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CRMX2023.7 - Periodical
White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs: Essex: A Connecticut River Town. Information on old houses in Essex with photographs. With introduction text authored by H. Van Buren Magonigle.

Record Type: Archive
CRMX2023.8 - Sheet Music
Photocopies of two pages of sheet music from tin pan alley era. Most of the sheet music is missing. There is one page of music and two pages of ads from inside covers? Music appears to be a song about Hetty Green, otherwise known as the Witch of Wall Street. She lived in Bellows Falls, VT.

Record Type: Archive
CRMX2023.9 - Calendar
Partial wall calendar for the year 1939. "Ships that Sailed the Seven Seas" Calendar belonged to Tom Stevens. Contains months of August through December. Each month has a color illustration of a ship under sail. Vessels captioned with title and date. Last page of Calendar has a paragraph of information on each illustration, the artist, and vessel history. Published by the Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia.

Record Type: Archive
CRMX2024.6 - Advertising Material
Four page promotional booklet for a sailboat named "Wood-Pussy" (believe it or not). Pages contain description, dimensions, equipment and price. Paper insert (typed break out of all costs) folded inside. Booklet and the insert have an ink stamp "The Essex Boat Works, Inc./Foot of Ferry Street, Essex, Connecticut/ Phone Essex 7234". The designer and maker of the sailboat is listed on the front and back.

Record Type: Archive
CRMX2024.7 - Literary Production
Article in The Chronicle, Spetember 2011, about the history of the screw auger used for ship building and post and beam framing. Authored by Joseph Hutchins.

Record Type: Archive