I took a peek at the town over at HistoricAerials.com , which is a VERY addictive website, and the only possible location I could find was just north of the depot area, and it wasn't exactly a perfect match. Their oldest aerial photo was from 1963, so it is very possible the building in the photo had already been torn down.
Then I started to think perhaps the location was the Ames Plow Company, but it appears the company was gone by 1889, so that rules Ames out. Was it the tannery, once located on Tannery Street? I have not been able to find an image of the building, though there is footage of when the complex burned in 1961. As you can see in the photo, there was a section of windows very low to the ground. In the footage, there is a similar looking thing but the windows are a different style. Had they been changed in the 14 years since the photo was taken? Take a look at the screen-shot of the video below and ponder as I have...
Perhaps the photo was marked incorrectly and it wasn't even taken in Ayer!
2018 UPDATE: I have figured out the location of the photo!
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| Note the low section with the windows |
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| I adjusted this scan so you can see how the building was long and at a right-angle to the tracks |
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| Low windows of the tannery, which burned in 1961 and was located near the tracks (see video link above) |
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| Tannery location on 1875 map, showing proximity to tracks... note it is indeed a long building at an angle to the tracks, but what about that low area with the locomotive-level windows? |
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