2025.017.001

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Author: Rick Wetmore

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2nd Floor Stacks - Library
Condition
Excellent
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Excellent
Cataloged By
Walsh, Tom
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Status
OK
Title
Unmentionables
Subtitle
Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class
Title (generic)
Book
Accession No.
2025.017

History of Syrian immigrants and Syrian women workers in the textile industry. Much of the book is devoted to the labor movement and the Lawrence Bread and Roses Strike of 1912.

Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Fahrenthold, Stacy
Publisher
Stanford: Stanford Press
Date (created)
2025
Language
English
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.

2019.027.002

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Author: Dianne Hinckley
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Title
Meics Building. Jerry Dyer Studio of Dancing. Unidentified dry cleaner, beauty salon, Dentist and bar.
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Photograph
Accession No.
2019.027

Meics Building, address is unknown, but 575 street number is noted. Unnamed dry cleaner is on the street level and unidentified bar. Jerry Dyer Studio of Dance, unidentified beauty salon and Dentist on the second floor.

Collection
Lawrence History Center General Photograph Collection
Format
8" x 10"
Language
English
Rights
The Lawrence History Center holds this image but may not have full intellectual property and legal rights to it. Please contact the Center for more information.
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Image Catalog
LC4-Commercial Buildings and Enterprises
Location
2nd Floor - Media Vault - Photo Box
Condition
Good

Small crease in the upper right corner.

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Good
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Grisé, Sibelle
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OK
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Original

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2025.017

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Author: Rick Wetmore
CRM Contact ID
7570
Donor
Professor Stacy Fahrenthold
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via USPS
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Gift
Received By
Kiley, Amita
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Kiley, Amita
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  • Book (2 copies) – Unmentionables / Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class by Stacy D. Fahrenthold, 2025, Stanford University Press. Dr. Fahrenthold conducted extensive research at LHC.

2025.023.001

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Author: Rick Wetmore

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2nd Floor Stacks - Library
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Good
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Good
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Walsh, Tom
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OK
Title
Arthur Griffin's New England
Subtitle
The Four Seasons With Original Essays by 51 Famous Authors
Title (generic)
Book
Accession No.
2025.023

Book of photographs from around New England by Photographer Arthur Griffin. Griffin was born and raised in Lawrence.

Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Griffin, Arthur
Publisher
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date (created)
1980
Language
English
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This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.

2019.027.001

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Author: Dianne Hinckley
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Title
Unidentified Stores and apartments.
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Photograph
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2019.027

Unidentified stores and apartments.

Collection
Lawrence History Center General Photograph Collection
Format
8" x 10"
Language
English
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The Lawrence History Center holds this image but may not have full intellectual property and legal rights to it. Please contact the Center for more information.
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Image Catalog
LC4-Commercial Buildings and Enterprises
Location
2nd Floor - Media Vault - Photo Box
Condition
Poor

Left lower corner crease and small tear. Top of photograph torn with water marks noted. Small missing piece of photograph on bottom.

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Poor
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Grisé, Sibelle
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OK
Original/Copy
Original

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2025.023.002

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Author: Rick Wetmore

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2nd Floor Stacks - Library
Condition
Good
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Good
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Walsh, Tom
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OK
Title
New England in Focus:
Subtitle
The Arthur Griffin Story
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Book
Accession No.
2025.023

The illustrated works of Photographer Arthur Griffin, born and raised in Lawrence.

Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Kenny, Herbert
Sub Author
Reed, Damon
Publisher
Arthur Griffin Books
Date (created)
1995
Language
English
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This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.

2020.025.070

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Author: Rick Wetmore

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Location
2nd Floor Stacks - Library
Condition
Fair

Some loose pages

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Fair
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Walsh, Tom
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OK
Title
Beer New England
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Book
Accession No.
2020.025

An illustrated work where the author pays tribute to New England's past and present brews and breweries. The chapter called "The Battle of Lawrence" on pages 172-179 describe the breweries that once thrived in Lawrence. 

Author signed inside cover "Cheers, Will Anderson"

Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Anderson, Will
Publisher
Maine: Spectrum Printing and Graphics
Date (created)
1988
Language
English
Rights
This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.

2017.079.278

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Author: Dianne Hinckley
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Title
Reconstruction of Pappy's Bakery, (corner of Newbury St.).
Title (generic)
Photograph
Accession No.
2017.079

Reconstruction of Pappy's Bakery (corner of Newbury St.), viewed from Common St.  James J. Devine and Gradell rental truck is in the background. Three unnamed stores are seen beside the bakery. There are also apartments seen. 

Collection
Lawrence History Center General Photograph Collection
Date (created)
August 17, 1966
Format
3 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Language
English
Rights
The Lawrence History Center holds this image but may not have full intellectual property and legal rights to it. Please contact the Center for more information.
Administrative
Image Catalog
LC4-Commercial Buildings and Enterprises
Location
2nd Floor - Media Vault - Photo Box
Condition
Fair

small white areas noted on the bottom of this photograph.

Display Value
Fair
Cataloged By
Grisé, Sibelle
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Status
OK
Original/Copy
Original

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2025.003.023

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Author: Rick Wetmore

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2nd Floor Stacks - Library
Condition
Good
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Good
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Walsh, Tom
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OK
Title
The Oxford Story
Subtitle
A History of the Oxford Paper Company 1847-1958
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Book
Accession No.
2025.003

A history of the Oxford Paper Company that includes a brief history of Lawrence's Champion-International Mills and its relationship to Oxford.

Collection
Lawrence History Center Library
Author
Leane, John
Publisher
Oxford Paper Company
Date (created)
1958
Date (coverage)
1847-1958
Language
English
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This book is owned by the Lawrence History Center, but copyright may be held by another business or organization. Please contact the Center for more information.

2017.079.277

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Author: Dianne Hinckley
Core
Title
Common St. and Newbury St., (viewed from Southwest corner). Pappy's Bakery is obscured in this photo.
Title (generic)
Photograph
Accession No.
2017.079

Reconstruction (viewed from Southwest corner of Common St. and Newbury St.  Pappy's Bakery (obscured) is on the corner with James J. Devine and Gradell rental truck in front of the bakery. Unnamed stores and apartments are seen.

Collection
Lawrence History Center General Photograph Collection
Date (created)
August 17, 1966
Format
3 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Language
English
Rights
The Lawrence History Center holds this image but may not have full intellectual property and legal rights to it. Please contact the Center for more information.
Administrative
Image Catalog
LC4-Commercial Buildings and Enterprises
Location
2nd Floor - Media Vault - Photo Box
Condition
Fair

small white areas on lower part of photograph.

Display Value
Fair
Cataloged By
Grisé, Sibelle
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Status
OK
Original/Copy
Original

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