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Pencil sketch of Lincoln Avenue and Northampton Road
Pencil sketch of Lincoln Avenue and Northampton Road in 1860 drawn by Samuel K. Orr. Looking west. Donated to the Jones Library by Matilda Kidder…
Photography equipment used in Lovell studio
Camera and equipment used in the photography business of J. L. Lovell.…
Phoenix Row in 1867
East end of Phoenix Row showing the building which housed the studio of J. L. Lovell on the right. There is a horse and wagon in the street and a clock outside one of the…
Construction of First Congregational Church, Main Street
Construction of the First Congregational Church on Main Street in the winter of 1867.…
Evergreens in winter
View of the William Austin Dickinson house from across Main Street and with snow on the ground.…
Old South College
South College, used as a dormitory in the early years of Massachusetts Agricultural College. Built in 1867, it was gutted by fire in the winter of 1885 and rebuilt, using some of the walls of the original building which had not…
Looking west on Main Street to the Amherst House
Looking west up Main Street to the Amherst House. Livery stable is visible to the left of the Amherst House.…
View west from American House Hotel
Looking west up Main St. toward old Amherst House which burned in 1879. American House Hotel is on right. …
View east down Main Street
Looking east down Main Street, Phoenix Row on left; before 1868 when Palmer Block was built. Note: photograph date between …
Fenced Common
View of the sunken and grassy and fenced-in south end of the Town Common with College Hill in the background. Stated in "The History of the Town of Amherst, Massachusetts" by Carpenter and Morehouse: "North of College Hill the common was used as…
Merchants' Row before 1865
The house-like building on the right was an old post office building owned by Dwight Kellogg. In June of 1865 Kellogg tried to remodel and raise the building but it collapsed. He then built the brick building which burned in the fire of July 4,…