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- Commerce & Industry
- Ephemera
- Genealogy
- Holidays
- Literature
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- Maps
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- Moving Pictures
- Nature
- People
- Photographs
- Places
- Postcards
- Quabbin
- Transportation
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- A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
- Advertisement: 1938 Dodge Truck
- Advertisements: Hope In A Bottle, Circa 1885
- Advertisements: Insurance Agent Ink Blotters
- Comparison Shopping: "Cabbie, Take Me To Westfield, 1938"
- Extra Tubes With That, Sir?
- The Federal Theatre Project Visits Mt. Park Casino
- On the Road: Grizzly on a Garage
- Pulling Into the Past: Fill 'Er Up!
- The Second Annual International Bicycle Club Meet at Hampden Park, Springfield, Mass.
- Springfield Daily News Classifieds, 1938
- Springfield's H. Rude Company Advertisement
- Westfield Athenaeum Federal Art Project Poster (1937)
- Westfield's Grant & Besse Clothiers Tradecards
- Westfield's Traffic Problem & Other Items From 1938
- You've Come a Long Way, Baby!
- See All Posts Tagged 'Advertisements'
- B R I D G E S
- Postcards: Hampden County Memorial Bridge
- Postcards: The Old Toll Bridge, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Trestles and Tributaries: Seasons on the Westfield River
- W E S T F I E L D B R I D G E P R O J E C T
- Sleds, Bridges and Steeples: Thoughts in Traffic
- Westfield Steps Forward
- Crossing Into the Future: The Great River Bridge Project Progresses
- Westfield's Blessed Sacrament Parish Breaks New Ground
- Spine of the City: Westfield's Great River Bridge
- Westfield's Bridge Project, Five Months On
- Photos: Over the River and to the Crane
- Photos: The Great River Bridge, Westfield, Massachusetts
- Westfield's Great River Bridge Traffic Improvement Project Unfolds
- The Waiting is the Hardest Part...
- Building the Future: The Machines of the Westfield Bridge Project
- The Businesses By The Bridge: Westfield, Massachusetts
- Memories Underfoot
- Westfield's Bridge Project: The Second Spring
- See All Posts Tagged 'Bridges'
- B U I L D I N G S
- 195 State Street: Sweatin' in the Oldie
- A Century Apart: Photographs of a Building and a Statue, Springfield, Massachusetts
- The Armory's Architectural Inspiration
- Ashes in an Hour: Springfield's City Hall Fire of January 6, 1905
- The Captain John Potter House, Storrowtown Village, West Springfield, Massachusetts
- Edges and Corners: Westfield, Massachusetts
- Main and Elm: The Corner on Springfield History
- Old First Church: In Search of Salvation
- Photos: Civic Structures of Holyoke, Mass...A Century Past
- Postcards: Four Springfield Landmarks
- Sacred Heart Church Gets A New Roof
- Sacred Heart Church Gets A New Roof Redux
- Sacred Heart Church Revisited
- Springfield's Court Square Theatre
- Springfield Sky
- Springfield's Technical High School
- see All Posts Tagged 'Buildings'
- E P H E M E R A
- Between the Boards: 1891 Report Card
- The Good Old Days: 1892...The Wonder of Electricity
- "How to Live on $15.00 a Week."
- Leftovers: Westfield's So's Restaurant Menu
- Taxes Through Time
- The Tobacco Cure
- Two (Kind of) Useful Old Calendars
- Useful Hints from the 1910 Old Farmer's Almanac
- See All Posts Tagged 'Ephemera'
- H O L I D A Y S
- A Christmas Wish
- Happy Birthday, America!
- Happy Mother's Day!
- Happy St. Patrick's Day!
- Photographs: Blurred Lights and Christmas Thoughts
- Photographs: The Coolidge's Easter Monday Egg Roll; April 13, 1925
- Western Massachusetts: A Home in Our Hearts
- Westfield's Memorial Day Parade, 2007
- See All Posts Tagged 'Holidays'
- L I T E R A T U R E
- Editorial: 'The Real Meaning of Prosperity,' By Herbert Myrick, (1909)
- F E D E R A L W R I T E R ' S P R O J E C T
- The Federal Writers' Project: Adam Laboda, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- The Federal Writers' Project: Ms. Cora Lovell, Hinsdale, Massachusetts
- The Federal Writers' Project: Edward O'Neil, Brookfield, Massachusetts
- The Federal Writers' Project: Ella Bartlett, Brookfield, Massachusetts
- The Federal Writer's Project: Johann Schiller, New Marlborough, Massachusetts
- The Federal Writers' Project: Sammy Spring, Otis, Massachusetts
- Poem: 'Black Sheep,' (1861?)
- Poem: In Flanders Fields
- Poem: 'Morning Meditation'
- Poem: 'Pelham Hills,' (1890)
- Poem: Selling the Old Farm, by Joe Cone
- Poem: The Arsenal at Springfield, H. W. Longfellow, 1845
- Poem: 'To The Connecticut River'
- See All Posts Tagged 'Literature
- M A P S
- "A Plan of West Springfield," By J. Lathrop, August 1831
- Map: Bird's-eye View of Chester, Mass., 1885
- Map: Bird's-eye View of North Adams, 1881
- Map: Bird's-eye View of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1899
- Map: Bird's-eye View of Westfield, Massachusetts, 1875
- Map: Hampshire County, Massachusetts, 1854
- Map: Springfield, Massachusetts, 1875
- Trails, Rails & Roads: Western Mass. Maps
- See All Posts Tagged 'Maps'
- M O V I N G P I C T U R E S
- The 'Silent Cal' Variety Show
- See All Posts Tagged 'Moving Pictures'
- N A T U R E
- A Misty Morning on the Bray Loop Trail
- A Visit to Holyoke's Dinosaur Footprints
- Anyone Miss This Stuff?
- Fiction and Foliage
- The Great Flood of 1936: Hatfield House and Barns
- The Great Flood of 1936: Hatfield Tobacco Fields
- Just Passin' Through...
- Legend: "The White Deer of Onota"
- Lunar Eclipse Photos, March 3, 2007
- Moose-achusetts?
- New England Newts
- Photo: Bald Eagle at Watershops Pond
- Photo: Onota Lake, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
- Photographs: Knightville Dam and the Westfield River's East Branch
- Photos: Autumn in Western Massachusetts
- Photos: Littleville Lake and Spillway
- Photos: Snow Falling, Pedals Underfoot
- Photos: Some Bay State Butterflies
- Photos: Western Mass. Sky
- Photos: The Westfield River's East Branch
- Postcards: Westfield River
- Under the Snow
- The View From Tekoa Mountain, Russell , Massachusetts
- See All Posts Tagged 'Nature'
- P L A C E S
- A Walk Around Greenfield (circa 1903)
- Bird's Eye Views & Panoramic Shots of Springfield
- Cemetery: Old Deerfield Burying Ground
- The Crane Museum of Papermaking
- The Eyrie House: William Street's Home in the Clouds
- Holyoke, 1941: Faces, Places, Factories and Fun
- Holyoke, Massachusetts: Mountain Park (c1900 - 1915)
- The Keystone Arch Bridges Trail: Magic in the Berkshire Mountains
- Motoring the Mohawk , October 1941
- Of Icemen and Presidents: Photos of Northampton at the Dawn of the 20th Century
- Old Photographs: The Connecticut River at Springfield
- Panoramic Photos: Court Square, Springfield, Mass. (c. 1909)
- Photos: A Bash Bish Fall
- Photographs: Forest Park at the Turn of the 20th Century
- Photos: Elm and High Streets 1908, Holyoke, Massachusetts
- Photos: Time and Water Flow, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1905 - 1920
- Photographs: The Spokes of Park Square, Pittsfield, Massachusetts (c 1900-1920)
- Photos: State Street, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Postcards: Court Street, Westfield, Massachusetts
- Postcards: Forest Park, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Postcards: The Green, Westfield, Massachusetts
- Postcards: Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Postcards: Westfield, Massachusetts
- Riley's Piece of Ireland: Holyoke, Massachusetts
- The Springfield Chronology: Settlement to City
- Tekoa Reservoir, Montgomery, Massachusetts
- Then & Now: Main Street, Springfield
- Walking the Path: Stanley Park, Westfield
- See All Posts Tagged 'Places'
- Q U A B B I N
- Doubleday Mill Site - Petersham
- A Hike to Doubleday Village
- Greenwich, Massachusetts (1754 - 1938)
- Ice and Fog, Mist and Mountains: Photographs of Quabbin in March
- Postcards From a Lost Town: Enfield, Massachusetts
- The Quabbin Chronology: Index
- The Quabbin Chronology: pre-1600
- The Quabbin Chronology: 1600 - 1699
- The Quabbin Chronology: 1700 - 1799
- The Quabbin Chronology: 1800 - 1899
- The Quabbin Chronology: 1900 - 1999
- The Quabbin Chronology: 2000 - 2999
- Quabbin Gate 40: The Dana-Greenwich Road
- Quabbin Gate 40: Dana Town Common
- Quabbin Gate 40: The Road to Dana Common
- Quabbin Gate 43: The Road to Greenwich Village
- Quabbin History by the Month
- Quabbin History: Enfield's Last Town Meeting, April 8, 1938
- The Quabbin Page
- Quabbin Photos: Traces of Man, North Dana
- Quabbin's Mt. Lizzie: Before and After
- The Steeple 'Neath the Water
- See All Posts Tagged 'Quabbin
- T R A N S P O R T A T I O N
- Armchair Wanderlust & Bridges in the Sky
- In Defense of the Duryea
- Photos: 1933 LaSalle
- Photos: Trestle and Tracks, Images of Westfield in a Thanksgiving Fog
- Postcards: Duryea Motor Wagon Company
- Trains, Trestle and Rails: Westfield's North-side
- Westfield, Massachusetts Railway Station Photos
- Westfield, Massachusetts Railway Station Postcards
- See All Posts Tagged 'Transportation'
