History

 

1911 postcard of the Eclipse Mill complex.

Historic Photographs of the Eclipse Mill

Historic North Adams: The Eclipse Mill
Website documenting the history of North Adam’s industrial past.
Historic North Adams is a collaborative initiative of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Department of History, North Adams Historical Society, and North Adams Public Library.

The Mill Children, Teachers Guide
Educational materials supporting a 2011 exhibit at the Eclipse Mill Gallery, based on the work of photographer and social reformer Lewis Wickes Hine, who photographed child mill workers at the Eclipse Mill in 1911.