Artifact of the Week



Featured Artifact of the Week

Photograph From the collection From the collection From the collection 1899 black and white photograph of the house at 55 Brookside Rd. If features Charles Smith Edwards (with horse) in … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Site Plan From the Collection From the Collection From the Collection One of 12 surveyor plans of 62 Main St, the Donald Cameron House. They were made by Caroline M. … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Wood Sign From the Medical Exhibit From the Medical Exhibit From the Medical Exhibit White painted wood sign, 60″ x 28″, with black paint for text, of the Westford Osteopathic … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Quilt From the colletion Quilt entitled “Town of Westford 2008,” made by the Nashoba Quilters as a gift to the Town of Westford. It measures 90″ wide and 87″ high. … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Needle Holder From the collection Handmade needle book made for Emily Augusta Fletcher (1819-1901), grandmother of Gertrude (1877-1969) and Julia Fletcher (1879-1965), from around 1900. It was made from punched … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Photograph From the Collection Photo of still in operation Fletcher Quarry in 1966. It is located on Oak Hill in the northeast corner of Westford, which is on the border … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Membership Card From the Collection The Massachusetts Infantile Club membership card belonging to Charles Lewis Hildreth (1879-1968) from 1944. The card measures 4″ x 2.25″. According to the 1944 Winchester … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Photograph From the collection Black and white photo of the Luce House at , originally owned by Reverend Leonard Luce (1799-1884) in 1830. The photo was taken around 1945, based … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Picture From the collection Wood-framed print of six oxen pulling a snow roller with two men guiding. Originally attributed to Chamberlain’s Corner, Chelmsford is more likely pictured. Snow rollers compacted … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Photograph From the Mill Exhibit Black and white photo of women workers in the spinning room at the Abbot Worsted Co. The photo was taken in the early 1900s, likely … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Christmas Postcard 1913 postcard with a picture of the Frost House, when it was located around 24 Main St. The house was built in 1860. By 1939, it was moved … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Photograph From the collection Black and white photo of the house that once stood at 53 Hildreth Street, when it was owned by Charles S. and Mary Abbie Pattee Ripley. … Read more »