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Boy in a blue jacket, wearing a red fez with a tassel. He is holding a card with a picture of a sewing machine on it. Text on the front: "Compliments of New Home Sewing Machine Co/Orange Mass, New York, Boston, Chicago/San Francisco, St. Louis Dallas…

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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…

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An employee at the North Adams public library presents the personal dictionary of Lue Gim Gong. Featuring hand written notations by the Chinese strike breaker turned wizard of citrus

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Three people, back to the viewer, looking at a sign.The boy on the right is holding a child's hoop. The scene is rural, with a house on the right and a stone wall in front of the sign. Text on the front: "Barnard, Gallup & Co., One price cash…

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A little girl in a white dress standing on an upholstered chair. On the front: "Bombardier,No. Adams, Mass." The back is blank.

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A young child in a white dress standing on a decorative architectural element. The child has a large curl over its forehead. On the front: "C. Bombardier/44 Holden Street, cor Center. North Adams, Mass." On the back: "Duplicates can be had at any…

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Four women. On the front: "C. Bombardier,/Studio, 44 Holden St.,/North Adams, Mass." The back is blank.

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Identified (in ink) on the front as Father Louis LeDuc of the Church of Notre Dame du Sacre Couer in North Adams. He died in May 1894. The photograph was taken by the studio of C(onstant) Bombardier, 44 Holden Street, North Adams, Mass. The back is…

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A young girl in a dark dress, with smocking and a plaid sash around her waist. The photograph was taken by C(onstant) Bombardier, 44 Holden Street, North Adams, Mass. On the back (in pencil): "Ina J. Borden/6 yrs"

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A collection of pages from a business ledger in 1940. The pages are a documentation of the accounts of a business, primarily of what was sold on what day

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

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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…
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