Holyoke, Mass

The Handicraft Club of Junior Achievement

by Laurel | February 24th, 2012

24 February 1929

Workers in Wood

This jolly bunch of boys comprise the Handicraft Club of the Junior Achievement Foundation. Meeting are held Wednesday nights for working in wood. Left to right: Alfred Polansky, Irving Selwitz, Wilfred St. Georges, Arthur Page, Stanley Niec and Sidney Crossland.

The Handicraft Club, Junior Achievement Foundation, 1929

You must be logged in to post a comment.

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.