Historical Access Roads

Black and white images depicting early 20th-century access roads, dams, and landscapes in rural Massachusetts, showcasing construction and environmental settings.

Swift River Trout Pond Company Inc., proposed pondage, looking easterly, Cooleyville, New Salem, Mass., Dec. 7, 1931 : Parcel no. 487-9, now Edith A. Murdock , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, ponds water

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking back towards Sta. 131+00, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 5, 1940

Contract No. 43, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway to New Salem Center, Shutesbury, New Salem (Franklin County), New Salem Center, ditch through swamp westerly of John Marshall property, New Salem, Mass., Mar. 19, 1935

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking southeasterly 5/8 mile from Dana on Petersham Road, east branch regulating dam, Petersham, Mass., Nov. 10, 1938

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, Sta. 6+75, looking southeast showing site of road and end site of dam 8, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1940

Swift River Trout Pond Company Inc., proposed pondage, looking easterly, Cooleyville, New Salem, Mass., Dec. 7, 1931 : Parcel no. 487-9, now Edith A. Murdock , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, ponds water

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, site of dam 6, looking north from 150 feet left of Sta. 25+75, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1940

Holyoke YWCA, camps, Greenwich, Mass., Feb. 24, 1928 : Parcel no. 309-5, Young Women's Christian Association of Holyoke , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, camps recreation areas

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead from Sta. 203+35, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

Swift River Trout Pond Company Inc., proposed pondage, looking easterly, Cooleyville, New Salem, Mass., Dec. 7, 1931 : Parcel no. 487-9, now Edith A. Murdock , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, ponds water

Ware River, Powder Mill dam, showing end of abutment, Barre Wool Combing Co., drainage area - 100 square miles, flow - 1160 cubic feet per second - 11.6 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 10:45 AM, Sep. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, dams hydraulic structures, floods natural events

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, Ware-Belchertown highway at property of William A. and Sarah Stead, looking northeasterly, Belchertown, Mass., Dec. 13, 1932

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking southwesterly on Highland Street from near manhole 9A, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Jul. 22, 1941

Contract No. 54, Highway in Towns of Dana, Petersham, Worcester County, Mae Jensen property, Sta. 16+30 right, Dana, Mass., Jun. 23, 1936

Plan 124. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking back from Sta. 41+50, Blue Meadow Road, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 28, 1940

Holyoke YWCA, camps, Greenwich, Mass., Feb. 24, 1928 : Parcel no. 309-5, Young Women's Christian Association of Holyoke , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, camps recreation areas

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, site of dam 6, looking north from 150 feet left of Sta. 23+75, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1940

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, present Fells Reservoir, basin 1, looking east from 150 feet east of gatehouse, beach marks site of open channel, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead towards Sta. 132+00, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., May 21, 1940

Photograph of School Grounds. This item is a photograph of a King George County School yard, likely the King George Training School. This photograph was used as Plaintiff's Exhibit No. C, in the civil rights case Margaret Smith et al. v. King George County School Board and Benton T. Gayle, Division Superintendent, et al.. Mid Atlantic Region (Philadelphia, PA). Photographic Print.

William E. Hatstat, homeplace, New Salem, Mass., June 6, 1934 : Parcel no. 530-5, William E. Hatstat , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead from Sta. 147+20, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead on access road to East Branch Regulating Dam from end of pavement on Shaft 12 access road, Belchertown, Mass., May 21, 1940

Vera and Leon MacCormack, henhouse, Dana, Mass., Apr. 8, 1936 : Parcel no. 473-2, Leon and M. Vera MacCormack , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses

B. C. and H. W. Abbott, old dam, Prescott, Mass., Feb. 15, 1928 : Parcel no. 447-29, Milo W. Abbott heirs , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, dams hydraulic structures

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly Napoleon E. Porter, looking northeasterly, New Salem, Mass., Apr. 11, 1947 : Parcel no. 487-17 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Herbert D. Paine, henhouse, Belchertown, Mass., June 26, 1929 : Parcel no. 286-5, Herbert D. and H. Jessie Paine , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses

Barre Wool Combing Co. Ltd., showing where lagoon overflowed dike, Barre, Mass., Jan. 4, 1935 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions

Eugenie Marshall, field, south of house, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 28, 1935 : Parcel no. 610-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, fields land

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly of William J. Holcomb, Plan No. S-4, Belchertown, Mass., Jul. 22, 1931 : Parcel No. 31

Contract No. 70, WPA Sewer Construction, Rutland, line 'A', Main Street, looking back from manhole 7A, Rutland Sewer, Rutland, Mass., May 23, 1941

George E. Jaques, camp, Hubbardston, Mass., Apr. 27, 1937 : Purchased Apr. 28, 1937, outside surveyed area, no parcel number, 226- , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings, camp furniture

Signs - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Historical Monuments - Tennessee. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 55, Portion of Petersham-New Salem Highway, Petersham, Franklin County (Worcester County), 8ft. x 6ft. culvert at Sta. 312+75, looking southwesterly, Franklin County, Mass., Jul. 6, 1936

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking back from Sta. 172+50, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

George Henry Webster, house, Enfield, Mass., Mar. 23, 1928 : Parcel no. 209-1, George H. and Sarah L. Webster , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, automobiles

Signs - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), Access Road, looking northerly from Sta. 21+00, middle branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Nov. 10, 1939

General view of Brown's Evergreen Cemetery, Dana, Mass., Sept. 16, 1937 : Indexed on Acc. 857, Map of Cemetery Locations , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Contract No. 43, Extension of Belchertown-Pelham Highway to New Salem Center, Shutesbury, New Salem (Franklin County), New Salem Center, cobble gutter on southerly side of road by John Marshall barn, New Salem, Mass., Mar. 19, 1935

Fred A. Stevens, homeplace, Belchertown, Mass., Nov. 28, 1932 : Parcel no. 266-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking easterly up Boyden Road from Main Street, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Apr. 23, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking back from Sta. 185+85, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., May 21, 1940

Welcome Sign. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, looking north from Sta. 2+80 showing basin 3, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Jul. 26, 1940

General view, looking easterly, Golden Lake Cemetery, New Salem, Mass., May 15, 1939 : Indexed on Acc. 857, Map of Cemetery Locations , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Mary A. Clark et al., house, Petersham, Mass., July 31, 1935 : Parcel no. 454-21 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead from Sta. 195+75, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., May 21, 1940

Signs - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Kalle K. Makela, henhouses, Hubbardston, Mass., Nov. 17, 1943 : Parcel no. 224-6 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead from Sta. 172+50, East Branch access road, Belchertown, Mass., Sep. 19, 1940

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly Gertrude Allen, looking southwesterly, New Salem, Mass., Apr. 11, 1947 : Parcel no. 468-34 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, children people by age group

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, borrow area on Bent Road looking north from by Bent Road, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Feb. 12, 1940

Ware River, from North Brookfield Road, 0.8 mile from Barre Plains, drainage area - 125 square miles, flow - 1475 cubic feet per second - 18.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, Barre, Mass., 11:20 AM, Sep. 17, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Robert Woods heirs, house, cottage and garage, Quabbin Mountain, Enfield, Mass., Mar. 10, 1930 : Parcel no. 248-61, Anna F. and Josiah B. Woods trustees , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, garages

Frank Demars, barbershop, North Dana, Dana, Mass., Feb. 10, 1928 : Parcel no. 471-27, Frank Demars , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, barbershops

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking ahead from Sta. 172+00, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., Jun. 27, 1940

Contract No. 106, Improvement of Access Roads, Middle and East Branch Regulating Dams, and Quabbin Reservoir Area, Hardwick, Petersham, New Salem, Belchertown, looking back from Sta. 203+35, access road to East Branch Regulating Dam, Belchertown, Mass., May 21, 1940

Signs - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Swift River - Middle Branch, Soapstone Bridge, flood photo, Mass., Mar. 20, 1936 : Parcel no. 450-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, road bridges, floods natural events

Ashley, Blue Meadow Cemetery, Grave no. 1, Belchertown, Mass., Aug. 18, 1934 : Unknown, U-384 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Contract No. 66, Regulating Dams, Middle Branch (New Salem), and East Branch of the Swift River, Hardwick and Petersham (formerly Dana), looking northeasterly from a point on the Dana Center-Barre Road, east of the east branch, east branch regulating dam, Hardwick, Mass., Dec. 14, 1938

Eugenie Marshall, homeplace, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 24, 1935 : Parcel no. 610-- , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

Contract No. 99, Enlargement of Fells High Level Distribution Reservoir, Stoneham, Malden, Melrose, looking west from Sta. 2+15 showing cut-off wall of dam 10, enlargement of Fells Reservoir, Stoneham, Mass., Jun. 27, 1940

Contract No. 71, WPA Sewer Construction, Holden, looking westerly on Boyden Road, Holden Sewer, Holden, Mass., Apr. 23, 1940

New Jersey.. Photographs. 1936-02. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, formerly Albina Morin, henhouse, looking northwesterly, Rutland, Mass., Apr. 10, 1947 : Parcel no. 86-27 , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, chicken houses

Tombs, Stone Cemetery, Dana, Mass., June 27, 1939 : Indexed on Acc. 857, Map of Cemetery Locations , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Proposed site for caretaker's house, north side of highway opposite Shaft 8, White Brothers, Inc., Barre, Mass., Nov. 3, 1930 : Purchased Dec. 19, 1927, Parcel no. 143-1 , waterworks, real estate

Signs - Arkansas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Agnes V. Latham et al., camp, Curtis Pond, Greenwich, Mass., Dec. 3, 1937 : Parcel no. 390-3, Agnes V. Latham and Ruth V. Smith , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings, ponds water

Harold and Doris Bohmer, homeplace, Pelham, Mass., Dec. 20, 1932 : Parcel no. 386-10, Harold and Doris Bohmer , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures

General view of Brown's Cemetery, Dana, Mass., Sept. 16, 1937 : Indexed on Acc. 857, Map of Cemetery Locations , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Bancroft Candy Company, camp, New Salem, Mass., Oct. 31, 1928 : Parcel no. 510-7, Harry A. Bancroft and George J. La Flamme , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

undefined. 1885 - 1906. NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA). Photographic Print. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Fisheries. 1903-1913. Government Agents' Records Pertaining to the Pribilof Islands

Fern E. Chapman, looking west at Station 763+00, Barre, Mass., Jan. 5, 1933 : On back, typed: Quabbin Tunnel, Parcel M, Fern E. Chapman, looking west at Station 763+00 , waterworks, aqueducts, real estate, lands general areas

Photograph Taken During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: Taken during filming of - "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.

Feed Stocked - Charles Miller. 1936-07-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Signs - Pennsylvania. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Signs - West Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

To the cake.

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Signs - New Hampshire. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

US Historical Documents. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

New type of waiting room. Newspaper clippings from the signal 1936-09-17.

Pettengill, Pine Grove Cemetery, Block no. 4, lot 7, Prescott, Mass., Nov. 3, 1932 : Frank A. Pettingill, Q-45 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, cemeteries

Ware River, flooded meadows near Old Furnace, drainage area - 137 square miles, flow - 1475 cubic feet per second - 11.8 cubic feet per second per square mile, Hardwick, Mass., 11:25 AM, Sep. 18, 1933 , waterworks, real estate, rivers, watershed sanitary conditions, floods natural events

Road washout caused by storm June 15, 1945, Atkinson Hollow, looking southerly, New Salem (formerly Prescott), Mass., July 3, 1945 : Real estate sheet #428 , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, roads, erosion

Civilian Conservation Corps - Camps - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Floods 1955 , Floods, Streets, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Camp Pomeroy, camps, Greenwich, Mass., Mar. 15, 1928 : Parcel no. 410-3, George Haupt et al. , waterworks, reservoirs water distribution structures, real estate, camps recreation areas

Fern E. Chapman, looking east at Station 778+00, Barre, Mass., Jan. 5, 1933 : On back, typed: Quabbin Tunnel, Parcel F, Fern E. Chapman, looking east at Station 778+00 , waterworks, aqueducts, real estate, lands general areas

Albina Morin, camp, Long Pond, Rutland, Mass., Feb. 9, 1932 : Parcel no. 106-28 or 86-28? , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Albina Morin, camp, Long Pond, Rutland, Mass., Feb. 9, 1932 : Parcel no. 106-28 or 86-28? , waterworks, real estate, residential structures, summer houses seasonal dwellings

Vintage Photograph. Opening of Live stock Market Auction.

undefined. 1885 - 1906. NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA). Photographic Print. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Fisheries. 1903-1913. Government Agents' Records Pertaining to the Pribilof Islands

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of Anthony and Bertha Turek (Quabbin Road cutoff), Plan No. S-5 Ware, Mass., Jul. 23, 1931 : Parcel No. 53

Contract No. 21, Portion of Ware-Belchertown Highway, Ware and Belchertown, land of Henry C. Davis, Plan No. S-5 Ware, Mass., Jul. 23, 1931 : Parcel No. 39

Anefo photo collection. Homes for emigrants to participate. January 19, 1951

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