Lowell Sun Photography Collection - Lusophone Culture [1971-1993]

Lowell Sun Photography Collection - Lusophone Culture [1971-1993]

1971-1993

The Lowell Sun Photograph Collection - Lusophone Culture is a sampling of images from Lowell in the 1970s through the 1990s. These photographs demonstrate all aspects of Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) culture in Greater Lowell and includes images of the working, personal, and cultural lives of those living in the city.

This digital collection is only a small sample of the much larger Lowell Sun Photography Collection, owned by the Lowell Historical Society, housed at the Center for Lowell History. The overall collection contains over 20,000 images, most which can only be accessed in person, by appointment, at the Center. These images were originally captured by Lowell Sun photographers to accompany newspaper stories. Photographers frequented local businesses and events to capture what life looked like in Lowell at the time.

Please note: The images in this digital collection were chosen by their likelihood to include members of the Lusophone community. When a connection to Lusophone culture is not explicitly clear, photos were chosen based on ancestry research or popular surnames from Lusophone countries. We understand that this method may not always be accurate, and welcome any feedback as to images that may be unrelated. Images include members of the Portuguese, Brazilian, and Cape Verdean communities, among others.

If you are interested in seeing the many other images in this collection that have not been digitized, please contact the Center for Lowell History to make an appointment.

Pollock, Arthur

Hunt, Richard

Brow, David

Wallace, Robert

Maher, Michael

Pigeon, Michael

Whitaker, Robert

Herbert, Gerald

Rose, Marston

Bridgeford, Bill

Gregory, David

Malakie, Julie

Chase, Jon

Cauchon, Bradley

Donovan, Dan

Bailey, Rollin

Antique and classic cars

Nursing homes

Artists

Barbershops

Bars (Drinking establishments)

Baseball coaches

Education

Drug abuse--Prevention

Youth--Alcohol use

Basketball teams

High school athletes

Bingo

Bowling

Boxing

Bullfights

Cabo Verdean Americans

Camps

Career fairs

Cemeteries

Christmas

City council members

Community organization

Construction workers

Cycling

Drug abuse--Prevention

Education, Bilingual

Ethnic food

Fairs

Factories

Festivals

Folk dancing, Portuguese

Fourth of July

Graduation (school)

Gymnastics

Immigrant families

Instrumentation and orchestration (Band)

Lacrosse

Mills and mill-work

Music teachers

Musicians

Police

Portuguese American women

Postmasters--United States

School field trips

Shelters for the homeless

Sledding

Snow

Soccer

Special education

Student government

Video arcades

Voting

Women in community organization

Women's shelters

Youth centers

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Tyngsboro (Mass.)

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Dracut (Mass.)

Lawrence (Mass.)

Pelham (N.H.)

Burlington (Mass.)

Dunstable (Mass.)

Andover (Mass.)

Bedford (Mass.)

Littleton (Mass.)

Westford (Mass.)

Digitized from Lowell Sun Collection, owned by the Lowell Historical Society, housed at the Center for Lowell History.

UMass Lowell, Center for Lowell History

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