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A rare glimpse of Franklin County Massachusetts before the Great Depression. This well made amateur film includes many well known landmarks, both past and present. The world and lifestyle of a earlier generation is well represented!
This surviving 16mm movie print is owned and provided courtesy of the Montague Historical Society.
Film – Field Day – Montague Center School – 1940 Field Day – 1940. Montague School Montague Massachusetts
Watch Our Video Documentary about the Boat Races! Follow-up ..Great! Many folks have seen the documentary video. Thanks for your support and I look forward to producing more. We are getting some feedback about the race boat history, which I can tell you. First, it seems that the race events ended forever around 1959 or…
Keith/Strathmore Paper Mill 4/20/2020
Quick Glimpse of Northfield Chateau https://youtu.be/louIk0maMm4 Francis Robert Schell was a wealthy Northfield Massachusetts Summer resident in the early 20th Century. Shortly after 1900, he built two big projects. One was the “Schell Bridge”, spanning the Connecticut River, and the other was his Summer home that became to be known as the “Northfield Chateau”. This…
Montague MA 200th Anniversary The 200th birthday celebration parade of Montague, Massachusetts – 1954. It is filmed from the west side of Avenue A and 3rd St. in Turners Falls This digital video was made from a surviving 8mm home movie from the family of Dr. Henry A. Rys and the Montague Historical Society. Big…
