Main Street, Town Of Southbridge, Massachusetts
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Title
Main Street, Town Of Southbridge, Massachusetts
Subject
Massachusetts--Southbridge; Southbridge (Mass.Town)--aerial view; Historic Buildings--New England; American Optical Company; American Optical Corporation--Southbridge (Mass.)--History; Optical Industry--Massachusetts--Southbridge
Description
Tree-lined Main Street is shown leading to the
American Optical Company campus in the distance. The Universalist Church
spire and the Elm Street Congregationalist Church spire are depicted here
- both razed in the 1938 hurricane. The Y.M.C.A. building at the corner
of Main and Elm streets has subsequently been razed also. Additionally the
top floor of the Whitford building in the center of the image, was
lost to a fire in the early 1970s.
American Optical Company campus in the distance. The Universalist Church
spire and the Elm Street Congregationalist Church spire are depicted here
- both razed in the 1938 hurricane. The Y.M.C.A. building at the corner
of Main and Elm streets has subsequently been razed also. Additionally the
top floor of the Whitford building in the center of the image, was
lost to a fire in the early 1970s.
Creator
Pease, Aaron, H.
Publisher
C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/
Date
pre-1916
Relation
Is part of a photographic collection on the American Optical Company at Jacob Edwards Library Archives, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org/
Format
image/jpg
Type
image
Coverage
42 degrees 04' N 72 degrees 02'
Files
Collection
Citation
Pease, Aaron, H., “Main Street, Town Of Southbridge, Massachusetts,” Digital Commonwealth , accessed May 20, 2013, http://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/items/show/1187.
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