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This is a labeled sketch of the mess hall constructed to accommodate the Chinese workers brought to Sampson's Factory. It is captioned, "The Mess-Room -- (Sketched by Theo R. Davis)."

This is a labeled sketch of the dormitories constructed to house the Chinese workers at the Sampson Shoe Factory. Its caption reads, "The Dormitories -- (Sketched by Theo R. Davis)."

This is a photograph of Lue Gim Gong, who at one time worked with other young Chinese men at the Sampson Shoe Factory, and his pet rooster March. The date is uncertain, but based upon his apparent middle to advanced age in the photograph, it is…

This undated photograph features a street view of a North Adams shop, Snyder & Company, as well as residents in horse-drawn carts and (faintly) one of the city's church steeples in the background.

This photograph features a steam locomotive loaded with coal in a North Adams rail yard. Though undated, it was likely taken a short time before 1900 -- after the completion of the Hoosac Tunnel and the building behind the train, and before the 1911…

This photograph captured a steam locomotive exiting the Hoosac Tunnel's West Portal. Though it is undated, the photo was taken before the electrification of the Hoosac Tunnel in 1911.

This 1895 photograph features a Refrew trolley (owned by the Hoosac Valley Street Railway Company) turning at the corner of sounthern Main Street and State Street in downtown North Adams. This was one of the many trolleys which ran along the trolley…

This photograph shows workers constructing the Hoosac Tunnel's West Portal.

Black and white photograph showing Church Street in North Adams. Houses line either side of the dirt road.

Print of the Blackinton Co Wool Mill in North Adams