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  • Collection: Edgar Scott Postcard Collection

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View of the Sunderland Bridge and Sugarloaf mountain seen from the rive rbank.

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Exterior view of the front of Edgar Scott's House. Note on back says it was next to a railroad bridge.

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Close-up colorized view of the North Amherst Library, with electric (?) poles in front and two buggies in back. On verso, a listing of the open hours for the library has been printed under the words, "The North Amherst Library and The Jones Library…

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Postcard showing Merchants' Row and nearby parked cars. Image of a full business block, cars, traffic indicator and edge of town common.

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View of Factory Hollow Pond (now known as Puffers Pond) in the Cushman section of North Amherst.

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View of the brick hat factory on Main Street owned by George B. Burnett.

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This structure was built on the site where Noah Webster's house was located during the time he spent in Amherst writing his dictionary (1812-1822). It was built as the Hygeian Hotel. This statement was printed in the Springfield Republican edition of…

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Ice hockey game in progress on the pond at Mass Aggie. Snow is cleared to create walkways around the pond.

Written on back: "Thought maybe when you looked at this it would make you cooler - I am in Deuels talking to Susie. I am using her pencil. I…

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Scenic view of the pond at Mass Aggie surrounded by nicely landscaped trees and shrubs. A small island is visible in the middle and a group of students relax at the edge.

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Still standing on the corner of Amity and North Prospect Streets, the Prospect House is hardly recognizable. At a later date, more stories were added and it was covered with stucco. It has also been known as Drake's Hotel, The Village Inn, and The…

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Long view across open land east to the Pelham Hills from the hill on which Stearns Chapel stood.

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View of the small brick school house in South Amherst, which later became the East Street Alternative High School, part of the Amherst Regional School system.

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Brick schoolhouse in North Amherst which became the Amherst Survival Center.

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View of a line of students walking across a snow covered landscape away from the College Chapel. It looks as though they've walked across the frozen campus pond.

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Purchased by Amherst College in 1892, the Boltwood House was remodeled as a student dining hall and renamed Hitchcock Hall. It was razed in 1916 for the construction of Converse Memorial Library, now Converse Hall.
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