Spencer Collection

An eight horse hitch pulling the new 13 ton bank vault for the Spencer National Bank up Elm Street, in Spencer Massachusetts in 1910. A group of children and adults watch from the side, In the background is the Spencer Gas Works.

The cutting, stitching and lasting room of the Allen Squire Company on the top floor of the Green building on Cherry Street. The Allen Squire Company was a manufacturer of boots and shoes in Spencer, Massachusetts until 1921. The offices moved from…

Postcard showing Fred A. Livermore with his horse and wagon, ca. 1920s. Fred A. Livermore moved almost anything, running a local livery company that served the residents and companies of Spencer Massachusetts for 60 years. Starting in the 1930's the…

The interior of the Girouard Bakery located on 26 Elm Street at the Corner of Chestnut in Spencer, Massachusetts. Shown on the left is Amedee Cormier, a baker, and on the right Alsidas Girouard, the owner.

Luigi Piagentini, the proprietor of the Spencer Fruit Company, proudly stands in front of his store. The store was located in the Shay Block beside the Park Theater on Mechanic Street in Spencer, Massachusetts. Luigi ran the fruit store through the…