Gonic

  • The New England Brick Company was founded in 1897, becoming the New England Brick Yards Co. 1929. The brickyard at Gonic NH was operational by 1925 and closed in 1950. This collection consists of 22 copy negatives with accompanying prints, taken from the original glass negatives. The photos depict…
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    Milton Prince Appleby (1923-2018) was a fiddler and farmer from Rochester, N.H., of New Brunswick French/English and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) heritage. He was born in Needham, Mass., son of John “Jack” Bickford Appleby (1881-1974) and Laura Alice…
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    The Works Projects Administration (WPA) was created under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program in 1935. The Historical Records Survey of New Hampshire, established in 1936, was one of its public works projects. The University of New Hampshire assumed…