Two workers, one appearing to oil wheels, the other in the conductors booth, pose with a passenger train bound for New York. The other man in black with a young boy appear to be travelers with the train. Train number is 241.
This is a photograph of two North Adams residents atop a horse-drawn cart, one of whom is identified as "Old Jim." In the background, the Keith Shoe Factory is visible.
This is a photograph of a man identified as Chung Ah Bard, one of the Chinese workers brought in to break the Sampson strike. The photograph was taken in approximately 1873, likely in the photography studio of William Hurd and William Smith. Here,…