Lowell's Changing Landscape

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Lowell's Changing Landscape

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This collection contains numerous visual representations of Lowell, such as postcards, photographs, and newspaper engravings. The items, dating from the early 19th century through the early 20th century, depict the mills, the Merrimack River, Merrimack Street, and the Northern Canal Walkway.

Collection Items

Birds Eye View of Lowell - Mill Complex
A birds-eye view of the ??? mill complex

View of early bustling Merrimack Street, 1856_LOWE-4634.jpg
Engraving of view of Merrimack Street, Lowell, Mass. Clipped from an unidentified issue of Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, p. 265. Engraving depicts the street with a church at the end, businesses along the sides and townspeople…

Postcard, Hand tinted color photo with red ink caption "Mills on Merrimack River, LOWELL, Mass." River in foreground, mills with smokestacks in distance. View shows Mile of Mills. c. 1910_LOWE 6448 Mileofmills.jpg
Hand tinted color photo with red ink caption "Mills on Merrimack River, LOWELL, Mass." River in foreground, mills with smokestacks in distance. Verso with handwritten message; cancellation from Lowell; one cent green stamp. View shows Mile of Mills.

Postcard. "Canal Walk Lowell, Mass" Shows Northern Canal Walk._11-01-low4404.jpg
Color picture postcard. Recto reads "Canal Walk Lowell, Mass" and handwritten "J. L. P." Verso has handwritten ".75" above "Card". Shows Northern Canal Walk. See LOWE-4433.

1839 Edmund L. Barber wood engraving entitled "East View of Lowell, Mass." Made from a drawing by J. W. Barber._14-a- Lowell view 1839 LOWE6388.jpg
Tinted copy of 1839 Edmund L. Barber wood engaving entitled "East View of Lowell, Mass." Made from a drawing by J. W. Barber. Further text reads "The above is an eastern view of the central part of Lowell as seen from elevatged ground on the Dracut…

View on the Merrimack River - Mile of Mills, 1893_32-01-F low--6393.jpg
Volume One of a twelve volume series of printed booklets titled "Art Work of Lowell and Vicinity" containing b/w photographs of Lowell architecture and cityscapes. Essay "Historical Sketch of Lowell" by Rev. L.C. Manchester continues through volumes.…

Men fishing on left shore of Merrimack River below Mouth of Broughton Ave. Sewer. Oct 20, 1897. Looking up stream._LOWE 9512.jpg
Albumen photoprint, PLC # 343. "Left Shore Merrk. River 0 - 33 P.M. / 40 ft. below Mouth of Broughton Ave. Sewer. / Oct 20, 1897. Looking up stream." Unbound, Box 13 of 20.

Engraving of View of the Boott Cotton Mills at Lowell, Mass, 1852_LOWE-4635.jpg
Engraving of Junction of the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Lowell, Mass. Clipped from an unknown and undated publication. Engraving depicts a riverside view with trees and several people in the foreground and factories, the river, and a bridge in the…
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