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Stereoscopic views of Western Massachusetts

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

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Alden, Augustus Ephraim, 1837-1914.
  • Alden, A. J.
  • Barton, Charles R.
  • Buell, O. B., 1844-1910.
  • Burt, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1831-1899.
  • French, J. A.
  • Hall, J. (Julius), 1844-
  • Ludwig, Frank, photographer.
  • Patch, J. K.
  • Sisson, G. R.
  • Ward, H. D.
  • Warner, Milan P.
  • Worthen, D. W.
  • Bradford & Barton, photographers.
  • F.H. Putnam & Co., photographers.
  • Knowlton Bros, photographers.
  • Lovell & Knowlton, photographers.
  • Sterro-photo Company, publishers.
  • Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Description
  • 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.
Subjects
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
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.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
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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