MANCHESTER HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Manchester Historical Society, Mancheter CT

Manchester, Center of Historic Architecture

Picture of Josh Dennis

Josh Dennis

Exhibits
Susan Barlow

The Loom Exhibit

The Manchester Historical Society has obtained two large Jacquard looms, a dobby loom, a narrow-fabric loom, and other textile equipment, and is in the process of creating its Loom Exhibit on the lower level of The History Center, 175 Pine Street. The exhibit will illustrate the significance of textile mills

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Painting of Mary Cheney's garden.
Historic People
Susan Barlow

Miss Mary Cheney

Originally published in the January 25, 1967 Manchester Evening Herald. Webmaster’s notes: In the early days of the Manchester Historical Society, members wrote articles about the town’s past, which were published in The Manchester Evening Herald. This article, author unknown, was found and copied by Dick Jenkins and transcribed by

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