Holyoke Collection

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…

Image of the Elizur Holyoke, one of the Mount Tom Rail Road’s trolleys. Named for one of the two founders of Holyoke, cable cars such as this and its companion the Thomas Rowland, brought passengers up and down Mount Tom daily. The cable car is…

Image of the Rowland Thomas, one of the Mount Tom Rail Road’s trolleys. Named for one of the two founders of Holyoke, and the namesake of Mount Tom, cable cars such as this and its companion the Elizur Holyoke, brought passengers up and down Mount…

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…

Image of the exterior of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company at 335 Main Street. One of America’s oldest chains, A and Ps were found throughout Holyoke starting in 1898. This photograph was taken around 1931 when the Main Street store…