Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of Chicopee, Massachusetts, showing factories, a covered bridge, and a towpath along the river in the foreground; the factory buildings are identified as those of bobbin manufacturer Benning Leavitt and Company; the Ames Manufacturing Company; Dwight Manufacturing Company; boiler manufacturer J. D. Ashten; and the Connecticut River Railroad Company. Probable date based on item title. "Spooner Brothers, Ambrotype, Springfield."--text, bottom left margin. "John Bachelder, publisher."--text, bottom margin centered. "Lith. of Endicott & Co. N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "Leavitts, Bobbin Works / Ames, Mang. Co. / Dwight, Mang. Co. / Ashten's Boiler Works. / C.R.R.R."--text, bottom margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 51.75 x 80.96 cm (20 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.)
Chicopee River (Mass.)--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Towpaths--Pictorial works Cities and towns--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size Northeast The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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