Shrewsbury Collection

description - The Cushing-Haven Tavern was built in 1751, by Colonel





Job Cushing, son of Reverend Job Cushing, Shrewsbury's first minister.





In 1871, the tavern was moved across Main Street to make room for the





new Town Hall to be built. It was… subject - Cushing-Haven Tavern, Main Street, Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Taverns (Inns) -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Cushing family -- Shrewsbury (Mass.). relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,11

description - Doane's Mill, located on Old Mill Pond, Shrewsbury





(Mass.) subject - Doane's Mill, on Old Mill Pond, Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Historic buildings -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Mills and mill-work -- Shrewsbury (Mass.). relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,10

description - Flint Farm, West Main Street, Shrewsbury (Mass.) Dr.





Edward Flint was a surgeon in the French and Indian Wars. In the twentieth





century, the home was owned by the Gage family and was known as





Iristhorpe. subject - Flint Farm, West Main Street, Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Historic dwellings -- Massachusetts ; Iristhorpe, Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Gage family -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Massachusetts -- History -- French and Indian War, 1755-1763. relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,9

description - Eddie Dean's Sawmill at the Ward homestead on Main Street,























Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, circa 1917. This early tractor with its iron























wheels supplied power for the sawmill. George Banister of Boylston ran… subject - Eddie Dean's sawmill at the Artemas Ward homestead, Main Street, Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Historic dwellings -- Massachusetts ; Ward, Artemas, Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolution. Sawmills -- Massachusetts. relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,8

description - The Popcorn Man was in front of Spag's nearly every night. This





photo was taken one evening in December, 1952, and shows a busy concession





stand in great demand. subject - Concession stand for popcorn at SPAGS, Shrewsbury (Mass.) 1952 ; Hardware stores -- Worcester County (Mass.) ; Stores, Retail -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Borgatti, Anthony A., 1916-1996 ; SPAG's Supply, Inc. ; Discount houses (Retail trade) -- Shrewsbury… relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,7

description - One of Shrewsbury's most famous residents in the twentieth century was Anthony A. Borgatti, Jr. (Spag). Born the oldest of four











children on February 29, 1916, in Worcester (Mass.), he opened a tire











and battery store on Route 9… subject - SPAG'S, Shrewsbury (Mass.) circa 1940 ; Hardware stores -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Stores, Retail -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Borgatti, Anthony A., (1916-1996) ; SPAG'S Supply, Inc. ; Discount housed (Retail trade -- Shrewsbury (Mass.). relation - Borgatti family, Shrewsbury (Mass.) Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,6

description - Argento’s Diner, located on the east corner of Route 9





and South Quinsigamond Avenue. In 1926, this was one of the first diners





built on a site. It was then Warren’s Diner. It was fifty feet long by





fourteen feet wide. Genesee… subject - Diners (Restaurants) -- Worcester County (Mass.) ; Diners (Restaurants) -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Horsedrawn vehicles. relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,5

description - Nelson and Rice Currier Shop became Green and Hickey





Leather Company, located on Main Street, opposite South Street, Shrewsbury





(Mass.). The business continued to grow and later relocated to Grafton





(Mass.). The building was torn… subject - Green and Hickey Leather Company, Main Street, Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Historic buildings -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Tanneries, Massachusetts. relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,4

description - Nelson and Rice Currier Shop, (Tannery), Shrewsbury





(Mass.) Workers from the Nelson and Rice Currier Shop located on Main





Street, opposite South Street, Shrewsbury, Mass. Group photograph of





laborers.
subject - Workers from the Nelson and Rice Currier Shop, Main Street, Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Historic buildings -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Tanneries -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Leather goods -- History -- -- Shrewsbury (Mass.). relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,3

description - Nelson and Rice Currier Shop located on Main Street,











opposite South Street, Shrewsbury (Mass.) During the Civil War, Nelson and











Rice supplied many leather goods for the Union soldiers. Hides came in











to North… subject - Nelson and Rice Currier Shop, Main Street, Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Historic buildings -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Tanneries -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Leather goods -- History -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; U.S. -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,2

description - Perkins Home Bakery and Groceries, Shrewsbury (Mass.),





opened in 1897 near what is now 40 Maple Avenue. Perkins sold his own





headache medicine in his store. His dog Trilby (pictured) was used to





promote the remedy. “My head never… subject - Perkins home bakery and groceries -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Historic buildings -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Medicine -- History -- Shrewsbury (Mass.) ; Bakers and bakeries -- Shrewsbury (Mass.). relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,1

description - Gershom Wheelock was the first settler in Shrewsbury,





Mass., in 1717. The home was built in 1732 and is now 265 Boylston





Street. The Wheelock family lived in this house for 205 years. It is the





oldest home in town of Shrewsbury,… subject - Home of the first settler in Shrewsbury, Mass. Historic homes, Shrewsbury, (Mass.) relation - Identifier - http://dlib.cwmars.org/u?/shrewsbury,0