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Stereoscopic views of Western Massachusetts

Title: Stereoscopic views of Western Massachusetts [graphic].
Publication: 1865?-1905?

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64 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, some col.; 90x178mm. or smaller.
3 stereographs (photoprints) : silver gelatin, b&w ;
24 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, b&w ;

Summary

Views in Western Massachusetts: interior of a church showing altar decorated with plants, Chicopee; boy standing inside a frozen fountain, Chicopee Falls; Baptist church, Bernardston; looking up the west side of Main street, Easthampton, showing churches, commerical buildings, buggies, homes, a greenhouse; Florence: Park St., School grounds; Hancock high school with students in front; woman looking into the distance with binoculars above Glendale, showing a bridge, a mill, homes below; Great Barrington: a mill dam in the vicinity of the town, general views from East Rock, Main St., Church St. showing trees and fences lining road, man in a wagon on a commercial street, group of men in front of a store, one holding a hose, Mr. & Mrs. Marcus H. Rogers in their parlor on the 2nd floor of the "Berkshire Courier" building, furniture, light fixtures, layout of rooms visible, series of studio views showing one or several dogs, some with bird in cage, one with man; wagons pass under arch reading "1640 Huntington 1884"; Mill river cascade, below a bridge in Leeds; Aspinwall Hotel, Lenox, an avenue of poplars, gate with urns in Lenox; views of the Middlefield flood, including reconstruction of Boston and Albany Railroad trestle that had been destroyed, a B&A R.R. bridge that withstood the flood. ox-bend in the Connecticut river from Mt. Nonotuck; Mt. Tom from the Connecticut River; the fissure on Mt. Toby; "duck hawk eggs and eyrie" on Mt. Tom, stuffed hawk placed on log.
Ox-bend in the Connecticut river from Mt. Nonotuck; Mt. Tom from the Connecticut River; the fissure on Mt. Toby; "duck hawk eggs and eyrie" on Mt. Tom, stuffed hawk placed on log; Monument Mountain: "Old Man," "Lovers Leap" and "Pulpit rock"; Orange: general view, showing building along river, "Chair shop," showing building covered on one end with posters, lumber mill yard, stone bridge beyond, churches and town hall, down South St., churches, other buildings, Cheney and Waite's block with photographic studio on third floor; Sheffield: the "old elm" and tree-lined main street; wreck of the pay master's train on the Troy and Greenfield Railroad, July 13, 1874 near Shellburne Falls; South Hadley: Mt. Holyoke seminary, including a view of students in the library, rapids below dam; cascade on the Green river, South Morristown; views from Sugar Loaf Mt.: So. Deerfield, Mt. Toby, Connecticut River bridge and Sunderland Village, looking south, showing farms, river, etc.; view of Sugar Loaf Mt. from the south; Sages ravine showing waterfalls; Collins House from Mt. Peter; Miller House; "Two tenement" in Thorndike with owners at gate; a store in or near Turner's Falls; a snowy street in Ware.
Lower falls, a bridge, and a cottage with rustic gate, and a man on a bridge, rock painted "J. Hall, Pho, 1871, Bash Bish; a summer home on a lake in the Berkshire Hills; an iron bridge on the Connecticut River; debris piled around bulkheads of a bridge apparently destroyed in a flood; covered bridge over the Housatonic; boat landing, other views along the Housatonic; Lake Buel: from Gibson, showing steamer, man fishing and rowboat, steamer at landing; a church, street views, a school (?), a commercial block, at unidentified Connecticut Valley location.

Alternative Title

American scenery. Housatonic Valley.
American scenery. Orange & vicinity, Mass. 651, 662, 663, 678.
American scenery. The "Best" series.
American scenery, Housatonic Valley.
Artistic series -- stereoscopic views.
Berkshire scenery.
Connecticut Valley views.
Burt's stereoscopic views of Sugar Loaf Mountain and vicinity.
Housatonic Valley illustrated.
Mass. scenery. Orange and vicinity. 660, 664.
Mount Toby series.
Mt. Holyoke seminary series.
Stereographs of Shelburne Falls and vicinity.
Stereoscopic views of Bernardston, Mass. 19.
Stereoscopic views of Easthampton, Mt. Holyoke & Mt. Tom. 26.
Stereoscopic views Connecticut Valley.
Views in the Connecticut Valley.
Views of the Middlefield flood. 20, 22.

Subject

Boston and Albany Railroad Co
Churches > Massachusetts > Chicopee
Interior architecture > Massachusetts > Chicopee
Fountains > Massachusetts > Chicopee Falls
Ice > Massachusetts > Chicopee
Churches > Massachusetts > Bernardstown
Churches > Massachusetts > Easthampton
Dogs
Dwellings > Massachusetts > Easthampton
Greenhouses > Massachusetts > Easthampton
Streets > Massachusetts > Easthampton
Streets > Massachusetts > Great Barrington
Carts & wagons > Massachusetts > Great Barrington
Dwellings > Massachusetts > Great Barrington
Parlors > Massachusetts > Great Barrington
Celebrations > Massachusetts > Huntington
Dams > Massachusetts > Leeds
Hotels & taverns > Massachusetts > Lenox
Trees > Massachusetts > Lenox
Floods > Massachusetts > Middlefield
Railroad bridges > Massachusetts
Rivers > Massachusetts
Mountains > Massachusetts
Hawks > Massachusetts
Birds' nests & eggs
Taxidermy
Furniture industry > Massachusetts > Orange
Lumber industry > Massachusetts > Orange
Bridges > Massachusetts > Orange
Churches > Massachusetts > Orange
City & town halls > Massachusetts > Orange
Photographic studios > Massachusetts > Orange
Trees > Massachusetts > Sheffield
Streets > Massachusetts > Sheffield
Railroad accidents > Massachusetts > Shelburne Falls
Universities & colleges > Massachusetts > South Hadley
Libraries > Massachusetts > South Hadley
Interior architecture > Massachusetts > South Hadley
Dams > Massachusetts > South Hadley
Gates > Massachusetts
Waterfalls > Massachusetts
Bridges > Massachusetts > Sunderland Village
Farms > Massachusetts > Thorndike
General stores > Massachusetts > Turner's Falls
Dwellings > Massachusetts > Thorndike
Streets > Massachusetts > Ware
Covered bridges > Massachusetts
Lakes & ponds > Massachusetts
Fishing > Massachusetts
Steamboats > Massachusetts
Telescopes > Massachusetts
Women's education > Massachusetts > South Hadley
Connecticut River
Housatonic River
Hampshire County (Mass.)
Hampden County (Mass.)
Berkshire County (Mass.)
Franklin County (Mass.)
Buel, Lake (Mass.)
South Deerfield (Mass.)

Genre/Form

Albumen photoprints.
Stereographs.
Photoprints.
Silver gelatin photoprints.

Note

Includes views by J. A. French, Charles Barton, A. E. Alden and other photographers and publishers.
Includes 1 hand-colored view.

Access (note)

Restricted access;

Cite As (note)

Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.

Call Number

MFY Dennis Coll 90-F220

OCLC

NYPG90-F220

Title

Stereoscopic views of Western Massachusetts [graphic].

Imprint

1865?-1905?

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.

Cite As:

Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.

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Local Subject

Photographica.

Added Author

Alden, Augustus Ephraim, 1837-1914. Photographer

Alden, A. J. Photographer

Barton, Charles R. Photographer

Buell, O. B., 1844-1910. Photographer

Burt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1831-1899. Publisher

French, J. A. Photographer

Hall, J. (Julius), 1844- Photographer

Ludwig, Frank, photographer.

Patch, J. K. Photographer

Sisson, G. R. Photographer

Ward, H. D. Photographer

Warner, Milan P. Photographer

Worthen, D. W. Photographer

Bradford & Barton, photographers.

F.H. Putnam & Co., photographers.

Knowlton Bros, photographers.

Lovell & Knowlton, photographers.

Sterro-photo Company, publishers.

Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.

Added Title

American scenery. Housatonic Valley.

American scenery. Orange & vicinity, Mass. 651, 662, 663, 678.

American scenery. The "Best" series.

American scenery, Housatonic Valley.

Artistic series -- stereoscopic views.

Berkshire scenery.

Connecticut Valley views.

Burt's stereoscopic views of Sugar Loaf Mountain and vicinity.

Housatonic Valley illustrated.

Mass. scenery. Orange and vicinity. 660, 664.

Mount Toby series.

Mt. Holyoke seminary series.

Stereographs of Shelburne Falls and vicinity.

Stereoscopic views of Bernardston, Mass. 19.

Stereoscopic views of Easthampton, Mt. Holyoke & Mt. Tom. 26.

Stereoscopic views Connecticut Valley.

Views in the Connecticut Valley.

Views of the Middlefield flood. 20, 22.

Research Call Number

MFY Dennis Coll 90-F220

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