Lowell Historical Society

Lowell: The Mill City - Postcard History Series ($21.99)

A visual history of Lowell, Massachusetts (1890s - 1940s) seen through vintage postcards from local Lowell collectors. Published by Arcadia Publishing as part of its Postcard History Series. Featuring 144 pages including introduction, color and black & white photos with captions. Available now.

Lowell: The River City - Postcard History Series ($21.99)

Volume II featuring all new postcard scenes of Lowell residences, waterways & bridges, parks, cemeteries & monuments, churches. Also, scenes from neighboring towns of Dracut, Chelmsford and Tyngsboro.

Series 1: Buy all five for $4.50 (add $2.00 S/H) or one for $1.00 (add $1.00 for S/H)

1 - Greetings Lowell

2 - Noon at the Mills

3 - Cardinal O'Connell Parkway

4 - Lowell Depot & Richardson Hotel

5 - "I Wonder When We Will Sit Together Again In Lowell, Mass" 1940s novelty card

Series 2: Buy all five for $4.50 (add $2.00 S/H) or one for $1.00 (add $1.00 for S/H)

1 - Telephone Exchange

2 - City Hall

3 - St. Anne's Church

4 - Post Office

5 - Pollard Memorial Library

Series 3: Each $1.00 (add $1.00 for S/H)

1 - Lowell Mass

2 - Central Fire Station

3 - Lowell Textile School

4 - Lowell, Mass

Mile of Mills - 1920
$3.00 (add $1.00 S/H)

East View of Lowell from Dracut Heights 1839.
Drawn by J.W. Barber
$3.00 (add $1.00 S/H)

Entering Lowell Sign
$2.00 (add $1.00 S/H)

Bricks and Bats ($14.95)
A sports book based on professional baseball in Lowell from 1887 - 1934. Richly illustrated, full of statistics and colorful ball players.

The Continuing Revolution ($50.00 - hard cover, $19.95 - soft cover)
An anthology of essays which explores a wide range of Lowell themes including immigration, women in labor and historic preservation.

Contributions of Old Residents ($5.00 per each volume)
Bound volumes of Society presentations from 1879 through 1920 with topics covering the Middlesex Canal, the Lowell school system and early postmasters of the city.

Lowell Views ($5.95)
A collection of rare 19th century prints, paintings and drawings of the original textile town along the Merrimack River.

Mourning Glory ($9.95 - soft cover, $15.95 - 1 hour video VHS or DVD)New Price
Revised edition: An illustrated account of the city's beautifully designed and Victorian era inspired Lowell Cemetery.

Map Sets ($5.00)
A series of Lowell maps dating from 1821 through 1912.

Merrimack Prints ($15.00 - mounted, $12.50 - un-mounted)
An oversize panoramic view of Lowell and the Merrimack River reprinted from the 1850's.

1936 Flood (VHS or DVD $15.95)New Price
A thirty minute video with dramatic live footage of Lowell's worst natural disaster when the Merrimack and Concord Rivers flooded their banks after an unusually rapid April thaw.

Communidade ($8.95)
A collection of photographs which highlight the immigrant Portuguese community of Lowell.

Canals & Industry ($5.95)
An overview of the development and impact of water on textile manufacturing in Lowell.

Irish Catholic Genesis ($8.95)
A history of the early Irish community and its contribution to Lowell's development.

That was the way it was... ($10.00)
A Selection of Charles G Sampas' 'Sampascoopies Lowell History Columns'.