Doris McLoughlin Collection of Textile Related Photographs, 1936
Collection Number: 6610 P
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Doris McLoughlin Collection of Textile Related Photographs, 1936
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
6610 P
Abstract:
Images of the flooding in March, 1936, in both Andover and Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Creator:
Doris McLoughlin
Quanitities:
1 folders
Language:
Collection material in English
Includes six images of Shawsheen Village in Andover, Massachusetts, and five images
the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Doris McLoughlin Collection of Textile Related Photographs #6610 P. Kheel Center for
Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Names:
American Woolen Company.
Wood Worsted Mill (Lawrence, Mass.)
Subjects:
Floods
Floods -- Massachusetts -- Andover.
Textile factories -- Massachusetts -- Andover.
Andover (Mass.)
Lawrence (Mass.)
Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.)
Shawsheen Village (Mass.)
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Photographs of the Flood of 1936 in Andover and Lawrence, Massachusetts
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1936 |
| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 1: Shawsheen Village, Andover, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts the American Woolen Company buildings
in the background during the flood of 1936. Floodwaters are difficult to see, but
buildings are reflected in waters. Onlookers move towards the background to view the
water. Cars parked on the street leading to the water. 12 x 7 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 2: Shawsheen Village, Andover, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts Shawsheen Village houses during the flood
of 1936. Note the cars parked on the street on the left, one of which has driven to
the edge of the water. Floodwaters appear more severe on the right. Taken from a high
angle, possibly from the American Woolen Company buildings (?). See also items 3 through
6 for views from this angle of the flood. 12.5 x 7 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 3: Shawsheen Village, Andover, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts Shawsheen Village houses during the flood
of 1936. View is from a different angle than item 2. Taken from a high angle, possibly
from the American Woolen Company buildings (?). See also item 2 and items 4 through
6 for views from this angle of the flood. 12.75 x 7 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 4: Shawsheen Village, Andover, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts Shawsheen Village houses during the flood
of 1936. From this angle, houses in the foreground have not been touched by the floodwaters,
but the houses seen across the river have water close to the first floor level. Taken
from a high angle, possibly from the American Woolen Company buildings (?). See also
items 2 through 3 and items 5 through 6 for views from this angle of the flood. 12.5
x 7 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 5: Mill buildings in Shawsheen Village, Andover, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts some of the mill buildings in Shawsheen
Village affected by the flood of 1936. Water has reached the first floor of the building
on the left as well as the building in the center right. The front of the houses in
the foreground is still dry, but water is very close to the back. See item 6 for a
slightly different angle on this view. Taken from a high angle, possibly from the
American Woolen Company buildings (?). See also items 2 through 4 and item 6 for views
from this angle of the flood. 12.5 x 7 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 6: Mill buildings in Shawsheen Village, Andover, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts some of the mill buildings in Shawsheen
Village affected by the flood of 1936. Water has reached the first floor of the building
in the center left, as well as other commercial buildings in the photo. See item 5
for a slightly different angle on this view. Taken from a high angle, possibly from
the American Woolen Company buildings (?). See also items 2 through 5 for views from
this angle of the flood. 10.5 x 7 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 7: Merrimack River in Lawrence, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a view of the Merrimack River in Lawrence,
Mass., during the flood of 1936. A number of houses appear to be partially underwater
in the background; some appear flooded up to the top of the first-story windows. A
small rowboat with two figures in it is in the center background. See also item 8
through 10 for views of the Merrimack in the Lawrence area during the flood. 10.25
x 6 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 8: Merrimack River in Lawrence, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a view of the Merrimack River in Lawrence,
Mass., during the flood of 1936, showing two houses in the center and left background
that appear to be almost totally underwater. See also item 7, item 9, and item 10
for views of the Merrimack in the Lawrence area during the flood. 10.25 x 6 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 9: A view of the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a view of the Merrimack River in Lawrence,
Mass., during the flood of 1936. See also item 7, item 8, and item 10 for views of
the Merrimack in the Lawrence area during the flood. 10.25 x 6 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 10: Mills along the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a view of a number of mills along the
Merrimack River in Lawrence, Mass., during the flood of 1936. Floodwaters have reached
at least to the first floor of the buildings. See also items 7 through 9 for views
of the Merrimack in the Lawrence area during the flood. 10.25 x 6 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Item 11: Detail of Wood Mill, Lawrence, Massachusetts
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1936 |
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Format: black and white photograph
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Scope and Contents
Gelatin silver print snapshot. Image depicts a close-up view of part of the Wood Mill
along the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Mass., during the flood of 1936. The floodwaters
have reached at least to the first floor of the mill. 10.5 x 6 cm.
Format: black and white photograph.
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