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The Photo Gallery below contains the photos in George F. Kenngott's The Record of a City: A Social Survey of Lowell, Massachusetts. United States: Macmillan Company (1912).
The gallery below titled "Photographs also in the Social Ethics Collection" contains 23 photos that are in Kenngott's book and are in the Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Social Museum Collection, Housing, Conditions: United States. Massachusetts. Lowell.
The photos on this site were digitally photographed by Brad MacGowan.
Photograph 3. East View of Lowell in 1911 . . . facing 2
Photograph 4. Merrimack River from Andover Street . . . facing 4
Photograph 5. Merrimack River in the Winter from "Indian Orchard". . . facing 4
'Photograph 6. Pawtucket Falls from the Bridge . . . facing 8
Photograph 7. Lowell Mills from Centralville Bridge Looking up the Merrimack River . . . facing 8
Photograph 8. Mechanics' Hall, now First Trinitarian Congregational Church . . . facing 10
Photograph 9. St. Anne's Episcopal Church, and Rectory . . . facing 10
Photograph 10. Central Street, Looking North from Tower's Corner . . . facing 28
Photograph 11. Merrimack Street looking East from Kirk Street . . . facing 28
Photograph 12. View from Fort Hill Park with Tanneries in Foreground . . . facing 29
Photograph 13. Merrimack Corporation Houses, "Overseer's Row," Button Street . . . facing 44
Photograph 14. Hamilton Corporation Houses, with Mill in the Background . . . facing 44
Photograph 15. Boott Corporation Houses. No Longer Owned . . . by the Corporation facing 45
Photograph 16. Shaw Hosiery Boarding-house, on Chelmsford . . . Street facing 45
Photograph 19. French District off Cheever Street, in "Little Canada" . . . between 52-53
Photograph 20. French District, off Aiken Street, in "Little Canada" . . . between 52-53
Photograph 21. "The Harris" corner of Hall and Aiken Streets, in "Little Canada". . . between 52-53
Photograph 22. French District, off Ward Street, in "Little Canada". . . between 52-53
Photograph 23. Polish District, off Davidson Street . . . between 52-53
Photograph 24. Block of Thirty-two Tenements, corner of Elm and Linden Streets between . . . 52-53
Photograph 25. Polish District, off Lakeview Avenue, River Front . . . between 52-53
Photograph 26. Polish District, Wall Street, on Concord River Front . . . between 52-53
Photograph 27. Poles at Boott Corporation Houses. . . between 52-53
Photograph 28. Jewish District, off Middlesex Street . . . between 52-53
Photograph 29. Greek Church in Greek District . . . between 52-53
Photograph 30. Greek Coffee House, Market Street . . . between 52-53
Photograph 31. Greek District, Rear of Greek Church . . . between 52-53
Photograph 33 - Tenements in Rear of Suffolk Street, near St. Patrick’s Church . . . between 52-53
Photograph 34. Syrian District, off Middlesex Street . . . between 52-53
Photograph 35. Syrian and Jewish District, off Middlesex Street . . . between 52-53
Photograph 3'7- Kitchen in House Occupied by Greeks in Dummer Street . . . between 52-53
Photograph 38. Water-Closet in House Occupied by Greeks in Dummer Street . . . between 52-53
Photograph 39. Model Cottages, Fulton and West Sixth Streets . . . facing 62
Photograph 40. Varnum Block, Bridge and Sixth Streets . . . facing 62
Photograph 41. Merrimack Manufacturing Company . . . facing 154
Photograph 42. Lawrence Manufacturing Company . . . facing 155
Photograph 43. Appleton Company, and Lowell Machine Shop in Background . . . facing 155
Photograph 44. Moody Street Bridge and Lowell Textile School . . . facing 170
Photograph 45. Lowell Textile School . . . facing 170
Photograph 46. Lowell Hospital, Merrimack and Pawtucket Streets . . . facing 172
Photograph 47. Lowell General Hospital . . . facing 172
Photograph 48. Ayer Home, Pawtucket Street . . . facing 178
Photograph 49. Day Nursery and Children's Home, Kirk Street . . . facing 178
Photograph 50. Dutton Street Canal and Lucy Larcom Park on the Right . . . facing 208
Photograph 51. Entrance to Fort Hill Park . . . facing 208
Photograph 52. Nesmith Street in Winter, Looking Towards Mansur Street . . . facing 212
Photograph 53. South Common . . . facing 212
Photograph 54. Aiken Street Playground . . . facing 213
Photograph 55. "Second Brook," off Boulevard . . . facing 213
Photograph 56. Speedway, Lowell Boulevard . . . facing 214
Photograph 57. Lowell Automobile Races, 1909 . . . facing 214
Photograph 58. The Grandstand During the Automobile Races in 1909 . . . between 214-215
Photograph 59. Lake Mascuppic, from. Willow Dale Park . . . between 214-215
Photograph 60. Memorial Hall and City Library . . . between 214-215
Photograph 61. City Hall . . . facing 215
Photograph 62. Young Women's Christian Association, John and Paige Streets . . . facing 222
Photograph 63. Bill-Boards on Bridge Street near Merrimack Square . . . facing 230
Photograph 64. Bill-Boards at Corner of East Merrimack and Stackpole Streets . . . facing 230
Photograph 65. Bill-Board on Market Street . . . facing 231
