Feb 1, 2026 These days, “the cloud” holds our photographs, possibly forever. And for those of us still blessed or burdened with physical photos cluttering our physical spaces, there are apps that can scan and send them there. I sometimes imagine the amazement of our Medfield forbears if they could see this innovation, but they […]
Glimpses of 19th Century Medfield: Presenting the Tilden-Tucker Album Read More »
Dec 20, 2025 Article written in 2013, excerpted from “This Old Town, Fleetwood 9” by Richard DeSorgher Medfield has a long history of giving thanks and a long list of generous town citizens who want to give back to the community that has given them much. When the first thirteen settlers arrived in the new
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Oct 1, 2025 In 1920, during a period of post–World War I anti-immigrant and anti-radical sentiment, two Italian immigrants were charged with the robbery and murders of a guard and paymaster at a Braintree shoe factory. The trial opened at Norfolk County Courthouse in Dedham on May 31, 1921, ultimately becoming known worldwide as the
MSH Superintendent Involved in World-Famous Trial Read More »
Sep 1, 2025 Jazz music, flapper dresses and speakeasies marked “The Roaring Twenties,” and Medfield was no different than other small towns across the nation experiencing a variety of changes and challenges. While economic prosperity was enjoyed by many, social tensions around racial, religious and cultural differences became more prevalent. Prohibition and immigration also created
A Look Back – 100 Years Ago in Medfield Read More »
Sep 1, 2025 Recently we came across a flyer advertising a “Mock Court Trial Under the Auspices of Col. E. V. Mitchell Camp Sons of Veterans.” The top of the flyer asks, “Are the Hen Roosts of Medfield To Be Protected?” and promises that “all the facts of this remarkable case will be brought out.”
The Remarkable Case of The Missing Medfield Rooster Read More »
July 15, 2024 A few months ago, Norma Vogel wrote an article entitled “Letter from Boston,” about Medfield’s Committee of Correspondence and its interactions with the Boston Committee. She noted that Moses Bullen (1731–1802) of Medfield was chosen to represent the town in the General Court in Salem (Tilden, p. 162). As a direct descendant
Bullen or Boleyn? A Royal Link to Medfield? Read More »
July 15, 2025 By November 8,1864, Eben G. Babcock was a seasoned soldier, camped in the Shenandoah Valley. He had gotten into and out of a few scrapes; in a previous letter, missing from our collection but referred to in the next letter, he related that he had been caught sleeping on his post.Despite suffering
Ebenezer Granville Babcock: A Soldier’s Letters, Part III Read More »
April 1, 2025 What’s a soda fountain? If you were to ask a member of Generation X, Y, or Z, you’d probably get a blank stare. But if you asked someone born in, say, the 1920s, 30s, or 40s, you’d probably hear, “That’s where the teens hang out, aspiring to be hep cats.” Medfield had
Midcentury Medfield Memories: Soda Fountains of Medfield Read More »
Feb 1, 2025 A visit to the African History Museum in Washington DC has been on my bucket list for quite some time. And, this December, my husband and I were fortunate enough to be on a small weekend getaway to the area and thought we would finally sneak in for a “few hours.” That
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Dec 28, 2024 In 1861, a gentleman writing under the nom de plume “Peak House” submitted an “exciting discovery” to the care of the Medfield Historical Society, and I am here to reveal this 164-year-old discovery to our community as we take our first shaky steps into the year 2025. First, here is a bit
Rocky Woods, the Garden of Eden Read More »