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Two barefoot black girls and one barefoot black boy prepare a boat for a voyage. One of the girls stands in the front bailing out water, while the second is sitting on an oar in the back. The boy is standing at the shore looking at the girl bailing…

Two boys, identified as Roger and Arthur Johnson, stand by a horse on a day in spring, ready for a parade celebrating the end of the war. One is wearing a white shirt, tie, frock coat, white pants, riding boots and a top hat. He is holding a whip.…

View of a group of men and teenage boys processing fish in a small square. Piles of fish are laid out on tables. One man appears to be scraping the fish while a boy waits with a long-handled spoon, ready to pour something over the fish. The are…

A man stands by a table and barrel holding a fish while a young man stands next to the barrel. A wheelbarrow stands in front of them and other men work behind them. Town buildings are visible in the background.

A woman standing by an entrance to a house scraping corn on a board resting on a table. A boy stands behind her, near a barrel, looking up at her.

This building was completed in 1884, and cost $68,000. It received its name in honor of Mr. Charles M. Pratt, of the class of 1879, through whose generosity it was erected. The first floor contained the office of the Professor of Hygiene and Physical…

A path splitting trees and tall grasses extending away from the camera. Dark clouds loom overhead.

Two women in a room with pottery equipment. Caption on reverse reads, "Arts and Crafts @ Jones Library."

Building in North Amherst housing Potter's Collision Repair.

A mail carrier stands holding a box and letters in his hands looking down while a woman standing in the door of a house looks on and a girl stands rubbing her eye.

Jumble of posters and various hand made advertisements taped to a wall in the center of Amherst.

Postcard sent to Charles R. Green at The Jones Library from Robert Francis while Francis was traveling in Rome, Italy. Francis thanks Green for his bon voyage card, wishes him a happy new year, and reports that he has "found Frost in three libraries:…

View of the east end of Phoenix Row on Main Street. The new Lincoln Block is in the foreground.

The Amherst Journal of 6/16/1950 states, "Built by the Allen Brothers of Amherst in 1909 and 1910, the structure was designed by James H. Ritchie of…

A woman stands on a path with her back to the camera looking towards a house behind a wooden post and rail fence. Trees grow along the path and near the house.

Five women stand in the shade of a tree, some holding baskets for picking, with other baskets scattered on the ground. A girl sits on a crate and a dog faces away from the camera. Other trees grow behind a fence in the background.