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Seasons, Holidays & Celebrations

Halloween Hijinks in Glendale

Halloween hijinks came to the quaint and quiet village of Glendale in 1946. On the evening of October 30th, eight ghosts, between the ages of 18 and 25, snuck into…

Comfort Farm Harvest

Various gourds, pumpkins, and other vegetables have been associated with the harvest season. In Ireland, turnips were carved to ward off evil spirits. This week’s spotlight shows the harvest of Comfort…

May Day

May has arrived! What better event to recall from by-gone days than the Annual May Day celebration hosted by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, circa early 1940s. David Milton Jones Photography…

Curtisville School

As the weather warms, students are again able to enjoy recess out of doors. These young pupils at the Curtisville school look to be enjoying themselves on this nice spring…

Stockbridge Town Beach

What better place to cool down, on a hot summer’s day, than the Stockbridge Town Beach? David Milton Jones Photography Collection 2000.026.

Torchlit Parade Through Ice Glen

The torchlit parade through Ice Glen has been an autumnal Stockbridge tradition for as far back as many a collective memory can serve. This illustration from 1895 in Century Magazine even…

Halloween Window Painting

Halloween is a time for spooky things. These photos depict the window paintings done by area children back in the 1950’s. One picture shows the old Glendale Store with its…

Thanksgiving of 1965

The Thanksgiving of 1965 would change Stockbridge in ways that it could not imagine. Two young men were on a mission to discard some garbage following a great Thanksgiving meal. These…

Gingerbread House

Nothing screams “Holidays!” more than a gingerbread house. This photograph from the late 1970’s shows one of Philip Creelman’s creations, which he used to display in the front window of…

Winter on Elm Street

This past week, Stockbridge has been a picture-perfect winter wonderland. This photograph from 1943 shows a similar scene on Elm Street. The caption on the reverse reads: “X-mas tree in…