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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…

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…

A view of the west side of Smith House. On the back (in pencil): "Residence - 375 Church St, N. Adams"

A view of the old Mark Hopkins Training School and, to the left, the gymnasium. The school was razed in 1939. The Mark Hopkins school was one of the local schools where the normal school students gained classroom experience. The back is blank.

View from Murdock Hall to the southeast with the Principal's House on the left. On the back (in pencil - comments from Ann Terryberry): "View from Murdock Hall/SE up Church St./Shows gully where/Taconic was built and/Smith House/Taken between 1896…

A view from a hillside looking over the city of North Adams. Four children (possibly all girls) are sitting on the ground in the foreground. On the back (printed): "Views of North Adams and vicinity,/No./Published by W. P. Hurd, North Adams, Mass./;…

The heads of two young girls, presumably sisters. On the front: "Miler/No. 79 Center St., North Adams, Mass/Main gallery/Birmingham, Conn."; (in ink) "Jennie & Maud Simmons" On the back: "Miller/79 Center St./North Adams, Mass./Duplicated at reduced…

Two seated girls with very long hair, wearing what may be ceremonial gowns. On the front: "Ward/North Adams,/Mass." Also, the letters HDW intertwined. The back is blank.

Two Salvation Army women, one seated, one standing. Each is wearing the Salvation Army 'S' pin. On the front: "Miller/79 Centre St. cor. Linden,/North Adams, Mass." On the back: "Miller/Mill Photographist/Main Gallery,/Birmingham,/Conn./Duplicates/at…

Two men in a horse drawn carriage on the drive on the east side of College Hall. The back is blank.

Two children holding hands. A boy, on the left, is standing. A younger child, a girl, is sitting on a fur rug on a chair. On the front: "W. H. Lyon,/44 Holden St.,/North Adams, Mass./Successor to Ogden." On the back (in ink): "Albert Greely…

A parade on Main Street. This photograph shows Troop Keeweenaw of the Camp Fire Girls. The Camp Fire Girls were officially founded in 1910 in Vermont and Maine, so this is probably a very early troop. The back is blank. There is no known connection…