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Description Color Postcard, "South Framingham, Mass. State Arsenal. Main Entrance and Driveway."
Published by the Hugh C Leighton Co Manufacturers, Portland, ME

This shot, taken circa 1900 west of Concord Street, shows the superintendent's house and the gray brick Arsenal at the south end of The Musterfield, which served as a site of annual encampments of the Militia until after WWI when it became an airfield briefly. The Armory is now located at the site of these 1870s buildings.
Year Range from 1907
Year range to 1925
Object ID 2002.701.111
Object Name Postcard
Recfrom Haranas, Ellen
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Last modified on: October 26, 2011