Chauncey Wings Sons Inc. was founded in 1896. The location is 78 Pierce St. in Greenfield. MA. Makers of the famous “Wing Mailer”. Opportunity for a neat retro-trip to view the works of a once—and long-time—local manufacturer is now available via the Montague Historical Society; Western MA History Collective. Take a gander at a few…
Is this your home town? Wanna see a bit of what was goin’ on in 1977-87. Click the image to visit 40 Millers Falls locations in our New Viewer. From there use the viewer’s arrow buttons to view the images with descriptions. Thanks for the visit . . . lotsa neat memories await. View this…
View this item directly in the database Remember this? It may be a bit before your time but take a look at this 35 image gallery of what the 1984 flood did to the Franklin County area. You may see sights that relate to today. . . . enjoy the sights. We also have a U.S….
Explore this John Russell Cutlery poster in our new image viewer! The John Russell Cutlery was once the nation’s leading cutlery maker. They operated the “Green River Works” for more than 40 years at Greenfield and Deerfield’s “Cheapside district, at today’s location of Deerfield and Meridian Streets in Greenfield MA. This poster celebrates the new…
A Celebration and History Documentary We produced a major documentary in this year of 2021. Much has been said about the fair, but it was time to explore it’s beginnings and trace the evolving tradition to show why it remains an important part of our larger community. Our story is told using rare movie footage,…
Scenes of Destruction in Greenfield and Montague Here can get some nasty weather in New England, although it isn’t of the extremes experienced in other parts of the country and elsewhere. Nevertheless, some events are still remembered in history. The popular custom of naming hurricanes didn’t become official, until 1953. This post is about the…
64 Image Pictorial Tour Ed has just completed an amazing set of 64 images narrating Montague’s 200th anniversary. I have never seen these before. It is fascinating to see the different contributors and themes, which were important to our neighbors from about 70 years ago! Ed has been careful to include much context and detail…
Northfield Mountain 700 Feet Into a Mountain?600 MILLION year Old Metamorphic Rock?5.6 BILLION Gallons of H2O?2,500 Foot Long Tunnel?300 Acre Pond . . . 800 Feet Up?1,533,000 Horsepower?15,200 Cubic Feet Per Second Goin’ up?20,000 Cubic Feet Per Second Comin’ Down?WOW! Wanna know more? Sure ya do. Visit the Western Mass. History Collective. Navigate to Northfield…
General Pierce Bridge: Opened in December of 1948, the bridge stitches Greenfield with Montague City in the Town of Montague, MA. What was there before the “General”? What did it take to get the “General” built? Who’s it named for? Want to know more? Click here to access our collection on the General Pierce Bridge….
One of the Town of Montague’s “children” was the site of a company that would become the giant of the world-wide bamboo fishing rod manufacturing industry. The Montague City Rod Company is synonymous with high quality split bamboo fishing rods. The dedicated collector of vintage fishing equipment is willing to spend “big bucks” to acquire…