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 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 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,…
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.
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.