This page displaying three photographs is titled: "Returning with Algebra, Sat. a.m. June 12, 1915" The significance of the mock funeral depicted is described in a 1930 issue of the student newspaper, the Lyre Tree: "There is a tradition of long...
J. Durland & Son statement for supplies sold to Conklin & Roe Lumber Yard, which was located downtown across from the Erie Depot. The Durland Store was located in Uptown Chester at the corner of Main Street & Academy Avenue, then called Durland's...
Photographs; Group portraits; Farms; Soldiers; Guides & scouts;
Panoramic photograph with Brook Farm buildings in background. From May Murray's diary:
Wednesday, May 30, 1917
"On the way back from the cemetery, the parade went up to Brook Farm and had pictures taken - firemen - soldiers - Boy Scouts -...
This form was used to keep track of each railroad car as it was in each depot, loading, unloading plus the cause for any delay. Reports sent daily to both headquarters and division offices.
Billheads; Farm life; Railroads; Building materials;
This Cement waybill is one example of the items, both routine and unique that nineteenth century rural farmers relied on the railroads to deliver. Although Jesse Woodhull's farm was about halfway between the Craigville and Oxford depots, in the...
Marvin & Thorn meal & bran illustrated invoice to Jesse Woodhull. Given the quanities bought by Woodhull, he probably fed this material to his farm animals. Bran, the pieces of grain husk separated from flour after milling. Meal, the edible part...
