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A view of a church as seen across a street. It is a brick two story building with a bell tower in the front and there is a fence in front of it.

Robert Francis handmade Christmas cards for his friends. This one was written to Dorothy and includes a personal note about his former neighbor, Frank Adamites, naming his son after Francis.

A boy and a girl, identified as Arthur and Margaret Johnson, enjoying a Christmas morning. The boy sits on the floor playing with a train and she is standing by Christmas socks filled with toys, holding a doll. A broom rests against the wall with a…

A girl and a boy, identified as Margaret and Irving Johnson, in a room. She is kneeling on the ground and he is standing in front of both holding on to something. Some toys lie on the floor by a bay window with a plant hanging by the window. A…

Local author Christopher Benfey poses in front of Emily Dickinson's gravesite while holding copies of his books, The Great Wave, A Summer of Hummingbirds, and Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay.

Looking down Middle Street at the church in Hadley.

Pen and ink illustration of a church among a stone wall and some trees.

A view of a stone church with a tower and cemetery in front.

A woman sitting on a bench in a kitchen facing the camera and churning butter. An umbrella stands in the corner and three brass candlesticks are on a shelf at the top of the photograph.

A white woman standing in a room churning butter. There is a stove on the right and a table with two small pails and a cup.

A black woman sits on a rocking chair on a porch holding a wooden stick in front of her, churning. A man stands behind, leaning against the wall of the building and looking towards the camera.

A woman sits in a rocking chair facing away from the camera churning butter.

A woman churning butter in a kitchen. A table is behind her with a basin and a large vase standing on it. Pots, lids, and other kitchen items hang on the wall and rest on a shelf above the bench.

A girl, identified as Hettie Johnson, working at a butter churn in a parlor. Opposite her is a chair with a crock on the seat. There is a picture on the wall with ferns surrounding it.

A white woman churning butter in a kitchen with a tall grandfather clock and armoire behind her. There is a large pitcher and wooden basin on the floor on either side of her.