subject: Holyoke
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South Hadley, view from Holyoke.
description- – View of old dam and the Carew, Hampshire, and Glasgow mills. A trench is being dug for the foundation of the 1898 Dam.
- – Water power - economic aspects
- – Connecticut River (Mass.)
- – Mills (Buildings)--Massachusetts--South Hadley
- – South Hadley (Mass.) -- History -- Pictorial works.
- – Dams -- Massachusetts -- Holyoke
- – Glasgow Company (South Hadley, Ma.)
- – 1894
- – 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
Complete Motorization of the Holyoke Fire Department
description- – Image of the Holyoke Fire Department?s first fleet of motorized fire engines. A row of ten fire engines stretches across the photograph. Members of the fire department dressed in their dress uniforms pose behind the engines. A partial view of the Civil War Monument in Veteran?s park can be seen in the background. St. Jerome?s steeple can also be seen. This photograph was taken from the Central Fire Station on Maple St.
- – Veterans Park (Holyoke, MA)
- – Fire engines
- – St. Jerome Church
- – Fire departments - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – 1922
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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Thoms Childs Shoe Store
description- – Image of Childs? Shoe Store at 273-79 High Street. Childs? Shoe Store was owned and operated by Thomas Childs, pictured in the foreground of this image waiting on a gentleman in a bowler. Two floor-to-ceiling shelves that are filled with shoes dominate this image. Tall ladders lean against the shelves and baskets connected to pulleys hang beside each ladder. These baskets are most likely designed to allow the salesman to safely remove boxes of shoes from the highest shelves. The salesman most likely would put the shoebox into the basket, climb down the ladder, lower the basked and then retrieve the shoes. An oversized boot can be seen over the door. Displays of umbrellas, shoes, and ladies hosiery can be seen throughout the room. Several customers are being waited on, all of whom are wearing Edwardian clothes.
- – Shoe stores - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – c.1913
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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Bardwell's Drug Store
description- – Image of Bardwell?s Drug Store. Bardwell?s Drug Store, owned and operated by Charles E. Bardwell, was found at 1-3 Main St. in the Flatiron building. The walls are lined with glass-fronted cabinets filled with bottles of medicine. To the left is a display case that contains cigars. To the right is the soda fountain and candy counter. Charles E. Bardwell and a young assistant stand behind the counter while a customer in a bowler hat sits on one of the five stools and sips a fountain drink. An advertisement for Ensign cigars, as well as several other brands of cigars hovers above the counter. The ceiling is made from wooden planks while the floor is tiled.
- – Stores, Retail - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Soda fountains - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Drugstores - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – 1915
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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High Street Transcript Building
description- – Image of the Holyoke Daily Transcript building on High and John Streets. From 1863-1993, the Holyoke Daily Transcript, later the Transcript Telegram, was the major source for Holyoke?s news. This image shows the brick facade of the Transcript, along with that of John Howe?s bakery. The bricks form bands of Romanesque arches. Members of the Transcript?s staff sit in the six front windows; two men stand on the front stairs while a third stands in the background. A horse and carriage stands in front of the building.
- – Newspapers - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – High Street (Holyoke, MA)
- – Newspaper buildings - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Horse drawn vehicles
- – c. 1890
- – Dimock, George
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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William Whiting Coal Company?s New Team
description- – Image of Joe and Jerry, the William Whiting Coal Company?s cart horses. The note affixed to the photograph states that the name of the two horses are Joe and Jerry. They weigh 3400 pounds and were sold at auction by the Hick?s Brothers to the W.B. Whiting Coal Company on April of 1907 for $1,000. The horses, dressed in their harnesses complete with horse brasses that are emblazoned with the company?s logo, are set to pull the coal wagon. The driver sits behind the horses while a man in a bowler stands beside the coal wagon. This may be Edward G. Whiting, owner and proprietor of the company. The coal wagon stands in front of William B. Whiting Coal Co?s headquarters on the corner of Elm and Hampshire.
- – Whiting, William B. (1841-1911)
- – Coal industry - Holyoke
- – Horse drawn vehicles
- – 1907
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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Holyoke Wooden Dam from Howard St., Holyoke Massachusetts
description- – Image of Holyoke?s wooden dam, the first successful structure to harness the Connecticut River for its power-generating potential. Built in 1849, it was replaced by the current stone dam in 1900. In the foreground the water of the Connecticut River cascades over the dam creating hydroelectric power for the city of Holyoke. To the right of the dam is a view of Howard Street, located in the Highlands neighborhood of Holyoke. In the background is a misty view of Mount Tom.
- – Dam - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Water-power - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Howard St. (Holyoke, MA)
- – Highlands (Holyoke, MA)
- – 1895
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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Thorpe Hill Road, Holyoke Massachusetts
description- – Image of ?Thorpe Hill Road? which later became Northampton Street in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Taken from a location south of Dinosaur Park, this image shows a dirt road bounded on the right by a scrubby field, wooden fence and telegraph poles and on the left by the Connecticut River. Across the river is a misty view of a thick forest.
- – c.1890
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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Testing flume at Holyoke Water Power
description- – Image of the Holyoke Water Power Testing Flume. The flume is used to test the performance of the under water turbines that provide the water-power to Holyoke?s mills on the canals. Five men stand by, another turns the screw that powers the flume and another sits and reads.
- – Flumes
- – Water-power - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – c. 1890
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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William Skinner Silk Mill
description- – Image of the William Skinner Silk Mill. Formally located at Appleton Street and the First Level Canal this building sat at the current site of Heritage State Park in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The William Skinner Silk Mill was well known for its silk and satin production. This image shows a clear view of the U-shaped Skinner complex. While the architecture is for the most part plain, examples of denticulated corbels can clearly be seen on the cornice of the tower containing one of the main staircases of the factory. Before plans to refurbish this building were completed, the Skinner factory burned to the ground in 1980.
- – Textile industry - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Skinner, William (1824-1902)
- – William Skinner and Sons
- – Textile industry - - Silk industry
- – 1887
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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Penstock
description- – Image of two men standing in a penstock. Penstocks are used to convey water under pressure from the collecting pool underneath a dam to the turbines used to power factories. The men are in the process of repairing the grate designed to regulate the flow of water through the penstock. Both men hold hammers. They are standing on a frame of wood. The walls of the penstock surround them showing the large rivets fastening the large metal plates. A pile of wood can be seen in the foreground.
- – Water-power - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – Penstocks
- – c. 1890
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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Farr Alpaca Co. floats
description- – Image of two Farr Alpaca floats featured in the 1923 Holyoke Fourth of July parade. The floats include two paintings of the Farr Alpaca textile mill by Roderick McCartney that commemorate the 50th anniversary of Farr Alpaca. In front of the floats is the Falco Brass Band, Farr Alpaca?s marching band.
- – Fourth of July celebrations
- – Textile industry - - Wool industry (Holyoke)
- – Industries - - Massachusetts - - Holyoke
- – 1923
- – McCartney, Roderick
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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View of Mountain Park
description- – Image of Mountain Park, Holyoke Massachusetts. Built in 1894 by the Holyoke Street Railway Company, Mountain Park remained in operation until it?s closing in 1987. It was a pleasant get away for the workers and was designed as a method of increasing revenue for the trolley company. Clearly visible in this photograph are the band- stand, the merry go round, the lily pond and the trolley tracks. A white observation tower can be seen in the middle ground, while a clear view of the Connecticut River can be seen in the background. A misty view of Holyoke is visible over the horizon.
- – c.1894
- – Image is part of the Holyoke Public Library Photograph Collection, Holyoke, Mass. http://www.holyokelibrary.org
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A cove near the sawmill, Holyoke, Mass.
description- – Image of two men working with logs in a cove off the Connecticut River. One man is standing upright and holding a long pike pole while the other man is bent over the log and is pulling on the log with a chain and a short pole. These men may be feeding the logs up the sluice to the mill. On the banks of the cover behind them rest piles of logs.
- – Loggers--Massachusetts--Holyoke
- – Connecticut River--History
- – Industries--Massachusetts--Holyoke
- – Logging--Massachusetts--Holyoke
- – ca. 1900
- – Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org
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In the rag room, Holyoke, Mass.
description- – Image shows a group of women at work sorting rags in the rag room of a paper-making company. The rags are piled in large baskets beside each woman. All the women are wearing hats or bonnets of some type and are working in the bright light coming through the large windows of the building.
- – Women--Employment--Massachusetts--Holyoke
- – Paper industry--Massachusetts--Holyoke
- – Factories--Massachusetts--Holyoke
- – ca. 1900
- – Image is part of the Clifton Johnson Collection, 1880-1940. Jones Library Special Collections, Amherst, Massachusetts. http://www.joneslibrary.org
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