CORNISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXHIBIT

AT THE TOWN OFFICE, SECOND FLOOR

starting at the back wall from the front stairs

1. Plaque honoring Town of Cornish for stewardship of the First Baptist Church(Meeting House), 1999

2. Photograph of Woodrow and Winston Churchill on parade

3. Unknown photograph of Cornish home

4. Display Case by Edward Dannatt, donated by Marion Trepanier moved from Meeting House

contents: a/ picture of Trepanier and Colby; b/ pottery by Paul Saint-Gaudens c/ poster: muzzleloading rifle shoot d/ pictures of construction at home of Albert Parker Fitch e/ picture of W.R. Rickert Blacksmithing f/ picture of Anne Parrish in Northcote garden g/ Cornish Garden Club photos h/ Photo-albums

5. Framed pictures of Balloch's Railroad Crossing left wall, right side of stage

6. Photos of Cornish homes: starting bottom left: Smoot, Platt, , Mastlands, Bulkeley-Slade, Northcote, High Court

7. Easel Display: Education(easel donated by Nancy Wightman)

a/ Framed Photographs of Cornish Schools

Dingleton Hill School Cornish Flat School Tracy School before it burned in the 1900's

Souvenir, Cornish Center School, 1915-1916 “Texas” School, off Cornish Flat School Cornish Flat School Burr Road

b/ two paintings of Dingleton Hill School House: E.W. Bartlett and Joseph Charles Smiths

c/ Program for dedication of new, consolidated school; Class photo, Grade 1, 1968-1969 rear wall

8. Chase House photograph

9. Second Cabinet by Dannatt

contents: a/ photographs of Butman's Sawmill b/ Whiskey bottles, A.L. Peters, Cornish Flat c/ postcard of Cornish d/ Trinity Church stationary e/ wooden model of Town Hall f/ Bicentennial medal g/ Tile: Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge h/ Plate: Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge i/ Photograph: Mrs. Parrish's Victory Garden(WWI) j/ Picture: Selectmen in Colonial attire k/ Photo-albums

10. Pictures of Old Cornish Flat

11. Pictures of Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge; center picture has commendation from USPS for Cornish

12. Wooden Models of Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge; made of timber from original bridge

13. Pictures of Old Cornish Flat right wall

14. Corbin Park Photographs

a/ “Vanishing Race”: buffalo picture b/ Buck Farington with trapped bobcat; Farington was a caretaker at Corbin Park; information from Frank Hawkins and Albert Leahy

15. Picture of Barrett Glass House

16. Framed Photographs, Pictures of Cornish Churches

Millerites(Town Hall) United Church of Cornish

Baptist(Meeting House) Trinity

Methodist, Unitarian Old Congregational Church on the (Grange, Town Office) Hill(site of Trinity Church)

17. Framed Photographs: Public Safety

Fire Department: a/ Cornish's First Fire Truck, 1943 b/ “New Engine 2” 1972: 1. Ed Lawrence, Dale Rook, Ellsworth Atwood, Phillip Reynolds, Clarence “Pete” DeCatur, David Wood, John Rand, Harold Tilson, Duane Allen, Robert Rice Jr.; 2. Edwin Lawrence, Phillip Reynolds, Jim Lucash; 3. Ellsworth Atwood, Edwin Lawrence

Forthcoming: Highway, Police, First-Aid

18. Photographs: Clock Restoration at the Meeting House

19. Cornish Fair

a/ Aerial Photograph of Fair b/ Cornish Fair Posters

20. “Democracy in Our Town”; laminated article from Colliers, 1947, depicting a Cornish Town Meeting

21. 1994 Conservation Award to Lawrence Hilliard and Helena “Danny” Hilliard back wall, adjacent to stairs

22. Glass Case moved from Meeting House, on table

a/ Violin made by Thomas Pickering in 1989: top part of old chords taken from original Cornish-Windsor Bridge b/ miniature painting by Carlotta Saint-Gaudens c/ replica of Saint-Gaudens double eagle d/ jewelry by Blanche Wood e/ purses from Miss Alice Dodge f/ school bell used by Marjorie Kinder at school house on corner of Center and Paget Roads g/ replica, James Earle Fraser nickel top of table

a/ photo-albums b/ Bernice Johnson's book, My Live in Cornish top of cabinet behind table

Picture of Hillside Creamery, opposite Cornish Windsor Bridge submitted Laird Klingler Librarian January 2, 2016