Springfield, Massachusetts, 1907 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Springfield, Massachusetts, 1907 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Forest Park and the Connecticut River
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Springfield, Massachusetts, 1907
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In 1907, Springfield was a Connecticut River city of roughly 60,000 people that was turning from its nineteenth-century trades toward the new machine age. Automobile and motorcycle makers were drawing skilled mechanics into town, and the Knox Automobile Company and the Hendee Manufacturing Company, which built Indian motorcycles, were among the firms putting Springfield's name on the road. Electric streetcars carried workers between factories, neighborhoods, and Forest Park, the large public green on the city's outskirts that residents used for picnics, concerts, and summer outings. Those who lived there would have thought of the city as a place where shop floors and downtown offices stood side by side, with the new century's ideas arriving on the same streets as the old.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | knowles, a. w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Massachusetts |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 797 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Forest Park and the Connecticut River |
| Reference | MA Springfield 1907 |
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