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Featured Artifact of the Week

Button From the collection Button from a Civil War Soldier uniform that would have been worn between 1861-1865. The front reads: “Mass. Volunteer Militia.” The back reads: “Extra Quality.” The … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Advertisement From the collection 10″ x 17″ calendar advertisement: “Best Wishes 1936.” A boy and his dog are also featured. The calendar is from Thomas P. Cosgrove Range and Fuel … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Photograph From the collection Photograph (albumen print) taken prior to 1868, making this one of the oldest dated photographs in the collection. First developed in the mid nineteenth century, albumen … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

Print From the collection Laser print of the Sherman Dewey Fletcher house at 33 Main St. in 1899. Capt. Sherman Heywood Fletcher (1846-1928) of Troop F, MVM, is holding reins of … Read more »


Featured Artifact of the Week

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


Featured Artifact of the Week

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


Featured Artifact of the Week

Wood Sign From the Medical Exhibit White painted wood sign, 60″ x 28″, with black paint for text, of the Westford Osteopathic Hospital. The hospital was run by Dr. Ralph … 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 »


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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 »