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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.

Black and white photograph/clipping of the Barber Leather Company in North Adams. Appears some workers may be visible in the open windows.

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,…

Black and White photograph of early mill workers at the Graniteville in 1892. The collective group is a mixture of men, women, and children.

This is a photograph of James Hunter Machine Works, sourced from a book published in 1898 called "North Adams and Vicinity Illustrated."

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 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 is a photograph of trains in a rail yard in North Adams, with a steeple, smokestacks, and some of the city's skyline visible in the background.

This is a photograph of Phoenix Mill and the adjacent canal. The sign on the side of the building reads, "Phoenix Mills' Flour, Grain, Feed & Meal."