie Stone, and many more. If you're a family member of one or more of them and would like copies of the drawings, email me using the link on the homepage. |
Quarry in Milford, off of a side path from the section of the Milford Trail between Dilla and 85.
him and his shadow.
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Hopedale in September 2016 (With a few items from Septembers of the past.) More photos will be added during the month. Hopedale history ezine for September 1 - School Report, 1916 Ezine for September 15 - William Lapworth, Part 1 Hopedale in August Recent pictures, 2016 HOME . |
Hopedale, Newfoundland. Click on the picture to see photos from several other Hopedales. |
Click on the clipping above to go to the story of the Hopedale Avenger. |
to get to the other side of Sprague Street, Northbridge. |
the next-to-last name in the middle group. |
Click on the drawing of General Draper High School to see what the building committee wrote about it a bit before its completion in 1927. |
A question that has come up from time to time over the years is, What happened to the mortar that used to be on the lawn of the Legion home? I was asked that again today. If you know, I'd love to hear from you. You can use the email link on the homepage. |
The Hopkinton Center Trail. There's more to see walking along it than trees. Click on the eyes above to take a look. |
area near the athletic fields, this hawk came from behind, brushed the top of my head, landed in front of me, and then flew about 20 feet into the woods and perched where you see him in the photo. He stayed right there and let me approach for pictures. I don't know birds, but from the pictures I've found, it looks more like a sharp-shinned hawk than anything else I've run across. If that's wrong, I expect someone reading this will let me know. |
Ancient Hopedale history, going back to the glaciers and beyond. Excavation at Mellen Street next to the entrance to Phillips Brothers Field. |
The picture above is from VisitingNewEngland.com. Take a look and see what it has to say about Hopedale. While you're there, you can find a lot of other articles about traveling around New England. |
The Milford Historical Commission Invites people interested in the history of our Main Street To Walk from Memorial Hall up and down the street noting the unique brick and granite buildings along the way. |
The Walk will start Sunday, September 18, at 2 PM in front of Memorial Hall Please come share your stories of the Main Street as we walk to Draper Memorial Park Then proceed to the Sacred Heart Church and the Doughboy monument. For further information please call: 508-473-8571 |
These pictures are from glass negatives that were donated to the Bancroft Library by Hester Chilson in the 1990s. They were taken between 1900 and 1910 by Hester's foster father, Edwin Darling. A couple of years ago I printed them and took a walk around the neighborhoods where I thought they might have been taken - Lake Street, Bancroft Park, etc. I didn't come up with an answer. If anyone can tell me where it is, I'll put the answer here. |
Hopedale Pond - September 16 |
Day in the Park - Click here for more photos. |
I saw his program a couple of years ago. He's very good. |
Here's another flock of turkeys. This one is on Fiske Mill Road in Upton. The Nipmuc Rod & Gun Club is just beyond the little patch of woods in the picture. I checked to see if "flock; was the correct term. Here's what I found: A group of wild turkeys is called a flock, whereas a group of domesticated turkeys is known as a rafter or gang. |