Westborough Collection

Dye house at the Westboro Hat Company. The company once employed as many as 300 workers.

Photograph of the Gould & Walker Company, corner of Milk and Phillips Streets, Westborough (Westboro). Company, which made boots and shoes, was started in 1883 by William Gould and Melvin Walker.

Photograph depicting the three-story Westboro Hat Company. A fourth story was later added. The company employed as many as 300 workers at one time.

Company employees in front of the Westboro Hat Company and the American Saddle and Bicycle Company on Phillips Street.

Photograph of Hervey A. Gilmore, farmer, who ran a farm on East Main Street in Westborough from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Hervey was the twin brother of Henry Gilmore.