Collections & Artifacts at Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society

1836 Massachusetts Sabbath School Society This little book, first published in Boston ca. 1688, had an outsize impact on history:…

c. 1870-1890 In the 19th century Woodbridge used to have a number of industries along its waterways, among them a…

ca. 1900 Young Brothers, New York Top hats for men have been worn in the West since the late 18th…

Dated to between 2500 years ago and the early 1600s This stone ax head was found in Woodbridge. It is…

1900-1910 This replica of a traditional rope bed was hand crafted by the grandfather of Mary Catherine Collins (1900-1983). There…

18th century The framework of virtually every bed of the 18th century and early 19th century was held together by…

ca. 1840-1880 Poke bonnets were in use for a long period of time, beginning in England early in the 19th…

1879 Stamped “Meriden B. [Brittania] Company” “700” Dwight Noyes Clark was a Cattle Broker in the Woodbridge and Bethany area…