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A Picture Postcard History of Wilbraham
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Hearse House, believed to be one of two remaining hearse
houses in New England. Moved to the Old Meeting House property over 100
years ago. Proceeds from sale of cards to be used for restoration of the
building.
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Rich Hall, Wilbraham Academy, 1861. Left to right. boarding
house and the principal's house. William M. Merrick, delineator.
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Main Street, soon after 1870, Wilbraham, MA, looking North
from Mountain Road. Left to right: boarding house and faculty residences
on east (right) side of Main Street, third Methodist Church, Old Academy
and Binny Hall; in the foreground, the second Methodist Meetinghouse then
used as a Wilbraham Academy building. Milton Bradley, lithographers.
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Main Street, in 1885, Wilbraham, MA, looking south from
Springfield Street. Drawing by Susan Bosch.
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Covered bridge, over the Chicopee River, North Wilbraham,
MA. Built in 1767, destroyed in the 1938 hurricane. Drawing by Clifford
Vincent, Jr..
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Wilbraham Public Library, Boston Road. on the present fire
station property. Built in 1875, demolished during the 1960s. Original
pencil by Wilbraham resident, Carl B. Sundberg.
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The Deacon Noah Warriner Stone, 1797, in Adams' Cemetery,
Wilbraham MA. Rubbing by Melvin G. Williams.
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Postcards (package of 7 for $2.50) and Hearse House
Note Cards ($2.50 per package of 3) can be obtained from The Atheneum Society
of Wilbraham
Checks should be made payable to
The Atheneum Society of Wilbraham
Mail to:
The Old Meeting House
450 Main Street, Wilbraham, MA 0109
Email requests:
curator@wilbrahamatheneum.org
If requested via mail, allow three weeks for delivery.
Tax included; packing and shipping
extra.
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