Old Home Day
August 28, 1911
Banquet in Union Hall
Caption
I am having problems reading he caption on the former photo, except that it was Old Home Week held on August 28, 1911. Apparently Governor Bess? attended.
Group Photo
Unidentified group photo from the Thayer family collection.
“New” Fire Truck
James Roger diary entry
February 23, 1909 (Sunday)
Frosty but fine. Mr. Peacock preached from text “He shall give power to the faint” A good number at Church. C.E. Mrs. Wheeler leader
According to the Web, wachusett motors was in business 1922-1930.
Interesting portrait of the Thayer family. The matriarch is looking into the middle distance and thus the past. A younger lady is looking directly at the camera, thus into the present. The young mother is looking at the baby, thus into the future.