Yale Historic Photograph COllection
In 1909 Reverend David Lewis Yale of the First Congregational Church took his camera and documented life in Enfield. It is a truly unique snapshot of life in the first decade of the 20th Century. The Friends of the Enfield Public Library worked with Fred Bird Photography to digitize the glass slides. Reverend Yale gave slideshows with these images in the 1940s. The captions are from the original notes that he used for the presentations are included to describe the photographs.
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Original Enflield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Rev. Francis L. Robbins
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Rev. Francis L. Robbins Monument
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Col. Augustus G. Hazard
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Col. Augustus G. Hazard Monument
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Dr. Asa L. Spaulding
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Dr. Asa L. Spaulding
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Henry A. Abbe
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Henry A. Abbe
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Col. Jabez King
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Col. Jabez King
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Jonathan Pease
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Jonathan Pease
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Col. Robert M. Abbe and Henry A. Abbe
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Col. Robert Abbe
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Normand Allen
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Normand Allen
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Charles Clark
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Charles Clark Headstone
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Ephraim Potter
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Ephraim Potter
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Dr. Horatio Arnold Hamilton
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Dr. Horatio Arnold Hamilton Vault
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Conor Home - Enfield St.
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Ash Home - Enfield St.
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Pierce Home - Enfield St.
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Joseph Pierce and Joseph Mayo
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Strickland Home - Enfield St.
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The Parsonage - Enfield St.
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Mrs. Yale
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Reverend David Lewis Yale
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Newton Home - Enfield St.
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Thayer Home - Enfield St.
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The Catholic Apostolic Church
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Hazard Home - Enfield St.
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Colburn Home - Enfield St.
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Campbell Home - Enfield St.
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Pease Home - Enfield St.
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Burbank Home - Enfield St.
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Dalton Home - Enfield St.
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Parsons Home - Enfield St.
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Darragh Home - Enfield St.
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Sexton Home - Enfield St.
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Ensign Abbe Home - Enfield St.
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Tucker Home - Enfield St.
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Matthewson Home - Enfield St.
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Abbe Home - Enfield St.
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Allen Home - Enfield St.
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William Carson and Mary Screen
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Hathaway Home - Enfield St.
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Hathaway Home - Enfield St.
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C.A. Killam Harness Shop
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Killam Home - Enfield St.
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Dr. Vail’s Sanitarium
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Mr. Herbert Vail
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Dr. Vail’s Sanitarium
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Lillian Brown and Gertrude Bissland
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Bissland Home - Enfield St.
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Whitney Home - Enfield St.
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Chestnut Home - Enfield St.
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Henry Clay Woodward Home - Enfield St.
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Horace King Home - Enfield St.
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Robert King Home - Enfield St.
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Henry Brainerd Home - Enfield St.
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Elizabeth Parsons Home
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Bell Home
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Frederick King home
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Wilhemina Roemer
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Deacon Fredrick A. King
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Office of Dr. John L. Bridge
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Harry Smith Home
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Children of Mr. O.V. Most
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Emily Morrison Home
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Chapin Home - Suffield
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Boating on the Connecticut River
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Dam and Bridge in Hazardville
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Mrs. Hathaway and Children
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Bridge Home - Hazardville
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Edward and Ruth Bridge
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Clark Home - Scitico
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Home in Brainardville
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Brainard Home
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Brainard Family
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Brainard Family
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Shaker Cemetery
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Enfield Congregational Church in Winter
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Young Church Members
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Thomas Carroll Home
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Parson Home
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Chapin Home
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Charles Chapin
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LaVoice Home
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Andy Flannigan Home
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Andy Flannigan, Jr.
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Harry Woodward Home
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Harry Woodward
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William P. Allen Home
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William A. Abbe Home
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Normand Allen Home
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Thompson Grant Home
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Harry Woodward Home
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Mumblo Home
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Isaiah Hunt Home
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Stephen Hunt
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Trolley Tracks
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Squire Johnson Home
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Whitney Home
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Whitney Home
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Anderson Home
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Ida Knight Home
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Juilatte Parsons Home
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Parsons Home
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Parsons Home
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Field Home
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George Parsons Home
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Trolley Tracks at Allen's Corner
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William Henry Home
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William Henry
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Henry Family
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Sheldon Home
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Clarence and Mrs. Sheldon
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Mr. Sheldon's Cow
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Mary Potter Home
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Miller Home
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Hartley and White
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Hartley and White
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Carrie and William Rice
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Thomas Hartley
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S.K. Henry, Blacksmith
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S.K. Henry Home
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Ingraham Home
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Edgar Home
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Maude Frazier and Louise Edgar
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Hayden Home
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Boornazian Home
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Spier Home
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Booth Home
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Booth Home
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Kingsbury Home
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Sapuzian Home
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Carson Home
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Belmer Home
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Ames Home
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Merrill Home
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Hopkins Home
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Lee Home -Enfield St.
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Enfield St.
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Arthur Phelps Home
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William Oliver Home
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Old Enfield Bridge, River Road
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The Rips
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Enfield Falls
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French Home - River Road
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Watson Home - River Road
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Watson Home - River Road
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Alden Home - River Road
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Alden Home - River Road
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Carson Home - King St.
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School House
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Dean Home - King St.
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N.D. Parsons Home - King St.
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Potter Home - King St.
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Carson Home - King St.
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Guy and Newell Home - King St.
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Booth Home - King St.
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Weeden Home -King St.
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McCray Home - King St.
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McCray Family
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Frank Pease Home - King St.
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Pease Family
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Pease Family
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Phelps Home
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Mr. and Mrs. Phelps
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Charles Jones Home
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Jones Family
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Jones Family
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Harry Allen Home
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Allen Barn
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Allen Home
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Plank Home
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Lewis Home
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Hoskins Home
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Augusta Hoskins
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Leon Richard Abbe Home
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Abbe Garden
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Abbe Garden
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Schoolhouse
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Frances Allen Home
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Frances Allen Home
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Connecticut River Near Allen Home
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William Steele Home
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Weymouth Schoolhouse
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Weymouth Schoolhouse Students
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George Smith Home
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Garrow Home
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Prior Home
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James Steele Home
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James Steele and His Horse
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Jonathon Steele Home
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John Steele Home
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Bridge Over Scantic River
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Road to Wallop
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Mrs. Yale
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Samuel Neelans Home
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Samuel Neelans Home
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Florence Esther Neelans
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Everett Neelans
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Dam and Water Pump
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Mat. Peltor and Harold Neelans
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Robert Neelans Home
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Children and Chickens
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Wallop Chickens
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Buckhorn Bridge
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Wallop District School
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Clara Beasley
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Students from Wallop District School
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Levi Abbe Home
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Levi Abbe
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Levi Abbe and Mrs. Yale
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Levi Abbe and His Car
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Linden Abbe Home
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church
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Enfield Congregational Church