by webmaster | May 3, 2018 | Snap from the past, Uncategorized
Society’s historic maps enter the digital world Institutions, such as the Wayland Historical Society, have been collecting historic documents for centuries. Mostly these materials are made from paper, which is fairly delicate. Paper documents that have endured more...
by BEK | Nov 18, 2017 | Snap from the past
Lydia Maria Child Wayland’s own Lydia Maria Child wrote the most famous poem in America about Thanksgiving- “Over the River and Through the Wood’ (originally titled “The New-England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day”). Mrs. Child was a prominent 19th century author,...
by BEK | Oct 8, 2017 | Snap from the past
Cochituate and North Natick 1887 Click on image for a closer view From the Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center...
