Russell Cutlery Company Birds-Eye View

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Printed along lower edge: "THE JOHN RUSSELL CUTLERY CO'S,/ GREEN RIVER WORKS./ TURNERS FALLS, MASS. U.S.A./ O.H. BAILEY & CO., BOSTON" "Table Cutlery./ J. Russell & Co. Green River Works, Ms./ Established 1834" "Pocket Cutlery./ J. Russell & Co./ R./ Green River/ Works."

description:

Rectangular brick building complex with the Connecticut River in the foreground and to the left and behind. Scenic landscape in background.

references:

Print exhibit, MHM 2001. "The John Russell Cutlery Company. An illustrated story of the famous Green River Knives," by Robert Merriam, David Brown, Richard Davis Jr. and Michael Buerger, Bete Press: Greenfield, 1976.

keywords:

Buildings and Outbuildings
Canals
Connecticut River
Environmental Issues
Factories, Mills, Industry
Immigrants, Newcomers
Landscape
Occupations, Trades
Railroads
Transportation
Vehicles, Carriages, Automobiles, Wagons