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View of Rt. 9 in the foreground, the old Hadley Church and some dwellings visible in the middleground and background. Trees line each side of Rt. 9. The church has a Christopher Wren spire.

View of the south side of the old Hadley Church at the intersection of Rt. 9 and Middle street. A road leads towards the church and splits on either side of it, a part of a building is visible on the left and the back half of a car is on the right.

Side entrance of the Dr. Porter House. Two steps lead up to the front door, storm door open, two windows on the right with closed shutters.

Elms on the Hadley common, a path leads away from the perspective of the camera along the trees. Street name later changed to West Street.

Two window seats , a child sitting in the left one, reading a book. A small table stands in between, a tablecloth, a candle, and a small flower vase adorn it, two rocking chairs frame the scene.

Photo depicts growth of sumacs on a bank, river visible on the left in the background.

Two children, a boy and a girl (possibly Kathy and Irving Johnson look at a book the girl is holding. Houses visible in the background and some trees dot the middleground.

Image of a classic old school building with four small chimneys and a large cupola. Bare spruce trees scattered. Facing Route 9 west of Middle Street

People standing by a flood-washed road in the foreground, a couple of buildings, a car and a boat wait the other side of the water.

Farmer husking corn on the field with a pair of horses hitched to a wagon waiting. Stacks of corn and a lone colt visible nearby.

A young woman (possibly Emma McQueston, Mrs. Robert) stands by a partially-open door in an elaborate doorway looking outside. Porter house, West St., possibly the oldest house, 1713. (February 2022 - Identified as 26 West Street.)

Elm trees line the "widest street in the world" on each side of the common, a path runs away from the camera. The trolley stopped at the East side of West Street (originally Front Street).

A woman (identified as a Marsh sister) tends house plants in front of a window. Multiple potted plants on a table, some hanging plants. On the right is a spinet piano with a book open on the music stand.

A woman (identified as a Marsh sister) stands in front of a house holding a bowl of mushrooms (?).

A view of an extensive homestead and a number of scattered, bare trees .