by Westborough Center | Nov 6, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
Now is the Time to Grow: A Special Final Issue Over ten years ago, I started organizing Westborough’s historical town documents and then became the Local History Librarian. The local history room I inherited was mainly organized like a library, not an archive, which...
by Westborough Center | Sep 20, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
Westborough Chronotype – December 1, 1855, p. 4 Patent Medicines in Westborough When I was young, I became interested in patent medicines and medicine shows from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries for a variety of reasons—one of which was finding in my local...
by Westborough Center | Aug 16, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
Special Edition: Westborough Center Updates This summer has been busy in the Westborough Center with lots of big projects coming together all at once. Many of these developments will improve access to Westborough’s deep historical collections and will ensure that they...
by Westborough Center | May 17, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
An ad from an 1877 Westborough Directory for blacksmith services. Westborough’s Blacksmiths As a child, when my parents would take our family to craft fairs to sell their creations, I was given the freedom to wander among the various vendors on my own. Inevitably, I...
by Westborough Center | Apr 19, 2024 | Museums, The Kiosk
House Raising by William P. Chappel, 1870s (Metropolitan Art Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10453) Raising Parties in Colonial Westborough Craft is a social act. We first learn a craft from people who are proficient at it, and as time goes on...
