Howes Brothers Photographic Collection 1882-1907

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Howes Brothers Photographic Collection 1882-1907

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Alvah, Walter, and George Howes brothers traveled the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts in the last two decades of the 19th century, taking photographs of the residents and documenting the customs, fashions, architecture, industry, technology, and economic conditions of rural New England. The Howes collection includes 200 study prints selected from 20,000 negatives held by the Ashfield Historical Society.

1 box; (0.5 linear ft.)

eng,

Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

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Howes, Walter

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Howes, Alvah

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Alvah Howes (1853-1919) took up photography as a profession in the 1880s and in the years that followed, convinced his brothers Walter and later George to join him. Residents of Ashfield, Mass., the brothers were remarkably persistent and productive photographers, traveling throughout Western Massachusetts to photograph a panoply of daily life, work, and leisure over a career that spanned two decades. In 1888, the Howes established a studio in Turners Falls, Mass., which...

Howes, George

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Howes Brothers.

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