Thanks to a CPC grant, the Southborough Historical Society has undertaken a comprehensive assessment of the its photograph collection with a view to eventually digitizing the images. Here for the first time is a listing of the photo categories in our collection:
Category Folder(s)
| Aerial Views | Aerial Views |
| Albertina Ratz Dancing Girls | Albertina Ratz Dancing Girls |
| All Wars Memorial | All Wars Memorial |
| American Legion Marker | American Legion Marker |
| Boys and Girls Scouts
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Boys and Girls Scouts
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| Bridges | Southborough Bridges 1, 2 |
| Celebrations | Celebrations General 1, 2, 3, |
| Celebrations Fourth of July 1902 | |
| Celebrations Memorial Day/Veterans’ Day | |
| Churches | Original Baptist Church (Fayville); St. Mark’s; |
| St. Mark’s | |
| Community Federated (Southville); | |
| Pilgrim Congregational Church | |
| St. Anne | |
| Community House | Community House |
| Coon Club | Coon Club |
| Dam | Dam—in Fayville Construction;
Completion; Tributaries—Stony Brook |
| Farms | Deerfoot Meat Plant, Newton St.; St. Mark’s in background |
| Farms – Deerfoot (delivery wagons) | |
| Wolfpen Farm 1, 2, 3 | |
| Farms 1, 2 | |
| Farming (animals) | |
| Deerfoot Farm | |
| Fayville | Flu Epidemic – Fayville 1917-1918 |
| Hillcrest Inn – Fayville | |
| Fayville, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |
| Horse Team and carriages—Bob Sealey | |
| Fire Department | Fire Department |
| Fitzgeralds | Fitzgeralds |
| Grand Army of the Republic | GAR Members |
| Ground Observer Corps. For aircraft: WWII. | Mary Bullard, Marjorie Spurr, among the volunteers 1943-4-5; South Union School |
| Hillcrest Inn | Hillcrest Inn |
| Historic Houses | Historic Houses Misc 1, 2,3 |
| Brewer Houses | |
| Nathan Brewer House | |
| Around town in 1950s including Colonial Gardens | |
| Brigham House (now Community House) | |
| Fairbanks House | |
| Lincoln House (and Store) | |
| Norcross House | |
| Parker House | |
| Sawin House | |
| Staples House | |
| Artemus Ward House | |
| Kidder Estate | Kidder Estate Garden 1, 2 |
| Knights of Columbus | Knights of Columbus Building |
| Latisquama Road | Latisquama Road |
| Lost Southborough | Photographs of demolished buildings |
| Marlboro Car Crash 1939 | Marlboro Car Crash 1939 |
| Mile Markers | Mile Markers |
| Mills | Cordaville Mill, ad for woolen blankets |
| Mills: Sawin’s Mill | |
| Nichols Mill (2), | |
| Williams Mill | |
| Cordaville Mills | |
| Sawin Mill, Deerfoot Road | |
| Natural Disasters | Ice Storm of 1927 |
| 1938 Hurricane | |
| Hurricane Edna 1954 | |
| 1978 Blizzard | |
| Wind Damage 1959 | |
| People (General) | Clubs/Organizations/Police/etc.
Rotary Club |
| Southborough Firefighters | |
| Women’s Club of Southborough | |
| Town Baseball | |
| Town Baseball | |
| sports | |
| People | Military
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| People (Specific) | Beaton |
| Boutilier | |
| Brewer | |
| Burke | |
| Burnett | |
| Collins
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| Finn | |
| Fuentes
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| Fuentes | |
| Guzzi | |
| Henderson | |
| Hill | |
| Holmes, Jauncy | |
| Hutt Stivers | |
| Hyde | |
| Lincoln | |
| Maguire | |
| Newton (1) Newton (2) | |
| Parker | |
| Ramelli | |
| Ryan | |
| Sawin | |
| Turenne | |
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Webber |
| Worcester Girls Trade | |
| A. Woodward, M. Finn | |
| People | People, Misc. |
| Reservoir | Bridge on Cemetery Road ( ?) Maybe either one of the two roads shown used to be Cemetery Road? (Have to check) |
| Flood: Looking from Deerfoot down Parkerville Road 2 copies of 2 scenes. | |
| Dam on Deerfoot flooding. (two vistas) | |
| Railroad | Cordaville RR Station |
| Cordaville Station and Mill nearby | |
| Cordaville Station 1860-1870 | |
| Cordaville Station | |
| Cordaville RR Station | |
| Cordaville RR Station, home, part of Cordaville Mill | |
| Man shoveling snow below: Fayville Dam with heavy water flow on rocks below | |
| Fayville Depot | |
| Fayville Station and Freight Bldg (1) and 2). | |
| Fayville Depot with clear passenger and freight areas | |
| Southville RR
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| Railroad – Southborough – Miscellaneous | |
| Railroad—Cordaville train wreck | |
| School
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Flagg School, 1927 |
| Schools | Photo of students at Oak Hill School |
| Class or school (discolored photo in very poor condition.) | |
| Peters High School Class of 1953. | |
| Peters Annex 1911 Grades 8 and 9
2 copies with ids on back |
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| 20th Reunion: Peters High Class of 1935
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| Peters Class of 1939 Reunion 1939 Baseball Team (ids) | |
| Peters Class of 1930
Baseball Team (2 copies) Class photos—Speakers at Graduation (2 copies with ids) |
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| Peters High Homecoming 1981 | |
| Highland Street Elementary School 1901 (Cox House???) (3 copies) | |
| Fayville School 1904 -06
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| Peters High 7th grade
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| Peters High (1906-07) | |
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Peters High Bldg. two classes 1900 1910 |
| Peters and elementary: Grades 2 and 3
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| Peters class of 1909 | |
| School lower grades | |
| Peters 1919 | |
| Peters 1920 Grade 9 | |
| Peters 1921-22, Grades 5, 6 | |
| Peters 1925-26, Grades 6-8 | |
| Class of Peters students
No id (early 20th C?) |
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| Class of students
No id and very poor copy |
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| Reunion of Peters HS Class of 1953 (+?) | |
| Reunion of Peters Class of 1902 | |
| Peters High Basketball 1908 | |
| Miss Mary Finn and class outside (original and copy) (however back note says “To Miss Neary from Mrs. Everett, Southville”) | |
| Miss Margaret Neary and class outside
(original and copy)
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| Inside classroom (maybe event with parents or older students) (original and copy) | |
| Photo: Fayville School Miss Neary 1904
Students of several grades on steps at front of the school, seated on lawn and some on benches on lawn–with Miss Neary and in classroom. |
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| Individual students’ photos at Neary School 1971-72 with names | |
| Owned by Fay School (private school)
Goodman House, Middle Road; rear of two old school buildings from 1900 andå 1901 razed in 1986; razed 1986; Fay School students at desks waiting for ??? |
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Peters High 1907-1908
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| Peters High Girls Basketball 1922-23 | |
| Peters High Boys Basketball 1922-1923 | |
| Peters High all four classes 1926 | |
| Peters High graduating class 1929 | |
| Peters High graduating class 1938; 1938 boys’ basketball team | |
| Peters High Graduating Class 1948;
Class Reception |
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| Peters High Class of 1949 | |
| Peters High 1955-58 Girls only (2 copies) | |
| Peters High 1957 (several class photos with one from their earlier school days?) | |
| Peters High Class of ’57 in chemistry lab and playing softball | |
| Peters High Class of ’59 Student-Faculty Basketball Game | |
| Peters High 1959 Champion Girls’ Basketball Team | |
| Peters High School undated: Four photos of faculty, a graduating class, and all students in a school (Peters?) | |
| Peters High School undated: Four photos of faculty, a graduating class, all students in a school. | |
| Peters HS Original Building; photos of workmen, at site where fire station is now. Built by WPA (Works Progress Administration), part of F.D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal.” | |
| Peters High School, construction, views from across street at Community House;
Photo of annex to the school that became the police station. |
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| South Union School being built. 1897 Also known as Highland St. School and the South Grammar School. (Checking to see if there was another school by that name). Described in one photo as being on Parkerville Rd. | |
| Photos of students and teachers at South Union 1890s | |
| About 25 students at So. Union in 1914. Ids on back of photo.
Another photo is of “Southville School” on Parkerville Road.(Check that) |
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| South Union School as built and later when being renovated for re-use in the 1970s. | |
| Peters HS and Annex 1) dark photo of “old High School across from Community House”, 2) less dark one of same, 3) taking down old Peters and creating annex 1938. Some workers shown: David Tbolts, Joe Mitt, Joseph Cerutto, and “Town Gang”. Armonian Pit, Temp 94 degrees, “Humidity Terrible.” 1928. | |
| Color photo…Peters High, Peters Annex (before any changes) | |
| Peters Annex: Opened in 1933 to house lower grades and used through June 1970. After school closed was refitted in May 1971 to become the Southborough Police Station. | |
| Photos of workmen on Peters Annex: Joseph Cerutti, Chick Sales, Lawrence Misener. (“High school WPA.”) Old school interior with students: Present site of old fire house ca 1900. Old high school; says “Peters High being built in rear.” | |
| South Grammar School 1897: Highland Street School: students, teachers in front of school (3 copies; one with teachers, students’ names. South Grammar School, class of 1897 informal photo (but smaller than above) also with names. Albie Dorr teacher. | |
| Primary School, Cordaville. Photo only. South Grammar School, Southville; South Grammar School (same but bluish glossier photo) | |
| Aerial view, Neary School (2) | |
| Fay School: 22 photos of buildings being razed; Summer and September 1986; Main School building on Main Street(5); Building being razed (4); Buildings partially razed (7); Building completely razed 1; View of school from rear (off Middle Road). | |
| Wentworth’s School Bus, Fayville, small and enlarged photos with driver Wiiliiam Wentworth. Drove bus from 1926 when purchased to he died in 1940. | |
| West End School, 1888, Mary Heald was teacher (not shown); 1889, Connie Blackwell teacher (not shown) (no student ids) | |
| Albert Woodward Middle School, School photos 1971, 1972, 1973. | |
| Albert Woodward Middle School, strip of headshots of students in grade 6; no date. | |
| St. Mark’s School, silhouette of main buildings in blue, framed in hard board (about 3×3”). Campus buildings (3, one small); main buildings from Main Street side; view from back with chapel; | |
| St. Mark’s School 1966: March fire in new wing of school building. Southborough FD and their truck’s ladders credited with saving from being destroyed; school officials and Fire Capt. Inspecting damage; Marlborough Enterprise photos. Baseball game on campus. Buildings on campus printed in blue (2 copies); view of school from the back (small on heavy backing) Skating rink under construction, . | |
| St. Mark’s School original buildings: Main Street; Original school on Main Street; Main building with gate, dorm windows. 1966 fire: 8 photos (from school). | |
| West End School on Johnson farm, Northborough Road (3 same view) plus one. Burned December 9, 1961. | |
| Southborough Arms | Southborough Arms, Main Street. Two smaller front and side views; enlarged copy of postcard with view on side going east on Main Street. Firefighters climbing ladder in front and one at window in back unhappy proof that the building would essentially be burned beyond repair in 1966. |
| Southborough Miscellaneous Photographs (2) | Sawin house and dam; dam at Deerfoot Rd., waterfall at dam at Deerfoot; horseshoe dam at Middle Road (2 copies); House at Deerfoot (home to farmworkers?); overlooking White Bagley Rd from Latisquama Rd. |
| Southborough Miscellaneous Photos | Below Cemetery Looking SW (2); Deerfoot Rd, Looking South toward Oveson’s place (farm); Parkerville Rd: horse and buggy near corner of Main St. (people unidentified); Tree between two boulders in rear of Falconi Oil Co. office (no date); Bridge on Cemetery Road (looking direction? West?); Deep hole in river, rear of cemetery |
| Southborough Views (1)_ | Aerial view of Rte. 85/30 with church and Town House and St. Mark’s campus (2, one better.) Aerial view of Rte. 495 intersection with Rte. 9 showing Lynbrook Rd. and Lovers Lane; 1960 photo by Wallace Smith. Rtes. 85 and 30. Notes Southborough Arms near right edge of photo with parking lot. Main St. houses quite clear. |
| Southville | Southville area buildings (residences), 1890, some still there, |
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Wood Street; Road to Hopkinton from Wood St. (two copies of each) |
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Cape with barn; large house, maybe two family; porch on one side of front; typical cape with barn behind and smoking chimney? Person in front. Cape style but with porche over left side of front and small addition with screen door on the right. (Newest in this group as a guess.) |
| RR station, tracks; Jones House: Behind—building that has been over the years: M.E. (Methodist Episcopal?) Church; (Later: Masonic Lodge); Second Congregational Church; Federated Church; First Community Church.
Bridge on road to Hopkinton from Wood Street; Lincoln’s Store (though the RR station might be more prominent structure in front covering most of store. Horse drawn delivery wagon from Framingham Market. St. Matthew’s Church (RC), Cordaville. Warner Oland’s House (Birthplace of Joseph Burnett;) and barn. Boutilier’s blacksmith shop; Later Bert Jones Grain and Feed; Southville, Rd. Wood St Bridge looking toward Hopkinton. Holmes house and store (selling real estate, Sealtest Ice Cream). Interior of Congregational Church; Southville Square looking West.; two views of the Cong. Church, different times. Southville Grammar School; [small photo in plastic) Large mill building with sign: S. C. Bowman and Son Company—Medicinal Plasters (said to be on south side of Southville Road nearer to Parkerville Rd.) |
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| Mrs. Holmes’ Store (Lincoln Store? Charles Masterman, delivery wagon; Bridge, Hubley House, Ruth Lindsey House; Congregational Church (built around Civil War) ; Lincoln House, (2 views); Paul Lincoln?); horse-drawn US mail wagon and mailman; St. Matthew’s Church, Cordaville. | |
| Stereoscopic Views | One set: House –no id; one pair houses and one view of a back field: both id’d as Lewis and Helen M. Hunting (sp?) and “Fayville”; another: George B. Herrick, residence; another house of D.H. Brewer and “Fayville,” Pleasant St. and Turnpike. |
| Strawberry Hill | View from Sears Hill looking across to Strawberry Hill (date?) |
| Town House | View of Town House hidden by St. Mark’s on the left and Pilgrim Church on the right and a large tree in front. Front all bedecked with American flags, other drapes are striped banners, and large
Banner with Pres. T. Roosevelt in the middle. Described as T.R.’s “presidential victoria celebration.” |
| VFW- Fayville | Color photo of entrance to the VFW building behind the Fayville Village Hall |
| White’s Corner
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“Before” photo: the corner as transfer point for trolleys either going back and forth to Worcester and Boston down Turnpike Road (Rte. 9) plus a bridge; AND home to favorite town watering spot–“White Corner’s” restaurant . “After” 2003 photo: Business block home to Tomasso Restaurant, Starbucks, and smaller food shops and drycleaners. |
| World War I Howitzer | View of Town House with the World War I German Howitzer donated in 1919 and renewed in 1991 by the local businesses and the American Legion Post 132 in memory of all those from Southborough who fought in World War I. Photo of honor guard for dedication of the refurbished cannon. |
| Aerial Views | Aerial Views |
| Albertina Ratz Dancing Girls | Albertina Ratz Dancing Girls |
| All Wars Memorial | All Wars Memorial |
| American Legion Marker | American Legion Marker |
| Boys and Girls Scouts
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Boys and Girls Scouts
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| Bridges | Southborough Bridges 1, 2 |
| Celebrations | Celebrations General 1, 2, 3, |
| Celebrations | Celebrations Fourth of July 1902 |
| Celebrations | Celebrations Memorial Day/Veterans’ Day |
| Churches | Original Baptist Church (Fayville); St. Mark’s; |
| Churches | St. Mark’s; Community Federated |
| Churches | Community Federated (Southville); |
| Churches | Pilgrim Congregational Church |
| Churches | St Anne |
| Churches | Churches Original Baptist Church (Fayville); St. Mark’s; Community Federated (Southville); Pilgrim Congregational Church; St. Anne Church |
| Community House | Community House |
| Coon Club | Coon Club |
| Dam | Dam—in Fayville Construction;
Completion; Tributaries—Stony Brook |
| Farms | Deerfoot Meat Plant, Newton St.; St. Mark’s in background |
| Farms | Farms – Deerfoot (delivery wagons) |
| Farms | Wolfpen Farm 1, 2, 3 |
| Farms | Farms 1, 2 |
| Farms | Farming (animals) |
| Farms | Deerfoot Farm |
| Fayville | Flu Epidemic – Fayville 1917-1918 |
| Fayville | Hillcrest Inn – Fayville |
| Fayville, | Fayville, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Fayville, | Horse Team and carriages—Bob Sealey |
| Fire Department | Fire Department |
| Fitzgeralds | Fitzgeralds |
| Grand Army of the Republic | GAR Members |
| Ground Observer Corps. For aircraft: WWII. | Mary Bullard, Marjorie Spurr, among the volunteers 1943-4-5; South Union School |
| Hillcrest Inn | Hillcrest Inn |
| Historic Houses | Historic Houses Misc 1, 2,3 |
| Historic Houses | Brewer Houses |
| Historic Houses | Nathan Brewer House |
| Historic Houses | Around town in 1950s including Colonial Gardens |
| Historic Houses | Brigham House (now Community House) |
| Historic Houses | Fairbanks House |
| Historic Houses | Lincoln House (and Store) |
| Historic Houses | Norcross House |
| Historic Houses | Parker House |
| Historic Houses | Sawin House |
| Historic Houses | Staples House |
| Historic Houses | Artemus Ward House |
| Kidder Estate | Kidder Estate Garden 1, 2 |
| Knights of Columbus | Knights of Columbus Building |
| Latisquama Road | Latisquama Road |
| Lost Southborough | Photographs of demolished buildings |
| Marlboro Car Crash 1939 | Marlboro Car Crash 1939 |
| Mile Markers | 2 copies: Corner of Main and Sears (should be further east but moved with reservoir construction (also hav wrong date: “Est 1769; Marker “28 miles from Boston, ET: 1770”. Accuracy? Different one now in front of Town House drive. |
| Mills | Cordaville Mill, ad for woolen blankets |
| Mills | Mills: Sawin’s Mill |
| Mills | Nichols Mill (2), |
| Mills | Williams Mill |
| Mills | Cordaville Mills |
| Mills | Sawin Mill, Deerfoot Road |
| Nancy Morrison (Falconi) early 1980s | (small in plastic covers –6 photos)
(note: several of these are duplicated in larger size in next section.) Fire at General Millls Farm Store (Boston Rd.??); Reservoir frozen and snow; Cordaville Rd. Cemetery view of stones, gravestones; Back of brick building (??) and stone foundation; arched stone bridge over stream (Middle Rd., or near new RR station parking; gravestones in old cemetery with Fay School bldgs. in background; gate to/from Burnett burial ground (or?); Town marker across from Fay School with bldgs.. since demolished. Front entrance steps to Southborough Library; pine trees and view of Reservoir; Rural Cemetery; Gate to Town Pound behind Town House since 1750. Restored by Rotary Club and dedicated by Gov. Francis Sargent. Front entrances of South Union School before restoration for town use; Pilgrim Church completed in 1834 at its site next to Town House, built in in center of Southborough. Town House renewed in late1970s. View of St. Mark’s Church, Flagg School (before).
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| Nancy Morrison, Miscellaneous Photos, early 1980s. | Fires: 1-6 General Mills Farm Store; 9 similar photos of Newton Bldg. with p.o. and drug store in town center (numbered); winter view of reservoir; similar with island in the middle of reservoir (no numbers) (similar to smaller photos In previous file by Nancy M. such as cemetery, reservoir, South Union entrances; entrance to library, and Pilgrim Church’s sign; last one: mile marker in front of Fay but quite dark. |
| Natural Disasters | Natural Disasters: Ice Storm of 1927 |
| Natural Disasters | Natural Disasters: 1938 Hurricane |
| Natural Disasters | Natural Disasters Hurricane Edna 1954; |
| Natural Disasters | Natural Disasters: 1978 Blizzard |
| Natural Disasters | Wind Damage 1959; |
| People | Clubs/Organizations/Police/etc.;
Rotary Club |
| People | Southborough Firefighters |
| People | Women’s Club of Southborough |
| People | Town Baseball |
| People | Town Baseball |
| People | sports |
| People | Military
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| People | Beaton |
| People | Boutilier |
| People | Brewer |
| People | Burke |
| People | Burnett |
| People | Collins
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| People | Finn |
| People | Fuentes
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| People | Fuentes |
| People | Guzzi |
| People | Henderson |
| People | Hill |
| People | Holmes, Jauncy |
| People | Hutt Stivers |
| People | Hyde |
| People | Lincoln |
| People | Maguire |
| People | Newton (1) Newton (2) |
| People | Parker |
| People | Ramelli |
| People | Ryan |
| People | Sawin |
| People | Turenne |
| People
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Webber |
| People | Worcester Girls Trade |
| People | A. Woodward, M. Finn |
| People | People, Misc. |
| Photograph | About 1875, four views of Parker Pond, Stoney Brook, Sawins Mill and the Smith House noted as birthplace of FLB and photos by MLB. (B meaning Burnett maybe) (2 sts) |
| Photograph | Outdoor Sign about “Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan” and appealing for “subscriptions” toward town’s quota of $186,400. 2 copies. |
| Reservoir | Bridge on Cemetery Road ( ?) Maybe either one of the two roads shown used to be Cemetery Road? (Have to check) |
| Reservoir | Flood: Looking from Deerfoot down Parkerville Road 2 copies of 2 scenes. |
| Reservoir | Dam on Deerfoot flooding. (two vistas) |
| Railroad | Cordaville RR Station |
| Railroad | Cordaville Station and Mill nearby |
| Railroad | Cordaville Station 1860-1870 |
| Railroad | Cordaville Station |
| Railroad | Cordaville RR Station |
| Railroad | Cordaville RR Station, home, part of Cordaville Mill |
| Railroad | Man shoveling snow below: Fayville Dam with heavy water flow on rocks below |
| Railroad | Fayville Depot |
| Railroad | Fayville Station and Freight Bldg (1) and 2). |
| Railroad | Fayville Depot with clear passenger and freight areas |
| Railroad | Southville RR
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| Railroad | Railroad – Southborough – Miscellaneous |
| Railroad | Railroad—Cordaville train wreck |
| School
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Flagg School, 1927 |
| Schools | Photo of students at Oak Hill School |
| Schools | Class or school (discolored photo in very poor condition.) |
| Schools | Peters High School Class of 1953. |
| Schools | Peters Annex 1911 Grades 8 and 9
2 copies with ids on back |
| Schools | 20th Reunion: Peters High Class of 1935
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| Schools | Peters Class of 1939 Reunion 1939 Baseball Team (ids) |
| Schools | Peters Class of 1930
Baseball Team (2 copies) Class photos—Speakers at Graduation (2 copies with ids) |
| Schools | Peters High Homecoming 1981 |
| Schools | Highland Street Elementary School 1901 (Cox House???) (3 copies) |
| Schools | Fayville School 1904 -06
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| Schools | Peters High 7th grade
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| Schools | Peters High (1906-07) |
| Schools
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Peters High Bldg. two classes 1900 1910 |
| Schools | Peters and elementary: Grades 2 and 3
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| Schools | Peters class of 1909 |
| Schools | School lower grades |
| Schools | Peters 1919 |
| Schools | Peters 1920 Grade 9 |
| Schools | Peters 1921-22, Grades 5, 6 |
| Schools | Peters 1925-26, Grades 6-8 |
| Schools | Class of Peters students
No id (early 20th C?) |
| Schools | Class of students
No id and very poor copy |
| Schools | Reunion of Peters HS Class of 1953 (+?) |
| Schools | Reunion of Peters Class of 1902 |
| Schools | Peters High Basketball 1908 |
| Schools | Miss Mary Finn and class outside (original and copy) (however back note says “To Miss Neary from Mrs. Everett, Southville”) |
| Schools | Miss Margaret Neary and class outside
(original and copy)
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| Schools | Inside classroom (maybe event with parents or older students) (original and copy) |
| Schools | Photo: Fayville School Miss Neary 1904
Students of several grades on steps at front of the school, seated on lawn and some on benches on lawn–with Miss Neary and in classroom. |
| Schools | Individual students’ photos at Neary School 1971-72 with names |
| Schools | Owned by Fay School (private school)
Goodman House, Middle Road; rear of two old school buildings from 1900 andå 1901 razed in 1986; razed 1986; Fay School students at desks waiting for ??? |
| Schools
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Peters High 1907-1908
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| Schools | Peters High Girls Basketball 1922-23 |
| Schools | Peters High Boys Basketball 1922-1923 |
| Schools | Peters High all four classes 1926 |
| Schools | Peters High graduating class 1929 |
| Schools | Peters High graduating class 1938; 1938 boys’ basketball team |
| Schools | Peters High Graduating Class 1948;
Class Reception |
| Schools | Peters High Class of 1949 |
| Schools | Peters High 1955-58 Girls only (2 copies) |
| Schools | Peters High 1957 (several class photos with one from their earlier school days?) |
| Schools | Peters High Class of ’57 in chemistry lab and playing softball |
| Schools | Peters High Class of ’59 Student-Faculty Basketball Game |
| Schools | Peters High 1959 Champion Girls’ Basketball Team |
| Schools | Peters High School undated: Four photos of faculty, a graduating class, and all students in a school (Peters?) |
| Schools | Peters High School undated: Four photos of faculty, a graduating class, all students in a school. |
| Schools | Peters HS Original Building; photos of workmen, at site where fire station is now. Built by WPA (Works Progress Administration), part of F.D. Roosevelt’s “New Deal.” |
| Schools | Peters High School, construction, views from across street at Community House;
Photo of annex to the school that became the police station. |
| Schools | South Union School being built. 1897 Also known as Highland St. School and the South Grammar School. (Checking to see if there was another school by that name). Described in one photo as being on Parkerville Rd. |
| Schools | Photos of students and teachers at South Union 1890s |
| Schools | About 25 students at So. Union in 1914. Ids on back of photo.
Another photo is of “Southville School” on Parkerville Road.(Check that) |
| Schools | South Union School as built and later when being renovated for re-use in the 1970s. |
| Schools | Peters HS and Annex 1) dark photo of “old High School across from Community House”, 2) less dark one of same, 3) taking down old Peters and creating annex 1938. Some workers shown: David Tbolts, Joe Mitt, Joseph Cerutto, and “Town Gang”. Armonian Pit, Temp 94 degrees, “Humidity Terrible.” 1928. |
| Schools | Color photo…Peters High, Peters Annex (before any changes) |
| Schools | Peters Annex: Opened in 1933 to house lower grades and used through June 1970. After school closed was refitted in May 1971 to become the Southborough Police Station. |
| Schools | Photos of workmen on Peters Annex: Joseph Cerutti, Chick Sales, Lawrence Misener. (“High school WPA.”) Old school interior with students: Present site of old fire house ca 1900. Old high school; says “Peters High being built in rear.” |
| Schools | South Grammar School 1897: Highland Street School: students, teachers in front of school (3 copies; one with teachers, students’ names. South Grammar School, class of 1897 informal photo (but smaller than above) also with names. Albie Dorr teacher. |
| Schools | Primary School, Cordaville. Photo only. South Grammar School, Southville; South Grammar School (same but bluish glossier photo) |
| Schools | Aerial view, Neary School (2) |
| Schools | Fay School: 22 photos of buildings being razed; Summer and September 1986; Main School building on Main Street(5); Building being razed (4); Buildings partially razed (7); Building completely razed 1; View of school from rear (off Middle Road). |
| Schools | Wentworth’s School Bus, Fayville, small and enlarged photos with driver Wiiliiam Wentworth. Drove bus from 1926 when purchased to he died in 1940. |
| Schools | West End School, 1888, Mary Heald was teacher (not shown); 1889, Connie Blackwell teacher (not shown) (no student ids) |
| Schools | Albert Woodward Middle School, School photos 1971, 1972, 1973. |
| Schools | Albert Woodward Middle School, strip of headshots of students in grade 6; no date. |
| Schools | St. Mark’s School, silhouette of main buildings in blue, framed in hard board (about 3×3”). Campus buildings (3, one small); main buildings from Main Street side; view from back with chapel; |
| Schools | St. Mark’s School 1966: March fire in new wing of school building. Southborough FD and their truck’s ladders credited with saving from being destroyed; school officials and Fire Capt. Inspecting damage; Marlborough Enterprise photos. Baseball game on campus. Buildings on campus printed in blue (2 copies); view of school from the back (small on heavy backing) Skating rink under construction, . |
| Schools | St. Mark’s School original buildings: Main Street; Original school on Main Street; Main building with gate, dorm windows. 1966 fire: 8 photos (from school). |
| Schools | West End School on Johnson farm, Northborough Road (3 same view) plus one. Burned December 9, 1961. |
| Southborough Arms | Southborough Arms, Main Street. Two smaller front and side views; enlarged copy of postcard with view on side going east on Main Street. Firefighters climbing ladder in front and one at window in back unhappy proof that the building would essentially be burned beyond repair in 1966. |
| Southborough Miscellaneous Photographs (2) | Sawin house and dam; dam at Deerfoot Rd., waterfall at dam at Deerfoot; horseshoe dam at Middle Road (2 copies); House at Deerfoot (home to farmworkers?); overlooking White Bagley Rd from Latisquama Rd. |
| Southborough Miscellaneous Photos | Below Cemetery Looking SW (2); Deerfoot Rd, Looking South toward Oveson’s place (farm); Parkerville Rd: horse and buggy near corner of Main St. (people unidentified); Tree between two boulders in rear of Falconi Oil Co. office (no date); Bridge on Cemetery Road (looking direction? West?); Deep hole in river, rear of cemetery |
| Southborough Views (1)_ | Aerial view of Rte. 85/30 with church and Town House and St. Mark’s campus (2, one better.) Aerial view of Rte. 495 intersection with Rte. 9 showing Lynbrook Rd. and Lovers Lane; 1960 photo by Wallace Smith. Rtes. 85 and 30. Notes Southborough Arms near right edge of photo with parking lot. Main St. houses quite clear. |
| Southville | Southville area buildings (residences), 1890, some still there, |
| Southville
Wood Street |
Wood Street; Road to Hopkinton from Wood St. (two copies of each) |
| Southville
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Cape with barn; large house, maybe two family; porch on one side of front; typical cape with barn behind and smoking chimney? Person in front. Cape style but with porche over left side of front and small addition with screen door on the right. (Newest in this group as a guess.) |
| Southville Misc. | RR station, tracks; Jones House: Behind—building that has been over the years: M.E. (Methodist Episcopal?) Church; (Later: Masonic Lodge); Second Congregational Church; Federated Church; First Community Church.
Bridge on road to Hopkinton from Wood Street; Lincoln’s Store (though the RR station might be more prominent structure in front covering most of store. Horse drawn delivery wagon from Framingham Market. St. Matthew’s Church (RC), Cordaville. Warner Oland’s House (Birthplace of Joseph Burnett;) and barn. Boutilier’s blacksmith shop; Later Bert Jones Grain and Feed; Southville, Rd. Wood St Bridge looking toward Hopkinton. Holmes house and store (selling real estate, Sealtest Ice Cream). Interior of Congregational Church; Southville Square looking West.; two views of the Cong. Church, different times. Southville Grammar School; [small photo in plastic) Large mill building with sign: S. C. Bowman and Son Company—Medicinal Plasters (said to be on south side of Southville Road nearer to Parkerville Rd.) |
| Southville Miscellaenous (3) | Mrs. Holmes’ Store (Lincoln Store? Charles Masterman, delivery wagon; Bridge, Hubley House, Ruth Lindsey House; Congregational Church (built around Civil War) ; Lincoln House, (2 views); Paul Lincoln?); horse-drawn US mail wagon and mailman; St. Matthew’s Church, Cordaville. |
| Stereoscopic Views | One set: House –no id; one pair houses and one view of a back field: both id’d as Lewis and Helen M. Hunting (sp?) and “Fayville”; another: George B. Herrick, residence; another house of D.H. Brewer and “Fayville,” Pleasant St. and Turnpike. |
| Strawberry Hill | View from Sears Hill looking across to Strawberry Hill (date?) |
| Town House | View of Town House hidden by St. Mark’s on the left and Pilgrim Church on the right and a large tree in front. Front all bedecked with American flags, other drapes are striped banners, and large
Banner with Pres. T. Roosevelt in the middle. Described as T.R.’s “presidential victoria celebration.” |
| VFW- Fayville | Color photo of entrance to the VFW building behind the Fayville Village Hall |
| White’s Corner
Rte. 9 south at corner of Breakneck Hill Road |
“Before” photo: the corner as transfer point for trolleys either going back and forth to Worcester and Boston down Turnpike Road (Rte. 9) plus a bridge; AND home to favorite town watering spot–“White Corner’s” restaurant . “After” 2003 photo: Business block home to Tomasso Restaurant, Starbucks, and smaller food shops and drycleaners. |
| World War I Howitzer | View of Town House with the World War I German Howitzer donated in 1919 and renewed in 1991 by the local businesses and the American Legion Post 132 in memory of all those from Southborough who fought in World War I. Photo of honor guard for dedication of the refurbished cannon. |