subject: Fires
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"Great fire"on School Street in 1838 (Worcester, Mass.)
description- – Image depicts fire fighters with"engine"of the period fighting the fire. Rolls of hoses on wheeled carriages, wet"blankets"being placed on adjacent structures, residents throwing valuables fromwindows and general melee surrounding the fire.
- – Fires-Massachusetts-Worcester-19th century.
- – Worcester (Mass.)-History-1783-1865-Pictorial works
- – Worcester (Mass.)-Fires and fire prevention-Pictorial works
- – Worcester (Mass.)-Streets-School St.
- – Great Fire, Worcester, Mass, 1838
- – 1838
- – Image taken from unidentified book. In the collections of the Worcester Public Library, Worcester, Mass. http://www.worcpublib.org/
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- – English
Mount Holyoke College ruins of main building after 1896 fire.
description- – Ruins of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary main building after 1896 fire.
- – Mount Holyoke College -- History
- – South Hadley (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
- – Fires -- Massachusetts -- South Hadley
- – Mount Holyoke Female Seminary History
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--South Hadley
- – 1896
- – From the collection of the South Hadley Historical Society, South Hadley, Mass. http://home.comcast.net/~robertjudge/index.html
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- – S. Hadley MA
Blanchard block Strand Theatre fire
description- – View of the Blanchard block and Strand Theatre, corner of Main and Elm streets, after the fire of January 13th, 1927. Men are standing in front of the charred building where icicles are hanging from the structure. Large sign"STRAND"is visible on the corner of the building. Sections of the roof are missing or hanging over the building. There is a"Slow to Right"stanchion in the middle of Elm Street. A truck is parked in front of the building with the Theatre sign overhead and another in front of the Elm Street side.
- – Historic districts--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – Historic buildings--New England
- – Southbridge (Mass.)--Pictorial work
- – Fires--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – Southbridge (Mass.)--History
- – Historic buildings--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – Central business districts--Massachusetts--Southbridge
- – 1927-01-13
- – Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org
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- – 42 degrees 04' N 72 degrees 02' W
Taft or 'Old Huguenot Mill' after the fire, April 26, 1888
description- – Taft or 'Old Huguenot Mill' after the fire, April 26, 1888, taken from the pond or back side, three men standing near mill.
- – Fires--Massachusetts--Oxford
- – Mills--Massachusetts—Oxford
- – Mills 1880-1890
- – Taft Mill
- – Old Huguenot Mill
- – April 26, 1888
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Fire in one of the oldest buildings in Chicopee Falls, May 7, 1921
description- – Spectators gather on Main Street in Chicopee Falls to view fire in an old wooden frame building. Hanging above the crowd areelectrical trolley wires. These wires powered the trolley cars which ran on Main Street in the 1920s.
- – Williams Market
- – Chicopee (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- – Trolley cars -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – Fires -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – May 7, 1921
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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Fire in one of the oldest buildings in Chicopee Falls, May 7, 1921 (Williams Market)
description- – Firemen with a hose are climbing a ladder to put out a fire on the top floor of the Williams Market which was located at 103Main Street in Chicopee Falls. Smoke can be seen pouring out of the round window near the roof of the market.
- – Chicopee (Mass.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
- – Stores, Retail -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – Williams Market
- – Fires -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – May 7, 1921
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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Fire in one of the oldest buildings in Chicopee Falls, May 7, 1921 (Theater)
description- – Crowd standing on the sidewalk to view the fire at the Williams Market on Main Street in Chicopee Falls. To the left, a whitelamp marks the entrance of the Grand Theater which was a picture show.
- – Motion picture theaters -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – Stores, Retail -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – Williams Market
- – Fires -- Massachusetts -- Chicopee
- – Grand Theater (Chicopee, Mass.)
- – May 7, 1921
- – Is part of the Russ H. Gilbert photographic collection, 1917-1922. Chicopee History Room, Chicopee Public Library, Chicopee, Mass. http://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/
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