This photograph dates to 1919 and documents Moores Cottage in Montgomery, Massachusetts during the immediate post–World War I period.
Rural and resort cottages in western Massachusetts often blended practical farmhouse construction with seasonal or extended-family use, reflecting patterns of leisure, inheritance, and local land ownership in the early twentieth century. Communities like Montgomery remained closely tied to agriculture and small-scale industry, and privately labeled photographs such as this one served as personal records of place at a moment when mobility and documentation were becoming more common.
The image shows a multi-structure residential property with a larger main house and adjoining outbuildings set along a dirt road, framed by mature trees and open lawn. The handwritten caption identifying Moores Cottage along with the May 29, 1919 date provides clear contemporaneous documentation, enhancing the photograph’s value as a primary-source record of regional architecture and family history.
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