subject: Hadley

 

Mt. Holyoke Summit House, North Side.

description
  • – Built in 1851, once a hotel, one of a series of mountaintop resorts across New England.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1850-1900
publishercreatorrelation
  • – From the collection of the South Hadley Historical Society, South Hadley, Mass. http://home.comcast.net/~robertjudge/index.html
format
  • – image/jpg
coverage
  • – S. Hadley MA

A peddler of small wares, Hadley, Mass.

description
  • – Image of a woman peddler walking down a country road with her back to the camera and carrying two baskets of small wares to sell. She is heading in the direction of a small cluster of buildings up ahead. It is a winter scene and possibly snowing. There is snow on the ground and fences line both sides of the wide roadway.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – ca. 1900
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org
format
  • – image/jpg

Boy on hay tedder, Hockanum, Hadley, Mass.

description
  • – Image shows a young boy driving a horse-drawn hay tedder across a field of mown hay. A large barn is visible in the background. This photograph is an illustration in"The Farmer's Boy,"written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson and published in 1894. The caption on the back of the photograph reads,"The hay tedder is one of the farm machines that the boy can run, and he heartily enjoys the racket and the responsibility."
subjectcollectiondate
  • – ca. 1894
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org
format
  • – image/jpg

Hockanum Ferry, Northampton bank, Mass.

description
  • – Image shows the Hockanum Ferry having just landed on the Northampton side of the Connecticut River after transporting a horse-drawn wagon filled with a large load of hay. Sitting atop the hay, according to the inscription on the back of the photograph, is Uncle Sam Russell. There are a couple of skiffs floating beside the ferry, and the ferryman is pushing the edge of the ferry with a pole to make a better landing for the wagonload of hay.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – ca. 1900
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org
format
  • – image/jpg

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