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1. 2000.400.2474 - Newspaper Article

   Newspaper clippings and a brochure from 1997 and 1999 with articles on REACH (Recreation, Education, Arts, Culture, and History). The REACH Fitchburg collaborators include Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg Historical Society, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg by Design, and the Fitchburg Economic Development Commission. The REACH group did a series of walking and driving guides for Fitchburg. In one article, Mary Chapin Durling, cultural affa...

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2. 2008.043.033 - Postcard

   A small colored photographic postcard of the railroad station in Fitchburg Ma. It was built in 1877, designed by prominent Fitchburg architect H. M Francis. It was razed in October 1961.

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3. 2017.001.003 - Booklet

   A booklet of photos published in 1906 titled: "Views of Fitchburg and Vicinity". There are several photos of Main St., of local companies, of the railroad station, of the many Churches, Schools, Whalom Park, and the Rollstone Boulder on top of Rollstone Hill. The booklet is 10" x 8", has 32 pages, and is in a purple colored thick paper cover. The black and white photos in the booklet are 4" x 7" prints. It was published by the L. H. Nelso...

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4. 2017.068.005 - Postcard

   Four post cards of Fitchburg Landmarks including: The Depot Park, Upper Common and First Parish Church, the Post Office Building, and compilation of landmarks from a painting done by Juan Carlos Leon. The painting is titled "Fitchburg".

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5. 2017.093.013 - Postcards

   Twelve postcards with pictures of Main Street displayed in a wooden picture frame. The pictures include cable cars, horse and buggy, and people in older forms of dress. The subject of the postcards include: 1. Main St. looking West. 2. Main St. looking from Prichard St. 3. Main St. looking East. 4. Main St. looking West including Grants, Woolworth's, and Fanny Farmer Candies. 5. Greetings from Fitchburg postcard. 6. Main St. looking towar...

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6. 2021.050.007 - Program

   The Whalom Breeze program from the week of July 29 - Aug. 3, 1901. This is Vol. I., No. 7. On the front page is a picture of the original open-air theater at Lake Whalom. There are also two stories: one about the history of how the name "Whalom" came to be, and another story about Rip Van Winkle. The Theater was doing a presentation of the play "Rip Van Winkle", a comic opera, in three acts, by Planquette. On the back page are some short...

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7. 2021.050.010 - Booklet

   A small log book of trees on some of the city streets of Fitchburg in 1898. It was kept by Frank B. Kingsbury and is amazing in its detail. Kingsbury noted the variety of the trees which included Elm, Basswood, Horse Chestnut, and Maple. He also recorded the circumference of the tree, and mapped the exact location on street grids. He mapped trees on streets such as: Main St., Church, Hartwell, Adams, and Richards. As an example of the t...

   Record Type: Archive