Collections & Artifacts at Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society
The New England Primer
1836 Massachusetts Sabbath School Society This little book, first published in Boston ca. 1688, had an outsize impact on history:…
View CollectionMatch Boxes
c. 1870-1890 In the 19th century Woodbridge used to have a number of industries along its waterways, among them a…
View CollectionLeather Top Hat & Traveling Case
ca. 1900 Young Brothers, New York Top hats for men have been worn in the West since the late 18th…
View CollectionFull Grooved Stone Ax
Dated to between 2500 years ago and the early 1600s This stone ax head was found in Woodbridge. It is…
View CollectionDoll Bed
1900-1910 This replica of a traditional rope bed was hand crafted by the grandfather of Mary Catherine Collins (1900-1983). There…
View CollectionBed Key & Peg
18th century The framework of virtually every bed of the 18th century and early 19th century was held together by…
View CollectionAmerican Poke Bonnet
ca. 1840-1880 Poke bonnets were in use for a long period of time, beginning in England early in the 19th…
View CollectionAgricultural Fair Trophy
1879 Stamped “Meriden B. [Brittania] Company” “700” Dwight Noyes Clark was a Cattle Broker in the Woodbridge and Bethany area…
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