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Head and shoulders of a woman in a satin dress and black collar. On the front: "Ward/North Adams,/Mass." Also, the initials HDW intertwined. The back is blank.

A three-quarter view of a woman in a dark dress and white collar. Her hands are resting on an architectural element. c1880s. On the back: "Hurd's/portraits/North Adams,/Mass./All photographs taken by by the/new instantaneous process./The negative…

A young girl wearing a white mob cap with lace edging and a colored ribbon. Text on the front" Windsor/Childrens styles/style yds." Text on the back: "Windsor/childrens' styles./Patterns specially adapted/for/childrens' wear./Entirely new and…

A woman in fashionable dress, holding a parasol. Printed in blue and black. Text on the front: "Windsor prints./Spring novelties./1882" Marked "P.T.O." lower right corner. Text on the back: "North Adams, jan.1882/Windsor prints/Unusually large…

Young child sitting on a spool of thread held aloft by a balloon (not in view). Text on front: "Willimantic/Thread Booming"/"Willimantic Linen Co./50/200yds"; "The Hatch Lith. Co. NY." Text on back: "America Ahead!/All the Honors/Atlanta, 1881./Ask…

Man, with a fishing rod and dog, walking down a country road. Text on the front: "Gilt Edge/(in large bottles)/is the only gloss dressing for ladies' shoes that contains/oil to soften the leather and make it wear longer./Sole manufacturers/Whittemore…

Sunset over a body of water with a single individual walking beside a fence. Text on the front: "Gilt Edge/(in large bottles)/is the only gloss dressing for ladies' shoes that contains/oil to soften the leather and make it wear longer./Sole…

Two riders on horseback near a wood. Text on the front: "Gild Edge/(in large bottles)/is the only gloss dressing for ladies' shoes that contains/oil to soften the leather and make it wear longer./Sole manufacturers/Whittemore Bros & Co./174, 176, 180…

View of a hunter and his dog shooting ducks in a marsh. Text on the front: "Gilt Edge/(in lareg bottles)/is the only gloss dressing for ladies' shoes that contains/oil to soften the leather and make it wear longer./Sole manufacturers/Whittemore Bros…

A water view with boats and an individual sitting under a tree. Text on the front: "Gilt Edge/(in large bottles)/is the only gloss dressing for ladies' shoes that contains/oil to soften the leather and make it wear longer./Sole…

A sewing machine is being unloaded from a cart while an excited family, with dog, looks on. Text on the front: "Arrival of the/no.8 Wheeler & Wilson." Text on the back: "Wheeler & Wilson's new sewing machines./for./domestic use/and all grades…

A boy is shaking a dog's paw. The dog is chained in a dog house. Text on the front: "The Weaver organs./Weaver Organ and Piano Co./Manufacturers, York, PA./C-634." Text on the back includes an article from the York Daily, March 10, 1892 and an…