Argento's Diner, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

• – Argento?s Diner, located on the east corner of Route 9 and South Quinsigamond Avenue. In 1926, this was one of the first dinersbuilt on a site. It was then Warren?s Diner. It was fifty feet long by fourteen feet wide. Genesee wagon with team of twelve horses andworkers of the Diner stand in small groups in front.

• – Diners (Restaurants) -- Shrewsbury (Mass.)
• – Horsedrawn vehicles.
• – Diners (Restaurants) -- Worcester County (Mass.)

• – Shrewsbury Collection

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• – Harlow family, Shrewsbury (Mass.)

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High Street Transcript Building

• – 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

• – Holyoke Collection

• – c. 1890

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• – Warner, Milan P. (1848-1903)

• – 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

• – 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

• – Holyoke Collection

• – 1907

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A.T. Knight Coal&Wood Company

• – Image of workers at the A.T. Knight&Co. Coal&Wood. Started by Arthur T. Knight in 1899 and now run by the fourth generation of the Knight family.

• – Knight, Arthur T.
• – Horse drawn vehicles
• – Coal industry--Hudson

• – Hudson Collection

• – 1900?

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