One of many houses built post-Civil War during the expansion of the shoe and other industries. This was the home of Sumner Holmes, born 1833, a long-time superintendent of the so-called "Big Shop", E. and A. H. Batcheller Co., shoe manufacturers. Three men, eight women, and a young girl are standing or sitting on the front porch steps.
From the collection of the North Brookfield Historical Society at the Haston Free Public Library, North Brookfield, Massachusetts http://www.northbrookfield.net/library.htm
Part of the glass plate collection of Darrell Hyder
