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Westborough Center Pastimes – November 6, 2024

Westborough Center Pastimes – November 6, 2024

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...
Westborough Center Pastimes – September 20, 2024

Westborough Center Pastimes – September 20, 2024

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...
Westborough Center Pastimes – August 16, 2024

Westborough Center Pastimes – August 16, 2024

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...
Westborough Center Pastimes – May 17, 2024

Westborough Center Pastimes – May 17, 2024

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...
Westborough Center Pastimes – April 19, 2024

Westborough Center Pastimes – April 19, 2024

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...
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