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The Principal's House and College Hall. This print may have been cut out of an early normal school catalog. The photograph was taken sometime between 1897 and 1902 because the dormitory was not built until 1903 and would have appeared in the…

US Naval Academy yearbook of Rear Admiral Flaherty, of North Adams, who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1928. The front board and flyleaf contain the US Naval Academy motto, "Ex scientia tridens," meaning "from knowledge, seapower," in Latin and…

A woman is playing the piano; two men and another woman are listening. All are wearing evening dress. Text on the front: "The Harvard Piano." Stamped on the front: "W.S. Underwood Co.,/Pianos,/Sewing & talking machines,/North Adams, Mass." Copyright…

Four children playing: a little boy in red with a horn and toy cannon, a girl in brown seated at a table holding a knife, a boy in blue and a little girl in a purple dress and white pinafore, with a wheel barrow. Text on front: "Compliments of The…

White building with a castle-like tower. There are 5 trees in the foreground.

This oral history describes a bell from a boxing ring in North Adams, MA, where famous boxer Archie Moore trained for his heavyweight title.

Father Time, carrying a scythe hung with old boots and an hour glass walks off to the right as a new boot appears on the left. Text on the front: "The A.S.T.Co. trade mark/Black leather tip defies time./"Well, young fellow, I don't seem to make any…

This embossed Postcard has an artist's depiction of the first Thanksgiving, portraying a pilgrim man having just killed a turkey, and a pilgrim woman presenting the cooked turkey dinner. Addressed to Agnes Scully. The back is transcribed as “But I…

A postcard depicting the Taunton Public Library, a white building furnished with Corinthian columns. Addressed to Agnes Scully. “I was In Boston last sunday and stay there until Tuesday annie and Mart Cassidy house from Tom East Taunton Miss Agnes…

A view of normal school students on the porch of the dormitory, with a 48-star flag hanging between two pillars. The back of the photograph is blank.