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Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
The Barney & Berry company was founded at the old Warner's pistol plant near Springfield, Massachusetts. It was started by Everett Barney, a former supervisor of a small arms manufacturer during the Civil War who spent many a winter on the frozen ponds of nearby Framingham, and his old friend John Berry in 1865. Barney and Barney manufactured five hundred skates in their first year and later moved to Springfield, where they flourished in two locations for over fifty years. skateguard1.blogspot.com
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Highest Award World's Fair Skates
Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
The Barney & Berry company was founded at the old Warner's pistol plant near Springfield, Massachusetts. It was started by Everett Barney, a former supervisor of a small arms manufacturer during the Civil War who spent many a winter on the frozen ponds of nearby Framingham, and his old friend John Berry in 1865. Barney and Barney manufactured five hundred skates in their first year and later moved to Springfield, where they flourished in two locations for over fifty years. skateguard1.blogspot.com
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Barney & Berry, Springfield, Mass.
The Ladies' Home Journal
December 1898
The Barney & Berry company was founded at the old Warner's pistol plant near Springfield, Massachusetts. It was started by Everett Barney, a former supervisor of a small arms manufacturer during the Civil War who spent many a winter on the frozen ponds of nearby Framingham, and his old friend John Berry in 1865. Barney and Barney manufactured five hundred skates in their first year and later moved to Springfield, where they flourished in two locations for over fifty years. skateguard1.blogspot.com){kind=small}
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First Church of Christ, Congregational, or Old First Church, is a historic church at 50 Elm Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. Built in 1819, the present structure is the fourth church building on the site, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. wikipedia
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The original Cooley Hotel on the site was a four-story brick block erected in 1849 by Justin M. Cooley (exact footprint uncertain). It was expanded with an additional structure in the 1860s (footprint uncertain) for a total of 85 rooms by 1882. historic-structures.com
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Connecticut Valley Historical Society, 1912
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Main Street, 1915
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New Police Department Building, 1917
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Public Library
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State Street, West to Mass. Mutual Life Insurance Co.
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Springfield Institution for Savings and Court House
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Central High School, 1929
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Hotel Charles
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