The following are Worcester publications available at Worcester Historical Museum, but please note that there are many more books available at the gift shop:
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 Worcester Memories Celebrate Worcester 325 with this exciting heirloom-quality "keepsake" book featuring hundreds of nostaligic images of the rich history of Worcester. |
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 Main Street - A Direct Line to the Past.by Mary H. Reynolds Whether you want to learn about Worcester or teach others, the booklet Main Street contains information, activities, worksheets and resources that will help you understand and appreciate Main Street Worcester at the turn of the century. |
Price $2.47 plus tax and shipping; Soft cover (11x8 ½ ) 40 pages |
| Mechanics Hall by Margaret Erskine No visit to Main Street would be complete without seeing Mechanics Hall. Dedicated in 1857, it became the center of the artistic, political and intellectual life of a thriving city continuing to the present. Learn about its history in this pamphlet. |
Price $2.50 plus tax and shipping; Soft cover (10 ½ x8) 35 pages |
 How To Buy PicturesBy Huon Mallalieu Interested in buying artwork? Don’t know where to begin? This is a practical step-by-step guide for the beginner about building a collection, doing background research, bidding at an auction, and restoring pictures. The text is interspersed with a selection of paintings, prints, drawings and water colors. |
Price $5.00 plus tax and shipping; Hard cover (8 ½ x 9 ½ ) 224 pages |
 A Year to RememberImages by Tony King Make this year A Year to Remember with this daybook of thirty-eight black and white images of New England. |
Price $4.00 plus tax and shipping; Soft cover (9 X 7) 32 pages |
| Worcester’s Face by Patrick J. O’Connor This 1994 collection of photographs by Patrick O’Connor depicts the many “faces” of Worcester including politicians, artists, musicians, industrialists and many more on the Worcester scene in the 1990s. |
Price $3.00 plus tax and shipping; Soft cover ( 9 X 11 ½) 48 pages |
 Supplement your knowledge of Worcester history by reading about Abby Kelley Foster, advocate for abolition and equality for women; Pulitzer Prize winning author, Esther Forbes; the boyhood life and journals of architect Stephen C. Earle; the legacy of gravestone carver and sculptor B.H. Kinney, and famous Worcester publisher, printer and patriot, Isaiah Thomas. |
Buy these as a set or individually.
Price $2.50-$3.75 each plus tax and shipping $10.00 for set of 5 books plus tax and shipping |
$25.00 for set of 3 books plus tax and shipping Free 18k gold plated ornament with purchase of 3 book set. |
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| Strength in Diversity Price $10.00 plus tax and shipping; Soft cover (11x8 ½ ) 79 pages |
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Worcester Memories |
$7.00 for Norton collection plus tax and shipping |
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| Family Firm to Modern Multi national Price $5.00 plus tax and shipping, Hard Cover (9 ½ x6 ½ ) 424pages | The F. B. Norton Pottery
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Norton Company at 100 years
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 Explore Worcester’s rich architectural history from the earliest Federal and Greek Revival styles to the three decker in Worcester’s Architectural Neighborhoods by Anthony R. Taylor. Also, discover how Stephen C. Earle, one of Worcester’s most prominent and prolific architects of the nineteenth century, helped to shape Worcester’s image. |
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| Worcester’s Architectural Neighborhoods Price $3.75 plus tax and shipping;Soft cover (8x11) 57 pages |
Stephen C. Earle, Architect Price $5.00 plus tax and shipping Soft cover (8x11) 80 pages |
 They left a legacy…From a boy of ten helping to support his family, George Fuller climbed the ladder of success and became a world renowned manufacturer of steel. Yet, he never forgot his roots. His charitable works were legendary and are still carried on today by the Fuller Foundation. |
Price $2.00 plus tax and shipping; Soft cover (5x6) 68 pages |
| As Ever Editor, publisher and part owner of the Worcester Telegram and Evening Gazette, George F. Booth is remembered for his legacy in this memoir of his life based on his correspondence. These letters and memos create a fascinating picture of the man. |
Price $5.00 plus tax and shipping; Soft cover (10x7) 191 pages |
 Wish You Were Here By Anne Morse Lyell ©1998 "Wish You Were Here." is a nostalgic compilation of more than 150 postcards from both the collections of Anne Morse Lyell and Worcester Historical Museum. Accompanied by brief descriptions, these scenic color postcards of the city's buildings and monuments, as well as its parks, schools and factories, provide the reader with a panoramic glimpse of early 20th century Worcester. Beautifully formatted, this book would enhance the library of anyone who is interested in Worcester's past. |
Price: $29.95 soft cover (8x12), 95 pages |
The following are exhibit catalogs:
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Street: A World Within a World*By Norma Feingold with Appendix by Nancy Sadick ©1983 Back by popular demand! This catalog-first printed in 1983-was reprinted in 2001. Prepared for the museum's very popular and successful 1984 exhibition, it tells the story of eastern European Jewish immigrants in Worcester between 1880 and 1945. The 64-page catalog contains more than seventy photographs of Water Street and its vicinity. |
Price: $10.00 soft cover (8x9), 64 pages |
 Shaarai Torah: Life Cycle of a Synagogue*By Norma Feingold ©1991 The study of Shaarai Torah from 1904-1991 is a significant contribution to the comprehensive study of Jewish life in Worcester. |
Price: $14.95 soft cover (8x10), 64 pages |
| * Special Offer Water Street: A World Within a World and Shaarai Torah: Life Cycle of a Synagogue are available packaged together at a special price for the set. Together these books make a wonderful gift for those interested in the story of Worcester's Jewish community. | Price: $20.00 |
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The City of Worcester
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Landscape of Industry
Diversity has given Worcester its flavor and character, something that we learn to understand and appreciate by knowing each others’ stories. Why did immigrants come to Worcester? Relive their experiences in these books about the Finnish, Swedish and Armenian Communities of the city that became their home.
In 1855, when Frank B. Norton and Frederick Hancock opened their pottery shop in Worcester, little did they suspect how large an enterprise F. B. Norton & Co. would become. The history of this company and its founders is detailed for you in this book by Charles W. Cheap and these two pamphlets.