Delaware Valley Archivists Group

The Hagley Library is pleased to announce additions to the Hagley Digital Archives:Matheson Automobile Company Photographs, 1903-1912Collection includes 135 images from the Matheson Automobile Company, a small automaker headquartered out of Holyoke, Massachusetts and later Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. Matheson automobiles were particularly popular for the power they provided, winning trophies in numerous hill climb competitions in the first decade of the twentieth century. In 1912, the company's hand-built and custom-made cars were pushed out of the market by smaller, cheaper, more mass-produced vehicles.Postcards of Motels and Roadside Attractions, 1930-1960This collection contains nearly 130 postcards of various roadside attractions covering a period from 1930 to 1960. Although the "Golden Age" of the American postcard craze was in the early twentieth century, the era of 1930s through the 1950s, with its brightly colored "linen" cards, is a rich one for images of roadside America. These postcards of motels, restaurants, tourist cabins, and diners reveal the services, architecture, and general landscape that widespread adoption of the automobile helped to create.If you have questions or comments about these collections or have any questions about Hagley's digital initiatives, please contact Kevin Martin at kmartin[at]hagley.org or 302-658-2400 ext 232.