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This image shows the smoldering scene the morning after the fire that decimated the Amherst House on the evening of December 9, 1926.

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.

French cooking expert Charlotte Turgeon demonstrates cooking with chocolate.

Early internet station in the Jones Library Reference Department.

This is the front hallway of the Jones Library before the renovation in the early 1990s.

The Burnett Gallery in the 1928 Jones Library before the renovation in the early 1990s.

In 2002 the Jones Library completely transferred from the card catalog to a digital system. Cards from the card catalog were signed by authors and illustrators and then sold to raise money for the library. Here patrons are picking out what cards to…

While the Jones Library was housed at the Amherst House these children enjoyed story hour.

Daily tally board, in the periodical lounge, during the January 1977 inventory of the Jones Library

View of the corner of Amity and South Pleasant Streets after the fire of December 9, 1926. The ruins of the Amherst House are visible, as well as the east side of the Amherst Cinema building. The Jones Library was operating on the second floor of the…