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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.

This is a clipping publicizing the Weber Brothers Shoe Factory.

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

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

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.

Clipping of a sketch showing Chinese strikebreakers working the machines at the Sampson Shoe Mill

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

Clipping of a sketch of the mess halls for the Chinese strikebreakers at the Sampson Shoe Mill.

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.

Black and white photograph of the Blackinton Depot, presumably during winter by the snow on the ground to the right of the photograph.