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• libraryofcongress
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• bristolcounty
• chimney
• ma
• jack
• industrial
• smokestack
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• 1941
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• newbedfordma
• jackdelano
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• mechanicalcurator
• sherlocknet:tag=york
• factory

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Parcel Post Wagon in New Bedford, Massachusetts

from Smithsonian Institution

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Narrow Shirt said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Original Plymouth Colony, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• Difficult Degree said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Aquellos magníficos carruajes, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Near the waterfront, New Bedford, Mass. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Steph Garri said:

  This is my grandparents house right before they bought it. This is the 170 range of Walnut St. In New Bedford MA. Was not expecting to find a picture of it on the internet. Thank you for publishing this.

• Ryan (LOC P&P) said:

  You're welcome, Steph. Thank you for sharing the street name and vicinity. Please feel free to add any other details you remember about the neighborhood.

• Logan Zillmer said:

  This reminds me of Walker Evans with the industrial stacks directly behind the homes. Cool photo.

• Oregon State University said:

  This was used by us for Ask An Expert: extension.oregonstate.edu/question-of-the-week/i-am-bulls...

C.S. Ashley (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Charles S. Ashley, mustachioed longtime mayor of New Bedford MA, was the son of James M. Ashley (1824-1896), a Congressman and railroad executive. www.newbedford-ma.gov/Tourism/OurHistory/Mayorofnb.html

Industrial area in Massachusetts, possibly around New Bedford (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• customrail said:

  The absurdity of the caption is frightening. You don't MAKE natural gas. These tanks held manufactured gas. The gas was a by-product of the coke manufacturing process. Natural gas was quite rare in New England in 1941. What few pipelines that existed carried oil and not much of it.