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View of dilapidated Conkey's Tavern showing the lean-to which housed the kitchen in back. Excerpted from short history on back of photograph: "This historic tavern was built in 1758 by William Conkey, in the deep valley, midway between Pelham East…

Front view of dilapidated Conkey's Tavern in Pelham.

Front and left-side view of dilapidated Conkey's Tavern showing the gently rolling hill it rests upon.

Front view of Conkey's Tavern in Pelham.

View of the Connecticut River from Mount Holyoke showing Shepard's Island. Northampton farmland is on the left side of the river and Hadley is on the right. Fort River snakes around in the right foreground and joins the larger Connecticut.

Connecticuit Rover flows through Hadley. Seen from Mount Holyoke.

Three white man, one sitting on a porch of a house with his feet hanging over the side, the other two leaning against the porch, look around the scene. One is smoking a pipe and looking towards the camera. A small dog sits next to the sitting man on…

A man stands in the door of a wooden house, resting one hand on the doorframe and looking out. Two steps lead up to the door and a vine grows up the side wall almost reaching to a window. Two lines, possibly clotheslines, are attached to the house…

A girl sits on a tall trunk of a tree which serves as a fence post while another girl stands next to her on planks. A boy stands on the ground looking up at them with a dog sitting at his feet. A body of water is visible behind them with some trees…

A man stands looking up, with his right hand against the door frame of a barn and his left hand holding a pitchfork. Some scattered pieces of wood lie against the barn and shrubs and trees grow in the background.

Image of 1927 construction. Showing the start of the foundation stones and other supplies are set in designated piles for use.

View of construction of the second Amherst House during the winter of 1880. In this photograph the building is surrounded by scaffolding and there are laborers standing on scaffolding near the peak of the roof.

Construction of the First Congregational Church on Main Street in the winter of 1867. This building was the fourth meetinghouse constructed by the congregation. Edward Dickinson (Emily's father) gave a speech at its dedication.

A man sits in a chair smoking a pipe and reading a newspaper in a little open addition to a wooden house.

A strong current of a river white with foam and marked with pencil for better contrast. Large boulders lie around the river and near the shore with some bare trees growing on each side and a hill visible in the background.