Lowell Board of Trade

Pictured from left to right are Enoch Cox, N.J. Phillips, David Brockus, Ransom Pratt and J.M. Castle.

This picture was found in the Souvenir Album of Lake County, 1906, at the Lowell Public Library. The book states:

We present here a full-faced, front view of Lowell's ancient "board of trade," in their uniforms, as they issue forth from their "chamber of commerce," the basement of an old shack. These gentlemen and their resort were well known in Lowell in their day; and so were their daily discussions of markets, of weather, of the best way to grow rich or die happy, how to kill muskrats and catch minks, how to win in a horse trade or at cards, how to run the government or live without work, and similar high-level and profound themes in all departments of life. Some may be inclined to take this picture as a joke. If so, there will be no hard feeling on our part.

This picture is copied from the Lowell History CD-Rom, compiled by Gregory Jancosek. This CD-Rom contains photos from the Richard Schmal collection and the Lowell Public Library collection, as well as photos from other sources.