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1893 ca.

Fitchburg Railroad Company

Photograph

Title: Coal trestle, East Fitchburg Yard

Employees stand on a tall platform and a steaming train is below. It is a view of the same coal trestle as GLC05235.03.01 and GLC05235.03.02, but from the opposite direction. A flatbed car is on the trestle. A 4-4-0 engine with a man standing on top its cab sits on the trackes, dwarfed by the structure. The coal trestle burned (either damaged by fire or burned down completely) in 1893.

GLC05235.03.03

1 September 1862- 17 June 1863

Pope, Albert, fl. 1861-1864

Diary

Title: Journal of the Southern campaign 1862-1863

GLC06266.01.01

1 September 1863- 13 June 1864

Pope, Albert, fl. 1861-1864

Diary

Title: Journal of the Southern campaign 1863-1864

GLC06266.01.02

2 July 1919

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Judith W. Smith

GLC06975.01

24 November 1916

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Judith W. Smith

GLC06975.02

December 1908-1919

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

Postcard

Title: to Judith W. Smith

The front of this postcard has a Christmas greeting, while the back has a poem on it.

GLC06975.03

April 1908-1919

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

Postcard

Title: to Judith W. Smith

The front of this postcard has a Easter greeting, while the back has a poem on it about Mrs. Smith being the youngest of the crowd.

GLC06975.04

April 1908-1919

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

Postcard

Title: to Judith W. Smith

The front of this postcard has a Easter greeting, while the back has an Easter poem on it.

GLC06975.05

November 1908-1919

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

Postcard

Title: to Judith W. Smith

The front of this postcard is the "Beacon St Mall, Public Garden, Boston Mass.", while the back has a Thanksgiving poem on it.

GLC06975.06

November 1908-1919

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

Postcard

Title: to Judith W. Smith

The front of this postcard is a Thanksgiving greeting, while the back has a poem on it, " When I reckon upon my blessings - And they number not a few - I am glad I knew your mother, - Glad to have a friend like you!".

GLC06975.07

1908-1919

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1857-1950

Postcard

Title: to Judith W. Smith

The front of this postcard is an image and a poem about the Telephone Girls of Springfield, the poem is entitled "Think What You Owe "The Telephone Girl"". On the back is a poem by Blackwell also about the telephone girl.

GLC06975.08

1860-1865 circa

Whistler, Simon M., fl. 1904

Autograph manuscript signed

Title: Sketches From My Diary The Hospital Transport Service In The Civil War

There are 21 chapters of this manuscript.

GLC08362.01

1860-1865 circa

Whistler, Simon M., fl. 1904

Painting

Title: Watercolor of Medical Ship The Connecticut

GLC08362.02

1882-1886 circa

Whistler, Simon M., fl. 1904

Diary

Title: [Medical Journal of Simon Mower Whistler]

GLC08362.03

9 August 1862- 14 May 1863

Whistler, Simon M., fl. 1904

Diary

Title: [Diary of Simon Mower Whistler]

GLC08362.04

25 June 1864- 17 December 1864

Whistler, Simon M., fl. 1904

Diary

Title: [Diary of Simon Mower Whistler]

GLC08362.05

5 April 1865- 5 October 1865

Whistler, Simon M., fl. 1904

Diary

Title: [Diary of Simon Mower Whistler]

GLC08362.06

1861-1865 ca.

Envelope

Title: Envelope

The envelope has a image of shield with Liberty and Union across it. The caption reads ""The Unity of the Government which consitiutes you one people, is the main pillar in the Edifice of your real Independence." Geo. Washington."

GLC06627.03.025

1861-1865 ca.

Envelope

Title: Envelope

The envelope has a image of George Washington's house at Mount Vernon.

GLC06627.03.026

1861-1865 ca.

Envelope

Title: Envelope

The envelope has a image of the Capitol House. The caption reads "Capitol at Washington"

GLC06627.03.038

1861-1865 ca.

Envelope

Title: Envelope

The envelope has a image of 2 rats, looking at a piece of cheese labeled Washington in a trap. The caption reads "1st Rat - Don't that morsel look tempting Davis shall we take it? Davis Rat - I guess we had better wait a while I don't like those teeth."

GLC06627.03.042

1861-1865 ca.

Envelope

Title: Envelope

The envelope has a image of seven ships in a circle, within that circle it Harper's Ferry, and Rats leaving the ships to go to Harper's Ferry. the ships are labled Norfolk, Pensacola, Manassas Gap., Mississippi, Savannah, Charleston, and Washington. The caption reads ""When I wish to catch rats, I first stop heir holes." Gen'l. Scott."

GLC06627.03.066

1861-1865 ca.

Envelope

Title: Envelope

The envelope has 2 images in the upper left hand corner there is a image of George Washington with a caption that reads "Corner Stone of the Federal Union." In the upper right hand corner there is a image of an enslaved person, with a caption of "Corner Stone of the Southern Confedercy."

GLC06627.03.092