Blandford Road 0032 Degano House and Pond
Degano house, built 1910 (per town property card) and pond. Photo date unknown. Notes indicate it was owned by the Deganos. Sheriff Manning later rented. Owned by Ed Jensen in the late 1980's.
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Digital Image: Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation, 2022
Roberts, S.M. With Stake Bed Farm Truck
Information provided by Richard Roberts, 06 May 2022:<br /><br />"Stephen Monroe Roberts! Steve and and his wife Gladys (Barnes) Roberts lived on Holden Hill, off of Blandford Road in Granville, where he grew apples, blueberries, and peaches. He served his country in World War I and served his town as selectman. He was very patriotic and flew the flag every day."<br /><br />Digital image from an original glass slide taken by George Aldrich. No date (late 1930's?). Note on the envelope says, "Blueberry truck." The cargo looks like boxes of blueberries packed in the crates. Imagine the labor involved in picking and packing that many berries.<br /><br />The truck appears to be a 1936 Chevrolet; the body configuration looks right but the medallion on the side of the bonnet doesn't appear to say "Chevrolet." The rims on the tandem rear axle are what seem to be an interesting mis-match.
George Aldrich
Late 1930's?
Mabel Root Henry Historical Museum, Granville, MA., 2022
Glass negative
Old Tree Near 655 Blandford Road, Granville, Massachusetts
The old tree near 655 Blandford Road, overlooking the Cobble Mountain Reservoir. Tree removed 2020 (or 2019?).
Paul Jensen (see "Rights")
Copyright Paul Jensen. Photo displayed here with permission.
Cellar Hole, NW Corner of Wendy's Road and Blandford Road
A cellar hole at the location of the former farm of the Edwin C. Noble family, northwest corner of the intersection of Wendy's Road (formerly North Lane Number One). There was a school located across Blandford Road on the northeast corner.<br />Cellar hole location: <br />42°05'19.1"N 72°53'43.2"W <br />42.088644, -72.895322 <br />Also refer to 1870 Granville map, <a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/1226">CLICK HERE</a>
29 Dec 2020
Granville Library Historical Room (Rowley)
Elmer Wells Bronson / Alma Phelon [Stow?] Family, old Blandford Road, Granville, Massachusetts
These digital images were contributed by David Cesan in August, 2019. His description of the first and second photos above follows: <br /><br />"Late 1940s. Wells and Elma Phelon [Stow?] Bronson at their home on old Blanford Rd. <br />Second photo shows Wells with my grandmother Flora Mackinnon Welcome. Flora was from Boston and both of her parents had died when she was but nine years old and she became a ward of the State. Somehow through the Granville Church she and her brother Daniel went to live with the Bronson family about 1909 as State kids or farm help. In 1916 Daniel was carrying two pails of milk in from the barn and was struck by lightning. He lived a few weeks and died at Cooley Dickinson Hospital." <br />The next two pictures are of the family farm. The next picture is of Harold Chapman, 1941. The last photo is of hog butchering at the farm. <br />"Butchering a hog with Wells Bronson and Harold Chapman is probably helping too. Looks like the hog was just dipped in the hot water and the scrapers are being used to remove the hair."
Images contributed courtesy of David Cesan.
Digital image copyright 2019, David Cesan. May not be reproduced without permission.