Lewis Hine caption: 8 A.M. A cold and windy day. Small boy, Paul Zozzaro, 9 years old, begins at 7 A.M. daily. Then goes to school. Sells after school until 6 P.M. and later. Older brother, Tony, gets up at 5 every morning and sells before school. Then after school again. … [Read more...]
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Catherine Young & Family, Chapter Fourteen: Jesse Young
"Whenever there was anything that had to do with the church or the school, my daddy was the one sitting out there waiting for me. When my brother or I was out on an outing with the kids, we were always late coming back, and he would sit there and wait and never complain about it. … [Read more...]
Ruth Barnhill, Dillon, South Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Maple Mills, Dillon, S.C. Ruth Barnhill (elder). Been at it 4 years. Run 6 sides. Emma Barnhill 4 years in mill. 4 sides. Looked 10 years old. Location: Dillon, South Carolina, December 1908. "It was just a way of life. I think she must have been doing it … [Read more...]
Lavator & Nettie Arnette, Dillon, South Carolina
Lewis Hine caption: Dillon Mills, Dillon, S.C. Lizzie Davis, (smallest). Been in mill 2 years. Next--Nettie Arnet - Been in mill 8 years. Next--Monnie McCraney, been in mill 3 years. Next--Vater Arnet, been in mill 8 years. Next--Mattie Connor, spinners and Winders. Saturday, … [Read more...]
Clarinda Morin, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Clerinda Norrin, said 11 years old and helps sister spin in Glenallen Mill. Winchendon, Mass. September 3, 1911. On my first trip to Winchendon, on September 24, 2008, I brought along my camera and a binder with all 40 of Hine's photos and captions. This … [Read more...]
Mildred Greenwood, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Comparison of Ages: Left end, Marion Deschere, just passed 13 years. Helps sister in mill "some." Next is Mildred Greenwood, "going on 14." Goes to school. Next is Mamie La Barge, 13 years, but said 14 years. Right end is Rosina Goyette, said 14, probably 12 … [Read more...]
Henry Smith, Winchendon, Massachusetts
Lewis Hine caption: Group of sweepers and doffers in the filling spinning room of Glenallen Mill. The boys were smuggled out of back window during hours by second hand. All work. Smallest boy is Francis Pagnette. Also Henry Smith, Maple Street. Location: Winchendon, … [Read more...]
Stranded On The Porch In The Great Flood of ’27 (March 2011)
On Nov 2, 1927, the afternoon sky grew ominously dark as residents of River Street received the daily North Adams Transcript. Thirty-six hours later, over six inches of soaking rain had fallen, carrying a few tenement houses into the raging water. The Marshall Street bridge broke … [Read more...]
Martin’s: A Survivor After 100 Years (February 2002)
When city native James Martin opened his North Adams Co-op Shoe Store at 113 Main Street on March 2, 1902, he wouldn’t have even dreamed that it would last into the next century. When Eileen Clark, 41, routinely opened Martin’s Shoe Store on a Saturday morning exactly 100 years … [Read more...]
Porches Inn Brings New Era To River Street, Chapter Two: The End Of An Era (July 2001)
In early 1999, these Victorian mill houses, filled with the humble memories of working-class families, appeared destined for demolition. In less than a century, River Street people had witnessed the prosperous years of Arnold Print Works and its decline during the Great … [Read more...]
Porches Inn Brings New Era To River Street, Chapter One: Flood Of ’27 (July 2001)
The following article appeared in the North Adams Transcript on May 25, 2001. Used by permission. In a row of Victorian houses on River Street, a new standard of industrial comfort is coming to life. Early in the past century, mill workers rested in these structures after … [Read more...]
Beach Party (August 2000)
Some people think that big money is all a community needs to grow and prosper. Unfortunately, big money without good ideas serves to enrich only those who already have big money. When you have good ideas first, big money follows them. When North Adams began to experience the … [Read more...]
Another Birthday For The Bean (May 2000)
On May 16, the Bean will be four years old. When I visited North Adams for the first time in July of 1996, I saw potential up every hill, down every street, and around every corner, but I didn’t run into very many persons who seemed to recognize it. One of those who apparently … [Read more...]
A Walk On River Street (January 2000)
"Someday, that’s going to be Fifth Avenue." -comment often attributed to Tom Krens, Mass MoCA founder, while looking at River Street from the windows in Building 5. The word around town lately is that all the houses on River Street from Houghton to Brown may be demolished … [Read more...]