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blasting cap.jpg
Black and white newspaper clipping of the wires being insulated for use in blasting the stone to build the Hoosac Tunnel. A woman appears to be sitting beyond the machine.

chinese mess room s.jpg
Clipping of a sketch of the mess halls for the Chinese strikebreakers at the Sampson Shoe Mill.

chinese teach.jpg
Clipping of a sketch of the Chinese strikebreakers at the Sampson Shoe Mill being taught how to use the machines

chinese workshop.jpg
Clipping of a sketch showing Chinese strikebreakers working the machines at the Sampson Shoe Mill

Early train west portall.JPG
Black and white photograph shows two men to the side of the tracks where a train is emerging from the western portal of the Hoosac Tunnel. At least one man appears to be on the train.

Eclipse Mill.jpg
Black and white photograph of the houses where Eclipse Mill workers would live. Two workers appear in the doorways of their homes.

tunnel west.bmp
This postcard depicts the West Portal of the Hoosac Tunnel in North Adams, and bears a label which reads "Hoosac Tunnel, No. Adams, Mass".

Weber Shoe Factory.jpg
This is a clipping publicizing the Weber Brothers Shoe Factory.

west portal 1876.jpg
This photograph documents the official opening of the Hoosac Tunnel in 1876. Engineers, investors, and other observers of the ceremony and some of their wives are all posed around a locomotive at the mouth of the tunnel.

April 23, 1888 (resize).jpg
(partial transcription) “The communication refereed to stated that Mr. Wood (J.A. Wood of New York) and associates were (all in on to?) acquire lands in the City of Tampa and erect (theren?)Hotel building and asked that the city enter into a contract…
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