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Baby, with curly hair and fingers in its mouth, resting on a pillow. Blue and black on a beige background. Text on front: "Presented by Barnard, one-price clothier, Wilson Block, North Adams." Text on back is a long list of statistics on the Hoosac…

Young child (girl?) with curly hair, a hat and a lace collar. Black and blue on a beige background. Text on front: "Presented by Barnard, one-price clothier, Wilson Block, North Adams." Text on back is a list of statistical information on the Hoosac…

A viewing tower. On the back (in ink): "Location of Tower Reservoir/Rd./Tower for guiding/the building of/Hoosac Tunnel."; (printed): "A.N. Terry/Photographer/68 E. Quincy St./North Adams, Mass." The handwritten information is incorrect. Plans for…

Examples of the results of testing George Mowbray's blasting compound. On the back: "Geo. M. Mowbray's/1879/composition for blasting./Comparative trials in tough solid cast iron cylinders, measuring 6 inches diameter and 5 inches/deep, with hole…

Summer school faculty and students on a trip to the east portal of the Hoosac Tunnel in 1930. On the back (in ink): "Summer school 1930/trip to east portal/6422/(Cromack)" Cromack may be a reference to Lois Amelia Cromack, class of 1930.

A view of the site of the West Shaft of the Hoosac Tunnel and the piles of removed rubble. On the front: "Russell & Stone - 1873/Hoosac Tunnel and Vicinity." On the back: "No.26.- West Shaft and dumps./Half a/mile from West End, 318 feet deep. The…

A view of the deep gorge below Clark's Mill. On the back: "Stereoscopic views/of/Hoosac Tunnel, Berkshire Hills, Greylock Hall,/Natural Bridge, &c./Published by H. D. Ward, Main Street,/Opp. Savings Bank,/North Adams, Mass." This is followed by a…

North Adams, Massachusetts

The central shaft of the Hoosac Tunnel. On the back: "No.799/Hoosac Tunnel,/ruins of central shaft. This view represents Mallory making his third perilous descent/for the recovery of the bodies of the thirteen unfortunate men, the second/morning…

A cabinet card photograph taken at the Hurd & Smith's Excelsior Gallery. James Stevens was one of the stagecoach drivers who took passengers over the Hoosac Mountain before the Hoosac Tunnel opened in 1875. He is mentioned in Washington Gladden's…

Collection of rocks from the Hoosac Tunnel. Rocks were collected during the blasting of the tunnel.

Caps and fuses, developed by George Mowbary, that were used to blow open the Hoosac Tunnel. It was an electric fuse exploder.