Topley House Line Drawing On Card
Topley House on the corner of Main Street and Lincoln Street. A line drawing printed on card paper. The line drawing was created by Irene Furbush, who lived in the home for almost twenty years. The home has two full stories and then a third story living space in the finished attic. The building has a small covered front entrance and a lower bay window in the front right, with three windows above. There is a single window, in the attic floor and it is unknown if this was used for storage or sleeping space. The side of the house offers many windows and a side entrance via a covered open porch. A very large carriage house sits at the back of the house, attached to it, allowing one to be in the carriage house and then directly to the home without going outside. Detail work, beams, fretwork, and shutters all appear to be in very good condition and well maintained. The house has one chimney. The house looks very much like the rending to this day.
Size: 5.5" x 4.25"
Condition: Excellent
FHS-Kyle Leach
Irene Furbush
Irene Furbush
Color Photos Farmington NH First Congregational Church Clock Being Repaired
Photographs of the Farmington NH First Congregational Church clock being repaired. The color photos appear to be taken from a vantage point on Main Street. two workers can be seen doing work on the clock.
FHS- Kyle leach
Joann Doke
Puddledock Press
Joann Doke
Puddledock Press
Joann Doke
Puddledock Press
Photo Old Shoe Factory Rubble From May 1986 Puddledock Press
Old shoe factory rubble at the intersection of Main Street and Winter Street from May 1986 Puddledock Press.
These photos are stored together. They are from different periods of time. Last pulled together for possible use in May 1986.
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May 1986 Puddledock Press, photo: no credit listed
1986
Souvenir Postcard Town Hall Farmington NH
Black and white souvenir postcard of the Old Town Hall on the site of the destroyed Farmington Opera House. The view is of the front and both sides of the building facing the Old Town Hall. The two story building, with an internal mezzanine or balcony is brick with white wooden trim. It has many double high windows on the front and both sides. The facade is done in Greek Revival style with a four column, double story portico with a small, angled roof. A set of double doors greet anyone ascending the three steps. Each front double door has a half semi-circle window above it. Mature trees are seen lining Main Street and surrounding buildings can be seen in the background. Two vehicles can be seen in the photo. Two memorial markers flank the front walkway.
Size 3.5" x 5.5"
FHS-Kyle Leach
Merrimack Postcard Company Haverhill Mass.
Merrimack Postcard Company Haverhill Mass.
Mid 20th Century
MGM Farmington NH Strand Theatre Studio Card Photo Circa 1941 & 1950
MGM Farmington NH Strand Theatre Studio Cards circa 1941 & 1950. The theater was located in what was known as the Pythias Block or Pythias Hall on Central Street. The building was a filled with much activity and housed many important Farmington businesses and organizations over its' life.
The card indicates that this was a Strand brand theater and that it belonged to the Boston branch. It indicates the town population was around three thousand people and that no other competing theater was present. It had been playing MGM films for fifteen years. It details that the theater was built around 1925 and that it could seat three hundred patrons. The card is signed. The 1950 card is mainly blank except the affixed photograph and some basic information that mirrors the card from 1941. It is not signed.
Size: 5" x 8"
The 1941 item is in the physical museum collection. The 1950 item is a digital file and it does no exist in the physical museum collection.
PLEASE NOTE: This resource was created during the 19th or 20th century. It has biases stemming from those periods.
FHS-Kyle Leach
MGM-Metro Goldwyn Meyer
MGM-Metro Goldwyn Meyer
1941 & 1950
1941 card purchased for the society in May of 2018. The purchase was partially funded by a gift from Turner Liberty Insurance. 1950 card is a digital representation and is not housed in the physical museum collection.
Farmington High School Sepia Souvenir Postcard
A Farmington High School, colorized, brown- green souvenir postcard which is front facing center. To the left and right side of the building can be seen. It has been modified from when it was built, but easily resembles the earlier building in most ways. It is three stories with a front entrance. The windows have not been changed and their openings have not been enlarged yet. The front doors have a small porch, with front sloping the roof above which features a simple, small perpendicular a frame decoration atop it. Two, short chimneys on either side can be seen atop the main roof. The cupola is centered atop the building has been slightly altered from its original configuration. Trees and shrubs can also be seen in the postcard. A simple metal fence can also be seen in front of the building.
Size 3.5" x 5.5"
FHS-Kyle Leach
New England Stationary Company
New England Stationary Company
Early 20th Century
First Congregational Church Postcard Farmington,NH
A First Congregational Church photo postcard taken in downtown Farmington, NH from the town center looking down south Main Street. The front of the church can be seen as well as part of the north side of the building. The steeple is fully visible, as are two sides of the "Town Clock" residing in the steeple. This postcard is from the Roberts Drug Store postcard collection.
FHS-Kyle Leach
Roberts Drug Store
Frank W. Swallow
Roberts Drug Store
Early 20th Century
Donated by Stan Freeda & Kyle Leach
The Eastman House In Farmington, NH
A written account of the Eastman House with photos. This 15 page booklet covers 1810-1958. This is copy of the resource from the NH Historical Society. Size: 8.5x11
This is both a digital file and physical document in the museum collection.
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Text by Murie Corson, Photography by Gladys G.Redlon
1810-1958
Farmington NH Souvenir Postcard With Face Featuring The Goodwin Library
Farmington NH souvenir postcard with face featuring The Goodwin Library looking at the building's front, side profile from South Main Street. This two story Neo Classical, brick building is as it was originally built and does not have the back addition that would come later in the twentieth century. The Barker Block extension has not been built, so the north side of the library building does not touch the southern portion of the Barker Block building to the north. The Pyhthian Block still stands behind the library building and the back of that building can be seen to the west side of the library.
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Henry Wilson Memorial Boulder & Landscape With Fencing
A photograph of the Henry Wilson Memorial Boulder and surrounding landscape with fencing. A small potion of a building can be seen in the background.
Size: 4.5" x 6"
Condition: Slight water damage.
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