Market Mills, Lee Jewelry, and Battambang Market on Merrimack St., Lowell, Massachusetts

Index data: The following photos were made at Market Mills, on Merrimack St., at Lee Jewelry on Merrimack St., and in the Battambang Market on Merrimack St. 0, Teenage female clerks, one Caucasian and one Black, behind counter at Burbeck's ice cream parlor on Merrimack St.; 1-5, Caucasian mother and children at mill wheel, in front of Market Mills; 6, Small Cambodian children in front of Lee Jewelry on Merrimack St.; 7-22, Cambodian children, toddlers to 7 year-olds, romping and posing inside Lee Jewelry store. Frames 10-13 include early-thirties woman who must be the mother of some of the children. 9-9a, 16-16a, 20- 20a are good photos; 23, Interesting sidewalk scene in front of Lee Jewelry that includes children and the mother (?) who were photographed inside in frames 7-22; 24-26, View from Merrimack St. into Dr. Hung Do's and Dr. Giao's waiting room. 26-26a is a good photo; 27-32, Clerks and customers inside the Battambang Market. 27-27a, 28-28a are good photos; 33, Unremarkable street scene in front of Battambang Market; 34, Portrait of Battambang Market proprietor(?) with two-wheeled truck and stacked cartons in front of Battambang Market on Merrimack St. 34 is a good photo; 35-36, Crane operation at construction site on Market St. 36 is a good photo.

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01/01/1987

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