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1. Inside the Spencer Wire Company Factory Inside the Spencer Wire Company Factory Spencer Wire Company, Inc.; Wire products industry--Employees; Wire product industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Wickwire Spencer Steel Company Inside the Spencer Wire Company in Spencer, Massachusetts, wire workers stand amongst coils of wire. The wire Industry in Spencer developed around 1820 to meet the needs of the card factories in Leicester,...

2. Workers outside Spencer Wire Company Workers outside Spencer Wire Company Spencer Wire Company, Inc.; Wire products industry--Employees; Wire products industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Wickwire Spencer Steel Company Wire workers pose for a photograph outside of the Spencer Wire Company buildings in upper wire village in Spencer, Massachusetts. Behind the men are the company offices and one of two remaining buildings...

3. Workers outside the Spencer Wire Company Workers outside the Spencer Wire Company Spencer Wire Company, Inc.; Wire products industry--Employees; Wire products industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Wickwire Spencer Steel Company Wire Workers have their photograph taken in front of Spencer Wire Company buildings in Upper Wire Village in Spencer, Massachusetts. In February, 1943 the company announced that it was going to discontinue...

4. Prouty Shoe Factory Prouty Shoe Factory Isaac Prouty and Company, Spencer (Mass.): F.W. Boulton's Drugstore; Drugstores--Massachusetts--Spencer; Shoe industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Footwear industry--Massachusetts--Spencer People are seen going in and out of the Isaac Prouty & Co. factory and F.W. Boulton's Drug Store on Main Street in Spencer, Massachusetts. The Isaac Prouty storehouse displayed the first electric lights...

5. Spencer Fruit Company Spencer Fruit Company Spencer Fruit Company, Spencer (Mass.); Grocery trade--Massachusetts--Spencer; Stores, Retail--Massachusetts--Spencer; Piagentini, Luigi Luigi Piagentini, the proprietor of the Spencer Fruit Company, proudly stands in front of his store. The store was located in the Shay Block beside the Park Theater on Mechanic Street in Spencer, Massachusetts....

6. Eight Horse Hitch pulling bank vault, 1910 Eight Horse Hitch pulling bank vault, 1910 Spencer National Bank, Spencer (Mass.); Safes: Banks and banking--Massachusetts--Spencer; Vaults (Strong rooms); Horse-drawn vehicles; Horses--Transportation An eight horse hitch pulling the new 13 ton bank vault for the Spencer National Bank up Elm Street, in Spencer Massachusetts in 1910. A group of children and adults watch from the side, In the background...

7. Wickwire-Spencer Steel Company offices and dam on Turkey Hill Brook Wickwire-Spencer Steel Company offices and dam on Turkey Hill Brook Spencer Wire Company, Inc; Wire products industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Dams--Massachusetts--Spencer; Wickwire Spencer Steel Company A postcard of the Wickwire-Spencer Steel Company Offices and the dam on Turkey Hill Brook in Upper Wire Village in Spencer, Massachusetts. The Spencer Wire Company merged with the Wickwire Steel Company...

8. Wire Mill workers and children in front of the Annealing Department Wire Mill workers and children in front of the Annealing Department Spencer Wire Company, Inc.; Wire products industry--Employees; Annealing of metals; Wire product industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Wickwire Spencer Steel Company Wire Workers pose outside the annealing department at the Spencer Wire Company in Upper Wire Village, in Spencer, Massachusetts. The annealing department was separated from the rest of the mill by a fire...

9. Staff outside J.A. Harrington Jewelry store Staff outside J.A. Harrington Jewelry store Stores, Retail--Massachusetts--Spencer; Jewelry stores--Massachusetts--Spencer; J.A. Harrington Jeweler, Spencer (Mass.) The staff of a women's store stand in front of the J.A. Harrington Jewelry store in the Capen Block on the corner of Wall and Main Streets in Spencer, Massachusetts. The entrance way is draped in American...

10. Sibley Farms Cattle Show Sibley Farms Cattle Show Livestock exhibitions--Massachusetts--Spencer; Dairying--Massachusetts--Spencer; Dairy farming--Massachusetts--Spencer; Jersey cattle; Dairy cattle breeds A Jersey cattle show at Sibley Farms in Spencer, Massachusetts. The photograph shows the cows tied to the fences in front of the milking salon and people walking around and viewing the animals. The building...

11. The cutting, stitching and lasting room in the Allen Squire Company The cutting, stitching and lasting room in the Allen Squire Company Allen Squire Company, Spencer (Mass.); Shoe industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Shoemakers; Footwear industry--Massachusetts--Spencer The cutting, stitching and lasting room of the Allen Squire Company on the top floor of the Green building on Cherry Street. The Allen Squire Company was a manufacturer of boots and shoes in Spencer, Massachusetts...

12. Isaac Prouty company office Isaac Prouty company office Isaac Prouty and Company, Spencer (Mass.): Shoe industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Footwear industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Woman clerks Office workers at their desks in the offices of Isaac Prouty & Company, shoe & boot manufacturing company in Spencer, Massachusetts. Pictured on the left, starting from the back, are May Maher Mulcahy,...

13. Workers in the Isaac Prouty boot and shoe company Workers in the Isaac Prouty boot and shoe company Isaac Prouty and Company, Spencer (Mass.); Shoe industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Shoemakers; Footwear industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Industries--Massachusetts--Child labor Workers of the Isaac Prouty & Co. shoe and boot manufacturing company in Spencer, Massachusetts, pose for a picture while one man runs a machine to trim and buff the edges of the soles of boots. Note the...

14. Ice Cutting on Lake Whittemore Ice Cutting on Lake Whittemore Lake Whittemore, Spencer (Mass.); Icehouses--Massachusetts--Spencer; Ice industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Hobbs Ice House A small group of men stand together on the ice on Lake Whittemore in Spencer, Massachusetts. A horse hitched to an ice groover stands in front in preparation to score the ice for cutting. Ice cutters would...

15. Collettes Model Bakery Collettes Model Bakery Collettes Model Bakery, Spencer, (Mass.); Bakeries--Massachusetts--Spencer; Horse drawn vehicles; Horses--Transportation Collettes Model Bakery located in the basement of the Bacon/Collettes block in Spencer, Massachusetts. Two delivery wagons and their drivers stand in front under the sign. Main street and the Sugden Block...

16. Sibley Farms from above Sibley Farms from above Dairying--Massachusetts--Spencer; Dairy farming--Massachusetts--Spencer; Jersey cattle; Dairy cattle breeds; Agriculture--United States--New England An Aerial photograph showing the Sibley farm buildings in Spencer, Massachusetts. The Jersey Milk Service, Inc. delivery trucks are parked in the back and a tent has been erected in front of the Dairy...

17. Workers in the Isaac Prouty boot shop Workers in the Isaac Prouty boot shop Isaac Prouty and Company, Spencer (Mass.): Shoe industry--Massachusetts--Spencer; Shoemakers; Footwear industry--Massachusetts--Spencer Men at work making boots in the Isaac Prouty & Co. boot factory. The men are tacking and treeing the boots. Workers would put the tacks in their mouths, spit them onto the boots, and then hammer in the...

18. Collettes Drug Store Collettes Drug Store Collettes & Son Drug Store, Spencer (Mass.); Drug stores--Massachusetts--Spencer; Collette, Albert The interior of F. Collettes & Son Drug Store on the North Side of Bacon/Collette Block on Main Street in Spencer, Massachusetts. Albert Collette, the store manager is shown standing behind the counter....

19. New dairy and milking salon at Sibley Farms
 New dairy and milking salon at Sibley Farms Agriculture--United States--New England; Cattle housing; Dairying--Massachusetts--Spencer; Dairy farming--Massachusetts--Spencer The new Dairy and Milking Salon at Sibley Farms, ca. 1931. At the time, the dairy business was making a push to develop hygienic milking processes, and the new Dairy and Milking Salon, completed in October,...

20. Birthplace of Elias Howe, Jr. Birthplace of Elias Howe, Jr. Howe, Elias, 1819-1867--Birthplaces; Howe, Tyler; Howe, William; Sewing machines--History; Historic dwellings--Massachusetts--Spencer; Memorials--Massachusetts--Spencer; Monuments A drawing of the Howe Family homestead where Elias Howe, Jr., the inventor of the sewing machine, and his Uncles, Tyler Howe, inventor of the Spring Bed, and William Howe, inventor of the Truss Bridge,...
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