subject: Westboro
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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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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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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
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