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Linus Wilcox is in a horse drawn sleigh in front of Cutts' Place, present day Historic Brookside. Wilcox built the house, and he may have been Mrs.…

Two Orwell residents, Mrs. French and Mrs. Cutts, in a horse drawn cart.

Picture of the landscape of Cutts' Place. In the picture, you can see the barns, the house, and part of the surrounding property. Present day, it is…

In this picture, a group of people are sitting on the porch of the house. These include Darwin Griswold (mabel Grow's grandfather), his wife, Mrs…

This is a picture of a house, unknown location. The picture is in a scrapbook with pictures from other places in Orwell.

Miss Hester Phelps was the librarian of the Orwell Free library from 1994 to 2008. Born April 7, 1918, she grew up in Orwell. Her family raised sheep,…

These pictures are from scrapbook pages dedicated to a vacation taken in 1945 in Orwell. There are multiple pictures of the Old Sholes Tavern. These…

Back row - left to right
Archie Saunders, Allie C. Plue, Fritz E. Lillie, Mike Sullivan
Front Row
Leslie Turner, Luthene F. Lillie, Otis Doane -…

The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Broom with Mrs. Broom and dog shown in the driveway (formally Miss Julia Root?).