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Chinese Workers from the Sampson Shoe Factory
This is a staged photograph taken in 1877 of three of the Chinese workers brought in to break the strike at the Sampson Shoe Factory. Here, they appear in Western dress. They are tentatively identified as Charlie Sing (the overseer), Ah Dock, and Ah…
Photograph of Chug Ah Bard, Chinese Sampson Worker
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,…
Labeled Sketch of the Chinese Workers Mess Hall, Sampson Shoe Factory
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)."
Labeled Sketch of the Dormitories for Chinese Workers, Sampson Shoe Factory
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)."
Photograph of Lue Gim Gong
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…
Photograph of Snyder & Co, North Adams
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.
Photograph of Locomotive at a North Adams Rail Yard
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…
Photograph of Train Emerging from the Hoosac Tunnel, West Portal
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.
Trolley On Main and State Streets in North Adams, 1895
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…
Photograph of the Hoosac Tunnel's West Portal Under Construction
This photograph shows workers constructing the Hoosac Tunnel's West Portal.