Court House

Image ID: WPC 01:181
Front:
Color image of the old Northampton Court House on Main St. POV is from across the Main St & King St intersection. Surrounding buildings can be partially seen in background. Many pedestrians on the sidewalk; a horse-drawn carriage on King St.
Message on back reads: "Dear Ella / Will soon write you a letter / I have some thing to tell you / I have been very busy / from your Holyoke friend / Mary Mackin"
Back is addressed to: "Ella Terwilhger / 12 Harrison St. / Poughkeepsie / NY"
Date is taken from postmark.

Image Details

Dublin Core
Title
Court House
Subject
Mackin, Mary | Terwilhgen, Ella
Description
Front:
Color image of the old Northampton Court House on Main St. POV is from across the Main St & King St intersection. Surrounding buildings can be partially seen in background. Many pedestrians on the sidewalk; a horse-drawn carriage on King St.
Message on back reads: "Dear Ella / Will soon write you a letter / I have some thing to tell you / I have been very busy / from your Holyoke friend / Mary Mackin"
Back is addressed to: "Ella Terwilhger / 12 Harrison St. / Poughkeepsie / NY"
Date is taken from postmark.
Date
29-Aug-08
Contributor
Donation of the Gutterman-Pohlman Family, Northampton. 2017
Identifier
WPC 01:181
Coverage
Northampton, Mass
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Postcard
Physical Dimensions
Print size: 3.5" x 5.5"

Citation

“Court House,” Forbes Library Images from the Archives (Legacy site: Pre-2022), accessed June 10, 2026, https://images.forbeslibrary.org/items/show/5028.