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Rollstone Boulder |
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1976.025.704 - Print, Photographic
Picture of the Rollstone Boulder in Fitchburg.
Record Type: Photo
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2000.600.736 - Negative, Glass-plate
Photo of the Rollstone Boulder ca. 1900 with a group of people on top and around it. The men are wearing suits and derby hats while the women have on long dresses and fancy hats. The Boulder has the large metal strap around it and also has cement sealing the cracks in the rock.
Record Type: Photo
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2004.086.002 - manuscript
Manuscript written by High School student Timothy Wilson about the Rollstone Boulder, how it came to Rollstone Hill and later was moved to its place on Upper Main Street.
Record Type: Archive
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2005.049.005 - Print, Photographic
Black and white photo of Rollstone Boulder atop Rollstone Hill. A group of young women are seated on top of the boulder.
Record Type: Photo
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2008.036.008 - print, photographic
The Rollstone Boulder in Litchfield Park opposite the Upper Common
Record Type: Photo
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2009.041.015 - Postcard
22 Postcards of Rollstone Boulder. The Rollstone Boulder was carried by the last glacier from Mt. Monadnock, N.H. to the summit of the hill in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, whose name commemorates it and it was for centuries a landmark to the Indians and early settlers before being placed in its present location.
Record Type: Photo
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2009.041.016 - Postcard
2Postcard of the Rollstone Boulder on top of Rollstone Hill.
Record Type: Photo
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2009.041.017 - Postcard
2Postcard of the Rollstone Boulder on top of Rollstone Hill.
Record Type: Photo
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2009.041.018 - Postcard
2Postcard of the Rollstone Boulder in Litchfield Park in the Upper Common area. "100 tons of porphyrtic granite deposited at the top of Rollstone Hill by the last great glacier. Threatened with destruction by quarrying operations, it was cut apart and reassembled at its present site where it has served as a landmark of the city since 1930.
Record Type: Photo
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2009.041.019 - Postcard
2Postcard of a group of people atop Rollstone Hill and Rollstone Boulder
Record Type: Photo
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2013.042.003 - Clipping, Newspaper
Newspaper clipping about the moving of the Rollstone Boulder
Record Type: Archive
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2014.047.007 - Postcard
Postcard of "Bowlder (sic) on Rollstone Hill. Fitchburg. Mass." signed "Aug. 6, 1905 S.T.G." and addressed to Miss Adelaide Beunte in Maine. S.T.G. was Seth Thomas Gano, from Oneota, NY who was engaged to Adelaide. Postcard is stamped and in excellent condition. Postcard arrived with six others, three more of general Fitchburg, MA sights and three of Whalom Park. Printed in red at the bottom of the photograph side of the postcard is "Made in Aust...
Record Type: Photo
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2015.077.001 - Postcard
Colorized close-up B/W photo postcard of Rollstone Boulder on the hill, when the boulder was precautionarily banded together, but the stone foundation support(s) no longer organized. Space on the back to place a stamp, for "United States and Canada One Cent - Foreign Two Cents". Title preceded with number "8760"
Record Type: Photo
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2015.077.003 - Postcard
Colorized B/W postcard 6 well-dressed (about 1900?) men and women, at and on the boulder on Rollstone Hill. The format on backside has space for a one cent stamp "for United States, and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents For Foreign." "THE HUGH C. LEIGHTON CO., MANUFACTURERS, PORTLAND, ME., U.S.A. PRINTED IN FRANKFORT (?) MAIN, GERMANY. No 3738"
Record Type: Photo
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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...
Record Type: Archive
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2017.007.006 - Clipping, Newspaper
James F. D. Garfield Personal papers Packet #6 Envelopes numbered 121 through 155 on guide Envelopes contain correspondence, news clippings and other materials.[Postmark dates on Envelopes] 121 [30 June 1905] Post Office, local meetings, government 122 [25 April 1907] Upper Common Fountain 1890 123[8 February 1907] Locals 1894 124 [9 July 1906] Local /Miscellaneous 1892 125 [30 June 1905] Locals/Miscellaneous 1887 126 [5 July 1906] Loca...
Record Type: Archive
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2018.003.001 - Postcard
12 One cent post cards of Main Street,buildings, and scenes from Fitchburg..
Record Type: Photo
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2018.050.002 - Notecard
Eight Notecards with drawings of historic Fitchburg scenes or buildings on the front, and a description of the item on the back. The notecards were made by Fitchburg Savings Bank. The notecard drawings include: The Old Stone Mill, The First Parish Church, Fitchburg Savings Bank Block, The Fitchburg Hotel, The Rollstone Boulder, Town House and City Hall. Some of the item descriptions: The Old Stone Mill was built by Oliver Fox in 1826 as ...
Record Type: Archive
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2019.025.003 - Postcard
Large collection of postcards collected by the donor over many years; also categorized by donor as follows: Books 11 through 20 Book 11 - Buildings: Johnsonia, Public Library, Police Station, Hotel Raymond,YMCA, Post Office, etc. - 152 cards Book 12 -- Coggshall Park, Soldiers Monument in Monument Square [Park], Balanced rock at Mt. Wachusett,etc.- 87 cards Book 13 - Rollstone Boulder, Rivers and steams, Wachusett mountain area - 172 cards ...
Record Type: Photo