Visual Materials

Union Straw Works, Foxboro Mass

Description: Image of an eye-level view of the Union Straw Works factory in Foxboro, Massachusetts, showing pedestrians, equestrians, a horse-drawn carriage, and wagons moving goods in and out.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1853
Call number: priJLC_FASH_000647
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress.

National Straw Works - H.O. Bernard & Co. - Westboro', Mass

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Image of an elevated landscape view of the National Straw Works straw hat factory in Westborough, Massachusetts, with horse-drawn carriages moving goods near railroad tracks; portraits of members of the firm of H.O. Bernard & Co.: Henry K. Taft, George N. Smalley, Henry O. Bernard, Theodore B. Smart, and John S. Bancroft in ovals along the top (the portraits are captioned H. K. Taft, G. N. Smalley, H. O. Bernard, T. B. Smart, and J. S. Bancroft).

priJLC_FASH_000632

John H. Keyser & Co. furnaces, ranges, & stoves

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priJLC_HHD_000626

Woodburn "Sarven Wheel" Co

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Image of an elevated street view of the Woodburn "Sarven Wheel" Company factory complex, including smokestacks and buildings for the bending factory, wagon & carriage materials, and office, with a street scene of horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, and a lumberyard in the foreground.

priJLC_TRAN_000701

Maiden Lane, New York

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Image of an eye-level street view of the busy intersection at Maiden Lane and Broadway in New York City, with utility poles and shop signs covering the mid-rise buildings, and the streets filled pedestrians, horse-drawn trolleys, carts with goods including a fruit cart, wagons, and a United States mail wagon.

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St. Mary's Catholic Church, : Rome, N.Y. dedicated September 22nd,, 1872

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level street view of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rome, New York, with steeple, trees, white picket fence, a neighboring house, and a busy street scene with pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage; tinted background.

priJLC_REL_001037

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Image of an eye-level view of the Worcester House by Lysander C. Clark in Worcester, Massachusetts; horse-drawn vehicles and pedestrians outside house and along Main Street (corner of Maple).

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Union Straw Works, Foxboro Mass

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