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Southbridge Woman's Club Float in 1916 Centennial Parade Southbridge Massachusetts

description
  • – Southbridge en fete in 1916, celebrating the centennial of its incorporation. Nine ladies are shown on a float sitting under a wooden structure with columns. The women whose hair is wrapped with ribbon, are wearing long robes without sleeves, suggesting Roman Each lady is wearing a sash with text. Some of the script is readable: Conservative, Motherhood, Education. A shield is held by one of the ladies which says"Progress". A man with a hat is holding the reins. Greenery covers the base of the float. Bunting is hanging from the porch on the building in the background. A female onlooker is observing the parade go by. The Southbridge Woman's Club was founded in 1914. Miss Gladys Litchfield and Miss Mildred Wheelock were responsible for the initiative.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – pre-1923
publishercreatorrelation
  • – Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org
format
  • – image/jpg
source
  • – Image from the A.H. Pease album #3
coverage
  • – 42 degrees 04' N72 degrees 02' W

Whip Company office

description
  • – Three office workers in The Whip Company office. Woman standing at desk is Mrs. Carrie Josephine Scoville Haskelle. One otherwoman and man are seated at desks.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1907
publisherrelation
  • – From the Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, Massachusetts http://www.westath.org

Women braiding leather lashes

description
  • – Four women sitting at the leather braiding machines in the United States Whip Company. Two men can be seen in the background.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – (1910?)
publisherrelation
  • – From the Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, Massachusetts http://www.westath.org

Husband and wife standing in tobacco field

description
  • – Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Sherman in tobacco field on Little River Road Westfield, Mass. 1905-1907.
subjectcollectionpublisherrelation
  • – From the Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, Massachusetts http://www.westath.org

Woman holding tobacco leaf

description
  • – Charles M. Sherman and Mrs. Arthur Sherman standing in tobacco field on Little River Road in Westfield, Mass. 1905-1907.
subjectcollectionpublisherrelation
  • – From the Westfield Athenaeum, Westfield, Massachusetts http://www.westath.org

American Optical Company women at the main entrance, Main Plant, Southbridge

description
  • – A group of twenty threewomen, in winter attire, posing in front of the formal entrance to the American Optical Company, on Mechanic Street, Southbridge - thecompany headquarters. Women are wearing elegant hats and fur muffs as protection from the weather. The bronze door is on view, nestled between the structural columns of the entrance. The granite steps are somewhat concealed by the group as they are standing in tier-fashion. The American Optical Company name is emblazoned over the doorway.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – pre-1923
publisherrelation
  • – Is part of a photographic collection of the American Optical Company at Jacob Edwards Library Archives, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org/
format
  • – image/jpg
coverage
  • – 42 degrees 04' N 72 degrees 02'

Women workers posing by the satinet machines in the Taft or 'Old Huguenot Mill approximately 1880.

description
  • – Women workers posing by the satinet machines in the Taft or 'Old Huguenot Mill approximately 1880.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1880's?
publisherrelation
  • – Part of the collection of the Oxford Free Public Library historical museum http://www.homestead.com/oxfordfree/publiclibrarymain.html
format
  • – image/jpg

Women's Community Club, July 4, 1926 Parade

description
  • – The East Longmeadow Women's Community Club float for the 1926 Fourth of July Parade. Twelve women and one man (in blackface makeup) are on top of the float, along with a man, a woman, and a child in blackface makeup and costume stand near the driver's side door.
subjectcollectiondate
  • – 1926-07-04
publisherrelation
  • – Part of East Longmeadow Historical Commission Archives. East Longmeadow Public Library Local History Room, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. http://www.eastlongmeadow.org/Library/
format
  • – image/jpg
language
  • – English

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.
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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