Welcome to the Senter Digital Archive!

In memory of Dorothy Senter Geoffrion, Elsie Senter Smith, and Mildred Senter Lemieux.

The Senter Digital Archive contains digital images of film and glass negatives, slides, lantern slides, postcards, and photographic prints. Images range in date from the 1850s to the late 20th century; they include studio portraits, press photographs, and work by local photographers. Negatives are displayed as positives. Subjects include Haverhill, Massachusetts and area architecture, businesses, people, schools, churches, manufacturing, engineering, neighborhoods, maps, monuments, the Haverhill Public Library itself, and more.

For more features such as Advanced Search please access this site using a computer or tablet.

Keyword Search

The Keyword Search button allows you to perform a general search across multiple fields. See the Keyword Search page for tips. Any underlined link will take you to records related to that term. Searches are not case sensitive. Try some of these:

Aerial	Diners	"Civil War"
Churches AND "Winter Street"	Maps	"Historic houses"
Countess	Schools AND Bradford	"Shoe industry"

Browse by Term

Browse to see linked records - by People, Creators, Search Terms or Subjects.

Advanced Search

The Advanced Search button can help you be more specific with your search. You can search for a word or phrase within a particular search category or use multiple categories to further narrow down your search results. More Search Tips are available on this page.

Random Images

The Random Images button is a great way to simply browse the collection. Each Random Images page displays a random assortment of images from the records online. If you find something of interest, click the thumbnail to view a larger version of the image. Click the text link to go to the Record page for that photo.

Catalog Searches (All Photos)

The Photo catalog tab can also help you focus your search within the entire Photo catalog. Click the Photos tab at the top right of this page and type in your keyword(s) or phrase. You can also browse records within the Photo catalog without performing a search. Phrase searching, wildcards (*) as well as AND are available when performing catalog searches.

Requesting images without watermarks

To request copies of images without a watermark, please click the Request Image icon below each individual photograph and fill out the form. Please be advised that commercial use and publication use may have a charge per image. For a full list of fees and image request policies, please click here.

Individuals or organizations who would like to use images for publication, public display, posting online, or commercial use are also required to fill out a Permission to Use Materials form, located here. Please return this form by email, fax or regular mail in addition to filling out the Request Image form.

Find an error? How to submit corrections

To submit corrections to a photo record or identify an unknown person or place, click the Send Us Feedback icon at the upper right of the photo record and fill out the form. Please be advised that changes to catalog records may not appear online immediately. There will be no changes to the record if we are unable to verify the correction or update.