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[Trolley car]

Trolley car with four sets of bench seats.

GLC05235.08

Composite images of railroad tracks going around a curve

Five copies (three double exposures) of a curve in the rail line near the Deerfield River.

GLC05235.09

[Curve in the rail line]

Two sets of parallel curved tracks going around bushes and rockface on the left side of image. Indentical to GLC05235.09.02.

GLC05235.09.01

[Curve in the rail line]

Two sets of parallel curved tracks going around bushes and rockface on the left side of image. Indentical to GLC05235.09.01.

GLC05235.09.02

[Curve in the rail line]

Composite photograph [more than one negative] of curved tracks shown in GLC05235.09.01 and .02, but the background has been altered to exclude the rockface and a third set of tracks now branches off into the river. Identical to GLC05235.09.04.

GLC05235.09.03

[Curve in the rail line]

Composite photograph [more than one negative] of curved tracks shown in GLC05235.09.01 and .02, but the background has been altered to exclude the rockface and a third set of tracks now branches off into the river. Identical to GLC05235.09.03.

GLC05235.09.04

[Curve in the rail line]

A reversed print of GLC05235.09.03 and .04.

GLC05235.09.05

Station house, North Adams, MA

Two images of the North Adams, Mass. station house.

GLC05235.10

Station house, North Adams, MA

Rich, deep blue print of the tracks and station house at North Adams, Mass.

GLC05235.10.01

Station house, North Adams, MA

Second print of GLC05235.10.01. Possibly a better print than the first, but with minor yellowish stain at right edge of station house and small dog-ear in lower right corner.

GLC05235.10.02

Vies of Fitchburg, Mass. in winter

Two views from the Fitchburg office window, both taken in winter.

GLC05235.11

View from office window looking east

Title from verso. Similar image (GLC05235.11.02) claims view is to the north. The Fitchburg supply company is directly across the street in both photographs. It is the same view as GLC05235.11.02, but with less snowfall. Inscription on verso also...

GLC05235.11.01

View north from the office window

Title from verso. Similar image (GLC05235.11.02) claims view is to the east. The Fitchburg supply company is directly across the street in both photographs. It is the same view as GLC05235.11.01, but with more snowfall.

GLC05235.11.02

View South from office window Fitchburg

Two copies of the same image, looking over roundhouse and town in winter.

GLC05235.12

View South from office window Fitchburg

Inscription on verso: "Fitchburg, Mass." Identical to GLC05235.12.02. A large church steeple is visible in the left middle-ground of the image. Roundhouse and long rectangular building in the foreground of the image. Prosperous looking town with...

GLC05235.12.01

View South from office window Fitchburg

Title from verso. Identical to GLC05235.12.01. View of town and tracks. A large church steeple is visible in the left middle-ground of the image. Roundhouse and long rectangular building in the foreground of the image. Prosperous looking town with...

GLC05235.12.02

View up Main St. from office window F.R.R. Fitchburg, Mass.

Two copies of the same image. Title from verso. Main St. branches off in two directions. One branch passes the "American House" and the other branch passes in front of a hardware store. A trolley line runs in the center of the street in front of the...

GLC05235.13

View up Main St. from office window F.R.R. Fitchburg, Mass.

Title from verso. Main St. branches off in two directions. One branch passes the "American House" and the other branch passes in front of a hardware store. A trolley line runs in the center of the street in front of the hardware store. People with...

GLC05235.13.01

View up Main St. from office window F.R.R. Fitchburg, Mass.

Same image as GLC05235.13.01. Main St. branches off in two directions. One branch passes the "American House" and the other branch passes in front of a hardware store. A trolley line runs in the center of the street in front of the hardware store...

GLC05235.13.02

The Dred Scott Decision

A pamphlet containing Taney's ruling in the Dred Scott case, as well as two articles asserting the inferiority of "the negro race." One is an introduction by Van Evrie stating "the Supreme Court, in the Dred Scott decision, has defined the relations...

GLC04393

Collection of two items related to Samuel F. B. Morse [Decimalized .01-.02]

GLC04480

to J. F. Frazer

Asks if he can use Frazer's copy of Moigno's "Traite de Telegraphic," and replace it at a later date so that he may have it on hand during the trial next month. Reports that he tried to purchase the book but the bookstore was out of it. He has...

GLC04480.01

to his father Tobias Gibson

Discussing the impact of the weather on crops at Live Oaks and Greenwood plantations, an order for "gas fixtures," and the incidence of fever in the vicinities. Tobias Gibson's family owned three plantations in Louisiana.

In part: "The health of the...

GLC04501.003

to Tobias Gibson

Hailstorms ruined some of the cotton crop. The cotton gin processes about 12 bales a day. Sickness on the plantation has taken the lives of five slaves, all under the age of four. Albert lost two slaves, one 17 years old and the other 20. A...

GLC04501.082

to Joseph A. Humphreys

Writing to her son, she recounts the family's experiences in the city. Her daughters have attended so many parties they are running out of clothes. She wishes for a lock of her son's hair to make a bracelet. Writes that she has been to see...

GLC04501.101