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New Home Sewing Machine Trade Card
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…
Tags: Holden Street, North Adams, trade cards
A viewing tower
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…
Tags: Hoosac Tunnel, North Adams, viewing tower
Lue Gim Gong's personal dictionary
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
Leap Year
A postcard with the phrase "If men have cold feet, we must warm our hearts. There is a drawing of a blonde woman in a yellow shirt cooking some food. The back reads “I guess we will be back soon Agnes”.
Tags: Leap Year, London England
Barnard, Gallup & Co. Trade Card
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…
A little girl in a white dress
A little girl in a white dress standing on an upholstered chair. On the front: "Bombardier,No. Adams, Mass." The back is blank.
Tags: Bombardier, children, North Adams, portrait
A young child with a curl on her forehead
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…
Tags: Bombardier, children, North Adams, portrait
Four women
Four women. On the front: "C. Bombardier,/Studio, 44 Holden St.,/North Adams, Mass." The back is blank.
Tags: Bombardier, North Adams, portrait, women
Whittemore Brothers & Company Trade Card
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…
Tags: dogs, hunter, trade cards
Whittemore Brothers & Company Trade Card
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…
Tags: horses, trade cards
Whittemore Brothers & Company Trade Card
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…
Tags: lake, sunset, trade cards

