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1968.054.012 - Print, Photographic
Looking up Main Street from American House in 1880.
Record Type: Photo
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2000.400.2478 - Manuscript
Manuscript titled: "The History of Rollstone Congregational Church To 1927" as written by Ralph K. Hubbard, Church Historian, 1958. The history starts with the year 1867 when discussions were being held within the Calvinistic Congregational Church to start a new Church on lower Main St. as that area of Fitchburg was experiencing a housing boom and the CC Church was mostly full. Rev. Alfred Emerson and Deacon David Boutelle led the meetings th...
Record Type: Archive
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2000.400.2506 - Manuscript
A paper read by President Charles Fosdick at the May 1916 monthly meeting. On Water Street of the 1860's, from Depot Square to the bridge at Walnut Street. Includes railroads, American House, the Fitchburg Steam Engine Company, early dynamos and electricity.
Record Type: Archive
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2008.043.038 - Postcard
A small colored photographic postcard with a picture of the American House, a large hotel on the corner of Blossom and Main St, Fitchburg. It was built around 1845 and was in business until 1952.
Record Type: Archive
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2022.054.004 - Postcard
Postcard with a colorized picture of Depot Square including the American House. The back of the postcard has an address on it, a Benjamin Franklin one cent stamp, and a cancel mark from Fitchburg July 16, 1906.
Record Type: Photo
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2022.064.003 - Photograph
Photograph of the demolition of the American House in July of 1955.
Record Type: Photo
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2023.073.006 - Transparency, Slide
Ten slides with pictures of Fitchburg taken from postcards from circa 1890 to 1920. The pictures include: Depot Square, American House, Main St. with a sign for "The Boston," West Fitchburg, West Main Street, side streets like Myrtle Ave, and an older postcard picture of a "Greetings from Fitchburg" postcard. Many of the pictures show street railcars, railcar tracks, and horse and buggies.
Record Type: Photo
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E2000.600.005 - Print, Photographic
A picture down Main St. prior to the automobile. The sides of the street are lined by many brick buildings including the American House, Johnson and Macy Dry Goods, and many others which can't be distinguished. The streets are filled with horse drawn wagons.
Record Type: Photo
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E2000.600.006 - Print, Photographic
A picture of the American House. At the base of which is a strip of stores including the Old City Drug Store, F.C. Winchester & Co., Joel Joel Cigars. Some of the stores have canopees over their doors and there are many hose drawn wagons parked out front.
Record Type: Photo
