Westport Historical Society
Description
Our mission: To collect, preserve and document the material culture of Westport; and to educate and connect the residents of the area to their heritage through public programs, exhibits, publications and research. Bell School 25 Drift Road is open Wednesday 10 AM - 4 PM.
Handy House 202 Hix Bridge Road is open second and fourth Saturdays July through October 10 AM - 4 PM.
Research by appointment
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Westport Point, Lees wharf, 100 years apart.
Southern New England Country Fair - Westport Historical Society
http://wpthistory.org/2014/11/southern-new-england-country-fair/ Envelope advertising the Southern New England County Fair, held September 15-18, 1914 at Lincoln Park (“halfway between New Bedford and Fall River, MA”). Westport Massachusetts
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West Beach, 100 years (correction 70 years) apart.
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A recent donation to our collection: Photograph of Benjamin Cory Tripp, a quintessential 19th century Westporter!
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The church at Westport Point, 100 years apart. Has anything changed? Westport Massachusetts WESTPORT MA
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Your chance to win a patchwork quilt that was inspired by a piece in the Westport Historical Society collection and made by the Macomber Primary School students. This quilt is now up for raffle to benefit the work by the Westport Education Foundation in the Westport Schools. Westport Massachusetts
Thomas S. Boston, age 21, member of the Dartmouth Wampanoag tribe, residing in Westport, occupation: Daguerreotypist. Read more about Thomas Boston at Dawnland Voices, scroll down the page to find more on Thomas Boston http://dawnlandvoices.org/elizabeth-james-perry/
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Westport Massachusetts Please help us identify the location of this building! A note on the back of the photo reads "Schoolhouse, bottom of Zephyr Hill" Where is Zephyr Hill?
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The Westport Point post office, 100 years apart. This building was originally a store run by the Tripp Brothers. Westport Massachusetts
Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society, Inc.
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From the poster "Westport Doorways", a project partially funded by Westport Arts Council. Photographs by Nicholas Whitman. Does anyone have location information?
A Benefit for "The Spirit of Westport"
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