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

Family in old car in front of house

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  • Peter Cartwright said:
    This could possibly be a 1905 Buick model C (see www.google.co.uk/search?q=Buick+1905&espv=2&tbm=i...) It looks as though the proud owner (who looks a lot like King Edward VII) has displaced the chauffeur, who looks nearly as proud in the front passenger seat. Family in the rear look very stiff (although the long exposure required in those days may have contributed). Car manufacturers could not agree on right-hand or left-hand drive in those early days until Henry Ford's Model T standardised left-hand drive for most manufacturers in North America and most other countries.
  • Varun Coutinho said:
    1909 Overland Model 31 5-Passenger Tourist

Faulkner and Kingsbury Wedding in Keene New Hampshire

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  • kiwigran said:
    Those were the days. !!! So elegant
  • N AlThani said:
    so elegant <3!!!
  • snow.ledell said:
    KATHERINE HALE KINGSBURY (FREDERICK EDWARD10, CHESTER LYMAN9, ALBERT8, ABIJAH7, NATHANIEL6, DANIEL5, DANIEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOSEPH2, JAMES1) was born 8 Dec 1893 in Keene, NH, and died 7 Sep 1977 in Keene, NH. She married PHILIP HANDERSON FAULKNER 22 Jun 1916 in Keene, NH, son of FRANCIS FAULKNER and MARTHA RIPLEY. He was born 30 May 1883 in Keene, NH, and died 30 May 1959 in Keene, NH. from the Kingsbury Family Genealogy
  • rkgager said:
    was held at 180 Court Street Keene

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