Main Street Mid-70s from the Soup Kitchen at 159 Main to the N.I.S. Building at 109 Main, including Harlow's, Country Comfort, Helen's House of Beauty, Whalen Stationery and Morrison Opticians.

Main Street ca.1978 from Beardsley's at 140 Main to Sherman Jewelers at 164 Main including Bran-Win, Main Street Center, Ted's Boot Shop and Foster-Farrar.

From Forbes Library Special Collections : The construction of the old U.S. Post Office building at 47 Pleasant Street circa 1903-04. Two young boys sit on the side as workers construct the foundation for the building that now houses Family Fun magazine. The white building just beyond the site is in the approximate current location of Mimmo's Pizza.

Carlson's, Lizottes, WHMP, Nonotuck Savings Bank, F.W. Woolworth on Main St., Oct 1966. Photograph from the Daily Hampshire Gazette collection at Forbes Library.

From Special Collections: Interior of unidentified local record store ca. 1958. Come visit us at the RETROFAIRE behind Thornes Market on Saturday, September 12th from 11AM to 6PM in conjunction with the Northampton Jazz Festival. We will be selling vintage vinyl and spreading the word about library services at the open-air market brought to you by the Northampton Arts Council#throwbackthursday

Inside H.L. Childs & Son in the 1980s. Photographs from the Daily Hampshire Gazette collection at Forbes Library.