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Springfield, 1827 : surveyed by direction of the town, 1826 /

Springfield, 1827 : surveyed by direction of the town, 1826 /

General map showing names of landowners. Also covers Chicopee. Includes ill. of selected buildings. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Copy imperfect: Torn, soiled, mount... More

Plan of Springfield - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Plan of Springfield - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

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Combined map of Holyoke and Chicopee - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Combined map of Holyoke and Chicopee - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventha...

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Chicopee, Mass. 1878. Historic map, Library of Congress

Chicopee, Mass. 1878. Historic map, Library of Congress

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 283.1 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed for points of interest. AACR2: 651/1

MacArthur Square - Chicopee Falls, Mass.

MacArthur Square - Chicopee Falls, Mass.

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MacArthur Square - Chicopee Falls, Mass.

MacArthur Square - Chicopee Falls, Mass.

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City of Chicopee - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

City of Chicopee - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Latest map of Chicopee city Massachusetts Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A young boy, unable to speak a word of English. Working here. A boy said his name is John Krakowski.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

A young boy, unable to speak a word of English. Working here. A boy sa...

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Stanley Sypeck, Jasimine St., W. Springfield. Works in the Dwight Mfg. Co., 6 months in spinning room.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Stanley Sypeck, Jasimine St., W. Springfield. Works in the Dwight Mfg....

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Apparently one of the young helpers going to work at 1 P.M. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Apparently one of the young helpers going to work at 1 P.M. Location: ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2650. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Joseph Polchlopek (alone), 37 W. Front St. Says, "Been working here two years and a half." (See #2638).  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Joseph Polchlopek (alone), 37 W. Front St. Says, "Been working here tw...

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[Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark and they all laughed. Next day I heard one of the girls use profanity before all the men and boys.]  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

[Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark...

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William Wolowiec, (middle boy in front row), 19 School St. Works in spinning room. Said, "A year and a half there." Wrote his name in English with great difficulty. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

William Wolowiec, (middle boy in front row), 19 School St. Works in sp...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2647. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Dosaliv Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. Young band boy in 5 and 6; three months there. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Dosaliv Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. Young band boy in 5 and 6; three months...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2661. Same photograph as no. 2662. Not clear which caption matches photograph. Credit line: National Child Labor ... More

A young boy, unable to speak a word of English. Working here. A boy said his name is John Krakowski. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

A young boy, unable to speak a word of English. Working here. A boy sa...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2639. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Leon Cooper, 15 Coolidge Rd. Works in spinning room. Been there two or three years.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Leon Cooper, 15 Coolidge Rd. Works in spinning room. Been there two or...

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Sophie, a young spinner. Working in Spinning Room #7 with a profane group of girls. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Sophie, a young spinner. Working in Spinning Room #7 with a profane gr...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2673. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of workers in the Dwight Mfg. Co. Sophie Motralske, (smallest girl), 3 Lawrence Rd. Works in spinning room. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Group of workers in the Dwight Mfg. Co. Sophie Motralske, (smallest gi...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2645. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 and 6; been there three months. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 an...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. label 2678. Hine no. 2679. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Louis Langevin, (boy running) (young), 318 Friend St. Works in spinning room.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Louis Langevin, (boy running) (young), 318 Friend St. Works in spinnin...

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William Wolowiec, (middle boy in front row), 19 School St. Works in spinning room. Said, "A year and a half there." Wrote his name in English with great difficulty.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

William Wolowiec, (middle boy in front row), 19 School St. Works in sp...

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Group in front of Office Steps. Boy on left end (in front) ran away when I tried to get his name. A companion said, "He ain't got no time to sell postals. He got to go to night school." Another said, "His name is Jo Traain and [he] lives on West St." Three others of the smallest in front are: Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St. (very young), a "spare boy" has worked 9 months there. At 1 P.M., Mr. Hine saw his going away from the mill and followed him up town. He said, "Boss laid me off for a day. He does that sometimes. Then I bum around town." Joseph Mile, 80 Tremont St., In spinning room 1 and 2. Joseph Maslak, 34 Front St. of 3 Depto St. Works in Cloth Room. Last night he gave me his name as John Mak. To-day he corrected it.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Group in front of Office Steps. Boy on left end (in front) ran away wh...

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Sophie, a young spinner. Working in Spinning Room #7 with a profane group of girls.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Sophie, a young spinner. Working in Spinning Room #7 with a profane gr...

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Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St., A bobbin Boy (works as a spare boy) in #7 spinning room. See #2660, 2637.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St., A bobbin Boy (works as a spare boy) i...

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Stanley Sypeck, Jasimine St., W. Springfield. Works in the Dwight Mfg. Co., 6 months in spinning room. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Stanley Sypeck, Jasimine St., W. Springfield. Works in the Dwight Mfg....

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2658. Typed lines on caption card overlap, so order of text is not clear. Credit line: National Child Labor Commi... More

Peter Pluta (right hand boy), 2 Bertha Ave. Works in spinning room. Two years there Henry Fritz (left hand), 56 Cheever St. Has worked in spinning room two or three months. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Peter Pluta (right hand boy), 2 Bertha Ave. Works in spinning room. Tw...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2657. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Eddie Grimshaw, 40 Stoney Hill. Has worked as doffer in #8 mill for 9 months. Makes $5.25 a week now, hates school.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Eddie Grimshaw, 40 Stoney Hill. Has worked as doffer in #8 mill for 9 ...

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Group of workers in Dwight Mfg., Co., Joseph Polchlopek, (tallest boy in middle, front), 37 West Front St. Last night he gave his name as Joseph Waraszy, 19 Dublin St. To-day he corrected it. Joseph Ciosek, Next to Joseph P. (to the right), 74 School St. Works in spinning room. Andrew Stefanik, next to Joseph P. (to the left), 4 Exchange St. (See noted 2637).  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Group of workers in Dwight Mfg., Co., Joseph Polchlopek, (tallest boy ...

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Joseph Maslak (alone), 3 Depot St., or 34 Front St., (see 2637).  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Joseph Maslak (alone), 3 Depot St., or 34 Front St., (see 2637). Loca...

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Group of workers in the Dwight Mfg. Co. Sophie Motralske, (smallest girl), 3 Lawrence Rd. Works in spinning room.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Group of workers in the Dwight Mfg. Co. Sophie Motralske, (smallest gi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 and 6; been there three months. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 an...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2678. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Andrew Stefanik, a bobbin boy, works as spare boy. (See #2637).  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Andrew Stefanik, a bobbin boy, works as spare boy. (See #2637). Locat...

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[Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 and 6; been there three months.]  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

[Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 a...

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Joseph Mika, (smallest), 80 Tremont St. Spinning Room. Said, "Two years working there." (See 2637) Joseph Ciosek, (young), 74 School St. Six months working there. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Joseph Mika, (smallest), 80 Tremont St. Spinning Room. Said, "Two year...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2646. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of 66 spinners in #7 spinning room. They were the most openly profane and vulgar I have ever encountered in mill work. Florida St. Cyr (smallest girl), 24 Cray St.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Group of 66 spinners in #7 spinning room. They were the most openly pr...

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Louis Langevin, 318 Friend St. Works in spinning room #7. Florida St. Cyr, 24 Gray St. Works in spinning #7.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Louis Langevin, 318 Friend St. Works in spinning room #7. Florida St. ...

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Stanislaus Matthew, 30 Cabot St., (left hand boy). Warren Butman, Nonotuck St. Has worked in spinning room since Monday.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Stanislaus Matthew, 30 Cabot St., (left hand boy). Warren Butman, Nono...

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Tony Soccha, 65 Exchange St., a bobbin boy in Room #7. Been there at work one year.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Tony Soccha, 65 Exchange St., a bobbin boy in Room #7. Been there at w...

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Joseph Maslak (alone), 3 Depot St., or 34 Front St., (see 2637). Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Joseph Maslak (alone), 3 Depot St., or 34 Front St., (see 2637). Locat...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2643. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of workers in Dwight Mfg. Co. Stanley Twarog (one of the smallest boys), 81 Park St. Works in spinning room. Tony Sccha [i.e., Soccha], (Shortest boy in front, overalls. Very young. 65 Exchange St. A bobbin Boy in Room 7; has been there a year.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Group of workers in Dwight Mfg. Co. Stanley Twarog (one of the smalles...

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Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy been there 3 months.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy been th...

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Illiterate boy who understands no English. Stanley Cherpial, 13 Gardner Rd. Works in Room #7.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Illiterate boy who understands no English. Stanley Cherpial, 13 Gardne...

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Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark and they all laughed. Next day I heard one of the girls use profanity before all the men and boys. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark ...

Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Title from NCLC caption card for Hine no. label 2655. Hine no. 2656. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints... More

Group of workers at Dwight Mfg. Co. Gottlieb Gasnick, (boy with sweater), 15 Gardner Rd. Worked in spinning room #4 for six months. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Group of workers at Dwight Mfg. Co. Gottlieb Gasnick, (boy with sweate...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2653. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Dosaliv Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. Young band boy in 5 and 6; three months there.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Dosaliv Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. Young band boy in 5 and 6; three months...

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[Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 and 6; been there three months.]  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

[Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 a...

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Group of workers in Dwight Mfg. Co. Stanley Twarog (one of the smallest boys), 81 Park St. Works in spinning room. Tony Sccha i.e., Soccha, (Shortest boy in front, overalls. Very young. 65 Exchange St. A bobbin Boy in Room 7; has been there a year. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Group of workers in Dwight Mfg. Co. Stanley Twarog (one of the smalles...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2641. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Andrew Stefanik, a bobbin boy, works as spare boy. (See #2637). Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Andrew Stefanik, a bobbin boy, works as spare boy. (See #2637). Locati...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2660. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of 66 spinners in #7 spinning room. They were the most openly profane and vulgar I have ever encountered in mill work. Florida St. Cyr (smallest girl), 24 Cray St. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Group of 66 spinners in #7 spinning room. They were the most openly pr...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2677. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 and 6; been there three months.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy in 5 an...

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Peter Pluta (right hand boy), 2 Bertha Ave. Works in spinning room. Two years there Henry Fritz (left hand), 56 Cheever St. Has worked in spinning room two or three months.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Peter Pluta (right hand boy), 2 Bertha Ave. Works in spinning room. Tw...

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Apparently one of the young helpers going to work at 1 P.M.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Apparently one of the young helpers going to work at 1 P.M. Location:...

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Group of workers at Dwight Mfg. Co. Gottlieb Gasnick, (boy with sweater), 15 Gardner Rd. Worked in spinning room #4 for six months.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Group of workers at Dwight Mfg. Co. Gottlieb Gasnick, (boy with sweate...

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Louis Langevin, 318 Friend St. Works in spinning room #7. Florida St. Cyr, 24 Gray St. Works in spinning #7. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Louis Langevin, 318 Friend St. Works in spinning room #7. Florida St. ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2652. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Illiterate boy who understands no English. Stanley Cherpial, 13 Gardner Rd. Works in Room #7. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Illiterate boy who understands no English. Stanley Cherpial, 13 Gardne...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2648. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark and they all laughed. Next day I heard one of the girls use profanity before all the men and boys. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2655. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Stanley Cherpiak, 13 Gardner Rd. Illiterate, works in Spinning Room #7. See #2648.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Stanley Cherpiak, 13 Gardner Rd. Illiterate, works in Spinning Room #7...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Leon Cooper, 15 Coolidge Rd. Works in spinning room. Been there two or three years. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Leon Cooper, 15 Coolidge Rd. Works in spinning room. Been there two or...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2649. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Joseph Mika, (smallest), 80 Tremont St. Spinning Room. Said, "Two years working there." (See 2637) Joseph Ciosek, (young), 74 School St. Six months working there.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Joseph Mika, (smallest), 80 Tremont St. Spinning Room. Said, "Two year...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark and they all laughed. Next day I heard one of the girls use profanity before all the men and boys.  Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Group of girls, adolescents. A young fellow made a very vulgar remark ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of girl workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St., A bobbin Boy (works as a spare boy) in #7 spinning room. See #2660, 2637. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St., A bobbin Boy (works as a spare boy) i...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2676. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy been there 3 months. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Dosilav Loselle, 6 Gardner Rd. (At his Machine) Young band boy been th...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2681. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Divisio... More

Group in front of Office Steps. Boy on left end (in front) ran away when I tried to get his name. A companion said, "He ain't got no time to sell postals. He got to go to night school." Another said, "His name is Jo Traain and he lives on West St." Three others of the smallest in front are: Andrew Stefanik, 4 Exchange St. (very young), a "spare boy" has worked 9 months there. At 1 P.M., Mr. Hine saw his going away from the mill and followed him up town. He said, "Boss laid me off for a day. He does that sometimes. Then I bum around town." Joseph Mile, 80 Tremont St., In spinning room 1 and 2. Joseph Maslak, 34 Front St. of 3 Depto St. Works in Cloth Room. Last night he gave me his name as John Mak. To-day he corrected it. Location: Chicopee, Massachusetts

Group in front of Office Steps. Boy on left end (in front) ran away wh...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 2637. Names are underlined on the caption card. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library o... More

Design for western rose window, S. Mary's Church, Willemansett

Design for western rose window, S. Mary's Church, Willemansett

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page - Picryl description

Two 15 year old boys working for Westinghouse Electric Co. - going home at 5 P.M.  Location: Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Two 15 year old boys working for Westinghouse Electric Co. - going hom...

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Loafing around. Group of boys who had been sweepers and doffers, then worked in tire factory and now out on strike. 5 P.M.  Location: Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Loafing around. Group of boys who had been sweepers and doffers, then ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of child labor, exploitation, children workers, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hanging around the saloon - 5 P.M.  Location: Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Hanging around the saloon - 5 P.M. Location: Chicopee Falls, Massachu...

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Scavenger.  Location: Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Scavenger. Location: Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts / Lewis W. Hine.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A third term menace. Dedicated to James Otis, and Patrick Henry- the orators of the American revolution ... William Kimberley Palmer. Chicopee, Massachusetts, U. S. A. February 1928, A. D.

A third term menace. Dedicated to James Otis, and Patrick Henry- the o...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 79, Folder 52a.

Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Mass.

Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Mass.

Westover Air Force Base, Chicopee Falls, Mass. -- showing parade grounds where all dress parades are held. The Air Force Base. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Barracks at Westover Field, Army Air Base, Chicopee, Mass.

Barracks at Westover Field, Army Air Base, Chicopee, Mass.

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard - Picryl description

Toolkraft Corp., Chicopee, Mass.

Toolkraft Corp., Chicopee, Mass.

Super powered, giant 12 gallon vacuum makes short work of heavy-duty assignments that would wreck an ordinary vacuum. Complete with easy rolling, white wall tires and caster, 2 1/4" hose and wands three cornere... More

Toolkraft Corp., Chicopee, Mass.

Toolkraft Corp., Chicopee, Mass.

Super powered, giant 12 gallon vacuum makes short work of heavy-duty assignments that would wreck an ordinary vacuum. Complete with easy rolling, white wall tires and caster, 2 1/4" hose and wands three cornere... More

Toolkraft Corp., Chicopee, Mass.

Toolkraft Corp., Chicopee, Mass.

Super powered, giant 12 gallon vacuum makes short work of heavy-duty assignments that would wreck an ordinary vacuum. Complete with easy rolling, white wall tires and caster, 2 1/4" hose and wands three cornere... More

Review at Westover Field, Army Air Base, Chicopee, Mass.

Review at Westover Field, Army Air Base, Chicopee, Mass.

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard - Picryl description

Our Lady of the Elms College, Chicopee, Mass.

Our Lady of the Elms College, Chicopee, Mass.

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard - Picryl description

Westover Air Reserve Base, Building No. 3151, 23 Kelly Road, Chicopee, Hampden County, MA

Westover Air Reserve Base, Building No. 3151, 23 Kelly Road, Chicopee,...

Significance: The house on the west side of Seawolf Avenue represents typical non-commissioned officer's housing during World War II. It comprises a portion of the original housing constructed on Westover Air ... More

Aerial View of Route 116 in Chicopee, Massachusetts during the Flood of 1936

Aerial View of Route 116 in Chicopee, Massachusetts during the Flood o...

Construction Project Photographs Public domain photograph of the US industrial development, construction, work of U.S. government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicopee Falls - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Chicopee Falls - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Original caption: 070-879H-8(3-20-36-226P)(12-1000) Chicopee Falls, Mass. Chicopee Watershed Photograph File

Chicopee Falls - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Chicopee Falls - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Original caption: 072-879H-8(3-20-36-3:00P)(12-1500) Chicopee Falls, Mass. Chicopee Watershed Photograph File

Aerial View of Chicopee Center in Chicopee, Massachusetts during the Flood of 1936

Aerial View of Chicopee Center in Chicopee, Massachusetts during the F...

Original caption: Chicopee Ctr. Not "falls." Construction Project Photographs Public domain photograph of the US industrial development, construction, work of U.S. government, free to use, no copyright restri... More

Chicopee Falls - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Chicopee Falls - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

Original caption: 023-879H-8(3-21-36-11:03A)(12-300) Chicopee Falls, Mass. Chicopee Watershed Photograph File

Sons of Washington ... William Kimberley Palmer. Chicopee, Massachusetts. U. S. A. October 1937. A. D.

Sons of Washington ... William Kimberley Palmer. Chicopee, Massachuset...

Verse.; On verso, Copy 1and Copy 2: Gift Author March 7, 1938.; On recto, Copy 1: Librarian of Congress, Compliments of William Kimberley Palmer. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two... More

Youth ... William Kimberley Palmer Chicopee Massachusetts. U. S. A. January 1938 A. D.

Youth ... William Kimberley Palmer Chicopee Massachusetts. U. S. A. Ja...

Verse.; On recto, Copy 1: Librarian of Congress, Compliments of William Kimberley Palmer.; On verso, Copies 1 and 2: Gift Author March 7, 1938. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two f... More

Officer Bill Livesay, 25, Madison, New Jersey, (left) who accounts for three and one half enemy planes destroyed. Lieutenant John Stefanik, 24, Chicopee, Massachusetts, (left) who destroyed three enemy planes, and Lieutenant Charles Leaf, 21, South Orange, New Jersey, who destroyed two enemy planes in aerial victory over Sicilian straits. They are wearing the insignia of the 66th squadron of the 57th Fighter Group. This "Squadron X" (for exterminators) made the high score of ther aerial victory with

Officer Bill Livesay, 25, Madison, New Jersey, (left) who accounts for...

Picryl description: Public domain image of people, meeting, eating, drinking, food, beverage, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Exterminators lived up to their name. Lieutenant John Stefanik (left) of Chicopee, Massachusetts, and Lieutenant Charles Leaf, of South Orange, New Jersey, display the insignia of their Sixty-Sixth Squadron, one of the units of the Fifty-Seventh Fighter Group, United States Air Force. When the Fifty-Seventh knocked seventy-four Axis planes out of the skies in one air battle, the Exterminators accounted for more that twenty-five

Exterminators lived up to their name. Lieutenant John Stefanik (left) ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicopee Public Library postcard

Chicopee Public Library postcard

Public domain photo of vintage Massachusetts postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View of Holyoke and South Hadley Falls from Fairview

View of Holyoke and South Hadley Falls from Fairview

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

President Gerald R. Ford Waving to the Crowd at His Arrival at Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts

President Gerald R. Ford Waving to the Crowd at His Arrival at Westove...

This photograph was taken from behind President Ford as he exited Air Force One. Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs

Embassy Diner, Chicopee, Massachusetts

Embassy Diner, Chicopee, Massachusetts

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More

Embassy Diner, Chicopee, Massachusetts

Embassy Diner, Chicopee, Massachusetts

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Food. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph arc... More

Brig. Gen. Jon J. Miller, deputy commanding general,

Brig. Gen. Jon J. Miller, deputy commanding general,

Brig. Gen. Jon J. Miller, deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Reserve Command, recognizes a group of Reserve soldiers, with the 325th Military Intelligence Battalion, who were awarded by their command for outs... More

A machine gunner from Machine Gun Platoon, Support

A machine gunner from Machine Gun Platoon, Support

A machine gunner from Machine Gun Platoon, Support Company, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, clears the M240B machine gun for a Georgian soldier during training here July 25 for Exercise Agile Spi... More

Sgt. Daniel Contreias, a drill instructor from Marine

Sgt. Daniel Contreias, a drill instructor from Marine

Sgt. Daniel Contreias, a drill instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot, Parris Island, gives Poolees, men and women who have enlisted in the Marine Corps and are waiting to attend boot camp, a taste... More

Login password cartoon by W.C.Pope

Login password cartoon by W.C.Pope

A cartoon by W.C.Pope, creator of "Pope's Puns" the long running Air Force Reserve cartoon series, published since 1991 in the pages of "Citizen Airman" magazine.

William C. Pope Official Biography

William C. Pope Official Biography

William C. Pope, Visual Information Manager of the 439th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office at Westover Air Reserve Base, Chicopee, Mass.

Soldiers of the 226th Rails Company of Chicopee, Mass.,

Soldiers of the 226th Rails Company of Chicopee, Mass.,

Soldiers of the 226th Rails Company of Chicopee, Mass., and Naval Weapons Station Earle, N.J., move equipment as part of their mission at SeaPort Operations Company training in December at Fort Eustis, Va.

Sgt. Harold Everhart, a drill instructor and Chicago,

Sgt. Harold Everhart, a drill instructor and Chicago,

Sgt. Harold Everhart, a drill instructor and Chicago, Ill., native, gives Poolees, men and women who have enlisted in the Marine Corps and are waiting to attend boot camp, a taste of what is to come, during the... More

First Lt. Kamilah Smiley, a liaison officer for Task

First Lt. Kamilah Smiley, a liaison officer for Task

First Lt. Kamilah Smiley, a liaison officer for Task Force 76, and Master Sgt. Linda Clayton, a liaison noncommissioned officer assigned to Task Force 76, prepare a slide for the commander's update brief during... More

From left to right, Maj. Richard Kimball, Staff Sgt.

From left to right, Maj. Richard Kimball, Staff Sgt.

From left to right, Maj. Richard Kimball, Staff Sgt. Cindy Fournier and Capt. Kimberly Porrazzo from 302nd Maneuver Enhancement Brigade prepares their slides for the commanders update brief , Chemical Biologi... More

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