Holmes Public Library (Halifax) Halifax Historical Society

   

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description - Holmes Public Library with G. Harry Armstong's store on the right. Delivery wagon and horse beside store on the left. Getting ready to make a delivery. subject - Holmes Public Library (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - HPL_004 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1449 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F2686883767744e1684603de039cc9cce.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176025&Signature=FoEyuTF%2FtOqJ0s61nuyPl5CNz64%3D
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description - Blacksmith Jared Baker and neighbors seated in front of the Blacksmith Shop. Left to Right: Amos Wood, Orville Cole (also a Blacksmith), Charles Frye (standing) and Jared Baker. Mr. Frye is seen smoking a pipe. Photo was taken in the 1940s subject - Blacksmiths -- Massachusetts -- Halifax relation - Identifier - 78_01_0302 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1448 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F28a4c50d2015f49c58ec674dcfd6ae40.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176025&Signature=FEuyScsaWm%2BVjsPBvpITKOt763o%3D
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description - Top: Winnetuxet River Water Spout behind Eben Wood's House. Bottom: Heading North on Thompson Street. subject - Winnetuxet River (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_0298 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1446 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F9cbac0675063cc48ed009472050dc39b.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176025&Signature=%2F5ZemqHGo1O%2BPIalKj%2FuaNDlgj0%3D
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description - Winter scene at the site of where Porter's Mill was. All that is left is the water wheel and mill mechanisms. subject - Porter Mill (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_0289 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1445 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F7f5610bb11c9b6d8d24933e8b485e498.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=TjSCKnhKBAhj1MCk06eNwLQReYw%3D
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description - Pratt Mill waterwheel and mechanical works. The Pratt Mill was located on River Street, east of Thompson Street. subject - Pratt Mill (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_0286 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1444 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2Fbb67cfc990dc37dfd4b2650532b01d0a.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=yE1eC5PnA5drsOPrtD0VB0iZAao%3D
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description - Aroline Soule led the movement to establish Halifax's Soldiers' Monument for Civil War Veterans. Her son, Charles W. Soule, died at Newberne, North Carolina in 1862 at the age of eighteen. subject - Soule, Aroline relation - Identifier - 78_01_0277 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1442 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F903e6fa1a94d726475e4ff236ca0ffe9.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=T756VAlblh6r6KqjAUtNpeiMJlU%3D
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description - J. H. Tillson birthplace on Plymouth Street, near four corners. The birthplace burned down circa 1902 subject - J. Homer Tillson Homestead (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_023 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1438 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F2e3d4233065ccc21138152180f3a036d.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=3ab5AztB3%2BFHIOTYXeeLPgX8lZU%3D
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description - Henry Bosworth's place on Furnace Street, formerly the Cushman home. Henry Bosworth is standing with his wife, Julia A. (Washburn) Bosworth (seated). Third person unknown. Part of the mill complex on Furnace Street. subject - Henry M. Bosworth's Homestead (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_022 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1437 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F1110e995fc51c514d35307b24c0eca31.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=C2vNBdqILD4Et3PaV4TMGvGyNAw%3D
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description - Old Town Hall showing Armory that burnt down in 1907. Three children are in the foreground (two Sergeants' children and Lloyd Morton Thomas.) Far to the right, in front of Town Hall another child. subject - Town Hall (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_013 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1436 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F9813dd5eab0b7b4e3576fce66edbf478.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=XaiG%2Bg8c8g0kIBAIfILVtKtVdto%3D
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description - A dilapidated canoe on East Lake. Hand-written Caption: West of Pond Cemetery. subject - East Monponsett Pond (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 78_01_006 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1435 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F7c9f0cf2fa5e00448adc01f7dd2c3069.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=iMtENw%2BKYFqQNvq1mp%2BbIDF%2BRww%3D
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description - Top Row: Hope Wood, Bertha Rich, Helen Thompson, Mary Estes, Sarah Baines, Nettie Prime. Middle Row: [?] Whitney, Abbie Thompson, Effa Wood [?], Carrie Bourne, Carrie Hayward, [?] Jewitt. Bottom Row: Elsie Tilson, Nettie Bourne, [grandson] Wood,… subject - Halifax (Mass.) -- History relation - Identifier - 10_78_029 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1434 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F0755d659387f92a890b707909ae4bdbe.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=55J13IiSZIgIDKAsZUudnu0h5vw%3D
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description - The Packard Brothers founded a store on the land directly opposite the Town Hall. Provisions, grain for farmers, the Post Office and weighing scales made up the major part of their business. There is a coach to the right with someone inside and a… subject - Packard's Store (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_025_A http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1433 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2Fe0bf5f3f81b9c761a3e5376dc9dabee0.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=t5S%2Bkry3swE5CrqPGTAP%2F9T9wpk%3D
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description - In the late1900s, Watson Willett and his sons built the Brockton Store on Plymouth Street. They had a delivery wagon and would take you order in the morning and delivery it to you later in the day. Waston's son Arthur ran the Boston Store on… subject - Brockton Store (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_023 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1432 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2Fbf6318caa36b9b419766f26db604166f.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=H66C%2FDeMA5Yxu3g3A6sjPkM%2Bjks%3D
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description - The Brockton Store, relocated to South Side of Plymouth Street, next to the Halifax Police Station and is now part of the Halifax Historic Village. This picture show the interior of the main section of the store. The tin ceiling can be seen as well… subject - Brockton Store (Halifax, Mass.) relation - Identifier - 10_78_022 http://sailsinc.omeka.net/items/show/1431 http://s3.amazonaws.com/omeka-net%2F2573%2Farchive%2Ffiles%2F7b0134623cac235a68650d2daac41404.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI3ATG3OSQLO5HGKA&Expires=1341176024&Signature=uwu%2BGQAgS%2F7PY%2BxMK7cgTAWq6QU%3D