Holyoke, Mass

Street Scene, 1891

by Laurel | June 4th, 2010

Extracted from a book in my collection:

Y.M.C.A. Rooms and Rigali Building, High Streetm 1891

Y.M.C.A. Rooms and Rigali Building, High Street, 1891

Reading Room, Free to all (window at left)

Sign on building above center awning: Griffith & Axtell

Sign above awning far left looks like Delaney & Pomeroy (though uncertain)

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Mountain Park -- The Holyoke destination we all loved.

Mount Holyoke College, Postcard History by Donna Albino. Many Holyoke women have attended Mount Holyoke. Author also maintains an amazing MHC website based upon her personal collection.

Holyoke-Chicopee: A Perspective, by Ella Merkel DiCarlo. DiCarlo, a former Transcript columnist offers a fascinating compilation of her essays. Published in 1982, this out-of-print book is worth looking for in the aftermarket.

Holyoke, by Craig Della Penna. The first Holyoke book in the Arcadia series, published in 1997.

Belle Skinner Collection, by Ruth Isabel Skinner. Published in 1933, this book is long out of print but copies are still available in the aftermarket.