Section headings were based on actual news headlines about the natural disaster. The captions were based on the text either written on or with the photos. Further text written as footnotes.
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Old Thompson home, Main St, Graniteville -
Town Hall & Westford Center -
Town Hall -
Post office at Town Center, opposite library -
House at Westford Center -
Westford Center (Common)
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63 Main St1 -
Kimball Farm2 -
Town Hall, partial repairs -
Building at Minot’s Corner3 -
Downed trees -
24 Main St (Captain John Abbot House) -
Damages to Otis’ henhouse, near Minot’s Corner -
Downed trees at Beaver Brook Rd -
Downed trees at Beaver Brook Rd
More Info
1: The Donald Cameron House was heavily damaged by fire in 2017 and purchased by town in 2018
2: Almost half the Kimball Farm building was destroyed
3: Minot’s Corner is also known as Four Corners and Cornerstone Square
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Damages -
Flemmings Camp -
One of George’s, ruined and now ripped down -
Paul’s Folk’s Camp -
One part of shoreline -
Just in the woods -
Shoreline from Paul’s -
Main Camp Road -
Dancause’s tennis court -
From George’s, looking at our camp -
Smiling Mrs. Flemming, new bathroom ruined -
The main camp road -
Dancause’s Camp -
George himself, 84 years old -
Flag poles! -
Taken from George’s — our camp in extreme left
W.1986.9.6
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Big maple tree down by porte-cochere1 -
Common, Lincoln St. -
Littleton Congregational church, steeple tilted -
Lambert’s house -
View opposite Abbot Westford Office -
Uprooted tree2 -
Thompson’s House-Graniteville3 -
Looking toward street from roof of porte-cochere, Belmont, MA -
Town Hall’s tower blown off -
Big maple tree down by porte-cochere4 -
Common in front of Fletcher Library -
Elizabeth Carver McKay’s father standing near debris5 -
Looking down Main St by Unitarian Church6 -
Pine St, Forge Village
W.1997.39.1b
More Info
1: Elizabeth Carver McKay’s house, Belmont, MA
2: Cameron House, heavily damaged by fire in 2017 and purchased by town in 2018
3: 53 North Main St today
4: Elizabeth Carver McKay’s house, Belmont, MA
5: On lawn of their house, Belmont, MA
6. Parish Center for the Arts today
W.2004.106