subject: Stagecoaches

 

Princeton Depot, Princeton, Mass, c1900

description
  • – Princeton Depot located on Hubbardston Road, now Route 62, in Princeton Massachusetts. At its height in the early 1900s as many as eight trains a day passed through the station. The photograph shows the coaches that would take tourists up to the top of Mount Wachusett. Other passengers are shown waiting on the platform deck. The coach ride to the top of Mount Wachusett was a two mile uphill trip.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1900?
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Wachusett House winning coach in the 1901 Rutland Coach Parade

description
  • – The winning coach decorated by the Wachusett House staff of Princeton, Massachusetts for the best decorated coach in the August, 1901 Rutland Massachusetts Coach Parade. Many towns around Rutland competed for the coveted first prize. The picture is taken at the Rutland Town center. Prentice Doolittle is holding the reigns and was the driver of the coach. Also on the coach was Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Warner and Mrs. Ingrisol from Boston.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1901
publisherrelation
  • – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Stage coach at the Wachusett House

description
  • – Guests greet passengers arriving by stage in front of the Wachusett House in Princeton, Massachusetts. The sign on the stage says Pratt Junction which was in Sterling, Massachusetts. The stage route began in 1849 after the opening of the Worcester and Nashua Railroad. and ran from Princeton to Oakdale, Massachusetts.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1870-1880?
publisherrelation
  • – Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org, housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org, Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

Tally-Ho. Miss Wise and friends. Greenfield Coaching Parade photo 4

description
  • – Sepia photo shows four dark horses hitched to a light colored stagecoach decorated with flowers and fringe. Sitting atop the coach are four women, each paired with a man. The women are wearing light colored dresses and hats. Three of them are carrying parasols. The men are wearing dark suits and top hats. On the back of the coach sits two men in caped jackets.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1897
creatorpublishercontributor
  • – E.A. Hall&Co., Printers
relation
  • – Image is part of a boxed collection titled"Souvenir of the Coaching Parade Greenfield 1897"from the archives of the Greenfield Public Library, Greenfield, Massachusetts. http://greenfieldpubliclibrary.org/
format
  • – image/jpg
source
  • – Dunklee&Freeman Official Photographer and Publisher
coverage
  • – Greenfield, Mass. 1897
language
  • – English

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