Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County

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Keene is the largest town in Cheshire County, located in the southwest corner of New Hampshire. Cheshire County is home to Mount Monadnock, one of the most climbed mountains in the world, which used to be frequented by Thoreau and Emerson. The Keene Public Library started scanning and uploading hundreds of historical photos and postcards of Keene and surrounding Cheshire County in its collection. When we ran out of our own photos, we started working on the thousands of photos at the Historical Society of Cheshire County. All of the scanning and enhancing of the photos has been done by our extraordinary volunteer, Bob Borden. Please feel free to add information or comments.

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Frank A. Wright House in Keene New Hampshire

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  • Sharen Auger-Rizy said:
    7/2/18. This house is quite altered from the historic photo above, but still a beauty. It looked as it looks in the 2012 street street view capture when I was a child.
  • Varun Coutinho said:
    Car : 1908 Stoddard-Dayton Model 9-F 7-Passenger Touring

Car Dealership in Keene New Hampshire

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  • Rebel Thunder said:
    love the colors
  • MisterBenz said:
    Nice collection of vee-dubs!
  • [Tio]= Uncle Tito said:
    I had one like this only it was a =412= model..it was yellow and turned 0ut to be stolen in Florida and brought it to Chicago where they sold it to me for $1400.00 five year later.....I was going to get in trouble...but I had proof that it was'nt me......I got lucky and got my money back!!Th. for the photos....
  • Greg said:
    Thanks for adding this photo to the Vintage Volkswagen Dealerships group!
  • kevw411 said:
    Its interesting to see this line of “duds” in VWs transistion from the highly successful Beetle to the successful Rabbit. VW had a hard time pushing those 412s out the door while competing with the modern Audi sourced Dasher. These are unsold 1974 models as these was no 412 for 1975. Both these models soured people on VWs and sent them into Japanese showrooms never to return. Even today VW enthusiasts stay away from these models.

Train En Route to Marlboro New Hampshire

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  • Scott J. Whitney said:
    I am wondering where this image was taken. It is not of the correct design to be of the trestle that was just to the west of Marlboro. Also, the number of cars would not be typical of the size of the locomotive on that branch line because of the grades.
  • Keene Public Library and the Historical Society of Cheshire County said:
    We have no way of verifying the information that was with this photo. Perhaps someone will recognize the trestle someday and let us know its exact location.
  • Thomas Evans said:
    This is almost certainly taken on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The locomotive is a type used extensively by the B&O and almost no one else. I've seen this photo elsewhere but don't know where the bridge is.
  • Stuart Green said:
    I think I've found it at +42.91767,-72.21723. Having a hard time linking some information I found on Google Reviews but, maybe you can see these images that seem to show the stone piers. I hope to get out there soon - I'm mapping out old NH rail alignments as I review and map them at my website Trailspotting.com.
  • Brian P said:
    That's the correct coordinates, though I agree that the photo is not correct for that trestle. I grew up in Marlborough NH and used to walk the old grade. The foundations for the trestle are still there but they are not the same stone foundations as the ones on this photo.

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