Southbridge Collection

The view shows the integration of the earliest































































































building of the American Optical Company on Mechanic Street with the start of the brick structures (on the…

With the Common in the foreground, a close view of the buildings from the Clock Tower to the right side is shown. This comprises part of the Main Plant, as it was known. Brick is the main building material for the facade with a stone foundation. A…

A group of twenty three































































































women, in winter attire, posing in front of the formal entrance to…

Tree-lined Main Street is shown leading to the















































American Optical Company campus in the distance. The Universalist Church















































spire and the Elm Street…

Aerial view from Notre Dame Church, Main Street, Southbridge, Massachusetts during construction (pre-1916), looking in a south south east direction. The Main Plant of the American Optical Company is to the left background and the Lensdale Plant to…