collection: Westborough Collection
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Westboro Hat Company 2
description- – Dye house at the Westboro Hat Company. The company once employed as many as 300 workers.
- – Westborough (Mass.)
- – Hat Industry
- – Dyes and Dying
- – Industries -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County
- – Early 1900s
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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Gould&Walker Boots&Shoes
description- – Photograph of the Gould&Walker Company, corner of Milk and Phillips Streets, Westborough (Westboro). Company, which made boots and shoes, was started in 1883 by William Gould and Melvin Walker.
- – Footwear Industry -- Massachusetts
- – Shoe Industry -- Massachusetts
- – Shoemakers -- Massachusetts
- – Boots and Shoe Factories -- Westborough (Mass.)
- – Industries -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County
- – 1898
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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- – English
Westboro Hat Company
description- – Photograph depicting the three-story Westboro Hat Company. A fourth story was later added. The company employed as many as 300 workers at one time.
- – Hat Industry -- Westborough (Mass.)
- – History -- Westborough (Mass.)
- – Industries -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County
- – 1901-1904
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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Westboro Hat Company and American Saddle and Bicycle Company employees
description- – Company employees in front of the Westboro Hat Company and the American Saddle and Bicycle Company on Phillips Street.
- – Hat Industry -- Westborough (Mass.)
- – History -- Westborough (Mass.)
- – Bicycle Industry -- Westborough (Mass.)
- – Industries -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County
- – 1890s
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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Hervey A. Gilmore
description- – Photograph of Hervey A. Gilmore, farmer, who ran a farm on East Main Street in Westborough from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Hervey was the twin brother of Henry Gilmore.
- – Westborough (Mass.)
- – Gilmore, Hervey A.
- – Farms -- Massachusetts -- Westboro
- – Late 1800s - early 1900s
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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Old Arcade Building
description- – Photograph of the Arcade Building showing the C. Brigham Company, other businesses, and a large elm tree
- – Westborough (Mass.)
- – Business enterprises.
- – Buildings 1860-1890
- – 1880s
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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- – English
Eli Whitney Memorial
description- – Postcard commemorating Westborough native Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin and mass production. Whitney was the son of Betsey Fay and descendent of John Fay, one of the town's earliest settlers. George Washington signed Eli Whitney's first patent.
- – Manufacturing.
- – Whitney, Eli (1765-1825)
- – Inventors
- – Cotton Gin
- – Westboro (Westborough) (Mass.)
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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- – English
Employees of the National Straw Works
description- – Operators in Hall No. 2 of the National Straw Works. The company was incorporated in 1869 by Henry Bernard and George Smalley. They employed 2,000 workers in 1880. The company burned down in 1917.
- – Westborough (Mass.)
- – Westboro (Mass.)
- – Straw Hats 1880-1890
- – Factories -- Massachusetts
- – Hat Industry
- – Industries -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County
- – 1883-1884
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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Sewing Hall No. 2 at the National Straw Works
description- – Women sewing at the National Straw Works
- – Westborough (Mass.)
- – Westboro (Mass.)
- – Straw Hats 1880-1890
- – Factories -- Massachusetts
- – Hat Industry
- – Industries -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County
- – 1880s
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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Shop workers at the Humber Cycle Company, Westborough (Westboro), Massachusetts
description- – Humber Cycle Company shop workers, Westborough (Westboro), Massachusetts. Humber Company bought the White Bicycle Company of Westborough.
- – Bicycle Industry -- Massachusetts
- – Factories -- Employees -- Westborough (Mass.)
- – 1895-1896
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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Sleigh Advertisement from"The Hub"
description- – Advertisement for D.W. Forbes&Son, manufacturers of sleighs. The company was started in 1841 and shipped sleighs across the country.
- – Sleigh Industry -- Westborough (Mass.)
- – Sleighs -- Massachusetts -- Worcester County
- – Sleigh Industry
- – 1885
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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- – English
Farm and Barn at the Lyman School
description- – Farm workers at the Lyman School for Boys. The farm encompassed 99 acres. The school was organized as a family system with farm buildings and houses. In 1890, 190 boys lived at the school.
- – Agriculture
- – Barns
- – Reformatories -- Massachusetts -- Westboro, (Mass.)
- – Farm Workers.
- – Lyman School for Boys -- Westboro, Mass.
- – Massachusetts State Reform School (Westborough, Mass.)
- – Farming
- – Late 1800s
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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Westborough Square
description- – Colored postcard of trolleys in downtown commercial area of Westborough.
- – Commercial Districts. Massachusetts -- Westboro.
- – Main Street (Westborough, Mass.)
- – Trolleys
- – Massachusetts -- Westborough
- – 1906
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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- – English
Worcester South-East Agricultural Society
description- – Certificate issued to Thomas G. Davis of Westboro on first day of November 1862, signed by Albert Wood, President, and John G. Metcalf, Secretary.
- – Agriculture -- Massachusetts.
- – Agricultural Society -- Massachusetts -- Worcester
- – Westborough (Mass.) -- History
- – 1862
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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- – English
C Whitney&Company employees
description- – Workers ("Box Shop Gang") at C. Whitney&Company box factory near railroad in Westborough (Westboro). Company manufactured wooden boxes for shipping, many for shipping shoes.
- – 1890-1895
- – In the collection of the Westborough Public Library Westborough Room, Westborough, Massachusetts. http://www.westboroughlib.org
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