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About twelve men crossing the Connecticut river on a ferry installing the wire. Some ice visible on the near shore.

A white man stands over a table outside a wooden house, replacing a pane of glass in a window. A chair with a can of paint stands behind him and a stool stands on the opposite side of the table, near the camera.

A white man sitting on a tree stump on a cobbled street in front of a building with a large wooden door standing ajar, working on a scythe. A boy stands next to him with a scythe on his back looking on. Both are wearing round straw hats.

A view of a number of boats resting near the shore with a marsh in the foreground. Some trees grow on the island and a wooden building is partly in frame on the right. Other islands are in the background.

A view of a brook and a little waterfall. Trees and shrubs grow on the right and on top of the waterfall. Calmer water breaks on rocks in the foreground.

A white man stands on a barge pumping out water from a pipe over the side of the barge. A second barge is tied next to his and other barges, some with people walking around on them, are in the middle ground and background.

A pastor (identified as Dr. Holmes) stands behind the pulpit of the First Congregational Church of Hadley. There is a large book open in front of him. A table and chair face the camera below the pulpit and sides of pews are visible on both sides.

View of a waterfall at Puffers Pond in North Amherst. Written on verso: "The Golden Gate Falls, No. Amherst."

A drawing of an elephant sitting on the ground and leaning against a rock, fishing with eyes closed. A number of birds sit on the fishing pole looking towards the hook in the water and a number of other birds flying towards the elephant. Worms escape…

A woman talking to a man behind the Public Service desk at The Jones Library

A large, two-story building with a spire stands on a hilltop surrounded by a fence. Several gravestones stand on the side and behind the building. A second building stands further back.

View of the first Amherst College President's House on South Pleasant Street after it was bought and renovated by Psi Upsilon fraternity in 1879.

This building, originally the residence of the first president of Amherst College, was erected on the south corner of Pleasant and Sellen Streets. It was purchased by the fraternity in 1879 and was sold in 1912, after the construction of the new…

A bearded white man, identified as either Professor Alvord of South Hadley or Grandpa Pease, stands in front of a house resting a leg against a wooden horse and looking at the camera. A two story wooden house is behind him and a wooden well is in…

A prairie schooner style wagon drawn by four horses. Two men are in the driver's seat and a third man is running toward the wagon. A wooden building with a porch is in the middle ground with the sign "SOUTHERN HOTEL" on top of the roof, and a second…