Rita Kennett’s Porch

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File size: 981 x 768 pixels

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Black and White Photograph
Date: undated, est. 1900
Size: 3 1/2 ” x 4 1/2″

This photograph is part of the Roger Clayton Collection. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, August 21, 2012 from original in one of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders. Copies of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders, annotated collections of photos and other images, are in the Madison Library’s Local Collection.

Burke House 1935 #2

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Black and White Photograph Date: undated, est. 1930
Size: 4 1/4 ” x 2 1/2″
Note: Millie Pearson Burke and John Herbert Burke house still stands, 5 Conway Road on current map.

This photograph is part of the Roger Clayton Collection. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, August 21, 2012 from original in one of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders. Copies of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders, annotated collections of photos and other images, are in the Madison Library’s Local Collection.

Burke House 1935

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File format: JPEG, 96 dpi (High-resolution TIFF archived at Madison Library)
File size: 1024 x 617 pixels

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Black and White Photograph
Date: undated, est. 1930
Size: 4 1/4 ” x 2 1/2″
Note: Millie Pearson Burke and John Herbert Burke house still stands, 5 Conway Road on current map.

This photograph is part of the Roger Clayton Collection. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, August 21, 2012 from original in one of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders. Copies of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders, annotated collections of photos and other images, are in the Madison Library’s Local Collection.

Madison Corner 1980

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Newspaper Clipping: Photo of Madison Corner from East Madison Road, most published in Carroll County Independent
Caption: It looks as though winter has come to Madison, but only an inch or two of snow fell from Monday’s grey skies. Tuesday’s sun produced bare roads again. Photo by Bruce Bedford
Handwritten on clipping: 1980

Note: Sign for Town Clerk and Tax Collector appears in photo, office was in Atkinson [check name] House at Madison Corner at the time.

This newspaper clipping is part of the Roger Clayton Collection. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, August 21, 2012 from original included in one of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders. Copies of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders, annotated collections of photos and other images, are in the Madison Library’s Local Collection.

Millie’s Sitting Room

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File size: 631 x 1024 pixels

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Black and White Photograph
Handwritten on front: Millie’s Sitting Room, House at Madison Corner
Date: undated, est. 1930
Size: 2 1/2 ” x 4 1/4 ”
Handwritten on reverse: “Rena gave Edie and I each a sampler to work. They look suited to the fire place. We closed up little bedroom + dining room for nearly two months. Kept 3 fires booming day + night, but water froze once. I owe a stack of letters. Lazy I guess.”

Note: Millie Pearson Burke and John Herbert Burke house still stands, 5 Conway Road on current map.

This photograph is part of the Roger Clayton Collection. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, August 21, 2012 from original in one of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders. Copies of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders, annotated collections of photos and other images, are in the Madison Library’s Local Collection.

Madison Village, N.H. postcard #2

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Text on front: 288 Madison Village, N. H. Date: undated, “1907 MPB” handwritten on front.
Size: approx. 5 3/8 ” x 3 1/2 ”
Printing technique: Chromolithograph for image, letterpress (?) for text
On reverse: Imprinted “Published by W.E. Fernald, Melvin Village, N.H. Made in Germany”
Handwritten on reverse: Addressed to “Miss Annie Bell Harmon, Madison, N.H.” Date “May 30, 1907”
Message: “Miss Annie Bell we miss you very much. Many returns of this day–where are my May flowers? Kind regards, Herb. + Millie”

This postcard is part of the Roger Clayton Collection. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, August 21, 2012 from original postcard in one of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders. Copies of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders, annotated collections of photos and other images, are in the Madison Library’s Local Collection.

Madison Village, N.H. postcard

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File size: 1024 x 662 pixels

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Text on front: 0288 Madison Village, N. H.
Date: undated, 1907 handwritten on front.
Size: approx. 5 3/8 ” x 3 1/2 ”
Printing technique: Chromolithograph for image, letterpress (?) for text
On reverse: Imprinted “Published by Gilman Bros., Madison, N.H. Made in Germany”

This postcard is part of the Roger Clayton Collection. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, August 21, 2012 from original postcard in one of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders. Copies of Roger Clayton’s Madison History binders, annotated collections of photos and other images, are in the Madison Library’s Local Collection.

Old Home Week 1905

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Souvenir book printed by Pioneer Press, Sanbornville, NH. Includes historical notes, Old Home Week schedule and committee information, photos of places in Madison and Silver Lake, and advertisements for local businesses.

File information: Scanned from original documents in Madison Library’s archive collection. Item was donated to Madison Library by David Wilkins. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, 2012. Analyzed with Abbyy FineReader software to provide file searchability. (Note: several pages in this document split during analysis with Abbyy Finereader, will fix when we learn more about manipulating analyzed images.)
File type: Searchable PDF (portable document format), 8.85 MB (for high speed connections only!)
Link to file: Old Home Week 1905

Item information:

From title page: Greetings 1905
Item description: 64-page plus cover booklet, bound with cord on left side
Item size: 7.5″ x 5.5″

Old Home Week 1910

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Souvenir book printed by Pioneer Press, Sanbornville, NH. Includes brief historical notes, Old Home Week schedule and committee information, photos of places in Madison and Silver Lake, and advertisements for local businesses.

File information:
Scanned from original documents on loan to Madison Library from Roger Clayton. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, 2012. Analyzed with Abbyy FineReader software to provide file searchability.
File type: Searchable PDF (portable document format), 5.6 MB (for high speed connections only!)
Link to file: Old Home Week 1910

Item information:

From title page: Old Home Week, Madison, N. H., 1910
Item description: 52-page booklet, saddlestitched (staples removed), cover embossed in gold ink
Item size: [need to measure], approx. 7.5″ x 5.5″

Old Home Week 1902

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Souvenir book from Madison’s first Old Home Week. No indication of printer. Includes brief historical notes, Old Home Week schedule and committee information, photos of places in Madison and Silver Lake, and advertisements for local businesses.

File information:
Scanned from original documents on loan to Madison Library from Roger Clayton. Scanned by Joyce Stevens, 2012. Analyzed with Abbyy FineReader software to provide file searchability.
File type: Searchable PDF (portable document format), 2.7MB
Link to file: Old Home Week 1902

Item information:

From title page: Old Home Week, Madison, N. H., 1902
Item description: 48-page including cover booklet, saddlestitched (staples have been removed)
Item size: 6.25″ x 4″