Box 1

Gelatin silver print, [ca 1900]. Image depicts skaters on the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Mass., with the Arlington Mills in the background. Quality of image is only fair; skaters are hard to see. 14 x 10 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot, March 20, 1936. Image depicts a flood street scene, most probably in Andover, Mass. (Shawsheen Village?) during the flood of 1936. Water has reached the bottom step of the front door steps at each house, but the man standing in water in the center ground is almost up to his knees. Several other men stand on the steps at two different houses; two children play in the water's edge in the right background. 12 x 9.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print, March 21, 1936. Image depicts the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Mass., during the flood of 1936. Note the level of rushing water is almost up to the bridge in the background. Railing alongside walkway (?) in foreground is partially underwater. Lawrence Dam is to the left, but the water level on either side of the dam is almost equal. Copy A. 17.5 x 12.25 cm.

Gelatin silver print, March 21, 1936. Image depicts the Lawrence Dam on the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Mass., with floodwaters overflowing South Broadway and running into the South Canal. Trailer or shed on the left is halfway under water. Note all the onlookers in the foreground watching the water rise. Copy A. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print, March 21, 1936. Image depicts Marston Street in Lawrence, Mass., during the flood of 1936, in the foreground. The houses inundated in the background are on River Street. Photograph taken from Prospect Hill. 17.5 x 12.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot, March 20, 1936. Image depicts Merrimack River flooding west of the Falls Bridge in Lawrence, Mass., showing the Tool House underwater. Unclear who owns the "Tool House." 12.5 x 9.75 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot, March 20, 1936. Image depicts Common Street in Lawrence, Mass., just east of Hampshire Street, during the flood of 1936. Street is flooded; men standing in the street are knee-deep in water. Heavy, dump truck-type vehicle in center of street, another on the right. Common Street is four blocks north of the Merrimack River. 12 x 9.75 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot, March 20, 1936. Image depicts the water (?) pumping station in Lawrence, Mass., during the flood of 1936. The station itself seems unscathed (on the right) but the two small buildings on the left and in the center are partially underwater. Note all the people clustered on land just in front of the pumping station; they may be filling sandbags, as there is a small line of sandbags visible. 12.5 x 10 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot, March 20, 1936. Image depicts ice chunks flowing over the Lawrence Dam on the Merrimack River in Lawrence, Mass., at night during the flood of 1936. 12.5 x 9.5 cm.

Gelatin silver print snapshot, March 20, 1936. Image depicts a section of Lowell Street near the intersection of Oxford Street in Lawrence, Mass., during the flood of 1936. Cars in the center drive through some water in the street, but further in the background, Lowell Street remains dry. Lowell Street runs roughly parallel to the Merrimack River but is six blocks north of the river. 12.5 x 9.5 cm.