GUSN-195404
An exterior view from across the railroad tracks of the front and side façades of the Burgess Building (on the right) and Lang Building (on the left) on Essex Street in Haverhill, Massachusetts. Charles Willis Damon, a prominent architect in Haverhill, built the two eight-story buildings, which were the largest concrete shoe factories in the world at that time, for bankers William H. Burgess and Howard W. Lang of Boston.
factories (structures)
railroads
concrete
shoes (footwear)
industrial buildings
footwear
picture postcards
photomechanical prints
photographs
DigitalID 000495
AccessID 746
Other identifier HNEDID-000495
1 postcard
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.03.01.TMP.078
1910s
Haverhill (Essex county, Massachusetts)
M. Schlafman (Firm) (publisher)
picture postcards
photomechanical prints
photographs
Schlafman, Moses
Damon, William H.
Lang, Howard W.
Burgess, Lang & Co.
Burgess Building (Haverhill, Mass.)
Essex Street (Haverhill, Mass.)
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