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Sidewalk on South Pleasant Street
Construction of a sidewalk along South Pleasant Street at a time when Amherst residents used a horse and carriage or the trolley to get to town.
Jones Library front hallway
This is the front hallway of the Jones Library before the renovation in the early 1990s.
Early morning restaurant fire in Amherst
Firefighters aim a powerful jet of water at this burning restaurant across from the Town Common. More than 40 Amherst and UMass firefighters fought the blaze for hours in near zero weather before it was brought under control.
Internet station at Jones Library
Early internet station in the Jones Library Reference Department.
Food and Feasts program at Jones Library
French cooking expert Charlotte Turgeon demonstrates cooking with chocolate.
Winter sleigh ride in Amherst
Mason A. Dickinson sits on a horse-drawn sleigh in Amherst.
Flower show in Jones Library auditorium
The whole auditorium at the Jones Library was filled with flowers during this flower show held in 1935. This view shows the portion of the show that filled the stage.
A crofter piling peat on the Isle of Skye in Scotland
A woman wearing a dress and headscarf piles cubes of peat outside her thatch-roofed cottage.
After the Amherst House fire, 1926
This image shows the smoldering scene the morning after the fire that decimated the Amherst House on the evening of December 9, 1926.
Inventory at Jones Library
This is the first book-by-book inventory done by the Library since the fire at the Amherst House in 1926. It took a week to complete by 60-odd staff and volunteers. The women on the left are Lucy Gallagher, Claire Sussman, and Windy Sayer.
Kid and Christmas tree in the kids room at the Jones Library
Child walking by the decorated Christmas tree in the Children's Room at the Jones Library. The bronze man sculpture is visible in the background.
Unicef stand at the Jones Library
Two women and two children stand before the UNICEF card table at the Jones Library.
Jones Library girls
Three young women sitting in comraderie the remains of a picnic in front of them. Notation reads, "J. L. girls, L to R, Kane, Powers, Fish." Probably Annise B. Kane, Frances Powers, Dorothy M. Fish. All three women were employed by the Jones Library…
Charles R. Green and his Sunday programs
Charles R. Green stands on the front steps of the Jones Library shaking hands with another man. Beside him is the chalkboard advertising one of his Sunday at 5:00 programs.
Ceremony for laying the cornerstone for the Jones Library
View at the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone for the Jones Library. Pictured from left to right: Tony (Michael Angelo), who was in charge of stone work; Allen H. Cox, Architect; Casper Ranger Construction Company man; Mr. Moriarty,…