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A farmhouse in the background with smoke rising from the chimney. A road leads up to it and there are wooden fences on each side of the road. A tall, bare tree is on the left and other trees are around the farmhouse. The background is stylized in a…

A series of five caricatures drawn vertically, all with names and four with one word descriptors. From the top: The Owl (Jake?) shows a grinning face with pointy ears, round belly, and two legs, possibly skipping. The Irishman (Patrick) shows a man…

A canopy bed with its curtains tied to the bed posts. A sheets have a large flower in the middle and decorations on the edges. An end table with a bowl on it is on the right side of the bed and a chair and a dresser are on the left.

An arched canopy bed with its curtains tied to the posts and bed sheets decorated by black zig-zaging crosses. There is an end table with a water jug, bowl, and towels on the right of the bed and a chair on the left of it. A portrait of a woman hangs…

A horse ferry on a river with a paddle wheel on the right. A man stands in the back with a paddle in water. A number of horse carriages are on the ferry. Caption on bottom: "Old Horse Ferry about 1850."

A white man riding on a horse and blowing a horn. A tree and a house are in the background and some shrubbery is by the road in the foreground.

A drawing of four different plants, one with wide leaves and a root, another with narrow leaves and buds on top.

A drawing of three different plants, one with thin leaves, a second with larger round leaves, and a drawing of a ghost pipe.

Two white children, walking. The boy is holding a fishing pole and the girl is looking at him while holding a book up in her hand.

Three owls wearing top hats sit on a bare branch, all facing forward. A moon is directly behind them.

Close-up colorized view of the North Amherst Library, with electric (?) poles in front and two buggies in back. On verso, a listing of the open hours for the library has been printed under the words, "The North Amherst Library and The Jones Library…

A view of the storefronts along Phoenix Row and Main Street, taken from South Pleasant Street. There are many cars parked along Main and trolley tracks are also visible. There is a well-dressed man walking away from the camera, and a well-dressed…

Notation on verso: "Breaking ground for the Jones Library July 25, 1927". An older man in suit and hat stands in frame right with his left foot on a shovel facing a young boy dressed in short pants in frame left who holds a long pole and looks at the…

A white woman sits on a windowsill with a book in her hands. A child stands next to her pointing to the book.