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A white man stands on top of a ladder painting a side of a house. Two other buildings, one made of stone, the other of wood, stand on the left. Trees grow in the background.

Elbridge Kingsley sitting on a stool in front of an easel painting a ruined house before him.

View of Paige's Livery Stable, next to the Amity Street School, with horses, employees, and the Amherst House stagecoach with driver. This building became the Amherst Theater. Stated in The Village of Amherst, a Landmark of Light, by Frank Prentice …

This image is part of an advertisement for Amherst House Livery Feed and Hack Stable and shows an assortment of carriages and wagons with horses. The Amity Street School is visible on the right. The advertisement reads: "Guests of Amherst House are…

Photograph of the owners and employees of Paige's Garage standing before the gas pumps. This was a Socony station. Socony was a shortened name for Standard Oil Company of New York. The horse Pegasus, the oil company logo, is visible on the pumps and…

Two pages from Simeon Clark's account book showing records related to Martha Selfring and Edward Selfring. Under Martha's name is listed work relating to weaving and sewing. Under Edward's name is listed work relating to providing food goods.

Many of the early settlers combined some other occupation with that of farming. Nathaniel Smith, who was among the first of the East Inhabitants of Hadley, was a doctor, the first to practice his profession in the new settlement.

A black man and two black boys are packing vegetables in a barnyard to be shipped north. Caption on back: "The two boys are helping a farmer pack tomatoes and cabbages to ship north".

A field filled with oxeye daisies. Two children facing each other and some trees can be seen out of focus in the background.

A pair of oxen pulling long tree trunks tied by chains to two one-axle carts, one in the front, the other in the back. The oxen are wearing veils, and the yoke is fastened to their horns. Buildings line the road with one sign reading "Café…

A pair of oxen pulling a wagon. A woman sits on the wagon holding the reins while a man stands behind her holding onto the cargo. A barn stands behind them and trees grow around.

View of the Ox-Bow in the Connecticuit River from Mount Holyoke. No people in image.

A group of four boys sit on top of Mount Holyoke and look out at the Ox-Bow and Northampton. One of them gestures towards the scene below.

Hudson Maxim sits on a rock looking out on Lake Hopatcong with his boathouse visible on the left.

Three white men stand in a viewing area with two leaning against a wooden railing while the third man is looking through a spotting scope towards buildings at the foot of the Alps in the background.