Holyoke, Mass

Old and New Photo

by Laurel | January 13th, 2012

Old View, From City Hall Tower, Looking Southwest

Lawrence Grammar School is to the left, center, unsure of date.

Looking Southwest, From City Hall Tower, 1920's

Building dead center is Tilley Furniture Company.

For a point of reference between the two images, look at the horizon — the shape of the hills in the distance show it is almost the same viewpoint.

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Suggested Holyoke Books

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.