This fire ruined the Pollard Department store and many smaller concerns including Middlesex Women’s Club, Masonic Temple, and three “clairvoyants,” Ruth Willey, John Maguire, and Rose Depage. In a twist of fate, this photo was taken from the third floor of Bon Marche, Pollard’s unscathed competitor.
Source: UMass Lowell Center for Lowell History City Engineers Collection
