BOOMTOWN: Milan P. Warner and the Photographing of Holyoke


On view for a limited time: a small selection of photographic prints made from the History Room's collection of 337 glass plate negatives made by Milan P. Warner.  These images  document the growth of the city in the lush years of the late nineteenth century.
 

Exhibit Hours:

4/18 -4/20: 5pm-8pm

4/25-4/26: 6pm-8pm

4/27: 2pm-5pm

New Location: Building 1 at the Wauregan - 386 Dwight Street, Holyoke

(not at the Holyoke Health Center gallery as previously announced)


Presented in conjunction with Holyoke Then and Now and the Glass Block Art Project as part of Holyoke Points of View.
  
Thanks to Sam King for sending us his documentary on coal-fired power in Holyoke.  In addition to combing our Holyoke Water Power Co. collection and topical files, Sam had the benefit of a History Room volunteer's recollections of Holyoke:
http://www.cooppower.coop/news/2013/02/24/lifting-the-cloud-on-environmental-injustice/