by info@bedfordmahistory.org | Aug 15, 2019 | Businesses, New York Pharmaceutical
Collection of HVC bottles from the Bedford Historical Society Collection Hayden’s Viburnum Compound (HVC) was manufactured right here in Bedford at the New York Pharmaceutical Company, located at the Bedford Springs. First produced in the 1860’s, the company’s...
by info@bedfordmahistory.org | Jul 25, 2019 | Businesses, People
Thanks to the Jensen family for donating their father’s Bedford Farms milkman uniform. William “Bill” Jensen was a milkman from 1958-1966 and the family donated 2 uniforms in pristine condition. The uniform included a black and white striped jacket with dark maroon...
by info@bedfordmahistory.org | Jul 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Looking south on North Road, c.1900. J.B. Prescott Dairy barn is on the right, the family home is on the left. J. B. Prescott Dairy Company, founded in 1880, is the longest surviving business in Bedford, though the business has changed hands and names multiple times....
by info@bedfordmahistory.org | Jun 19, 2019 | Animals, Hanscom
Chicken vs. Jets “Auntie Blinn and her white Wyandotts.” From the archives of the Bedford Historical Society From the Lowell Sun, June 19, 1956: “Which comes first, the chicken or the jet? News out of Bedford indicates that the Air Force is becoming disturbed...
by info@bedfordmahistory.org | Jun 6, 2019 | Holidays, Uncategorized, Veterans
Photo: Abbott Reed Webber before being deployed overseas, February 1943. From the archives of the Bedford Historical Society On June 6 the nation observes the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of Normandy beaches by Allied forces in 1944 that ultimately led to...
