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A full-length view of a young woman in a pleated skirt, leaning on an architectural element. On the front: "Hurd & Bordeleau,/North Adams, Mass." On the back: "Hurd & Bordeleau,/Cor.Main and Eagle Sts.,/Next Baptist Church,/North Adams,…

A view of a young man leaning on a decorative architectural element. On the front: "Hurd & Bordeleau,/North Adams, Mass." On the back: "Hurd & Bordeleau,/cor. Main and Eagle St.,/next Baptist Church, North Adams, Mass./Duplicates can be had at/any…

Full length view of a young man who is leaning on a decorative architectural element. On the front: "Hurd & Bordeleau,/North Adams, Mass." On the back: "Hurd & Bordeleau,/cor. Main and Eagle Sts.,/next Baptist Church,/North Adams, Mass./Duplicates…

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…

A rural scene of hills, a few buildings and, on the right, a seated man holding a book. On the back: "Views of/North Adams & Vicinity,/from/Hurd & Smith's/Excelsior Gallery,/Main Street, 2 doors east of Wilson House,/North Adams." Followed by a list…

A view of the Wood's Block, Main Street, Hoosick Falls, NY. On the back: "Hoosac Valley views,/from/Hurd & Smith's/Excelsior Galler,/Main Street, 2 doors east of Wilson House,/North Adams, Mass." This text is followed by a list of other photographs…

North Adams, Massachusetts

A young child in a white dress leaning on the back of an upholstered chair. On the front: "Hurd and Sanford/20 Eagle St./North Adams, Mass." Plus, the letters SH intertwined. The back is blank.

A young girl in a dark dress with a large lace collar, resting her right arm on a chair. On the front: "Hurd, No. Adams, Mass." On the back (stamped): "From/The Union,/Springfield, Mass."; (in pencil): "Sarah Hamer/77 W. Main/No. Adams"; (in ink):…

Four women in dark dresses; perhaps sisters in mourning. On the back: "Hurd's/portraits/North Adams,/Mass./All photographs taken by the/new instantaneous proces/The negative from which this photograph/was printed is preserved for/further orders."

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…

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…